Wu Ming, who had been ordered to attend the combat meeting, spat at several embarrassed big brothers, and even Fang Youchun, the deputy director of the security department, who had just led two regiments to Quzhou, was speechless in Wu Ming's complaining voice.

"Why are you all dumb?"

Wu Ming, who had a shaved head like the officers and soldiers of the headquarters, glanced around and asked loudly: "Even if you big brothers are embarrassed to offend Chief Yu, it's always okay to suggest it, right?" Not long after the second and third regiments directly under you you brought have just completed the reorganization, not to mention the labor expedition, if you don't fight well or are defeated, will Chief Yu and your faces be bright? ”

"Why don't you suggest that the two well-equipped and well-trained main regiments under Lu Zhongxiu be transferred, isn't the security force under Lu Zhongxiu under the leadership of the Provincial Security Department?"

Liu Rulin was speechless when asked, so he had to pat the table: "Little brother, don't be so excited, okay?" How do you know that we don't transfer Lu Zhongxiu's main force? Director Yu is still negotiating with Lu Zhongxiu at the wine table, why are you yelling without figuring out anything? It's as if you've been wronged all over the world. ”

Wu Ming was stunned: "Really? ”

Ma Zhizhai replied angrily: "Is this still fake?" With Director Yu's identity and background, he went to speak to Lu Zhongxiu in person, Lu Zhongxiu probably didn't dare to refuse, right? Lu Zhongxiu may be reluctant to send two main regiments, but he must send one regiment, otherwise how will he mix in officialdom in the future? ”

"Not bad! How did I forget that. ”

Wu Ming patted his head and sat down, unbuttoned the wind and discipline button, and looked at the large military map on the front wall: "So I can rest assured...... It's a pity that Chen Zhaoxian's fourth regiment must sit in the country, and in the face of accidents that may occur at any time in northern Fujian and eastern Jiangxi, it cannot be mobilized at all, otherwise it may be unexpected to let this guy who is good at tackling tough problems go around Huaiyushan. ”

"The second battalion under the command of the younger brother has just been formed and is still training, and the housekeeper is barely able to take the initiative, so he can only stay in Kaihua and continue to be responsible for defense...... The first battalion of the younger brother shouldered the heavy responsibility of garrisoning the three border checkpoints, and it couldn't move a single step, so it seemed that it could only take three direct companies to follow Chief Yu and Brother Ma on the expedition. ”

"When the time comes, please ask the eldest brother to say a few more kind words for the younger brother in front of Chief Yu, we must let the younger brother's troops serve as a strategic reserve, and we must not push the younger brother to the front line......

Ma Zhizhai asked angrily, "Are you afraid of death?" ”

Wu Ming not only did not get angry, but nodded solemnly: "That's right, the junior brother is afraid of dying on the battlefield of the same room, and he can't lead his brothers to defend against foreign enemies!" ”

Ma Zhizhai and Fang Youchun looked at each other, and then sighed together, which was completely clear about Wu Ming's position of not wanting to fight a civil war.

Liu Rulin would never think that Wu Ming was afraid of death, but he didn't understand Wu Ming's secret thoughts, and seeing Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai's thoughtful looks, he couldn't say anything.

After a long silence, Fang Youchun snuffed out the cigarette butt: "The communist army in northeast Jiangxi is not so easy to fight, otherwise the friendly army in Jiangxi will not lose troops again and again, and the Nanchang Suppression General will not urgently order our army to quickly enter the Jiangxi battlefield, but judging from the current comprehensive situation of our army, I am afraid that the strength is not as good as the friendly army in Jiangxi, so the prospects for this go are not optimistic." ”

"Looking at the various units on the expedition, only your unit has a certain amount of combat experience, even if Commander Yu promised you to take three companies directly under you as a strategic reserve, but you must also have enough mental preparation...... Especially the spy company and machine gun company under your command have always been famous, and Chief Yu will not fail to see it. ”

Wu Ming suddenly became vigilant, Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai understood the strength of the two companies under their command, only the powerful firepower and equipment of the spy company and the machine gun company and the expenses far higher than the officers and soldiers of the ordinary troops, they could not hide from Fang Youchun and Ma Zhizhai's eyes, but they never expected that Yu Jishi, who had just been in office for a month, would also know the truth.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Ming turned to Ma Zhizhai, the chief of staff who was in charge of formulating the operational plan: "When you arrive at the battlefield in northeastern Jiangxi, the safety of the front-line command and Commander Yu, as well as your Ma eldest brother and Chief of Staff, always needs someone to protect them, right?" Can you give this glorious and arduous and sacred task to the younger brother? ”

Ma Zhizhai was so angry: "Oh, I've never seen such a shameless person, Lao Tzu made friends carelessly!" ”

Fang Youchun and Liu Rulin were also amused to laugh, and after laughing, Fang Youchun kindly reminded: "Director Yu himself has a guard battalion, this battalion is the old subordinate he brought from the Central Army, although the equipment is not as good as your spy company that spends money like water, but most of them are veterans who have fought for many years, and all the officers above the platoon commander are graduates of all stages of Huangpu, so you don't have to worry about the safety of Director Yu and your big brother Ma." ”

"It was agreed by Director Yu to let your unit serve as a reserve, but if the war is unfavorable, he is likely to transfer your department, and you must have careful consideration...... Don't think that Director Yu doesn't know you when he first arrives, he is also from Zhejiang, and he is also a junior and confidant of the chairman of the committee, and he is a leader in the Huangpu family. ”

"That's right, Director Yu has been very low-key for half a month after taking office, most of the time he has been reviewing personnel files, I can see that he is very interested in you, this expedition may be a further opportunity, I hope you can seize the opportunity, don't let it go." Liu Rulin said with concern.

Wu Ming rubbed his face painfully, picked up the teacup, looked at the military map on the wall in a daze, and finally stood up to say goodbye to his eldest brother Fang Youchun and Liu Rulin under the impatient urging of Ma Zhizhai, and followed the ship that received the ammunition and auxiliary supplies, and returned to Changshan gloomily.

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On February 25, the 24th year of the Republic of China, the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raised its head.

Under the bright sun, the army that stretched for miles slowly passed through the border checkpoint of Baishi Town on the west side of Changshan, like a long gray snake, scurrying forward.

Yu Jishi, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Security Division, commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border encirclement and suppression front, and commander of the Zhejiang security forces, stood on the top of the heavy reinforced concrete prismatic fortress, overlooking the thousands of people watching on both sides of the road hundreds of meters from Baishi Town to the checkpoint, and then looked at the groups of Zhejiang officers and soldiers marching silently in front of him and looking depressed.

The several school officers around Yu Jishi were full of spirit, but only the colonel's staff officer Chen Shizheng, who had a delicate personality, had been pondering the fortress under his feet, and only after seeing enough did he stand up and ask Yu Jishi curiously:

"I really didn't expect such a small place and such an advanced fortress construction, couldn't it be that the defense consultants of Nanchang came to supervise it?"

"It's not!"

Yu Jishi looked at his feet and said affirmatively: "This is Wu Ming's own design and construction, all the fortifications and fortresses on the border of western Zhejiang, Changshan, Kaihua, Jiangshan are all from his handwriting, I have seen the defense design of the bluestone bridge in the eastern suburbs of Hangzhou in the archives of the security department, and the designer is Wu Ming himself...... His level in civil engineering is quite high, if it were not for his resume, I really doubt that he is an expert in military defense engineering who returned from abroad, and his level is by no means below my professional instructor in Whampoa, he is a rare talent! ”

Chen Shizheng was surprised, he had never heard the rigorous and conceited Yu Jishi praise a person like this, and he couldn't help but feel more and more curious about this famous Wu Ming.