"I ......"

Chen Yanhua's face was as ugly as a pig's liver, he gasped for breath, his eyes bulged out, he wanted to say something, but he sat down weakly under Wu Ming's majestic gaze.

"Master, the punishment for Captain Chen is too severe, right?"

Zhang Dongning stood up: "If you want to be punished, I, the chief of staff, are also responsible, and I request that I be punished."

Long Shaogang also helped: "Master, if I am in that environment, there is no way to ignore the orders of my superiors. The only negligence on Chen Yanhua was that he did not send more guards and soldiers, but if the other party really wants to calculate you, how useful are the people sent? So, I don't think Captain Chen is much at fault. ”

Regarding Zhang Dongning's self-requested punishment and Long Shaogang's plea, Wu Ming did not express his position, but just looked at Chen Yanhua directly and asked, "Head Chen, what do you think of the punishment I gave you?" ”

Chen Yanhua hung his head and said: "I don't have the slightest complaint about the punishment of the division, but I just ask the division to affirm that we are at fault for the merits of the regiment, but we are right to add a regiment, the soldiers fought bloodily on the night of the Battle of Jiaxing, and they were all good." ”

"Okay, good attitude"

Wu Ming nodded and affirmed Chen Yanhua's sincere attitude: "Although our new Second Division has achieved a lot of results, it has suffered extremely heavy losses...... However, we are now in a very dangerous situation and everyone must be on high alert"

Wu Ming left his chair, came to the map on the side of the conference room, picked up the baton and poked it heavily on the map: "The Battle of Songhu has come to an end, with the loss of the Kun branch line, the Japanese army on the northern front has approached the Wufu line, and the Japanese army in Songhu has gradually become a whole The achievements of our new second division are based on the suffering of the Japanese, and the Japanese army is full of resentment towards us, and the pressure will increase exponentially——"

Wu Ming turned around and continued: "Look at the comrades-in-arms around us, I thought they were just pig-like partners, but I didn't expect that they would sometimes become villains who stabbed us...... Having said all this, there is only one meaning, that is, if we are the slightest negligent, the entire new Second Division will fall into a situation from which it will never recover. ”

"Therefore, every one of our soldiers, especially the commanders, must be vigilant enough, not only to guard against the threat of the Japanese army in the front, but also to guard against the plots of the friendly forces behind them, and to be mentally ready to deal with all challenges

Speaking of this, Wu Ming pointed to Chen Yanhua: "I also know that he is innocent, at most he is just negligent." But the environment we are in, as well as the accumulated achievements we have made, have made us birds out of the forest, and we don't know where to shoot cold guns and arrows, and we can't be negligent. This time, Chen Yanhua was severely punished, just so that each of us could wake up."

"If you talk about the fundamentals, Chen Yanhua has actually suffered for me, for everyone in our new second division, he has given us a wake-up call"

Wu Ming asked solemnly: "Chen Yanhua, you give me a word of truth, are you willing to be this bell ringer?"

"Yes"

Chen Yanhua stood up and replied loudly.

Wu Ming said so much, extremely emotional, how could Chen Yanhua not say something?

"Okay, that's my soldier"

Wu Ming nodded in praise, turned around and continued: "From now on, each of us must establish a serious attitude towards the enemy, whether it is against friendly troops or Japanese troops, we must not relax our vigilance every minute and every second, and now we will start to discuss the whole training丨 Matters——"

Judging from the direction of the Japanese army's attack, Nanxun, Wuxing, Changxing, and other areas on the south bank of Taihu Lake will become the main battlefields of the exchange of fire on the southern front, and the Tongxiang, Kipshi, and Haiyan lines guarded by the new Second Division are not in danger of being attacked for the time being, so there is plenty of time to reorganize and train the troops.

The meeting soon reached a resolution, Chen Yanhua's officers and men who had been tempered by the night battle in Jiaxing, divided a group into the regiments of the supplementary brigade to become the backbone, and then absorbed a part of the collected defeated soldiers and officers and men of the militia regiment, and with the reissued weapons and equipment in place, the supplementary regiment reached the scale of the previously expanded regiment, and the supplementary brigade also had a certain combat effectiveness.

On the whole, the New Second Division has reached the standard of four main regiments and five supplementary regiments (one of which is an expanded regiment), and the militia regiments directly under the command of the New Second Division have also reached the size of seven regiments.

In addition, there were four regiments left behind by the Maoliangwu militia in Quzhou and Changshan, four regiments from eastern Zhejiang to western Zhejiang that were responsible for transporting materials and destroying railways and railroad tracks, and the other two regiments, with the assistance of a supplementary regiment, set up shelters in Nanxun, Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Kipshi, Chang'an, Yuhang, and other places to collect the rout.

Although after several rounds of replenishment, the combat effectiveness of each regiment was much worse than before, it was finally a good start.

Wu Ming ordered that in the next few days, in addition to guarding the Japanese troops in the direction of Jiaxing, all brigades and regiments will carry out a new round of rectification and training.

At the end of the meeting, Wu Ming originally wanted to leave the officers for a meal, but he didn't expect everyone to return to their hearts, so Wu Ming had no choice but to let them go back.

After packing up his things, Wu Ming just walked out of the conference room when he was stopped by Chen Yanhua. Wu Ming frowned, glanced at him, and said dissatisfiedly: "What, do you have any opinions about the punishment I gave you?" ”

Sensing Wu Ming's dissatisfaction, Chen Yanhua took a step back and grinned: "I made a mistake, and I should accept the punishment." Besides, I wish I had such an opportunity to warn everyone."

"It's good if there is no opinion," Wu Ming nodded and was about to leave.

As soon as he saw that Wu Ming was leaving, Chen Yanhua stretched out his hand to stop him again, and said anxiously: "Hey, Master, I have something to do with you."

Wu Ming stopped angrily: "Say, what makes you so anxious?" ”

"It's not a big deal" Chen Yanhua raised his head angrily, and his tone was full of complaints: "It's just that I think the master seat has not achieved a clear distinction between rewards and punishments"

Hearing this, Wu Ming asked angrily and funny: "Okay, tell me why I don't have clear rewards and punishments...... For you to supplement the military exploits made by the regiment in Jiaxing City, the division headquarters will definitely reward the meritorious service. This point, when you go back, talk to the fighters."

"No, I'm not talking about guarding Jiaxing City."

Chen Yanhua flattened his mouth and looked at Wu Ming's eyes full of resentment: "In terms of combat effectiveness, let's add a regiment that is also a leader in the new second division, right?" However, you gave military flags to the other four regiments and put our regiment aside, as if we were born to a little mother, which made the officers and men of the regiment complain, and even their daily training was greatly affected."

After listening to Chen Yanhua's words, Wu Ming finally understood that this thing wanted to strive for the same treatment as the other four main regiments.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Chen Yanhua's supplementary regiment, which has not undergone serious attrition, is not inferior to the other four main regiments at present, and the officers' command ability is also good. However, in Wu Ming's planning, the military flag is the face and the highest honor of each regiment, and only those regiments that have made great contributions can be awarded, and the combat exploits of the supplementary regiment are far inferior to the other four regiments. If the flag is given casually, won't the sacred military flag become a rotten street?

Thinking of this, Wu Ming shook his head categorically: "The four main regiments blocked the Japanese army in the Pinghu area, and the soldiers exchanged their blood and lives for a brilliant victory, especially the casualties of the first brigade of Han Tiecheng Regiment reached seventy percent, is this what ordinary troops can do?" You can add a regiment of military exploits, and for the time being, you cannot award the military flag"

"I know that I don't expect to give the flag now, isn't that useless? I am not so thick-skinned, but we implore the division headquarters and the division headquarters to take into account our supplementary regiment when formulating operational plans in the future, and our regiment has been training hard from top to bottom in order to prove itself on the battlefield and show that we are the main force of the new Second Division. The desire for victory has never been stronger in our regiment—

Wu Ming was a little speechless, he waved his hand: "Okay, I know what to do...... You go back......" After speaking, Wu Ming turned around and wanted to leave.

Chen Yanhua hurriedly stretched out his hand and said anxiously: "Master, you haven't promised me yet."

"What do you want me to promise you?" Wu Ming teased him.

Chen Yanhua was even more anxious: "Promise us that we must use the first regiment as the main force, and consider using our regiment more when fighting in the future...... As long as we win more battles, we will also have enough military achievements to be awarded the glorious military flag"

"Okay, I promise you, I will give special advice to Dai Ziran and Zhang Ying, and give priority to your group in the future, it's time to pass the test, right?"

Wu Ming smiled, then raised his wrist to look at his watch, and asked, "Do you have anything else, it's time for lunch now, can you eat together?" ”

Chen Yanhua grinned and scratched his head embarrassedly: "It's okay, I won't disturb the teacher's meal."

After speaking, Chen Yanhua turned around and ran.

After simply eating lunch, Wu Ming took Chengyuan and Yiyu guards and drove straight to the garrison of the first brigade and one regiment

In the battle of Pinghu to block the Japanese 114th Division, the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment stubbornly withstood the large-scale bombardment of the Japanese fleet's artillery groups, aircraft, and field heavy artillery, and made the first contribution to the subsequent annihilation of the main force of the Japanese army. But the whole process was also full of hardships and twists and turns, and the casualties were incomparable, and by the beginning of the counterattack, the first regiment was less than thirty percent of the veterans, which was the result of adding those lightly wounded in the field hospital.

With such huge losses, the ordinary national army would have collapsed long ago, but they still insisted on participating in the subsequent counterattack operations until the battle was won, which made Wu Ming pay more attention to the first regiment.

Riding by car to the station of the first regiment of Baibu Town in the east of Kipshi Town, the barracks were quiet, and Wu Ming felt very strange.

When I came to the camp gate, I found the officer on duty and inquired, only to learn that after Han Tiecheng was hospitalized, Lieutenant Colonel Mo Mingqi, the deputy commander of the acting commander of the whole regiment, led a regiment of officers and soldiers out of the regiment to practice.

After retreating to Haining, the regiments were not regular camps, and there were not enough school grounds for training, so the regiment was ready to conduct a small-scale exercise around Baibuting Port and Huachengdang, northeast of the town, to engage in confrontation between the battalions and companies, and the victors would have priority in everything, including the right to eat and use camp facilities, as well as the selection of weapons and the replenishment of reserve personnel.

Today, Deputy Regiment Commander Mo Mingqi took all the soldiers of the regiment to inspect the venue in preparation for the exercise in the next two days.