Seeing that the Qingming Festival was approaching, an order from the Provincial Security Department was suddenly issued to the Changshan Barracks, requiring the Second Brigade of the First Division of Zhejiang Security to fully assist the Quartermaster Administration in establishing the Quzhou Military Station, and to shoulder the safety and security work of all stations and sections in western Zhejiang of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.

Wu Ming thought about it for a long time after reading the telegram, and when he made a phone call directly to the provincial security department to find Yu Ji, the office director who answered the phone told Wu Ming that Yu Jishi and Liu Rulin had gone to the provincial capital for a meeting and had not yet returned, and asked Wu Ming to wait patiently, and he would definitely tell Director Yu in time.

Wu Ming faintly felt that something was wrong with the situation, and instead called Fang Youchun to ask for details, but who knew that Fang Youchun had rushed to Nanjing to attend the meeting yesterday afternoon.

This situation made Wu Ming completely unable to sit still, and based on the analysis of the situation before and after the Spring Festival, Wu Ming had a hunch that there might be major changes in the military and political departments of Zhejiang Province.

An hour later, Yu Jishi, who had returned from a meeting in the provincial capital, called Wu Ming back and did not give any explanation for Wu Ming's request, but only told Wu Ming that this was an order jointly issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Quartermaster Administration, ordering Wu Ming to take over the Quzhou Chengbei camp as soon as possible, assist the advance team of the Quartermaster Administration that was about to be stationed in the Chengbei camp, and help organize and train the Quzhou Military Station Garrison Regiment and the Hangjiang Section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway.

Wu Ming immediately understood.

Since the end of last year, the 334.5-kilometer railway from Hangzhou to Jiangshan has been completed and opened to traffic, and Quzhou's strategic position and geographical advantages have become even more obvious; in addition to the sequelae left by the Fujian Incident launched by the 19th Route Army at the beginning of the year, and the war in most parts of Jiangxi, western Fujian, and northern Guangdong has intensified, and a large number of soldiers, weapons, ammunition, and food and materials need to be transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the Jiangxi front.

But Wu Ming felt embarrassed.

Although the main battlefield of the KMT-CPC exchange of fire was in Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong, the three counties in western Zhejiang, which were on the edge of the war, did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and it was impossible for the Fourth Regiment in charge of the border defense of Jiangshan County and the Fifth Regiment in charge of the defense of Changshan and Kaihua counties to be mobilized, and all the companies directly under them were in a state of combat readiness, and there were no extra troops at all to defend the safety of all large and small stations and railway lines.

Beginning in the second half of last year, Wu Ming dispatched two engineer companies and officers and men of the Fourth Regiment to set up a large number of checkpoints and fortresses on the border of Jiangshan to reduce possible hidden dangers to the lowest point.

Judging from the current war situation, the whole brigade will have to grit its teeth for at least a year and a half before it can breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, if you really want to follow the order, it is not impossible, and last year's expansion Wu Ming took the opportunity to make a big fortune and obtained 280,000 yuan from the Provincial Security Department for the expansion of military expenses, plus various training expenses, ammunition consumption expenses, barracks expansion expenses, and other special military expenses that were allocated one after another.

But Shangfeng's order still had to be obeyed, and after thinking about it, Wu Ming could only come up with a compromise solution, seconded the Maoliangwu 500 militia regiment to the Changshan military camp for three days, and then changed into the military uniforms and stockpiled weapons and equipment of the security forces, and sent a staff team to lead the railway to Jiangshan County, where the railway runs through the whole territory, to carry out patrol and protection on the whole line, and he planned to personally lead the two engineering companies that were resting and recuperating, and go to Quzhou tomorrow morning to take over the northern camp of the city first.

Wu Ming, who had made up his mind, immediately convened a meeting, read out the telegram order from the Provincial Security Department, and then conveyed the spirit of Yu Jishi's instructions, and handed over all the work at home to Deputy Brigade Commander Liu Guoyong.

Liu Guoyong has lived a very fulfilling life in the past half a year, and the relationship with Wu Ming is quite good, and he has changed from unfamiliar to familiar with the work of the department, and now he is handy, so without saying a word, he happily took over the work handed over by Wu Ming, and asked Wu Ming if he had enough manpower?

Wu Ming was about to say that it was not enough, but there was no way, when he saw the confidential staff officer hurriedly come in.

Wu Ming took the intelligence record handed over by the confidential staff officer, hurriedly glanced at it, and immediately jumped up, shouted "This is worth it" and announced the adjournment of the meeting, and instructed adjutant Tian Zhenggang to immediately run and order Lu Kuiyuan, the commander of the spy company who was on rotation, to gather the team and start the car and rush to the camp in the north of Quzhou as soon as possible.

A convoy of 12 large and small trucks hastily dispatched by the Frontier Command hurriedly drove into the camp north of the city, and after entering more than 50 meters, it turned into a large material warehouse in the east

This warehouse was originally Wu Ming's Quzhou quilt factory, after Wu Ming was forced to transfer, the workers and equipment of the quilt factory moved to Shuyuan Road to the west of the barracks, this independent compound because of the reasonable layout of the warehouse, workshop and fire protection facilities, was designated by Lu Zhongxiu as the border headquarters of the military warehouse, and then allocated special funds to build three additional warehouses, and all three large workshops were converted into warehouses.

Under the command of the officers, the 12 trucks that had been temporarily collected drove to the gates of the major warehouses and stopped, and the officers and men of the three companies of border guards, who had already been ordered to wait here, got up from the shade of the trees one by one and gathered listlessly under the loud reprimand of the officers.

Jiang Boqing, the deputy commander of the border defense who got out of the car, glanced around, strode to the front of the loose team, and shouted loudly:

"Brothers, work hard to get the weapons and ammunition, military uniforms, shoes and hats, quilts, cloths, and all kinds of tools in the five main warehouses into the carts before dark, so that tomorrow everyone can rest, and the other pots and pans, grain and horse feed, and scrapped ordnance will be left alone. It is now two o'clock in the afternoon, and if it can be moved before seven o'clock in the evening, each brother will be rewarded with five oceans, and the officer will be rewarded with twenty oceans."

Hearing that the reward was so rich, the more than 300 officers and soldiers who were still listless suddenly came to their senses and asked which warehouse to move first? Jiang Boqing gestured to the back, and the fat quartermaster chief led more than a dozen warehouse keepers to run out, holding account books and shouting, dividing the more than 300 officers and soldiers into five teams, and it took more than ten minutes to reorganize the formation and walk to the various warehouses under the leadership of the custodians.

The quartermaster took off his military hat, took out a handkerchief to wipe the beads of sweat from his bald head, and looked at the chaotic warehouse door in frustration:

"The provincial government issued an order, and the border defense headquarters that we had just established for one year said that if there was no one, there would be no more, and the good camp in the north of the city would be gone, if the commander had not received the notice from above in advance, I am afraid that even the few warehouses of weapons, ammunition and materials that we had bought back with frugality would have to be handed over to the Quartermaster Bureau...... This world, it's really fucking thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi."

Jiang Boqing felt uncomfortable in his heart, and sighed when he heard the words: "Who would have thought that the change would come so quickly? Even Commander Lu himself didn't know what to do, and the struggle for power and profit of the bosses above would affect him, and he was suddenly stabbed in the back by the CC department without warning...... If you don't retreat bravely from the rapids, I'm afraid that even the retreat of the tenth administrative inspector of Yongjia in southern Zhejiang will not be able to be saved."

"Alas, after more than three years of hard work, just after laying the foundation, let others pick the fruit, the more I think about it, the more angry I become, the more I think about it, the more I think about it, the more I think about it."

"Deputy Commander, do you know who will take over the position of commissioner?" The quartermaster asked quietly.

Jiang Boqing shook his head: "I don't know what to do, I heard that the two factions in the province are fighting for blood...... Alas, what's his point, whoever the hell will take over, anyway, Lao Tzu will follow Commander Lu to Yongjia, and after transporting the weapons, ammunition and valuables from these warehouses, Lao Tzu will no longer come back, out of sight is clean."

The quartermaster chief suddenly became anxious: "Deputy commander, if you go with the commander, I'm afraid that the life of my subordinates will not be easy, no matter who takes over, we will have to stand aside, I'm afraid we won't even have jobs...... Since the end of last year, the security forces of the whole province have been abolished and diverted, and it is difficult for people like us to go to the police stations in the following counties to find a half-official position."

Jiang Boqing looked at the fat quartermaster chief who sighed and looked pitiful, and thought to himself, "Your grandson has been greedy for ink for more than a year, and he even dares to pretend to be crazy and stupid in front of Lao Tzu, if it weren't for such a big change suddenly, Lao Tzu would also clean you up and let you swallow as much as you want.

In order to load the weapons, ammunition and materials in the five warehouses as soon as possible and transport them to Yongjia in southern Zhejiang overnight, Jiang Boqing still had to squeeze out a smile and asked the quartermaster chief to accompany him to several warehouses to have a look, and urged the officers and soldiers to speed up the loading.

An hour later, two trucks loaded with boxes of unopened rifles and machine guns began to cover with tarpaulins, and the other three large trucks carrying military uniforms, shoes, hats, and cloth were about to be filled.

Outside the gate of the barracks, five Dodge cars with license plates of troops directly under the provincial security department and three troop transport trucks rumbled to the front of the barracks, and Fan Daoquan, a lieutenant of the border guard company in charge of guarding the barracks gate, ordered the sentries to immediately raise the inspection crossbar, strode to the first car, and raised his hand to salute Wu Ming, who got out of the car: "Old sir, they haven't left yet, but it's going to be fast."

Wu Ming happily stretched out his big hand and slapped it heavily on Fan Daoquan's thick shoulder:

"Daoquan, after Yu Demei is done, lead your brothers to see me, I will promote all of you to the first rank, if you don't want to do it with me, each of you will take fifty yuan to go home, Halu Halu Kuiyuan, Tian Zhenggang-"

"To"

Lu Kuiyuan and Tian Zhenggang, who were wearing steel helmets and fully armed, rushed to Wu Ming and stood solemnly.

Wu Ming pointed to the east courtyard: "It's up to you below, remember, capture the thief and capture the king first, the sniper detachment immediately went to the roof, occupied the commanding heights to provide support, and the two assault platoons rushed in with lightning speed, arrested Jiang Boqing, who disobeyed the military order and tried to destroy the evidence of corruption, and sent two brothers to escort him to the headquarters in the west, and Lao Tzu wanted to interrogate him personally."

"The rest of the brothers must control all the people inside, and they can fire warning shots, order them to disarm and surrender, and if they resist, they will be punished on the spot, and I will be responsible for killing them

"Yes"

"Sniper detachment, operation"

"One row and two rows of guns loaded, follow me"

"Each machine gun team listens to the order, one group blocks the gate, and the second group and three groups rush with me-"

Wu Ming saw that the brothers were flying towards the west courtyard, turned to the camp gate and ordered loudly: "Platoon Commander Zhao, drive all your trucks over, one blocking the gate of the west courtyard, and two blocking the gate of the camp." ”

"Yes"

The platoon commander of the young baggage company immediately ran to his brothers, and in the blink of an eye, three large trucks firmly blocked the two gates.

Wu Ming was very satisfied, looking at the familiar camp that had spent a lot of his efforts, he couldn't help but sigh loudly: "I, Hu Hanshan, are back again."

"Lvza, who is Hu Hanshan?" The guard next to him asked curiously.

Wu Ming ignored it, laughed loudly, pulled Fan Daoquan and strode towards the west courtyard gate, and couldn't help but laugh again after taking a few steps.