In the south of Haining County, in the Fuxing Machinery Factory, which covers an area of about 100 acres opened by Xu Shenru, a giant businessman of Kip Stone, the equipment of each workshop has already been disassembled and loaded to Maoliangwu, but at this time the huge factory building does not seem empty, and every room is full of all kinds of materials, including wires, telegraphs, telephones and various pipes, as well as steel rails and other miscellaneous things taken from the railway.

A room near the entrance to the factory, filled with smoke.

Chen Yanhua, commander of the 1st Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade of the New Second Division, stood in front of a large map hanging on one side of the wall with a cigarette in his mouth, his face cloudy. During this time, there was a fire in his heart, and his face was as if someone owed him money.

In the past few days, Luo Yuming's 1st Brigade and Yang Sixian's 2nd Brigade, who have been on the front line, have been fighting with the Japanese devils, but in addition to constantly transferring troops to supplement the loss of the front, the supplementary brigade does not have many opportunities to go to the battlefield, which suffocates the following regiment commanders, especially Chen Yanhua, who thinks highly of himself.

Chen Yanhua, who served as a regimental staff officer during Wu Ming's tenure as the head of the Fourth Security Regiment in western Zhejiang, was no worse than Han Tiecheng, Zhou Juncheng and other main regiment commanders in the army.

Since entering the battlefield, the supplementary brigade has served as the general reserve of the whole division, and Chen Yanhua's regiment has served as the Dinghai Shenshen needle of the supplementary brigade, which will not be used unless forced to do so, and has never had the opportunity to go to the battlefield to compete with the Japanese devils

Now Chen Yanhua's intestines are all repentant, if he had known that Lu Dao had entered the supplementary brigade and had not fought, he would have been transferred to the first and second brigades even if he was dead and shameless with Wu Mingmo.

Thinking of the task he is carrying out now, Chen Yanhua's heart is even more angry, he is the commander of the regular regiment of the new Second Division, a dignified lieutenant colonel of the national army, how can he run to play the role of bandits and routs? Although it is said that the people of the Maoliangwu militia are only sent to mix in the rout to incite robbery, and most of the time the battalions and companies under his command only need to play the role of gendarmes to eat black, but it is still emotionally unacceptable.

Chen Yanhua sighed heavily, soothing his mood slightly, and the guards behind hurriedly delivered the prepared tea to him, and said carefully: "Tuanza, your tea"

Chen Yanhua took a few sips carelessly, returned to the rattan chair and sat down, and asked, "Has anyone come back?" ”

"No" The guard shook his head: "This mission is extremely complicated, and almost all the companies and platoons are divided and used...... Everyone had a great time, and I guess I won't be able to come back for a while."

Chen Yanhua nodded, and just wanted to speak, when there was a sudden "bang" knock on the door of the closed factory, and the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company in charge of guarding around him suddenly raised their guns and occupied a favorable position, and the safety had been opened.

"Who?" Chen Yanhua asked.

"Tuanza, it's me"

Chen Yanhua heard the familiar voice, waved his hand angrily, and ordered the two guards: "Open the door, the first battalion commander is back"

The guards quickly opened the big iron door, and the first to walk in were all unfamiliar faces, dressed very chaotically, looking at the military uniforms of both the central military system and the local army, carrying steel rails, wires, cables and other materials on their shoulders, humming and humming so tired that their heads were full of sweat.

When this group of soldiers is finished, it is their own people who come in. Captain Luo Ling, the commander of the first battalion, came to Chen Yanhua, saluted and grinned. Chen Yanhua glared at him, pointed at the group of miscellaneous soldiers, and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Battalion Commander Luo didn't care, approached Chen Yanhua, and explained in a low voice: "Report to the regiment commander, I led a battalion and a company to Chongde County to carry out a mission, and I saw that these guys were robbing, aren't we short of manpower?" I sent a flank and disarmed them all...... Most of these guys are from the local army, but there are also quite a few people from the central army. At that time, they joined forces to rob several pawnshops and money houses in the Chongde County Government and the county seat, and we brought back their fruits by the way."

"Yu De is good"

Chen Yanhua encouraged and asked casually, "Did you get something good?" ”

Captain Luo said happily: "Tuanzao, there are no good things in the county government, except for telephones, radios, wires, etc., they have no interest and even don't let go of tables, chairs and benches, and they are thrown away by me." On the contrary, the money bank has gained a lot of money, including 85,000 oceans, 162,000 legal currency, and many dollars, pounds and yen

Chen Yanhua asked with half-squinted eyes: "When you surrounded and suppressed the rout, the people from the Chongde County Government did not come forward?" ”

Luo Ling patted his chest: "Tuanzuo, you can rest assured, these routs were dumplings made by us when they went out of the city, and they didn't make any waves, and the county magistrate of Chongde and the mayor of Chang'an Town, which we passed by, were all frightened by these routs, and they didn't dare to show their faces at all, and the ordinary people closed their doors tightly, for fear of encountering military disasters, and they shouldn't implicate us."

At this moment another group of routs walked in, about three or four hundred people, in groups of four, carrying huge wooden boxes one after another, and the flat shoulders were bent. Chen Yanhua asked puzzledly: "What are you carrying, it looks quite heavy?"

"Of course, they're all good guys"

Battalion Commander Luo smiled mysteriously, waved his hand and asked people to leave a box, and asked Chen Yanhua to come forward to check it out.

A soldier smashed the small lock on the box with the butt of his rifle and lifted the lid to reveal the true face inside. Chen Yanhua wiped his eyes in disbelief: "So many good guys, where did you get them from?" ”

Battalion Commander Luo said proudly: "When we came back, we robbed a warehouse of the British Lihe Foreign Company in Chang'an Town, and obtained a total of 1,000 Enfield rifles, of which 100 also added a double optical sight, with official scales, converted sniper parameters and other data, after the assembly and inspection of our battalion's marksmen, it was confirmed that it was a very good sniper rifle. That warehouse should be the arsenal of Reiwa & Co......"

"Weapons of the British? Can it be used with our ammunition? Chen Yanhua was pleasantly surprised at first by the harvest of so many weapons, and then asked with some concern.

Battalion Commander Luo approached Chen Yanhua and reported: "During the operation, a fake foreign devil jumped out to obstruct it, and was taken down by us, and after some intimidation, the turtle grandson suddenly became honest, it turned out to be the Chinese Taipan of the Jiaxing branch of Lihe Foreign Bank, and he said that this batch of weapons was an imitation of Mauser." Type 3, before being shipped to China for sale, the barrel has been modified to adapt to millimeter caliber bullets, and the weapons we are equipped with can be fully used with ammunition. At the same time, that guy also knew the location of the arsenals of Lu Daoli and the foreign company in Yuhang, Linping and Kipshi towns

Chen Yanhua's eyes rolled, and he whispered to the battalion commander: "You send someone to take care of that fake foreign devil." Let the brothers have a good rest, and in the evening we will go out and bring everything back...... The British have made so much money in our country and sold opium to poison our people, and now is the time for them to contribute something to our great cause of resistance against Japan. ”

"Yes"

Battalion Commander Luo nodded heavily. In fact, even if the regiment commander didn't say it, he was ready to do it, and under the influence of the division commander Wu Ming, almost all the officers at all levels of the new second division were cultivated into a wolf nature, and they almost never let go of the cheapness they received.

"You guys did a good job this time, I'll give you credit when I go back" Chen Yanhua waved his hand: "Okay, you go down to rest first, and I have to go out on a mission at night, I also have to squint, I'm too sleepy"

Seeing Battalion Commander Luo leave the room, Chen Yanhua, who had not closed his eyes for a day and night, closed the doors and windows and returned to the recliner, covered his military coat, covered his face with a hat, and slowly looked for Zhou Gong to play chess. It's a pity that before he fell asleep, his hat was suddenly uncovered, he opened his eyes a little annoyed, and saw that it was Camp Commander Luo again, and asked angrily: "What's the matter, I know that Lu Dao disturbs Lao Tzu sleeping"

Battalion Commander Luo smiled: "Tuanzao, Chongde County Magistrate Zhou Zhendong came with his subordinates and pointed out that he wanted to see you."

"What did he see Lao Tzu Yu about?" Chen Yanhua frowned.

Battalion Commander Luo shook his head: "He didn't say it, it is estimated that the matter of collecting the defeated troops to get the supplies was exposed, and they wanted to take it back from us." ”

"Niang Xipi, do you think we are easy to bully? Why don't they ask the defeated soldiers themselves, and they will know that they will bully honest people and not give them" Chen Yanhua complained and advised: "Just say that I am not there, let them negotiate with the defeated soldiers themselves"

Battalion Commander Luo scratched his head: "But...... I said I'm asking you for instructions, doesn't that mean you're there? It's hard to shirk."

"Pig brain, why are you confused at this juncture? Isn't it asking for trouble for Lao Tzu? ”

Chen Yanhua glared at Battalion Commander Luo, reluctantly got up and tidied up his military uniform, buttoned up the wind and discipline button, and came to the gate with Battalion Commander Luo.

A Sven man in a tunic with four entourages was blocked out of the gate by the officers and soldiers on duty, and after seeing Chen Yanhua, he hurriedly stepped forward, took off his top hat and bent down as a salute: "This must be the commander of the new Second Division...... Contemptible Zhou Zhendong, the magistrate of Chongde County, has long admired the name of Chen Tuan"

Chen Yanhua raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhou Zhendong: "County Magistrate Zhou, I don't know where you heard my name?" ”

Zhou Zhendong was stunned for a moment, he said that "Jiuyang" was a polite word, where had he really heard Chen Yanhua's name. Chen Yanhua's face became even more ugly, and his nostrils turned to the sky and asked: "I won't talk much nonsense, may I ask why is it more expensive for County Magistrate Zhou to come to my group?" ”

Zhou Zhendong squeezed out a smile and said flatteringly: "I heard that the outlaws who robbed our county under the command of Regiment Commander Chen were arrested, and today I came to thank Regiment Leader Chen and ......."

"There is no need to say thank you or something" Chen Yanhua unceremoniously interrupted Zhou Zhendong's words: "This factory covers a vast area, our division has reported to the war zone for approval to be classified as a military restricted area, please take your people to leave quickly" After saying that, Chen Yanhua made a gesture to see off the guests.

Seeing that Chen Yanhua was about to drive people away, Zhou Zhendong hurriedly said: "Head Chen, this time I came to your ministry to discuss important matters...

Chen Yanhua asked impatiently, "What else is going on?" ”

"Hey, hey"

Zhou Zhendong laughed twice and said, "Those routs plundered the merchants of our county government and Chang'an Town, and even the telephones, telegraphs and telephone lines were dismantled by the rout—"

"Wait"

Chen Yanhua straightened his face: "County Magistrate Zhou, does what you said have anything to do with me?" Our new second division has strict military discipline, and the looting has nothing to do with us, you worship the wrong temple gate......"

Zhou Zhendong almost didn't choke Chen Yanhua's words to death, but the gun was the biggest in the troubled times, so he could only laugh awkwardly and say: "I didn't say that your army had looting, but it is a fact that the rout was cleared by your department, and the materials and property were also included in your department. ”