The god of war suddenly came, and the south and north of the mountains were fierce at the same time.

It was night, and the moon was dark and the wind was light. A three-storey small building in the northeast corner of Shouchun County, an important town in the west, shows a dark outline in the darkness of the night, and occasionally there is a very strong light leaking out from the gap in the thick window curtain on the third floor, and it is quickly absorbed by the dense eucalyptus trees, looking here thirty meters away, it is still pitch black, coupled with the bright posts and the shaking of the dark whistle, it makes this exquisite small building have some more gloomy mystery.

This place is called No. 45 Anfeng Lane, which was originally the police office of the Japanese puppet government, and after being taken over two months ago, it became the division headquarters of the new 137th Division of the Kuomintang Army.

At this time, more than 20 generals and colonels of the national army dressed in yellow tweed uniforms sat in the war room of the division headquarters, listening solemnly to Lieutenant General Liu Hanying, the commander of the division, to convey the plan of "suppressing bandits" of the commander's department.

"Ladies and gentlemen, with the breakdown of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the return of General Mamer, President Truman's special envoy, the armistice order has come to an end, and our army's plan to suppress bandits is about to be in full swing. The main force of the national army is moving north in large numbers. The commander-in-chief's department forwarded the commander-in-chief's edict to commend our department's outstanding spirit and immortal achievements in persisting in the anti-Japanese resistance in Bump Mountain. Due to the danger and strategic significance of the area where the headquarters is located, the Supreme Commander ordered our department not to move for the time being, stick to the concave and convex mountains, and exterminate the ** Yang Tinghui ...... on the spot"

The troops of the Jianghuai Military Region, which Liu Hanying called "Yang Tinghui's department," had already been reorganized into the Eighth Column of the Jianghuai Field Army at this time, with Yang Tinghui as the commander of the column and Wang Lantian as the political commissar of the column.

Liu Hanying paused slightly, and his gaze slowly swept over the faces of the participants. Everyone was expressionless.

The war room of the division headquarters is temporarily arranged, four zhang wide and six zhang long, which is magnificent. About a zhang distance from the door, there is a huge sand table, and the concave and convex mountain features and landforms are impressively presented on the plate. Behind the sand table is a rectangular mahogany conference table, and in the center of the position, from left to right, sit Lieutenant General Liu Hanying, division commander, and Major General and Deputy Division Commander Wen Zeyuan. Liu Hanying's left hand is Zuo Wenlu, chief of staff of the major general, Zhang Jiayu, commander of the first brigade, Wu Bingqiu, commander of the third brigade, and six colonel-level officers. On Wen Zeyuan's right hand side are Major General Adjutant Ji Hatian, Major General Ma Ziwei, Commander of the Second Brigade, and Colonel Qi Gefei of the Fourth Brigade. This unit is nominally a newly organized division, but the actual strength is already four brigades, plus the troops directly under the division headquarters, a total of 15 regiments with nearly 20,000 troops, which is stronger than the strength of a miscellaneous army.

Behind Liu Hanying and Wen Zeyuan, on the front wall hung a huge combat map full of troop deployments. Judging from the map, several stout arrows smashed out like several fierce fists, gathered in one place, and the text here is marked "Bandit Liang Bi".

Judging from the situation plotted on the map, the small "Bandit Liang Mustard Department" is undoubtedly the turtle in the urn this time. This is the first round of impact targets chosen by Liu Hanying, Baojiang first protects Huai, beats the snake and hits seven inches, if you want to beat Yang Tinghui, you must kill Liang Bida first.

Chen Mohan, lieutenant colonel of the Third Regiment of the First Brigade, was sitting next to Qi Gefei, and there was no expression on his face.

Since Shi Yunbiao died in battle, the road that the remaining troops of the original 79th Army have traveled in the past few years is full of bitter tears, and I think of it full of blood and tears. First, the stragglers were reduced to a supplementary battalion, and later Moganshan died in an unknown situation. Even though General Chen, who was hung up to help in the headquarters, had the anger of thunder, he had no choice but to prevaricate layer by layer, and the truths about the bloody battle on the 812 Heights, the death of Shi Yunbiao, and the death of Moganshan were like a grain of fine sand, falling into a deep well, and being drowned by a large number of false appearances created by the relatives and officers of the Supreme Commander layer after layer.

Admiral Chen has long been stripped of his military power and put in the air, and he has no access to the world and no touch to the ground, and all kinds of fictitious titles of this and that member of the Senate are actually just a symbol; if it were not for the fact that Admiral Chen would be a veteran of the party-state and the object of public opinion, those officers would be eager to kill him.

The whip is too long, let alone a light wool whip.

Since the tree has no leaves and can't take advantage of the coolness, the people below can only do it for themselves. Chen Mohan, who joined halfway, learned from the pain and struggled to find a way to shelter for himself and the brothers of the original 79th Regiment.

At the beginning, after Chen Mohan took over the post of commander of the supplementary battalion, he once convened several deep-rooted veteran officers of the original 79th Regiment in an extremely small area to hold an extremely secret meeting. Since then, the spirit of the supplementary battalion has not been as good as before.

Chen Mohan took the initiative to propose to Zhang Jiayu that in order to strengthen restraint, the regimental seat should be assigned four platoon commanders and seven squad leaders within the regiment to enrich the supplementary battalion. Chen Mohan called this "mixed sand" to help him control the veterans of the former 79th Regiment. At the same time, Chen Mohan went to Ji Hatian, director of the Political Training Office, claiming that the supplementary battalion was the old foundation of the 79th Regiment, that the officers and men had serious nostalgic feelings, and that they were deeply estranged from other units of the national army. In terms of administering the army, Chen Mohan also changed the gentlemanly general style of Shi Yunbiao, Mo Ganshan, and others who "led the people by example" and "unified the army with their hearts", but emphasized the distinction between ranks and the respect between the upper and lower levels; officers in the battalion no longer ate with the soldiers, officers in the company no longer trained with the soldiers, and even platoon-level officers no longer lived in the same room with the soldiers. Chen Mohan called this practice "looking for face".

The sand was mixed with brainwashing, and the brainwashing gave the officers back face, so on the surface, everyone became a loyal believer in the supreme commander, and they would talk about the "scorched earth war of resistance," "the land does not distinguish between the south, the south, the west, and the people, and the men and women, the old and the young," and so on. The officials began to put on a show of prestige, the phenomenon of beating and scolding soldiers, the phenomenon of gathering crowds to gamble, the phenomenon of deducting military salaries, and even some people smoked big cigarettes, and the figures of officers of the supplementary battalion also appeared in the restaurants where prostitutes and prostitutes were secretly prostituted on the south Xiehe Street of Bump Mountain.

If you go back a few years, when Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan were alive, they found that smoking and soliciting prostitution were possible to punish them severely at the light level and kill them at the worst. And now in the hands of Chen Mohan, the supplementary battalion has completely changed, and gradually there is not much difference from the other battalions of the 246th Regiment, and it has become one, and it has become a scourge to the people on the side of security.

Pulled to the training ground again, the officials were weak, the soldiers were lazy, and the shouts were bluffs, and one knife and one shot were mostly fists and legs. From their mouths, they can no longer hear the heart-palpitating thunderous roar of the past, and from their eyes, they can no longer see the terrifying hatred of the past.

Liu Hanying watched all this silently. On the one hand, he didn't quite believe that the men of the old 79th Regiment had turned into mud so quickly, and their hatred had been eroded so quickly. As a soldier, he understands a law, it is easy to change a person, but it is difficult to change a force, especially a family-like non-descendant army, as long as people do not die, that army has a dark aura passed down from generation to generation, like a ghost, will always control their spirit in the dark. However, Liu Hanying looks at the problem from a different angle, and it is also possible to conquer them and change them, because their top commander has changed, Chen Mohan is not a remnant of the 79th Army, plus a lot of sand is mixed with, there are surveillance eyes everywhere, and the dog doesn't dare to bark anymore if he is afraid, let alone a person? After all, his arms can't touch his thighs, and those who know the times are junjie, it seems that Chen Mohan is well versed in this.

Liu Hanying admires Chen Mohan more.

In Liu Hanying's opinion, since Chen Mohan is not a remnant of the 79th Army, and Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan are not his parents, he Chen Mohan can't hold their ghosts to hit his own head. Thinking about it, he Liu Hanying himself is not loyal to the supreme commander to the point of being ruined, and he will run away when he sees that the situation is not good, so Chen Mohan has no reason to risk his own life to be loyal to the dead Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan.

Of course, not all officers see things that way.

On Liu Hanying's side, there are also some people who believe that the supplementary battalion is the old foundation of the 79th Regiment after all, and many officers and soldiers are diehard cronies of Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan, and they have hated the corruption of other units in the past. is also respectful and respectful, bowing his eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes, and he also married a little wife proudly to show that he is willing to fall, whether there is fraud in this, whether there is a deeper conspiracy, it is indeed worth scrutinizing.

Zuo Wenlu is very skeptical about this.

Liu Hanying disagreed. Liu Hanying believes that people like Zhao Wuxian have been under Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan in the past, and Zhongwu Peimei's poison is too deep, plus he was young at that time, and he was easy to act rashly. Now it is different, from brigades to regiments, they all give preferential treatment to the supplementary battalions, and although the officers are demoted, they are paid more. A mud-legged man like Zhao Wuxian came out to join the army, what is the picture? Being an official is important, but isn't it important to be an official because you can earn money when you are an official? Money can make ghosts grind, and power can make ghosts push ghosts, Liu Hanying sees these officialdom rules very thoroughly, if you have milk, you are a mother, an official is money, and money is an official. In that case, what else would he have to say to him with silver? Besides, the veterans of the 79th Regiment are getting older day by day, the trees are old and the bark is more, and the people are old and sorrowful. As soon as Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan died, the ghosts of the 79th Army could not be gathered, and these current latecomers were not Wu Peimei's filial sons and grandsons, and it was unlikely that they would follow Wu Peimei's path.

Liu Hanying is paying more and more attention to Chen Mohan. Young people don't have historical accounts in their minds, but they may have been bewitched by Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan for a while, and with the disappearance of Shi Yunbiao and Mo Ganshan, the residual poison of this bewitchment will be wiped out with a light wipe of the veil of grace.

Soon, another incident happened that made Liu Hanying, Zhang Jiayu and others more firm their trust in Chen Mohan.

Less than half a year after Chen Mohan became the commander of the supplementary battalion, Chen Kexun, who served as the commander of the headquarters of Jiang Wenzhao of the group army, sent someone to Liu Hanying to send four gold bars and a secret letter, hoping that Brigade Commander Liu would cultivate and reuse his brother Chen Mohan, and cloud the Chen family for generations of economic industry and industry, quite familiar with the way of financial management, Mohan has participated in housekeeping since he was a child, and has a talent for financial management. "Mo Han is really a scholar, and he is afraid that he is reluctant to use the art of war. If he can be given the position of military finance, it should be beneficial for him to show his wisdom, and both the training and the family are grateful for the compassion of Brigade Commander Liu. After reading this letter, facing the four yellow gold bars, Liu Hanying sneered in his heart: His mother is really the son of a rich man, and his wishful thinking was actually dialed to Lao Tzu's head. The surname Chen still likes my fat shortage.

Liu Hanying naturally would not hand over the fat shortage of financial management to Chen Mohan, and the power of military baggage belongs to his cousin Huang Xiangshu, and others don't want to interfere. But gold bars still can't be refused. Besides, Chen Kexun was at the side of Jiang Wenzhao, commander-in-chief of the group army, and it was a big difference not to offend him, so he gave him a face and gave an order, and Chen Mohan was promoted to the deputy of the 246th Regiment major and the commander of the supplementary battalion.

Liu Hanying felt that it would be more appropriate for the supplementary camp to be managed by Chen Mohan. In order to show his mind, in addition to Zhang Gusheng, a henchman sent by Ji Hatian, as the battalion deputy and instructor, Zhao Wuxian, who was nearly 40 years old and was already a powerless old dog in the eyes of Liu Hanying and Zhang Jiayu, was appointed as the deputy battalion commander of the major.

On the eve of the surrender of the Japanese army, Jiang Wenzhao secretly came to Bump Mountain to inspect the defense and met with officers above the regimental level. Chen Kexun, who came with the commander-in-chief, also met with Chen Mohan. When the two brothers talked about family affairs, they both burst into tears, and they were sad and very glad that they both served in the army and served the party and the state. After Commander-in-Chief Jiang Wenzhao knew about this relationship, he also specially instructed Liu Hanying: "They are all their own brothers, and they should be reused." ”

In this way, when the "Bumpshan Anti-Japanese Independent Brigade" was expanded into the newly organized 137th Division, Chen Mohan became the lieutenant colonel of Zhang Jiayu's 1st Brigade and 3rd Regiment, which was logical.