Globe Trekker

Chapter 92 Unexpected Big Prize

Just after nine o'clock, the five hours of rain had stopped, and the sun shone through the gaps in the clouds, slanting towards the verdant mountains and the moist land.

Yu Jishi, the chief of the provincial security department and the commander of the Second Security Division, Ma Zhizhai, the chief of staff of the Provincial Security Command, and Chen Shizheng, who was officially promoted to the chief of staff of the Second Security Division, rode their horses into Maopailing Village, followed by Yu Jishi's guard battalion. The other two regiments returned to Wanfang Town, north of Nancheng, to rest after the battle at Dongkoukou.

Wu Ming led regiment staff officers Zhang Dongning, Dai Ziran, and first battalion commander Yin Dizhong to meet him at Sanhekou in the east of the village. Yu Jishi rarely dismounted from his horse and returned a salute to Wu Ming who came forward to salute. After listening to Wu Ming's brief report , threw the reins to the guard behind him, and walked back to the village side by side with Wu Ming.

Zhang Dongning and Dai Ziran hurried forward to greet Ma Zhizhai and Chen Shizheng, and accompanied the two smiling Shangguan back to the village.

Yu Jishi watched while walking, walked more than ten steps to look at the gray military uniform on Wu Ming, and joked in a low voice: "You are far less energetic than last night in the military uniform you are wearing now."

Wu Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knew that his special agent company was being missed by the superior officer. He changed the subject with a smile, and told the whole story he had prepared in advance:
"Master, we only found out last night that the main force of the communist army had withdrawn. There were one or two companies guarding the temporary headquarters in the village, and the two main intersections in the south and west of the village. At four o'clock in the morning, our teams launched At the time of the attack, there was a sudden thunder at around 57:[-], and there was a long period of lightning and thunder. The two teams that touched the west were discovered under the lightning, and the communist army immediately fired shots. The response was very fast. Because our firepower was strong enough, most of the assault teams hid in the dark. Under the simultaneous attack from all directions, the communist army made a wrong judgment and quickly retreated south. Due to the heavy rain, we were not enough in number to pursue them, and did not achieve any results. .”

Yu Jishi patted Wu Ming on the back, and said with satisfaction as he walked: "I am already very satisfied with the recovery of Mao Pailing, which is of great strategic significance, and I am not afraid to tell you that the battle of Mao Pailing was the only thing that the entire encirclement and suppression army can be thankful for so far. The key point is that General Wu Qiwei is also full of praise for the combat effectiveness and fighting spirit of your department, and I believe that the commissioner will be gratified to receive the battle report."

Wu Ming was taken aback: "Appointment?"

"Not bad! After your [-]st Battalion, Engineering Company and Machine Gun Company charged up the pass, we knew we had won the battle. It didn't take long to receive the news that you had captured Mao Pailing. General Wu Qiwei and I will report the battle immediately Commissioner. Although Mao Pailing is just a small mountain village with a radius of only five miles, with the development of the war, its geographical location is becoming more and more important. It is impossible for a commissioner to fail to see this key point throughout his life." Yu Jishi detailed explained.

Seeing that Wu Ming was still a little nervous, Yu Ji smiled and said, "Don't worry, although you didn't achieve any results, taking Mao Pailing is a great achievement, and you also rescued more than [-] captured brothers, you have done a great job Okay. My regret is that you, Wu Ming, are the only generals under your command. Although you have brought four regiments, you and Wu Ming are the only regiments that can really be used. It seems that we must pay close attention to army building in the future!"

Wu Ming explained: "Master, there is no need to worry. Our four regiments have never fought before, and our current performance is already good. I believe that after the experience on the battlefield, the brothers will grow up quickly. We only need a little training, and then we will be able to fight again." Pulled out to fight a few battles, experienced the war and gained experience, they will be the main force."

Yu Jishi nodded slightly: "The credit for this battle belongs to your five regiments... You and your brothers from the spy company have become a blockbuster, which is impressive! It is estimated that the commendation order from the committee will arrive soon. Are you still the commander of the lieutenant colonel? Military rank It should be changed too.”

Wu Ming was very grateful: "Thank you, Master, for your support!"

"Don't thank me, this is what you deserve, let's go, take me to see the four brothers who died in battle, and hold a memorial ceremony."

"understand!"

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Fuzhou, the general headquarters of the suppression.

Chiang Kai-shek, who hadn't slept all night, was still writing, his complexion and mental state were very bad, and the destruction of two divisions finally made him feel powerless, and he also realized that this large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign could no longer continue. With an absolute superior force and superior equipment, occasional failures can be tolerated, but repeated loss of troops, or even the collapse of the overall situation, is not a matter of tactical thinking. It is necessary to deeply review strategic mistakes. This is the conclusion Chiang Kai-shek came to after thinking hard all night.

Outside the spacious office, Generals Ge Jingen, Director of the First Department of the Military Commission, Chen Yi, Director of the Second Department, and Zhu Shaoliang, who succeeded He Yingqin as the Director of the Jiangxi Appeasement Office, stood silently. They were deeply worried that the Chairman of the Committee, Chiang Kai-shek, was closed behind closed doors, and were about to discuss how to deal with it. At that time, Chen Bulei, the director of the second office of the attendant room, came in a hurry with a telegram.

Chen Yi, who has a good personal relationship with Chen Bulei, hurriedly greeted him: "Yanji, what's the news?"

"The telecommunications room just received a good news. It was jointly sent by Wu Qiwei and Yu Jishi from Nancheng. The three main regiments of the Red Army were defeated and the strategically important Mao Pailing was recovered. The threat of Nancheng and Yihuang's flanks was eliminated in one fell swoop."

To be honest, Chen Bulei didn't know where Mao Pailing was, but he understood that the arrival of this good news could somewhat relieve the current depressive atmosphere.

Thanks to the disastrous defeat of a regiment under Yu Jishi, Chen Yi and others are now very clear about the location and significance of Mao Pailing. Hearing this, they were refreshed, and several people got together to discuss a few words, and immediately sorted out the army, and Chen Bulei rang the tight button. Closed office door.

After knocking on the door three times, Chiang Kai-shek finally put down his brush after writing a paragraph: "Come in."

Chen Bulei walked towards Chiang Kai-shek unhurriedly, and the four generals behind him walked forward with their heads held high and stood in a row in front of the large desk, waiting anxiously for Chiang Kai-shek's orders.

Chen Bulei has delivered a telegram: "Appointment, good news from Nancheng."

Chiang Kai-shek, with a gloomy face, was slightly surprised. He turned his head and looked at Chen Bulei. He reached out to take the message in his hand and put it on the table. Chen Yi and the others quickly followed.

After reading the map, Chiang Kai-shek looked much better. He turned around and glanced at the crowd: "I found it again. Good job! Yanji, please bring me the telegram. The content is too long. I didn't read the latter part. Let's see how they captured It's in the dangerous pass east of Mao Pai Ridge."

Chen Bulei quickly brought over the telegram, and Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly after reading it: "Yu Jishi is not bad, he is courageous after knowing his shame, he commanded well, and he fought very skillfully. I didn't expect that there was such a powerful spy company in his security force." , In the rainy night, we climbed mountains and ridges, overcome all difficulties, and successfully sneaked into the heart of the main force of the Communist Army in Mao Pailing to carry out a surprise attack, very good! Notify the whole army, give this spy company a reward, reward [-] cash, officers and soldiers are promoted to the first level, telegram Wu Ming, the leader of the team mentioned in the book, was promoted to the third rank!"

Chiang Kai-shek didn't know what he said next, which made Wu Qiwei feel very worried when he received the telegram. Wu Ming's current rank is lieutenant colonel. And the commander of the [-]th Division is on an equal footing, how can this be done?Nothing like this has ever happened in the military.

But if it is dealt with coldly, silently correcting the mistakes of the general suppressing and only giving Wu Ming a promotion rank, Wu Qiwei is also worried that the general suppressing who does not know the situation will soon report to the whole army, and there will be jokes in the future. Not even a person to discuss.

Wu Qiwei hesitated again and again, so he urgently reported Wu Ming's situation truthfully.

From the sending of the commendation telegram to the sending of Wu Qiwei's explanation telegram, the whole process took less than 10 to [-] minutes. Chen Bulei took the hastily handed over telegram from the director of the telecommunications room, and immediately asked if the commendation telegram notifying the whole army had been sent.The telecommunications director said no, but he sent it soon. Chen Bulei immediately told him not to send it for the time being, waiting for the notification, and rushed to Chiang Kai-shek's office after speaking.

Chiang Kai-shek was holding a summary meeting with more than ten generals including Ge Jingen and Chen Yi. Ge Jingen, who read out the summary report, saw Chen Bulei rushing in and knew something was urgent, so he stopped reading and sat down slowly.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Chen Bulei with displeasure, took the telegram and read it quickly, and then stared at the telegram as if he was recalling something. In the end, instead of getting angry, he held up the telegram and told everyone loudly:

"Everyone, before the meeting, everyone heard about the victory of Mao Pailing in the west of Nancheng, but I'm afraid you don't know about it. Before that, I gave a promotion to the third rank to the officer who led the spy to attack the Communist Army headquarters at night. Unexpectedly, this officer named Wu Ming is the lieutenant colonel of the fifth regiment of the Zhejiang Security Division, so he cannot be promoted to the third rank. Wu Qiwei called to explain that he obviously wanted me to correct my mistakes, and I accepted gone."

Everyone laughed, and then they started discussing with interest. They were deeply surprised that there was such a special agent company in the security force, and they were full of praise for the courage and level of the head of the regiment named Wu Ming.

Chiang Kai-shek turned to Ge Jingen: "Marquis Zhan, this regimental commander named Wu Ming, isn't he the teaching captain widely publicized by the military and political circles in Zhejiang two years ago?"

Ge Jingen froze for a moment, recalled for a moment, and said uncertainly: "There are many famous generals and schools in the Zhejiang Army, but only Liu Rulin, Fang Youchun, and Ma Zhizhai have real talents. During the Songhu Incident, my subordinates were ordered to supervise the Zhejiang Army. At that time, Wu Ming led a battalion to guard the front line of the Qingshi Bridge in the west gate of Hangzhou, and assisted Liu Rulin, the deputy director of the Security Department, to formulate a defense plan, and also came up with a quick construction method for fortifications. His subordinates and General Lu Diping went to inspect their positions And fortifications, found that it is indeed excellent."

"Also, the two basic military textbooks compiled by Wu Ming have been promoted in the Zhejiang Army. Later, the subordinates brought back the two textbooks of Wu Ming and asked the German consultant to evaluate them. Creativity', and later listed these two booklets as reference materials for the Central Military Academy, so the subordinates estimated that they should be the same person."

The participating generals were surprised after hearing Ge Jingen's words. Officers with such accomplishments can be regarded as rare in all departments of the Central Army. How could they hang out in the local security forces?He even personally led a special agent company to use the rainy night to raid the headquarters of the three regiments of the Red Army?

If so, what a fine officer he must be!

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment, then turned to Chen Bulei who was waiting at the side and said in a low voice: "For Wu Ming, he will be promoted to the rank of colonel, and the bonus will be increased from [-] to [-]."

"clear."

Chen Bulei retreated immediately, and closed the door after going out.

(End of this chapter)