Globe Trekker

Chapter 93
At noon on the third day, a bank of China check for 10 yuan was delivered to Wu Ming, along with the check and a pair of brand-new colonel collar badges.

Wu Ming entered the tent, grabbed two canisters of ocean and stuffed them into the pocket of the division quartermaster who brought the check, explaining that we have already had lunch and you will not be kept for dinner.

The young quartermaster Chen Zhanhong didn't expect Wu Ming to be so generous, and he realized that he was hugged out of the tent by Wu Ming. He quickly took out two barrels of ocean and returned them to Wu Ming:
"Mr. Wu, this money cannot be accepted. It is the hard-earned money of the brethren. Even if it is a bonus, the brethren have paid for it with their lives. The subordinates have no merit, so they dare not accept it!"

Wu Ming was surprised: "Brother Chen, I've known you for a long time, but I still don't know where you are from?"

The thin Chen Zhanhong replied shyly, "My little brother is from Fenghua."

Wu Ming understood, smiled and said: "Go back and thank the teacher and the two chiefs of staff for me, and tell them that after the battle, I, Wu Ming, will invite them to the best restaurant in Quzhou for a drink, and then you will go too! "

Chen Zhanhong smiled and said: "Okay, I will definitely bring the message to... I have something to ask Commander Wu, I want to join the special agent company of your ministry as an intern, I wonder if the Commander can approve it? Don't think too much, Commander, I graduated from the seventh phase of the Central Military Academy In the logistics department, the stamina and marksmanship are not bad, and I have never been willing to be this quartermaster. If I hadn't been in poor health when I entered school, I would never have been assigned to the logistics department."

Wu Ming felt very strange: "Is it your own idea, or the teacher's idea?"

"The little brother made his own decision. The master doesn't know, but yesterday the younger brother heard what the master and the two chiefs of staff said. After returning, the second division will be stationed at Changshan Daying. Officer Wu will be promoted to the second division's deputy chief of staff. He also serves as the head of the Fifth Regiment, responsible for the military training of the entire division, and then Commander Wu is fully responsible for the formation of the division's teaching team." Chen Zhanhong replied in a low voice.

Wu Ming was taken aback. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was the young man showing his favor to him. He hesitated for a moment and told him directly: "As long as the teacher agrees, I have no objection. I can come at any time, but can I learn the truth?" Things, the key is up to you, what I mean...do you understand?"

Chen Zhanhong gave a military salute excitedly: "Understood! Thank you, sir! To tell you the truth, in private, I am called cousin Shizuo. I believe he will agree to this request. Goodbye!"

Wu Ming, who was standing outside the tent, stared at the back of Chen Zhanhong and the two guards riding away on horseback, and began to meditate heavily. Dai Ziran stepped forward and stood beside him, looking at the direction Chen Zhanhong was going away, and said with a low laugh: "No Will it be the first step for the division to seize our spy company?"

"No!"

Wu Ming shook his head: "I was quite worried before, but now I'm not worried anymore. Since Chen Zhanhong took the initiative to ask to join our spy company as a trainee, it means that the master has no plans to seize our spy company, even if he has such thoughts in his heart, I can't do it either... From this point of view, our Yu Shizuo is still an upright and open-minded person, much better than Chen Shizheng's villainous little boy."

Dai Ziran was amused when he heard it, and he agreed with Wu Ming's statement: "Your analogy is really apt, as long as that guy takes off his military uniform, changes into his theater costume, and stands on the stage without makeup, he can act as a villain." ,Ha ha!"

Wu Ming was horrified: "You kid is worse than me! I didn't expect that an honest and outstanding intellectual youth would degenerate so quickly, tsk tsk! I can't bear to witness..."

Dai Ziran was stunned for a long time, and when he saw a group of brothers covering their mouths and laughing, he quickly turned around and chased into the tent, demanding Wu Ming to speak clearly.

Wu Ming happened to have nothing to do, so he retorted, and Dai Ziran was furious. Du Pingzhang, the unsmiling communications company commander, also made Wu Ming lie on the table with a string of witty words without profanity.

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Nanyuan Village, which is only [-] kilometers away from Mao Pailing in a straight line, is also a scene of joy. The Fourth Independent Division of the Red Army, which has successfully completed its combat missions and seized a large amount of weapons and supplies, has just held a celebration meeting and received a new rifle. More than a thousand soldiers were very excited, and the [-] newly recruited young men were also extremely satisfied after receiving the old guns of the veterans.

Army commander Lin Biao, chief of staff Chen Qihanren, and director of the Political Department Luo Ronghuan who came from Zixia Town a hundred miles to the south to attend the celebration, visited the station with great interest accompanied by a group of chief officers from the Fourth Division. The captured brand-new Czech machine gun was tried out. Later, when he saw hundreds of boxes of grenades, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and four brand-new American Browning heavy machine guns neatly stacked, even Lin Biao almost drooled.

After the visit, Lin Biao and his entourage entered the old Taoist temple under the big camphor tree. The temporary headquarters of the Independent Fourth Division was located in the main hall with a square of six feet.

Guo Tianming took a few steps to the map on the left wall, and introduced it to Lin Biao and others with great interest: "I personally think that this map is the most precious."

Lin|Biao and others immediately stepped forward to watch. Guo Tianming introduced the origin of the map in detail, pointing to the clear and detailed mileage, slope, deep stream, stream, etc. on the map to explain one by one, and finally pointed to the mapping unit and half of the official seal in the lower corner of the map Mark, tell all the details about the enemy regiment leader Wu Ming and his five regiments.

Lin|Biao and others listened to the introduction, and then looked at the map with unprecedented accuracy and detail, and their expressions became extremely dignified.

Luo Ronghuan immediately remembered the content of the awards broadcast by the Kuomintang Central News Agency in the past two days, so he reported the situation to everyone, and finally pointed to Mao Pailing on the map: "It is estimated that Wu Mingtuan is here now."

"That's right, it's in Mao Pailing! The intelligence agent in the hidden village sent a message the day before yesterday. After Wu Ming's regiment attacked, they immediately built the previous fortifications and fortresses, and restored martial law. Villagers were not allowed to approach any fortifications and barracks. It is estimated that the entire defense system was damaged. Changes have been made." Xie Weijun, political commissar of the Fourth Division, said clearly.

Luo Ronghuan quickly asked: "So many people died, did they make things difficult for the folks?"

Xie Weijun hesitated, but couldn't help looking at Guo Tianming.

Seeing this, Lin Biao reminded in a deep voice: "Speak up if you have something to say, what's the big deal? Why dawdle?"

Xie Weijun immediately puffed up his chest, took a deep breath, and reported truthfully: "After the enemy's fifth regiment entered the village, they did not embarrass any of the people. They buried the bodies of all Kuomintang officers and soldiers on a barren slope more than one mile away from the south of the village. The corpses of the 140 seven soldiers that we had no time to take away were also buried. Then we bought three animals from the villagers and held a grand sacrificial ceremony. A three-inch-thick, one-foot-wide, and five-foot-high wooden sign, with a line written on it: 140, seven soldiers who died in the war of dissent are buried here! There is also a serving of incense, candles and drinks."

Lin|Biao was taken aback, Luo Ronghuan kept shouting loudly, and Chen Qihan also had a headache, bluntly speaking that the enemy was cunning, obviously trying to disturb the hearts of the people.

Guo Tianming added: "There is one more thing. Two soldiers from our broken regiment and three companies unfortunately fell off a cliff on the way to retreat. They were rescued by the Kuomintang officers and soldiers belonging to Wu Ming's regiment and placed in the home of the village chief, Uncle Zhou. The afternoon before yesterday , Their military doctor connected the broken leg bones of our two soldiers, gave them medicine and injections, and then left without saying anything, as if nothing had happened.”

Luo Ronghuan finally knew how difficult the leader of the Chiang Kai-shek Army was. "In this way, won't the villagers spread their benevolence and righteousness? It will be difficult to carry out political work in the future! Are your intelligence agents safe?"

Guo Tianming shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't received any news for two days... Our reconnaissance team can't approach the village within five kilometers, no matter which direction, every time it is discovered in advance by the enemy's lurking secret whistle, not by the sound The gun warning is a grenade flying out of nowhere and exploding at a distance that does not hurt people... So far, we have not been able to think of any good way."

Chen Qihan and others were taken aback. Lin Biao walked to the map silently and looked at the map without moving. Many of the inside stories he knew were not under Luo Ronghuan and Chen Qihan. What Lin Biao paid the most attention to was the political offensive, and Wu Ming's regiment's stealth and counter-reconnaissance capabilities. This was originally the specialty and magic weapon of the Red Army's victory. Once it was lost, the battle would basically be unnecessary.

Luo Ronghuan didn't ask any more questions, and the main hall was suddenly quiet, with every pair of eyes looking at the motionless legion commander Lin Biao.

Lin | Biao turned around quickly, pointed to the map and told everyone: "We are here today not only to celebrate your fourth division's successful completion of the task of containing the enemy and winning a battle, but also for the upcoming battle of Nancheng! The main force of the enemy has retreated one after another, giving up all the areas south of Anle, Yihuang, and Nanfeng. The first column and reserve division of the Kuomintang withdrew to the line from Longxi to Chongren, north of Yihuang, to rest and recuperate. The main force, Chen Cheng's Department, also withdrew from Guangchang, went north to Nanfeng to rest and recuperate, and to the south, the four divisions of the Yu Hanmou Department of the Guangdong Army also retreated step by step. Obviously, the enemy's fourth encirclement and suppression campaign failed, and they were unable to invade our southern Jiangxi in a short time , eastern Jiangxi, and western Fujian bases.”

Lin | Biao walked to the front of the two rows of seats, and asked everyone to sit down: "Let's talk about the external environment conveyed by the central government. Due to the non-resistance policy pursued by the Northeast Army, Rehe was in danger under the Japanese aircraft bombing and ground artillery fire. The main force of the Japanese army They also diverted to the south, and it seems that they are heading straight to the front line of the Great Wall."

"The anti-Japanese voices of the people all over the country are unprecedentedly high. Chiang Kai-shek, who dare not ignore the people's will, flew to Beiping to put out the fire, but before he left, he divided Jiangxi into eight suppression areas and ordered his troops to continue to encircle and suppress us! What is tolerable? This is unbearable, the central government calls on all our armies to make persistent efforts to completely drive Chiang Kai-shek's army out of the Soviet area!"

"Based on the spirit of the Central Committee's instructions, our First Red Army Corps will fight another battle, and the target is the largest advance base and transfer station of the Kuomintang army - Nancheng!"

The bloody generals were taken aback. For some reason, they crossed Nanfeng, where three enemy divisions were stationed, and directly attacked Nancheng to the north of Nanfeng. Could it be because Nancheng had less troops?

However, as long as Nancheng is in danger, the Kuomintang army can mobilize at least four divisions from the north and the south to the battlefield within twelve hours.

Lin|Biao's next words immediately solved the mystery in everyone's mind: "Our Red First Army Corps will fight the South City, while the Third and Fifth Army Corps are responsible for dealing with the Nanfeng defenders [-] kilometers to the south, even if you can't eat a piece of him , we must also force the Kuomintang troops out of Nanfeng, and we must not let them drive a nail into the middle of our base!"

Guo Tianming immediately took a step forward: "League commander, give the order!"

Lin | Biao nodded, pointing to Mao Pailing on the map: "You continue to fight here... I will send three more main regiments to cooperate with you in the fight. We must resolutely eliminate this stubborn Wu Ming regiment of the Zhejiang Army, otherwise this guy will definitely give us a hand in the future." The battle brought unexpected troubles."

Guo Tianming was astonished, and Xie Weijun was also deeply surprised, but he quickly puffed up his chest and accepted the task resolutely.

Lin|Biao exhorted: "The enemy you are facing is very cunning, with strong combat effectiveness and weapons and equipment, so this battle will be very difficult to fight, and you may have to pay unprecedented sacrifices, but facing such a stubborn enemy, we You can't stop fighting, let alone let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

"Although there is a saying in the art of war: you can't go on when you are proud. This time we will do the opposite, and you can go on when you are proud! The key to this battle is: gain time, fight for speed, attack the unprepared, besieged in groups, and then attack from all sides, completely Kill him!"

(End of this chapter)