After the collective and individual competitions of the military five-year military competition, the live-fire confrontation exercises followed one after another were particularly tense.

Wu Ming personally pressed the battle, and Deputy Brigade Commander Long Shaogang led twelve school officials and nearly 100 staff members of various subjects to form an exercise leadership group and a referee group. The exercise, which was originally scheduled to end in seven days, was forced to be interrupted due to two casualties of more than five people. In the end, it took twice as much time than the original plan to complete eight confrontations of four projects.

Wu Ming and his officers all breathed a sigh of relief.

Although five soldiers died unexpectedly and seventy-three officers and soldiers were injured in the fierce live-fire confrontation exercise, the achievements were exciting. Among them, the machine artillery battalion led by Tian Zhenggang performed the most outstandingly. Whether it was the entire battalion fighting alone or in cooperation with various regiments, the machine artillery battalion performed very well. Tian Zhenggang commanded with determination, applied tactics properly, officers at all levels of the battalion commanded strongly, and officers and soldiers at all levels cooperated with tacit understanding, which was unanimously praised by the officers and soldiers of the brigade.

After getting the result, Tian Zhenggang himself was also very excited. Such achievements not only dispelled the suspicion and jealousy of some old brothers in the army in one fell swoop, but also proved his strength well, but also earned face for his elder brother Wu Ming.

After the exercise, the units left Phoenix Mountain and returned to their respective defense zones to rest. A large number of brand new rifles, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, imitation Colt 19ll pistols and Thomson submachine guns were also transported to the regiment battalions.

The officer above the battalion commander was left at the training base by Wu Ming, attending a special meeting for half a month, summarizing the gains and losses of the confrontation exercise, repeatedly discussing various problems that arise during the exercise, and frequently deducing them until the correct solution was found.

In addition, Wu Ming also asked the regiment battalion commanders to adjust the advantages and disadvantages of weapons and equipment and personnel configurations of each department based on the final conclusions made by the meeting, and issued a special training + outline for the spring and summer seasons of 1936, and put forward clear requirements for the goals achieved by each regiment and battalion in the next stage.

Within a month after the confrontation exercise, Wu Ming issued a formal letter of appointment to the chief officers of the newly formed 10th Brigade under his command. A large number of company and platoon leaders who performed outstandingly in the exercise were given actual positions and successfully promoted to the first level. The first and second infantry regiments reached the level of ordinary Central Army strengthening regiments:

It has three fully-organized infantry battalions, one of which is a regiment-owned machine cannon company, an engineering company, a baggage company, and a guard communication company. The total number of officers and soldiers is 2,150.

The four direct battalions directly under the brigade department were also strengthened.

The machine gun battalion with the most advanced equipment and the largest number of officers and soldiers officially entered the first and second battalions of the Phoenix Mountain Base. In addition to daily training, it also needs to assist in training base training | Excellent soldiers selected by each regiment will teach light and heavy machine guns and mortar operation technology and maintenance technology step by step.

The stations of the direct engineering battalions and the logistics battalions, which have worked hard and made great contributions, are officially identified as Changshan Military Camp, but each has a company of officers and soldiers stationed at the Fenghuang Mountain Base for a long time, and assisted in teaching after training. Blasting training and car driving training must be conducted at the Fenghuang Mountain Base.

Like the direct guard battalion, these two battalions have adopted the method of rotation every two months, so that the officers and soldiers of each company have about four months of rest every year.

The new year is approaching, and the thing Wu Ming is most worried about hasn't happened.

Yu Jishi, the commander of the 58th Division stationed in Yichang, did not ask Wu Ming to return to his command during his frequent correspondence with Wu Ming. The letter has more and more content on discussing the current situation and training experience. As the contacts increase, the friendship between the two has not only not become indifferent, but has become more stable as time goes by and understanding becomes more stable.

In January 1936, Yu Jishi was officially promoted to lieutenant general. Wu Ming, who saw this news in the internal notice, immediately sent a congratulatory message to Yu Jishi.

Yu Jishi's call came soon. He asked Wu Ming not to relax at all. He immediately contacted Qi Ke, the supervisor of Quzhou Military Station, and tried every means to recruit three new recruits to train again. All weapons, equipment and military expenses were allocated by the Military Station. He would rush to Nanjing during the Spring Festival to attend the third meeting of the Party Congress, and then take time to meet Wu Ming as much as possible.

After reading Yu Jishi's call, Wu Ming immediately fell into deep thought. He then took out the letters from Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Huang Wei and others and read them repeatedly, and thought silently. Finally, he went to a consultation call for Zhou Zhirou, the new director of the aviation committee who had just flew back to Nanjing from Sichuan.

After putting down the phone, Wu Ming and Dai Ziran entered the brigade war room and repeatedly analyzed the large map of the administrative region of the Republic of China on the wall.

From the northwest where Chen Cheng served as the commander-in-chief of the Communist Party of the border areas of Shanxi, Suizhou, Shaanxi and Ningxia, the two saw the Japanese invaders pressing Song Zheyuan to step by step to concede with each other. Finally, they also stared at the southern kingdom of Heaven, Chen Jitang, Li Zongren of the New Guangxi clique, and Bai Chongxi, and soon realized that after Chairman Jiang solved the Red Army's problem, he might be the next step to move south and regain the nominal surrender to the central government, but actually the country of Guangdong and Guangxi, which is a country with troops in the middle, has become a country in Guangdong and Guangxi.

"Report, Commissioner Fang called." Adjutant Sun Chengyuan's loud voice came from outside the door.

Wu Ming returned to his office, picked up the phone and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Fang Youchun's voice was still so low: "Director Xu will be here tomorrow afternoon, and I will beg you to see."

"I understand, I'll go there tomorrow morning." Wu Ming replied.

"Will you come to your house for lunch tomorrow?" Fang Youchun asked.

Wu Ming explained patiently: "I'm afraid there is no time... I'm going to the military station to meet Qi Ke. There is something important, and I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you. The call from above asked to recruit three new recruits again. I'm very struggling here. I guess I can recruit another regiment in the northeast of Jiangxi. Let's see if the rest can be found in Longyou, Jiande and Chun'an counties? If it really doesn't work, I have to offend Lu Zhongxiu again."

"Okay, don't go to southern Zhejiang to recruit soldiers. Lu Zhongxiu is still very angry and complained to Governor Huang many times. Fortunately, Governor Huang knows your background and doesn't say anything. If you do it again, it's probably hard for everyone to talk... There are many mountains, few lands, and there is not a large population. His recruitment task is also very heavy. Lu Zhongxiu is not easy now. Don't make any decisions about him. I'll find a way for you." Fang Youchun put down the phone after saying that.

Seeing Wu Ming holding the microphone and thinking hard, Chengyuan quickly made a cup of new tea for Wu Ming to deliver it.

Seeing that he had no tea, Dai Ziran cursed Chengyuan, who was favored by others, and then did it himself. After that, she returned to Wu Ming and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, the recruitment missions of the three regiments will not make you worry, right? Are you worried that the headquarters will be transferred to the south for combat?"

Wu Ming was deeply comforted by Dai Ziran's far-reaching vision and nodded: "At present, nearly half of the main forces of the Central Army are in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and one-third are deployed on the front line of Shandong and Henan. The purpose is to prevent the Japanese army from launching a sudden attack on North China and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River while eliminating the Communist Party's army."

"So, unless Chairman Jiang does not attack Guangdong and Guangxi, as long as he makes up his mind to fight, the main forces of the Central Army currently stationed in the above areas cannot move. At most, a few main divisions can be drawn from the Lianghu area and Anhui to move south, and most of the remaining forces can only be drawn from the provinces in Jiangnan."

"Although our New Tenth Brigade is not very eye-catching, it is still a newly-organized brigade-level unit affiliated to the Central Military System. Many senior officials in the military know that our New Tenth Brigade is best at mountain combat and is very consistent with the terrain of southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong, so we may never be able to escape this time."

Dai Ziran smiled and said, "What are you worried about? Just fight. After the baptism of a war, you can at least let the brothers see blood and stand the test of actual combat. Otherwise, training on paper will be no longer a matter of training."

Wu Ming sighed: "Yes, I also know that experiencing a real war is more beneficial to testing the troops than a hundred confrontation exercises, but it is a civil war after all. Seeing that the Japanese army in North China are pressing step by step, we not only cannot move forward to resist foreign enemies, but instead have to fight with each other, I feel uncomfortable."

"Then I'll just have a negative response? You are very experienced in this regard." Dai Ziran did not have as many worries as Wu Ming, and she was very relaxed inside and outside.

Wu Ming couldn't help but give Dai Ziran a blank look: "Aren't you going to marry Chen Yi this summer? If you go south to fight, your marriage may not be done.

Dai Ziran revealed with a full face: "Brother, Chen Yi saw her twenty-five classmates entering our field hospital after graduation, and she also wanted to join our field hospital as a military doctor after the internship. She said she likes to wear military uniforms."

"Ah? Nothing... She studied pediatrics, did she come to our field hospital? Didn't the old man and Wang Daohan in her family run a Western hospital in Shangrao County? When she goes back to Shangrao, it is not only close to home, but also able to take care of her parents. She is much better than following us around in the future."

Wu Ming refused, not because he refused Chen Yi to enter his field hospital, but because Wang Yuehan had been officially transferred to Wu Ming's office and is currently serving as deputy section chief of the confidential department. He is responsible for radio base station construction and archive personnel management at the Phoenix Mountain Training Base. If Chen Yi comes in, he will definitely soon reveal the secret of her beautiful woman in the golden house.

Dai Ziran is not that easy to pass. He changed his way and continued to pester Wu Ming with a slutty face: "Brother, why haven't you confessed to your sister-in-law about your second sister-in-law?"

"Go away, do you think I don't want to confess? After finishing the work, she didn't expect her to get pregnant again. She happily took care of her baby at home all day long, and even handed the quilt factory to the Chamber of Commerce. Do I dare to let her get angry at this time? Who should I take responsibility for anything?"

Wu Ming was very upset. He could easily resolve any situation when encountering it, but he had no choice in this matter.

Dai Ziran no longer made fun of Wu Ming, but was full of admiration: "Brother is so powerful in shooting skills."

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, then became angry and cursed. He grabbed a book on the table and smashed it at Dai Ziran who turned around and ran away, making Chengyuan laugh.
Chapter completed!