Wu Ming's answer made Liu Rulin and Ma Zhizhai stunned. Everyone knew what Wu Ming said about lending. It was definitely a tiger who borrowed pigs without returning.

Ma Zhizhai, who was honest by nature, was about to stop Wu Ming from doing this, but Liu Rulin was stopped: "Zhizhai, don't worry, think about it, if the Sino-Japanese War really comes, how long can our army resist? Who can still save their wealth at that time?"

"I dare to assert that by then, the wealthy gentry in Zhejiang, who will not be able to lend money to the government and the army unless their family travels abroad... There are countless such things since the Republic of China, not to mention that the loan is used to resist Japanese invasion and defend their country. Think about it carefully

Wu Ming was quite surprised by Liu Rulin's reasonable reaction and admired him very much. He stepped forward and held Liu Rulin's hand tightly, smiled and turned to Ma Zhizhai:

"Brother Ma, I heard that your old man always wants to go back to his hometown in Quzhou. I think Yu Qian will send the elderly and children to Quzhou after the New Year... Quzhou is already considered a big rear, at least this year, the Japanese army will not be able to attack there. If you are afraid of danger, the Kaihua County in the north is also in the mountains. After the construction of the fortification group along the Fangcunxi River, our engineers and the infrastructure company of the Maoliangwu Chamber of Commerce will start to build fortresses in the highlands along the Majinxi River. It will be difficult for people outside to attack."

"Of course, this is just a second-hand choice. Our engineers are hurrying to build a house in Maoliangwu. A new batch of small foreign buildings have been completed. I will leave two sets for you and Brother Liu, right next to my yard. If you really want to fight, my father-in-law and his family will also move in."

Ma Zhizhai was both grateful and worried, and he felt very conflicted and didn't know how to answer.

Wu Ming ignored Ma Zhizhai, whose face was gloomy and gloomy, said a few words to Liu Rulin, and boarded the train heading west.

The train roared away, and Liu Rulin patted Ma Zhizhai on the shoulder: "Let's go, follow the plan agreed with me yesterday, and we will rectify the army after we go back. We will not save any military funds we have saved before. We will try to recruit three new recruits to train more strictly. Otherwise, if we really want to fight, we will not even have the ability to protect ourselves."

Ma Zhizhai, who had a heavy face, grabbed Liu Rulin and asked in a heavy mood: "If you really want to fight, will you send the whole family to Maoliangwu?"

Liu Rulin sighed quietly and asked back: "Is there any other better way? If you really fight, Hangzhou, which is at the mouth of Qiantang River, will definitely not be able to be saved. Not to mention anything else, the Japanese army only needs to send a few planes to throw bombs, and the entire Hangzhou city will suffer heavy casualties..."

"You and I are both leaders. Who can care about the whole family? Send it away early, and you will feel more at ease when you lose your worries and fight. Even if you die in the battlefield, there will be no regrets."

Ma Zhizhai was quite helpless, lowered his head and said nothing, and followed Liu Rulin away from the platform of Xiaoshan Railway Station with great worries, and then took a ferry to return to Hangzhou City.

Wu Ming returned to Changshan Military Camp without any major moves. In addition to formulating the next step of training + plan, the main content of the discussion was left.

It is early January, and this year's New Year's Eve is the tenth day of the second lunar month and the 25th is the Lantern Festival, which means that there are nearly forty days for Wu Ming to be freely controlled.

Since the internal defense in western Zhejiang was handed over to the local government, the New Second Division no longer took on cumbersome local security protection tasks. After considering it, Wu Ming decided to take this opportunity to take the long holiday for his officers and soldiers so that every brother could have a one-month holiday for his family visits. After the Spring Festival and even in the next few years, he may never have a chance to have a holiday again.

Wu Ming has always attached great importance to discipline, and has been constantly pursuing military training and ideological and cultural education. Although every officer and soldier has had holidays over the years, it is a short holiday of five to seven days, and a long holiday of more than ten days has never been seen before, let alone a month off. So the brothers were very surprised when they heard Wu Ming's decision, but no one was unwilling to get a chance to rest and relax, so they all raised their hands to agree with it with a smile.

Only by rising from the grassroots level, Long Shaogang, the veteran deputy commander, secretly worried. He knew from Wu Ming's abnormal behavior that the Sino-Japanese War was probably coming, so he just complained to Wu Ming afterwards that the holiday was too long and that his brothers would slack off.

After his brothers took turns to take vacation, Wu Ming was not idle. In addition to stepping up the construction of the intelligence network and Mao Liangwu's combat readiness, his eyes were always focused on Nanjing, Shanghai and North China.

The development of the situation in the next more than a month basically confirmed Wu Ming's speculation.

Chiang Kai-shek, who returned to Nanjing to gain the highest power, indeed began an orderly military and political cleanup. Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army and Yang Hucheng's Northwest Army quickly split under Chiang Kai-shek's Huairou policy. A group of senior officials in the Nanjing government either rose and demoted openly or retired during the major adjustments.

Chiang Kai-shek was particularly harsh in the resilient and panic Central Army. A large number of positions led by He Yingqin were swaying. Generals who were lip service to disobey their power either had a false title or had a false position or retreated to the second line in name only. The hard work of the society was even worse. He Zhonghan, Deng Wenyi and others were refrigerated. Only Chen Cheng, Jiang Dingwen, Zhou Zhirou, Dai Li and others who were steadfastly followed Chiang Kai-shek quickly rose up.

Chiang Kai-shek straightened out the upper class of the army through decisive means, and immediately implemented large-scale reorganization and strengthening of the various departments of the Central Army, and one power struggle after another became increasingly fierce.

On the morning of the second day after the Lantern Festival, officers above the battalion commander of the New Second Division gathered at Changshan Military Camp to hold the first enlarged military meeting after the Spring Festival holiday.

The officers who had enjoyed the leisurely holiday of wealth were all red and laughed loudly. After entering the conference room, they still whispered and talked in a low voice. However, when they saw the latest training + marking and assessment standards issued, no one could laugh out loud.

On the rostrum, Chief of Staff Zhang Dongning explained the three-month training + plan and the large-scale confrontation exercise plan held in three months, and finally put down the speech and announced it seriously:

"Dear, according to the decision of the division headquarters meeting, the staff teams dispatched by the division headquarters will track and supervise the training of various brigades and regiments throughout the process, and at the same time conduct a comprehensive assessment of the military discipline, mental outlook, political thought, cultural education, etc. of the officers and soldiers of each regiment battalion. These results will be together with the confrontation exercise results ended in early June, and will become the main basis for promotion or demotion of officers at all levels. I advise brothers not to be lazy, otherwise they may be transferred from our new second division."

The conference room was nervous and stern, but the living room of the division headquarters, separated by a wall from the conference room, was very relaxed. A young colonel and two lieutenants who had just arrived to report with the Central Military Commission order were very regretful because they failed to attend the military enlarged meeting of the New Second Division. However, they were in a good mood under the warm hospitality of several division headquarters staff members, and they asked about the various situations of the New Second Division from time to time.

Several young staff members can basically answer questions and clearly inform them of confidential issues involving this department beyond their authority.

It was almost noon, and the enlarged meeting of the New Second Division had just ended. The officers who had originally planned to have a good gathering and had a few drinks no longer wanted to stay. They rushed back to their troops under tremendous pressure. Even the nine chief brigade commanders and chief of staff were not in the mood to stay for dinner.

Wu Ming led the deputy division commander Long Shaogang, chief of staff Zhang Dongning and combat section chief Dai Ziran into the living room. The three newly arrived officers who had been anxiously waiting quickly stood up and saluted. The colonel, who was about 27 or 28, delivered the transfer order to Wu Ming with both hands: "The subordinate is the rank of Qibin, please take care of Chief Wu."

Wu Ming nodded slightly, took the order and took a casual look, handed it to Long Shaogang beside him, and immediately introduced the few Long Shaogang to Fang Zhibin, and finally pointed to the sofa beside him and asked everyone to sit down.

After everyone sat down, Wu Ming leisurely lit a cigarette and took a few sips comfortably, then he turned to Fang Zhibin slowly: "Brother Fang was recommended by Director Dai Yunong of Lixing Society?"

Fang Zhibin was stunned. He never expected that Wu Ming had such a thorough understanding of his situation. However, thinking of Dai Li, the former director of the Special Service Office, left Nanjing, he had to answer Wu Ming's question awkwardly:

"I was indeed recommended by Director Dai, and with the approval of the principal, I was fortunate to come to the New Second Division to serve as the deputy chief of staff... I graduated from the seventh session of the Central Military Academy. I have been serving as a spy in the Huangpu Alumni Association and Lixing Society. I have no actual experience in leading troops. I will ask the chief to help in the future."

When Long Shaogang and Zhang Dongning heard Fang Zhibin say that it was personally approved by Chairman Jiang, they both looked at each other in surprise and looked at Fang Zhibin, who looked handsome but had a nervous face. No matter how you look, you can't tell that this guy who belongs to the nifty face is actually from the Lixing Society Special Service Office, which Wu Ming has always been quite afraid of.

The intelligence agencies within the Kuomintang were only established for eighty or nine years. In the early 17th year of the Republic of China, the Kuomintang established a full-time intelligence "Party Affairs Investigation Section" in the Central Organization Department. At this time, the military system also had the "Second Department of the General Staff", which was specifically responsible for military intelligence and telecommunication detection.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China, the secret core organization of the "Lixing Society" of the "Chinese National Rejuvenation Society" was established under the "Secret Service" and specialized in intelligence assassination activities. The following year, the Party Affairs Investigation Section was expanded to "Secret Service Headquarters" and reorganized into the "Party Affairs Investigation Office" in the 24th year of the Republic of China. This is the origin of the "Military Commission" and "Central Commission" of the two major secret agencies of the Republic of China.

Long Shaogang and Zhang Dongning learned from Wu Ming that after the Xi'an Incident, considering the lack of intelligence work, Chiang Kai-shek intends to merge Dai Li's "Lixing Society Secret Service" with the "Party Affairs Investigation Office" under Xu Enzeng into the "National Government Military丨Committee Investigation Bureau", with Chen Lifu as the director, the former Party Affairs Investigation Office as one department, which is specifically responsible for party affairs, Xu Enzeng as the director, and the former Lixing Society Secret Service is responsible for spies as the second department, which is still under Dai Li's management.

You should know that this Lixing Society Special Service, which is directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission, not only is responsible for spying on intelligence, but also conducts anti-espionage work and performs intelligence tasks through assassination and other means. Although its reputation is not well-known, its influence cannot be underestimated. Now Chairman Jiang and Dai Li reach out to the New Second Division, which is definitely not a good thing.
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