Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Chapter 127 Interception

Zhang Wenwu glanced at Chief of Staff Zhao Dong, and then said, "Chief of Staff, there are many troops getting off the train at Nanxiang Station every day. Moreover, the battle in Shanghai was so fierce that all the troops suffered heavy losses. The war zone will definitely arrange some security groups to come and supplement the various troops."

Zhao Dong looked at Zhang Wenwu with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Well, now there are some security regiments from various provinces coming to Shanghai, and they are added to some troops in the war zone. I know about this, but what does it have to do with us? Those security regiments have not been assigned to us." Zhao Dong didn't quite understand what Zhang Wenwu meant. If there were security regiments added to the 102nd Division, why would he worry about reinforcements? Did Zhang Wenwu have connections in the war zone?

Zhang Wenwu had no choice but to speak his mind out. It was impossible for Zhao Dong, an orthodox soldier, to come up with that idea himself, so he said, "Chief of Staff, the security regiments all report to the military depot after arriving near Nanxiang Station, and then the theater will make specific assignments based on the situation. What I mean is that we can lure people to our division before these security regiments report, or we can pay the security regiment commanders to buy people. Chief of Staff, our division is the central army, and I think those security regiments must be yearning for it, and they all took the initiative to surrender to us. We want to drive them away, but we are afraid of hurting the soldiers' patriotism, so we have to reluctantly recruit them to serve the country."

Zhao Dong's eyes widened like bells. He really didn't expect that Zhang Wenwu was so bold that he dared to intercept the troops privately. However, his idea was a good one. Let's not worry about it for now. Let's abduct the people first. As for the accountability from the higher-ups, there is Deputy Minister Chen to take responsibility. Then we will do as Zhang Wenwu said. They came here voluntarily and there is nothing we can do.

"Wenwu, go and take care of this matter. Do you need the troops to do something for you?" Zhao Dong made up his mind and agreed to Zhang Wenwu's dirty trick.

When Zhang Wenwu saw that Chief of Staff Zhao Dong agreed to his plan, he immediately assured Zhao Dong: "Chief of Staff, rest assured, I will definitely bring all the brothers of the security regiment who are determined to join our division here safely. I need a travel permit from the division headquarters and a recruitment notice, nothing else is needed."

That night, Zhang Wenwu returned to the Quartermaster Department with the travel permit and recruitment notice issued by Zhao Dong. He asked Lei Dong to be in charge of the work of the Quartermaster Department and left him with a squad of military police to help. He took Li Houcai and two squads of military police, asked for three cooks from Old Man Hong and brought two marching pots, and headed towards Nanxiang Railway Station.

When passing the last line of defense, Zhang Wenwu threw five boxes of British canned food to Li Shangping, which made Li Shangping very happy. However, when he learned that Zhang Wenwu was taking people to recruit soldiers, Li Shangping was confused. He felt that although the entire Shanghai area was full of soldiers, they were all organized. It would be very difficult to recruit soldiers, unless you went to the urban area of ​​Shanghai to recruit soldiers. However, the newly recruited soldiers could not go to the battlefield without a period of training.

Zhang Wenwu ignored Li Shangping's doubts. His method was still rather mean. It was just that he dared to think so and dared to do it. If it were someone else, they wouldn't even dare to think about it. Their way of thinking was different.

Two hours later, Zhang Wenwu and his men arrived near Nanxiang Station. He did not choose to do this near Nanxiang Station because there were too many gendarmes and various troops there. It would be easy for them to be discovered and reported to the higher-ups. If he was questioned by his superiors before he could abduct a few people, he would suffer a great loss.

Zhang Wenwu chose a crossroads west of Nanxiang Station as the location. This was one of the main roads for marching to Shanghai. Security teams from all over the country basically came to Shanghai on foot, so this place was the best place to intercept those security teams.

Zhang Wenwu asked people to build two large tents first, and then asked the three cooks to set up the big pot while it was dark. He asked the cooks to cook a thicker porridge, and add a box of canned mashed British beef into each pot of porridge. After each pot was ready, the porridge was put into a wooden barrel and stored in a tent.

Near the roadside, he propped up two wooden stakes as tall as a person, and posted the recruitment notice on one of the stakes. On the other stake, he posted a notice about the army's food and salary. After doing this, he moved a chair he brought to the side of the stake and sat down.

There was an endless stream of troops heading towards Shanghai, including troops from the Central Army and many miscellaneous armies. However, Zhang Wenwu waited here until almost dawn and had not seen a single security corps passing by. Just when he wondered if he had chosen the wrong place, Li Houcai, whom he had sent to the front, came over with a man wearing a security corps uniform.

"Deputy Director Zhang, this is Captain Zheng of the Third Security Regiment of Hubei Province. He has just arrived in Nanxiang with his team." Li Houcai pulled the officer next to him up to Zhang Wenwu and introduced him.

"Hello, Captain Zheng. I am the deputy director of the Quartermaster Department of the 102nd Division of the 102th Army. I am now waiting here for heroes from all walks of life to join our nd Division to fight the Japanese together." Zhang Wenwu simply saluted Captain Zheng and said.

When Captain Zheng saw Zhang Wenwu saluting him, he was flattered and stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Sir, I am here to report to you from the Third Security Regiment of Hubei Province, Zheng Mingxian." There was no other way. Although he was the head of a security regiment, in the eyes of these officers of the Central Army, he was nothing. He saluted first, which meant that he was well-educated. Not everyone could do that.

"Captain Zheng, you are too polite. We are all here to fight the Japanese. You have come all the way here and it's been hard. I wonder where you have been assigned?" Zhang Wenwu began to inquire with a smile. If the security regiment had already been assigned a place, he would not intend to intercept it. After all, other troops were still waiting for the assigned security regiment to supplement them.

"Commander Zhang, I haven't reported to the military station yet. We just arrived here. I'll let the brothers rest over there first. I'll go to the military station over there to report. Then I'll know which unit I'll be assigned to." Captain Zheng also said truthfully.

Zhang Wenwu was very excited when he heard that he had no assignment, so he quickly handed Captain Zheng a cigarette and lit it for him, then said with a smile: "Captain Zheng, to be honest, I am in charge of recruiting soldiers for the 102nd Division. I am waiting here for brothers who are willing to join our division. Captain Zheng, I see that you are a man, so why don't you join our 102nd Division? The salary and benefits are written here, and the daily meals of the troops are also written. If you go, you will get a month's salary first. How about it?"

Zhang Wenwu didn't say anything more and directly put forward the conditions, which made Captain Zheng a little overwhelmed. Is this such a blatant kidnapping? This Central Army is really arrogant.

Captain Zheng thought for a moment. If he went to the Central Army, he and his brothers in the Security Corps would have a good place to go. If he went to the military station and was assigned to some miscellaneous troops, he and his brothers would be at a disadvantage. Although they were all here to fight the Japanese, the feeling and treatment would be different if they went to the Central Army.

"Commander Zhang, thank you for your kindness. We brothers have traveled such a long way here just to fight the Japanese. I am very willing to join your army, but we have orders to report to the military depot. This is not easy to do." Although Captain Zheng was happy to join the Central Army, he still had orders to execute. If he took his troops to join the Central Army privately, it would not be in compliance with the requirements of the order.

"Well, it's okay about reporting to the military station. When Commander Zheng brings his brothers to our unit, just hand the order to me and I will take care of the reporting issue for you. Don't worry." When Zhang Wenwu heard that Commander Zheng was willing to take his men to the 102nd Division, he quickly took the responsibility. This was not a problem for him, as he had already thought of a solution.

When Captain Zheng heard that Zhang Wenwu was willing to solve the problem, he felt relieved and immediately agreed: "Okay, Commander Zhang, please take care of me in the future. I will call all the brothers over."

After a while, Zhang Wenwu saw Captain Zheng leading a team of security soldiers walking towards them in a line, so he quickly asked Li Houcai to take the brothers of the security regiment to the back of the tent to rest, and asked the cook to distribute the prepared porridge to every officer and soldier of the security regiment, and told everyone that they would be given enough food, and would be issued new uniforms and weapons and equipment when they arrived at the army. In addition, after this month's salary was paid in advance, the officers and soldiers of the security regiment immediately shouted for joy. This treatment was simply unimaginable for their team, which was not even a miscellaneous brand.

After everyone had their fill of porridge, Zhang Wenwu asked the two military police company brothers to take Captain Zheng and his men to the division headquarters, and told them to report to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong. As for Captain Zheng's report, Zhang Wenwu kept it. He needed to intercept a few more troops and solve the problem of reporting together. Now he also needed to secretly kidnap people, but not those who fired guns.

When this security corps passed the supervision line, Li Shangping was stunned. When the two soldiers showed the pass issued by the 102nd Division, he knew that these were the soldiers that Zhang Wenwu brought out last night. He didn't expect that Zhang Wenwu really recruited soldiers. Not only was the speed so fast, but these people were obviously officers and soldiers of the security corps. They were all trained people and could be sent to the battlefield immediately.

Looking at the large group of security officers and soldiers passing by, Li Shangping roughly estimated that there should be about seven or eight hundred people. This made him admire Zhang Wenwu, but he was also very curious about how Zhang Wenwu got so many high-quality reinforcements.

You know, the additional troops are allocated uniformly by the war zone. Could it be that Zhang Wenwu got through the war zone?