Chen Tianhua looked at Gu Zhunian standing in front of him with great appreciation, as if he was observing his own brother.

This is a young officer who has been trained step by step on the battlefield. He is educated, motivated, and smart. He is good at absorbing all the knowledge that is useful to him. In addition, he is neither arrogant nor impetuous. Although he comes from a humble background, he has developed a prudent attitude towards things.

His attitude made him stand out in the military.

The Battle of Yingpan Mountain in the Guangde Mountains was his most famous work, which allowed Chen Tianhua to see his ability to make on-the-spot judgment and command as a battlefield commander.

Over the years, Chen Tianhua has always liked to keep him by his side, teaching him through words and deeds, and others can see that his lord loves him.

"New Year, I have an important and secret task for you this time." Chen Tianhua said straight to the point.

Gu Zhunian put his legs together, and the spurs on the heels of his boots clicked. He stood up straight, raised his hands in salute, and said: "Please tell me, I will live up to the general's expectations."

Chen Tianhua glanced at him and said with a smile: "There are bandits in my other territory, Chongming Island. The Chongming Navy Admiral came to us personally to ask for help. I decided to let you lead the special brigade and a newly expanded battalion to Chongming.

Suppress bandits."

"yes!"

Gu Zhunian stood at attention and saluted again.

His special forces brigade has been established for more than a year, and they are all drawn from the elites of each unit. They have strong combat effectiveness. I can't say if they can block ten at one, but they are more than enough to block five at one, but they have not yet gone to the battlefield to practice as a whole.

This time the general may have deliberately given them a chance to practice as a group. With the combat power of these more than a thousand special forces, tens of thousands of bandits can be easily captured. In addition, there is also an entire assault battalion attached. This kind of combat power is very scary.

.

Chen Tianhua laughed loudly, "Maybe you can imagine that this time I will use the special forces to conduct field training, but this time the task is much more complicated than the previous suppression of bandits. You need to use more brains. Anyway, your palm

The door is also there, just ask her if you need anything."

Gu Zhunian was overjoyed and said, "This is great. How long did it take for the thousands of rebel bandits? Give me a month at most, and they will return in triumph on New Year's Day."

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily possible. This Chongming bandit suppression may take two months, and we will try to end it on the eve of the Chinese New Year. Anyway, all actions will follow the command."

Regarding the Chongming plan, Xu Yunyuan's investigation office was doing it. Gu Zhunian was far away in Huguang at the time and was not involved. He had just been transferred back to the headquarters a few days ago and knew nothing about the matter. Chen Tianhua hoped that he would come to Chongming.

, specifically accept Xu Yunyuan’s instructions and act accordingly.

"I understand, General. I will never let you down in the New Year. I will definitely wipe out those bandits soon."

When Gu Zhunian heard that the general had relaxed the decision until the end of the year, he thought it was doubting his combat ability and quickly expressed his stance.

Chen Tianhua looked at him with a half-smile, "The problem is that you can't suppress these bandits."

"Why?"

Gu Zhunian was a little confused. The general declared that he was specially sent to suppress bandits. Why did he say that he could not be suppressed?

"Do you know about Gannan Hong's half-day flood?" Chen Tianhua asked.

As for Hong Asi, Gu Zhunian, who is the superior officer of the Investigation Department, certainly knows all the details. He couldn't help but show a look of admiration in his eyes, "General, of course Hong Asi's subordinates understand, but they have never met him. He is not

We have surrendered a long time ago and washed our hands in the golden basin."

"He is the bandit leader in Chongming!" Chen Tianhua looked at Gu Zhunian and said calmly.

"What?" Gu Zhunian was surprised at first, then angry, "He...when did he rebel again?"

Chen Tianhua said nothing, but looked at Gu Zhunian with a smile.

Gu Zhunian's head was very useful. He immediately felt that this matter was very strange. The muttering in his mouth became smaller and smaller. Slowly, a hint of understanding appeared on his face, "General, you sent him here on purpose."

Yes, we want to completely occupy Chongming Sandbank and bandage the navy?!"

Chen Tianhua then excitedly slapped Gu Zhunian on the shoulder and said in a deep voice:

"Have a great New Year. You are worthy of being my proud disciple who I personally trained. You are indeed right. You hit the nail on the head. You are going this time in the name of suppressing bandits. In fact, you have other important responsibilities. You go to Hailing Port and the wharf first."

, the naval base, etc., occupy all, let all Chongming sailors board the ship, and you will take over the entire Hailing. Then cooperate with Hong Asi to encroach on Chongming County and other places and force the navy to descend. All your actions will be directly directed by this general.

"

"Yes!" Gu Zhunian stood at attention and saluted again, "General, when will my subordinates set out?"

"? First go meet the first battalion of soldiers who have just joined you! After getting familiar with it, set off as soon as possible." Chen Tianhua emphasized:

"The soldiers in this battalion are all rookies who have just been recruited. Only a few officers are veterans. After you bring them to Chongming, you must let them grow up as soon as possible and let them see blood. There are still many real bandits in Chongming. Now they

They come out to loot during the chaos, and you can use them to train soldiers!"

"Don't worry, General! Your subordinates know how to lead the new with the old." Gu Zhunian said with a smile.

Only then did he finally understand why the general had forced him into a reorganized camp. At first he thought it was because he suspected that his special forces group was not strong enough, but now he realized that he was actually asked to lead the team for field training for free.

The general is a very shrewd man. He calculated the accounts carefully and did not waste any opportunity.

…

Nazan, who was living in Meiguang New Town for a long time, finally saw the Zhejiang New Army heading to Chongming to fight. When he saw the rows of fully armed troops walking in front of him, he smiled with satisfaction.

One look at the appearance and discipline of this army showed that it was indeed a strong army. Nearly two thousand people walked past him in six columns. They formed a straight line when viewed horizontally and vertically, which made him feel a little dazed.

Little did he know that in the Zhejiang New Army, the first thing recruits do after joining the army is formation training.

At this moment, Nazan felt that the dozens of kilograms of meat he had lost in the past few days were worth it, and the 1.5 million taels of silver he had paid had finally paid off. As long as this army marched into Chongming

, presumably that damn Hong Bantian and those salt-legged guys will definitely disappear.

Looking at this team, I especially saw their equipment, imitation Krupp C75mm field cannon, Maxim heavy machine gun, 60mm mortar, grenades, and all imitation Mauser M1888 standard rifles.

There are nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers, about 1,200 are cavalry, said to be Chen Tianhua's most elite special forces, and more than 600 are infantry.

At this moment, Nazan felt that Chen Tianhua, a Han Chinese, was worth dating and a good enough friend. Although he was a little greedy and had to be ruthless in asking for money, the things he got out of him were indeed genuine.

Seeing all this, Nazan felt that the haze that had shrouded his head for months had suddenly disappeared without a trace, and his eyes were filled with light.

"As for the military gate, are you satisfied with this army going to Chongming?" Chen Tianhua asked Nazan with a smile.
Chapter completed!