Shuangshanji in the northernmost part of Mengdong County, as its name suggests, has mountains nearby.
There are bunkers on the two hills in the east and west of the town, which are the northernmost extension of the Mengdong Fortress that Cheng Dasui has operated for many years.
Mengdong County is located at the forefront of Wanzhou and Nanping Road. Cheng Dasui built a large number of bunkers with Mengdong County as the center and called himself the Mengdong Fortress.
However, after the Montenegro Army's hot-air balloon air raid bombed its arsenal, the Wanzhou Army retreated without a fight in fear. The entire Mengdong County fell into the hands of the Montenegro Army, and the group of bunkers it built were taken over by the Montenegro Army.
The Cangyun Regiment was stationed in Mengdong County, but after Cheng Dasui appeared in Jinzhou and reported it, the 2nd Regiment of the Black Mountain 325 Division was also quickly dispatched to Mengdong.
The bunker on the hill near Shuangshanji is stationed by a squadron of the Mengdong Garrison Battalion.
But near Shuangshan Ji, there is an infantry battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 325th Division.
General Lu did not treat the Cangyun Regiment that had actually joined him as a no-brainer and handed over all the dangerous positions that could be raided to the Cangyun Regiment. This was also the reason why everyone from the officers to the soldiers in the Cangyun Regiment became more loyal. In fact,
The Cangyun regiment's political training system originally consisted of officers from Montenegro.
In the internal documents of the Cangyun Regiment, it already uses the designation of the 7th Regiment of the 325th Division.
The 325th Division originally had three infantry regiments, plus the Joint Matrix Independent Regiment. Later, the garrison regiments in Jiangnan, Ningyang and Longhe were reorganized into the 325th Division's 4th Regiment and 5th Regiment. Now that the student graduation season is in July, students from military academies in the five provinces of Jiangnan have returned.
There are graduates recruited from military academies further away in the south and organized into six regiments, also known as student regiments. Among them are even some young Westerners who are full of passion and drive.
In addition, Cangyun Group has defaulted to 7 groups.
Today's 325th Division has expanded to 8 regiments, 6 regular regiments, a joint matrix independent regiment, and a student regiment.
Moreover, the regiment-level units are all in full strength. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments are super-strengthened regiments. The independent regiment itself means that it is not a regular regiment. The entire 325th Division has a total strength of about 25,000 people.
It has much more troops than the average infantry division, but is similar to the Japanese division.
Basically, it has reached the limit of what Montenegro’s finances can support today.
Of course, this is the limit that does not affect the financial health of Montenegro’s own development.
As for the fiscal revenue of Jingyang and Longhe cities, they are basically negligible.
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The Shuangshan Town Hall was originally the residence of a large landowner in the village, but now it is the town hall and the headquarters of the Shuangshan Ji Brigade of the Mengdong Militia.
The militia groups that developed in eastern Mongolia are completely different from the militia groups that were maintained by the gentry in the past.
It is a force established to truly mobilize the villagers to protect their homes and land, also known as the Agricultural Guards.
There are agricultural guards in almost every village.
Almost every young man in the village is a member of the Agricultural Guards. After hearing that Cheng Dasui might make a comeback, the villagers spontaneously joined the Agricultural Guards and even made red-tasseled guns, broadswords, blunderbuss, etc. Yesterday, there was another news
, there are Peasant Guards who can shoot, and the county will equip each village's Peasant Guards with a short gun and a long gun. The short guns are distributed to the captain of the Peasant Guards in the village, and the long guns are distributed to the members who can shoot and have the best marksmanship.
Guns have been issued to the Shuangshan Ji Brigade today. Because there are hundreds of people registered in the Peasant Guards and there have always been mountain hunters in the local area, one short gun and three long guns have been issued.
Now, Zhao Shizhu, the heroic captain with a short gun on his waist, stood at the steps of the town hall, his face full of excitement and excitement.
Lu Ming followed the local customs, but now he was sitting on a stone lion with no manners, and asked Zhao Shizhu about the militia with a smile.
Ding Wanjun, wearing a brown-green officer's uniform and a beret, stood beside Lu Ming, in stark contrast to Lu Ming's casualness as he rode on a lion's head.
There were some villagers watching the excitement around.
Zhao Shizhu was filled with excitement. It was the first time he saw such a big official. He heard that he was much bigger than the county magistrate. It was common to see high officials like General Lu.
General Lu gave everyone land, and Chief Zhang was General Lu's assistant, helping General Lu do important things.
It's just that this officer is too casual and doesn't pay attention to appearance.
However, the excitement of seeing the chief soon overcame this strange feeling. When Chief Zhang asked the questions of the Agricultural Guards, Zhao Shizhu answered them in a loud voice.
I heard from Chief Zhang that if Cheng Dasui's bandit army comes back, we are temporarily defeated and we need to repair before we can counterattack, and the villagers have no time to escape, and this Shuangshanji falls into the hands of Cheng Dasui's bandit army again, what will you do?
Zhao Shizhu gritted his teeth and said loudly: "We will fight to the death with Butcher Cheng to the end!"
"Yes, fight to the bitter end!"
"Fight with Butcher Cheng!"
The surrounding villagers also raised their arms and shouted.
Lu Ming actually asked this question because he wanted to tell them that it's no big deal to give in temporarily and they can just wait for us to come back.
But looking at the determination on Zhao Shizhu's face and listening to the shouts of the excited villagers, these words could not be uttered.
Contrary to what I imagined in my previous life, life may not really be that important in the face of integrity many times.
For them, they have suffered humiliation under Cheng Dasui for too long. Now that they have finally stood up, they may really rather die than go back to the past.
"Don't worry, folks, this won't happen one day!" Lu Ming pressed down with his hands, and the villagers chanting slogans gradually became quiet.
"Sir Zhang, I still don't quite understand the message tree you just mentioned..." Zhao Shizhu's face was full of curiosity.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Let's not talk about it for now." He patted the lion's head, "When I sat up, I heard someone whispering, saying that I don't look like a high official, why should I sit here? I have desecrated the official authority of the Yamen.
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"What do we know? Sir Zhang, don't be offended!" Zhao Shizhu smiled innocently.
Lu Ming's expression became serious, "If you think that my sitting posture is inelegant and rude to you, I will apologize, but saying that sitting on stone lions is a blasphemy to the official authority. Let me tell you, if these stone lions are
If it is used to suppress the government or to scare the people, it should be smashed!"
Seeing that the common people were confused and overwhelmed, Lu Ming's desire to speak out became weak and could not reach that level.
He jumped down from the stone lion and said to Zhao Shizhu: "Find someone soon to carry these two stone lions away and watch the fields. They were originally the watchdogs of the wealthy families. Now they are for all the folks in our town to watch the fields."
Beware of thieves!”
"Okay!" Zhao Shizhu readily agreed, vaguely seeming to understand what Chief Zhang was talking about.
Lu Ming looked at this young man. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him. He smiled and said, "Come with me to Dongtoushan in a while. I'll go see what's going on in the north. You can help me explain."
"Yes!" Zhao Shizhu stood at attention, which was quite standard.
Ding Wanjun, who was behind Lu Ming, couldn't help but smile.
