Su Tong didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning the next day. His head still hurt a little after patting it. He picked up the cold water on the table and drank it all in one gulp. "Wow", he felt much better.
Sitting on the bed, he lit a Hardman cigarette and thought about the next step of the militia in the smoke. Most of the remaining people in the militia must be eliminated, but what happened to those who were eliminated?
You can't just kick them away and ignore them. You might as well let the eliminated people form a separate farm, just like the construction corps in later generations. They are in the army but not in the order of battle, and are responsible for growing food crops. Also
There are so many things to build, including a canning factory, a clothing factory, and a power plant.
"Report"
"Come in." Su Tong saw that it was Wang Dayong and Chen Dazhu who came in.
"Dayong, Dazhu, you are here, sit down." Su Tong greeted the two of them to sit down and spread the cigarettes for them. Chen Dazhu took the cigarette with a silly smile, but Wang Dayong smiled and waved his hand to refuse.
"Sir, County Magistrate Xi returned to the county seat early this morning, and the pistol company also returned."
"Well, I got it. You guys came just in time. I was just going to discuss something with you." Su Tong took a deep puff of his cigarette.
"Sir, please speak," the two said in unison.
Su Tong told the two of them what he had just considered. Chen Dazhu was in favor of establishing the farm. "Sir, the old people and children here finally have a way to survive. You don't know, Zhou Papi eats it."
Not only did he not mention free wages, but he also ordered us to die. We were fed only black beans all day long, and occasionally sorghum rice was mixed with sand. We also had to do private work for him..."
Having said this, Chen Dazhu looked at Su Tong and thought that this officer is not bad. He can think about us who are suffering, so it is worth sacrificing his life for him. Chen Dazhu is an upright person. In his opinion, a commander who can think about his subordinates is worth it.
Even if you are a good officer, you have to work hard for others to take care of their jobs.
Su Tong smiled and said, "Okay, let's get down to business first, Dazhu, you are the boss here. You and I have been recruiting troops in the town these days. Only by doing it yourself can you have enough food and clothing."
"Sir, no problem, I'm familiar with this place."
"Dayong, do you have anyone in the 38th Division who can shoot?"
Wang Dayong was startled and said without thinking: "Yes, the artillery battalion of our 38th Division is basking in the sun all day long at the division headquarters." The heavy equipment of the 29th Army of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War the year before last was bombarded by Japanese aircraft.
They suffered almost all losses due to indiscriminate bombing, and suffered many casualties. They have not yet recovered. Without the cannons, the artillerymen have nothing to do. They either changed careers and became infantry, or they worked at home.
"Well, Dayong, can you bring all those people to our place?"
"We don't have a big... Hey, Tuan Zuo, you mean, we are going to have cannons." Wang Dayong couldn't believe his ears. Chen Dazhu, who was beside him, also grinned in shock.
"Look what you said, why should I go to all the trouble if I don't have guns?" Su Tong curled his lips.
"Yes, I promise to complete the task." Wang Dayong was overjoyed and patted his chest.
Su Tong didn't understand how precious artillery was at that time. Taking the Central Army directly as an example, one division only had one artillery battalion with a total of more than twenty 75-caliber mountain artillery and field artillery. And no-name like the 29th Army
The army only had field guns and more than 10 mountain guns, which shows how rare the artillery was.
After explaining the artillery matters, Su Tong said to Chen Dazhu: "Dazhu, you will pick out the young men in the regiment tomorrow, and put the rest into the farm."
"Yes, Tuanzuo." Tuanzuo Chen Dazhu said it sincerely.
Zhao Quanyou is a native of Sunkou Village, Dabeigou Town. He has been hunting with his father since he was a child. He is a well-known good hunter from all over the country. Whether it is digging traps, setting traps or tracking prey, he has learned from his old man. But even with this
Although he is good at craftsmanship, life at home is still tight. The twenty-year-old young man can't even get a wife. Today, Zhao Quanyou came to the town with a robe and wanted to exchange for some salt.
Although there is a big character in the name of Dabeigou Town, there is only one street in the whole town. It only takes less than ten minutes to walk from the street to the end. The streets paved with gravel are dusty and crowded today.
Zhao Quanyou curiously asked the old man Lu who was shopping next to him what was going on. The old man Lu, who had a slicked beard, wiped the precious dry pipe in his hand with his sleeves of no visible color, and said with disdain: "
It’s not that the militia is recruiting soldiers. I heard that the militia has a new chief and is recruiting soldiers all over the streets. I heard that the settlement fee alone will be 50 yuan, and from now on the monthly salary will be 5 yuan.
"
"Five oceans, my dear." Zhao Quanyou took a deep breath and calculated in his mind. If it's five oceans a month, it will be sixty oceans a year. Including the settlement fee, it will be one hundred and ten dollars.
Dayang, then we can renovate our old house, and after two years of working, we can even have enough money to marry a wife.
Seeing the longing look on Zhao Quanyou's face, Old Man Lu stretched out his big wrinkled hands and grabbed Zhao Quanyou's arm. He said sternly: "Quanzi, I can tell you, you are the only one in your old Zhao family.
You are just a child. You can't be like those stupid boys in front of you and eat your life for fifty dollars. If you want to be good, your mother will have to cry to death. In the past two years, the one from your second aunt's family followed
Marshal Feng and Chairman Chiang fought for the world, and once they left, they never came back. And..."
While Old Man Lu was chattering away, Zhao Quanyou broke free from Old Man Lu's hand and slipped into the crowd.
After a while, Zhao Quanyou, who squeezed into the front of the crowd, saw a table set up in front, with a large group of people watching. There were two people sitting next to him. Isn't this brother Zhuzi from his neighboring village? The other one is tall and tall.
The handsome officer had two bars and three stars on his shoulders that he didn't know what they meant. Zhao Quanyou stepped forward.
After sorting out the militia group, Su Tong found that he was about to become a bare commander again, and there were less than twenty qualified soldiers left in the entire militia group. This hit the ambitious Su Tong hard, and he quickly accelerated the pace of recruitment, which also made Su Tong
He offered a soldier a settlement allowance of fifty yuan and a monthly salary of five yuan.
In order to boost morale, he even put on the camouflage uniform of later generations and the rank of colonel. Anyway, no one would ask whether he was a fake at this time. Not to mention, it seemed like this.
Looking at the eyes of everyone around him, our Captain Su looked around, his vanity greatly satisfied. At this time, he saw a strong young man with a robe in his hand walking up to him. Su Tong smiled and asked: "Young man
, do you want to be a soldier?"
The young man's face turned red and he asked nonchalantly, "Boss, I would like to ask if it is true that I heard that you have a settlement allowance of fifty yuan."
"Of course it's true. As long as they are between eighteen and twenty-eight, pass the physical examination, and have no criminal record, they can join the army. Once they pass, they will receive a settlement allowance of fifty yuan."
Chen Dazhu, who was standing next to him, smiled and said to Su Tong: "Tuanzuo, this young man is from the village next to me. He is a famous hunter from all over the country. He is a good young man. Quanzi, being a soldier is just a job with your head stuck in your belt. You can
Think about it." This last sentence was addressed to Zhao Quanyou.
"Brother Zhuzhu, I've thought about it. Rather than suffer poverty all my life, it's better to give it a try." Zhao Quanyou gritted his teeth and said.
The next day, when Zhao Quanyou appeared at the entrance of the village wearing a Hanako camouflage uniform, the whole village was shocked. When he returned home, he found out that he had become a soldier, his mother who was crying and wiping away tears, and his mother who was silent and smoking a dry cigarette.
My father saw the fifty yuan that Zhao Quanyou took out, and my mother cried even harder.
"Son, let's give this ocean to the boss and return it. We won't be soldiers anymore." The old woman was very excited.
Zhao Quanyou's father sighed: "Since you have received someone else's salary, you are theirs. Quanzi, you have to remember that people from our old Zhao family must behave upright, no matter what.
At no time can we lose the face of our old Zhao family."
"Yes, Dad, I remember"
Zhao Quanyou had dinner at home and rushed back to the militia camp overnight.