Su Rui also saw everyone's expressions one by one. Looking at everyone who was overjoyed because they were about to be promoted, Su Rui didn't mean any disdain or look down on them.
After all, China has been an official-based country since ancient times. The idea of promotion and wealth and honoring one's ancestors has been deeply ingrained in people's bones. This is also an iron law that all people, whether they are ordinary people or merchants, officials and gentry, believe in.
Suri had no intention of correcting this concept. After all, when he received the message that he was promoted to brigade commander, the first reaction in his heart was joy.
After everyone's joy subsided, Su Rui continued: "Well, don't be too happy, everyone. Now our brigade is just an empty frame, with the establishment of a brigade, but only a few hundred people, so now we
The first thing we need to do is to expand our team as quickly as possible and implement the establishment of the two B-level teams."
Speaking of this, Su Rui couldn't help but secretly scolded Chiang Kai-shek for being stingy. Although the telegram expanded his independent regiment into an independent brigade, it did not mention a word about personnel, weapons and equipment, and military pay. It was clear that he wanted to
Be self-reliant.
The newspapers in the past few days have almost hyped me and the Independent Group to the sky, but these two days have been silent as if they have made a collective appointment, and my Independent Group seems to have disappeared from the public's sight, never to be seen again.
There was a trace.
This strong gap made Su Rui very uncomfortable, but it also made Su Rui see a lot of things clearly. Why could Chairman Jiang be so unscrupulous in throwing himself away like a rag? Why did Song Xilian not think about it at all?
He sent himself away because of his own life-saving grace. In the final analysis, his roots were not strong enough and his fists were not big enough.
Thinking of this, the resentment in Su Rui's heart became even greater. He asked Bai Jingran on the side: "Old Bai, according to the number given to us by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, how many people can our 300 brigade have when it is full?"
Bai Jingran thought for a while and said: "Because the designation given to us by the Ministry of Military Affairs is only the designation of a Type B brigade. According to regulations, we only have two Type B regiments, each with about 1,600 people, plus the guard company, artillery company, etc.
Establishment, our full establishment should be about 4,000 people."
"Four thousand people?" Su Rui sneered: "Since they are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust, Lin Shiqian and Li Yifeng!"
"arrive!"
When Su Rui called their names, Lin Shiqian and Li Yifeng quickly stood up and answered loudly.
"Sit down!" Su Rui pressed his hands and motioned for the two of them to sit down.
After the two sat down, Su Rui said: "You should immediately go to the various units and hospitals to recruit people. As long as they are officers and veterans with combat experience, come to me. Tell them that if a veteran comes over, I will give you ten yuan.
When a second lieutenant comes over, I will give him 30 oceans for housing expenses. For a lieutenant, I will give him 50 oceans. For a captain, I will give him 80 oceans. For a major, I will give him 120 yuan. For a lieutenant colonel, I will give him 300 yuan! If only those with experience could be given to him.
You can also recruit the sergeant squad leader. I will also reward those who bring them here!" Su Rui's words at this moment were full of the smell of copper.
"hiss……"
Everyone gasped when they heard this. The hotel was about to bleed profusely. After buying the generator, Su Rui took a fully charged laptop and cashed in more than a dozen loads of medicines, including sulfonamides.
, hemostatic cotton, bandages, alcohol, iodine, first aid kits, morphine and many other drugs to make a fortune.
Just after retreating from Nanjing, there were countless wounded in various units. However, in this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, many wounded had no choice but to die, including many officers. The 36th Division Independent Regiment has a reputation for being able to obtain Western medicine.
After word spread, the officers who came to the Independent Regiment to ask for Suri's medicine almost crossed the threshold of the Independent Regiment.
But at this time, Su Rui and the people around him all turned into Grandet. If you want medicine, you can exchange it for oceans and grain. What? No? Sorry, please go back and forth from where you are. No matter who it is.
Lai Lai Suri follows this principle.
Some people have scolded Suri and said he is cold-blooded, but Suri sticks to his principles unwaveringly. Cold-blooded? What a joke. His independent regiment was almost at a standstill a few days ago, and even the wounded were almost hungry.
To show mercy to them, isn't it too late to say this now?
After four or five days of busy work, Su Rui and the others finally harvested more than 10 tons of grain and more than 100,000 pieces of ocean. They finally solved the urgent need of the independent group. But do you listen to Su Rui now? He is going to spend a lot of money to poach people.
Already.
Hearing this, Lin Shiqian asked with a smile: "Prince, what if I poach a colonel? What will you reward me with?"
Su Rui's eyes widened after hearing this, "How about I reward you with the position of brigade commander?"
Lin Shiqian stopped talking when he stopped talking.
Although everyone felt sorry for Su Rui's offer of such a high price to poach people, they could understand it. After all, almost all of their independent regiment was crippled, and almost half of the squad leaders and platoon leaders in the army died, seven of them.
Three company commanders also died, and even Wang Dashan died for his country.
The most direct reflection of the strength of a unit's combat effectiveness is its grassroots soldiers and officers. Without experienced squad and platoon company commanders to lead the unit, the unit's combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed.
At this time, Bai Jingran asked: "Prince, some people came to you today while you were away, wanting to buy some medicines and rifles from you. They said they can buy them with legal currency. I wonder if that's okay?"
Su Rui shook his head and said resolutely: "No, tell them, we only accept ocean currency and not legal currency. This is a principle and cannot be changed! I don't want to see the hard-earned legal currency turn into a pile of hard currency that is hard to wipe.
Waste paper.”
Su Rui, who has read history, has long heard of the rapid depreciation of legal currency during the Republic of China.
The legal tender issued on November 4, 1935 was the banknote issued by the Central Bank, Hua Xia Bank, and Bank of Communications (later added to Hua Xia Farmers Bank). The National Government at that time banned the circulation of silver and issued national credit legal tender.
The silver dollar that replaced the silver standard.
At the beginning of its issuance, the legal currency exchange rate was stipulated to be 1 yuan equal to 1 shilling and 25 pence in pounds. The central government, the Central Bank of China, and the Bank of Communications were allowed to buy and sell foreign exchange without restrictions. It was a gold exchange standard system.
The initial legal currency issued still had great purchasing power. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, the total amount of legal tender issued was only more than 1.4 billion yuan. However, after the Anti-Japanese War began, the Nationalist Government did not hesitate to resort to drinking poison to quench thirst and issued uncontrolled amounts of legal currency in order to raise military expenditures.
Fiat currency eventually led to its collapse.
Su Rui still clearly remembers seeing this set of data: foreign exchange prices in September 1936:
1 US dollar = fiat currency;
Half a year later, in February 1937, the price was: 1 U.S. dollar = 10,000 yuan in French currency;
Three months later, on May 4, 1937, the price was: 1 US dollar = 30,000 yuan in French currency.
According to information from "Dazhong Evening News" on July 30, 1947
Yuan fiat currency can be purchased in different eras:
Two big bulls in 1937,
In 1938, one big cow and one calf,
A big cow in 1939 and a calf in 1940
A pig in 1941, a ham in 1942,
One hen in 1943, half a hen in 1943,
A fish in 1945,
An egg in 1946,
One briquette or one third of a fried dough stick per year
4 grains of rice in 1948.
The depreciation of legal currency is so fast. How can Su Rui, who has long had a shadow in his heart, dare to collect legal currency indiscriminately? It is precisely because of these memories that Su Rui has been so stubborn these days to only accept foreign currency but not legal currency, even if he occasionally collects legal currency.
Once I get some, I spend it quickly and never leave it in my hands.
Seeing that Su Rui was so stubborn, no one could do anything about it. Who asked him to be a passenger in the brigade? Moreover, Su Rui alone was responsible for the food, drink, and eating of hundreds of people in the entire Three Hundred Brigade. Under such circumstances, Su Rui said:
It is not an exaggeration to say that Rui is the most powerful local emperor in this army.
After the meeting, all the officers of the 300 Brigade, including Bai Jingran, began to take action. Some of them went to other units to keep in touch in the name of reminiscing about the past, and some of them went to the hospital to visit the injured soldiers and officers.
, and even more went to Hongfeng Town and offered naked prices to attract people. Their scoundrel faces were fully exposed, causing the whole town and the surrounding garrison to go crazy.
"Brother, come to our 300 Brigade! Take a look, our 300 Brigade is here. Whether it is a Mauser original rifle, an American Garand rifle, or a German submachine gun, you can choose it.
Have you seen your brother's military uniform? Isn't it handsome? Do you want to wear it? Come to our 300 brigade and our brigade will give you three sets a year without duplicates..."
"Brothers, brothers, I will never cheat you. It's absolutely right to follow me to the 300 Brigade. Although you are only non-commissioned officers now, our brigade said that if you go like you, you can be promoted to second lieutenant. Let's
You will be platoon leaders. You will be paid twenty dollars a month, brothers. As long as you work for a year, you will be able to save enough money to go home and marry a wife. Why are you hesitating?"
There is a proverb that says if you repeat a lie a thousand times, even you will believe it to be true!
Well, what's more, it's not a lie.
Attracted by the white ocean, generous military pay and brand-new weapons, officers and soldiers were recruited to join the 300 Brigade one after another.
Starting from December 26th to the six days of New Year's Day in 1938, Su Rui and his officers were like hard-working bees running around in field hospitals, military stations and towns. After six days
With days of hard work, the 300 Brigade miraculously recruited talents including three majors, six captains, more than 30 second lieutenants and more than 15,500 veterans who had been separated from the original army.
This also caused the garrison troops near Hongfeng Town to complain incessantly and complained to Hu Zongnan and Song Xilian...