Chapter five hundred and eighty third I work with the Eighth Route Army
"What is this?" Many captive soldiers had confused expressions on their faces when they saw the iron box issued to them by the Eighth Route Army.
"It's canned beef, canned beef, for the little devils to eat!" Several knowledgeable prisoners immediately reacted.
"When I was delivering something to the company commander, I saw that the Japanese had eaten it. Only the company commander was allowed to eat it. There was a thick layer of oil on top, and there were all large chunks of beef inside, and they were all cooked. When you open it, you can eat it.
It’s edible!”
"This is good stuff! What did the Eighth Route Army do for us? Are they going to feed us?" several captured soldiers said with eyes shining.
"You have a beautiful idea!" Other captive soldiers immediately stood up and retorted.
"This kind of canned food is a good thing among the Japanese, and it is even more valuable here in the Eighth Route Army. How could it be given to us?"
"I heard that the Eighth Route Army was so poor that they didn't even have enough to eat. Good things like canned beef must be reserved for the officers."
After hearing the discussion among the prisoners, Wang Ping walked directly to everyone.
"What this brother said is both right and wrong. Our Eighth Route Army is indeed very poor. Sometimes we encounter Japanese raids or when there is a shortage of food, we really don't even have enough to eat! However, although good things like canned food are in our Eighth Route Army,
It’s a treasure, but it’s not just for officers to eat!”
"We Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers are equal. If we have good food, we will eat it together. We will never give it to the officers. Even if we do give it to the wounded, it is for the wounded because they need nutrition."
"Last night, our Eighth Route Army won the battle and captured a lot of good things. In order to reward everyone, we decided to give the whole army a extra meal, one can of beef for each person. Originally, you didn't get a share. After all, you were still the opponent last night. But, I thought about it.
I think, since you have joined the Eighth Route Army now, you are a member of our Eighth Route Army!"
"We in the Eighth Route Army advocate equality between officers and soldiers, and it is impossible to separate you and treat you separately. Therefore, you will also have a share of the extra meals for a while. Each of you will have a can of beef, a tube of white flour steamed buns, and pork broth!"
What Wang Daoshan didn't expect was that just one can of beef would make more than thirty recruits put aside their worries about the Eighth Route Army.
He didn't realize that although these people were very prosperous and arrogant when they were puppet soldiers, in fact many of them embarked on this road just for a bite of food and to survive. And even if they became puppet soldiers, they could only have enough to eat.
That's all, and you still face the risk of losing your life at any time.
More importantly, neither the Japanese nor the officers regarded them as human beings.
As for the canned beef in front of them, they never thought about it when they were puppet soldiers.
Now they have become prisoners of the Eighth Route Army. As the Eighth Route Army, they have access to things that they could not even imagine before. The huge gap makes them realize that joining the Eighth Route Army is not a bad thing.
If nothing else, at least the Eighth Route Army treated them as human beings and gave them canned food that they might not be able to eat as puppet soldiers in their lifetime.
More importantly, when the Eighth Route Army is fighting the Japanese, it is a hero.
And when the puppet soldiers are traitors, everyone looks down upon them.
After having this idea, they will definitely be more willing to join the Eighth Route Army.
So, while having dinner, faced with the inconsiderate parents of the Eighth Route Army veterans around them, they no longer had any worries, and gradually began to relax and chat with the veterans.
After everyone had had enough wine and food, Wang Daoshan walked to Wang Ping and reported in a low voice: "Captain, it has been found out that the dozens of prisoners are basically outsiders, and they are all ordinary people!"
"That's it! Watch what I'm going to do next. You can use it when facing other prisoners in the future!"
After saying that, Wang Ping walked up to everyone.
"Let me introduce myself first. I am the commander of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army that the Japanese troops are trying to encircle and suppress!"
"Just now, your company commander has introduced the policies of our Eighth Route Army. There must be many people who still don't understand. Next, I will explain it in a simpler way."
"We are all farmers. When the Japs didn't come, you might only have to hand over fifty Catties to harvest one hundred catties of grain. Although the remaining fifty Catties are not much, at least you can survive. But, the Japs are here.
Well, we have to hand over at least sixty kilograms, maybe even seventy kilograms, or even eighty kilograms. If we meet a more ruthless Japanese, they will just take away all the rations and not give us a way to survive."
"Forget it about grabbing food, the key point is that the devils still kill people and bully our wives and women!"
"You once spared the puppet troops. Everyone should know what kind of evil deeds the Japanese committed."
"Although you are all outsiders, and the devils who burned, killed, and looted here did not bully your family, but who can guarantee that the devils who occupied your hometown did not burn, kill, loot, torture, and bully your wives and women!"
"Yes, my wife was harmed by the Japanese, and then she ran into a wall and died!" One of the puppet soldiers immediately stood up and cried.
"Then you and the Japs have a bloody feud, why do you still want to be a traitor and work for the Japs!" Wang Ping became angry and stared at the other person and asked.
"I wanted to take revenge and kill the Japs, so I joined the Jinsui Army. But the first time I went to the battlefield, I was captured by the Japs. I really wanted to fight with the Japs, one by one, but I was stopped by the old squad leader.
.He asked me to become a ninja and said that only by surviving first can I have a chance to take revenge!"
Wang Ping's face looked much better: "Your old squad leader is right, only if you are alive can you have a chance to take revenge!"
"Our Eighth Route Army specializes in fighting Japanese. Last night, we killed sixty or seventy Japanese in one night. You all can see it. Join our Eighth Route Army and I guarantee that you can avenge your dead wife!"
"I join the Eighth Route Army! From today on, my life, Zhang Tao, belongs to the Eighth Route Army!"
In the next half hour, whether it was to protect food, protect one's own family, or seek revenge, Wang Ping's words reached everyone's heart. Half of the recruits on the spot clamored to sacrifice their lives for the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, Wang Ping continued: "Everyone has heard about the base area established by our Eighth Route Army in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Province! To tell you the truth, our Eighth Route Army will also establish a base area here. In the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, the food harvested by the people will be ours."
As long as 20% to 30% of the public grain is used, all other grains will be purchased with money, and there will never be forced buying or selling!"
"In the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, our Eighth Route Army also opened a large number of factories and breeding farms. Everyone works in these factories when they have nothing to do!"
"Not to mention anything else, in the base area, no people will starve to death because there is no food to eat. And the people can have a meal of pork or eggs every now and then, so their life is really nourishing."
"Now we are here to establish such a base! As long as we all work together to fight the Japanese and establish the base, your families can live the same good life. And you don't have to worry about the Japanese coming to steal food every day.
Kill and bully your own woman!
"Sir, being in the Eighth Route Army and establishing a base area is really so good. Can your wife and children live such a good life?" A middle-aged man among the prisoners suddenly stood up and asked with gleaming eyes.
"I promise!" Wang Ping affirmed.
"Sir, I believe in the Eighth Route Army. For the sake of my wife and children, I will follow you to fight the Japanese and build a base!"
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