As Xu Guoren and the others entered the city, the enthusiasm of the onlookers became even higher.
The commoners who were watching the show had already blocked the road.
Xu Guoren saw that this was a rare opportunity, so he took the opportunity to climb into a police car next to him. He looked around at the people around him and began to give his speech generously."Elders of Jiang City, I am Xu Guoren. I was young and ignorant in the past, so I have offended you. In the future, I will take it as my duty to protect the people and do things that are beneficial to the people.
Today, these bandit leaders are the proof of my brothers and me. Today, I can proudly tell the villagers that from today onwards, there will be no more bandits in Jiang City!”
The commoners cheered and jumped for joy. After such a ordeal, there was basically no one who did not recognize Xu Guoren.
Xu Guoren instantly became the most famous person in Jiang City, and his reputation rose sharply.
Soon after, the chief, the bureau chief, Wang Hai, and the others rushed over under the protection of a group of police officers.
Seeing the enthusiasm of the citizens, the chief did not forget to show his face. However, because he was not as agile as Xu Guoren, he could not climb into the police car. It was Xu Guoren who reached out and pulled him. This made many of the surrounding citizens laugh.
With his fat head, big ears, and bloated figure, standing next to Xu Guoren, it highlighted Xu Guoren's extraordinary handsomeness.
The chief threw a grateful look at Xu Guoren, then solemnly faced the crowd and proudly announced that the bandit leaders captured by Xu Guoren would be held in three days. He invited the people to come and watch.
The citizens 'enthusiasm was completely ignited, and they cheered loudly.
In this day and age, bandits, robbers, robbers, murderers, and robbers were all evil. The commoners hated them to the bone. Now that Xu Guoren could capture them, the gratitude in the hearts of the commoners was self-evident.
For a time, Xu Guoren's name resounded throughout Jiang City and became famous.
Three days later, near the mass grave five miles away from the east gate of Jiang City, more than a dozen bandit leaders and a group of backbone bandits under them were all tied up and escorted to the execution site by heavily armed police.
Surrounding the execution ground was already a sea of people. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, the largest execution of bandits in the history of Jiang City began.
With the sound of gunshots, these evil bandits were killed one by one.
After Xu Guoren supervised the execution, he took Xu Gensheng and Niu Dagen to bid farewell to Wang Hai, who was in charge of commanding the execution.
Xu Gensheng got into his family's car and drove. He turned around and asked Xu Guoren,"Brother, what should we do next?”
Xu Guoren and Niu Dagen looked at each other and smiled."Now that our guards have a reputation, of course we have to take the opportunity to recruit soldiers and expand our troops.”
In the past half a month, Xu Guoren and the others had not only exterminated nearly 2,000 bandits, but also seized a large number of weapons and ammunition. Excluding the damaged ones, it was enough for them to expand their troops to at least the size of a B-type regiment.
Xu Guoren had the backing of the wealthy merchants of Jiangnan, the Xu family, and he did not lack money and food. If he did not recruit troops to expand his troops now, when would he recruit troops?
Xu Gensheng was also a little excited after hearing this. He said,"Then are we all going to be promoted?”
Xu Guoren said," Gensheng, we formed the army to fight against the Japanese in the future, not to become an official and make a fortune. Remember this. Don't forget your roots at any time. Otherwise, don't blame me for not recognizing you as a brother."”
Xu Gensheng quickly nodded seriously,"Brother, I know I was wrong."”
"However, Gensheng is right. When the army is expanded, the current servants may all become officers. The youngest one will be a squad leader. I think Gensheng is very suitable to be your adjutant. At that time, he will directly lead your guard troops and be responsible for the security work of the command center. Niu Gensheng smiled.
Xu Guoren did not disagree. In terms of ability, Xu Gensheng might not be the strongest, but in terms of loyalty, Xu Gensheng was definitely the first. Therefore, his aide and military officer of the guard force must be him.
Of course, Xu Gensheng was still very young. With the two super soldier kings, Niu Dagen and himself, his ability in the future would definitely not be bad. At least, he would be better than most of the soldiers in this era.
At this time, Xu Guoren's guards had already shown their strong combat effectiveness. Coupled with Xu Tianyang's secret activities, the city government had already acquiesced to the fact that Xu Guoren had formed an armed force without authorization.
Therefore, the last layer of concerns and obstacles for Xu Guoren to expand his troops were basically eliminated.
Therefore, after returning to the encampment, Xu Guoren immediately got Xu Gensheng and Zhang Jinhu to bring the servants to the counties and towns under Jiang City to recruit new soldiers.
He and Niu Dagen were personally recruiting soldiers in Jiang City.
At this time, the name of Xu Guoren and his Xu family's guards had long spread throughout Jiang City.
The commoners flocked over. The young and middle-aged men who came to join the army almost filled up the recruitment point set up by Xu Guoren in the Xu Family Compound.
In just a week, Xu Guoren had recruited more than 500 recruits who met his requirements.
Xu Gensheng and Zhang Jinhu's gains were not small either. Due to the journey and other reasons, Xu Guoren gave them ten days to recruit soldiers.
After another three days, the two of them each brought more than 300 people back to the manor.
Considering that the two of them were not as influential as Xu Guoren himself, it was reasonable that they did not recruit as many people as Xu Guoren.
Looking at the 1200 to 1300 people in the team, Niu Dagen couldn't help but feel excited. He said to Xu Guoren,""Boss, we have quite a number of people now. Shouldn't we officially give this team a flashy and resounding name? The guards always felt obedient, and it was difficult for them to enter the hall of elegance!”
Xu Guoren thought for a moment and said," Let's call it the Dragon Shadow Brigade of Jiang City's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Team. We are the shadows of our motherland. We are always on standby in the dark and are ready to sacrifice everything for our motherland, including our lives!”
The second half of the sentence was a common oath of the Dragon Shadow Commando Team. Xu Guoren's words immediately evoked Niu Dagen's memories of the past.
He felt a lump in his throat and immediately nodded in agreement.
He understood Xu Guoren's intention. This would be another form of " resurrection " of the Dragon Shadow Commando Team, and they would continue to carry out their mission of protecting the country on the battlefield of resisting foreign humiliation.
"Dragon Shadow Brigade, the country's benefit, who else but me can resist the Japanese and save the country?”Niu Dagen sighed with emotion, but he spoke in a bold and deep voice.
Xu Guoren said," Calm down. It won't be long before the Battle of Songhu erupts. We have to train a capable army before that and bring them to the Battle of Songhu!"”
"To participate in the Battle of Songhu?" Niu Dagen said," That's a real meat grinder. Moreover, the Battle of Songhu is extremely disadvantageous to our defense because we don't have the right to control the air and sea!"”
Pausing for a moment, Niu Dagen stated his opinion,""I believe that we should start preparing to participate in the Nanjing Defense War and do our best to prevent the Nanjing Massacre, a great humiliation of the Chinese nation, from happening again. It is not for anything else, but for the sake of those 300,000 innocent lives.”
Xu Guoren said meaningfully," If we had transmigrated two years earlier, then I would have been absolutely confident in building an invincible iron army. When the Nanjing defense war broke out, we would have turned the tide and saved hundreds of thousands of compatriots in Nanjing. However, the time left for us is too short.
If we want to train elite soldiers, we must go to the battlefield and fight against the Japanese. The Battle of Shanghai, which is close at hand, is our best and only choice.
Although we may not be able to change the outcome of the Battle of Songhu, we can use this tragic battle to temper our Dragon Shadow Battalion and transform them into true elites. Only then will we have the ability to change the tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre and save the hundreds of thousands of villagers in Nanjing!
In the end, saving the hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing and changing the tragedy of history is not something that can be done by just the two of us. We need a strong elite force, so the Battle of Songhu will be our real " training ground "!”
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