Although Zhou Weiguo knew that there were more than 1,400 clone soldiers in the army, he also knew that the positions of the clone soldiers were all important.
The platoon leaders and squad leaders of the companies below were all taken up by the cloned soldiers. In addition, the machine gunners were also taken up by the cloned soldiers.
However, other than these 1,400 cloned soldiers, among the remaining 1,100 soldiers, 600 of them were old men from before, and the remaining 500 were completely new recruits.
Moreover, among the 600 or so old men, there were civilians who used to be militia and bandits. However, they all had one thing in common. They had never experienced a real war. They had done many small fights. However, this was their first time participating in such a battle.
Zhao Yansong, the eldest son of Village Chief Zhao, was now a deputy squad leader. He squatted on the battlefield and kept wiping the Mauser 98 rifle in his hand. Some brothers said that the Mauser 98 was a German World War I weapon, and the Mauser 98K was used in World War II. I want to say something here. It wasn't the Mauser 98, but the Gew.98 rifle. The Mauser 98 rifle was the Kar.98K rifle, which was an improvement from the Gew.98 rifle. Although they were both Type 98 rifles, they were actually different. The Type 98 rifle and the Mauser 98 were two completely different concepts. Maybe some brother didn't pay attention when he was reading the information, so I'll say it here. Of course, what I said might be wrong. Please correct me if there is anything wrong.
"Vice Class Monitor Zhao, do you think we will die if we fight later?”
Zhao Yansong was wiping the rifle in his hand. A soldier beside him said in a trembling voice.
Zhao Yansong looked up and saw one of his soldiers trembling with a gun. He knew this soldier. His name was Ma Erdan, and he was from Ma Clan Village. Li Wu went out to recruit people and brought him back. It was just that he had only been training in Clear Wind Camp for two days, and he had been hurriedly dragged into the battlefield. It would be strange if he wasn't afraid.
Actually, let alone Dopey Ma, even he was a little afraid. Going to the battlefield sounded nice and exciting, but it was going to kill people. Other than the veterans, no one would be fearless in the face of such a war.
"Are you afraid? Two days ago, when you came, didn't you say that you wanted to fight the Japanese with the regiment commander? Aren't you afraid of death? He said that he wouldn't lose the face of your Ma Family Village, so why did he cower?”
Zhao Yansong looked at him with amusement.
"This isn't cowardice. Aren't we not confident? In the past, I only killed chickens or something. This is killing people!”
"Haha! Young man, can you tell me why you still want to be a soldier?”
Just as Dopey Ma finished speaking, a gentle voice sounded from the side.
Zhao Yansong raised his head and saw Zhou Weiguo. He was about to stand up and salute, but Zhou Weiguo held his shoulder and said,"We are in the trenches, there is no need to be so polite. Let's sit down and talk!"
Zhou Weiguo sat on an ammunition box and looked at Dopey Ma with interest.""What's your name?"
"Ah ~ I'm called Ma Erdan!"
Only then did Ma Erdan react and say hurriedly.
At this moment, the surrounding soldiers also surrounded him. After all, their regiment commander was here! A high-ranking official that they had never seen before in their lives.
"Erdan Ma, tell me, why did you join the army?”
Zhou Weiguo asked impatiently.
Hearing this, Dopey Ma scratched his head in embarrassment and said,""It's just that those Japanese are too bullies. The good news about you guys fighting the Japanese has spread throughout our village. At that time, the battalion commander came to our village to recruit soldiers. My fellow villagers and I said that rather than staying at home and being bullied by the Japanese, it was better to come out and fight the Japanese. Even if we died, it would be worth it.”
Zhou Weiguo sighed after hearing that. He looked at the soldiers around him and said,"That's right! The Japanese were bullying people. Do you know, more than a month ago, my brothers and I attacked a Japanese stronghold called Xiaocaozhuang. At that time, we rescued a group of women from the stronghold. They were all women from good families in Little Cao Village and the surrounding areas.
By the time we rescued them, they were already ruined beyond recognition. At that time, many women wanted to commit suicide, and my brothers couldn't stop them. It took a lot of effort to settle them down. However, they were unwilling to go down the mountain to get married again. At that time, I was thinking that I must chase those hateful Japanese out of China.
However, my strength alone is not enough. We need to unite as one and work together to drive the hateful Japanese out of China.”
"The regiment commander is right. As long as we are united, we will definitely be able to chase the Japanese out. We can definitely live a good life again!”
"Yes! Kill all the Japanese and avenge our brothers and sisters!”
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The surrounding soldiers shouted loudly, as if their fear had disappeared.
Zhou Weiguo smiled. It seemed that there was a reason why the ancients said that one had to share weal and woe with the soldiers. They had been afraid and uneasy just now, but now fear seemed to be leaving them.
Looking at the soldiers, Zhou Weiguo smiled and said,""This Japanese! If you want to kill the Japanese, you have to practice your marksmanship. Dopey, how many days have you been in Clear Wind Camp? Have you learned how to shoot?"
Speaking of this, Dopey Ma's face revealed a simple and honest expression.""I've been in Clear Wind Camp for four days. The instructor taught me how to shoot on the second day. I just didn't play well. My best result was hitting the sixth ring.”
Zhou Weiguo did not laugh at him. Instead, he smiled at him and said,""You have to practice more with your marksmanship. People say that sharpshooters are made by feeding them bullets. After you go down, practice more, and your marksmanship will naturally improve!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a few people came over with a few large buckets.
"It's time to eat! It's time to eat! It's time to eat!"
Zhou Weiguo didn't leave either. He just took a few flatbread and ate them with some side dishes.
As for eating meat…What a joke! In the past, when there were about a hundred people, it was easy to eat meat, but now there were two to three thousand people. You still want to eat tons of fish and meat? Is that possible?
It was not impossible for him to be the boss and give special treatment. However, did they still want the morale of the army?
Now that he had just started, how was he going to lead the army in the future?
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