In the independent regiment headquarters of Yang Village, there was a small square table in the middle of the brick bed. On it was a plate of peanuts, a bowl, and a bottle of Xishan Fen wine, a specialty of northwest Shanxi.
Kong Jie sat cross-legged with a cigarette in his right hand and a bowl of white wine in his left hand. He was leisurely humming an unknown tune.
"Old Kong, Old Kong!"
Li Wenying's voice rang out in the courtyard. A few seconds later, she stepped into the house with a bad expression.
"Yo, you're back? How was the recruitment? How many people signed up?"
Kong Jie looked at Li Wenying, who was walking in, and a smile appeared on his dark face.
"How many more?" Li Wenying looked at the sloppy Kong Jie and was amused. She took off her hat and threw it on the brick bed. She grabbed the bowl and downed it fiercely.
"What's wrong?"
Kong Jie was at a loss. Why was he so angry?
"Humph!"
Li Wenying slammed the bowl on the table and sighed with a bitter smile." Didn't you ask how many soldiers were recruited?" No, not a single one!"
"How can there not be? Didn't you tell me about the policies of the Eighth Route Army?"
Kong Jie was anxious. If he couldn't recruit soldiers, how was he going to replenish the 1st Battalion that he had destroyed at Ma Jiapo a few days ago? That battle had wiped out an entire battalion of Japanese soldiers, and the weapons he had obtained were enough for him to expand half of his regiment.
"It's useless even if I say it!"
Li Wenying looked at Kong Jie with a frown and said,"The independent division of Qinglong Mountain has released news that they are recruiting soldiers."”
"What's wrong with recruiting soldiers? Isn't it normal to be at war now?”
Kong Jie was very puzzled. What did the recruitment of the independent division have to do with them? Moreover, he still owed his boss a favor.
He didn't even ask for a rifle from the last time, and gave it all to Kong Jie. During the Battle of Ma Jiapo, there were more than seven hundred Type 38 rifles.
Other than handing over half of the heavy weapons, he kept the rest as capital for expansion.
"What else?"
Li Wenying looked at Kong Jie with disdain and said,"Do you know the conditions for recruiting soldiers?" Each person would receive ten yuan as a settlement allowance, two yuan as a monthly military salary, ten catties of rice, ten catties of flour, and two cans of beef.”
Gulp... Kong Jie was so frightened that he swallowed his saliva. Even his hand that was holding the cigarette trembled. He knew that the independent masters of Green Dragon Mountain were extremely rich, but he did not expect them to be so inhumane.
Not to mention the military pay and family allowance, just the rice, white flour, and canned beef were extremely attractive.
This was because ordinary people did not even have enough coarse grain to eat. They did not even dare to think about rice, flour, beef, and so on.
"Do you know now? No matter how good the policy is, it's not as practical as the real thing. The eyes of the common people are sharp. Now, not only are we unable to recruit people, but the Jinsui Army and the Central Army are also unable to recruit people. Just wait, the northwest of Jin Province would be lively in a few days.”
Li Wenying took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and took a deep puff. She felt a sense of failure.
"Alright, he's rich. What can you do?”
Kong Jie smiled optimistically and said," There must be a limit to the recruitment of independent division. Otherwise, we won't be able to afford it no matter how much money we have. Let's wait a little longer!”
"Yes, indeed."
Li Wenying nodded in agreement and said," They have conditions for recruiting soldiers. They will stop after recruiting 3,000 people in the initial stage. Then, they must have a clean background. The age can't be over 30 years old, and the youngest can't be less than 18 years old. Also, they don't want people who smoke, gamble, and prostitute! If they were found out that they had concealed their registration, they would be executed immediately!”
"What? Shot to death? So strict?"
"It's not about age, but about those local ruffians who have bad behavior.”
"Oh, that's not bad!"
Kong Jie smacked his lips and had a good impression of this mysterious army. In a chaotic world, it was not easy to stick to their principles.
In the Eighth Route Army's headquarters at Great Xia Bay, Boss Peng looked at the information in his hand for a while before putting it down.
He looked at the people around him and asked,"What exactly is the situation with this independent division? Have you investigated it thoroughly?"”
"Boss, the Green Dragon Mountain unit is very mysterious. According to the analysis of the report submitted by Kong Jie and Shen Fang of the Independent Regiment, the equipment of this army is very advanced, even better than the weapons of the Japanese.
Dozens of anti-aircraft cannons, dozens of heavy cannons above 100mm, and even the company that was sent out had hundreds of people. All of them were in cars and were using a kind of automatic submachine gun that I have never seen before. Even Old Jiang would find it hard to afford such a large amount of money.”
The Left Chief of Staff took the report from Boss Peng and nodded with a sigh." However, I don't think we should be the ones worrying. It should be Yan Laoxi and Old Jiang!" Shen Fang from the Independent Regiment said that although the commander of the Green Dragon Mountain troops is very mysterious, he should have a good impression of us. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given us so many weapons and equipment.
In my opinion, we can send someone over to communicate and even increase our cooperation. However, we have to choose a good candidate. Otherwise, if we send someone who messes up things, it won't be good if it backfires.”
"Good! Well said!"
Boss Peng nodded and smiled." Our party's policy is to unite all forces that can be united to expel the Japanese invaders and protect our homeland." What do you think about the Chief of Staff?”
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
"Hmm, why don't we let Kong Jie or Li Wenying from the Independent Regiment go? After all, they have interacted with each other before and have experience.”
"No, their positions are too low. No matter what, they were still a division level force. They still had to send someone from the headquarters.”
"Why don't I go?"
The Left Chief of Staff looked around and said.
"Alright, send the Chief of Staff,"
Boss Peng nodded in satisfaction.
In the Second Area Command, Yan Baichuan looked at the intelligence collected by the intelligence department several times. Then, he looked at the head of the intelligence department and asked," That's all. Is there anything else?"”
"Commander, the other party is too mysterious. This is all the information we have collected so far. However, according to our investigation, the explosion of the arsenal in Anji County was definitely done by the troops of Qinglong Mountain. This time, there was a Japanese army's Chuangu unit that went to encircle Qinglong Mountain. When they passed Hutou Mountain, they were ambushed by the troops of Qinglong Mountain.
The Chuangu unit was surrounded by two infantry regiments or an infantry division. Most importantly, the Japanese unit was bombarded, resulting in the annihilation of the entire unit.”
"In that case, Green Dragon Mountain has at least a super heavy cannon with a range of tens of kilometers, and they have at least an infantry division, right?”
Yan Baichuan stroked his beard as a glint flashed across his eyes.
"That's right, Commander. Currently, this unit is recruiting soldiers and horses. It seems that they want to block the attack of the Japanese.”
"Defending against the Japanese? Send over the money I promised last time and some food supplies. After all, we are all Chinese. Just take it as a token of my appreciation.”
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing the intelligence officer leave, Yan Baichuan sneered in his heart. Taiyuan was lost last month and he was chased out of his hometown by the Japanese. Now, he would cause some trouble for the Japanese.
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