Seeing Zhang Dabiao and Xing Gang's excitement, Lin Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
"Zhang Dabiao." Lin Zheng called out.
"Here!" Zhang Dabiao immediately replied loudly.
"Let me tell you about your mission. My plan is to combine Min Village, Dragon Ridge Village, New Ridge Village, and the surrounding villages into our Cloud Ridge Village base, and then build a base that belongs to our new regiment.”
" You're mainly responsible for uniting these villages and building the overall defensive fortifications," Lin Zheng said with a serious face." The most important thing is to let the people participate in the construction of the defensive fortifications, such as digging trenches and building blockhouses.”
"Since we want to build a base, we have to build it as hard as steel. Even if the Japanese want to bite them, they have to break a few of their teeth.”
"Only by mobilizing the power of the masses will it be the best and fastest.”
"I promise to complete the mission!" Zhang Dabiao quickly responded after hearing Lin Zheng's arrangements.
As a member of the Eighth Route Army and a battalion commander, Zhang Dabiao was very experienced in mobilizing the people.
However, there was still a more critical problem. If he wanted the commoners to help, he definitely could not do it without money.
Even if the common people thought that the Eighth Route Army would pay, they would still have to eat even if they didn't need to pay.
It was a problem for so many workers to eat!
"Regiment commander, if we want to complete this task, I'm afraid we will need a large amount of military funds.”Zhang Dabiao scratched his head and said with some difficulty.
Lin Zheng waved his hand casually, looking like he was rich and overbearing. He said,"Don't worry, money is not a problem."
The system had just dropped a ton of gold, which was an unknown amount of military expenditure.
"In addition to building fortifications, I also plan to build an arsenal in our base.”Lin Zheng continued to speak slowly.
What? And build an arsenal?
Hearing Lin Zheng's words, Zhang Dabiao and Xing Gang were shocked.
Zhang Dabiao widened his eyes and said in disbelief,""Our New Regiment has its own arsenal?”
"Yes, you didn't hear wrongly." " Yes," Lin Zheng nodded firmly." We have plenty of funds, so my request is to get the factory done as soon as possible."”
"Alright, as long as the funds are in place, I'll definitely complete the mission as soon as possible.”Zhang Dabiao replied excitedly.
" Yes." Lin Zheng nodded and then looked at Xing Gang." Gang Zi, your task is to recruit soldiers and horses from these villages. Recruit the ambitious young people in the villages to join our team and expand the strength of our new regiment to the greatest extent.”
"Money is not a problem, but don't raise the salary too high. Just follow the normal standards of our 8th Route Army. Otherwise, there will be problems with the management of the other troops.”
"I understand. I promise to complete the mission!”Xing Gang patted his chest and promised.
After the mission was given, Lin Zheng discussed with Zhang Dabiao and Xing Gang about the details of the future development of the base. After that, he asked the two of them to prepare.
...
The next day.
The plan to build a base with Yunling Village as the foundation was officially launched.
Early in the morning, Zhang Dabiao led his battalion and began to walk through the streets and alleys of various villages to organize his men.
Xing Gang did not stay idle either. He began to count the young and middle-aged men in each village and gathered people with lofty aspirations to join a new group.
With sufficient financial support, the construction work quickly began in an orderly manner.
When they heard that there was money to be made, the villagers were full of enthusiasm.
As the regiment commander, Lin Zheng naturally did not idle around. He inspected and guided the construction of the base's fortifications and the construction of the arsenal.
At the periphery of the villages, trenches were dug out one after another, and bunkers rose from the ground.
In a very short period of time, the wasteland around the villages had undergone a huge change. All kinds of fortifications were built, and the density of them made one's scalp tingle.
This level of defense could really be said to be airtight.
As for the construction of the arsenal, in order to speed up the progress, Zhang Dabiao directly requisitioned an old factory in the village and rebuilt, strengthened, and expanded the original foundation of the old factory.
All the construction work was carried out step by step, and the efficiency was very fast.
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On the other side, Xing Gang's progress was also very good.
On this day, Xing Gang brought his men to the third village to carry out the recruitment work.
Because there was no farm work during this period of time, Xing Gang easily gathered the young and middle-aged people in the village to an open space outside the village.
Xing Gang stood under a big tree and looked at the more than 200 young and middle-aged men present. He took a deep breath and said," My fellow villagers, hello everyone. Thank you for responding to our call this time.”
"We gathered everyone here for one thing, and that is to join the army to protect our country.”
"Right now, the enemy is still invading our territory and committing all kinds of crimes.”
"As a part of China, are we just going to watch? Watching them harm our compatriots? Watching them plunder our wealth and resources? I don't think anyone with ambition and courage can stand it.”
" Besides, when the nest is destroyed, no eggs will be left intact. When Huaxia falls, every one of us will be enslaved and humiliated by the Japanese. Our brothers, sisters, family, and friends will even die under the sabers of the Japanese. As men, shouldn't we bear the heavy responsibility of resisting the Japanese and defending our country?”
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