bullyxtreme Chapter 143: Convincing the Brotherhood to Resist Japan
Chapter 143: Convincing the Brotherhood to Resist Japan
Luo Depei looked at Gu Wenxuan's figure gradually disappearing into the night, and said with some emotion:
"Xiao Yao, I really don't want to let my brother go back.
If it weren't for my brother, we wouldn't know where to rest on a desert hillside tonight!
Look, we have occupied the town government now!"
Yao Xinghua has agreed with Rodper's statement:
"That's right! Meeting Brother Gu Wenxuan is a blessing for both of us. I had my horoscope calculated last year, and it said that I would meet a noble person this year. Sure enough, I met Brother Gu, and he is our noble person!"
Luo Depei argued: "You are wrong, I am your benefactor, and Brother Gu is my benefactor, don't get the order wrong!"
Yao Xinghua was too lazy to argue with him, knowing that he could not win every argument with him. It was not that he could not win the argument with Luo Depei, but sometimes it was because he still respected Luo Depei.
Because Rodpei joined the army when he was young, and although he was not well educated, he had fought in many battles and had a lot of practical experience, which was worth learning for Yao Xinhua.
After dawn, the Sichuan Army Independent Regiment indeed issued a notice to reassure the people!
They selected about 200 people from the surrendered Imperial Army and had them join their Sichuan Army Independent Regiment!
Although they were nominally called the Sichuan Army Independent Regiment, the position of the regiment commander was still virtual.
In the minds of these two battalion commanders, the position of commander of the independent regiment was reserved for Gu Wenxuan.
The two battalion commanders now recommend themselves as deputy commanders of the independent regiment, responsible for all affairs of the regiment.
Luo Depei was in charge of military affairs, and Yao Xinghua was in charge of economic power.
Last night they seized about 50 tons of grain, or 10 kilograms, but they now understand that Heping Town is indeed a large town with a radius of hundreds of miles and a population of more than 2 people.
Yao Xinhua and Luo Depei discussed taking out 5 kilograms of grain and selling them at a low price to the residents in the town who had no food to eat.
But each person cannot exceed 10 kilograms.
As soon as this notice was posted, the entrance of the town government was immediately filled with people waiting to buy food at a low price.
Now, let alone buying grain at a low price, you can’t even buy grain at a high price, so their 5 kilograms of grain is simply a drop in the bucket.
According to Gu Wenxuan, they are recruiting workers again.
What were the workers doing? Mainly building fortifications around Heping Town.
The wages for the workers they recruited were not high, only 10 copper coins per person per day, but food and accommodation were provided.
There are many homeless people around Heping Town now.
Hearing that food and accommodation are provided, some people came to sign up to participate in the construction of fortifications without even asking the price.
Gu Wenxuan saw this idea on TV in later generations. This way he could appease the refugees and find people to build fortifications at a low price, killing two birds with one stone.
Yao Xinghua asked someone to go to the county town to exchange all the US dollars and silver notes into silver dollars.
He now has an army of 1000 people, and each person is paid 5 yuan as salary.
You have to know that they have been out of Sichuan for almost a year and have never received a salary.
The news that the 1st Independent Regiment of the Sichuan Army occupied Heping Town overnight spread throughout the area like the wind.
Even the Japanese army couldn't understand how the Sichuan Army, which was usually sloppy and tattered, could become so brave overnight and occupy such a large military town as Heping. Even the regular troops of the White Party could only watch from the sidelines and dared not say a word.
This delayed the Japanese army's original plan to seize the city, giving the Sichuan Army some time to rest.
Sure enough, within two days, Gu Wenxuan's men, Zhao Yulong, led eight or nine hundred people and slowly arrived at Heping Town.
Luo Depei received Zhao Yulong with great pleasure.
Zhao Yulong's more than 800 people were organized into three battalions.
Now Rodpei wants to change the number of their independent regiment to an independent division. Although the current number of personnel does not reach that establishment number, Rodpei thinks that with the joining of Gu Wenxuan, it may not be a fantasy to become a division at that time.
Thinking that after becoming an independent division, he would definitely be the division commander's staff officer or deputy division commander, he chuckled at the thought.
After Gu Wenxuan returned to Peking.
He looked for Tan Tai Ming Yue from the Brotherhood.
"Miss Tantai, do you have any idea to organize an army?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue did not understand what Gu Wen Xuan meant by this for a moment.
"Mr. Gu, what do you mean by that? Organizing an army? What is the purpose of organizing an army?"
"Of course we are organizing an army to fight against Japan. What else can we do? Now you see that the Japanese army has invaded most of our land. If we don't organize an army to resist, I'm afraid that the people of our country will become slaves of a conquered nation!"
Tan Tai Ming Yue: "Organizing an army to resist foreign aggression, isn't that the government's job?"
"Government affairs?" Gu Wenxuan sneered.
"Look, the government has moved its capital from Nanjing to Shancheng. Only President Jiang knows whether he has any intention to resist the Japanese!
Even if he wanted to fight against Japan, he didn't have the ability. The warlords under him, big and small, were all trying to preserve their own strength, and few of them really wanted to fight against Japan."
Tan Tai Ming Yue thought for a moment:
"So where do you think we should station troops to fight the Japanese?"
"I have an idea for you. There is a place called Heping Town in Yang County, Henan. Recently, a Sichuan Army occupied that place. I think you can take your brothers there!"
"I've also heard that the Heping Town, the place occupied by the Sichuan Army, is a military stronghold. Aren't there many Japanese living there?
Why were the Sichuan troops able to occupy that place? I heard that even the White Party’s regular army attacked there many times but failed to take it down. Are the Sichuan troops so fierce? "
Gu Wenxuan laughed and said, "The Sichuan Army fought very hard. Even though their weapons are not very good, don't I still have them to help them?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue smiled:
"Oh, I see. That's why you suddenly told me that you wanted to station troops there.
So it was you who supported the team. Well then, I will go there and recruit a team. I am tired of staying here.
In the eyes of ordinary people, we are all bad guys in this kind of gang organization!
Gathering a team to fight against the Japanese is at least much better than this gang!"
"Well, how many people can you organize to go there?"
Tan Tai Ming Yue thought for a moment and said: "There are probably more than 3000 people under the name of our brotherhood.
But I estimate that there are about 1500 people who can go out with me to organize the war, because many of them are ordinary people.
I am afraid that only these 1500 people want to support their families in Beijing and go to war with me.”
Gu Wenxuan said: "Well, I will give you a regiment, you go and organize it, and try to get there in a short time!"
Why was Gu Wenxuan so anxious to organize an army? He knew that Heping Town was a military stronghold, and after the Sichuan Army occupied it, the Japanese army would definitely counterattack.
How could the Sichuan Army, with only seven or eight hundred people, resist the counterattack of the Japanese army?
So he had to recruit soldiers on a large scale.
"I have a banknote worth 100 million silver dollars here. You can use it to give some money to the brothers who are going to join the anti-Japanese war.
Then you can contact some big grain sellers. We need to purchase a large amount of grain. Now many places in Henan are disaster areas and food is in short supply there.
If we want to gain a foothold there, we must win the hearts of the people. To win their hearts, the most important thing is to distribute food and save their lives!"
After saying that, Gu Wenxuan took out a silver note worth 100 million oceans from his pocket and handed it to Tan Tai Mingyue.