At 9 a.m. on January 25, 1923, the Jinling Provincial Office Square was already crowded with people.
Looking around, I saw dense crowds of onlookers gathered in the wide square, with an endless flow, forming a spectacular picture.
Thousands of gangsters, corrupt officials, and unscrupulous businessmen who were scared to shit were tied up and taken off military cards by the soldiers. There was no doubt that they were muttering all kinds of begging for mercy.
"I was wrong. I don't dare to be greedy anymore. I will spit out all the money immediately... Yes, the money is placed under the floor of my living room. You can take it all!"
"Sir, please intercede for me, Master Lu, and ask him to spare my life. I even gave you a gift from him at the last dance..."
"Don't kill me, I have money, I can also give you all the tobacco business in Jinling..."
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When they saw the blood-stained cement floor on the execution ground, many people were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground.
Soldiers don't get used to it. If they can't move, they will be executed on the spot. Open the safety of the MP40 submachine gun and it will be a direct hit. "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Not long after, the remaining people were taken to the execution ground. The iron shackles on their feet made it impossible for them to escape, and they could only become lambs to be slaughtered.
The deputy machine gunner replaced the barrel and drum of the MG42 general machine gun. Then the machine gunner pulled the bolt, opened the safety, and started a new round of executions.
"Ka! Ka! Ka!"
"Ka! Ka! Ka!"
On the second floor of the Provincial Office, Lu Xiaojia blew out a burst of smoke rings, "Is this the last batch today?"
"Yes, military seat." Yao Zijing replied respectfully, and then took out a list.
"This is what Yu and the two provinces have gained in the past few days."
Lu Xiaojia took it and looked it up, and found a total of 13.8 tons of gold, about 116 million taels of silver, 148 million silver dollars, 2.83 million U.S. dollars, 1.32 million pounds, countless chess, calligraphy and painting, treasures and jade...
"Haha, Zijing, we have executed nearly 20,000 people these days. Do you think some people will accuse me, Lu Xiaojia, of killing innocent people indiscriminately?"
"Of course not. The ones you killed, Commander, are all scum that bully the good, do evil things, and are corrupt. It's too late for the people to be happy." Yao Zijing replied angrily.
"Oh, that's naturally the best."
During this period, all the evil forces, unscrupulous businessmen, evil gentry and landlords, corrupt officials, bullies and gangsters in the Yu-Huai provinces... were all uprooted by Lu Xiaojia, and the harvest was quite fruitful.
As for the lack of staff in the office, that is a trivial matter.
After all, there are professional public office personnel in the system mall who are non-corrupt, loyal and capable.
The price of low-level office personnel is 1,000 silver dollars, corresponding to the township level.
The price of intermediate office personnel is 5,000 silver dollars, corresponding to the county and city levels.
The price of high-level office personnel is 300,000 silver dollars, corresponding to the provincial level.
Three days ago, Lu Xiaojia spent 18 million silver dollars to purchase 10 senior, 1,000 mid-level, and 10,000 low-level office personnel in the system.
Let them take over the vacancies in Yu and Huai provinces and be responsible for managing government affairs in various fields such as transportation, education, industry and commerce, agriculture, taxation, etc.
Judging from the time, these office personnel should have arrived in their respective jurisdictions by now, began to formally take up their posts and reorganized the leadership team.
For the people of Huai and Yu provinces, a new world is brewing.
"Report, military seat, there is a call from the Jinling Security Headquarters, saying that everyone is here." The orderly came to report the report and handed over a pamphlet.
"Well, I understand."
Twenty minutes later, the double doors of the auditorium on the third floor of the Security Headquarters at No. 1 Xuanjiang Road, Jinling were opened.
Lu Xiaojia strode into it. In the conference room, hundreds of officers from the navy, army and air force stood up and saluted.
"Military seat!"
"Military seat!"
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone, please take a seat." Lu Xiaojia returned the greeting and sat down on the main seat.
"Everyone, the situation in our country of China is changing rapidly. I have received definite news that the Fusang Kingdom will go to war with our country of China in the near future and fully invade our country of China. However, the two major warlords in our country, Zhili and Feng, are now in We are gearing up to start a civil war, what do you think we should do in this situation?"
"Then there is no need to talk about military positions. We must seize the time to expand our army now. As long as our fists are strong enough, all invading enemies will be paper tigers."
"Yes, Brother Feihu is right. The military commander must have summoned us to expand the army. There are more than 50 million people in Yu Province and there is no problem with the soldiers." Jiang Wentao also echoed.
"Oh, you've all guessed it. Let's talk about the Army first." After that, Lu Xiaojia lit a cigarette for herself, opened the pamphlet and read from it:
"Everyone, we now control two provinces and the territory is much larger. In addition to China's domestic and foreign troubles, the troops of three divisions cannot meet our war needs at all. So I decided to expand the size of the army and consolidate our army. , divided into armored infantry divisions and field mountain divisions."
"The 1st and 2nd Anhui Divisions, which are still in the training period, are already fully mechanized units, so I plan to directly change these two divisions into the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Division, and increase the number of tanks on the original basis. We need to equip 130 Taichung tanks and 70 light tanks.”
"The armored division also has a small change. The M19 60mm mortar in the platoon-level firepower squad will be replaced by an M-1 81mm mortar."
"The organization and weapon configuration of the Mountain Division will not change. Everything will be in accordance with Commander Dai Kuanglan's troop organization. What do you think?"
Everyone gasped when they heard this. In fact, the 1st and 2nd Anhui Divisions needed a large number of logistics personnel because of their intense firepower, and their number was close to 30,000.
If the tank regiment is to be expanded, the manpower will inevitably be increased. The armored division will have more than 30,000 people, which is so fast that it can catch up with an army.
"The military seat, according to your thoughts, how many more mountain divisions and armored divisions should we form?" Dragon Emblem asked in confusion.
Others are also staring at Lu Xiaojia. After all, expanding the number of troops means an increase in military rank for them, and no one wants to stand still.
"Haha, in the Army, I plan to form 2 mountain corps, 2 armored corps, 1 airborne division, and 1 combined division. Among them, the mountain corps has 3 mountain divisions, and the armored corps has 3 armored divisions."
Everyone couldn't help but started talking, so there were 14 divisions, plus some garrison troops, and the size of the army rose directly to four or five million people.
"Damn it, military commander, are we taking too big a step? Are we going to break our balls?"
"I'm afraid that I can't be a soldier if I'm struggling. As the saying goes, the pace must be big. According to the military's vision, we need to expand to 11 more divisions."
"The current situation is grim, and it is imperative to expand the army. The idea of the military seat is very suitable for my dragon emblem."
"Military seat, isn't our establishment a bit bloated? There seem to be too many people, and if we expand so many troops, if there are no officers to lead them." Yao Zijing was a little worried that with the expansion of so many people, their teaching group would not have enough manpower.
"How can a mere 30,000 people be bloated? This is what the Fusang Kingdom does now. Their standing divisions have 25,000 to 27,000 people." Lu Xiaojia picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"I will solve all problems. You will go back later and seize the time to recruit 350,000 to 400,000 high-quality soldiers for me as soon as possible. The recruitment rules remain unchanged."
Lu Xiaojia thought that with the system in hand, would there be anything in this world that could not be done?
As for the officer issue, there are more than 30,000 living people in the field mountain division, teaching regiment, and parachute battalion.
The veterans produced by these systems have unparalleled cultural and military qualities.
What's more, military academies and non-commissioned officer schools are not just decorations. They can open to recruit students in two months.
Even if we don't have enough manpower right now, I can still buy veterans in the system to act as officers.
As for weapons, Lu Xiaojia decided to buy them in the system, mainly because they were too cheap and it was more cost-effective to purchase weapons in the system.
But this does not mean that Lu Xiaojia is not prepared to work hard in this area. He is planning to invest heavily in Huai Province to establish a Huagang Heavy Industry Group.
To cover various industries such as steel smelting, railway transportation, electrical facilities, agricultural machinery, petroleum and electricity, shipbuilding and aviation, etc., managers will purchase in the system mall.
In peacetime, the mission of this company is to produce civilian products such as refrigerators, ships, tractors, machine tools, etc., which are sold to Western countries for profit. During wartime, they can quickly switch from civilian use to military use.
"The task I give you is to quickly recruit soldiers and then conduct a nine-month training camp according to the standards I set. During this period, I will try not to assign any combat tasks to you."
"But when the appointed time comes, what I want is an army that can fight one against a hundred, like a sharp knife out of its sheath, not a bunch of drunkards. These 14 divisions must reach the world level in terms of ideology, culture, combat skills, marksmanship... etc." Top level.”
After Lu Xiaojia finished speaking sonorously, all the army officers in the conference room also stood up and responded loudly. "Yes, military seat!"
"Well, let's announce the appointment letter now. This is only a temporary position. If you do well, I will continue to work. If you don't do well, I will leave after 9 months."
