What can be seen and touched is the control of the Second Regiment that Zhou Wen took the initiative to give up. This can be regarded as the only armed force that the party headquarters can currently possess. And these big guys all know that having a gun is the way to go in this world. Who wouldn’t want to hold it in their hands?
After several battles, no one could gain the upper hand. Simply put, everyone really didn't care about the second group with the thought that you can't get what I can't get. This was the hard time for the brothers in the Second Group. They had no one to care about them for several months, and they almost went hungry without being able to open the pot.
For that little bit of right that they think is so sweet, who the hell would care about anything else? It's none of my business even if the big-headed soldiers starve to death. If something goes wrong, just push the blame onto the other faction.
If it was just a matter of money, with the financial resources of the Liu family and their relationship with Zhou Wen, the Liu family could afford to support not only a regiment, but also a division.
But the problem is that this is not an economic issue, but a political issue.
As long as the Liu family dares to reach out, it will be like poking a hornet's nest.
You, a businessman, dare to interfere in military affairs and bribe the army. Do you want to rebel?
As long as all forces focus on the Liu family, even the Liu family will not be able to stop it!
Therefore, Liu Ruoshui could only rely on his own connections to borrow some supplies from other departments of the party headquarters to meet the urgent needs of the Second Regiment, but he did not dare to take any of his own money out.
It’s funny to say that in the Republic of China, it was very common for officials to pretend to serve the public good for personal gain, and no one said anything about it. Now Liu Ruoshui wants to pretend to benefit the public and use his own money to help the public resolve conflicts. Instead, he will become the enemy of the public. It is really weird.
Now, this group of strong coolies gathered at Fengyu Pier are actually the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment.
After Zhou Wen took over the Second Regiment, he immediately asked Chen Wanli to mobilize hundreds of outstanding grassroots officers and non-commissioned officers from the First Regiment to form an instructor team. He once again came to the Second Regiment, which had been moved to Pukou, and began a new round of reorganization of the Second Regiment. and training.
This training is not the first time for the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment. Last year, Captain Zhou Wen came with a group of instructors and a large amount of supplies, giving the brothers hope.
At this time, it was Captain Zhou who once again helped the brothers find their destination from confusion and hesitation.
Moreover, Chief Zhou also apologized to everyone. He originally wanted to find a better future for us brothers who have made meritorious service to the country, but unfortunately those party officials regarded all previous promises as nothing. If you fart, you will abandon us like nothing.
This time, Commander Zhou personally promised in front of all the brothers that as long as he is still alive and as long as the brothers are still willing to follow him, he will never leave any brother behind.
What else can I say? Everyone has seen the heroic performance of Commander Zhou's troops in the Songhu War of Resistance. Commander Zhou was kind and righteous to everyone after the war. He treated everyone's injuries and gave generous travel and settlement allowances to those brothers who returned home. Even among the brothers who stayed in the army, didn’t all of them receive much more military pay than before?
Moreover, Director Zhang of the Party Headquarters (formerly Director of the Political Department of the Second Detachment, Zhang Xinhua) also revealed privately that all the money was paid for by Chief Zhou himself, and the Party Headquarters did not contribute even a penny.
Being able to follow such a superior is a blessing gained over several lifetimes. How could we not be willing to do so?
It's just a pity that Chief Zhou didn't go to the Great Wall with his brothers, otherwise we would show the party bosses that none of us who came out of the 19th Route Army would be bad at killing the Japanese.
When the instructors who were familiar with them came to the camp and handed out brand-new military uniforms and pairs of combat shoes to the brothers, the brothers suddenly felt a little ashamed.
They were ashamed of the assurances and promises they had made when parting with these instructors.
They had promised to continue training strictly in accordance with the knowledge and skills they had learned in the days to come, and to become proficient in the tactics taught by the instructors.
However, the brothers didn’t do it! He eats and takes what others have, but in the end he has broken his promise. I feel a little sorry for Commander Zhou and these young instructors.
They were ashamed that they had fought side by side with these instructors, and they were all good men who killed Japanese soldiers. But now, the instructors have once again returned from the anti-Japanese battlefield with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but brothers like myself are slacking off just for a few military pay.
A few people even subconsciously pinched their belly skin and found that the abdominal muscles that were as hard as iron were a little loose. They immediately made up their minds to train back to their original bodies no matter what this time... No! It’s about training to be stronger than before. Don't embarrass the instructors.
Therefore, the training work of the second regiment went smoothly beyond Zhou Wen's expectations.
Originally, these officers and soldiers were veterans who had fought countless battles for the rest of their lives. After nearly half a year of training by Zhou Wen last year, they had basically qualified for the mercenary group's tactical and personal quality requirements.
And this time they didn't slack off for a long time, so after Chen Wanli and his friends went through some training, the brothers of the second regiment also learned about their shame and became brave, and actively cooperated. As a result, in less than two months, the original anti-Japanese tiger team All the energy and energy came back.
When Zhou Wen got out of the car, the few who winked at him and Zhang Xiaoping were a few instructors from the group.
This time Zhou Wen specially transferred 120 officers and soldiers from the Second Regiment who had performed well and had sailed ships and worked on the docks in Guangdong.
Seeing Manager Wang trotting over, looking very anxious, Zhou Wen knew what he was worried about?
Of course Zhou Wen knew the rules, or unspoken rules, at the dock in Shanghai.
But Zhou Wen didn't take it to heart, and he didn't intend to just abide by these unwritten rules.
Just kidding, I bought the land with my own money. Of course, I am the one who makes the decision. I don’t need outsiders to tell me what to do.
Although Qianqie Fengyu Wharf is owned by the Yangtze River Company, it is actually one of the strongholds of the mercenary group in Shanghai. He will not hire outsiders without knowing the details of the other party.
Of course, Zhou Wen also welcomes real management talents, as well as skilled shipwrights and ship bosses from the former Qichang Foreign Company, who are willing to come. But anyone who comes to Yangtze Company must abide by Zhou Wen's rules and avoid those little tricks and tricks like local snakes bullying students.
As for coolies helping transport workers and the like, Zhou Wen doesn't need them.
Just kidding, I have to pay for the help of outsiders even if I don’t use nearly two thousand of my powerful subordinates. Have I burned out my brain with too much money?
What's more, Zhou Wen's use of his soldiers to help out is itself a kind of reward measure for the officers and soldiers of the training corps.
