Wang Junjie was eventually deceived by Chu Xiong and let go. It should be said that he was convinced. How could the word "deceive" be used among revolutionary comrades?
As a time traveler, Chu Xiong still has too many elements from later generations, including his thinking and the way he handles affairs. Pure revolutionaries like Wang Junjie and Gao Wancheng can easily be led astray by his crooked theories.
When Chu Xiong led the Siberian Tiger Squadron deep into the Zhongtiao Mountains for tactical reconnaissance, Wang Junjie watched them leave with stars in his eyes.
"Lao Chu is the real Bolshevik. I, Wang Junjie, am so lucky to be able to walk with you!"
Compared to Chu Xiong, Wang Junjie is still naive, and I don’t know how much confusion he and Wang Junjie have poured into him, so that Wang Junjie no longer even adheres to the principle of "a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall".
Since Chu Xiong became the commander of the regiment, he rarely went on missions in person. Although the Central Army in Zhongtiao Mountain was a nominal friendly force, and he, Chu Xiong, also held the title of major general of the national army, the danger was definitely no less than going deep into the enemy's territory. occupy area;
Those division commanders and army commanders, if they knew he was coming, would definitely send heavy troops to encircle and suppress him at all costs. Anyway, what could anyone do to them if they didn't recognize him when the time came.
This time Chuxiong went deep into the hinterland of Zhongtiao Mountain and mainly clarified several issues:
One is the terrain of Zhongtiao Mountain and the garrison of various troops;
The second is the logistics supply situation of each division of the Central Army;
The third is the deployment situation of surrounding Japanese soldiers.
He wanted to get first-hand information. In later generations, he specially studied the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and he was very frustrated when he saw it;
There are not many historical materials left about this battle, and they are not even included in history textbooks. Many related scenes come from the Internet. The most touching one is of course "Eight Hundred Cold Babies Jumped into the Yellow River". What a good soldier. He would rather die than surrender. Someone's fooling around was sacrificed in vain!
More than 50,000 people were sacrificed, and more than 40,000 people were captured and injured. This is a hundred thousand fresh lives. The generals alone sacrificed 9 people, all of whom were elite and iron-clad men;
What future generations saw was just a set of cold numbers. That was an army of one hundred thousand, and you couldn't even see where it stood!
However, the damage they only caused to the Japanese was only a few thousand people. The figures announced by the Japanese were more than 600 killed and more than 2,000 wounded;
The Japs' figures at the time were unbelievable. The Japs' casualties announced by the government were 8,000, which was quite misleading. The two families added up the average, which was 5,000. Chu Xiong felt that this number was more reliable.
The battle damage was twenty to one. No wonder after the war, the leader of Shu couldn't help but cursed that this was a shame for the country!
From Chu Xiong's point of view, this is just a scapegoat. As the commander-in-chief, he is the first responsible person;
After all kinds of tricks, the enemy's army of 100,000 troops was heavily pressed into the territory. He also called Mr. Wei, the commander, to attend a meeting in Shuzhong to give him face-to-face instructions!
The division commanders and corps commanders below only listened to him. The superior officers could not command them at all. In addition, the supplies could not keep up. The troops had not been paid for several months and the troops could not even eat. The military chiefs were flirting with the Japanese. He has even surrendered to the Japanese;
It would be damning for such a disorganized army to be able to withstand a hundred thousand wolf-like and tiger-like Japs.
Now that Chu Xiong has traveled through time, he will not allow these 100,000 heroes to sacrifice in vain. If someone does not feel sorry for him, he will feel sorry for him;
These 100,000 veterans are in Chu Xiong's hands. In a few months, he dares to take them to attack Jiangcheng!
Deep in Zhongtiao Mountain, Linquan Town
The market was bustling with people selling mountain products, but unfortunately not many people bought them.
Sifu is a hunter in the mountains. His whole family of five depends on him for a living. The market in Linquan Town only happens once every half month. He has saved up his hunting catch for half a month and hopes to sell it today. Good price, in exchange for some salt, coarse grains and daily necessities, and of course you have to pay the forest tax.
If they can't pay taxes, the bosses won't let them go hunting in the mountains.
When he carried the prey into the town in the morning, he paid another 30% of the anti-war tax. If he didn't pay it, he wouldn't be able to enter the town.
The company responsible for collecting taxes at the entrance of the town is a company of the 97th Division of the Central Army. Today is a big gathering, and it is also the day when they eat meat. The entire company's half-month's supplies depend on this day!
The regiment stipulated that they should take 20%, so they would take 30%, and the remaining 10% would be theirs.
The mountain people are also poor and don't expect to receive hard currency like silver dollars. They rarely even see legal currency, so they simply collect mountain goods and take them to the grain store in the town to exchange for grain.
The grain store originally didn't accept this, but they didn't dare to refuse the besieged army's request. It would be good if they could exchange things for things, and people would be satisfied!
It was almost noon, and Sifu hadn't sold a single prey item yet, and no one even asked about the price. How many people could afford to buy meat and leather goods these days.
Sifu was extremely anxious. The market in the town was almost deserted after noon. Not only did he not get a penny in exchange, but he also spent 30% of the anti-war tax in vain. The family's food supply for the second half of the month was not yet available, let alone Precious salt.
The most important thing is the forest tax. They don't collect mountain products, only French currency and silver dollars. If he can't pay the forest tax, he won't be able to go hunting in the mountains.
When Sifu was extremely anxious, a man who looked like a housekeeper came out with several servants carrying baskets to receive the goods.
Sifu was not happy at all when he saw them. They were the henchmen of Chen Yuan's family, a wealthy family in the town. Most of the shops in the town were owned by his family, including the only grain store. It was a well-known large business with a radius of more than ten dozen Everyone here is a well-known profiteer, and everyone calls him Chen Papi behind his back!
"Master Chen, please do me a favor and give me more. Last month you paid 1 cent per catty."
Chen Wu is the adopted son of Chen’s wife’s family. Their family members have been slaves in Chen’s wife’s family for generations;
In the owner's house, he was a dog, but outside of the Chen house, he was known as Mr. Chen to the villagers in the whole town.
Regarding the mountain people's pleas, Chen Wu said disdainfully:
"Last month was last month, and this month is this month. This wild boar meat doesn't even have any fat. Who would want it except our Chen family?
You should consider this carefully. There will be no store like this after passing this village. It costs seven cents per pound now, and it will cost five cents when I come back later. "
Chen Wu was convinced that after these mountain people paid the 30% tax, they would not be able to bring back mountain goods because they would have to pay the 30% tax next time they came back;
You have to sell it or sell it, you have no choice!
He always comes during the pick-up time, just to catch all the mountain people's goods at the lowest price, and then sell them to the Central Army at a high price.
The commander of the Central Military and Horse Corps was the uncle of Chen's mother-in-law. The third daughter of the Chen family was sent to the regimental commander's home to be the seventh concubine. She was the favorite of the regimental commander Ma's family.
If the Central Army paid a high price to buy it, they could get benefits from the Chen family. Anyway, it was logistics funds. As they came in and out, they went into Captain Ma's pocket. Chen Wu couldn't figure out the details of it.
He is only responsible for collecting the goods from the mountain people at the lowest price. Except for the Chen family, no other family in the entire town dares to accept it.
The mountain people who sold wild boar meat could only accept the Chen family's offer and took away their meat at a very low price in exchange for a few French coins.
Later, when I went to Chen's grocery store to buy salt and grain, I had to be exploited by them again.
"well!"
Sifu sighed, there is no such thing as a poor life in this world.
He really wanted to be tough and take it back and eat it himself instead of selling it to them at a low price, but what about the forest tax?
"Mr. Chen, look at it. It's a fine piece of leather. It's peeled off completely. There's not even a seam. I'll give you a good price."
When Chen Wujing came to him, Sifu solicited business very spinelessly, with a humble smile on his face, imagining that the other party would be kind and give him a fair price.
When Chen Wu reported the price, Sifu knew that he was overthinking. How could the wolf be kind...
