"Chief of Staff, the additional troops from Shu have arrived——"
Zhong Guoliang seemed to be hesitating to speak.
"What's wrong? You're hesitant to speak!"
Zhong Guoliang didn't know what to say. He was so angry that he could only say:
"Old Chu, you'd better go and have a look, it's so miserable!"
Chu Xiong suddenly had a bad premonition. It seemed that the crop was in trouble again!
Sure enough, when Chu Xiong saw the newly sent 20,000 supplementary troops, he was so angry that his nose was smoking, and he directly ordered the battalion commander who sent the supplementary troops to be arrested.
"Chu Xiong, what do you want to do? I am a member of the Central Army. What qualifications do you have to arrest me?"
The battalion commander escorting the reinforcements shouted loudly that the young men looked a little miserable, but still, at least not too many of the young men he escorted died on the road.
"Why are you still standing there? Pull him out and kill him!"
Chu Xiong ordered with a livid face. At this time, the Central Military Battalion Commander was completely dumbfounded and shouted:
"Sir Chu, why do you have the right to kill people indiscriminately and escort strong men like this? If you don't tie them up, they will run away;
Most of those taken to Shonan died on the road. At least most of the batch I took were sent to you! "
When Chu Xiong heard that this made sense, he continued with a cold face:
"Look at their hungry skin and bones, with whip marks all over their bodies, and ropes tied around their necks. Do you dare to say that you didn't sell their rations privately? Do you dare to say that you didn't abuse them?"
The battalion commander of the Central Army had already sensed the strong murderous aura in Chu Xiong. He had already known privately that this man was the god of murder, so he also took a lot of money from the young men while depriving them of their rations along the way. Otherwise, half of these young men would be able to make it alive. That’s pretty good.
Who doesn't know that escorting young men is a fat job?
"Sir Chu, please spare your life, everyone is like this, my group has already lost a lot of lives——"
Chu Xiong was not angry but smiled:
"You mean I have to thank you? Since you know that I, Chu Xiong, am not someone to be trifled with, how dare you abuse my soldiers like this?
Even if you are afraid that they will run away and be tied up, no one will force you to deprive them of life-saving food rations, right?
Reborn as a good person in your next life! What are you doing standing there in a daze? He is being dragged down and executed for the crime of withholding military rations! "
The Central Military Battalion Commander was immediately paralyzed with fear, regretting in his heart that he had offended this murderous god. Unfortunately, it was too late. Chu Xiong had to give an explanation to these strong men, and at the same time, he warned certain people that they should be careful when depriving him of supplies, materials or strong men in the future.
Sure enough, after the Central Military Battalion Commander was executed, some strong men finally dared to stand up and speak. Before, I was worried that the commander was just pretending, holding it high and putting it down gently, with officers protecting each other. This is how it is played in the drama.
“Sir, when we first came out, we were eating only two meals a day, then it became one meal, and then it became one meal every two days;
Sir, we didn’t run away because we didn’t want to fight the Japanese, we didn’t want to starve to death on the road.”
A veteran with whip wounds all over his body said that he must be at least fifty years old. It was not easy for him to make it to Yunnan Province. He was almost out of shape from hunger.
"Sir, our journey was miserable. There were more than a dozen people from one village, but two starved to death on the way, and one was beaten to death by officers and soldiers..."
A teenage child soldier burst into tears as he spoke.
Chu Xiong had seen from later generations' records that out of the tens of millions of young men produced in the southwestern provinces, only three out of ten could be delivered alive. This was definitely a set of bloody figures.
The main reason why so few young men died in this period is that the distance from central Sichuan to Yunnan Province is much closer. Of the 20,000 young men, only about 17,000 were left alive, and most of them were starved to death. , many people have diseases of one kind or another. Not to mention training, if they don’t take care of themselves for half a month, half of them will be wasted.
"Zhong Guoliang, cook porridge! Let the brothers eat enough! Remember, don't let them drink too much the first time. Eat small meals frequently, one bowl at most at a time. Five porridges a day for the first three days. Let the brothers nourish their bodies first. good!"
When the young men heard that there was porridge to drink, they cheered excitedly;
As long as there is porridge to drink, everyone's life will be saved. A bowl of porridge is a life!
"Old Huang, after finishing the porridge, arrange for them to clean up their personal hygiene and have the medical team come over for disinfection. There must not be another scene of death, otherwise we will be ashamed of our elders in Shu!"
Huang An nodded and said:
"With nearly 20,000 recruits this time, daily food consumption is also a big problem. The food we bring can only last for half a month at most. There are also weapons and equipment for more than 10,000 recruits. The gap is too big, and we need to find a way. "
Chu Xiong knew that he had to go to Yingjiang for this matter. He couldn't count on it. At least the food issue would be solved by Yingjiang. The newly established chief of staff of the Chinese Theater, General Stevie, should be here soon. This old man is stubborn. A little stubborn, but still quite happy when it comes to supplies.
"Old Huang, let's think of a solution. If it doesn't work, let's go to Commander Long to buy some first. The nutrition of these recruits must be kept up. After a week, physical training will be properly organized to restore physical fitness."
While Chu Xiong was thinking about old man Stevie, after learning that they had arrived, the old man also rushed from the Goshawk Kingdom anxiously. This was his first batch of troops, and he cared about them more than anyone else.
The Justice League has been established, and world powers such as Goshawk, Black Bear, China, and John Bull have all participated. Of course, the Free Gallic Chicken with Belt and Open Mouth has also participated;
Their Vichy government joined the Alliance of Evil, hedging their bets, playing soy sauce during the war, looking for a sense of presence, and when the winner was decided, they would receive no less benefits.
Zhong Cai serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Theater and becomes one of the four giants of the Justice League. His political status has been unprecedentedly improved and he is about to reach the peak of his life.
In Shuzhong, Zhongcai's residence, he had just been sworn in as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Theater in a good mood, and summoned several big shots to discuss the expeditionary force.
He has just tasted the sweetness of participating in international affairs, so he is still very enthusiastic about the formation of the expeditionary force. This is a weight for him to gain political capital;
Hundreds of thousands of troops are not too much for him. The Chinese battlefield has consumed almost this amount in two months. As long as it can get him enough benefits, he is willing to send 500,000 troops.
"Ci Xiu, do you know much about this General Stevie? Are you easy to get along with? He will arrive in China in two days. Should we give him a grand reception, or should we give him a cold reception for a few days?"
Questioning Cixiu has become a routine operation of Zhongcai. Due to Zhongcai's support, General Chen has vaguely surpassed General He and become the new number two figure in the Zhongcai system.
Admiral Chen had already done his homework. When Cai Zhong asked, he stood up and briefly introduced Mr. Shi's situation, and then suggested:
"Zhongcai, even if Mr. Shi comes from Yingjiang, his recharge is only that of a lieutenant general and chief of staff. As the commander-in-chief, you don't need to give him too much courtesy, lest he interfere in the command of the expeditionary force;
The expeditionary force belongs to China at all times! "
Zhong Cai nodded with satisfaction, having made up his mind on how to get along with Old Man Shi.
