Chapter VI Transporting Silver Dollars
"The cavalry battalion directly under the division will use it for me"
After pulling the division commander into a corner and seeing that there was no one around, the chief of staff whispered to the division commander.
"What?"
The division commander quietly took a step back, and his words were a little vigilant.
The cavalry battalion directly under the division is a unit directly under the command of the division headquarters, the only rapid mobile unit of the 119th Division, and the only unit with veterans accounting for more than half of the proportion, and after being equipped with shell guns on a large scale, the cavalry battalion is also the battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness of the 119th Division.
Originally, the division commander predicted that the cavalry battalion would not send veterans out, but when the transport brigade was formed a few months ago, it could not withstand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of the division chief of staff, so the division commander had to agree to transfer more than 100 people from the cavalry battalion as grassroots officers of the transport brigade. Now when he heard the chief of staff say that the cavalry battalion was again, he was a little scared.
"It's not the idea of hitting your cavalry battalion, besides, your cavalry battalion has expanded to almost eight hundred, and it's almost a cavalry regiment."
Looking at the highly vigilant division commander, the chief of staff pursed his lips.
Recently, the 119th Division has been victorious, pulling out several strongholds of devils and puppet troops, seizing a large number of military horses, mules and horses, and the cavalry battalion has also been greatly expanded.
"And what do you want to do?"
"The cavalry battalion must not be transferred anymore, otherwise the combat effectiveness will definitely be seriously reduced"
The division commander still doesn't believe it, he has cooperated with the chief of staff for so long, and he knows very well the methods of his old man, and he has not been planted in the hands of his chief of staff once or twice.
"Something to transport to northern Shaanxi"
The chief of staff said the purpose.
"Northern Shaanxi?"
The division commander's tone was full of surprise. Ship things to that northern Shaanxi! As the core spiritual headquarters of the army, the importance of northern Shaanxi is self-evident, especially after the national unification of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, where a large number of young people go to pursue faith.
"Transporting grain? Or weapons? ”
The division commander was a little puzzled, what was lacking in northern Shaanxi was all kinds of materials, but the demand for weapons was not large, after all, that side was far away from the front line, and the devils could not threaten anywhere, and the guards over there needed to guard against only bandits.
"Transporting food? I really want to transport the grain directly, but can we read it? ”
The chief of staff rolled his eyes, and he began to tell his division commander what had happened.
"You should also know the situation of those soldiers who came from northern Shaanxi not long ago."
The division commander nodded and said nothing.
Three months ago, the army was greatly expanded, and the 119th Division seriously lacked grassroots officers, so the division commander paid attention to the northern Shaanxi, and the division commander just sent a telegram with a try-and-see attitude, but he did not expect that more than 100 veterans would come from northern Shaanxi later. And through this group of veterans, the division commander also knows the current situation of Bianqu.
To sum it up in one word, poor.
Lack of food, no clothing, but as a spiritual center, and there are a large number of young students to go, now in northern Shaanxi where a total of more than 30,000 people each eat horses, simply make the logistics headquarters worried about going to be pants, and this figure of more than 30,000 Rao is still two months ago. Tens of thousands of people can't rely on donations, they definitely need troops to buy, buy from Nongming, buy from the mountain caravan, and now although the land of China is full of war, but the caravan is still there, but it is much less than before the war.
"Brother Luo Yun provided me with 7.5 million oceans this time, and I plan to transport them to northern Shaanxi in batches."
At this point, the chief of staff sighed a little.
The Luo Yun brother and his family are far more wealthy than he imagined, and 7.5 million oceans will be sent, which is a huge amount of more than four million US dollars when converted into oceans, and last year, the whole year of northern Shaanxi, including internal donations and foreign aid, was only more than one million US dollars in the so-called funds given by the government of the Republic of China.
"Well, good"
Hearing this, the division commander nodded without hesitation.
The transportation of funds, taking into account the safety and speed, really could only use cavalry battalions.
In the headquarters of the 119th Division, the division commander and chief of staff, as well as the commander of the cavalry battalion, Yu Sheng, stood in front of the table, on which was a map with a winding route in the middle.
"Starting from the surrounding area of Baoding, arriving at the Yan'an border area, try to take the mountain road, the total length is more than 700 kilometers, this road is not easy to walk."
Looking at the route on the map, the division commander patted Yu Sheng on the shoulder.
More than 700 kilometers of mountain roads, and there is a blockade of devils in the middle, which is not easy for the 800 Rao cavalry battalion, and it also has to carry more than 50 tons of silver dollars.
"Guarantee to complete the task" Yu Sheng saluted, his tone resolute.
"Why don't you use a bank check?"
At this time, the head of the regiment suddenly asked suspiciously. During this period, the financial industry of the Republic of China was almost all in the hands of Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries, and large amounts of silver dollar transactions were generally carried out by checks, which was convenient and fast.
"I don't know, Brother Luo Yun, no, I didn't ask, but there is something inconvenient in comparison, maybe I'm worried about being discovered by Europe and the United States."
The chief of staff spread his hands.
"Too"
The poor division commander and chief of staff naturally didn't know, and the reason why they weren't exchanged for a check was because Luo Yun didn't know that there was such a thing, and he didn't think of going to this aspect. It's just that everyone didn't expect that Luo Yun's unintentional mistake caused an incredible incident.
"Hey, wait, you can send a report to the people in northern Shaanxi to come and pick it up" The division commander suddenly thought of a way to save time.
The area occupied by the devils is a long distance from northern Shaanxi, and sending troops from northern Shaanxi to receive supplies can save a lot of time, after all, 750 oceans, there are 200 tons, and it takes at least three months to rely on the cavalry battalion to transport them.
"Well, I'm here, I've got 750 oceans to transport here, but·· They didn't believe me, and then told me to stop joking and not waste resources"
The chief of staff spoke in a somewhat helpless tone.
"Haha..."
Hearing that his chief of staff was deflated, the division commander suddenly laughed.
A man who was poor half a year ago as a pants man suddenly told you that he was going to give you 7.5 million oceans, which really no one would believe, especially the chief of staff with a braggart record. After all, telegrams can only deliver textual messages.
"We didn't seem to believe in independence before, did we?"
At this time, the regiment commander recalled the first time he handed over supplies to the independent regiment, and at that time, the whole division unanimously believed that this was Zhang Lianshun's means to deceive the veterans from the division headquarters.
"Haha, too"
The Chief of Staff smiled as well, and he continued.
"As long as the first batch of silver dollars is transported to northern Shaanxi, they will believe it, and when the time comes, the transfer route of the silver dollars will be discussed, and the cavalry battalion will be free."
"The logistics minister of northern Shaanxi must be very wonderful when he sees this batch of silver dollars"
In the end, the chief of staff sighed and sighed, with some regrets. If it weren't for the fact that the transport brigade couldn't do without him, he really wanted to go to northern Shaanxi in person, and he really wanted to see the surprised look of the logistics minister after seeing the silver dollar.
"By the way, Brother Luo Yun also wants us to send people to protect more than 100 college students to northern Shaanxi," said the chief of staff.
"Okay, I'll go to a reinforced platoon from the guard battalion," the division commander nodded.