At one o'clock in the afternoon, in the conference room of Xinhuabao, the meeting will be held normally, and the person who is currently speaking is Liao Meng, the new commander of the Xinhuaxia Dispatch Army and the commander of the 3rd Company of the Army.

"There are many immigrants from the East who came from Japan, Korea, and even Champong, and I counted 265 Japanese, 62 Koreans, and 11 Champongs a while ago. The vast majority of these men were young men who had fought in war. Especially those wandering Japanese wild samurai and their descendants, who have traveled to many places in the South Seas for so many years, and their lives have to be more and more bitter. At this time, we only need to spend a very small price to co-opt them and use them as the vanguard of the development of Tacheng coal mines. "All we paid was a set of clothing, a little food for the freedmen, and a promise of a certain amount of land in exchange for a decent security force." Ladies and gentlemen, you must know that the 3rd Company of the Ludao Army shoulders the heavy responsibility of guarding the coastal defense fortress, and it must not leave for a while, and it is still necessary to form an informal unit to develop the Tacheng coal mine to the south. Therefore, I would like to ask you to carefully consider the plan I submitted to form a 'standing team'. ”

Although Sergeant Kyle, Pei Soning, Mo Dashan and others also attended the meeting, they only had the power next to them, and if no one asked them, they had no right to speak, so they could only sit aside and listen silently at this time.

"Company Commander Liao, you are in charge of military affairs. I agree with your plan to form a standing team with Japanese wild samurai as the main body, but do these people really have combat effectiveness? Shi Qinjie agreed to Liao Meng's proposal after a little consideration, and he has always been very self-aware. For what you are not good at, boldly let go and let the people below do it. However, he was still a little skeptical about the combat effectiveness of those Japanese wandering samurai. After all, these people have been living in exile for many years. Although some people have been fighting as mercenaries, many more have been engaged in low-intensity jobs such as bodyguards and courtyard guards, and some people have even completely abandoned their samurai status and turned to low-level jobs such as farmers and small merchants.

"I took a cursory look and some people are doing well, some are so-so, and some people just can't finish it." Liao Meng also told the truth and said, "But their foundation is still there." As long as you are given adequate nutrition and good treatment, it is not difficult to recover your previous strength after you have the spirit and spirit. I had Sergeant Anda speak with Sergeant Anda of our company, and they were generally eager to join our squad and be loyal to the Republic of the East Bank. Moreover, their opponents are generally only those descendants of the indigenous Malays, and their combat effectiveness is also very weak, and I think that the standing team should be able to deal with them easily, no matter how poor their combat effectiveness, I am very confident in this. ”

"The last question." Shi Qinjie seemed to suddenly think of something, and said, "I heard that many of these people are Catholics? And the faith is stubborn. Otherwise, they would not have been forced into exile. This is not very consistent with our policy, and the state has been promoting depoliticization in all kinds of formal and informal armed forces. We're recruiting Christians on a large scale, which doesn't fit the policy, right? ”

Shi Qinjie was not afraid of anything when he said this, they were all atheists, and among the three people present, Sergeant Kyle and Mo Dashan were both Buddhists, and Pei Soning was an atheist who believed in science, so he didn't care what they heard.

Liao Meng first pondered for a moment, and then said, "Actually, it doesn't matter much. To put it mildly, these soon-to-be-recruited members of the Stand Up Team are just cheap cannon fodder. We haven't officially set foot in that part of Tacheng, and there have only been a small number of Bezimisaraka people who have been engaged in limited reclamation and cultivation before, so it can be said that the environment is still quite primitive. This means that we will have a significant reduction in the number of people who are involved in the early development process, so sending them there is a last resort. As long as we keep their families on the side of Xinhuabao, we are not afraid of any tricks they will make. Coupled with the possible indigenous attacks, I don't think their survival rate is too high......"

Having said that, there is no need to say any more, everyone understands. In fact, these Japanese went to the mines for the people on the east coast, first let the Eight Banners slaves and the people who stood up go to the Tacheng area to carry out development, and when the development over there was almost done, the Xinhua Fort side would find a way to transfer manpower to support the construction, so as to reduce a lot of attrition due to illness.

"Okay, let's do it!" Shi Qinjie made a decision on this matter, "Next, let's talk about the formation of an offshore fishing team with the former fishermen in the Ming Dynasty immigrants as the main body. Well, there are seafood processing plants that go with it. ”

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After the meeting, Liao Meng immediately went to a canopy outside the city surrounded by staff officers and adjutants. Here, about 250 men are undergoing a simple military platoon training under the supervision of several East Coast officers. These people are full of weather, but their expressions are quite tenacious, after all, it is not easy to live in exile for so long, and then cross the sea to Xinhuabao by boat, and they have almost been brutally eliminated by life.

They were uniformly dressed in blue jeans and fur hats on their heads, and at first glance they looked like the standard South African warriors of the Eight Banners. In fact, in the eyes of the people on the east coast, the status of the standing team is not much different from that of the Eight Banners Samurai, are they all cannon fodder? The only difference is probably that the people who stand up are all free people, and if they mix well, they can also have the opportunity to become regular and get official military status. But the Eight Banners Samurai don't have this opportunity, they can only go around in the Eight Banners system forever, let alone military status, and it is difficult for them to even obtain East Coast nationality - unless they are particularly outstanding talents have the slightest possibility of obtaining East Coast nationality.

The team consisted of 250 people, of whom more than 180 were Japanese wild samurai and their descendants, as well as 39 Koreans, 11 Champongs, and 20 relatively strong Ming people selected to make up the 250 number. The official name of this unit has also been confirmed, that is, the "1st Squadron of the Directly Governed Stand Up Team of the New China Security Command of the East Coast Republic of China", which is referred to as the "1st Squadron of the Standing Team" on weekdays, or simply called the "Standing Up Team".

On the recommendation of Lieutenant Liao Meng, commander of the New China Dispatch Army, Shi Qinjie, commander of the New China Security Force, officially appointed Army Sergeant Anda 15 to the post of commander of the Standing Force and leader of the 1st Squadron, and his post of army platoon commander was temporarily replaced by the deputy platoon commander. Anda 15 is a Japanese low-class samurai family, poor since childhood, traveled to many places, the most to the east coast, after years of hard work, now has a lot of status and wealth. His inspirational experience is simply the best emulator for the members of the group of forward-standing teams in front of him, and the best sustenance for their "East Coast Dream". And, most importantly, Anda 15 is a square, loyal and loyal person with a strong sense of identity with the Eastern Republic, so it is only fitting that he should lead the team to expand the territory of the Eastern Republic.

"Anda-kun, I'll hand it over to you when you stand up." Liao Meng walked up to Anda Fifteen, who was still wearing a dark blue East Coast Army uniform, looked at him and said: "You are still a member of the Army, I hope you can uphold your own position, be loyal to the country, and lead a good team to escort the smooth development of Tacheng Coal Mine." ”

"Please rest assured, the commander, the department will definitely fulfill its obligations!" Anda 15 said with a resolute face, "The 250 officers and soldiers of the Standing Squad promise to complete their tasks, and if they fail to do so, they are willing to apologize for their crimes." ”

"Good! I believe in you! Liao Meng patted Anda Fifteen's shoulder and praised: "Such a spirited army is really comparable to a regular army." By the way, are there any special requirements for weapons? ”

"The current strength of the Advance Team is 250 people, under the jurisdiction of four squads (60 men each) and a squadron headquarters, according to the plan, the four squads will be composed of two spear squads, a pig squads (using katana melee combat) and a musket squad. The Security Command had previously distributed a total of 120 standard three-meter spears, 120 sets of cuirasses and 120 sabers, and 60 rifles were still missing. Anda XV said with a little hesitation, "I hope that Your Excellency the Commander can solve it at his discretion." ”

"Well, I've got that to say." Liao Meng quickly said, "Originally, it was planned for you to use the foot bow as the main long-range output force, but considering the humid and hot climate in the tropics, the bowstring is not easy to maintain, and the power will be greatly reduced. Therefore, I suggested to the Security Command that you be equipped with the old Type 32-B rifles in the arsenal, and Commander Shi agreed. Don't worry, 60 rifles will be delivered to you in the afternoon. Once you are fully equipped, you have to hurry up and train, not only your personal skills must be practiced, but this tactical cooperation must not be left behind. You're also an old soldier, I won't say much about this, anyway, you can do it yourself, I only care about whether the troops can fight, do you understand? ”

"The department understands!" Anda fifteen stood with his legs together, and said with a military salute.

"Okay, let's go train the troops, the rain can't stop!" Liao Meng also returned a military salute and said solemnly.

In the days that followed, the team began a series of training sessions in and around Fort Xinhua. These people's foundation is not bad, at this time, they have a lot of fish and meat every day, and their nutrition can keep up, plus they are given the promise of land division in the future, these people have burst out of infinite potential one by one, and the combat effectiveness and morale of the team are also rising. (To be continued......)