Chapter 3 Shannan and Shanbei (Four Below)

After more than a month of joining the Iron and Blood Association, Zhang Songling finally got over the addiction of shooting. In the small forest in the mountain behind Cuizhuang, he shot all the twenty bullets in the two box cannons in one go. As soon as the gunfire stopped, he didn't care about the heat, and the hunchbacked veteran military master Wei Ding immediately snatched the box cannon back and hugged it in his arms, just like holding his grandson, while lifting his shirt and wiping it, he chattered and counted down: "Twenty bullets, twenty bullets." How can you get it all in one go? That's four pounds and a half of meat money, so I will listen to you for a sound! ”

"Isn't it just a piece of the ocean, I can't go out by myself!" Zhang Songling couldn't stand the miser appearance of the old military teacher, pursed his lips, and said loudly.

"Your food and housing are all given by the club, where is the money?!" The old military advisor pricked up his eyes and shouted angrily.

"Anyway, I'm an officer of the Predators! Tell me, should the officer be paid the officer?! I've been working in the meeting for almost a month and a half, even if I ask for a long-term job, you have to pay me some wages, right?! "Worthy of being a businessman, Zhang Songling remembers Men'erqing.

According to the rules of the Iron and Blood Society, the small soldier receives a daily salary, and when it is worth two cents a day, it is not worth any money, and it will be settled at the end of the month. Officers receive monthly salaries according to their ranks, and Wei Zhankui, the big boss, is the highest, with eight silver dollars per month. The old military division Wei Ding is the second, six yuan per month. The other three deputy leaders each have five yuan per month, Zhao Erzi and the other six squadron leaders have four yuan per month each, and the squad leaders below each have three yuan per month. These are clearly remembered in the account book, Zhang Songling can contact them every day, and the hunchbacked old military division can't deny it if he wants to.

But as soon as he thought that the white ocean was in Zhang Songling's hands, he would definitely have to be replaced by bullets in less than half a day and consumed clean, and the old military master Wei Ding was so distressed that his face twitched. He smiled and discussed in a low voice: "There will be food and shelter in the meeting, what do you want to do with the cash, you should still keep it with me." When you leave, I will settle it for you to ensure that it is not bad! Our relationship is so good, can't you trust me? ”

"I came from a business background, and what I pay attention to is that a relative returns to his relatives, and wealth returns to wealth!" Zhang Songling refused to be fooled at all, and shook his head to veto, "You say, how many oceans should I receive every month?!" All day long, I am helping the big boss write a proclamation, and I am taking care of the accounts for you, so I can't be lower than Zhao Erzi and them! Otherwise, I won't do it, and we'll break up! ”

"No, no, their squadron leaders are four dollars, and you are also four dollars!" The hunchbacked teacher shook his head again and again, lest he disagree, Zhang Songling pulled his legs and left. At this moment, there are only them in the woods, old and young, and the bullets in the gun have just asked the little fat man to reimburse them. This kid was really stubborn, and rushed into the depths of the dense forest with his legs, and he really couldn't catch up with the hunchbacked master's legs and feet.

"Eighty rounds. Send it to me when you get back! It was rare to force the old miser to sweat on his forehead, Zhang Songling stretched out his hand and demanded loudly.

"You've already knocked out twenty shots!" The hunchbacked veteran even had the green tendons on his forehead in a hurry, and tilted his neck to refute, "The meeting only bought a total of 2,000 bullets for box guns, and if everyone fights like you, they will have to be tossed clean in a day!" ”

Zhang Songling shook his head and continued to stretch his hand under the old military master's nose, "I don't care about other people's affairs, I just want my own share." Eighty bullets, the twenty that should be reimbursed with public funds just now, can't be counted on my head! ”

"Sixty, at most, at most seventy grains for you, and the ten grains in my gun are counted on my own head!" The old military division was forced to retreat again and again, and kept bargaining with Zhang Songling, "I can only receive it once a month, and I still have half a month's military salary, which will be settled together at the end of next month." Don't have to make any more inches, the long-term workers who farm for me can only be paid once a year, and the ....... will be deducted according to the performance of the work."

If no one interrupts, this old and young will definitely have to bargain endlessly. No one realized that the two of them had actually made it a habit to talk to each other and tease each other. But other people in Zhuangzi can't appreciate this kind of warmth between grandparents and grandchildren. Seeing that the old military advisor and the little fat man were entangled endlessly, he stepped forward impatiently and interrupted in a low voice: "Military advisor, Adjutant Zhang, the second master is back." The carriage will stop at the gate of the big temple, waiting for the two of you to go over and enter the account! ”

"It's back!" The old military advisor was surprised and delighted, threw away Zhang Songling, jumped to his feet and asked the visitor, "But have you changed back to guns and ammunition?" How many, how many cars are loaded! ”

"Two wagons, one with guns and the other with bullet boxes!" Zhuang Ding, who reported the news, thought about it and hesitated to respond.

"Take me over, take me over!" The old military division was so happy that he couldn't take care of the load, so he pushed Zhuang Ding, who came to report the news, and ordered loudly.

Hearing that there was a weapon, Zhang Songling was also ecstatic in his heart. stepped forward and held the old military division's arm, and strode in the direction of the ancient temple that was requisitioned by the Iron and Blood Society as the general headquarters. Before he could reach the gate of the temple, he saw hundreds of people crowding, surrounding Xiao Er's house and several carriages on the inner three floors and the outer three floors. And Xiao Guotao, the second leader who had just experienced a long journey, did not have the slightest fatigue on his face, took a scoop of well water that had just been hit, poured a few big mouthfuls of it, and then raised his hand to wipe his mouth, opened his throat and said: "I have opened my eyes this time!" Good guys, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, cannons, small cannons, and iron-clad rubber wheels, with one step on your feet, you can run dozens of miles away in the blink of an eye......"

"That's a big car!" Among the onlookers, someone reminded with a smile.

"Yes, a car, a car that smells like a car. One cart can fit more than 30 people, which is more than the five-horse cart we have here. Xiao Er's family poured a few mouthfuls of cold well water, and continued to talk in the vernacular, "The one sitting in the car is our Central Army Chairman Jiang, a yellow-green imported material military uniform, a half-inch thick iron helmet on his head, and a cowhide plate belt on his waist. In his hand are all brand-new German-made submachine guns, and when he pulls the trigger, it is a whole shuttle bullet. It can turn a cow into a hornet's nest ......." (Note 1)

"Just blow it!" The more everyone listened, the more outrageous they felt, and they retorted in unison. Our Chinese army is notoriously poor in weapons, otherwise, the 29th Army would not have fought with devils with big blades on the Great Wall. If you want to say that the equipment of the Central Army is stronger than that of the 29th Army, some people will believe it. If it is said that the equipment of the Central Army has surpassed the little devil by a large margin, it is a pipe dream! With that equipment, the Central Army would have wiped out Little Japan a long time ago, and it would have to wait until now?!

"Don't believe it, you ask them, ask them. Tell everyone, do you see it? Do you see it? Xiao Er was in a hurry, pulled over several other Zhuang Ding in the same company, and forced everyone to testify against him, "A few of you, did you see the Central Army with steel helmets and cars?!" Do they all have German guns in their hands?! ”

"Hmm!" All the Zhuang Ding who went to Baoding nodded in unison. To this day, they are still shocked by the weapons and appearance of the troops in Baoding City. Steel helmets, machine guns, submachine guns, machine guns, and all kinds of cannons and small cannons that cannot be named. Also, there are the young and proud faces on the car, which makes people feel that they are half shorter at a glance, and they don't even have the courage to come forward and talk.

"Then our country is not going to win this time?!" Hearing that someone proved that what Xiao Er's master said was true, all Zhuang Ding immediately became happy, and asked Xiao Er's master in a somewhat tentative tone.

"Definitely!" Xiao Er was full of confidence, "At this moment, it is said that in Baoding City, a whole hundred thousand troops are stationed!" There are only a few centaurs in total, even if there are three to one, we can also pile him to death! ”

"yes, heap down little Japan!"

"Pile up the little devils!" When everyone heard this, their morale became higher and higher, and they opened their throats one by one and echoed loudly.

Although they have never seen what the Japanese look like, the people of Cui Zhuang visited relatives and friends, but they heard about what the common people in Chabei have been ruined since they fell into the hands of little Japan. Gun towers, roads, and cities were built, and all kinds of labor were constantly used throughout the year, and they found excuses to arrest people at every turn, pushed them into the mines, and threw them out until they died.

In the past, everyone did not report any hope for driving out the Japanese, and that was because everyone knew that the 29th Army was definitely not the opponent of the Japanese devils, although the 29th Army fought very bloody and fought very hard. But now it's different, the Central Army has come up, artillery, machine guns, cars, all are no worse than the Japanese devils, and they are on China's territory, occupying the right time, place, and people, how can they not win against the Japanese?!

"This bunch of dead little devils, how can we be missing our old and young masters?!" In a boiling shout, Xiao Guotao, the second master, pressed his hand down, and was full of spirit, "I was bold, found a door with a sentry standing guard, and drilled into it with my head down." Before I could reach the door, I heard "Whoa!" "The sound of the bolt of the gun, as soon as I looked up, there were already more than 20 submachine guns capable of firing repeatedly, and they were on my head!"

is worthy of being the son-in-law of Wei Ding, who is an old military teacher, Xiao Er is not a big book, he is simply Qu Cai! What was supposed to be quite a simple thing sounded thrilling immediately after his mouth was in the vernacular. Everyone gasped and instinctively followed the conversation and asked, "What about later, what about later, did they shoot you?!" ”

"Nonsense, shoot me with a gun, I can still stand here?!" Xiao Er's eyes were stunned, and he said triumphantly: "I said at the time, "Brother, what does this mean?" I'm here to help you fight the Japanese, how can you dog bite Lu Dongbin?! ””

"In the end, Xiao Er is in charge!" Everyone gave a thumbs up. I changed myself and went up, and I was held up by more than 20 guns, I must have been scared to pee my pants, where would I have the courage to talk to the military masters in this tone?

Xiao Guotao was actually frightened at that time, but the brothers who went with him would not debunk it, and the others in Zhuangzi did not have clairvoyance and could not see the scene at that time, so he blew as much as he wanted, "I saw that they were stunned by what I said, so I took out the military advisor, no, took out the letter written by Adjutant Zhang, raised his hands on his head, and reported to his home," Xiao Guotao, vice president of the iron-blooded anti-Japanese, defending the family and defending the country, and the villagers' autonomous federation, came to work in the army at the behalf. Please see you, Commander-in-Chief! ””

Note 1: At that time, it was Guan Linzheng's 25th Division stationed in Baoding, which was the descendant of the Central Army and had just been reorganized into a German Armament Division. Equipped with Mauser 1924 style rifles, submachine guns, steel helmets, field guns and mortars, it is relatively well-armed.