Walking out of the distance, the stone asked, "Yingzao, what is the use of those broken irons?" And you want to pull them to Guanghuamen? ”

Sun Yumin patted him on the head and said with a smile: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, I have my own reasons for buying these things." ”

Sun Yumin took the two of them around most of Nanjing, and ordered all the ash (later known as cement) of several ocean companies in Nanjing.

At noon, the three of them dealt with it casually on the street, one of them ate two bowls of Yangchun noodles, Sun Yumin and Zhang Xiaohu did not bring money, but fortunately, Shi had just received four oceans in the morning. After booking all the materials that Sun Yumin wanted to buy, it was already dark.

The three of them hurried back and met several veterans of the first company at the mouth of the alley.

Several people stood up and saluted Sun Yumin, saying that Deputy Zhou Ying sent them to find Sun Yumin and the three.

There is a large open space behind the camp of the second battalion, and Sun Yumin has leveled the first company a few days ago and used it as a temporary playground. In the past few days, the assembly, queue training and other courses are carried out here.

Now there are more than 100 tables in several large circles on this playground, and more than a dozen or twenty bonfires have been lit around the playground, and a huge bonfire has been burned in the middle of the playground.

On each table were four large basins, which were piled high with meat and vegetables.

More than 800 soldiers sat upright at their tables, and no sound could be heard in the entire playground except for the crackling sound coming from the fire.

When Sun Yumin walked into the playground with Zhang Xiaohu and the stones, the leader of the platoon who helped the cook shouted: "The camp has arrived!" ”

The soldiers and officers sitting on the whole playground stood up on the ground, and the scene was very neat and very beautiful.

Sun Yumin was stunned for a moment, and the leader of the row next to him said softly: "Yingzao, your position is in the middle." Deputy Zhou Battalion and Company Commander, they are already waiting for you. After finishing speaking, he led the way and led Sun Yumin and them to the middle.

When he reached the table in the middle, the platoon leader said, "Camp, do you want to tell your brothers?" ”

Sun Yumin asked several company commanders at the table: "Have you arranged the troops on duty?" ”

Zhou Hong hurriedly replied: "Tonight we are even on duty, and it has been arranged, and the open and dark posts have been released." Rest assured! ”

"Well, good!" Sun Yumin nodded, and asked Li Tiedang again: "Have you arranged the person who assisted the battalion deputy?" ”

Li Tietang also nodded and said that it was arranged.

Sun Yumin then cleared his throat and shouted, "Brothers, tonight's task is to eat the food that the secretary has made for everyone, and drink the wine that the secretary has bought. Tomorrow I'm training with everybody, everybody's doing well, and then there's a meal like tonight every day. Let's get moving! ”

"Oooh oh ......"

Shouts, shouts, and whistles suddenly sounded on the playground, and the voices of people were boiling and lively.

From time to time, officers and veterans came to toast, how could Sun Yumin's small amount of wine be resisted. After a few bowls of liquor, I felt a little dizzy, so I was busy making excuses.

But as soon as the Chinese go to the wine table, it is like going to the battlefield, no matter how high or low your rank and position are, it will never count if you don't drink. Sun Yumin regretted letting everyone drink, how could he get out of it. Under the frantic toasts of a bunch of people, it was finally crawled under the table.

Li Tie didn't dare to drink because he had a very important task at night. He Sun Yumin carried it back to the camp dormitory, and dragged back the stone that was fighting with a company of veterans, if it weren't for Li Tiedan's shouting on the road that the camp seat was drunk and no one took care of it, the stone would have been with him a long time ago.

In the middle of the night, Sun Yumin woke up thirsty. The throat and stomach burned uncomfortably, and he shouted a few stones in a daze, but the snoring on the bed next door was loud.

Sun Yumin had to get up and pour water to drink, the room was too dark, Sun Yumin stumbled and touched the edge of the table, but he didn't find the cup he usually used to drink tea. I fumbled around to light the kerosene lamp, and saw a chair next to my bed with a full glass of water on it.

Sun Yumin was inexplicably moved in his heart, and poured all the glasses of water. Seeing that most of the sleeping stone was exposed, he walked over to help him cover the quilt.

After this toss, Sun Yumin was completely sleepy, and suddenly thought that now should be the time for Zhou Hainan to trade with people on the black market. Inexplicably, I felt a sense of foreboding, hurriedly got dressed, picked up the shell gun and walked out of the gate of the battalion headquarters.

Two soldiers standing guard outside the camp lit a fire in the doorway, and they were pacing around the fire.

Seeing someone coming, the two sentries hurriedly picked up their guns and asked, "Who?" ”

Sun Yumin replied as he walked: "It's me." ”

Seeing that it was Sun Yumin, the two sentries hurriedly put away their guns and saluted.

Sun Yumin waved his hand and asked, "How long has Deputy Zhou Ying been out?" How many people did you bring? ”

A sentry replied: "Report to the battalion commander, Deputy Zhou has been out for more than an hour, with more than a dozen people and three carriages. Later, less than ten minutes later, the commander of the third company went out with a platoon of three companies and a platoon of fully armed equipment. ”

Sun Yumin was relieved when he heard this. The middle of the winter night was damp and cold, Sun Yumin just came out of the quilt, let the cold wind blow, couldn't help shivering, and hurriedly stood next to the fire. Seeing that the two sentries were shivering with cold, though they were dressed thickly, they called out, "Come up to the fire, both of you." ”

Next to the fire, Sun Yumin asked the two sentries a lot of questions about the soldiers below, and it was also in their mouths that Sun Yumin now had a very high status in the hearts of the brothers in the second battalion.

As the time passed, Sun Yumin became more and more anxious to wait, and it was more than five o'clock when he looked at his watch. He felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and was about to ask the sentry to notify the third company to urgently assemble to meet him. A warning came from a dark post in the distance, followed by a signal to cancel the warning.

Sun Yumin immediately knew that it was Zhou Hainan and they were back. He immediately went forward and met him.

In the dark, walking in front were a few stout men dressed as peasants leading carriages, and Sun Yumin recognized them as several veterans led by Tie Niu, the leader of the reconnaissance squad. He was followed by Zhou Hainan and several soldiers from the reconnaissance squad. Two red lacquered boxes were tied to a carriage in the middle, and the two people next to them were Tie Niu, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, and the deputy of the squad.

Zhou Hainan saw that it was cold late at night, and Sun Yumin was waiting for him personally, with an inexplicable warmth in his heart. I have been in the army for so long, and no commander has ever cared about his life and death, and no commander has ever treated himself as a human being. It has always been difficult to go up by yourself, to suffer by yourself, to have meritorious officers to lead, and to reward superiors.

Not only Zhou Hainan, but also the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad who followed him to trade also felt the same way. It can be said that Sun Yumin's image in their minds tonight is a lot higher.

Sun Yumin stood on the side of the road, and every soldier who walked past him, he patted them on the shoulder.

Before Zhou Hainan could speak, Sun Yumin asked, "What about Li Tiedan and the people he brought?" Why didn't you come back? ”

Zhou Hainan sighed again, and said in his heart: The first thing to ask is whether people have come back safely, not the ocean and gold, this chief is indeed different from others, and he is a person who can be trusted. The more than 600 brothers below him are very lucky, at least they will not be thrown on the battlefield as cannon fodder, and no one cares. Thinking of this, Zhou Hainan was relieved and replied: "He took people to prevent people from coming after the break." After speaking, he said: "Rest assured, he and his people have never shown up from beginning to end. I took the group around in a big circle just to be on the safe side, which is why I came home so late. ”

Sun Yumin nodded happily, gave Zhou Hainan a thumbs up, and then hugged him again, saying, "Well done!" Hurry back and rest. ”

Tie Niu, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, led the people to carry the two red lacquer boxes into the battalion headquarters and separated them on both sides.

After Sun Yumin and Zhou Hainan walked in, Tie Niu took the key and opened the box, which was full of silver yuan and gold bars wrapped in red paper. There were also scattered oceans that fell around the boxes.

Zhou Hainan said: "A total of 55 large yellow croakers and more than 17,000 pieces of the ocean were sold. This is still a rush to sell, the buyer is not easy to find, if there is enough time, at least sell more than 30%. ”

Zhou Hainan picked up the water that Sun Yumin poured for himself and drank it all. He added: "I heard that a lot of equipment has been sold on the black market recently, most of which are brand-new German-style weapons, but there is no ammunition. So this time we shot the most sought-after ammunition, otherwise our weapons would really not be easy to sell. ”

Sun Yumin said with a smile: "Since the Great War in the Central Plains, the Central Army has had this tradition. Those who are high-ranking officials will not care about the life or death of our people, even if we go to the battlefield with burning sticks, it will not affect the people to sell the weapons of the whole system. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that I needed a lot of money to prepare supplies this time, I wouldn't have sold the arms." Sun Yumin added.

Sun Yumin grabbed two neatly bandaged silver yuan, threw the silver yuan into the box, grabbed another gold bar casually, and looked at it carefully for a while. Zhou Hainan looked at him frowning and loosening, loosening and wrinkling, as if thinking, and asked, "What are you thinking?" Are you worried about something? ”

"I'm wondering how this money can get to the families of these fighters." Sun Yumin said: "Brother Zhou, I asked about the stone during the day today. ”

So he retold the conversation with the stone today to Zhou Hainan. Then he continued: "At that time, I was thinking that the purpose of my military announcement was to let everyone enjoy life for a few days. Even if they go to gamble,, and spend all day drinking, at least let them see it for themselves, and it will not be in vain to go to this world. ”

Sun Yumin sighed.

"But as soon as I learned about the idea of the stone, I realized that I was wrong. This poor group of soldiers, this group of lovely soldiers, they always put themselves last. Today, I paid special attention to it, and not many people in our camp have crossed the streets, let alone spent money. ”

Zhou Hainan also sighed and said, "Yes, these people have never thought about themselves. They may not necessarily understand the principle of protecting their families and defending the country, but for the sake of their parents, wives and children, they will definitely be able to risk their lives. ”

"yes, so I want to do something for them."

"You want to send all this money to their family?"

"Not all, I still need a lot of money to prepare for this big battle. So I'd like to talk to you about the number, how much do you think is appropriate? ”

Zhou Hainan pondered for a while, and asked rhetorically: "Ten oceans are about the same, do you think it's okay?" ”

Sun Yumin nodded heavily and said: "I think the same way, ten yuan for each soldier, and three yuan for officers according to their rank and position." In this way, the total number of officers and men of the whole battalion is about 10,000 oceans. ”

Zhou Hainan nodded in agreement.

The two muttered for a while before discussing what they had to do in the past few days.

When the sky was slightly white, the stone finally came out rubbing his eyes.

Yawned and asked, "Battalion commander, why are you so early?" ”

Sun Yumin looked at his watch, it was almost 6 o'clock, so he patted the kid on the head and said: "Go and inform the commanders of each company, after hearing the wake-up call, the whole battalion will gather in the playground, the guard squad and the cooking class, and the second row of the cook." In addition, the trumpeter was informed to blow the wake-up horn at 6:20. ”

The stone hurriedly ran out as ordered.

At 6:20, the trumpeter sounded the wake-up call on time.

The barking of chickens and dogs, coupled with the sound of slogans, immediately turned the area extremely noisy.

Half of Nanjing City was woken up, and the first battalion of the second regiment, the third battalion, and the fourth battalion were close to each other, and they all got up one after another when they heard the call to get up. Seeing that it was not his own wake-up number, he scolded and retracted back to the barracks one by one.

One morning, Sun Yumin ran more than 10 kilometers with more than 700 people. On the way, less than two kilometers outside the city, he found a large open field, which was especially suitable for shooting and tactical training.

Sun Yumin immediately instructed that in the past few days, except for the squad and platoon with tasks, all other units should be pulled to this assault training, and he will personally demonstrate, command, and explain.

In the interval between breakfasts, Sun Yumin organized several company commanders to have a short meeting.

According to his instructions: Secretary Qian Jin took the roster to the post office to remit money to the hometown of the soldiers in the battalion. Zhang Xiaohu, the commander of the second company, took the money and another roster, and drove all the carriages to the blacksmith shop with the second company and a platoon. Tie Niu, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, took a soldier to find a sand field and buy a large amount of sand and pebbles. The first company commander went to find his buddy in the logistics department of the headquarters and tried to get some gasoline. Sun Yumin gave a death order, even if he bought it at a high price, he would buy a few barrels of gasoline. Zhou Hainan, deputy of the battalion, went to the regiment headquarters to ask the regiment commander and asked Regiment Commander Xie, who had returned from studying artillery in Germany, to personally lead the soldiers with the small artillery squad and the mortar squad. The platoon leader of the guard platoon took a soldier to look for the stone field nearby, see if he could find a few boulders, and then try to get him to the Guanghuamen City Tower. The leader of the cooking squad was arranged to buy on a large scale, and he was especially told to buy more rice to make fried rice, and each soldier had to carry ten days' worth of rice on his back. Let the second platoon leader who helped the kitchen go to the dock to find the people and coolies to help repair the fortifications and carry the supplies. The condition is to eat three meals and give a piece of ocean every day.

After arranging all this, Sun Yumin hurriedly ate breakfast, and then took the stone and went to the training place he found in the morning.