Chapter 208: Veterans don't die, they just wither

The third division began from the Battle of Songhu, every big battle has their figure, the 16th Regiment as the main force, every battle must be the first, several battles, died a lot of brothers, serious injuries and light injuries are also a lot, but these wounded brothers who can survive in the end, the lightly wounded are re-loaded with guns and returned to the 16th Regiment, the seriously wounded were healed and sent back to Qingjiang by He Jianye to take care of, unlike the seriously wounded of other troops, after sending a few pieces of the ocean, they were scattered with the wind......

"I said brothers, the master has said it so clearly; Everyone has feelings about what kind of life they have in Qingjiang, so I'll talk about myself! Although we can still train young people to practice basic battlefield knowledge every day, everyone understands what the concept of those young people we train is, using the new guns of the arsenal, practicing the basic posture of the end gun, aiming with empty guns, and not being able to catch live ammunition at all; In fact, I was always thinking about returning to the battlefield, and when I slept at night, my mind was full of the brothers who had died around me questioning me, asking me why I didn't fight the devil to the end. Ask me how many devils I helped them kill? I always wake up in the middle of the night to the questioning of the fallen brothers, and I feel guilty! Today, after listening to my master's words, I finally have the opportunity to re-enter the battlefield, and finally I don't have to die in the hospital bed, I can fall like a warrior in the fight with the devil; Thinking of this, I am full of hope again, from today onwards, as long as I can re-enter the battlefield and fight with the devil, what the master says I will do! I finally have the honor to go underground and meet those brothers! Whether you are willing to die moaning on the hospital bed, or are you willing to die on the battlefield fighting with the devil, it depends on this trembling! It's a gentleman, work hard with me! Although we will die in battle, our spirit will live on forever in the brothers......"

The veteran company commander straightened up and shouted loudly, the only remaining one-eye kept welling up with tears; The plot of the veteran is vividly and exquisitely embodied in the body of this disabled veteran......

After sending off the disabled veterans, He Fuchu returned to the study and explained his affairs to Lin Lao Er in the study......

"Lin Lao Er, in this way, starting tomorrow, you go to the mines and factories to recruit soldiers and tell them that there is no military salary; This time it is to protect our own homeland, and if the He family falls, I'm afraid they won't be good; The devils have hit the doorstep! Those who are willing to be soldiers, if they die in battle, as long as the He family is in one day, they will ensure that their families are fed and clothed, and as many soldiers are recruited from factories and mining areas, they will be recruited from refugees to supplement them, but the technicians of the arsenal cannot be recruited, you have to grasp this point! Do you understand? He Fuchu asked,

"Yes, sir;" Lin Lao Er wrote down the master's confession on a piece of paper,

"Tell the veterans that from tomorrow onwards, all the soldiers recruited among the strong men will be given to them for training, and they will go to the arsenal to receive weapons, and I will send a telegram to James later; The point is on artillery, how much there is for me to train! The guns and shells produced by the arsenal must first be used for training, what 88 guns, 75 guns, mortars, battle defense guns, 20mm anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc. must be trained enough personnel to operate, it doesn't matter, I will let the technicians of the factory teach these recruits how to use them! In short, train this batch of recruits as quickly as possible. He Fuchu emphasized,

"Also, after you arrange it, you will go to Guangzhou tomorrow and get our grain back! I took Wang Yue to Chongqing to find Minister He; Try to get some compilation back! In this way, the country will also have a little military salary to supplement consumption! He Fuchu continued to confess,

"Master, you go to Chongqing, I'll follow you!" Lin Lao Er said,

"No, it's more important for you to go to Guangzhou to get grain, I'll just take two stewards there!" He Fuchu refused......

On August 1, 1938, He Fuchu embarked on the journey to Chongqing, taking the arrogant Wang Yue on the road together, followed by two stewards and several bodyguards......

Staying in the mines in Qingjiang, Gao'an, Shanggao, Luofang, Luoshan and other places, many strong men accepted the call, and most of the strong men who accepted the conscription came from Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places, and there were very few local ones in Jiangxi; A total of nearly 50,000 strong men were trained by more than 1,000 disabled soldiers, and if there were not enough guns, they were trained separately, some of them practiced marksmanship during the day, and the rest practiced how to build fortifications under the guidance of instructors; There are a lot of artillery potentials in this, and nearly 10,000 people have been pulled out for individual training, and they are trained towards artillery as much as possible!

The rejuvenated disabled veterans know how to survive on the battlefield, and they do not hide any selfishness from these strong men, shouting and scolding loudly to make these strong men remember the rules of survival on the battlefield......

Under the instructions of the old lady at home, the He family recruited refugees into factories and mines, and also tried to recruit young adults with wives and children, so that they could survive in Jiangxi without having to go through thousands of kilometers of escape......

He Fuchu took people to Wuhan via the Pinghan Railway, where they changed to a ship that transferred the Wuhan factory, and headed for Chongqing along the river; He Fuchu led the team, and the arrogant Wang Yue didn't dare to churn the waves, and he was depressed all the way and didn't even dare to go out of the cabin on the ship......

Many of the newly recruited miners and workers came to Geling and the surrounding mines together as a family, and the He family's large number of granaries in Geling were opened, working hard to restore the health of these refugees......

"What do you say, how much food did you get back?" Although a skinny man is very thin, it can be seen from his height that he must be a big man after recovery......

"In the house, the Lord gave 20 pounds of fine grain and 30 pounds of coarse grain; Three days later, the mine was launched; Let those of us who are going to go to the mine take care of our bodies these days! The rest of the food may have to wait for the next month's cents before it can be redeemed. Ay! The man who entered the house threw two bags of grain from his shoulders and put them in a temporary house made of wooden planks, and what made him sigh was not that the 50 catties of grain were too heavy to move, but that it was too little for the family to eat......

In the two simple houses built of wooden planks, this one relied on his own hands and simple utensils, and made many utensils out of wood, and in the open space in front of the house there were two children under ten years old chasing happily, and in the room there was an old man kicking on the bed, and his pale face showed that the old man was not in good health;

"If you are in charge, can you borrow more food from the master's family? Look at your father-in-law's body, and there are two children, and you have to go to the mine again; How can you live with less food! The woman who sat on the threshold mending her clothes said,

"Hey! I was lucky to be recruited to enjoy food, and I heard the steward say that this time there were nearly 1 million refugees, and more than 50,000 were recruited, and the granaries of the main family were emptied. But I heard that those who were willing to carry guns were given a lot of food by the Lord's family; The whole family is full! The man said helplessly,

"Do you still want to go to war? Have you forgotten how you escaped death in Shandong? If you are gone, what will happen to our orphans and widows? The middle-aged woman put down the work in her hand, frowned and asked,

"Oh, I thought; But it's not everyone else's recruitment; People only recruit the old people in the mine! I'll see if I can find the manager to find you some work when I get out of the mine! In the past two days, let me stop saving food, and I have been running away for a few months, so that the child and Da Da can take care of their health. Finally, there is a way to live! The Shandong man sighed,

The conscripted refugees were not in good health, and the trained soldiers needed a lot of food, as did the workers in the factories and mines; The He family even limited the consumption of food in the porridge tent, and if the grain from Guangzhou did not arrive in Geling, the He family would soon fall into a food crisis.......