Chapter 19: Preparing to Settle In

"That's okay, with the battalion commander's words, I'll follow you." Liao Peng slapped the table, and the matter was completely settled.

"Oh, you have a little strength, don't smash my table." Lu Fengying hurriedly rubbed her shocked ears and complained.

"Now that this matter has been decided, then let's arrange the rest of the things, and strive to set up the camp and troops as soon as possible, I can't wait." Zhang Weidong rubbed his hands vigorously, ready to do a great job.

"I've thought about a few aspects of the next thing, I'll talk about it first, and you can add what is lacking......" Fu Zhiyong paused at this point, and then continued to speak when everyone looked at him.

"The first item is the construction of the camp, don't consider the others first, at least let the brothers have a place to eat, live and rest, the winter humidity here in the south of the Yangtze River is too heavy, you can grit your teeth and hold on for a short time, but after sleeping outside for a long time, the body will always be unbearable." Fu Zhiyong rhythmically flicked the table, sorted out his thoughts and said.

"What's so difficult about this, as long as there is something to do, let the brothers cut down more big trees and build a few wooden buildings, anyway, there is a lack of everything here, or there is no shortage of wood." Zhang Weidong didn't think about it and said directly.

"I don't think you can do this, these trees are our best natural barriers, and they must not be destroyed anymore, and although we don't use much wood now, it will be difficult to say when the troops grow in the future, such a large forest makes you cut like a leper dog, and the planes in the sky of the Japanese army can see it at a glance, and then we don't need planes to bomb us, I think this is the practice of killing chickens and eggs, and it is absolutely unacceptable." Liao Peng pondered for a moment, and quickly shook his head and objected.

"This ...... Then what do you say, don't we get a brick kiln to burn bricks? Zhang Weidong scratched his head in embarrassment when he heard Liao Peng's words, not knowing what to do.

"I don't know exactly how to do it, anyway, we can't do it, now this is the occupied area of the Japanese army, and their fighters taking off from aircraft carriers fly over our heads once or twice a day, the danger is too great, and we can't afford that risk." Liao Peng shook his head decisively and said that he had no good way, but he still resolutely opposed the cutting down of trees nearby.

"Don't look at me, I don't know anything about building a house." Lu Fengying saw that Fu Zhiyong and the three of them were all looking at her at this time, and hurriedly shook her hand vigorously and emphasized.

"Cut ......" Liao Peng and Zhang Weidong pouted at Lu Fengying together and despised them a little.

"Since this is the case, let's not discuss this matter for the time being, I still have to find a way to solve this problem myself, and the second item is to take people back to the material reserve point, and then get more equipment and food back, if the troops want to pull it up, then no food and no guns can't do it." Fu Zhiyong sighed and continued.

"Me! I'll do this, and I'll bring back some more ocean and salt by the way. When Zhang Weidong heard that he was going back to the material reserve point to move things, he immediately raised his hand excitedly and said first.

"I don't care." Liao Peng shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Then Weidong, you take people to go, give you six people, there are too many people to go, the goal is too big, and let Li Qiusheng lead the way for you, he is a native of Nanjing, he is familiar with the path in the mountains, eight people should be enough." Fu Zhiyong nodded and said.

"It's up to me." Zhang Weidong happily agreed.

"Let's continue, the third item is to go to the nearby villages to recruit suitable soldiers as soon as possible to fill the vacancies, and the standard of this military salary will be ......" Fu Zhiyong was interrupted by Lu Fengying before he finished speaking.

"I'll do this, I'll do it...... I am familiar with the surrounding villages and the hunters in this area. Lu Fengying said loudly with a little excitement.

"Then how much money do you think a person should pay a month for military salary?" Fu Zhiyong didn't expect Lu Fengying to be so active, and asked after being stunned for a moment.

"This ...... I don't know. Lu Fengying shook her head and said blankly.

"And how much money does your best hunter here make in a month?" Fu Zhiyong thought about it, how could a hunter who didn't always go out of the mountains know the distribution standard of military salaries, so he asked in a different way.

"My grandfather used to be the most powerful hunter here, usually we mostly eat and wear our own food, and the money is just to buy some necessities for us, according to the money from selling skins and herbs every month...... There are about three ...... No, it's about four oceans. Lu Fengying crossed her fingers and thought for a long time before replying to Zhiyong.

"Then recruit those hunters who can shoot guns according to the standard of five oceans, do you think they will agree to come with you?" Fu Zhiyong looked at Liao Peng and Zhang Weidong, and continued to ask Lu Fengying.

"Five oceans? Yes, it must work. As soon as Lu Fengying heard that she was given a military salary of five oceans a month, she immediately nodded with her eyes shining and agreed.

"So you're going to do the recruiting thing next? Remember that there is no joke in the army, and if you can't recruit people, you will be punished. Fu Zhiyong continued to flick his fingers rhythmically and said with a smile.

"Okay, you said how many people you want to recruit! Other than that...... How much is my military salary? Lu Fengying asked expectantly.

"If you can recruit a hundred hunters with good marksmanship within two weeks, I will give you a monthly salary of ten oceans, and if you can't do it, then you will get five oceans like a newcomer, which is already a punishment for you, what do you think?" Fu Zhiyong said with a smile.

"Ten...... Ten oceans? So what if I make more moves? Lu Fengying said excitedly.

"I'll add a piece of ocean to you for every ten more people, this is the bottom line, and no more conditions can be added." Fu Zhiyong thought for a while and said.

"Deal." Lu Fengying immediately agreed excitedly.

"Since you have to be in frequent contact with outside personnel, in order to prevent the Japanese spies from detecting our existence, I can't send anyone to help you, all of this has to be done by you alone, remember, you must be more careful when acting, only recruit those who can be relied on, and don't accept anyone in order to complete the task, understand? If we let the Japanese spies in, we will be destroyed. Fu Zhiyong stopped his flicking fingers and reminded solemnly.

"I'll be careful with that." Lu Fengying also put away her excitement and replied seriously.

"Hmm...... The fourth is to draw up a detailed map of this area as soon as possible, because we will not be able to move an inch without understanding the terrain and the deployment of forces around us. Fu Zhiyong looked at Lu Fengying and paused for a while before continuing to say to everyone.

"I'll do this, I'm better at drawing homework, and I'll try to get another sand table." Liao Peng looked at Fu Zhiyong and said unyieldingly.

These gendarmerie units, which have been strictly trained by German instructors, can complete the drawing operation in complex situations, because this skill is crucial on the battlefield, so they have professional training in this area in their compulsory courses, and middle and low-level officers such as Fu Zhiyong and Liao Peng have focused on training this aspect of ability, so as to facilitate the command of soldiers to attack and defend in real battles in the future.

"You really have to do this job, and I can trust others to do it." Fu Zhiyong smiled and said affirmatively.

"Huh...... Looks like everyone here has a job to do. Liao Peng also said with a smile.

"That's all for the time being, you can see if there is anything else to add, and let's discuss it later." Fu Zhiyong looked at the three of them and asked.

"No ......" Zhang Weidong, Liao Peng and others all shook their heads, indicating that they had no other opinions.

"Okay, Zhang Weidong, you can take someone to set off early tomorrow morning, Liao Peng and Lu Fengying, you two can start whenever you want, but in two weeks, I want to see enough recruits and maps in front of me, everyone will disperse without anything else......" Fu Zhiyong knocked on the table and took the lead in standing up and walking outside.

"The feelings of this guy have been calculated to the bones, I knew that I would have to spend a hairy head like this." Zhang Weidong looked at Fu Zhiyong who walked out and suddenly said.

"Our battalion commander never fights uncertain battles, learn more in the future, boy, to ensure that you will not suffer losses when you fight." Liao Peng patted Zhang Weidong's shoulder with a smile and said, and then walked outside the wooden building......

After Fu Zhiyong came outside, he gathered all the soldiers together, and announced their discussion decision to everyone, everyone heard that they were not leaving, and they were all in a commotion for a while, but under Fu Zhiyong's explanation, they all understood what was going on, after all, the people here except for the two female medical soldiers were Fu Zhiyong and Zhang Weidong's old subordinates, and those who were commanders had no objections, and they were subordinates who obeyed orders, anyway, there was food, drink and full military salaries here, There's nothing to be dissatisfied with if you can beat the little devils anymore.

If this is rebuilt, maybe it will not be as good as the treatment here, at least the meat will definitely not be eaten, and it would be good to be able to eat two meals a day during the war, or the kind that is not full, let alone be able to eat all kinds of game.

"Since everyone has no objections, then I will talk about the problems that we must solve now......" Fu Zhiyong saw that everyone agreed to stay, and then clapped his hands to calm everyone down and continued.

"If there is any problem, pay the battalion commander, you can tell me." "yes, we all listen to you." "Yes......" Several soldiers brought by Zhang Weidong suddenly said loudly in the crowd.

"We must find a way to solve the problem of the barracks now, because considering that we have to avoid the detection and bombing of Japanese aircraft, Company Commander Zhang and I decided to build camp housing without destroying the trees here, I wonder if there is any good way to solve this problem?" After Fu Zhiyong finished speaking, he scratched his head first, this matter is really not easy to solve.

After all, most of them were farmers before they became soldiers, and occasionally there were people like Zhang Weidong whose family background was quite good, but I really haven't heard of anyone who was born as a mason, after all, such people in the army are more or less technical, either to build a barracks hospital in the rear, or to guide the large corps to build forward fortifications in the army at the division level, so that they can come to the front-line troops to be a big soldier with a gun charge, then it is really a sow eating cabbage and all the mess.

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