Although he once again got the assurance of the Han army, Zeng Qi's heart was still bottomless, for fear that Wang Sirui would kill his family after he had no use value.

Although he was just worried, Ke Zengqi didn't have any way, and the only thing he could do now was to do his best to cooperate with the Han army's actions, and then pray that the Han army would be able to speak and not hurt his family.

In half a month, Zeng Qi still showed his ability to Song Bu, and in this half a month, Zeng Qi replaced two henchmen under Chongshan, and promoted two generals who took refuge in him.

Except for the army, in terms of local affairs, Zengqi has not changed much, and he still handles it in the same way as before.

After all, the large and small political affairs in the entire Shengjing area can be described as continuous, and Zengqi cannot be exhaustive, the only thing that can be done is to stand still, which is also the way that all local high-level leaders choose to deal with, and everything will be adjusted after they are thoroughly familiarized.

Half a month later, Zengqi's opening made the Japanese more or less let go of their nervousness, although Zengqi opened his mouth, but finally had a chance to negotiate.

Within the next half month, the Japanese and Zengqi finally reached an agreement that 50,000 new Type 30 rifles, as well as 8 million bullets, could be mined in four mining areas south of Shengjing and east of Jinzhou.

In terms of labor costs, the Japanese will hire local people to carry out mining at 20 yuan per person per day, and the organizational affairs will be in charge of the Shengjing General's Office, and the Japanese will supervise them. Transportation costs will be paid according to the time of day, and the cost will be fifty cents per vehicle per day, which includes the total cost of the horse-drawn carriage, ox cart, and a laborer.

At the same time, the Japanese had to lease an army from the Shengjing General's Mansion for escort missions, and the price for every hundred men was thirty taels of silver a day.

Although it seems that the Japanese have to pay a lot of money every day for mining, the Japanese actually have a big advantage.

If each mining area is calculated according to the scale of 1,000 people, then the cost of a day's workers in a mining area is 20 taels of silver, plus their own salaries, a mining area can be completed at most 30 taels a day.

In a month, one mining area is about 900 taels of silver, and four mining areas are about 3,600 taels of silver, and after adding the cost of transportation, that is, the Japanese only need to pay less than 4,000 taels of silver every month, and they can take away hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

This deal, in any case, is a good deal for the Japanese.

Because the Japanese had already done a good job of exploration, the day after the agreement was reached, the Japanese proposed the mining rights of the four mining areas of Dagushan, Gongchangling, Nanfen and Beitai in Anshan.

After obtaining Song Bu's consent, Zengqi agreed to the Japanese mining request, and would immediately organize people to publicize the people in these four places, and select young and strong laborers to carry out mining work in the mining area.

Now only after the 50,000 rifles and 8 million bullets promised by the Japanese are in place, the Japanese will be allowed to mine.

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'Doodoo ......'

The self-made whistle in the barracks suddenly sounded, and the recruits who were training couldn't help but be caught off guard by this sudden whistle.

The whistle is hard to hear, for them recruits, the whistle is like a demon, always no longer destroying their bodies and hearts all the time, and this whistle is more like full of magic, always making people nervous.

"Assemble in a row!" He Chao, the commander of the first company of the third battalion of the 21st Regiment, blew the whistle in his mouth and shouted loudly to the company that was undergoing tactical training.

Because the combat mission is just around the corner, it is also impossible for these recruits to train separately, as before.

Since entering the barracks, this group of recruits has been mixed with the veterans, and every morning, these veterans are responsible for training the recruits of their respective classes, teaching them some basic tactical essentials, tactical movements, shooting guidelines, battlefield experience, etc.

In the afternoon, the squad leaders, platoon commanders, and company commanders of each company will organize battlefield simulation training, hoping that through this training, these recruits can be integrated into it as soon as possible, so that their tactics will not have too many loopholes.

Those recruits who didn't have much foundation were just filled in.

Soon, more than 150 soldiers of the first company gathered in front of He Chao, and after more than two months of training, these recruits already had the appearance of some soldiers, but because of the lack of training during the recruit period, this army looked a little strange.

"After receiving an order from the superiors, our company is going to move after lunch, and now we will disband immediately, and each of us will go back to pack up our bags, and after lunch, the whole company will leave for the new camp." He Chao simply announced the new mission, but because there were too many recruits in the company, he didn't dare to directly say their destination.

With an order, more than 150 soldiers of the first company finished their morning training ahead of schedule and returned to their temporary barracks to pack their bags.

Like them, there were quite a few troops, and the camp where they were located basically left more than 80 percent of the troops.

"Company commander, where are we going to transfer this time?" After the unit was disbanded, the four platoon commanders surrounded He Chao one after another, and asked with a curious face.

They are already close to the Great Wall, the troops have been training here for so long, and it is a different way of training, as veterans of war, when they came here, they already knew that there was a good chance that they would fight next.

And now that they have received the order, they are not shocked, it seems that this is something that has been determined for a long time, and the only thing that makes them curious is where is their destination?

"Outside the gate, the battalion commander didn't say anything specifically, but the battalion commander specially explained that there is a very likely fight this time, so let's mention more recruits around us on the way to the march." He Chao shook his head.

"Our company is a full company, more than 100 people only have more than 50 rifles, a heavy machine gun, and no guns, how can we fight? At least before you move in, you have to hand us weapons and ammunition, right? A battalion commander said with some dissatisfaction.

", these things are you thinking about? Since the above has given the order to turn in, then you must have thought about the weapon, do you really think that the above are all fools? After so many soldiers recruited and trained for nearly three months, did they send them to the battlefield to die without even giving them weapons? He Chao reprimanded his subordinates, then waved his hand, and continued: "Okay, that's all I know, hurry back and pack your bags, instead of worrying about weapons, it's better to think more about how to fight after having weapons to reduce your casualties." ”

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"Brigade commander, there are more than 3,000 people in our regiment, and now there are more than 700 rifles and 16 heavy machine guns, and there are no weapons for this, how can we fight?" While the grassroots officers below were worried about weapons, Huang Bo, the commander of the 21st Regiment, was also complaining to his brigade commander.

Their regiment is the weakest regiment in the armed forces of all the regiments in this vicinity, and it is also the regiment with the worst foundation, and there is only one battalion in the entire regiment, and a veteran battalion needs to carry three new battalions, which is equivalent to a veteran with three recruits to fight again.

Such a ratio of troops, to put it mildly, is very likely to be less important than the role played by a battalion in the short term. To make matters worse, they have no weapons.

"Don't fucking complain to Lao Tzu, do you think Lao Tzu is not bitter? The unit next to it is a division, the main division, and you still want to compare with others? The weapon will be issued to you when it arrives at the place, and then dare to complain to Lao Tzu and see how Lao Tzu cleans you up. The brigade commander reprimanded with some headaches.

After Huang Bo left the brigade headquarters, the brigade commander couldn't calm down.

Everyone knows that they do not have any power outside the gates, and even the arsenal in the capital has only just been put into production, and I heard that it can only produce more than 200 rifles a day now, which has been more than a month, and has only just produced more than 6,000 rifles, and these rifles have also been given priority to the second and 20th divisions left in the capital.

But even so, the gap in weapons is still very large, but now the above tells him that when they get to the place, there will naturally be weapons waiting for them, who believes this kind of thing?

Looking at the appearance of the regiment commanders below one by one, the brigade commander remembered how he had been in the division headquarters before, and he was also bargaining with the division commander like those regiment commanders under him, hoping to get a batch of weapons before they were drawn.

For the lack of weapons, everyone is currently very troubled, but they have no choice but to temporarily break the news of the upcoming war, declare to the soldiers below to transfer, and after getting the weapons, tell them the real situation.

Just after lunch, the 23,000 soldiers of the 1st Division, which was the vanguard of the Han army, were the first to leave their camp. As the main force, the personnel allocation of the 1st Division is the most reasonable in the entire army, and the 1st Division has not affected its firepower because of the transfer of two regiments.

As the main division, Wang Sirui naturally wants to do everything possible to arm this division, and if there are good things, he will naturally equip the first division first.

Therefore, after the split, the overall firepower of the first division did not decrease, but increased a lot.

The 1st Division was followed by the 18th Division, which was separated from the 1st Division, behind the 18th Division were the 20th and 21st Shandong Divisions, which were separated from the 3rd Division, and behind the palace was the 19th Division.

Five divisions, nearly 100,000 troops, left the camp where they had stayed for nearly three months, and at about nine o'clock in the evening, the vanguard of the first division had already arrived at Shanhaiguan, and at this time Shanhaiguan had already been controlled by them, so the whole army did not encounter any trouble when leaving the customs.

Near dawn, all the members of the 19th Division behind the palace passed through the Shanhai Pass, and after a night of marching, at dawn, the troops began to rest, and the order of the whole army at this time was to go out day and night, and try to confuse the Japanese as much as possible. (To be continued.) )