Marven didn't come back alone this time, he also brought a large number of people and a large number of supplies, as for the surnames of these people and materials......

"Oh, my friend, I'm so glad you're still so cheerful and healthy!" After Marven, who was still in high spirits, hugged Li Zhigao, he smiled and said, "Please forgive me for not contacting you for so long, but there is a reason for this...... Ah, without further ado, come and see what I have brought! ”

After speaking, Marven pointed to the carriages outside the door and the white young and middle-aged people who kept getting down from the carriages: "See, those people are all military personnel I found for you from various concessions, many of them have joined the army as soldiers, and half of them are graduates of the Virginia Military Academy, and they are all military personnel with excellent military skills!" With these people as the grassroots officers of our army, the combat effectiveness of the troops will be greatly enhanced immediately! In addition, I also purchased a large number of arms, including 5,000 American-made 0.30 caliber M1903 rifles, six Maxim machine guns, and four Krupp 75 mm 1903 field guns, and a lot of bullets and shells, enough for a skirmish. ”

"This, this ......" Seeing those white young men who kept unloading military supplies from the carriage, Li Zhigao was stunned for a while before he said, "Marven, you have been going for so long just to get these?" ”

"Of course." Marven nodded, "It's easy to say that the weapon is easy to buy, and you can buy it if you find someone, and the reason why it takes time is that it is difficult to find retired military personnel who can speak some Chinese." Moreover, I am not at ease with other people, so I only look for Americans. You see, the group of people I am looking for have excellent military skills, and they have been in China for many years, and it is no problem to speak some simple Chinese, with their joining, it is definitely possible to form a real reinforced infantry regiment, and with them, it is absolutely easy to deal with the local patrol battalion. ”

"Well, Marven, it's really hard for you." Looking at the elated Marven, Li Zhigao shook his head, "However, why did you buy so many weapons and come back?" How much does it cost? There are only a thousand of us, so there are not so many of us! And so many beautiful [***] officials are coming, I can't hold them. ”

"Huh." Marven blinked and smiled, "Li, my friend, you can't fool me, I have long seen that you are not a simple character, you will definitely not be willing to be just a businessman, so this batch of arms and military personnel must be what you want, you will definitely buy them all, right?" ”

"It's us." Li Zhigao also smiled, "Don't forget, you are also a shareholder of a boutique department store, and you also have a share in raising this army." ”

"Yes, yes, it's us!" Marven smiled even more, "In short, with these things, we can continue to recruit troops, and then find a way to eliminate the patrol battalion that dared to rob us, from now on, this place is our chassis, and in the future, whether we are doing business or doing something else, no one will dare to make trouble!" Oh, think about the situation at that time, not only did we have an army of our own, but we also owned a Chinese city in disguise, so not only to get rich, maybe, in the future, we can be a general or a governor, don't you say, my dear Lee. ”

Hearing Marven say this, Li Zhigao looked at it differently, he didn't expect this Marven to have this kind of ambition, does he also want to be like that Wall back then, to build a foreign gun team and enter the [***] team?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Marven looked at Li Zhigao with a smile, "What, do you think I'm talking nonsense?" No, no, Lee, I, as a white man, don't expect to be your governor, but you can! ”

"May I?"

"Of course!" Marven opened his hands and said affectionately, "Li, believe me, I have a hunch, your country is sitting on a powder keg at the moment, and it is about to be ignited, you are about to enter a magnificent era, and as long as we grasp the opportunity, we will definitely make a great difference in this great era. ”

Hearing this, Li Zhigao vaguely understood, this Marven seems to be not simple-minded, he is investing and looking for himself as an agent! I don't know if there is a shadow of the US official behind him, at least the US consular in China must have given him some help.

Well, it's not impossible, you must know that Marven has been away for too long, and as soon as he comes back, he got so many weapons and those military personnel who can speak Chinese, there must be something wrong in the middle.

It's just a weapon, although there are a lot of American goods in it, such as the M1903 nicknamed the Springfield rifle, but these things are okay if they have money, and they are nothing, but retired military personnel who can speak Chinese are so easy to find? And half of them graduated from the Virginia Military Academy? Well, even if the United States doesn't have a strong army at present, and it can't use so many military academy talents, even if the Virginia Military Academy actually can't get much on the stage at present, it won't be so worthless, right? Just come over and be an instructor in a militia group? Do you think this is a foreign teacher on the rotten street in the 21st century?

But no matter how Marven got these people and things, and what his purpose was, at least now they have the same goals, and Marven is indeed very helpful to himself, so let's do it for the time being.

As for what will happen in the future, then we can only wait and see, Li Zhigao believes that with the current situation, even if Marven has any other thoughts, he will not cause much harm to himself, and no matter what Marven does, it is impossible to really master this army.

After all, this is China! The main body of this army is the Chinese!

Marven's arrival, especially those weapons and equipment, undoubtedly stimulated the entire army, at least on the surface.

All the troops, except for the three platoons selected by Li Zhigao, everyone, including those logistics soldiers, were all replaced with Enfield rifles, and the grassroots officers at the platoon level were all replaced by the Americans brought by Marven, and the original Chinese platoon commander automatically became the deputy platoon commander and acted as their deputy.

In addition, Marvin also asked the remaining Americans to form a heavy machine gun group and an artillery group, that is, the main people who used the Maxim machine gun and the Krupp 75 mm 1903 field gun were Americans.

It's not that Marven is biased and selfish, it's really that the Maxim machine gun and the Krupp 75mm field gun have a relatively high technical content, and those who have not received professional training are really not able to indulge in these two weapons, which are more difficult than mortars and rocket artillery, so the main puppeteers can only use those skilled Americans for the time being. However, Chinese soldiers can also learn from the side, but these Chinese who learn machine gun and artillery shooting also have to play the role of logistics baggage soldiers who carry bullets and shells.

According to Marven's meaning, after these Chinese soldiers have learned to wield machine guns and artillery, and have more money, they will continue to buy this kind of weapon.

It can be seen from here that Marven is very sensitive to advanced weapons, after all, the Krupp 75 mm Type 1903 field gun is forgotten, the market has a large holding, and all countries attach great importance to it, but the Maxim machine gun is different. Nowadays, in addition to the German army, there is no universal equipment of this kind of machine gun in the world, the reason is that because the price is too expensive, the rate of fire is too fast, and the [***] team feels that it is not cost-effective, even if the Maxim machine gun has long proved his superiority, only after the First World War, countries can really realize the importance of machine guns.

In this regard, Li Zhigao agreed to all of them on the surface, and looked like he had given power to Marven, but secretly, he found a time for the original squad and platoon leaders of the team to talk one by one, which was nothing more than telling them that the team was still ours, and let them be optimistic about their own people, as for these foreigners, after all, they still have to use them, so let them be the head for the time being.

After all, after such a period of recuperation and recuperation, everyone is satisfied with this new group, and gradually has a sense of belonging, of course, the most important thing is that they have a heartfelt gratitude to the core of this group, or the owner Li Zhigao.

In addition to the fact that Li Zhigao is their food and clothing parent, there is another very important reason for this gratitude, that is, Li Zhigao is a Chinese like them!

Don't underestimate this, the identity of the Chinese is very important, it is a basic sense of identity, if a foreigner worships them so deliciously and deliciously, they may not even be grateful, but will feel that the foreigner is nothing to do, and wants to take any benefit from them.

In short, the racial differences and the long history of being bullied by foreigners make them afraid of foreigners from the bottom of their hearts, and they don't believe in foreigners at all, but they revere those Chinese who have stayed abroad, and feel that they are the hope, which is a very strange but normal thought.

In any case, after Marven brought a large number of weapons and military instructors, the equipment of the entire army was immediately upgraded to a higher level, and with it, the self-confidence of the troops and the improvement of their sense of security were improved.

With the current situation, even if Li Zhigao didn't buy those modern arms in advance, it shouldn't be difficult to destroy a patrol battalion by relying on these weapons brought by Marven and American instructors, right? At least that's what Li Zhigao thinks, and Marven probably thinks so too.

However, Li Zhigao did not regret that he spent a lot of money to buy arms from modern times, after all, he did not know that Marven would buy arms before, and no matter whether or not there are these modern arms, it will not hurt to get a batch of special operations units with modern weapons and equipment as a killer weapon, and it will not hurt to have an extra layer of insurance.

In fact, Li Zhigao was very glad that he bought this batch of modern arms, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, but that is another story.