Chapter 447: The sky-high price of the army
Syllable! Ren Anmin lay in the trench, pulled the trigger, and a bullet was fired, and a soldier on the opposite side fell to the ground. At this moment, a string of bullets hit him, and Ren Anmin hurriedly crouched in the trench, dodging the other party's shot, but a pungent stench rushed into his nostrils, making him a little nauseated.
The trench was not newly excavated, but was rebuilt from the original drainage ditch, and although the silt and garbage were removed, there was still a strong smell left. However, Ren Anmin also felt completely lucky, without these drainage ditches, those workers and students who went to the battlefield for the first time were afraid that they would have paid huge sacrifices.
It seems that the people who planned this area were also really far-sighted, and even considered the needs of street fighting when they were built, not only the drainage ditches could be converted into trenches, but there were also a large number of hidden fire points on the street corners, which were very strong. In peacetime, there is no subtlety, but in wartime, this large area becomes a fortress.
Only Zhang Tinglan can make this kind of planning, he originally considered the problem of street fighting when he was designing, but the object of dealing with it was not Guo Songling, but the Japanese!
Japan still has to garrison troops in Mukden, as well as Manchurian Railway, maybe at some point in the future, Mukden will become a forward front, and urban street fighting is the place where the equipment advantage can be suppressed, as long as the will is strong enough, it can hold on. It was by street fighting that the Russians defeated the Germans at Stalingrad and turned the tide of the war.
With this kind of consideration, Zhang Tinglan spent a lot of effort in the construction of factory areas and schools, especially the design of drainage ditches, and when it was time to use, they could be turned into trenches, and a large number of fire points were preset. A number of small rooms were designed in the basement to store food and ammunition.
Every factory was required to have its own wells to ensure sufficient and clean drinking water when shooting, and the underground workshops of the factories could be used as bomb shelters, and the workers were rehearsed from time to time, all of which were of course prepared to deal with the Japanese.
Now Guo Songling made a mistake and kicked the iron plate, and the rebels poured over like a tide, but the defenders had already taken advantage of the carefully calculated firepower in advance. They were violently attacked, and in an instant there were more corpses on the ground, the wounded soldiers kept crying, and blood flowed everywhere, turning a prosperous industrial area into a Shura hell.
Wow wow! A student who has just put on a military uniform. As soon as he saw the corpses and blood everywhere, his face turned pale. Gulping out stomach acid. Ren Anmin after he calmed down a little. Patted him on the back.
"It doesn't matter, right?"
The student nodded reluctantly, his face still pale, his hands clenched tightly on his rifle, his joints already turned white, he didn't notice it yet, he was obviously extremely nervous.
"Light sees that. I can't stand it, I tell you that the place in this world is 10,000 times more terrifying than the battlefield, and that is the hell that really devours life! ”
The student looked incredulous, and Ren Anmin not only remembered the past. He joined the Feng army for just over a year. Just when the Feng army attacked Hailan Pao, it was he who ran out of the labor camp and reported the news to the Feng army.
At first, many doctors did not think that Ren Anmin would survive, but he still stubbornly survived, and stayed in the hospital bed for more than three months before he fully recovered, except for the scars of frostbite and whiplash on his feet and body, everything else was completely recovered, and after his repeated requests, he finally joined the Fengjun and became a soldier.
"There are places in the world where people are treated not as adults, but as animals! Student, let me tell you, if you want to live with dignity and be an upright person, you must obey orders honestly. If the rebels win, you'll all be trafficked and your family and friends will go to that hell! ”
Although these students didn't know what Ren Anmin was referring to, they all tried their best to stabilize their emotions, clenched the guns in their hands, and kept firing at the enemy soldiers who rushed over, and as the corpses increased, they finally learned to be numb.
The battle in Mukden continues, and both sides know that time is everything, one side wants a quick victory, the other side wants to defend to the death, and the battle situation is extremely tense. But both sides know in their hearts that the real decision of Liliang is not in Mukden, but in Shanhaiguan!
"Commander-in-chief, can you allocate a little military expenses, it's time for the brothers to pay their salaries." Kan Chaoxi stood respectfully in front of Jin Yunpeng and said very humbly.
Payable? Jin Yunpeng frowned suddenly, the most difficult thing in the Beiyang Army is to pay salaries, every year because of the matter of silver, there are many contradictions, and even deaths, everyone wants to eat more, but the total number is so much, and the commanders have to decorate their pockets, so there is a problem with the long term.
"General Kan, when you announced that it was going to be anyway, the prime minister allocated you fifty yuan, isn't it enough?"
Kan Chaoxi suddenly looked bitter, and hurriedly said: "Commander-in-chief, this money is not even a fraction of it. ”
"Nonsense, you only have a total of 20,000 or 30,000 people, how can you spend so much money on military salaries, isn't it that you have been in arrears too much in the past, and now the government is also very difficult, and there is not too much money for you, so you can find a way to overcome the difficulties yourself!"
Jin Yunpeng is one of the four King Kongs under Duan Qirui, a full celebrity, he also has a lot of people to take care of, the Japanese supported Duan Qirui 5 million yen, and Lao Duan also has to spend money everywhere, Zuihou gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and gave Jin Yunpeng 2 million and asked him to be responsible for the compilation of Kan Chaoxi.
After Jin Yunpeng thought about it, there was still a big gap in the salaries of his subordinates, how could he give a general how much money, so Jin Yunpeng unceremoniously left the big head, only giving Kan Chaoxi 500,000. Now that Kan Chaoxi has come to the door, Jin Yunpeng's face is not good-looking.
"General Kan, look at it, the area around Beijing and Tianjin has just suffered from the war, and it costs money everywhere, and I don't open a bank, don't you say that what Fengtian has is silver, you will break through it, Shanhaiguan, and enter the three eastern provinces, you have everything, why cry poor with me."
"Commander-in-chief, things are not so simple, the salary system of the Feng army is completely different from that of other troops."
"If there's anything special, tell me about it."
"Fengjun's salary is divided into three parts, the first part is the basic salary, and the second part is the rank subsidy. The third part is the dividend share. In addition to these three parts of direct funding, there are other benefits, including clothing, shoes, hats, bedding, etc., and even straw paper. In addition, there are some preferential treatment for military families, including taxes, children's education, pensions, housing, ......"
Kan Chaoxi was about to continue, but Jin Yunpeng was already impatient to hear it, hurriedly waved his hand, and said angrily: "Are you showing off the wealth of Fengjun with me, we don't have these troublesome treatments." Eat food and be a soldier, I don't like to fuck off, some people want to be soldiers, we don't raise old men! ”
"Commander-in-chief, will you listen to what I say? If you don't have money, your gang will rebel! ”
Kan Chaoxi said this. I was sweating from the anxiety on my head. Jin Yunpeng's mind also turned, now is the juncture of the war, if the soldiers make trouble, or even cause a mutiny, it will indeed be troublesome, so he finally has patience. Listen to Kan Chaoxi go down.
"Originally, the Fengjun issued military salaries, but the commanders at all levels were not qualified to interfere, and they were completely distributed to the account of the Fengtian Bank and paid in full. But the soldiers were in the army during the period. Up to 60% can be withdrawn, and the other 40% can be kept as an investment, and when they are discharged, they will be returned to the soldiers. Some of these soldiers who have come with me now have been in the army for two or three years, and some even have more, ordinary soldiers have hundreds of dollars in the bank, and ordinary officers even have thousands of dollars. This was originally the hope of the brothers to go home to start a business, marry a wife and build a house, but now that they have all taken refuge in the government, these accounts will be frozen, and whoever they replace will not be able to bear it without such a large amount of money. ”
Kan Chaoxi said this, Jin Yunpeng finally understood, Fengjun actually played this hand, with that money tethered, the soldiers of Fengjun can only be loyal to Fengjun and work hard until they are discharged, otherwise they will not be able to get this huge amount of money!
Suddenly changed, the soldiers of the Feng army didn't know the situation, so they followed Kan Chaoxi to Beiyang in a daze, but after the big guy figured it out, he began to worry, they betrayed the Feng army, can those savings still be kept?
Especially after Kan Chaoxi commanded everyone to attack Shanhaiguan, the soldiers were even more frightened, they had completely turned their backs on the Feng army, could they still get the money from the bank! Coincidentally, it was just in time for the day of pay, and the soldiers below began to make trouble, and if Kan Chaoxi did not solve this problem, the soldiers would have to stop fighting.
"Damn it!" After Jin Yunpeng thought about it clearly, he took a sip and scolded: "Who thought of this immoral idea, will you have to fill in this money in the future when you incorporate the Fengjun, it is simply unreasonable." ”
"Commander-in-chief, don't scold, let's help me find a way to solve this problem, otherwise I really can't control the army!"
"Tell me, how much does it cost?" Jin Yunpeng spit out this sentence with difficulty.
"At least five million, and follow-up benefits must be guaranteed!"
What the? After hearing this number, Jin Yunpeng jumped up from his seat suddenly, this is not a small amount, let alone him, even Duan Qirui can't take it out, the Japanese only gave Lao Duan a total of five million, and there are so many holes in other places, it is impossible to give these tens of thousands of Fengjun.
Now Jin Yunpeng's heart has begun to scold his mother, Fengjun's trick is too damaging, through a bank account, it can not only motivate soldiers to fight bravely, but also prevent soldiers from defecting. And anyone who wants to take in the Feng army has to weigh whether you can afford to spend this money!
"Three and a half million are discussed, three or five million is absolutely impossible, and I have to tell you that only this time, in the future, these Fengjun will be the sequence of the Beiyang Army, and they must follow the rules of Beiyang, and the benefits of those bullshit will be gone!"
Kan Chaoxi heard Jin Yunpeng's words, and suddenly it was more ugly than eating bitter melon, it is easy to increase this welfare package, but it is too difficult to reduce it, especially for the army, if their welfare is reduced, especially when the military is in turmoil, Kan Chaoxi can't imagine what will happen next!
He didn't dare to imagine it, but Zhang Tinglan dared to think about it, because this system was designed by him, in order to prevent the emergence of warlords, so that the army really belongs to the government, and is no longer anyone's private soldier!
Although there were still a large number of remnants of the old era in the Feng army, the soldiers were reluctant to go back after tasting the benefits of the new system.
In later generations, soldiers from backward countries were able to defect to developed countries, but few soldiers from developed countries ran to backward countries. As the saying goes, people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. Zhang Tinglan is not worried that these Feng soldiers will follow Kan Chaoxi all the way to the black, he can't buy it at all!
"I see that the heat is almost over, let the Air Force set off, send me all the transmissions, and let the soldiers know that Beiyang can't afford to support them at all, and knowing their way back is their only way out!"
Zhang Tinglan gave an order, and eight planes flew into the sky with a roar, and Ding Chao, who was in charge of commanding on the front line, suddenly showed joy on his face after seeing it, thinking that Zhang Tinglan sent the air force to participate in the war, maybe he could ease the situation!
As soon as the Feng troops outside the city saw the plane, they thought that they were going to attack them by air, so they all dodged in all directions, but they didn't know that what fell from the plane was not a bomb, but countless pieces of colorful paper, which fell to the ground in a fluttering manner.
The soldiers of the Fengjun army basically knew a few words, and after some people took it, they only looked at it a few times, and their eyes immediately became sour, and tears fell...... (To be continued......)