After staying up all night and sleeping for a few hours, the 'great general' got up at noon and continued to inspect the newly formed unit of Qingtaidu.

A total of 3,500 men were organized into a brigade with two main regiments and a supplementary regiment, plus troops directly under the brigade. The brigade had 2,500 'Hanyang-made', 500 'flower traps', and 20 heavy machine guns.

Although there were no artillery, there was a sharper armored platoon.

In addition to the armored platoon, the brigade also has a reconnaissance company, a communications company, a baggage company, a medical platoon, and so on. It is not very complete, and there is a serious shortage of technical sergeants.

For example, the medical platoon has only 50 women with simple training, and they can only do some battlefield rescue and bandaging work, and nothing else.

The biggest drawback is that the ammunition reserve is too small, with less than 300,000 rounds at present. One is that ammunition is expensive, and the other is that it consumes too much to replace training with war.

The soldiers were recruited in the last three months and were around the age of 18 to 25. Zhou Qingfeng eats and drinks well, and with the coordination of the link network, it is almost equivalent to training for half a year to a year.

The recruitment of the supplementary regiment was late, but the two main regiments trained for two or three months. From basic queue, physical fitness, shooting, bomb throwing, local work, I can do it.

Officers at all levels are trained on a key basis, their thinking is strengthened, and their abilities are compromising.

If it had been trained for another three months, this brigade would certainly have been a qualified elite soldier, but time was waiting for no one now. In the first half of 28 years, the underground organizations in Hunan were successively sabotaged by the enemy, and a large number of comrades were arrested and killed, and the situation was precarious.

It is of course gratifying to suddenly have an additional force to be the main force. The 'general' felt that this army was not weaker than the veteran Youzi, who had fought since the Beiyang period.

Even this new army is even more combat-ready. Not just because they are well equipped, but because they are literate from officers to soldiers, educated in cultural classes, and know what they are fighting for.

The weight of the 'White Terror' gave them great mental strength.

"Yo ......, you guys had a good lunch."

The 3,500 troops were scattered in more than a dozen villages around the town of Qingtaidu. There is radio and radio synergy. The brigade headquarters is in the town, and the meal is eaten at noon, and the cooking class delivers the meals to the town office.

Seeing the white rice and fat fat, the 'general' first laughed, and then slammed his face, "This is specially made for me?" ”

The old firehead of the cooking class was still wearing an apron, rubbed his hands together, with a strong local accent, and said nervously: "I bought a pig in the town today." That's ......"

"How often do you usually eat meat?"

"Eat meat once a week. It's not that I can't afford to eat, it's that there aren't that much. But the rice must be enough, and we also bought the millet ourselves and opened a rice mill. If the surrounding villagers want to mill rice, as long as they send some firewood, the factory will grind it for free. ”

The old firehead spoke a little upside down, and his tongue was not good. He started by saying that he would eat meat, and soon he talked about rice milling, and he kept praising the rice milling machine.

"In the past, you had to borrow stones to mill rice, and not only did you have to spend money, but you also had to pay a part of the grain. It's great to have a rice mill now, and I can do half a month's work in one day. ”

The rice mill is particularly simple, that is, it uses the mechanical force generated by the grinding stick to peel the rice husk. There is no need to buy this thing, Zhou Qingfeng found a carpenter and blacksmith in the township to build more than a dozen by himself.

The pot camel machine is also simple in technology, and it can be produced in Wuhan. This thing has a bunch of shortcomings, but the advantage is that it can be used as a power source by burning wood, and the ten or twenty horsepower is not small.

Not only can it be used to generate electricity, pump water, mill rice, sawn wood, and even blow wind in an iron-making furnace – it's too simple to be useful.

Zhou Qingfeng bought more than 20 pot camel machines before and after, and this thing was widely acclaimed. He has recently been trying to recruit technicians, purchase equipment and raw materials, and prepare to set up his own machine factory.

At present, there is a lack of chemical industry in China, and it is impossible to import large quantities of fuel oil if it is poor. It is not too much to build hundreds of thousands of pot camel machines, which can be used for twenty or thirty years, greatly improving labor efficiency.

The old firehead praised the rice mill for saving the people effort, and smiled so much that his face was full of folds. For a long time, he remembered that the 'general' was not asking about this, and said that last month, Brigade Commander Zhou said that the price of grain would rise recently, so he bought a lot of grain from Wuhan and kept it.

When there was a company in the town, outsiders called Zhou Qingfeng 'company commander'. As the number of troops gradually increased, his name also changed, so that everyone followed suit. In fact, he belongs to the category of 'volunteers', the kind of people who work for nothing and don't get paid.

It's a luxury to be able to eat rice all at once these days. The 'general' has less than 1,000 people in Pingjiang, and he usually has to mix grains for dinner. As for eating meat, it's very casual.

The revolutionary officers sent to the Qing Taidu to assist in the training were surprised by the standard of living here, and felt that Zhou Qingfeng's subordinates were regular troops, and they were like peasant troops. If you compare it to the equipment, the contrast is even greater.

According to Ma Ying, Zhou Qingfeng spent 500,000 oceans in three months to equip this team. Not to mention weapons, even the marching water bottle to the back packing utensils, all of them were bought with money. The soldiers stood up and were in good spirits.

With such a brigade-level team, Zhou Qingfeng coerced a group of miscellaneous soldiers and got 10,000 people, and it was easy to mix a lieutenant general and division commander on the Guodang side. With his ability, he will definitely be able to become a general or even a warlord in a few years.

But this guy didn't have any intention of taking power, not only did he take the initiative to let Pingjiang send officers over to control the troops, but he also threw out the command after the team was trained. He himself slipped away again.

But...... It's not okay.

With such a capable commander, the organization can't wait to attract him to the inside, and can't kick him away. As for Ma Ying, Fu Fengjun and others mentioning Zhou Qingfeng's 'joke' - revolutionaries have always been broad-minded and tolerant of all rivers.

After the inspection, the 'great general' followed Comrade Xing to discuss openly and decided to propose to his superiors to recognize the combat effectiveness of the Qing Taidu army and Zhou Qingfeng. In view of their outstanding abilities, they should be given corresponding positions.

Pingjiang's troops were originally only more than 800, and the Qing Taidu side continued to provide assistance, and in the past three months, it has also changed shotguns. The strength of the troops has been increased to 1,000, the equipment has been greatly updated, and the strength has nearly doubled.

Beginning in June, the 'minister' brought instructions from his superiors, hoping that the 'general' would lead his troops to revolt, take the county seat of Pingjiang, rescue the revolutionaries imprisoned in the county, and open up the base area.

The 'Minister' also visited Qingtaidu three months ago, and felt that it could provide some assistance to the troops after the uprising. But looking at it three months later, Zhou Qingfeng magically pulled up a large army, and the direction of Pingjiang was like a supporter.

The 'Great General' stayed in Qingtaidu for a day and then returned to Pingjiang. Zhou Qingfeng hid in Xiangya Hospital for a day, and when he came back, he found that the group of revolutionaries around him looked wrong. Fu Fengjun pulled him into the house to talk alone......

"Organizationally, it was decided to reorganize the Qing Taidu army into an army."

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"You will be the commander of the army, and I will be in charge of the ideological work."

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"Also, I hope you will officially join us, and many comrades are willing to be your introducers."

"Oh...... Can I take my pick? I'm going to...... To be an introducer, I must take a group photo that says 'Zhou Qingfeng is a good comrade', and I want to frame it and hang it on the wall. ”