Chapter 0811 - Establishing the Grassroots
The Black Hawk is not very efficient in transporting supplies, only two tons at a time, which is not as much as five tricycles. But the shock of the helicopter falling from the sky and the rotor gales hitting the ground is irreplaceable.
Meng Xi is just a small closed village, and the people in the village are like gods to the 'Black Eagle'. Even if Erin said that the helicopter was a mechanical Vajra sent by the Buddha, they would definitely nod their heads in agreement.
Five motorized tricycles with nearly 10 tons of supplies were all 'credited' to the villagers, so that they could drive to repair the mountain roads and buy goods at Sister Mu's market in the future.
The 'aid team' will not leave easily when it comes, they will count the population, provide medical care, assist in the planning of village construction, and provide all kinds of public services in the modern sense - it is not easy to establish a stronghold, and it is expected to take root as long as possible.
This is also a lesson learned from the experience of US imperialism in the Middle East and Central Asia - it is easy to occupy with large soldiers, but every time it always drives a 'Humvee' out to show off its might, but it cannot establish a grassroots political power, what is the use of this?
"Ask the whole village to come out and press the rice according to the human hair. Five kilograms per person, regardless of gender, old and weak. β
Erin easily took the place of village leader. She can speak Burmese, she can communicate with everyone in the village, she can go into every low, dark house, and give benefits to every family.
Don't look at the villagers facing outsiders, but they are not doing well. Emaciation, shortness, and numbness are their unifying characteristics. Dirty clothes, messy braids, and dark faces are the characteristics of the collective.
Most of the women were holding one or two children, and they were always hunched on their backs and looked up at Erin from outside. The men were holding rusty rifles and smiling with cheeky or silly smiles.
But the bullets in the chamber of the gun may not be fired.
The crowd lined up and slowly walked to receive the welfare rice. After receiving the rice, they will go and destroy the tobacco fields. There are cadres from Ruili in the aid team, and they are full of emotion.
"We've spent many years, we've wasted a lot of thought, and we've even lost a lot of people, and the results may not be as great as this day. Look at what the hell these smokers have become poor? We have been so badly harmed, they have not made any money at all. β
Because of poverty, I don't know the next meal after eating, and there will definitely be no long-term plan. The people of the village who received the grain were all grateful to Dade, and whoever gave them benefits, they fell to whomever they wanted.
There are about 200 acres of tobacco fields in the village, and it took three days to completely eradicate them.
During these three days, Erin asked the guide to take some of the young people in the village to take a tricycle to Sister Mu to see the world. These young people should not continue to stay in the village when they go out, and nine times out of ten they will be recruited by Lu Xun to be 'technicians' for cultivating wasteland.
During these three days, Erin further dismantled the village's original ruling system. There are medical staff on the aid team, and she is skilled in healing magic herself.
The villagers in the mountains have more or less their own diseases. By providing medical services, we can win a wave of people's hearts. This is a common means used by modern civilization to deal with backward civilizations.
Insect medicines, anti-inflammatory drugs, simple surgical procedures, these are miracles. There happened to be a woman in the village who had a difficult birth, and Erin also came to the rescue, so as not to kill two corpses, and reaped another wave of gratitude.
The foundation of the ruling is laid by these facts.
It was only in the early morning of the fourth day that the quiet village was suddenly awakened by a burst of heavy machine gun fire. The sound of tom tom gunfire was too harsh and terrifying.
Immediately there were cries in the village, and the men stumbled out of their houses, grabbed their weapons and hurried to the eastern hills where the shots rang out.
Gunshots rang out in waves, rhythmic short bursts.
Erin, who was also awake, ran out of her private room, and calmed down when she heard such a gunshotβit should be a warning from the spearhead of the aid team, most likely that some armed force was approaching the village.
While everyone else hurried out of the village with guns in hand to prepare for the battle, Erin walked to a large tree in the village and reached out to hold down the rough cracked bark. The trees in the mountains told her that a group of bad guys had come to the east of the village, armed with weapons, and wanted to enter the village.
The heavy machine gun was followed by an explosion, sounding like a grenade had been fired. But after the explosion, the outside of the village, which was still covered with the white fog of the early morning, was quiet.
Not long after, the spearhead reported on the walkie-talkie: "A team of about fifty men came from the woodland east of the village, and I warned them with machine guns and grenades that they had retreated. β
"How many killed?"
"I didn't shoot anyone, at most I broke a few trees. Fragments of gun grenades may have created individual wounded, but they should not have been fatal. They fled, and I didn't pursue them. β
The top soldiers are from a certain special operations brigade, and when they have night vision devices, they fight very modestly. Confirming his own safety, he did not choose to cause casualties.
The entire battle lasted less than five minutes.
After another cigarette, the villagers who rushed out came back happily and caught a few attackers. The latter was captured alive when he got tangled in shrubs and grass stalks as he fled.
The attacker was dressed in a gray-green military uniform, with a dirty face, and a rotten weapon. They were seventeen or eighteen years old, and after being caught by the villagers, they cried so much that they felt that they were going to be executed.
The enraged villagers beat the captives to bruised noses and swollen faces, and if it weren't for Erin's intervention, they would have been killed. They honestly explained their identities, the purpose of this attack, who the commander was, and where they set off.
To put it simply, this is a group of so-called '**Confederate forces' that have set up camp in the mountains. They do not engage in production themselves, and rely on force to coerce the surrounding villages to supply.
This is not a professional soldier, and the name is all casually. They say that at best they call it a rebel, but if it doesn't sound like a gang of bandits attacking and harassing the area.
They forced the tobacco fields in the village to plant, and the harvested tobacco soil was further processed and sold by them. In the past, the smuggling and sales route was Thailand, but in the past ten years, it has been sold to China.
It's not a big thing, but it often happens in the chaotic northern part of Burma.
Erin reported this information on the radio, and Lu Xun, who was staying in Sister Mu, shouted excitedly, "I'm so bored to repair the earth here, I haven't seen a single militant." β
Lu Xun got a lot of 'construction machinery' in Mujie Town for development, and gathered hundreds of well-trained and well-equipped 'construction personnel' under his hands. Militants are iron-clad to touch his turf.
"Erin, how are those militants fighting?"
"Not very good. The spearhead soldiers sent by the special operations team swept them back with a wave of heavy machine guns and a grenade. β
"Oh......, that's good. Keep those captives for me, and I'll send a helicopter to bring them back for a good trial, and maybe there will be a surprise. β
Erin agreed.
After an hour, the 'Black Hawk' flew over and took the captives away.
But Lu Xun asked angrily on the radio: "Erin, was the captive taken away by the 'Black Hawk'?" Don't give them to. β
Erin was startled and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" β
"The grandson of the special combat team cut off his beard halfway, saying that he was going to engage in some kind of actual combat training. Bastard, I want to play a helicopter airborne combat too. Those grandsons actually overstepped their authority to take the captives away and didn't take me to play. β
Lu Xun thundered on the radio and cursed.
Erin relieved her heart and said indifferently: "We are a regular investment enterprise, so it's better not to meddle in the fighting." β
"Shit, I'm here to fight. I was a soldier for ten years, so I could prove myself one day. I hate them to death, and they dare to snatch my prisoners. β
Lu Xun scolded on the radio.
Erin hung up the call and slowly walked out of the command post in Mengxi Village. Outside the village is the green hills, the green grass is like waves, and it is particularly quiet.
"It's really lonely, the enemy here is too scum, and he was actually used for training."