The silver dollar is not actually suitable as a currency.

Because of the weight,

A standard ocean, weighing 26.6 grams, and the 21,000 oceans given by the 770th Regiment to the 218th Regiment of the Central Army, add up to more than half a ton.

Also because of the volume.

Even an adult can't hold thirty silver dollars in one palm.

But

It is precisely because of the weight and volume of the silver dollar, which contains sufficient silver, that it has created the unique currency status of silver at present.

Prosperous antiques, troubled gold!

"Thirty oceans per person."

"A total of 21,000 oceans."

He returned to his camp with the silver dollar, and checked it again and again, making sure that every grain and every silver dollar was ninety-five percent silver.

The corners of the 218th regiment's mouth were crooked when he smiled.

Although more than 700 soldiers defected to the Eighth Route Army, the 218th Regiment shrank by one-third, and it was the second battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness that left.

But he got 21,000 oceans!

Thirty oceans for a soldier!

It's the ocean!

In the current market, twenty fiat currencies can be exchanged for one ocean, and there is a market priceless.

In these years, everyone has the ocean to hide, who will come out to sell?

A big-headed soldier, even if he squeezes all of them dry, does not give a cent of military expenses, eats all the worst pig food, and cannot squeeze out five oceans a year.

As for the reduction of the troops by a third,

Not a big problem.

Spend three or four thousand oceans, deal with the chief of staff of the higher-level division headquarters, brigade seat and others, this matter can pass like this, at most at most, and give the division commander a little more, and it will be solved by five or six thousand oceans.

As for the loss of combat effectiveness,

The task of the 218th Regiment was to blockade the border areas and dispatch them to suppress bandits when necessary.

The so-called blockade is nothing more than to limit the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

The so-called suppression of bandits refers to the conflict with the Eighth Route Army when necessary.

Now, the Eighth Route Army, heavy artillery and machine guns are readily available, weapons and equipment are better than those of devils, food and drink well, and the ocean is sufficient, and this blockade is meaningless.

As for the conflict,

Now the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army are looking for death!

It is better to let the troops enter the Eighth Route Army, leave a favor, and fight in the future, so that people will not be killed.

Thinking of this, the only trace of uneasiness left by the head of the 218th regiment slowly disappeared.

He turned his gaze back to the more than 20,000 oceans in front of him.

"One for thirty oceans."

"Elite veterans and outstanding junior officers, fifty to one hundred."

He licked his lips and his eyes lit up.

Like

A source of wealth was discovered.

Ocean, who doesn't like it.

It's just that the 218th Regiment has just shot more than 700 people, and there are only more than 1,400 people left, and if it continues to shoot, if the higher authorities investigate, he will not be able to eat and walk around.

Moreover, even if the superiors are bought, it is very dangerous to lack more than 700 people at once.

If the commander had known, he might even have lost his head.

"Gotta figure figure out."

The eyes of the head of the 218th regiment rolled.

Risk is risk.

As long as the stakes are large enough, then any risk can be ignored.

Although you may lose your head, you may also make a fortune!

Once there is a profit-driven, and it is a high interest, the 218th regiment will instantly become smarter.

After a while, when he saw the map of the surrounding areas of Liang County on the table, his eyes suddenly lit up.

A 'good' solution was born in his head.

In fact, Liang County is already on the edge of the Shaanxi-Gansu border area of the Eighth Route Army, and it is the first blockade line to block the border area of the Eighth Route Army.

He is currently stationed in Liang County.

A county on the left side of Liang County is the 357th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army.

A county on the right side of Liang County is the 219th Regiment of the Central Army.

The strength of these two regiments is about the same as that of his 218th Regiment, with an overall strength of about 2,000 people.

The three regiments were not far away.

And according to the inside information he knew, what the superiors meant was to prepare them for a long-term blockade and be ready to attack at any time.

After seeing the equipment of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 218th Regiment knew that the latter did not need to think about it.

Fighting the Eighth Route Army?

Attacking the border area of the Eighth Route Army?

Even if the superiors can't get used to the Eighth Route Army, they have to endure it!

Unless the Japanese are gone.

so

It is highly likely that the situation in the future will be the former.

The three regiments of them will be stationed here for a long time to block the border areas of the Eighth Route Army, the kind that starts in half a year, or even a year.

"Someone."

Thinking of this, the eyes of the commander of the 218th Regiment became brighter and brighter:

"Give me the phone number of the commander of the 217th Regiment."

···

Afternoon.

Cheng Shun ate a full canned braised pork and rice again.

The belly is round again.

"What a full meal!"

After quickly showing off the two bowls, touching his round belly, Cheng Shun sighed in his heart.

The superiors often spoke unreliable, and he didn't believe the Eighth Route Army's suddenness at first.

Even if it is a Japanese, it is impossible to have meat and be full, let alone the Eighth Route Army.

But··

Second meal,

And!

After one day of contact, Cheng Shun found that the soldiers of the 770th Regiment were generally in very good physical condition.

Almost every fighter has strong muscles.

It's not just about training, it's about having a very good meal.

It is impossible to have meat at once,

But it's absolutely true.

After the meal, the political work officers of the 770th regiment headquarters, under the leadership of the political commissar, began to organize cultural training for the whole regiment - literacy, teaching basic military theoretical knowledge, as well as international current affairs.

and

The ideological education of the 218th Regiment and the 2nd Battalion includes eight points of attention and three major disciplines.

···

Meanwhile.

The 218th Regiment was stationed.

"What kind of deal?"

The commander of the 219th Regiment of the Central Army rode a horse and rushed into the headquarters of the 218th Regiment with a whip.

The two commanders of the 219th Regiment and the 218th Regiment have a very good relationship,

To put it simply, it is like like gathering and smelling alike.

"Shhh

As soon as he entered the regiment headquarters, he saw a table of silver dollars, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

On the phone, the head of the 218th regiment said that there was a big deal here, and let him make a fortune together.

Hearing the news, he immediately rushed over non-stop, but he didn't expect it to be so exciting at first sight, this room full of silver dollars, estimated to be more than 20,000!

The commander of the 219th Regiment accurately estimated the number of silver dollars.

"What the hell is the deal?"

The tone of the 219th regiment commander became more and more impatient.

He knows

The head of the 218th regiment called him, it must be this deal, the other party can't eat it alone, or the risk is too great, so he looked for him more.

On the way here, he was still a little hesitant.

If the risk is too great...

But when I saw the silver dollar at this time, that hesitation was completely put aside,

How can there be no risk in making money!

As long as you make enough money, risk is not a problem.

"What kind of deal?"

"Hey, hey, hey..."

The head of the 218th regiment smiled and said the new deal.

"This..."

Hearing the content of the sale, the head of the 219th regiment suddenly hesitated in his heart.

Sell these to the Eighth Route Army,

Once the superiors knew, they would kill their heads.

Especially their Central Army, this is a more dangerous thing than taking refuge in the devils.

"What about the higher-up inspection?"

The head of the 219th Regiment asked.

Hesitation is hesitation,

But the profits are just too big,

A thirty to fifty silver dollars, if you sell half of them, you can get 30,000 to 50,000 silver dollars, this transaction is really too profitable.

"You know what we're going to do."

"The equipment of the Eighth Route Army, you also saw it."

"If you can't afford to fight, ask the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side to put on a show, and let people keep their mouths tight afterwards, and say it is a loss to the superiors, and the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side will not be strange to the superiors."

The tone of the head of the 218th regiment was slowly seductive.

"What if you don't fight?"

The head of the 219th Regiment continued to ask.

The tone was obvious, and the heart was moved.

But there was still hesitation.

"It's simpler."

"Let's just cover for each other."

The commander of the 218th Regiment said his plan to steal the sky and change the day, tear down the east wall and make up the west wall:

"We're like this, we'll shoot half of each, so that we still have a thousand people in our two regiments."

"That's exactly two thousand."

"Just one regiment."

Hearing this, the commander of the 219th Regiment immediately understood what the commander of the 218th Regiment meant.

Cover each other.

"Yes..."

The commander of the 218th Regiment suddenly smiled:

"If the superiors come to inspect your regiment, I will let my regiment pretend to be your soldiers."

"If your superiors come to inspect my regiment, you let the soldiers help cover it."

"Let's spend some more money and get a little bit of a boss, won't we?"

"And people don't want weapons, as long as the weapons are still there, the superiors will not strictly investigate, it's really not good, find the people around you to be strong men, fool around, and let them go back afterwards."

"This... Okay? ”

The head of the 219th Regiment was obviously moved, but he was still a little hesitant subconsciously.

"Absolutely."

The commander of the 218th Regiment struck while the iron was hot:

"Let's make a fortune together!"

"Think about it, if you sell a thousand, it will be at least 30,000 oceans, and if you raise the price again, you will make a little thorn, and it is estimated that it will be about 50,000."

"Besides, those thorns are gone, so we can manage the troops well, right?"

"It's really not good, let's bring in the 357th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army next to us?"

"Jin Suijun and we are not the same superiors."

As he spoke, the head of the 218th regiment deliberately took out a handful of oceans and fell down with a bang.

"Thirty thousand oceans..."

"Fifty thousand oceans..."

Under the temptation of the crisp and pleasant voice of the ocean, the commander of the 219th Regiment finally stopped hesitating and waved his hand:

"Okay, I'll do it."

"I'll draw up a list when I get back."

"Just send those thorns away."

The situation was somewhat similar for the two regiments.

The higher-level regiment commanders are all straw bales, only thinking about getting promoted and making a fortune, and even had the idea of taking refuge in the devil and becoming a traitor, but there are always some grassroots officers and soldiers who can fight and be upright.

These people, they're not easy to control,

But these people are the strongest group of combat effectiveness in the army.

"That's right!"

The commander of the 218th Regiment immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the 219th Regiment is pulled in and covered each other, then the danger discovered by the superiors will be lifted.

"Jin Suijun..."

What the commander of the 218th Regiment did not expect was that the commander of the 219th Regiment, who no longer hesitated, thought of a good idea to make a fortune:

"We can be a middleman, buy those thorns from the other troops for twenty silver dollars, and..."

"Great idea!"

The head of the 218th Regiment immediately lit up his eyes.

His whole regiment consisted of 2,000 people, and if he sold them all, it would be a maximum of 60,000 to 80,000 oceans.

Although 60,000 oceans is already a lot.

But when converted into dollars, it's only twenty or thirty thousand dollars.

Thinking about it this way, the head of the 218th regiment feels a little less.

Compared to foreigners,

Those foreign pilots were rewarded with five hundred dollars for every devil plane shot down.

It is said that the purchase price of a fighter jet is 30,000 or 40,000 US dollars.

Expensive even 100,000 dollars.

When the head of the 218th regiment thought about it, he suddenly felt that if he wanted to be prosperous and rich in the future, he would have to have at least 100,000 US dollars.

So, a goal was set.

Earn 200,000 oceans first.

···

"Do you want more?"

Following.

A piece of news, the head of the 218th Regiment came to meet with Rowan in person, and he came over and said a great news.

"Can you still sell it?"

This news made Rowan really flurry for a while.

Although it is common for the preserved fruit troops to eat empty salaries, and even very common, the total strength of the 218th Regiment is only more than 2,100 people, and he has already taken more than one-third of it.

I still dare to sell it now.

"Talent!"

Rowan complained silently.

Aren't you afraid that your superiors will find out and then kill your head?

He knew the attitude of the high-level of the fruit to this kind of thing.

"Absolutely."

Rowan naturally did not refuse, but he did not accept everything:

"But it's up to me to choose which ones I want."

There are a lot of straw bales in the preserved fruit troops, but there are also a lot of men.

Moreover, the 218th Regiment is a central army, and its soldiers have undergone basic military training, and before the three-month training system for recruits was strictly implemented in the Taiyue Base Area, the quality of recruits in the unit was actually inferior to that of preserved recruits.

"No problem."

The commander of the 218th Regiment nodded with satisfaction.

He knew who the Eighth Route Army wanted.

just right

They just don't want these people, either.

Anyway, their task in the future is to be stationed here, blockading and guarding against the Eighth Route Army, and they will not fight the devils.

···

A few days later.

Along the An.

"You guys..."

The staff officer who came to meet him looked at the 770th Regiment in front of him and was stunned:

"Why are there so many people?"

According to the telegram from the headquarters, the 770th Regiment will arrive in the border area in the near future with a batch of weapons, ammunition, medicines, food, and other important materials, so that they can receive them.

They prepared the camp.

According to the telegram from the headquarters, the 770th Regiment has a total strength of about 2,500 men, and it is the main force built according to the new standards.

But the 770 regiment in front of me...

The officer's preliminary estimate was about 4,000.

In addition to the independent regiment, there is such a fierce regiment in the whole army?

"Halfway through, expand the army."

Luo Wen, the head of the 770th regiment, smiled.

"Halfway through the army?"

The officer was stunned.

How can you expand the army halfway?

And the seven-seven-zero regiment in front of you.

Although some of the soldiers did not have weapons, this officer was also an old Red Army, and it was clear at a glance that the soldiers of the 770th Regiment were all veterans who had experienced the war.

Expanding the army, how to recruit so many veterans·

"Twenty-one-eighth?"

The staff officer thought for a while, and suddenly understood where these recruits came from.

But··

"How did you get it?"

He's even weirder.

On the Guo Shan side, for the troops under his command who defected to their Eighth Route Army, it was even more serious than being a traitor.

"Bought!"

Rowan smiled. (End of chapter)