On Sunday, August 13, according to Li Junhao's order, the sappers of the sea and land gave a "lesson" to the officers and soldiers of the lonely army camp, explaining how to level the ground and lay a good foundation for paving the wartime runway...... In this way, the success gave them a complete rest.

The officers and men listened very carefully to this unfamiliar knowledge, but several high-ranking officers knew that this was the goodwill expressed by the new commander, and their hearts were secretly broken.

At the beginning of Monday, under the command of the engineers, the officers and men began to lay the foundation for the runway, but behind the mobilized bulldozers and road rollers, they did not really do much work, let alone feel tired.

In just three days, the foundation of a 600-meter-long, 30-meter-wide runway was laid, and then it took two more days for the engineers to guide the officers and men to complete a wartime runway paved with flat M8 Marston pads.

This process surprised nearly 400 Chinese officers and soldiers, who thought it would be tiring hard work, but they didn't expect it to be so easy! Li Junhao, the new commander, has a higher status in the eyes of the officers and men.

The officers didn't know much about the combat methods of airplanes and the Air Force, but many of them had seen airport runways, and the steel runways paved with shortcuts like this were something they had never thought of, which made them learn a trick!

Next, the sappers led the officers and soldiers to build a ground command room, a material warehouse, a small underground oil depot and ammunition depot, and a playground the size of a football field, but these did not take much time.

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In the blink of an eye, it was another Saturday, when Li Junhao came to visit everyone again and had dinner with the officers and soldiers, the commander of the first battalion, Major Yang Ruifu, proposed that now that everyone had recovered well, it was time to resume regular military training!

The other officers also looked at the new commander with anticipation.

Li Junhao understood the meaning of this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Everyone, the time is still a little short, and I can't directly equip you with weapons......

"That's it, not long ago, the Chengguo Business Group recruited a new batch of recruits, and now they have completed the preliminary training, and they will be assigned to each team next week......

"Well, they can be armed!"

Although several officers did not understand what it meant to be "a little short of time", they immediately became excited when they heard that 700 recruits had been handed over to them for training, and that they were armed.

After the meal, Xie Jinyuan, Shangguan Zhibiao and Yang Ruifu found Li Junhao, and they stopped talking.

Li Junhao knew that these three were good soldiers, so he decided to reveal the matter in advance, so he opened a bottle of red wine and chatted with the three of them while drinking.

Although he did not specify the time point of September 1, he promised to equip the officers and men of the lone army camp with a full set of American-style equipment next month, and reorganize with these 700 recruits to form a complete Marine Corps; And tell them that this has an official US military number, and all officers and soldiers can lead the military salary according to the US military standard!

Although the statement of this US military number made the three of them not very happy, the "US military standard" military salary made their eyes widen - the previous "US military logistics standard" uniforms, food, etc. were all seen with their own eyes!

The three officers knew that among the group of officers and soldiers under their command, there were few families with good family conditions, and if there was a high military salary that could subsidize the family, the brothers would not be happy and crazy!

Seeing that they wanted to know and were embarrassed to ask, Li Junhao smiled and briefly said the salary standard of the US Marine Corps:

$14 per month for private, $16 for private, $19 for corporal, $23 for sergeant, $30 for sergeant and warrant officer, $33 for ensign, $38 for lieutenant, $42 for captain, $49 for major, $56 for lieutenant colonel, $65 for colonel, $76 for brigadier general, $85 for major general, $94 for lieutenant general, $105 for admiral;

In addition, there are overseas allowances, job allowances, military age allowances, etc., and the actual monthly salary is about 40% to 90%; If injured during the mission, the compensation is $500 for minor injuries, $1,500 for serious injuries, $5,000 for disability, and $7,000 for casualties. Note: Military salaries are not subject to tax.

The three officers were stunned, a lowly-ranking private, the basic salary is 14 US dollars, according to the official exchange rate, it is equivalent to 70 legal currency, which is more than a colonel-level officer in the national army!

Calculated again, Xie Jinyuan has the rank of lieutenant colonel, not counting allowances, and his monthly basic salary is 56 US dollars, which is equivalent to 280 legal currency at 1:5, which is more than the generals of the national army; The major is $49, which is not much worse.

Seeing the surprised expressions of the three of them, Li Junhao added that if the United States officially entered the war, this salary should rise a little, and this point in time is also soon.

The three of them were agitated in their hearts, and they didn't hear the meaning of his words for a while, of course, it didn't hurt much, soldiers, from the moment they put on their military uniforms, they were going to fight, especially in this kind of country in trouble, how could they be alone!

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On Sunday, August 20th, Li Junhao attended the closing ceremony of the third batch of rotation training patrols, this time the 1,400 people only eliminated less than 100, especially those middle and senior patrols, they all persevered and performed well, which made him feel very happy.

That night, he took the list of recruits and instructors he had previously sent to the International Merchant Mission, and went to Colonel Aite Schneider, the commander-in-chief of the Merchant Mission, and saw that he was discussing the distribution of recruits with his detachment leaders, and was glad that he had not lost time.

Hearing that Li Junhao was going to leave 750 recruits at a time, and all of them had good training results, Schneider of course disagreed, although the merchant group and the leaders of the various detachments did not dare to interject, but their expressions were also dissatisfied, only the captain of the White Russian team, Nicholas Petdevich, did not dare to speak out.

Li Junhao was not in a hurry, but just took out an envelope and handed it over, which was a letterhead written by Colonel Hobbes, the former military attache of the Consulate General, before he left for Chongqing, with only one sentence on it: "Everything is for the interests of the United States!" ”

Seeing the letterhead, Schneider's pupils shrank, realized something, waved his hand and asked the merchant group officers to leave first, and when only he and Li Junhao were left in the office, he said, "Is the problem already so serious?" ”

"It's worse than you think." Li Junhao said seriously.

Schneider nodded heavily and said, "I know, you can take all these people...... Oh, and if it's not enough, you take all 1,500 recruits! ”

"Oh! Colonel, are you willing? Li Junhao was surprised.

"There's nothing to be reluctant about!" Schneider gritted his teeth and said, "All for America!" ”

Li Junhao smiled, "Okay, I'll accept it all!" ”

(End of chapter)