Respectfully

When the coalition forces of the northern government gathered in Tai'an, Shandong and other places, the provinces of the southern government also sent troops one after another. Except for Song Zhou's troops from the six southern provinces, the Guangxi and Guangdong troops in Guangdong and Guangxi were the ones that attracted the most attention from the northern coalition forces.

These southern soldiers are not easy to provoke, and they are terribly ruthless in fighting.

When the North just declared its independence, the army under Marshal Lou and several divisions under President Sima had encountered the troops from Guangdong and Guangxi. At that time, Zheng Dapao had not been completely emptied, and he still had some power in his hands. Several encounters are still fresh in the memory of many veterans.

"TNND, it's those southern barbarians again." A straight-faced veteran with a piece of meat missing from his left ear took a sharp puff of cigarette, "This piece of meat on my ear was bitten off by a southern barbarian! Don't be afraid to fight with me!" Those people fired guns and shells, afraid of fighting them hand-to-hand, they tried their best to kill them."

"It's true." Another veteran from the six northern provinces was squatting on the ground, digging a box of canned meat, and echoed while munching, "They are ruthless, and they only pick those places." In the tin can, he poked his finger forward, and it happened to poke a recruit's crotch, "Do you know? One paw down, you boy will never want to marry a wife!"

The recruit was startled, subconsciously put his legs together, and lowered his hands to protect him. Several veterans laughed loudly, making the recruit blush.

The veteran carefully scraped every corner of the tin box until there was no meat left, then he smacked his lips and put the box in an empty box beside him, "Let me tell you, we are in the independent brigade of the young marshal. That's really burning incense in the previous life. Look at this military uniform, this canned meat, and this," the veteran grabbed the rifle that was put aside, "authentic German goods! Not to mention Shandong soldiers, even those Hebei soldiers look Don't your eyes go straight when you arrive?"

"Being a soldier and carrying a gun is a life-and-death business. In the past, we were not afraid of death when we fought, but we were afraid of being disabled! The old lady in the family still has a pension. If you are disabled, you will beg for food when the severance fee is exhausted."

"Yes, an old brother of mine, who used to be as strong as an ox, died within half a year after returning home. He said he died of illness, who knows that he didn't want to drag the family down, and himself..." The old soldier couldn't continue. He bowed his head, and even the recruits standing aside felt the sadness of these veterans. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word when he opened his mouth.

"It's fine now." The veteran suddenly raised his head and rubbed his face. "Even if we are disabled or injured, there is still a place for us to work."

"Yes." Another veteran interjected, "Do you know Liu Geda?"

"Is that the one who carried the machine gun?"

"That's him. He hurt his arm in Manchuria, and the old boy cried like a sissy, saying that there is no hope for the rest of his life, so it would be better if a grenade killed him, and he could drag a few old men with him. Now?" The veteran chuckled twice, "I have worked on our young marshal's farm for several months, and I heard that women can talk about it."

"It's the farm of the young handsome wife."

"The daughters-in-law are all young marshals, and the other ones can be separated? Tell me, this..."

The words of the veterans became more and more biased, and they began to run the train with their mouths full of words, and the topic gradually turned in a direction that was not suitable for children. The recruits on the side were blushing, and neither left nor stayed, until there was a sound of footsteps behind them, and the company commander came to inspect up.Only then did the veterans stop talking, and stood up in unison, their bodies so straight that they were so straight, and their military uniforms so neat and tidy, the recruits were taken aback for a while.

Is this still those people from just now?Or was he just dizzy and dreaming?

In fact, as these veterans from the six northern provinces said, we are afraid of comparison in everything.Shandong soldiers are fine, after all, they are far away, but Hebei borders Chahar and Rehe, and the Ji army originally relied on being the direct descendant of the president. After contact, there will be no red eyes.

"What do you call this?" A Ji soldier complained while biting his dry rations: "We are the direct descendants of the president, but we can't compare to those from the six northern provinces in everything, not to mention food and clothing. Even the gun in your hand is made from Germany, what about us?"

"Don't say a few words." Another Ji Jun winked at the soldier who was speaking, then turned his head to look around, saw no one else, and took out a box of canned meat from his arms.

The soldier who complained just now stopped complaining immediately, looked at the can in his hand with bright eyes, and swallowed, "This is a good thing, where did you get it?"

"One of my uncles served as a soldier over there," while speaking, the soldier holding the can took out his bayonet and opened the can, and his saliva came down immediately. Although the President never treats his direct descendants badly, the officers above still eat Drinking soldiers' blood with empty pay, the original 12 yuan pay, but less than seven yuan in hand, the logistics quartermasters are all fat, but the soldiers below can only eat hard dry food.It’s good to have a full stomach, but still want to eat meat?You are so beautiful!

They didn't care about these before, after all, everyone is the same.Now seeing the armies of the six northern provinces, the gap is too obvious.

People eat meat, they eat hard dry food, people wear new military uniforms and cloth shoes with laminated soles, veterans also have rubber soles, and most of them still wear straw sandals!They carry authentic German products, but they still use old sockets and made in Hanyang.Although the Lu army is not as good as them, seeing these soldiers in the six northern provinces swaying in front of them all day with their nostrils upturned, it's no wonder they don't hold their breath!

The can was opened, and the two soldiers didn't care about anything else, they cut it open with bayonets, grabbed it with their hands and ate it.

"This taste is really good!" The soldier who brought the can said while eating, "I think my uncle and brother fled to Rehe when they fled from the famine, and there were only two brothers left in the family. They really had no choice but to go. After serving as a soldier, he still needs me to give alms during festivals, but now I have to go to him if I want to eat a box of canned food!"

"Don't complain." Another soldier said, "You still have an uncle, what about me? Let me tell you, instead of working under the President, it would be better to vote for Commander Lou! Who will carry the gun for this?" Didn't you sell your life?"

The soldier who brought the can quickly covered his mouth, "You don't want to die? Watch out for your head."

"What are you afraid of?" The speaking soldier pulled his hand away, "I'm not the only one talking, I heard the machine gunner of the second squad and his deputy shooter muttering yesterday, he also has relatives in the army of the six northern provinces Here, it is the independent brigade of Young Marshal Lou! That is really the direct line of the direct line, you didn’t look at it, the food and clothing are used, not to mention the German rifles, even the German heavy artillery! And, there are..."

The soldier approached the other person's ear, covered his hands and lowered his voice, "I've also heard that there are hospitals with good medicine for their injuries, and this amount is the pension for those who die," he said, gesturing with his fingers, "Even if you're disabled, you don't have to go home to beg for food. I heard that Marshal Lou's daughter-in-law has set up some kind of farm, and there are several factories, all for work."

"This is real?"

"How can I lie to you? I really listened!"

The two Hebei soldiers stopped talking, but a light flashed in their eyes at the same time, and they turned their heads to look at the army station in the six northern provinces not far away, or simply...

Dialogues with the same content are spreading in different forms among the Ji and Lu armies, and a strange atmosphere begins to spread among the northern allied forces.The officers at the bottom level had noticed it a long time ago. The strange thing is that they deliberately concealed this matter, so that no high-level officer from the head of the regiment had noticed it.

Until one day, half of the squad of a patrol battalion of the Hebei Army lost half of its personnel, and a battalion commander of the [-]th Division of the Six Northern Provinces saw a few soldiers in the uniforms of the Hebei Army brought by his company commander, and his head buzzed. big.

The battalion commander didn't dare to make decisions by himself, so he reported it immediately. The regimental commander's head was also big, so he had to go to the brigade commander. The brigade commander responded better, his head was not big, but his jaw fell to the ground.Lifting his chin, the brigade commander immediately went to the division commander.

"Deserters?" Dai Xiaozhong, the commander of the [-]th Division, was looking at the map hanging on the wall. When he heard the report from his brigade commander, he asked in surprise, "Are you half a squad of deserters?"

"Yes." The brigade commander swallowed, "They said they sneaked here while they were patrolling the camp, and they even brought their guns with them. They clamored to vote for the commander in chief."

The division commander Dai Xiaozhong was speechless, and before he could react, he heard someone outside the door reporting that Mr. Du of Division No. 11 had invited him over to discuss something.

"What's the matter?" Dai Xiaozhong pushed open the door, "I'm busy!"

The adjutant who came to summon him looked at the Ji soldiers standing outside the barracks, "Report, just like them!"

"what?"

"Last night, a group of Lu troops sneaked into our division's garrison at night, and brought a machine gun."

Dai Xiaozhong: "..."

It's nothing to co-author him, the one who goes to Lao Du's place is the real hero!

Thinking of this, Dai Xiaozhong, the commander of the [-]th Division, couldn't help but have a thought in his mind. He has a rifle, and Lao Du has a machine gun. Should the young commander drag the cannon away?

In fact, Master Dai was too worried. No one has the ability to drag a cannon to be a deserter. It's just that compared with the 11th Division and the No.[-] Division, which belonged to defection, there were two organized squads standing outside the Independent Brigade's garrison. A class of Ji Jun and a class of Lu Jun.

The tall Shandong soldiers, the tall Hebei soldiers, and the equally tall Northeast soldiers form a three-legged situation.

If you don't know the inside story, you probably think it's either a provocation or a contest, but in fact, both classes ran out to join the Independent Brigade.

"We really want to defect here." One of the monitors said, "Young Marshal Lou please accept us!"

"Please take the young commander in!" Compared with the squad leader of the Ji army, the squad leader of the Lu army is more straightforward, "We really can't survive there, the military salary has been deducted, and we can't even see what we do. Not to mention the porridge, the bottom of the bowl can reflect the shadow of a person! This soldier is desperate, and before he can go to the battlefield, the brothers will starve to death!"

It's nothing wrong with these Lu and Ji troops blocking the door, the sentry immediately reported to the superior, Young Marshal Lou looked at the several regiment leaders gathered in the room, and the several regiment leaders also looked at him eagerly.

"Young commander, they sneaked away anyway, and we are not responsible for that."

"Yeah, I took a look. The first few are all tall and strong, but they are all good soldiers."

"Accept them, let's keep quiet, no one will be able to catch them!"

"A few years ago, didn't you always do this?"

Marshal Lou stood with his hands behind his back and didn't say a word. After arguing for a long time with several regiment leaders, it turned out that the leader didn't say a word, and they all shut their mouths.

"Young commander, would you like to say something?"

"Travel seat?"

Finally, Marshal Lou said, "Take them into the camp."

"Yes!"

Several regiment leaders immediately beamed with joy. Two-thirds of the independent brigade were recruits. The Ji and Lu troops who came to join them looked like veterans, and they were all baby bumps wherever they were placed. They were really worried that the young commander would send them away. Go back, once sent back, these people will be killed immediately!

Now it's all right, the young commander-in-chief is still very reasonable.

The two squads who came to defect were brought into the Independent Brigade garrison by a young officer. Without further ado, they were given two steamed buns, a box of canned meat, and a large bowl of hot soup.

"From now on, we will be my brothers." Adjutant Ji also came to Shandong with Marshal Lou this time. He has been with Li Jinyan for a long time, and he is very familiar with how to "warm people's hearts". The brothers still have to wait for the young marshal to decide."

"Hey!" The twenty or so soldiers agreed, without caring about anything else, and started to eat voraciously. A few of them ate in a hurry, stretched their necks from choking, and took a big gulp of hot soup to get better. .

Adjutant Ji also ordered the logistics officer to send them each a military uniform. Anyway, if people leave their clothes, they have to change.

When he went to report to Young Marshal Lou, he saw two large wooden boxes in front of Young Marshal Lou. These were delivered by Li Jinyan and canned luncheon meat. The boxes were locked, sealed, and a letter was attached. , Said that it must be handed over to the young marshal.

"Young Master!"

"En." Marshal Lou nodded, and signaled Adjutant Ji and another adjutant to unseal one of the boxes and unlock the lock, and the two adjutants did so. Dayang dazzled his eyes.

"Young commander, this is?"

"Ocean."

Two adjutants: "..." They knew it was Dayang, the point is, it's fine for Young Master Yan to send canned meat to the front line, why send Dayang?

In fact, Li Jinyan sent these two boxes of Dayang purely on a whim. They all say that art comes from life. In later TV dramas, when a certain executive wants his subordinates to fight tough battles, he often puts out a box of Dayang to boost morale?What's more, when Marshal Lou talked about the loan with the Germans this time, some links also need to be taken care of, right?

Who said that foreigners don't know how to accept bribes?Otherwise, how did the Siemens incident in Japan come about?

Since he proposed this matter, he must consider all aspects in advance.Because Marshal Lou left in such a hurry, Li Jinyan couldn't get together so much cash for a while, until the canning factory was built, and John settled the payment for the last time. After becoming interested and placing an order, Li Jinyan's funds were turned over.

Two boxes of Ocean, plus two promissory notes from HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, Li Jinyan was really hurt when he took out the money, but thinking that he could get it from the Germans in the future, Li Sanshao comforted himself that these initial investments were necessary. Yes, it is also worth it!You can earn it back in the future!

Li Jinyan's original intention was that Young Marshal Lou used the money to open up some joints, or to do something more beneficial to himself in the process of borrowing. He didn't want the money to be used for other purposes before negotiating with the Germans.

buy people.

It's just a few people, maybe Lu Jun and Ji Jun won't pursue it yet, but if they run away as an organization, anyone who encounters them will get angry.While Marshal Lou accepted the people, he launched a silver dollar offensive.

The man came here by himself, and he accepted it.You can't let the friendly army suffer in vain, and the money will be given to you.Of course, not too much will be given, and two oceans per person, including the weapons they took away and the military uniforms they took away, will also be sent back.

Lu Jun and Ji Jun suddenly lost their voices, no matter how they look at this matter, they are not at a disadvantage.The white flowered ocean is not fake, and the guns have been sent back. As long as you have money and guns, you can recruit soldiers again.What's more, these soldiers are gone, and they can still eat empty pay for a period of time without telling the truth, why not do it?

Therefore, this desertion incident was left alone, counting the soldiers who ran to the army of the six northern provinces, they can form nearly two platoons together, more than half of them are veterans, although they still have some bad habits, but As long as they have practiced, fed them enough, and have enough pay, they are not afraid of their second thoughts.

Run once, then run a second time?Or leave such a generous salary and such a good treatment?His head was kicked by a donkey!

Regardless of the six northern provinces or the Jilu army, they only regarded this desertion incident as an example. No one could have imagined that the hole would not be blocked if it was torn open. Not only small fish and shrimps started to run, but even big fish began to swim out.

First Day

A certain sentinel: "Report to the battalion commander, there is a squad outside the battalion tonight!"

A battalion commander: "Bring it in!"

The next day

A certain battalion commander: "Report to the regiment, the sentry has brought back a platoon!"

A certain group leader: "Accepted."

On the third day

A regiment leader: "Report to the brigade, half a battalion has come outside."

A certain brigade commander: "Take... wait, half a battalion?!"

A team leader: "Yes!"

A certain brigade commander: "Wait a minute, I have to ask the teacher if our young commander still has any money."

A group leader: "..."

In this way, when the North-South Allied Forces had not started fighting, an unprecedented large-scale tandem was carried out within the Northern Allied Forces. The armies of the six northern provinces were replenished, and the officers of Hebei and Shandong were busy making money.

When the matter came to an end, Marshal Lou also spent a lot of money on the two boxes of oceans that Li Jinyan sent. The upper-level officers of the Ji Army and the Lu Army were dumbfounded when they inspected the army.

The Lu army is not bad. After all, most of the officers and soldiers live in Shandong. Even if they envy the troops of the six northern provinces, not all of them are willing to follow them.The Ji army was a little impatient, and when it was reinforced to a division in Tai'an, half of the officers below the battalion ran away!Even if they recruit troops again, they can't stand up without the airs of officers!

The officers don't want to make money anymore, and the most important thing is to plug the opening quickly, but we can't let people run away anymore, they all run away, are they good commanders?

At the same time, the southern army also entered Shandong one after another. Compared with the northern army, the southern coalition army also faced another problem, dialect.

When the Huai army met the Guangxi army, and the Hunan army met the Guangdong army, they often talked with each other. Even the upper-level officers, without "interpreters", often couldn't understand what each other was saying.Later, some military officers who had studied abroad could only communicate in Japanese, English, or German.

Song Wu also arrived in Shandong with the army. The moment he got off the train, neither Song Wu nor Marshal Lou, who was planning to contact the Germans at the moment, knew that the fate of the entire China was about to end from this battle. Or at this moment began to change.

Li Jinyan, who was in Guanbei City, was busy consolidating the resources at hand. When he allocated funds to Lou Shaoshuai, he realized that although he had a lot of factories in his hand and the scale of the farm was constantly expanding, the projects he was operating were somewhat different. messy.After all, a person's energy is limited, and he must make a choice.

In the end, Li Jinyan made up his mind, and after obtaining the consent of Mr. Lou, he merged the soap factory and the Jahwa factory. Li Bing is still in charge of the finance and clothing factory, and the general manager of the canning factory is Feng, the cousin of Du Weiyan, the director of the military factory in the northern six provinces.When hiring Manager Feng, Li Jinyan didn't know about his relationship with Du Weiyan. Now that he knows, it doesn't prevent the two of them from working together. It's just a feeling that the world is small.

After distributing most of the power of the factory, Li Jinyan put more energy into expanding the operation of the farm. The raw materials of the Jiahua factory and the cannery still depend on this farm for supply, and the western medicine factory has also been built. The pharmaceutical factory was handed over to Li Jinyan for management, but he himself knew that at this stage, the western pharmaceutical factory, like the canning factory, must first supply the troops of the six northern provinces, and the price must not be set too high.

Thinking of this, Li Jinyan felt that some of his original ideas were ridiculously simple. He lay on the fence of the farm and watched the soldiers on horseback inspect the farm. In addition to chickens and pigs, the farm also began to raise cattle and pigs. Sheep, firstly, the need for arable land on the farm, and secondly, it can enrich the types of canned food in the cannery. Some soldiers who were herdsmen before serving as soldiers, their eyes glowed with excitement when they saw these cattle and sheep.

Looking at the soldiers on horseback and the Russians working in the fields, Li Jinyan raised his head and looked at the sky above his head. He didn't know if Master Lou had contact with the Germans, whether the loan was going well, the Germans Would you like to sell them mining machinery...