Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1211

Chapter 1211: Training for new recruits (Part 1)

Tang Dao left home, but he did not leave his hometown immediately!

Five people rode war horses along the simple county road, rushing straight to the county seat!

There, a total of 4,500 people have been gathering since last night. The 3,000 soldiers are the supplementary soldiers that Fan Shaozeng helped to obtain for the 22nd Army. The 1,500 soldiers are the hometown soldiers that Tang Jili carefully trained for Tang Dao for half a year.

The military headquarters of the 22nd Group Army sent a telegram three days ago. Tang Dao, the commander of the Fourth Army Regiment directly under the 22nd Group Army, will serve as the commander and will become the supreme commander of these 4,500 people.

For Tang Dao, no matter which unit they belong to, these Sichuan troops will rush to the anti-Japanese front line and become the backbone of the Anti-Japanese War. As a reception officer, he will definitely attend the new army's troop dispatching ceremony.

Moreover, under his leadership, these recruits not only had to leave northern Sichuan and enter Shaanxi Province and then cross the Yellow River into the Second War Zone, the nearly 3 million kilograms of grain prepared by the old man and the ordnance he purchased at Shancheng Ordnance all needed to be transported by people. .

The first lesson for these 4,500 people to form an army is to serve as heavy baggage soldiers and deliver this batch of supplies to the war zone in good condition.

For this reason, the Tang family purchased 300 carts early and collected nearly 2,000 draft horses from eight counties in western Sichuan. If there were no grasslands in western Sichuan and many families raising horses, it would be difficult to have so many horses in other places. of horse reserves.

With this transport capacity, it can only transport one-fifth of this huge batch of supplies. Fortunately, there are still 4,500 recruits. Calculated with a load of 50 kilograms per person, we can still afford to carry more than 200,000 kilograms of food, including on the road. What the men and horses consumed on the way could be sent to the front line, at least 500,000 kilograms of polished rice.

This has far exceeded Tang Dao's expectations, but the first premise is that these recruits must have a high degree of recognition of him as a commander. Otherwise, it will be difficult to carry dozens of kilograms of weight a day, but it will be difficult to carry the weight for a month.

They are not a group of four. Two months ago, most of them were busy in the fields carrying hoes.

Jinxi County was originally a small county in western Sichuan with a population of less than 100,000. There was no martial arts field large enough to accommodate 4,500 new recruits. The county officials were so anxious that they simply stayed in the farmland outside the low city wall. It took three days to level out a large open space, and then use wood to build a high platform with a height of one person.

In this era where everything serves the war, especially in Sichuan Province, which has been designated as the most important base for the rear, whoever does not pay attention to conscription may not only lose his official title but also his head.

Especially when the leader of the anti-Japanese heroic regiment, who is famous throughout the country, comes to pick up the troops in person, who dares to be careless about this?

In order to make the atmosphere more grand, the county even spent money to prepare a gong and drum team and hired all the lion performers that could be found in the county.

Sichuan people love to be lively, so if they send their own soldiers to fight, it will naturally be more lively!

Since 70% of these 4,500 recruits are natives of Jinxi, it can be said that they are deeply bound to the entire Jinxi County. Most of the people in the county and the surrounding towns and villages are here, even as far as villages dozens of miles away. Many people came.

Those are their own babies. They are about to go to the northern battlefield. Can the parents come? No one knows whether this scene is the last one.

Although there were a large number of recruits, they had undergone at least two months of training and were led by instructors. They all carried packed uniforms and their own rifles, and stood in a relatively neat queue with their heads held high.

The new recruits performed well, but this does not mean that the people will abide by these military regulations. They only know that they still have to see their relatives, even if they meet face to face.

“Hei Wa'er, the old man is here, look this way!”

“Big pot, big pot, I brought you the old corn that grandma roasted for you.”

“Old man, old man, I'm here!”

Nearly 20,000 people from Jinxi surrounded a huge flat ground that was comparable to a football field. The voices of people calling for babies and old men kept coming and going. The chaotic sound was like a large market!

Hearing the familiar and expected voices of their relatives, the recruits could no longer maintain their orderly formation and could not help but turn their heads to look at the place where the sound came from.

If it weren't for the regular security regiment soldiers from the county maintaining order around them, people would have probably rushed through the cordon composed of soldiers with live ammunition to reunite with their relatives.

This made the county magistrate, who was standing on the wooden platform wearing a robe and a top hat and trying his best to look formal, look extremely ugly.

As a knowledgeable scholar who had worked as a secretary in the provincial government, the county magistrate had not considered the risk of letting these villagers come to watch the ceremony, but after thinking about it, he still had a fully armed force of 1,000 people. The county security team, those mud-legged people usually lower their heads when they see dignitaries and don't even dare to look at each other. Now seeing the county magistrate at the scene and so many guns, what kind of trouble can they make?

He knew that the reality was completely different from what he had imagined. The longing for his relatives made the mud-legged gang completely forget about their fear of power and guns.

"County Magistrate, do you want us to let the brothers beat the ones who shout the loudest and make them more honest, so that Captain Tang doesn't see the joke?" The county police chief is the county magistrate's confidant. When he saw the boss's face, , he came over and suggested in a low voice knowingly.

“Stupid!” The well-dressed county magistrate glared at the men who came over. "The people standing in the field now are all the relatives and children of those mud-legged people. If you were them, what would you do if you saw your relatives being beaten? The mud-legged people are in chaos, and they only dare to shout at most, but those big-headed soldiers with guns If we mess up, people will die."

“They dare!” The police chief, who was usually accustomed to being aloof, responded instinctively, but looking at the boss's eyes looking thoughtfully into the distance, his tone returned to a weak tone. "Otherwise, I will personally lead people to maintain order. After all, I can't let Deputy Commander Tang Qilin see the joke of our county government."

The prestige of the Tang Sword on the battlefield has made the Tang family's status in Jinxi County also rise. It is no longer a question of how much wealth the Tang family has, but that the Tang family may have a general to command the army. This is for the small Jinxi County. For Xi County, it is simply the ceiling of power, which makes several big bosses in the county feel proud and inexplicably threatened.

This is an extremely complex psychology, but it is real, so the police chief would rather lower his dignity than let the proud man who walked out of Jinxi watch the jokes of his parents and officials.

In fact, this has nothing to do with personal conduct. They are all typical old bureaucrats who have been severely eroded by the traditional Chinese official-centered ideology. They have long been accustomed to looking down at the people and calling them evil. Rather, it is the evil thoughts that are deeply rooted in the system.

All living beings are equal, but they only exist in Utopia after all!

“No need!” The county magistrate looked at the smoke and dust rising in the distance and waved his hand gently.

"It is said that the Tang family has a Qilin son, so let's wait and see how capable this Qilin son is in solving this messy situation. If he can't even deal with these mud-legged people, I think he is just a reckless man. From now on Achievements are limited!”

Middle-aged people who have been immersed in the political arena for nearly two decades know very well that warriors are only popular during wars, but the war will eventually end one day, and at that time it will return to the situation where scholars rule the world. Returning to the sheath is inevitable in every historical dynasty.

He made Tang Jili the deputy commander of the security regiment to take charge of the recruitment and training of the reserve soldiers of the security regiment. Even Tang Jili invested private funds in Shigu Township to train the junior soldiers and pretended not to see it. It was just because of the Tang Dao that came out of the blue.

As a county official, what he gives can be taken back at any time, or he can give more, such as directly making Tang Jili the deputy county magistrate, etc.

To put it bluntly, how Tang Dao performs will determine his attitude towards the Tang family in the future, and whether it is worth his heavy investment in the Tang family.

'Boom! ' The rumble of horse hooves came from afar.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Tang Dao led Mingxin and four other people to the county town. Following the directions of the soldiers from the security regiment guarding the city gate, they rode for several minutes to the temporary martial arts field in the west of the city.

The late autumn sun is bright, but not warm enough. The wild grass and leaves along the way are still covered with white frost. Although the horses that have been galloping for dozens of miles are strong enough, they are also spewing a lot of white air from their mouths and noses.

The people were only briefly disturbed by the sound of horses galloping. After a brief period of calm, they were still doing what they were supposed to do!

The age of the officials has little to do with them. What they care about most is always their own children.

Tang Dao began to slow down his horse nearly a hundred meters away from the crowd of black people. When he reached the outside, the war horse had already begun to walk slowly.

What caught the eyes of several people in Tang Dao was that there were still drops of water hanging on their heads and faces. What was hanging on their hair was dew, and what was hanging on their cheeks was naturally tears!

Obviously, many people arrived at night and stayed up until midnight in order to say goodbye to their loved ones.

These are human nature and completely understandable, but the order is too chaotic.

"What's going on? Are you rushing to the market?" Lu Sanjiang couldn't help complaining on the spot as he looked at the dark crowd of ragged people and the chaotic scene of people shouting and shouting one after another. It is not that he has never experienced the scene of picking up new soldiers. When he left home, his parents held his hands with tears in their eyes. The villagers also carried eggs and steamed white bread buns to the entrance of the village to see them off.

But it was only a few dozen people in size, unlike now, the darkness was so dark that it made people feel numb just looking at it.

The noise from 20,000 people was so noisy that their heads were buzzing. How could the regimental commander lecture the new recruits at the marching ceremony?

“Damn it, someone is deliberately trying to make things difficult for you, sir!” Long Yan looked at the man who was confused and absent from time to time, but the words that came out of his mouth really hit the mark.

Mingxin, who has always been silent, had a cold glint in her lowered eyes!

The Taoist priests who go down the mountain to kill all the demons have never said that there are only one kind of demons in the world, the Japanese, and those corrupt officials who torture the people are also among them.

Tang Dao's mood was as stable as ever, and he was riding on his horse with an expression as usual. He looked at the wooden platform dozens of meters away, and saw the middle-aged man in robe standing on it waving to the security group soldiers responsible for maintaining order to go to the crowd. Make a way in.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't you see any noble people coming?" The somewhat round police chief and dozens of soldiers from the security regiment worked hard to open a passage among the crowd.

Walking nearly ten meters in front of Tang Dao, the panting police chief said with a smile on his face: "Commander Tang, you have finally arrived. All the new recruits to supplement the front line are in place and are waiting for your lecture. The people of the whole county want to "To have a glimpse of the anti-Japanese heroes who have returned from the front line, there are a lot of people here, and the country people don't know the etiquette. It's a mess that will make you laugh."

"As a parent, you have to send your children to the front line even if they have to sleep in the cold and wind. They have a deep love for each other. What's so funny about it?" Tang Dao shook his head and replied to the fat police chief whom he had met once.

Typically a hot face pressed against a cold butt, the fat police chief's expression froze slightly!

It's not that the Tang Dao can't be used in all directions, it's just that at times like this, it's not necessary!

This group of officials regard the common people as nothing, and even conscription is only a task deployed by the superiors. However, as an officer leading troops on the front line, Tang Dao knows that everyone here, or in the future, will The millions of young people from Sichuan who came out of Sichuan with guns on their backs all have families who are looking forward to their return home.

It's just that, 'Three million strong men came out of Sichuan, but nine out of ten households had no sons'!

Even Tang Dao himself doesn't know how many of the 4,500 recruits standing here will eventually return!

They are far more worthy of Tang Dao's attention than those so-called officials.

"Hang the battle flag with the word "death"! Follow me in!" Tang Dao roared.

"yes!"

Lu Sanjiang leaned over and pulled out his Liao-made lance from the holster on the side of the horse. When he pressed the machine spring, the black 38th Army spur popped out. He then took out a neatly folded white cloth from the cloth bag on the horse's back and inserted it into the bayonet. Tie it to the muzzle of the gun, and then raise the lance high with both hands.

“Let's go!” Along with Tang Dao's low roar, the rumble of horse hooves sounded again.

The fat police chief dodged aside with agility that didn't match his stature. His intuition told him that when the flag was hung, anything in front of the horse would be trampled by the horse's hooves, including him, the chief. !

The five soldiers suddenly started to kill each other. No one was needed to maintain order, and a three-meter-wide passage was automatically formed.

Five people and five horses gradually accelerated through the passage and rushed into the venue.

Iron hooves galloped, war flags fluttered, and the people near the passage fell silent first!

Any collective behavior is contagious. When people in one area suddenly become silent, people in other areas will subconsciously lower their voices until they become silent.

What's more, it's hard not to shudder at the flag held high by the five soldiers who rode in at high speed on their war horses!

Because, apart from a few small lines of words on the white cloth-based flag, the most eye-catching thing is a huge word "death"!

This is a **** to the core of people's hearts. Whatever they worry about most will come to them!

The new recruits were naturally the first to restore order, not because of the flag with black characters on a white background that they could not see clearly, but because of the shining two stripes and three stars on the collar badge of the leading soldier!

That means that the warrior who came to take them to the front line has arrived. He is an anti-Japanese hero who has killed more than 20,000 enemies. Who dares to make a mistake in front of him?

Even the most tired people on weekdays imitated their companions, straightening their waists and raising their chests. Many people even stopped breathing at that moment, for fear of being regarded as a role model. Caught.

Captain Tang could kill even the ferocious Japanese like chickens, let alone unknown country folk like them.

The five war horses kept running wildly around the queue of 4,500 people in the field. They gradually slowed down dozens of meters before reaching the wooden platform, and then stopped right in front of the wooden platform.

"Salute to the officer!" Following the heart-rending roar of a major and battalion commander of the security regiment who led the team, the recruits saluted the five members of the four-line regiment who were sitting on their horses in a not particularly neat posture and not uniformly. Officers and soldiers gave a military salute.

“Return the gift!” Tang Dao raised his right hand first, followed by the other four people led by Lu Sanjiang.

This time it was a matter of judgment. The four of them seemed to be one body. Their body postures and the timing of raising their right hands to their eyebrows almost at the same time were perfect and impeccable!

Is this a veteran? The more than 4,000 recruits were shocked. These rural youths who had just put down their hoes may have never thought that just a seemingly simple military salute would give people a feeling that they cannot be enemies.

“Captain Tang, please come up, I've prepared the tweeter!” The county magistrate on the stage had already got off the wooden platform, and with a smile he invited Tang Dao, who had finished the ceremony, to get off the wooden platform.

“Okay!” Tang Dao did not refuse this time.

　　He jumped down and walked up to the high platform and stood in front of the prepared microphone. However, he did not start lecturing directly. Instead, he stood at attention and looked forward, giving a military salute to the left and right sides.

The recruits still didn't understand what Commander Tang meant. Many of them even raised their arms in a hurry, only to hear the metallic sound of Tang's sword rang out from the loudspeaker: "The military salute from before, that was from our army. The gift of a comrade-in-arms, once this is gone, you and I are all fellow soldiers, living and dying together!

And this gift is Tang Dao's thanks to my father and fellow villagers in Jinxi's hometown. Without you willing to send your sons and daughters to the front line, how can our Chinese army protect our mountains and rivers? "

"Captain Tang's words are serious. We are here to see you off. I only hope that you will lead them to kill the enemy, serve the country, and return home safely!" After the people below were silent for a moment, some educated gentry stood up, bowed deeply and raised their heads. Tang Dao responded with a loud voice.

"This gift is on behalf of the frontline officers and I pay tribute to the elders in my hometown. All of you here can bear it!" Tang Dao shook his head slightly, but stubbornly did not put down his right hand.

“Captain Tang, we accept your gift.”

Perhaps it was rare for the people to be treated with such respect by a big man like Tang Dao. At this time, they actually put away the sadness of separation and responded to Tang Dao one after another like the people in their hometown who had read books. There were also many people who bowed in return.

The order of the venue was once again in chaos, but it was completely different from before.

The police chief, who came back to the stage panting heavily, was stunned. Many people bowed to him, but there had never been a day when so many people bowed because of just one sentence. And he could feel those muddy legs. Zi Ke was sincere, instead of looking away in fear when facing him.

Respect is always mutual! Power brings oppression from the moment of birth!

Human nature is very complex, but sometimes it is also very simple!

Perhaps at this moment, no one knew what the county magistrate, who had a slightly confused look in his eyes, was thinking, but it was obvious that Tang Dao's ability to control the entire scene as soon as he arrived shocked this veteran official.

The so-called aspirations of the military and the aspirations of the people may be like this!

Ps: Today is September 18th, don't forget the national humiliation! Don't forget the legacy of our ancestors!

(End of this chapter)

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