Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 772

Chapter 772 An unexpected surprise!

Tang Dao's visit to Xuzhou has been full of achievements.

Using his connections, he received 100,000 military pay and rewards from the Fifth Theater Command. In addition, he exchanged all the large yellow croakers in his hands for more than 14,000 silver dollars. The total funds held by the military quarters office of the regiment headquarters reached 114,000 silver dollars, which allowed him to purchase grain, pack horses, war horses, sugar, A total of 42,000 silver dollars were spent on salt and other supplies, leaving 72,000 silver dollars left.

Spent a large amount of money to the point where the manager in charge of logistics was distracted, but Tang Dao thought it was worth the money.

One hundred thousand kilograms of refined grains and a large amount of cured meat are enough to ensure that the more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment are fed for the past two months. If they save a little bit, they can even survive for three months without any need for logistical supplies. This is enough to free the Fourth Army Regiment from many sources of trouble. Human constraints.

Necessary supplies such as sugar and salt can fully maintain the nutrition of the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment.

Tang Dao is well aware of the importance of the physical fitness of officers and soldiers. The so-called elites are not only invincible because of their strong mental will, but they must also have a strong body as the foundation.

　　Why only a few units of Chinese soldiers can compete with the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat? The level of stabbing training is not as good as it is only one aspect. The real reason is that the Japanese infantry are well-nourished and have better physical fitness.

Therefore, Tang Dao took advantage of the gap between long-distance marches and no fighting to supplement the nutrition of the officers and soldiers with rich supplies, no matter how much money they spent, they would not hesitate.

After all, the people are gone, the money is still there, and there is still a ball to use?

The last big deal made Tang Dao even more satisfied.

Horse Literature, who had an investment idea, provided 90 fat and strong Mongolian war horses from the grasslands. In addition, he also gave 15 half-sized foals. At the price of 10 silver dollars, it was almost free of charge. It didn't cost two Years later, the foal will grow into a qualified war horse.

Furthermore, Tang Dao and Ma Wenxue also agreed with each other that when Tang Dao is in need in the future, they will continue to purchase war horses from them and entrust them to purchase other supplies.

Tang Dao is well aware of the capabilities of businessmen. As long as the profits are considerable enough, not to mention the blockade of the Japanese and traitors, businessmen who take the pursuit of profits as their own mission can transport supplies no matter how hard it is.

This fact has been proven in countless wars.

Tang Dao even knew that not to mention that the traitors would get out of the way under the magic of money, even the Japanese themselves had done this. They even exchanged arms for wheat and then turned it into money, even though they knew that the arms would Kill them.

This is human nature. In the face of the devil of money, not many people can resist. This is also the reason why Tang Dao is confident in transporting the batch of imported arms provided by Comrade Lao Wu out of Jincheng.

The biggest difficulty is how to collect the remaining 1.5 million US dollars.

Those Western arms dealers are all about money and delivery. They will never have a big sale at a loss just because China is in dire straits. If the Japanese can afford the price, the arms they resell will be placed in the right place. Chinese soldiers on the front line.

The Sino-Japanese War at this time was simply a gift from God to those arms dealers. The beautiful country on the other side of the ocean is now using all its power to manufacture arms, and is gearing up to lay the foundation for them to become the world's most powerful country in the future.

The agreement made with this courageous businessman can guarantee the source of a large number of cavalry horses that Tang Dao wants to develop.

Otherwise, no matter how Tang Dao unearths treasures in that mountain, he can only ride on a donkey.

Donkeys are an essential domestic animal in northern rural areas. They are hardworking and alert, but they are so stubborn! If they don't agree with each other, they will either kick the opponent or bite him with his mouth.

This is still secondary, the key is that Tang Dao thought that his carefully trained soldiers actually rode a donkey over the mountains.

Why, I want to become the legendary donkey cavalry!

High-quality war horses are the basis for the strong combat effectiveness of cavalry. They are not about losing face.

These 90 war horses can provide enough war horses for the existing 21 cavalry of the Four Rows Regiment and the 100 cavalry who are about to join the Four Rows Regiment, forming immediate combat effectiveness.

At the same time, it also provided ready-made mounts for Tang Dao to train new cavalry. In less than half a year, Tang Dao would have more than 200 cavalry under his command, and he would be qualified to fight against the two Japanese cavalry squadrons.

Ma's Trading Company is indeed financially strong. It took only one day to deliver 300 pack horses and 100 carts, and the carts were accompanied by an experienced groom.

Assuming that 100 packhorses alone can carry 80 kilograms each, and a cart with two packhorses can carry 700 kilograms, the total load can be nearly 160,000 kilograms, or nearly 80 tons of materials.

Relatively speaking, Tang Dao seems to have purchased a lot of supplies, but in fact it is only more than 50 tons, and less than half is still empty.

This is not when the cart is fully loaded. If it is loaded with more, 100 tons of materials can also be loaded.

If the previous transportation capacity of the Four Lines Regiment is added to it, the baggage force of the Four Lines Regiment can currently have a maximum transportation capacity of 130 tons.

If you don't look at its equipment and combat effectiveness, the Four Lines Regiment at this time is comparable to a pure baggage regiment.

Of course, Tang Dao was more pleased to discover talents than the materials he obtained.

Mingxin Little Taoist Priest Juebi is the best among talents.

Because of Lu Zhongda's recommendation, everyone in the cavalry platoon who arrived in Xuzhou with Tang Dao knew that this young Taoist priest with a green face was a master of cold weapons.

It's just that his youthful appearance has nothing to do with the term master.

Many of the officers and soldiers of the cavalry platoon headed by Lu Sanjiang took the initiative to invite Ming Xin to fight. However, Ming Xin's seven-kilogram double-edged sword was so powerful that if it was struck, the saber would be cut off. , and in order to prevent accidental injuries, the cavalry wisely gave up using sabers to fight the enemy. Both sides cut wood into swords and guns, and wrapped the sword tips and gun heads with thick cotton cloth and dipped in white lime.

The outcome shocked the officers and soldiers of the cavalry platoon.

Ming Xin, who was holding a wooden sword, was already low-key. He first used several moves to chop down two cavalrymen who invited the battle alone, and then used almost the same moves to leave two white marks on the chest and abdomen of the brave Lu Sanjiang.

That means that if the two sides fight with real swords and guns, the three people including Lu Sanjiang will already be dead.

There are also people who do not believe in evil and form a group of three people, with one person holding a gun and two holding knives, and use the three-three tactics taught by Tang Dao to fight against the enemy.

The two knife-wielders on the flanks are the main defenders, and the gun-wielders in the middle are the main attackers. This formation, and the officers and soldiers of the cavalry platoon are all people who have fought with the Japanese cavalry several times with real swords and guns. Both their courage and reaction speed are four. The first-class candidates among all the officers and soldiers of the regiment, even strong men like Lei Xiong and Leng Feng, need to be treated with all their strength.

What makes Lu Sanjiang and others stunned is that it takes three moves to 'kill' one person and three moves to 'kill' three people, but this one actually only used three moves.

The wooden spear was stabbed in the chest, and Mingxin did not dodge, but when the spear was about to reach his chest, his upper body suddenly fell backwards as if it was broken. However, the spearman had already used his moves and his body could not help but lean forward, like It is to actively send the body to the tip of the opponent's knife.

That's all. Even if Mingxin, whose upper body is almost parallel to the ground, kills the enemy with this dangerous move, there are still two swordsmen on the flanks. They attack from left and right with one sword and one of them. Even if they are not killed, they will still leave scars on their bodies. It can be done.

Unfortunately, we can't!

After Mingxin killed the enemy with one strike, he twisted his body strangely, moved forward with ghostly movements, and used the spearman's body as a shield to block the sword on the left wing. As long as the sword was strong, the sword hit his comrade.

At this time, not to mention on the battlefield, even on the training ground, no one would slash his comrades with a knife. They could only helplessly tilt their wrists to the side and slash the blade into the air.

The sword on the left wing was in vain, but it left the swordsman on the right wing to face Mingxin alone. Facing such a terrifying opponent, his sword must be cut down no matter what.

Unfortunately, just like how Ming Xin 'killed' Lu Sanjiang and others alone before, before his knife hit Ming Xin, Ming Xin's unpredictable wooden knife had already stabbed him hard in the ribs.

The knife struck with all his strength, let alone hit Ming Xin, caused his strong body to stagger back, and his dark red face turned white for a while.

That hurts!

Had it not been for the thick cotton cloth wrapped around the tip of the knife, even if it was a wooden knife, the sergeant and cavalryman would have been at risk of a broken bone.

But what if it's Mingxin's double-edged sword? It must be a sword-piercing ending.

　　With only two moves to deal with the two opponents, Mingxin no longer concealed her strength and went straight towards the other cavalryman whose eyes were filled with despair.

There was no suspense at this point, but for soldiers, whether on the battlefield or in the training ground, there was never the possibility of surrendering.

“Kill!” The last cavalryman stood up and swung his sword to attack the cold weapon master who was younger than himself but extremely terrifying.

The result is obvious. After Mingxin 'killed' two comrades in two consecutive moves, the cavalry soldiers lost their will to win, and their combat power was not even 80% of the previous level.

Killing three people with three moves, this almost exaggerated strength really shocked Lu Sanjiang and others.

Perhaps, only Lu Zhongda, who was watching the battle, was happy.

He expected that Mingxin would win, but he never thought that Mingxin would be so strong. No wonder Mingxin dared to face dozens of guns by himself without making any compromises and retreating. That was not youthful and frivolous, but absolute determination Strength as support.

This proves something, not only that his vision is correct, but also that he did not deceive the superior.

For such a master, it is worth it for the Four Lines Regiment to take such a big risk and offend the 20th Regiment! And, that's it, Ming Xin's sword in his sleeve is still intact, and if paired with his double-edged sword that is twice as heavy as the Huanshou Sword equipped by the Northwest Army, it will definitely be a cold weapon and a killer weapon on the battlefield.

Tang Dao, who came to the temporary camp of the baggage platoon in the evening of the second day, heard this and was so happy that he couldn't help but compete with Ming Xin.

However, both of them are masters. Even wooden swords are lethal enough, so they fight with their bare hands.

Mingxin, who had lost his weapon, was not as good at boxing and kicking. He retreated continuously under the fierce attack of Tang Dao's Bajiquan. It was quite difficult to block the left and right attacks. But the miracle was that if he wanted to take him down with Tang Dao's power, it was impossible. Don't even think about it.

His internal strength is long, his reaction is quick, and his muscles and bones are tough, far exceeding the Tang Dao.

You must know that even when faced with masters of Chinese martial arts such as Mr. Han, if it were not on the training ground, Tang Dao would still be confident enough that he would still be alive in the end.

But at a young age, Ming Xin, Tang Dao had an intuition that even in a life and death fight, his chance of winning would not exceed 50%.

Mingxin was actually the only opponent in this era who could match him in actual combat.

The most effective way to kill him is probably with a sniper rifle.

Tang Dao is happy!

This is simply a gift from God to the Four Lines Group.

This is a natural born special soldier.

Skills such as firearms, stealth, tenacity, observation, etc. can all be developed through acquired training, but personal combat power cannot be easily trained to reach ten enemies or even more.

That requires a long enough time and even enough talent.

The seven special teams currently formed by Tang Dao all have their own characteristics, but they all have a common weakness: their personal combat power is too weak.

If there were no guns, from Gu Xishui to Niu Er to Heizi and Lu Zhongda, Heizi could deal with two or three people with his strength, and the rest of them were not much stronger than ordinary soldiers. Being a special forces soldier will make you stronger.

But it would be different if the little Taoist priest Ming Xin joins. When there is no need to use firearms, this person is simply the king of bombs, and can almost replace the role of Tang Dao.

He wanted to become the most terrifying killing machine on the dark battlefield. He needed almost no additional training. He only needed Tang Dao to teach him some hidden and richer killing techniques.

Tang Dao can feel it. Although Mingxin is strong, he has never really killed anyone. But through that confrontation, Tang Dao also knew that there was an essential difference between this outsider and the students who had never seen actual combat.

He has never killed anyone, but he will not be stingy with killing evil people.

Slaying demons and demons, that is the way to understand the heart!

For Mingxin, it was also a big surprise.

The master said when he was 17 years old that he was extremely talented and was a genius that had never been seen before in his sect for thousands of years. He had the heavy sword in his hand that had cut through chainmail, and his combat prowess was not only the best in the world, but also the top three.

Ming Xin's master was certainly not an ordinary person. He was a super strong man who once slaughtered villages and wiped out households because of evil bandits. In a fit of rage, he single-handedly attacked a mountain village with a single sword and killed 60 evil bandits. If he said yes, he must be. .

But Mingxin did not expect that as soon as he entered the world, he would meet a strong man who was equal to him in boxing and kicking skills and could even suppress him.

The warrior's intuition told him that even if he had a heavy sword in his hand, he would not be sure of defeating Tang Dao. What's more, the opponent was still a soldier and he would have a gun in his hand.

If faced on the battlefield, he is most likely to die.

The pride suddenly disappeared.

While agreeing to Tang Dao's recruitment to join the newly established special operations squadron of the Four Lines Regiment, Mingxin still made a request to Tang Dao.

But it's not about him.

But the group of refugees he had helped, Mingxin couldn't bear to see them starve to death after all.

Even though there is a supply of porridge now, when the war comes, if no one cares about them, the number of people who will die will be countless.

Tang Dao thought for a long time, but it was difficult to refuse the little Taoist priest who was about to become his comrade-in-arms.

It's not that he wanted to tame his Taoist heart, but that Tang Dao also felt compassion, although he also knew that his abilities were limited.

However, Tang Dao's help is not a simple charity, but a recruitment order to the refugees. Those who are willing to join the army will be given 10 yuan of military pay each. These 10 yuan are enough for his wife and children to leave Xuzhou and reach a more distant place. Jiangxia.

Alternatively, instead of fleeing toward Jiangxia, we can organize a few leaders to go to Zhengzhou together first, and then notify the group when they arrive at their destination.

That's because Tang Dao considered that after arriving in the mountainous area, the military factory or other factories he needed to open would need sufficient population. Just relying on the mountain people in the mountainous area might not be enough. It would kill two birds with one stone.

Being able to join the army and have a full stomach, and also earn 10 yuan for his family. The most important thing is that his family may have the opportunity to join him in a foreign land. This is a great thing that cannot be imagined.

After the dozen or so refugees who were familiar with Ming went to look for the refugee groups they were familiar with, nearly 500 young men signed up to join the army in two days, and there were as many as two to three thousand family members behind them.

Tang Dao first organized all the 500 recruits into the baggage unit. The long-distance march in the next more than a month will be their first recruit training period. Building physical fitness and learning to line up and obey military orders are the first things they must learn. Only those who meet the standards can Qualified to enter the frontline force in the future.

If they ultimately fail to meet the requirements of military personnel in both physical and mental standards, they will eventually either be dismissed or become auxiliary personnel such as grooms and stretcher bearers.

Zhuang Shisan, on the other hand, selected some capable people among the refugees to take the lead, divided them into nearly ten groups, and left for Zhengzhou in advance with the food purchased by their family members who had advanced military pay in advance.

The people can't walk as fast as the army. It's good to cover twenty or thirty kilometers a day.

As for those who would rather starve to death than join the army, Tang Dao really can't control that much. He is not a saint. He can disperse the military resources of the entire Si Xing Regiment to rescue them for free. As the chief officer, he must also You have to be responsible for your subordinates.

If he wants to save the entire nation, he must first ensure that he is alive.

What's more, he, a rich man from a wealthy land, doesn't have much food left.

According to the rewards promised to the officers and soldiers before the war, each person will receive 5 pieces of silver for killing a Japanese invader based on their military merits. If the squad and platoon kill Japanese invaders in front of the defensive position, the reward will be based on the average number, and there will also be a subsidy for the seriously injured. 30 silver dollars, the standard of 50 silver dollars for war dead subsidy, according to Zhuang Shisan's calculation, it is at least 100,000 silver dollars.

If the military pay that should be paid is added, on average each person will receive at least 12 silver dollars, and the total amount will be about 26,000 silver dollars.

Of course, the headquarters of the Fourth Army Regiment was not empty at this time, and there was still 10,000 silver dollars left. However, for the long-distance march of more than a month in the future, there were still more places to spend money, plus for the reserve recruits who were barely able to accept due to malnutrition. They advanced 5,000 silver dollars in advance. Calculated in this way, the overall shortfall exceeds 60,000 silver dollars.

To put it bluntly, Tang Dao is actually poorer than those refugees who don't even have enough to eat, despite having tens of thousands of dollars in his hands.

At least, they did not owe any debts, but Tang Dao, an army colonel, owed as much as 60,000 yuan.

They all say that it is the uncle who owes money, but it also depends on whose money it is. The soldiers paid for it with their lives and blood. Tang Dao cannot owe money, and he does not dare to owe it.

Just when Tang Dao was scratching his head, he was planning to pay half of the military salary and rewards to the entire regiment first, and then distribute the rest with interest after they arrive to make money.

The God of Wealth arrives riding on colorful auspicious clouds.

Choosing a wife is really important to a man.

But perhaps, for a certain father-in-law, the truth is the same. It doesn't matter if the son-in-law is poor, the important thing is that he must be capable.

Anyway, he is from a wealthy family, the kind of person who wants to be rich.

The thing we lack most is money.

PS: There was no update yesterday, but it was updated in advance today. It's a 5,000-word chapter!

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