Chapter 437 Recruiting Troops

"Jianbo, the work of suppressing bandits is not only the top priority of our Mudanjiang Military Division, but also the highest order of our commander-in-chief of the entire Northeast Democratic Alliance Force. In order to ensure the smooth completion of the work of suppressing bandits, the headquarters has also delegated A comrade with rich experience in fighting behind enemy lines and familiar with the local bandit situation came to participate in the anti-bandit work of our military region."

"A person sent by the headquarters? What position? In what capacity?"

"Haha, don't be nervous. You are still the captain of the bandit suppression team. The people sent from the headquarters join your command as special instructors. All actions must obey your command. But in terms of specific matters, you We must also fully respect the opinions of the special instructor. As for this person’s position and identity, the headquarters has not determined it yet, and I don’t know yet.”

Su Yi was slightly silent. In fact, as soon as Commander Li said it, he knew that this person must be the protagonist Yang Zirong.

"If the special commissioner and I have different opinions, whose opinion takes precedence?" Su Yi asked.

"Of course it's you!" Commander Li said seriously, "You are the top leader of our military region's anti-bandit work. During the war, even I have to obey your orders, let alone a little special commissioner?"

"I don't dare. How dare I command you, Commander." Su Yi laughed hastily.

"You've always been brave, what's so daring about you?" Commander Li scolded with a smile, then changed the subject, "But if the headquarters commissioner doesn't approve of you, he also has the right to leave the team at any time, and you have no right to stop him."

Su Yi's smile slowly faded, and he nodded: "I understand."

In other words, he could not completely restrain Yang Zirong on the grounds of military orders.

"Okay, you can go pick people and weapons." Commander Li said, "With my warrant, we can take away whoever the brigades and regiments of our military division want. If anyone dares to stop him, let him go directly." Come to me!"

"When everyone is found, you can go find Old Liu at the armory. I will tell him to equip you with as many weapons as possible."

"The last thing is food..." Commander Li pondered slightly, with a helpless look on his face, "As you know, our food has been very tight, and our division only has enough food for five days, so we have to live frugally. Five days later, If the headquarters does not allocate food, we will run out of food! More than 10,000 people are waiting for rice to be cooked, and I, the commander, am scratching my head with worry!"

Su Yi scratched his head when he heard this, with a sad look on his face.

In this era of shortage of supplies and extremely difficult living conditions, he had been prepared from the beginning, but some things could not be overcome by just being prepared.

For example - hungry!

Born in a peaceful era, he never understood what it was like to be so hungry that he couldn't sleep, but now he knew.

I have been here for three months, and I eat two basic meals every day, a bowl of porridge and half a sweet potato in the morning; a steamed bun and a bowl of vegetable soup in the afternoon.

There is no oil or water in the food I eat every day, and I can really make a bird out of my mouth.

If there is no oil and water, there will be no hunger. What's more, if a young man eats so little every day, he will definitely not be full. Therefore, Su Yi is hungry 24 hours a day. He is so hungry that his eyes are wet all day long. It's green, and looks like a big meat bun to everyone.

Su Yi still had to train every day, so he had no choice but to drink water. His stomach was tingling and he felt bloated, so he pretended that he was full. He was pinching his nose to lie... …

Drinking water is drinking water, but going to the toilet is a big problem.

Although the weather in the twelfth lunar month in the Northeast is not so exaggerated that you have to carry a hammer with you when peeing, it is not far off.

Su Yi's waiter suffered from chilblains due to frequent draining and itching. He was itchy and painful every day.

That's all. The most important thing is that sometimes it suddenly becomes itchy in public places.

Scratch it, it’s indecent.

Don't scratch it, it's unbearable and makes him twist around in discomfort.

Once, he led the whole group to do morning exercises. Halfway through the exercise, he couldn't stand it any more, so he could only ask everyone to turn back, then turn their backs and quickly find a wooden stake to rub up and down quickly.

Gao Bo, who was so damned good, turned around...

Well, this is too hard to talk about.

The key point is that he scratched his lower part and it showed signs of inflammation, which made Su Yi feel frightened now.

Ahem, let’s get back to the food issue.

Someone has spoken. In the black land of the Northeast, roe deer are beaten with sticks and gourds are used to scoop up fish. There are mushrooms and wild ginseng everywhere in the barren mountains and fields. Why not go hunting and digging for mountain products?

Do you even need to say that?

The softer bark of the trees in the mountains has all been chewed up! Rats can die alive, so where can we get wild game?

"Let's do this. I'll make the decision and allocate seven days' rations to you. This is already the limit, no more." Commander Li pondered for a while and said, "I will call the headquarters and ask them to find a way to supply you with the remaining supplies." of food, when the time comes... what are you doing twisting around?"

Commander Li looked at Su Yi strangely.

Su Yi said calmly: "My waist is a little uncomfortable, maybe it's twisted."

"I still have half a bottle of liquor here. You can take it away later." Commander Li said, "Hurry up and recover from your injuries. Don't delay your illness. The suppression of bandits is still waiting for you to take charge of the work. This can’t be delayed any longer.”

"Okay, I understand." Su Yi nodded.

Commander Li gave some more instructions and talked for about ten minutes before letting Su Yi go.

Before Su Yi left, he called his guards: "Go and put the half bottle of wine in the drawer on the left side of the wardrobe in my room for the young staff officer. In addition, let the cooking team cook some food. Jianbo, the meal is finished. , then go back to your regiment headquarters."

"yes!"

Su Yi cheered up. This was a small cooking trip alone. At least he could eat a little fuller.

The thought of being full made Su Yi feel less itchy down there.

"Commander, I also brought my guards and two soldiers..."

"Let's eat together!" Commander Li waved his hand generously, "You came to my place, and I can let you go back to the regiment headquarters on an empty stomach? I, Old Li, can't afford to lose this person!"

terrific!

During this meal, Su Yi and the other four each ate two bowls of rice porridge, and each of them ate a whole boiled sweet potato.

To be honest, the long-awaited feeling of fullness almost moved Su Yi to tears on the spot.

Gao Bo really cried.

He touched his belly and said with tears, "It's worth it to have this full meal to support my journey."

Su Yi burped, leaned against the wall comfortably, and said, "Have you thought about it?"

Gao Bo hesitated to speak, but Su Yi immediately understood and said to the two soldiers: "You two go out first."

"yes!"

After the two soldiers left, Gao Bo said with a solemn expression: "Chief, I have thought about it. I will go to Jiapigou Yidai in advance to conduct reconnaissance this time. It is not an exaggeration to say that I will escape death. I have a raw face in that area. Showing up means danger. Once the bandits have doubts about me, it will be difficult for me to survive."

"In this case, even if I am lucky enough to survive, how can I carry out reconnaissance missions and pass information to our team?" Gao Bo looked at Su Yi, "Chief, after three months of getting along with me, I can tell that you are a good guy. An upright person. If you can trust me, I hope you won’t arrange any reconnaissance missions for me this time. You can simply treat me as if I don’t exist and let me fend for myself.”

"As long as I can survive, I believe that by then I will have gained the trust of the bandits, and that's when I will be able to play a role!"

Su Yi looked at Gao Bo with an expressionless face.

The meaning of Gao Bo's words, to put it bluntly, is that he wants to break away from the army and be uncontrolled.

What survives to gain trust and then function - this is a saying.

Just listen, don't get your hopes up.

The key point of his words lies in the four words "self-reliance and self-destruction".

Putting himself in his shoes, Su Yi felt that he could understand Gao Bo. After all, his performance mission was indeed dangerous.

Even if it is not as good as the original plot of Yangzi Ronggu's Mighty Tiger Mountain, it is not far different in terms of danger. One mistake will lead to an irreparable outcome.

So Gao Bo had reason to no longer trust anyone.

At this time, it depends on what Su Yi thinks. If he rejects Gao Bo, he must ask Gao Bo to report the detected situation in time. Then Gao Bo will either perform the task and obey the arrangement, or else he will be passive and slow down, resulting in failure to complete the performance task and receiving negative points. evaluate.

"Do what you think." Su Yi didn't think much and made a decision quickly.

He said this for three reasons.

First, Gao Bo is going to risk his life. If he assigns a task to the other party at this time, it will undoubtedly reduce Gao Bo's chance of survival. This is a way to form a deadly feud and is not necessary at all.

Secondly, Su Yi's performance mission is to "send Gao Bo to go to Jiapigou Yiyi to do advance investigation early tomorrow morning."

But the details of how to investigate, what to investigate, and when to investigate were not specified at all. In other words, Su Yi was left to his own devices. No matter how Gao Bo is arranged, there will be no loss for Su Yi.

Thirdly, if Su Yi forcibly assigns tasks to Gao Bo, Gao Bo will definitely have resentment in his heart. Even if Gao Bo comes back with information, would Su Yi dare to believe it?

So it's better to let him go and let him fend for himself, as if he doesn't exist.

And there is no telling that this guy will give Su Yi a surprise when the time comes.

"You return to the regiment headquarters later, bring seven days of rations, and then you leave." Su Yi said, "I will tell you to send you on a secret reconnaissance mission. It's up to you to do whatever you want."

"But there's just one thing. If you dare to surrender to the bandits, or dare to tip off the bandits to betray us..." Su Yi's eyes flashed with cold light, "I will kill you at any cost, do you understand?"

Gao Bo suddenly felt a chill in his heart and said hurriedly: "I will never take refuge in the bandits! I will never be a traitor!"

He immediately reacted and said ecstatically: "Chief, have you promised me?"

This was something Gao Bo didn't expect. He had planned to put in a lot of effort and even pay some price to get Su Yi's support, but he didn't expect Su Yi to agree to his request so easily.

"What should I do if I don't agree?" Su Yi said calmly, "This is the first time you speak to me. It's about your life. How can I not give you face?"

Gao Bo's face was filled with emotion and he said: "Chief, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Don't worry, I won't be paddling the whole way. As long as I can save my life, I will try my best to do things for our team."

Su Yi was noncommittal about this.

After eating, Gao Bo went back to the regiment headquarters with a temporary warrant from Su Yi. After bringing his rations, guns and ammunition, he would set off directly to Jiapigou.

Su Yi took two soldiers and started his recruitment journey.

They say they are selecting team members, but in fact Su Yi is recruiting people according to the list on the performance mission.

From morning to night, he went back and forth to various regiment headquarters. It was not until dark that he finally recruited the thirty-two people on the list.

These thirty-two people are all top soldiers of each brigade, each with their own strengths and abilities.

When recruiting people, it was true that some regiments did not want to let them go, but with Commander Li's endorsement, the recruitment process went smoothly in the end.

These thirty-two people were originally good soldiers, but that doesn't mean they are now good soldiers, because after a brief encounter, Su Yi could tell that these thirty-two people, without exception, were all actors!

The process of recruiting people went smoothly, and the supporting actors all acted very cooperatively.

After recruiting enough people, Su Yi took the new people he recruited and went directly to the armory to get guns and ammunition.

During this period, the characteristics of our army's weapons were in one word - miscellaneous.

Mauser, Hanyang-made, Type 38, Springfield rifle, Deggarev machine gun, etc., American, German, Japanese, Soviet, everything is available.

Our army's weapons and equipment at this time came from three sources.

The first is to accept the equipment of the surrendered Japanese army and the collection of weapons and equipment abandoned by the defeated Japanese army; the second is to receive a small amount of weapons produced by the military region's own ordnance industry; the third is to obtain weapons and equipment from the Soviet Army and the Soviet Army through various means.

Because the sources of weapons are so diverse, our army cannot even unify the rifle calibers of each company.

This caused great trouble for Su Yi in selecting weapons and equipment. He was going to go deep into the forest and snowy fields alone, and it was impossible to bring too many weapons and equipment. The supply of guns and ammunition would definitely be the first big problem.

The most feasible way is to feed war with war. Beat the bandits, seize the arms and food from the bandits, and then continue fighting.

Therefore, the weapons you need to prepare should be as consistent as possible with the weapons used by the bandits.

What weapons would the bandits use?

Old Liu, who was guarding the armory, told Su Yi that the bandits used basically all Japanese equipment. After Japan was defeated, the bandits took advantage of the situation and moved the Japanese armory up the mountain. This resulted in their equipment being more expensive than that of our army. good.

In the previous anti-bandit operations, the most seized items were Japanese-style equipment, so he suggested that Su Yi equip all members of the anti-bandit team with Japanese-style equipment.

But Su Yi remembered that in the original plot, most of the equipment used by the bandits were German-style ordnance. This was because most of the bandits accepted the recruitment and support of the Guo army and received arms assistance from the Guo army.

Therefore, despite Lao Liu's objections, he arbitrarily equipped the squad with German ordnance.

It is said to be German, but in fact it is also diverse.

Fifty Type 24 Zhongzheng rifles, five Czech ZB26 machine guns, and two Type 24 Maxim machine guns.

Fifty pistols are also provided. However, since pistols are considered a scarce commodity in the army, and the quantities of various styles are not large, the distribution is relatively mixed, such as shell guns, Brownings, American pistols, etc., everything is available. The inventory of pistols was immediately cleared, and Lao Liu was so angry that he called Commander Li to complain on the spot.