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Silver dollars are actually not suitable as currency.

Because of the weight,

A standard ocean weighs 26.6 grams. The total weight of the 21,000 oceans given to the 218th Regiment of the Central Army by the 770th Regiment is more than half a ton.

Also because of the size.

Even an adult cannot hold thirty silver dollars in one palm.

but,

It is precisely because of the weight and volume of the silver dollar that it contains sufficient silver that gives silver its current unique currency status.

Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times!
"Thirty oceans each."

"A total of twenty-one thousand oceans."

He returned to his camp with the silver coins and checked them over and over again to confirm that every grain and every silver dollar was 95% pure silver.

The leader of the 218th Regiment smiled with his mouth crooked.

Although more than 700 soldiers defected to the Eighth Route Army, the 218th Regiment shrunk by one-third, and those who left were the 2nd Battalion, which had the strongest combat effectiveness.

But he got twenty-one thousand oceans!

Thirty oceans for one soldier!
This is the ocean!
In the current market, twenty French currency can be exchanged for one ocean, and it is still priceless.

These days, everyone has a lot of money to hide, but who will come out and sell it?

A big-headed soldier, even if he squeezes everything out, doesn't pay a penny for military expenses, and eats only the worst pig food, can't squeeze out five yuan a year.

As for the force shrinking by one-third,

The problem is not big.

Spend three to four thousand oceans to deal with the chief of staff, brigade and others at the superior division headquarters, and this matter can be solved like this. At most, if you give the division commander a little more, it can be solved with five to six thousand oceans.

As for the loss of combat effectiveness,
The mission of the 218th Regiment is to seal off the border area and dispatch bandits when necessary.

The so-called blockade was just to limit the strength of the Eighth Route Army.
The so-called suppression of bandits refers to conflicts with the Eighth Route Army when necessary.

Now, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with heavy artillery and machine guns, better weapons and equipment than the Japanese, good food and drink, and plenty of ocean. This blockade is meaningless.

As for the conflict,

The current weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army are looking for death!
It is better to let the troops join the Eighth Route Army and leave a favor so that they will not kill them in future fights.

Thinking of this, the remaining trace of uneasiness in Captain 218 slowly disappeared.

He turned his attention again to the 20,000-strong ocean in front of him.

"One for thirty oceans."

"Elite veterans and outstanding grassroots officers, fifty to one hundred."

He licked his lips, his eyes shining.

Just like,

A source of wealth was discovered.

Who doesn’t like the ocean?

It's just that the 218th Regiment had just taken action with more than 700 people, and only more than 1,400 people were left. If they continued to take action, if the superiors investigated, he would not be able to live with it.

Moreover, even if you bribe your superiors, it is very dangerous to suddenly lose more than 700 people.

If the commander knew about it, he might even lose his head.

"Got to find a way."

The head of the 218th Regiment rolled his eyes.

Risk is risk.

As long as the benefits are great enough, any risks can be ignored.

Although you may lose your head, you may also make a fortune!
Once there is a profit motive, and it is a high profit, the 218th Group becomes smart instantly.

After a while, when he saw the map of Liang County on the table, his eyes suddenly lit up.

A 'good' idea was born in his mind.

Liang County is actually already on the edge of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Area of ​​the Eighth Route Army. It is the first blockade to block the Eighth Route Army Border Area. If we continue for more than ten miles, it will be completely under the control of the Eighth Route Army.

He is currently stationed in Liang County.

A county to the left of Liang County is the 357th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army.

A county on the right side of Liang County is the 219th Regiment of the Central Army.

The strength of these two regiments is similar to that of his 218th Regiment, with about 2,000 men.

The three groups are not far apart.

According to the inside information he knew, the superiors wanted them to be prepared for a long-term blockade and to be ready to attack at any time.

After seeing the equipment of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the 218th Regiment knew that there was no need to think about the latter.

Fighting with the Eighth Route Army?

Attack the Eighth Route Army border area?
Even if the superiors no longer like the Eighth Route Army, they still have to endure it!

Unless the Japanese are gone.

Then,

The future situation is very likely to be the former.

The three regiments will be stationed here for a long time to block the border area of ​​the Eighth Route Army, starting from half a year or even a year.

"Someone is coming."

Thinking of this, the leader of the 218th Regiment’s eyes became brighter:

"Put me through the call of the leader of the 217th Regiment."

···
in the afternoon.

Cheng Shun once again had a filling portion of canned braised pork and rice.

My stomach is full again.

“What a satisfying meal!”

After finishing two bowls quickly, Chengshun felt his round belly and sighed.

The superior's words were often unreliable, and he didn't believe the Eighth Route Army's meat tubes at first.

Even the Japanese cannot have enough food and food every meal, let alone the Eighth Route Army.

but··

The second meal,

as well as!

After a day of contact, Cheng Shun discovered that the soldiers of the 770th Regiment generally had very good physical fitness.

Almost every warrior has massive muscles.

This is not something that can only come from training, but also from very good food.

It is impossible to have meat every time.
But it is absolutely true that you are full every day.

After the meal, the political officers of the 770th Regiment Headquarters, under the leadership of the political commissar, began to organize cultural training for the entire regiment - literacy, basic military theoretical knowledge, and international current affairs.

as well as,

For the ideological education of the Second Battalion of the 218th Regiment, there are eight points of attention and three major disciplines.

···
at the same time.

The station of the 218th Regiment.

"What deal?"

The commander of the 219th Regiment of the Central Army rushed into the headquarters of the 218th Regiment on horseback.

The two leaders of the 219th Regiment and the 218th Regiment have a very good relationship.
To put it simply, birds of a feather flock together.

"hiss··"

As soon as he entered the regiment headquarters, he saw a table of silver coins, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

On the phone, the leader of the 218th Regiment said that there was a big deal here and asked him to come and make a fortune together.

After hearing the news, he rushed over immediately. Unexpectedly, he was so excited at the first sight. The silver coins in the house were estimated to be more than 20,000!

The leader of the 219th Regiment accurately estimated the number of silver coins.

"What kind of deal is this?"

The tone of Captain 219 became more and more impatient.

he knows,
The leader of the 218th Regiment called him. It must be that the other party couldn't afford this deal alone, or the risk was too great, so he called him more.

On the way here, he was still a little hesitant.

If the risk is too great...
But when I saw the silver dollar, that hesitation was completely thrown away.

How can you make money without risks?
As long as you make enough money, risk is not a problem.

"What deal?"

"Hey hey hey..."

The leader of the 218th Regiment chuckled and announced the new deal.

"this··"

After hearing the contents of the transaction, the leader of the 219th Regiment suddenly felt hesitant.

Sell ​​these to the Eighth Route Army,
Once the superiors find out, they will behead him.

Especially for the Central Army, this is more dangerous than surrendering to the Japanese.

"What should I do if my superiors inspect me?"

asked the leader of the 219th Regiment.

Hesitation is hesitation,
But the profit is really too big,

For thirty to fifty silver dollars, if you sell half of it, you can get thirty thousand to fifty thousand silver dollars. This business is really profitable. "You know our next mission."

"You also saw the equipment of the Eighth Route Army."

"If you can't afford to fight, ask the Eighth Route Army to put on a show, and then tell them to be tight-lipped and tell your superiors that it's a loss. Your superiors won't be surprised by the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army."

The leader of the 218th Regiment spoke slowly and seductively.

"What if I don't fight?"

The leader of the 219th Regiment continued to ask.

It was clear in his tone that he was moved.

But there was still hesitation.

"That would be easier."

"Let's just cover each other."

The leader of the 218th Regiment revealed his strategy of stealing the future and tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall:
"Let's do this, each of us takes half. In this way, our two groups will still have a thousand people."

"That adds up to exactly two thousand people."

"Just one group."

Hearing this, the leader of the 219th Regiment immediately understood what he meant by looking at the leader of the 218th Regiment.

Cover each other.

"right··"

The leader of the 218th Regiment suddenly smiled:

"If the superiors come to inspect your regiment, I will let my regiment pretend to be your soldiers."

"If the superiors come to inspect my regiment, you ask the soldiers to help cover it."

"Let's spend some more money to help our superiors, isn't that enough?"

"And they don't want weapons. As long as the weapons are there, the superiors won't investigate strictly. If it doesn't work, they can use the people around them as strong men to fool them, and then let them go back afterwards."

"Is this... okay?"

The leader of the 219th Regiment was obviously moved, but subconsciously hesitant.

"No problem at all."

The leader of the 218th Regiment struck while the iron was hot:

"Let's make a fortune together!"

"Think about it, if you sell one thousand, it will be at least thirty thousand oceans. If you raise the price again and make a prick, I estimate it will be around fifty thousand."

"Besides, now that those thorns are gone, we can manage the troops well, right?"

"If that doesn't work, why don't we bring in the 357th Regiment of the Jinsui Army next to us?"

"The Jinsui Army and we are not the same superiors."

As he spoke, the leader of the 218th Regiment deliberately took out a handful of ocean and dropped it with a clatter.

"Thirty thousand oceans..."

"Fifty thousand oceans..."

Under the temptation of Dayang's clear and melodious voice, the leader of the 219th Regiment finally stopped hesitating and waved his hand:
"Okay, I did it."

"I'll make a list when I get back."

"Just get rid of all those thorns."

The situation of the two groups is somewhat similar.

The superior regiment leaders are all idiots, they only want to get promoted and make a fortune, and they even have the idea of ​​joining the Japanese and becoming traitors, but there are always some capable and honest officers and soldiers at the grassroots level.

These people are difficult to control,

But these people are the most powerful group in the army.

"This is right!"

The leader of the 218th Regiment breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the 219th Regiment is brought in to cover each other, the danger discovered by the superiors will be eliminated.

"Jinsui Army··"

What the leader of the 218th Regiment did not expect was that the leader of the 219th Regiment, who no longer hesitated, thought of a good idea to make a fortune:
"We can act as a middleman and buy those thorns from other troops for twenty silver dollars, and then..."

"good idea!"

The leader of the 218th Regiment immediately lit up.

There are only 2,000 people in his group, and if he sells them all, he will only get 60,000 to 80,000 yuan at most.

Although sixty thousand oceans is already a lot.

But converted into U.S. dollars, it’s only twenty to thirty thousand U.S. dollars.

Thinking about it this way, the leader of the 218th Regiment felt a little lacking.

Compared with foreigners,
Those foreign pilots were rewarded with five hundred dollars for every Japanese plane they shot down.

It is said that the purchase price of a fighter jet is US$30,000 to US$40,000.

The most expensive ones are even 100,000 US dollars.

When the leader of the 218th Group thought about it, he suddenly felt that if he wanted to be prosperous and wealthy in the future, he must have at least one hundred thousand US dollars.

So, a goal was set.

Make two hundred thousand oceans first.

···
"Do you still want it?"

The next day.

As for the news, the leader of the 218th Regiment came to meet Luo Wen in person and told him a breaking news.

"Can it still be sold?"

This news shocked Luo Wen for a long time.

Although it is common, even very common, for the preserved fruit troops to go without pay, the total strength of the 218th Regiment is only over 2,100 people, and he has already taken away more than a third of it.

Now he actually dares to sell it.

"Talent!"

Rowan complained silently.

Aren't you afraid that your superiors will find out and behead you?
He knew the attitude of the top management of Guo Preserved towards this kind of thing.

"of course yes."

Rowan naturally accepts everyone, but he doesn’t accept everything either:
"But it's up to me to choose which ones I want."

There are many idiots in the Preserved Fruit Army, but there are also many men.

Moreover, the 218th Regiment is the Central Army, and all soldiers have undergone basic military training. Before the three-month training system for recruits was strictly implemented in the Taiyue Base Area, the quality of the army's recruits was actually not as good as that of the preserved fruit recruits.

"no problem."

The leader of the 218th Regiment nodded with satisfaction.

He knew that the Eighth Route Army wanted those people.

Just right,

They also happen to not want these people.

Anyway, their future mission is to station here, blockade and guard against the Eighth Route Army, and will not fight against the Japanese.

···
a few days later.

Yan'an.

"You guys..."

The staff officer who came to meet him looked at the 770th Regiment in front of him and was stunned:
"Why are there so many people?"

According to the telegram message from the headquarters, the 770th Regiment will arrive at the border area in the near future with a batch of weapons, ammunition, medicine, food and other important supplies for them to pick up.

They prepared the camp.

According to the headquarters telegram, the total strength of the 770th Regiment is about 2,500, and it is the main regiment built according to new standards.

But the 770th Regiment in front of me...
The officer made a preliminary estimate of about 4,000 people.

In addition to the independent regiment, is there such a fierce regiment in the entire army?
"On the way, we expanded the army."

Rowan, the leader of the 770th Regiment, chuckled.

"Expand the army halfway?"

The officer was stunned.

How to expand the army halfway?

And the 770th Regiment in front of us.

Although some of the soldiers did not have weapons, this officer was also a veteran of the Red Army. It was immediately obvious that the soldiers of the 770th Regiment were elite veterans who had experienced war.

Expanding the army, how can we recruit so many veterans?
"The 218th Regiment?"

The staff thought for a moment and immediately understood where these new recruits came from.

but··

"How did you get it?"

He was even stranger.

On the Guozhou side, when troops under his command defected to the Eighth Route Army, they were even more serious than traitors.

"Bought it!"

Rowan chuckled. (End of chapter)