The Beacon of Laiyang Metal

Chapter 24 Lao Tzu's Team Has Only Opened

After becoming the shopkeeper, Wei Yuan completely relaxed, and then he remembered that there was still a security team waiting for him to take over.

After finding out where the security group was located, he asked Han Dazhuang to drive and lead a security squad towards the security group's location.

The security group's station is located 2 kilometers west of the county town. The so-called station was rebuilt from the Guandi Temple. Apart from a few earthen wood and brick buildings and a large open space in front of the door, there is nothing else.

Before the car approached, Wei Yuan saw the barracks gate from a distance through the car window. A figure with a rifle slung across his body was lazily dozing against the wall behind him. On the wooden sign on the side of the gate behind him, Written in black letters on a white background: "Independent Security Corps of Andong County, Liaoning Province."

It wasn't until the vehicle drove to the gate that the sound of the engine woke him up. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and noticed that there were two cars, one large and one small, parked in front of him.

(The small one is Weiyuan's Ford Model T, and the larger one is a 5-ton heavy-duty truck he brought from his later generations to temporarily serve as a vehicle for security personnel)

This man was also a clever man. When he saw the man driving a car with guards, he looked like a big shot. He quickly straightened up, stood at attention, raised his right hand and gave Wei Yuan a nondescript salute.

"Where are your officers?"

"Report to the commander, our commander is still resting in the barracks." Seeing Wei Yuan's question, the soldier hurriedly replied.

"Oh, it's already 10 o'clock now. Your commander's sleep quality is really good." He led the way to see your commander. After saying that, without waiting for the reaction of the soldier at the door, Wei Yuan stepped forward and stepped into the door.

Wei Yuan's identity today is the chief officer of the security group. He specially changed into a World War II German general's uniform, carrying a Colt m1911 pistol on his waist, wearing long riding boots, and holding a cowhide whip in his hand, looking majestic.

At this time, the barracks also received news that a big shot came to inspect, and there was a sudden chaos, with people looking for pants, shoes, and guns looking for themselves.

It wasn't until Wei Yuan stood at the door of the barracks for a while that he calmed down. Not long after, a man wearing a large-brimmed hat and a loose khaki military uniform stood at attention in front of him and saluted.

"You are the commander here?"

"Sir, I have a humble job as Kang Daguo, and I am currently the captain and commander of the first company of the Andong County Independent Security Regiment. I wonder who you are, sir?"

Wei Yuan looked him up and down and said, "Let all your people gather in the open space outside the gate." After that, he turned around and returned to the open space outside the door to wait.

Not long after, people gathered on the playground one after another. It took a while before the gathering was completed. Looking at the swaying crowd, there were older people and younger ones. The older one was in his early fifties. The younger one was probably still underage. The clothes on his body were... The military uniforms were also in tatters, and two people couldn't even put together a uniform.

The guys behind him all had outdated equipment. In addition to Kang Daguo, who was carrying a shell gun of no apparent age, there were more than 50 people, each armed with an outdated Hanyang-made weapon. Wei Yuan took one and looked at it, and found that The rifling of the muzzle has been smoothed. It is estimated that if a shot is fired, the chamber will explode or the bullet will fly to nowhere even 50 meters away.

This is pretty good. The remaining ones don’t even have guns. Each of them is carrying a spear and a spear, and one of them got a big sword from Mr. Guan who doesn’t know where. He is standing there stupidly. He probably came from This Guandi Temple uses local materials.

Not to mention Wei Yuan, even Yue Weilu and Han Dazhuang who were standing behind him couldn't help but frown, and even a rabble-rousing sentence could be regarded as a compliment to them.

Wei Yuan looked a little suspicious of life, "Is this my fucking team?"

Seeing that the team was assembled, Kang Daguo, who was standing aside, hurried over and reported: "Sir, the Andong County Independent Security Group has been assembled. There should be 360 ​​people present, but 138 people actually arrived."

Hearing this sentence, Wei Yuan almost made Wei Yuan's nose become angry. He knew that these old armies had the habit of eating empty pay, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. A brigade of more than 300 people and the size of a standard battalion would be eaten out. After destroying a company, there are still some old, weak, sick and disabled people left. No wonder Ma Xingkun wanted to compete with him for the position of security chief. The free salary income alone could not exceed a thousand yuan a month.

He turned around and asked Kang Daguo, "Is this the team you lead?"

"This, this" Kang Daguo hesitated for a long time and was speechless. Although it was spring and the temperature had just warmed up, let alone how hot it was, the sweat on his forehead had not stopped since he saw Wei Yuan.

Although the previous head of the security group was the one who initiated the empty pay scheme, he still benefited from it. He was afraid that the officer would get angry and pull him out and kill him, which would be an unjust death.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan didn't care too much about this aspect. He was a small company commander, but he had no ability to eat up two companies in one fell swoop.

Wei Yuan turned around and said to the tangled security team in front of him:
  "From now on, I am the new leader of your security group. Before, whether you were taking free money or selling ordnance, my leader can forget about it. But from today on, whoever wants to do anything else in my team will Don’t blame labor and management for not having eyes in their guns.”

After that, he reached out and took the Thompson submachine gun from Han Dazhuang, and fired the bullets at the sky. Several unknown wild birds perched on the trees in the distance were frightened by the sudden sound of gunfire and hurriedly raised their heads. Wings, stay away from this place that they feel is dangerous.

The team that was still whispering were frightened by Wei Yuan's move, and they all shut their mouths obediently, not daring to speak out loud, and the atmosphere suddenly became serious.

Wei Yuanyuan had the effect of establishing his authority, so he nodded and threw the empty gun to Han Dazhuang behind him.

Carrot and stick, after beating with the stick, it’s time to give the carrot.

Wei Yuan added: "From now on, I will be a brother who stirs the pot. I heard about the difficulties that our brothers are going through before I come here. From now on, any brother who follows me will receive the full amount of military pay allocated by the authorities." How much will I give you? If anyone dares to deduct your military pay, you can tell me that labor and management are so stupid. In addition to the military pay you originally deserved, I will give you an additional 5 yuan subsidy per person every month."

Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, Wei Yuan used the riding crop in his hand to point at Han Dazhuang and the others behind him and said, "Have you seen the equipment on them?"

"As long as you follow me, each person has two sets of new Western-style military uniforms, inside and outside, yours, the American-made Thompson submachine gun, yours."

Then he pointed to the truck parked aside with a machine gun on the roof, "The Browning heavy machine gun made in the United States, yours, is a six-wheel truck when it comes out. Yours, artillery and armored vehicles are too heavy and I didn't bring them today. It’s all yours.”

After that, he asked people to move several boxes of canned beef and compressed biscuits from the car. Wei Yuan pointed to the box at his feet with his riding crop and said: "The canned beef biscuits imported from abroad are only available to foreigners. They are considered the best in China." The first portion is also yours."

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw the soldiers of the militia in front of him cheering and shouting: "Long live, long live, long live the Chief of Guards."

With his combination of carrot and stick, the team in front of him finally gained some morale. Wei Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said to Yue Weilu who was standing aside:

"The rest will be left to you. You will be the deputy head of the security team. Those who do not meet the physical requirements and are willing to go home on their own will be given travel expenses and let them go home. Those who do not have family members will be sent to Zhenhua Construction Company to let them go home. They arrange some work that they can do.”

"You can ask Shi Gongxing to make up for the shortage of personnel as soon as possible, and let me drill the rest to death. In a word, after three months, I will ask you to find a team with a combat effectiveness no less than that of the National Congress Party A." A full regiment of this kind of troops."

On the way back, Wei Yuan was in a good mood and hummed a model opera in the car, a classic line from "Shajiabang": "I think my team had just opened, and there were only a dozen people with seven or eight guns. When we met the imperial army The chase made me dizzy, but thanks to Sister-in-law Aqing, she told me to hide myself in the water tank..."

(End of this chapter)