The Republic of Heroes

Yin Chengfu didn't understand why a piece of stone made the brigade commander so excited?

Of course they didn't understand the plan in Wu Xiaoliang's mind. This stone was the foundation of the city that would rise here in the future, but all the people present didn't realize that this was a milestone moment.A hundred years later, the vicissitudes of life have changed dramatically, and this place has become Liberty Square, full of tourists and countless people taking pictures. The only thing that remains unchanged is this stone, which carries the hope and efforts of a whole generation.

The repair work was not completed until it was completely dark, but at least it was still able to shelter from the wind and snow. Wu Xiaoliang ordered all the troops to squeeze into the repaired work sheds, leaving two platoons to take turns on duty at night.

On the second day, Wu Xiaoliang gathered his followers beside the boulder erected last night, and announced a decision that everyone was stunned by.

"Everyone must know that the land under our feet has belonged to us since ancient times. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was incompetent and allowed Tsarist Russia to steal it. Now that we are back, we have a long way to go to regain our homeland. Therefore, it is far from enough to only garrison troops. We also need people. Only with the support of the people can we win the final victory, so I declare that starting today, we will build a city here, a city that belongs entirely to the Chinese,"

After a few seconds of stunned, warm applause broke out.

Next, the city construction preparatory committee was established, with Wu Xiaoliang concurrently serving as director, Yin Chengfu and Wang Huaishi as deputy directors, and several section chiefs headed by the former Frontier Defense Preparatory Office Qian Mingjun were completely excluded from the core of power.

After several discussions on the naming of the city, Wu Xiaoliang made the final decision:

"Okay, let's call it Suidong, the east of Suifenhe, the name is simple and domineering."

Regarding the candidate for mayor, Yin Chengfu suggested: "I suggest that it is safer to have a non-military officer." To preside over the daily work.

Wu Xiaoliang immediately agreed with his opinion: "Okay, I think Brother Bu Chuan will be the first mayor of Suidong City."

Wang Huaishi joked: "I think the village head is pretty much the same!"

Everyone laughed loudly when they heard this. After that, the name of the village chief spread among the army, and both officers and soldiers called him Village Chief Wang in private.When Wang Huaishi heard about it, he shook his head and smiled wryly: "Too much talk is bound to fail!" Afterwards, every time there were meetings, he really cherished words like gold, which earned him a reputation for being prudent and prudent.

After Suidong was named, Wu Xiaoliang internally changed the name of the Suifenhe Security Army to the Suidong Frontier Defense Army to boost morale.

Since it was the cold winter season, construction could not be carried out, so the daily task of nearly a thousand people in the Suidong Army Department was only to renovate the yard and build fortifications.Especially the fortifications, they are deep in the enemy's territory, the surrounding situation is complicated, bandits, Soviet Russian guerrillas, and the White Russian army are not fuel-efficient lamps, so the top priority is to consolidate the base area.

The nights in the Northeast were extremely cold. Most of the soldiers under Wu Xiaoliang came from the south. They had no accurate concept of the severe cold, and their protection was not in place. In just a few days, more than ten people had been frostbitten, and the severe cases had their feet necrotic.However, the environment of the Suifenhe Security Force was extremely harsh, with a lack of doctors and medicines, and insufficient medical personnel. The wounded and sick could not receive good and timely treatment. In desperation, Wu Xiaoliang had no choice but to send someone to escort the seriously wounded to Fengtian.

For the large number of non-combat attrition that occurred on the first day.Wu Xiaoliang had a terrible headache. He ordered to organize a special cold and frost resistance study class. Arima Kaishan was the teacher. In his spare time after work, he taught how to better protect himself in the severe cold, so as to prevent large-scale frostbite again. .

Ma Kaishan, a businessman, has been traveling in the old forests on the Sino-Russian border all year round. He has his own set of rules for cold protection and survival in the wild in the severe winter.Now that Brigadier Commander Wu has asked him to be the teacher of the study class, he is complacent and a little uneasy, fearing that these soldiers and officers will embarrass him. Unexpectedly, not only did the soldiers not make any mistakes, but they also had a very respectful attitude. He was flattered, and then he became faintly proud. He didn't know that these soldiers were not ordinary Qiuba soldiers. Before joining the army, they were all patriotic youths from various schools in Beijing. Needless to say.

Wu Xiaoliang is very satisfied with Ma Kaishan. With his experience, the soldiers have not only improved their self-protection ability, but also improved their deficiencies in various construction processes.Then he was highly praised at the commendation meeting on the seventh day of the camp.

After Ma Kaishan was praised, he became more active in making suggestions. During the routine evening summary meeting, he suggested:

"Brigade Commander, the villain suggests that instead of building wooden fences around the camp, we should use snow walls instead."

Wu Xiaoliang felt his eyes light up when he heard it, it was indeed a good idea, so he encouraged him to continue talking.

"Old Ma has any good ideas, just tell them." These days, as he became more familiar with Ma Kaishan, he felt that calling Lao Ma could bring him closer.

"It is still severe winter, and the wooden fences we built can only be inserted in the snow, and they have to be repaired when the heavy snow melts, which is time-consuming and laborious. Another thing, the heavy snow has to wait until the end of April. In these two months, we can completely Using snow as a wall saves time and effort..."

Ma Kaishan was long-winded, but everyone still understood what he meant. This is indeed a good idea. Eighty kilometers away is an entire brigade of White Russian troops. Effective fortifications must be established as soon as possible. In a few days, they will get The news that the Beiyang army entered Baishidian will inevitably take action, and there will inevitably be a fierce battle at that time.

However, under the current work intensity, all combatants and non-combatants are overloaded, resulting in increased material consumption, and most of the daily necessities such as food and medicine have been consumed.Since entering Russia for the first time, all materials need to be transshipped from Dongning, and the military supplies agreed in advance should have arrived as early as yesterday, and it is already night, but there is still no rest.

Wu Xiaoliang was secretly worried, but he couldn't easily express this worry to discuss with everyone. A slight change in his mood could affect the morale of the entire army.

Recently, Wang Huaishi has been overwhelmed by the allocation of various materials, especially food, especially since yesterday, the situation has been stretched. If the materials are not delivered, the consequences will be unimaginable, so he raised Wu Xiaoliang's worries: " Brigadier, if the food is not delivered, I will have no food to adjust here."

Hearing this, Ma Kaishan had an ominous premonition in his heart, but when he saw Wu Xiaoliang's gloomy face, he opened his mouth and finally didn't say anything.

Of course Wu Xiaoliang was in a hurry, but he couldn't show it, so he had to order the operator to send a telegram to the Dongning office, urging to speed up the delivery of the military posture.

The guard suddenly walked into the conference room, and quickly walked to Wu Xiaoliang's side to whisper a few words, and he turned pale with shock.Yin Chengfu, who had sharp ears, heard what the guard said, and blurted out:

"What? Military funds were robbed by bandits?"