kingnovel Chapter 992 Training Sichuan Army
Chapter 992 Training Sichuan Army
"Commander Guo is going to give us a surprise training?"
Li Rufeng finally understood. After dinner, more than a thousand brothers of the Sichuan Army went to the small playground at the back, which was opened up temporarily. No matter how tense the combat mission was, Guo Shaoqiu ordered his brothers to finish this work first.
Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. If the Sichuan Army brothers were to go to the battlefield as before, Guo Shaoqiu would absolutely not agree. He wanted the brothers to fire at least a hundred bullets here before they could go to the battlefield.
"Isn't this obvious? The brothers have also received pistols this time, and they are treated the same as Captain Fan and his men. But I don't want Captain Fan's situation to happen again. Although the Sichuan Army brothers are here for transportation, we don't keep useless people here. Everyone must have combat skills, and we can't make unnecessary sacrifices. All soldiers must use up at least 100 bullets here. If the combat mission is not urgent, you can continue training. I have all kinds of rifles and machine guns here."
One hundred bullets is just the minimum requirement. After hearing Guo Shaoqiu's words, the Sichuan Army brothers were dumbfounded.
Within the Sichuan Army, even the highest-ranking personnel, Commander Liu's direct troops, probably don't have this ability. This is a full one hundred bullets.
You might be able to learn how to shoot after serving in the military for several years, but for a new soldier, it's not easy to fire three or five bullets a year. Most of the time, you learn by fighting on the battlefield. When you're not fighting, you won't even get a bullet in your hand.
For local warlords like them, bullets are very precious, and ordinary soldiers have never seen large quantities of bullets.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
After Guo Shaoqiu finished speaking, I realized that Captain Li could even stuff an egg into his mouth with his mouth open.
"No problem, it's just that the situation on the battlefield is so tense that if we can't find the training time, we can postpone it for a while."
Just now when we were having dinner, the Japanese army threw more than 40 shells at our position, but their accuracy was poor and they didn't cause us many casualties. However, it did allow our brothers who had just arrived at the battlefield to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield.
"Time is squeezed out. You have to make it clear to the brothers that learning these combat skills is for your own benefit. We also have bonuses. Whoever can hit the target with all ten bullets will be rewarded with one dollar. The requirements are not high."
Guo Shaoqiu said with a smile that Li Shaoyi had said before that money can move people's hearts. No matter what you want to do or who is in front of you, as long as you have enough money, nothing will be a problem.
What the hell?
They gave us bullets for training, and a hundred bullets at a time. After we finished training and hit the target with ten bullets, they gave us a dollar bonus?
Captain Li felt his brain wasn't enough. He'd been in the army for eight or nine years, making him a veteran. He hadn't seen all the other warlords around the country, but he had heard of them, including the foreign armies. It seemed none of them had such generous treatment. Where did this 72nd Army come from?
"There's no need for money. You weren't rich during the war. I heard you guys spent a lot of money in the north, building roads and factories. We don't have to spend money here. Don't worry. I'll make sure they train well. This is a rare opportunity."
Captain Li was a kind-hearted man. Although the Sichuan Army had not received their salaries for four months, as soon as they heard that they would be sent to Pujiang to fight the Japanese as long as they were given food, they made straw sandals overnight and came here in a hurry.
"The standards for other units are the same. Do you think I paid for this? When we arrived in Pujiang, the Japanese were retreating. Those Japanese merchants upstream had plenty of money, so we left some funds for our operations. Everyone fighting the Japanese should be treated the same. Our Commander Li said that from now on, your salaries will be the same as ours, and the death compensation will be the same as well."
After Guo Shaoqiu finished speaking, he went straight to his own business. Several artillery positions needed to be adjusted today, and the Japanese aircraft must have seen them. If we still stayed where we were, we would be completely stupid.
"Commander, is what Commander Guo just said true? I heard that an ordinary soldier in the 72nd Army earns five dollars a month. On the battlefield, that's double pay. Can we also get ten dollars this month?"
A Sichuan Army soldier had been listening intently. They had long known about the treatment of the 72nd Army. If that was the case, they might be able to take home 20 yuan this time. But back home, how much could 20 yuan do? In the past, even if they worked hard all year, they were lucky to save two or three yuan.
"Your commander doesn't need to answer, I can answer for you. Hurry up and train. After training, you can get a silver dollar tonight. Listen, we in the 72nd Army never lie. Although there are only fifteen days left this month, you can still get ten silver dollars. If you are short of a penny, come to me."
A brother from the 72nd Army came over carrying a box of pistols containing 25 Mauser pistols, ready to be distributed according to the roster.
When I talked about other things just now, no one was too lazy to get up. After all, their legs were so thin from walking all the way from Sichuan. But now that they heard that they could get ten yuan a month, a lot of people gathered around.
This soldier of the 72nd Army had never been in the spotlight so much before. At this moment, he was like a star, and his brothers from all walks of life kept asking him about the ten dollars.
It took nearly five minutes for this brother to get out of the encirclement. However, many officers and soldiers of the 72nd Army confirmed that as long as they could hold on on the battlefield, ten dollars a month would be absolutely no problem. You can pay them the same way the brothers of the 72nd Army spend their money.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was no distinction between high and low, and equal pay for equal work was achieved on all fronts.
"Why is this so positive all of a sudden?"
After finishing his work, Guo Shaoqiu was also prepared to persuade Captain Li that they should take advantage of the time before the Japanese attacked to conduct pistol training. This would be an extra chance to save their lives on the battlefield and prevent the Sichuan Army brothers from suffering such heavy casualties.
But who knew that when they arrived near the small playground, the Sichuan Army brothers started firing with a crackling sound. They were so energetic that it was obvious that some of them even had a hundred rounds of bullets that were not enough. Of course, although everyone shot quickly, there was absolutely no waste. The idea that bullets were precious had long been an inherent concept in their minds.