Rise from the sword

Chapter 572

West of Central Henan.

It is the junction of Henan and Shaanxi.

There is a county called Dingbei here.

Dingbei County is a small county.

Including the surrounding villages and towns, the entire county has a resident population of less than 4. In addition, it is located in a remote area with poor resources and inconvenient transportation. There is only a winding horse road connected to the outside world. Even the devils have not taken a fancy to this place.

But in this chaotic world, there is no possibility of a paradise.

Although it did not suffer from the direct devastation of the Japanese devils, Dingbei County still suffers from the scourge of bandits and defeated soldiers.

Fortunately, there has been improvement recently.

As the supplies of the troops gradually became sufficient, the base area began to expand greatly. In mid-April, a company belonging to the [-]th Brigade came to Dingbei County to suppress bandits and establish a base area here.

Facing the Eighth Route Army with guns and cannons, most of the bandits were either wiped out or fled. The banditry in Dingbei County was almost wiped out for a while, the people's life was rarely stable, and the population gradually recovered.

But because Dingbei County itself has a preserved fruit base and a militia group, although a platoon of this militia group can be wiped out, yes, it is wiped out, and it is close to Xiyan City, so this company only occupies some remote rural areas.

The county seat is still controlled by preserved fruit.

So, after the Battle of Central Henan, Chu Yunfei led the [-]th Regiment and retreated to this county for rest.

"Tuan Zuo, this is the military salary for this month."

In the county seat, Fang Ligong walked into the regiment headquarters. Behind him were six soldiers carrying three large baskets full of legal currency.

The number on the coin is generally in the amount of one hundred.

The 5000th Regiment greatly expanded its army during the Henan-Central Battle. At its peak, the total size exceeded [-]. Even though the losses were severe during the battle and some main forces were lost due to other reasons, the current total strength is still nearly [-].

Comparable to an ordinary teacher.

The more people there are, the more military pay will naturally be.

"Ah!"

Looking at the basket of 'military pay' in front of him, Chu Yunfei asked with a sneer:

"Send it, does anyone want it?"

Fang Ligong was silent.

Because they are all in large amounts of one hundred or five hundred, the amount of these three baskets of legal currency is 3000 million.The 5000th Regiment, including support personnel, currently has a total of just 6000 people, with an average of [-] yuan per head.

Of course, depending on the position, the military salary is also different, and it cannot be divided directly, but it is divided into the hands of the most basic soldiers, and each person has 400 per month.Compared with the seven fiat currency per month at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, it has increased by more than [-] times.

There is a big conscience.

But the problem is.

At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, one hundred French coins could buy two cows in the Shanghai stock market, but now one hundred French coins cannot buy a grain of coal in Shanxi. The focus here is in Shanxi.

In Dingbei County, [-] Kuai is not even enough to buy a steamed bun—[-], which is still yesterday’s price, and the stalls are limited, only half the size of ordinary steamed buns.

Who will want this military salary!

"Why so fast?"

Fang Ligong couldn't figure it out.

At this time last year, the 5000th Regiment was stationed near Heyuan County, with a strength of [-] people. He still remembered that he received [-] military pay at that time.

"why?"

Chu Yunfei snorted coldly:
"Because of a bunch of trash and moths."

It has been seven years since the Anti-Japanese War.

Chu Yunfei did not deny that the government of the mountain city was really in trouble, internal and external troubles, lack of supplies, the economic war of the Japanese invaders, lack of external channels, and the huge consumption of supplying the frontline troops.

Economic failure, that is, a certain scale of devaluation of fiat currency is normal.

But no matter how depreciated, the current situation is impossible. From 100 yuan, you can buy two cows, and now, 1 yuan can only buy half a steamed bun.

"It has something to do with them, too."

Fang Ligong hummed, but his voice became lower and lower.

A few months ago, that is, in March, although the fiat currency was also depreciating at that time, it was still barely stable.

Everything changed when Li Yunlong and the others traded aviation fuel and bombs to the Americans.

With the help of the Americans, Li Yunlong and his group also reached an agreement with Shancheng Fruit Preserved. They can use French currency to buy low-quality coarse grains to rescue the huge victims. The price is relatively favorable, and Minister Kong is in charge.

then.

All of a sudden, fiat money exploded.

A large number of brand new 1000 yuan, [-] yuan, and even [-] yuan each were purchased from Li Yunlong and his gang. Although the price of food has been soaring all the way, according to his guess, before the agreement was terminated, they were bought. Coarse grains may also exceed one million tons.

And those victims also received disaster relief from the (town) government - one hundred French currency per person.

"That regiment, if we don't pay the military salary, I'm afraid what happened to the Second Battalion will happen again."

Fang Ligong's tone was anxious.

No one wants the legal currency, but their regiment has nothing else.There is one thing about food stamps. This thing is much harder than legal currency. Since its issuance, it has not depreciated.

As long as you go to the base area where Li Yunlong and his gang are, you can find a supermarket run by them, and you can exchange them for a sufficient amount of high-quality finely packaged grain.You can also buy a variety of goods, ranging from small needles and thread to large tractors.

You can buy them, as long as you have enough food stamps.

But it was too little, and the military salary was not enough.

And without military pay, or without military pay for several months in a row, not only will morale be affected, but other things will even happen.

"Humph."

Chu Yunfei sneered again:
"The commander of the second battalion told me before he was about to leave."

"what!"

Fang Ligong was shocked.

After the Henan-Central Battle, the Second Battalion was responsible for escorting the dozens of air-ground liaison officers of the Independent Regiment back to the Independent Regiment's base area, but after arriving at the opponent's base area, the Second Battalion, from the battalion commander to the soldiers, all joined the Eighth Route.

No one came back.

He didn't expect that this was the tacit consent of the team leader.

Could it be that····

Thinking of this, Fang Ligong's eyes widened.

"There's a lot of food stamps in there."

Chu Yunfei sighed suddenly, losing all vigor, and then took out a box from the room behind the regiment headquarters and handed it to Fang Ligong:

"Give it to the brothers in the regiment, it will be regarded as making up for the military salary for these few months."

"Notify all battalions and companies that soldiers can enter and leave the barracks at will as long as they don't carry guns. If any personnel are lost, they will be treated as missing on the battlefield."

Fang Ligong's staring eyes suddenly widened again.

The county seat of Dingbei County is still in the hands of the [-]th Regiment, but some rural areas are already owned by the Eighth Road. Once the control is released, the [-]th Regiment will shrink by one-third in less than half a month.

And this box, he remembered that Li Yunlong gave it to his team leader.

He remembered that his head of the team refused at that time.

"Yes."

After moving his mouth, Fang Ligong finally nodded in agreement.

No matter why the head of the regiment accepted Li Yunlong's benefits in the end, it doesn't make much sense if the [-] regiment is not complete.

Even if the scale of 5000 people is maintained and the morale is like a rainbow, what can they do?
Hit devils?
forget it.

Even if you want to fight devils, there are none around here.

There are no more devils in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and central Henan, and they were all driven away by Li Yunlong and the others.

In the Battle of Central Henan, the Central Henan area, which could not be contained by the Tang Legion's hundreds of thousands of troops, was easily recovered by Li Yunlong.Even the devils didn't dare to resist, and several divisions retreated in desperation.

"Go."

Chu Yunfei waved his hand.

"Yes."

Fang Ligong and a dozen guards from the guard company left the regiment headquarters with a box of food coupons and walked to the street. What caught his eyes were rows of hawkers and merchants on the street.

There are those who sell brand-new iron hoes, shovels, plows and rakes, pots and pans, rubber-soled shoes, cigarettes, and cotton-padded clothes—probably the only thing in common is that all these vendors sell Li Yunlong. Made in a factory controlled by the gang.

There are even a lot of rare food stalls and food stalls.

All transactions are made using food stamps.

Fang Ligong stared blankly at the street in front of him, and suddenly heaved a deep sigh—he understood why the head of the group gave up.

There is no doubt about the loyalty of the country. Li Yunlong has repeatedly seduced, even paid a lot of money to attract, as well as the troops commanding ten battalions of the independent regiment, but he failed to convince his own regiment leader.

But right now, who will be the future leader of this land, the outcome has actually been decided.

Like the difference between food stamps and fiat currency.

Legal currency is like waste paper, and food stamps are spread all over the country. Even in Dingbei County, which they control with candied fruit, the opponent has already won a complete victory economically.

"The economy is sometimes scarier than the military."

Finally, Fang Ligong sighed deeply.

······
Just after Fang Ligong left, in the headquarters of the [-] regiment.

Chu Yunfei looked at the national map on the table and said to himself:

"Kong Jie is in the south, pay the devils in the south and push south..."

Speaking of this, Chu Yunfei looked at his family's base camp, the mountain city, and then turned his gaze to the North China region of Shanxi, and continued talking to himself:

"Li Yunlong is in the middle, wipe out North China, move eastward, advance to the coastal areas, and then..."

As he spoke, Chu Yunfei glanced at the mainland of Japan.

This time he looked at it for a long time before retracting his gaze and turning his gaze to the northeast, and even all the way to the north:
"Ding Wei went north to wipe out the Kwantung Army..."

"Hey."

Finally, Chu Yunfei looked back and sighed deeply.

This sigh was filled with deep envy and deep hesitation.

······
Chengde.

Even though several days have passed, on the imperial army's position outside the city, a shell will still fall every minute, and then a huge smoke will rise, leaving a huge crater.

Looking away, looking around, you can see that the positions outside Chengde are already covered with bomb craters of this size, densely packed, and even many city walls have been blown down.

Of course, there are even bigger craters, which are traces left by heavy aerial bombs, still densely packed and everywhere.

"Report, Base Camp Telegram."

Looking away from the underground bunker, Hattori Kotaro looked at the new staff officer.

After the night attack failed, after receiving the broken telegrams from his two divisions, and after seeing the shelling and bombing of the independent regiment, Hattori felt something deeply.

Even if the next three divisions arrive, even if he has [-] troops, even if.The Kwantung Army continues to support him, and if he continues to defend Chengde, he will undoubtedly lose.

Chengde can't keep it.

The advantage in military strength cannot make up for the weakness in firepower, let alone bridge the gap in armor strength between the two sides.

Only now, as far as he knew, the troops in front of him had assembled more than [-] tanks. These tanks went out for training every day, fired live ammunition, and sometimes even ran to the front of the position to shoot targets.

Target the imperial army.

There are hundreds of planes.

As for heavy artillery, forget it.

And it seems that the number of tanks, aircraft and heavy artillery is still increasing rapidly.

As the First Division, he is very aware of the role of aircraft and tanks on the battlefield. Among other things, when fighting in the plains, the opponent's tanks of more than 500 rushed over, and the [-]-level aircraft dominated the air. It may not be able to stop it.

So, he informed the base camp of his thoughts.

It is required to retreat, and it is required to use the solid positions in the rear, and those who were originally intended to defend against the northern fortifications to resist the attack of the independent regiment.

"read."

Hattori said to the staff officer.

(End of this chapter)