Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2633: Take the money, but the woman doesn't want it!

More than 400 of the 1,000 puppet soldiers were killed, and about 500 of them were trembling with fear, but they did not suffer any beatings from the miners.

Everyone has a psychological scale. Those puppet soldiers who were beaten to death were also the puppet soldiers who oppressed them on a daily basis. As for some other puppet soldiers, they were only forced to guard them in the mine. Sometimes, some puppet soldiers even stole food for them.

So the miners are not the kind of people who kill indiscriminately.

But at this time, Duanwu looked at the puppet troops and had a new idea.

Duanwu slowly walked in front of them. The puppet soldiers were still very nervous.

One of the puppet soldiers even begged for mercy: "Sir, we really didn't do anything bad. We were all captured by Zhang Jun and Huang Batian. We were forced to work for the Japanese!"

The other puppet soldiers also kowtowed to Duanwu one after another.

Duanwu stopped and asked, "Now that the mine is gone, where do you want to go?"

But at this time, before these puppet soldiers could speak, Duanwu said: "Although I can let you go, can the Japanese let you go? The mine is lost, the devils will definitely retaliate, they can't do anything to us, but you are different.

They will capture you one by one, and you will have two fates.

The first outcome is to be shot to death by the Japanese, and the second is to be caught and brought back to continue working for them.

But if we meet again on the battlefield next time, I will kill you without hesitation.

Because what you said is true, many of you may have been coerced. But this is no excuse for you to remain as a puppet army.

Because there are always people like you around, the devils can act so recklessly on Chinese soil."

At this point, Duanwu shouted loudly: "Ma Shanpao, send a few people to register and remember the identities of these people. If you see them on the battlefield next time, just shoot them!"

"Yes!"

Ma Shanpao took the order and immediately brought his men over.

However, at this time, the four or five hundred puppet soldiers looked at each other, having no idea what to do.

But suddenly, a puppet soldier who still had some courage said, "We are going to die anyway, why not join the Anti-Japanese Brigade? At least after we die, we can be considered heroes. Why should we live like this?"

At this moment, someone took the lead, and another puppet soldier also said: "Brother Zhang is right. There is no way to survive anyway. We are both holding guns, so why not use them to fight the Japanese?"

So at this moment, it seemed as if all the puppet soldiers saw hope, and one after another said: "Sir, we are willing to join the Anti-Japanese Brigade, and we hope you can take us in."

As they spoke, the puppet soldiers kowtowed to Duanwu one by one, and some even broke their heads to show their sincerity.

Duanwu's inner smile grew wider, but on the surface he still said solemnly: "Since you are so sincere, I will give you a chance. But I want to see your awareness, that is, to fight bravely on the battlefield. There are no cowards in our Anti-Japanese Brigade, so I don't want you to break the rules of our Anti-Japanese Brigade!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, all the puppet soldiers shouted loudly at the same time, with much more momentum than when they were puppet soldiers.

Duanwu ordered: "Then go to Captain Ma to register. You will become new recruits of the Anti-Japanese Brigade just like those miners."

"Yes!"

The puppet soldiers responded again and immediately went to line up to register.

Duanwu looked at the backs of those puppet soldiers and finally smiled. There were more than 2,000 of them. If they could form real combat effectiveness, Duanwu would dare to go straight to Songyuan.

"Report to the captain!" At this moment, an Anti-Japanese Allied Forces soldier came to report to Duanwu.

Duanwu looked at the smiling anti-Japanese fighter and asked, "What's wrong?"

The Anti-Japanese Allied Forces soldier chuckled and said, "Reporting to the captain, we found more than 15,000 silver dollars and more than 6,000 silver dollars in Huang Batian's residence and Zhang Jun's residence respectively, as well as more than 20 gold bars, a box of gold and silver jewelry, and Huang Batian's two wives."

Duanwu said: "Take the money, the women don't want it, let them go!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers took the order and left, leaving behind only a few large boxes.

Duanwu looked at the money and found that he had made money again. He found a team leader and asked him to give two dollars to each miner who wanted to go home as travel expenses, and take the rest of the money away.

This trip to the mine was really worthwhile. Not only did the problem of manpower be solved, but also the problem of military pay was solved.

Of course, Duanwu’s troops never lacked military pay, and he even had money to buy advanced weapons.

But who thinks money is too hard to handle?

Moreover, Duanwu noticed one person among the miners, that is, Wang Shusheng. If he hadn't said that before, I'm afraid that the miners wouldn't have joined the Anti-Japanese Brigade so easily, at least not so many.

So Duanwu asked someone to call Wang Shusheng over alone.

When Wang Shusheng saw Duanwu, he immediately nodded and said, "Sir, what do you want me to do?"

At this time, Wang Shusheng already had the gun on his back and was looking at Duanwu with a silly smile.

But Duanwu doesn't think this person is a simple and honest person.

Duanwu saw a gleam of wisdom in this man's eyes, a light different from that of other miners.

Duanwu smiled slightly and said, "Your name is Wang Shusheng, right? What did you do before?"

Wang Shusheng quickly replied: "Sir, I used to be a teacher. Later, the Japanese came and prohibited me from teaching Chinese. I didn't know Japanese, so I returned home. But I didn't expect to be caught by the devils and taken to the mine again."

Duanwu said again: "I see, you seem to have quite a status among the miners. Are they willing to listen to you?"

Wang Shusheng smiled and said, "Hehe, I am an easy-going person and I get along well with my brothers, so they listen to me. But the one who has the most weight here is not me, but the old boss. His last name is Xu, and his name is Xu Da. But we all call him the old boss!"

Duanwu looked at the old man who was about fifty years old and pointed by Wang Shusheng. The old man was one of the people who were going to leave.

Duanwu looked at Wang Shusheng again and said, "The old leader is leaving. It seems that you are the backbone of all the new soldiers."

Wang Shusheng quickly added: "I dare not say that. You are our backbone!"

Duanwu smiled and said, "As expected of a teacher, you should be able to talk."

Scholar Wang smiled apologetically, but at this moment, Duanwu said, "Can you fight? If you can, I'll let you lead a squadron."

Wang Shusheng's eyes lit up for a moment, but he immediately shook his head and said, "Everyone wants to be an official, but you have to have the ability. I know my own abilities, so how can I be an official if I don't have the ability!"

(End of this chapter)