boyutpedia Chapter 133 Conditional Troops
Chapter 133 Conditional Troops
Cao Huaguo saw that Zhang Wenwu agreed to his request, so he returned to the army without further ado and asked people to move his luggage to the tent. Zhang Wenwu looked at him and thought, wow, is Cao Huaguo here to fight or to go on vacation? He even brought a big box with him. Is he going to use this big box to hit the Japanese? That's amazing.
After the brothers of the Provisional Third Regiment had finished drinking the porridge, Zhang Wenwu had someone take them to the division headquarters to report to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong. At the same time, he asked someone to go back and ask the Political Department to appoint Cao Huaguo as a second lieutenant quartermaster officer, and bring back his military rank badge.
After hearing Zhang Wenwu's order, Cao Huaguo was deeply moved. He knew that he had survived this time. As for whether he could survive in the future, he felt that as long as he held on to Zhang Wenwu's thigh, the probability of survival was still very high.
While Cao Huaguo was flattering him, Zhang Wenwu asked someone to find Li Houcai, and then asked Cao Huaguo to give Li Houcai one thousand dollars. He took one hundred dollars from the money and went to the military station in Nanxiang. He needed to settle this matter with Cao Huaguo.
Cao Huaguo also followed Zhang Wenwu closely to the military station. He wanted to see his problems being resolved with his own eyes, so that he would feel at ease.
Nanxiang Military Station is now like a super market. The entire station is full of busy officers and soldiers. Some come to report, some come to receive missions, some come to collect supplies, and some come to quarrel. Yes, there are quite a few quarrels. Before Zhang Wenwu even reached the door of Deputy Station Chief Wu Jincheng's office, he had already seen three groups of people quarreling. The soldiers are all very angry. If there were no military police around, they would have started fighting a long time ago.
As soon as he arrived at the door of Wu Jincheng's office, he saw Captain Wang from Gan Province who sold the troops to him smoking at the door. Zhang Wenwu hurriedly greeted him: "Captain Wang, you are in such a good mood, relaxing here." He could not afford to offend Captain Wang, as he still had to get more reinforcements from his cousin.
"Deputy Director Zhang, how come you have time to come here? Come, have a cigarette." When Captain Wang saw that it was Zhang Wenwu, he greeted him enthusiastically.
Zhang Wenwu took the cigarette, lit it and asked, "Is Deputy Station Master Wu in the office? I need his help with something." Zhang Wenwu explained the purpose of his visit.
Captain Wang took a look at the report card in Zhang Wenwu's hand, then said with a smile: "My cousin is in the office, but there are other people in the office now, so you wait outside for a while."
When Zhang Wenwu heard that there were other people in the office, he started smoking at the door. Before he could take two puffs of his cigarette, he heard a loud quarrel coming from the office. This made Zhang Wenwu look at Captain Wang with a puzzled look. He thought, who would have the courage to offend the deputy station chief of the military station at this time? This guy is quite fierce.
Captain Wang didn't know the specific situation of the man in the office, so he could only tell Zhang Wenwu that he didn't know the man either. As soon as the man entered the office, his cousin asked him to come out and wait.
Before Zhang Wenwu could say anything, he heard the door of the office behind him being suddenly opened. An officer came out of the office cursing, while Wu Jincheng slammed the table angrily and said, "Asshole, it's simply lawless and undisciplined."
After seeing the officer walk away, Zhang Wenwu took Cao Huaguo and Captain Wang into the office. They saw some documents and papers scattered on the floor of the office. Wu Jincheng was sitting behind the desk, gasping for breath with a red face.
"Deputy Stationmaster Wu, why are you doing this? Soldiers tend to have hot tempers, and the battle ahead is not going well, so it's inevitable that I'll offend you. Calm down, calm down." Zhang Wenwu hurriedly stepped forward and said comforting words while handing Wu Jincheng a cigarette.
When Wu Jincheng saw that it was Zhang Wenwu, he took the cigarette, lit it, took a puff, waved his hand and said, "Deputy Director Zhang, what do you want to talk to me about? Why bother you to come here in person?" As soon as he saw Zhang Wenwu, he knew that Zhang Wenwu came to ask him to do something, but he was unusually polite.
Zhang Wenwu didn't waste any words and went straight to explaining the situation on Cao Huaguo's side. He described those who had escaped privately as those who were killed in the Japanese air raid. He also made it clear that this troop voluntarily joined the 18th Army in order to thank the 18th Army for its rescue during the air raid, and asked Wu Jincheng to help with the registration.
Zhang Wenwu put the registration form on the desk, and at the same time took out the cloth bag which already contained fifty dollars from his left pocket and put it on the desk. As for the remaining fifty dollars, Zhang Wenwu had no intention of spending it on this matter, as he was going to use it to buy new reinforcements from Wu Jincheng.
Wu Jincheng didn't hesitate to take the cloth bag and weighed it in his hand. Then he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Oh, it's just a small thing. Deputy Director Zhang, you have to make a trip in person. Next time, just give me a heads up and I'll ask my cousin to get the registration form from you." After saying that, he took the registration form and stamped it with the seal of the military station. At the same time, he issued a receipt form to Zhang Wenwu to indicate that he had already registered.
Seeing that the matter was done, Zhang Wenwu said with a smile: "Deputy Stationmaster Wu, I have no other choice. The commander of the army is urging us. The troops ahead are almost wiped out and we need reinforcements urgently. That's why I have the audacity to come and ask for help from Deputy Stationmaster Wu."
After hearing Zhang Wenwu's request, Wu Jincheng said helplessly, "Deputy Director Zhang, to be honest, I have a pile of telegrams requesting additional troops a foot thick, but the number of additional troops arriving every day is far from enough. Because of limited transportation, most of the additional troops come to Shanghai on foot, which takes time. I really don't have any extra people here now."
Zhang Wenwu cursed in his heart, "Damn it!", but his face was full of smiles. He took out the fifty-dollar cloth bag from his right pocket and put it on the desk, saying, "Hey, isn't this a request for Deputy Stationmaster Wu to help think of a solution? I believe that Deputy Stationmaster Wu will definitely sympathize with the current difficulties of our 18th Army."
Wu Jincheng took Zhang Wenwu's bag, weighed it, and put it in the drawer of his desk very naturally. Then he slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, look at my brain. There are too many things going on recently. I just remembered that there is a troop that has not yet been assigned a place. If Deputy Director Zhang is interested, he can discuss it with the chief officer of that troop."
Zhang Wenwu's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Thank you, Deputy Stationmaster Wu, for your care. Thank you, Deputy Stationmaster Wu, for your care. Where is that unit? I'll go talk to their chief officer right away."
Wu Jincheng did not answer Zhang Wenwu's words, but said to Captain Wang: "Cousin, call back the officer who just left, tell him that his request can be met, and ask him to come over and meet with the person in charge of receiving the troops."
Zhang Wenwu asked in confusion: "Deputy Station Master Wu, what are you doing..."
Wu Jincheng walked from behind his desk to Zhang Wenwu, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Deputy Director Zhang, I think you are the only one who can satisfy that bastard's request."
Wu Jincheng introduced this unit to Zhang Wenwu. It turned out that this unit was a large bandit armed force at the junction of Jiangsu, Henan and Shandong. At the beginning of this year, it was just amnesty by the Jiangsu Provincial Government to become a security group. Later, when the war in Shanghai just started, it was sent to Shanghai as a supplementary source of troops. However, this security group did not agree to the military station to disperse them to various troops, insisting on forming a group to participate in the war, and also asked for new weapons and other requirements. This resulted in the troops arriving at the Nanxiang military station for three days and not being arranged to go out. The military station did not dare to send troops to forcibly suppress it, and was also afraid of a fight, which would not be good for anyone at that time, so the military station stopped the food supply to this unit, and as a result, the scene Zhang Wenwu saw at the beginning happened.
After listening to Wu Jincheng's introduction, Zhang Wenwu began to ponder in his mind. The combat capability of this kind of bandit-reorganized army is still good, but the organizational discipline is very poor. If they are allowed to form their own group, there will still be risks. He thinks he should talk to the chief officer of this army first. If the risk is too great, he cannot have this army. Otherwise, it will not help but bring trouble to his own army. That would be inappropriate.
After a while, Captain Wang came in with the officer who had just left. When Wu Jincheng saw the officer, he said unhappily: "Wang Mazi, this officer is the head of the quartermaster department of the Central Army's direct troops. If you have any requests, you can talk to him alone." After speaking, he took Captain Wang out of the office. He was annoyed when he saw Wang Mazi, so he simply hid away and let him and Zhang Wenwu deal with it.
"Captain Wang, right? I am the deputy director of the Quartermaster Department of the 102nd Division of the th Army. Zhang Wenwu, please tell me your requirements and see if I can meet them." Zhang Wenwu decided to be straightforward. It is better to be direct when talking to these bandits.
After hearing Zhang Wenwu's straightforward question, Wang Mazi couldn't help but feel more favorable towards him. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "Captain Zhang, I am a rough man. Since you want me to tell you, I will tell you my conditions. First of all, I hope that our brothers can form a regiment on their own. Secondly, our equipment is too poor, and we hope to replace our equipment. In addition, the brothers' salaries for last month have not been paid yet, and the army must make up the owed salaries to the brothers."
Zhang Wenwu handed Wang Mazi a cigarette, and then asked curiously: "Captain Wang, as long as you come to my side, you can get new uniforms and guns, and it's no problem to make up for the unpaid military wages. That's all the money you brothers deserve. Not only will I make up for last month's salary, I will also pay this month's salary to everyone in advance. But, I'm a little curious, why do you have to form a group of your own?"