Good technology is made with money. The clones need to be trained, and the miners need to be trained.

The ammunition used for training was spent like a stream, which made Meng Xiang feel distressed when he saw it. Although a bullet is only 0.01 yuan, tens of thousands of rounds, or even hundreds of thousands of bullet training quantities are exchanged for money.

Since it was not yet possible to build a tank factory, there was no artillery. To compensate for the lack of heavy firepower, all the soldiers were armed with five grenades.

In addition, in order to make up for the shortcomings of the small number of people, it is another pistol per person. The pistols are mostly classic 7.92 mm Luger pistols, and there are also 9 mm high-power Browning pistols, which can be regarded as a preliminary unification of the caliber of the bullet.

Coupled with military uniforms, helmets, binoculars, etc., it has undoubtedly become a big expense. Moreover, in order to cope with future crises, the production of firearms has not stopped, lest you have to wait for guns when there are people, or if there are any damaged equipment and it is not timely to replenish it.

The miners also needed another military salary, and at first Meng Xiang was very sympathetic and set the military salary at 10 oceans per month. The miners didn't pay much attention to it, and only after asking a few people did they know. Now military salaries are marked with ten oceans, or even more. What's more, under Meng Xiang's hands, because of the high-intensity training, it is also very hard.

But it wasn't until later that everyone became happy when they saw that Meng Xiang was eating, drinking, wearing, and working, and making 10 yuan of ocean net earnings. This is also a lot of money, although there is no family background for the time being, but the money in the pocket is extraordinarily full. Fortunately, each nutritious meal only costs 0.1 yuan per person, which greatly saves expenses, otherwise Meng Xiang would really cry poor.

Eat nutritious meals often, although scientific and nutritious, but the miners are not happy with this kind of light and tasteless things, for a long time, it is not to seek to be full, naturally there are some complaints. When Meng Xiang heard this, he had to ask someone to go to the nearby villages and towns twice a week to cut meat and buy vegetables to improve his food.

In order to encourage hard-working and outstanding miners, there is also a special bonus for extra meals.

From time to time, I have to reward a few white oceans, saying that everything else is secondary, and most of them don't understand the relationship between the country and themselves. I had to give the most direct monetary encouragement.

The more than 80,000 yuan that was robbed earlier and the more than 20,000 yuan that had just been robbed didn't take long to go more than halfway, and only more than 40,000 yuan remained.

The clone soldiers never asked for money, which made Meng Xiang greatly hungry and relieved. This is also the reason why no more people were recruited in the previous robbery. The clone soldiers are much easier to use, and with the great increase in the number of clone soldiers under his hands, Meng Xiang's heart is also much more stable.

As soon as the news of the Battle of Songhu came, Meng Xiang's heart immediately stirred up again. Soon after the Battle of Songhu, it was the famous massacre.

"Gotta get something more!" Meng Xiang secretly decided in his heart.

No matter what you want to do, there can be no mistakes in the base behind you, and the key to sustainable development and victory in the later stage is to be safe in your hometown.

Although there are more than 200 soldiers, and the number of clone soldiers is increasing by nine per day, the defense around the base is guaranteed. But in the face of the pressure of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of devils not long after, the number of people is still less.

Not only is the number of people small, but the strategic space is also greatly suppressed.

Relying on the excellent clone soldiers and sophisticated weapons in the near future, simple offensive and defensive battles can still be handled. But in the face of covered bombardment by artillery and aircraft, gathering in a narrow space is undoubtedly looking for death.

We must go out and expand our living space.

There is a more important reason for what Wang Futang said a few days ago.

Wang Futang was one of only three mine guards among the eighty-four soldiers. Homeless and tired, he has always been very simple, when he was in the mine, even if he was a good old man, just for the three rich meals in every day, no longer mixed with the days when he was a child who endured cold and hunger.

When it was initially judged that Meng Xiang's bandits were still nourishing, Wang Futang, who was often bullied by himself and had a somewhat declining standard of living, finally joined Meng Xiang's team at the instigation of another guard, Li Ting.

After choosing, although the food was a little monotonous, I was able to eat to my heart's content. And it tastes good at the beginning, and the most important thing is that the net income every month is a current ocean to take. In order to appease them who complained a lot in the training, Meng Xiang took out a family support subsidy of ten oceans per person a week later, and promised that the standard ten oceans per month in the future, and the top ten who performed well could get double it.

Although the training was tortured to death, for the sake of money, and he was able to eat and clothe himself, Wang Futang endured it.

If it is said that at the beginning, Wang Futang had the idea of mixing, waiting for Meng Xiang's gang of bandits to disperse the smoke, and then continuing to mix in another way, but when he saw the absolutely sophisticated weapons in his hands, Wang Futang couldn't help but admire:

"If I had these weapons, I would have gathered my ranks, occupied a few cities, and become kings. Every day when you raise your mouth and collect taxes, there will be countless amounts of money, how happy it is! ”

Originally, this was a self-exclamation, but unfortunately it happened to be heard by Meng Xiang, who often patrols the camp to exchange feelings with them. At that time, his heart moved.

Naturally, he didn't want to be a king. Usually there may be some similar thoughts, but now that the devils have entered the village, even the surname is not guaranteed, so what else can we talk about.

What attracted Meng Xiang's attention was that if he really occupied a few towns, relying on the local economy, there would undoubtedly be a lot of funds in his account soon. This also makes the development of the base enter a fast lane. Moreover, the targeted occupation of cities and towns can expand the space for survival and activities dozens of times and keep the danger out of the scope of affecting the base.

When Meng Xiang first came to this time and space, his heart was filled with a great fear of the unknown world. Soon there was a self-sufficient base, and naturally there was not much interaction with people. But as the base grows, it is inevitable to have contact with the people around you.

Several villages around the base were frightened off by rumors of wolf activity around the area deliberately created by Meng Xiang earlier, and the dogs played a big role in it. In addition, the scene of robbers occupying the mountain as kings was deliberately created, and the people in the vicinity no longer wandered around the area around the base, and even the cultivated land with a poor harvest in several nearby places was no longer cultivated.

However, it also saved Meng Xiang a lot of trouble, after all, the steel building of the base was a bit too unique in China at this time. Even the soldiers recruited from the eighty-four mines were filled with countless curiosities when they moved into the outermost barracks of the base. It was a relatively separate barracks specially assigned to them by Meng Xiang, and it was still some distance from the base. There are hills in the way and you can't see it.

In their eyes, they always thought that the barracks were Meng Xiang's nest, but they didn't see a more surprising base.

Since it was decided to develop and open up strategic space as soon as possible, Meng Xiang no longer hesitated, and was ready to attack the largest coal mine in a radius of 100 kilometers.

This time, Meng Xiang personally led the team, and he was also able to accumulate some combat exploits for upgrading. After all, after the base is upgraded, the scientific and technological and military level can be raised to the level of the World War II period, and the current first-class base is still at the level of the First World War era, and it always feels a little difficult in terms of layout. As half a military fan, some of the materials during World War II are still very familiar, including the famous weapons and equipment that military fans must know.

The largest coal mine is already a hundred miles away, passing through a county town to the south. Meng Xiang walked on the road panting, very nostalgic for the old days of riding in a car. I couldn't help but secretly make up my mind that I must build a chariot factory as quickly as possible.

The largest mine has been alerted enough in a series of recent attacks against him. Looking at the machine guns erected on the temporary fortifications, the newly built bunker not far away, and the patrol team that turned around, Meng Xiang couldn't help but shake his head. This time, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties.

It is said that several people around him have also avoided here.

After the outbreak of the war, the situation was a little turbulent, and these people, who were very confident in the team, did not transfer much of their property. It is still possible to temporarily avoid the anger of the Chinese from the people.

But in Meng Xiang's view, he got together, although the defense force has increased, it also means that the harvest may be greater.

After being arranged by Rat 1, Niu 1, and Rat 2, who had just joined the strategic staff officer, the plan for the attack was quickly decided.

Meng Xiang didn't have an opinion, he just came to mix the experience.

After all, the irregulars are irregular, and although they are a bit murderous, they are just hot-headed and speculative businessmen or ronin. During the onslaught of machine guns and grenades from the clone forces, gaps soon appeared in the defensive line. The clones seized the moment and rushed in.

Looking at Hu Yi who rushed in front, Niu Yi, who was deliberately left behind to be in charge of guarding by Meng Xiang's side, unexpectedly had a desire to fight in his eyes. This made Meng Xiang, who glanced at it, a little suspicious in his heart.

The battle didn't last long, anyway, Meng Xiang just hid behind in the name of the commander-in-chief. Although the merit score is relatively small, it also accounts for a lot, except for the particularly brave Hu Yi, whose merit is high. This made Meng Xiang sigh in his heart: "It's good to be a leader!" ”

The march took two days, but the battle was over in less than half an hour.

In the end, most of the fanatical people were killed, and only some women, children, and sick were left, and Meng Xiang learned his lesson this time and directly went to the people's trial.

In peacetime, the worse ones were found guilty and directly executed. Those who do not have a bad record will have all their property confiscated and driven out to fend for themselves. As for the other things in the back, Meng Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to them, so as not to have some psychological shadows that affected his emotions.

The harvest was unexpectedly rich. For the first time, Meng Xiang plundered more than 100,000 oceans. When the sheep put a list of hunted assets with a total amount of more than 180,000 yuan in front of Meng Xiang, Meng Xiang felt a little dizzy.

Many of these properties need to be discounted, and after the discount, you can get about 150,000 yuan. That's enough to build a mining plant.

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