Chapter XVII

Butler Huang, who returned to the Huang Mansion, did not add fuel and vinegar, and told Huang Tuanzuo the truth about Tang Cheng's original words, and listened to his housekeeper's report, Huang Tuanzuo, who was shaking a big fan, widened his eyes. "Okay, you can also dissipate your anger, I see that the little company commander is capable, what are those people in your garrison regiment like, you don't know, you can hold them, that Tang company commander is also a capable person, such a person can only show favor and not offend." The woman in red whispered to Huang Tuanzuo, who was sitting beside her.

If it were someone else, Huang Tuanzuo might have turned his face a long time ago, but this woman in red is his wife with knotted hair, if she didn't help her in the back, the Huang family would not have developed into such a situation. In troubled times, people with guns were far more powerful than just having money, and the idea of paying for the head of the garrison regiment was also from Mrs. Huang's idea. "The garrison team has spent a lot of money on our family, and you also asked me to take out the guns of our nursing team and give them to the garrison group, if this kid makes it bad, then my money and guns are not all wasted."

Mrs. Huang gave the housekeeper a look, and the relieved housekeeper bowed his head and went out, leaving only the head of Huang and his family in the hall. "I said you can't use your brain." Mrs. Huang tapped her man's cheek with the index finger of her right hand, "Didn't the housekeeper just say it, although there are only 7 of them, but they all have two guns, one long and one short, and there is a machine gun and a small cannon in that truck, do you have such equipment in your garrison regiment?" You're looking at the people in your garrison regiment, and people are robbing your garrison regiment", "Then why are they rushing to train me in the garrison regiment?" I've never seen anyone who works for nothing and doesn't get paid. The suspicious Captain Huang simply got up from the recliner and paced back and forth in the hall. He was originally just a landlord who lived by collecting land rent, and he bought the position of the head of the garrison regiment just to glorify his ancestors and find a way out for the descendants of the Huang family, but after he really became the head of this regiment, he found that this was much more troublesome than collecting land rent, and the appearance of Tang Cheng always made him feel a strong uneasiness in his heart.

"The housekeeper inquired from Niu Laogui, saying that when they entered the city yesterday, the truck still contained a lot of boxes, and I guess they should have escorted those boxes to Wuhan or Sichuan, and they just passed by us to temporarily stop to recuperate." If Tang Cheng was here at this time, he would definitely praise Madame Huang for being a smart person, because she had almost guessed all of Tang Cheng's plans. Since Mrs. Huang had already said so, the anxious Huang had no choice but to patiently agree to wait and see for the time being.

It is impossible to guarantee that the defeated soldiers in the garrison regiment will obey Tang Cheng's words and plans by relying on some small means, but Tang Cheng has other means, that is, training, heavy and intensive training can tire these disobedient guys half to death, so that they will not have the time and energy to discuss Tang Cheng in private. "Run, keep running, you can't shoot accurately, you can't throw grenades, can't you even run away?" Lao Dongbei, who was riding a tall horse, proudly waved the thin wooden branches in his hand and whipped those guys who were about to run.

Although the thin wooden branch whipped on the person's body was not very painful, the expression on Lao Dongbei's face was too annoying, and those guys who were whipped by Lao Northeast did not dare to resist, so they could only grit their teeth and run desperately while scolding Lao Dongbei with all kinds of dirty words they could think of. The 5-kilometer rapid march once a day in the morning and evening made the soldiers of the garrison regiment tired, and if they did not obey the order, they would be driven out of the garrison regiment and go back to live without food and drink.

The 5-kilometer march was not the only training content of the garrison regiment, they also had to undergo grenade throwing training, trench digging training and shooting training, Tang Cheng did not want to train them to be like the second company of the troops who dared to fight hard with the Japanese army, but they only needed to have the seven points of combat effectiveness of the Mengcheng garrison regiment. "Adjutant Huang, tell Commander Huang that these bullets must be sent to the barracks, and if there is no live-fire training, the rifles in their hands are not as good as burning sticks." This is the third time in two days that Tang Cheng has asked for bullets from Captain Huang, and the bitter-faced Steward Huang doesn't know if he will be slapped by his master.

"No, you go to Sue Sù that Tang City, my family has been hollowed out, where is there still a bullet for him. It's a fucking loser, it only took two days to use up my 2,000 rounds of ammunition, and if it goes on like this, I don't think it will take a few days, and I, the commander of the garrison regiment, will be ruined. "Huang Tuanzuo, including Mrs. Huang, didn't expect that it would be so costly for just a training, and it would consume so much of the materials, and the bullets that Huang Tuanzuo got by the trustees had already consumed more than half of them, and if it continued like this, the Huang family really had to take the money out to buy bullets again.

"No?" Tang Cheng was not surprised by the news brought back by Steward Huang, but the old northeast and a few of them were out of the way, two days of live-fire training had just made these mud-like guys a little better, and as soon as Commander Huang was relieved, the training of the garrison regiment would be interrupted. Tang Cheng had bullets in his hands, but they were all equipped with Mauser rifles, and the bullets were not compatible with the Hanyang of the garrison regiment, and Tang Cheng, who only stayed in Macheng for a short time, would not waste his own bullets for the garrison regiment.

"If there are no bullets, the training of the garrison regiment can only be regrettably stopped, and the troops who can't use weapons well are not as good as those farmers with hoes, go back and tell Commander Huang that the garrison regiment should be disbanded as soon as possible." Tang Cheng didn't give Steward Huang any more time to think about it, and took the old northeast and them out of the barracks and returned to the cyclamen. The physical fitness of these soldiers of the Mengcheng Garrison Regiment is good, as long as Tang Cheng is given enough time to train them, the final combat effectiveness of these people will not be worse than that of the Mengcheng Garrison Regiment.

"Company commander, are we really not going to garrison the regiment?" During lunch, Liu Shishi muttered to Tang Cheng in a low voice, but Tang Cheng only shook his head, but did not answer Liu Shishi. Tang Cheng still wants to sell the truck to the Huang family, how could he not go to the barracks of the garrison regiment, he did it on purpose, he wanted to see where the bottom line of Commander Huang was. Like Liu Goat, Tang Cheng, who left Mengcheng, also tried hard to rebuild the Second Company, not only because rebuilding the Second Company was Liu Goat's trust before his death, but Tang Cheng also seemed to miss the days when he commanded the 1st Company to fight the Japanese army in Mengcheng.

Tong Guò Niu Lao Gui's recruitment of defeated troops in Macheng was only the first step of Tang Cheng, and he went to Sichuan only for the American passport that Tang Cheng had on his body, and Tang Cheng never thought of settling in Chongqing. That American passport is Tang Cheng's last retreat, he has to go to Chongqing to find the US Embassy to solve the passport matter, the United States is a strange place to Tang Cheng, but there is Robert's hometown, Tang Cheng wants to send Robert's ashes back to his hometown, he also wants to see where Robert was born and raised.

"Squad Leader Niu, I can't be idle this afternoon, go to the defeated soldiers you know, I want to make up the number of people as much as possible, there is an imminent good plan that needs manpower." After lunch, Tang Cheng explained a few words to Jiujin and Niu Laogui, and then took Liu Shishi to Huang's house. Although the training of the garrison regiment was temporarily suspended, Tang Cheng's new plan still needed the help of Commander Huang, and besides, this was a matter of killing two birds with one stone, and Commander Huang had no reason to refuse his proposal.

"You're talking about Boss Hu?" Tang Cheng got his wish and met Captain Huang, who pretended to be sick and hid at home, and after he explained his intentions, Captain Huang expressed his surprise. Boss Hu used to be a bandit, this is not news in Macheng, many people, of course, including Captain Huang, know about it, Tang Cheng wants to attack Boss Hu, but it is a little surprising to Boss Huang, why does Tang Cheng dare to insist that Boss Hu is still dealing with bandits.

"Commander Huang, with all due respect, your garrison may not even be able to defeat those bandits, because most of them have never really fought with guns. Suppressing bandits is the best way to train troops, which can not only temper the combat effectiveness of the garrison regiment, but also obtain enough money and materials, and perhaps we can also solve the current problem of the garrison regiment's lack of weapons and ammunition. Tang Cheng's words made Captain Huang a little moved, but out of habit, Captain Huang did not answer directly, but subconsciously turned his head to look at Mrs. Huang.

"The matter between you men should not be talked about by me, a woman, but, Company Commander Tang, since you have already said that the current combat effectiveness of the garrison regiment is worrying, how can you keep them and definitely be able to exterminate those bandits?" Mrs. Huang elegantly took a sip of the teacup, and then looked at Tang Cheng with a smile, "There are several bandits around Macheng, and my lord also paid for this garrison regiment in order to ensure the safety of one party, if the garrison regiment failed to suppress the bandits and was defeated by the bandits, what should the people of Macheng do?" ”

Tang Cheng secretly sighed that this woman should not be underestimated, but he really can't guarantee that he will succeed in suppressing the bandits. "Otherwise, I heard that Company Commander Tang drove a truck when he came to Macheng, so I will take the truck to our Huang family first, if the bandit crackdown fails, this truck will belong to my Huang family." Tang Cheng didn't expect that Mrs. Huang was actually fighting the idea of that truck now, and things seemed to be developing in the direction Tang Cheng expected, which made him feel a little happy.

"I want half of the profit after the bandits, plus 15 horses and two carriages, and the truck belongs to your Huang family." There was a tense dispute with Mrs. Huang, and the final result of the discussion was very happy. Tang Cheng was able to implement the plan to suppress the bandits, and the Huang family would get the truck after the garrison group suppressed the bandits, regardless of success or failure, of course, the Huang family had to give Tang Cheng thirty percent of the money obtained by the bandits.