Bright Sword: Stop pretending, I am the most powerful warlord

Wu Qianli's plan to clean up the northern devils first has been finalized, but this will definitely not be solved overnight, there are still many things to be dealt with.

He has no shortage of weapons and equipment for the time being. The Hacheng devils have multiple warehouses. The weapons reserves in these warehouses are enough for five thousand miles of armed forces, but the biggest problem is whether they can find enough soldiers.

This time, he traveled from the northwest of Shanxi to the northeast with a small number of people, and lost many people in the march and battle along the way.

"Zhao Zhengwei, have we counted the number of casualties so far?"

Zhao Gang nodded: "This time we brought a total of about [-] from Northwest Shanxi. After several battles, the number of victims was about [-]. Including those who were injured and unable to fight, we have about six people who can participate in the battle now." Thousands of early."

After Zhao Gang finished speaking, everyone fell into silence. There were too many casualties along the way. It would be foolish to want to sweep the north with only the remaining 6000 people.

After a moment of silence, Wu Qianli said: "It seems that the next stage of work is very clear, we must first recruit troops and buy horses!"

Everyone nodded, there was no way this could be done.

The devils have been operating in the Northeast for many years. In order to prevent the northern bear army from attacking them, they have sent heavy troops to guard many important cities, and they have built various strongholds like fortresses.

Although Wu Qianli's weapons and equipment are not a problem, without manpower, everything is useless!
"There is no problem with recruiting, but if we want recruits to join the battle in a short period of time, I'm afraid training is essential. Do we have enough time?"

As soon as Kong Jie finished speaking, Wu Qianli immediately said: "There is time for training, and the recruits can learn from the veterans."

"After a short basic training, you can directly put yourself on the battlefield. Actual combat is the best teacher."

"When we fight back, these recruits can almost become our backbone."

Zhao Gang shook his head: "First of all, I have no objection to training soldiers in actual combat, but these are all things to come. The prerequisite for training soldiers is that we must first recruit soldiers!"

"Everyone, this is the Northeast, not the Northwest of Shanxi. We have a serious lack of mass base here, and we can say that we have no way to start recruiting."

As soon as Zhao Gang finished speaking, Li Yunlong and others fell silent immediately.

They obviously ignored the current situation. When they recruited soldiers in Northwest Shanxi, they always responded to everyone. There were even a lot of people in Wuqianli who wanted to be his soldiers.

Of course, all of this is due to the good mass foundation they have laid in Northwest Shanxi for many years, and the achievements they have made in Northwest Shanxi are real and visible. The people believe in the Eighth Route Army, so they will naturally sign up for it. soldier.

But they are now in the Northeast, and the record of their shots is probably only this time to take down Harbin, and most of this matter has been covered up by the devils. Except for Harbin and the surrounding cities, most people probably don’t know what happened. What, they may not even know that a small number of the Eighth Route Army has arrived in Harbin.

Wu Qianli was silent for a while and said: "Zhengwei Zhao is right. Our Eighth Route Army's biggest reliance is not on the guns in our hands, but on the tens of thousands of people. No matter what we do, as long as it is with the people and us The idea of ​​faith runs counter to the result is bound to be failure."

"So, before recruiting troops, we have to let Harbin and even the entire Northeast know that we are coming. At the same time, we have to let the people here trust us and know that we are a force capable of fighting devils."

The Northeast was the first city to fall, and the devils have been operating here for many years. Many local people have actually lost confidence in the army.

In the early years, when the Northeast Army withdrew from the Northeast, countless people were exposed to the devil's butcher knife. No matter what the reason was, the people would only remember the bloody facts. When everyone was disappointed to the extreme, this disappointment would spread. Well, from the disappointment with the Northeast Army to the inaction of the Nationalist Army, this will inevitably make them lose confidence in all Huaxia troops.

"It's true to say that, but it's easy to lose people's hearts, but it's not as simple as just talking about it if you want to build them up."

Ding Weichang sighed: "Now the people in the Northeast are probably very disappointed with the regular army. Rather than waiting for the Northeast Army to come back or waiting for the Nationalist Army to come to support them, they might as well count on the people of the Anti-Japanese Alliance."

"Besides, the main scope of our Eighth Route Army's activities is not in the Northeast. Many people probably only know about our team."

Ding Wei didn't continue his words, but everyone knew what he meant very well.

To put it simply, if they want to lay a good foundation for the masses in the Northeast, they must first do something that the people of the Northeast can see.

This benefit can be to regain the city, or it can be other things, but no matter which way, they must take practical actions, and it is absolutely impossible to sell propaganda through newspapers like before.

Moreover, although Harbin has a newspaper office, it is the devils who really control the public opinion in the Northeast.

Even if Wu Qianli and the others wanted to promote themselves through newspapers, the news would soon be intercepted by the devils, and it would be impossible to achieve the expected effect.

Wu Qianli nodded: "Captain Ding is right, so we must show tangible benefits."

"I actually noticed a lot of things in Harbin during the day. There are more beggars and poor people here than I have seen anywhere. What does this mean?"

"This shows that although Harbin looks bright and beautiful, there are still many poor people behind the scenes. They don't have enough food and clothing. They can survive this winter, but they may not be able to survive the next winter."

"These people are the best breakthrough for us to win the hearts of the people."

Li Yunlong was thoughtful: "What are you going to do? We will listen to you."

Wu Qianli turned to look at Zhao Gang: "Zhao Zhengwei, how long will we have enough food? How many cotton-padded quilts are there?"

Zhao Gang was taken aback: "In addition to the seizures from the devils this time, our food should be more than enough for two or three years, but the premise is that the current number of troops, if the previous scale of 6 people is restored, then the food may only be enough Support for about half a year."

"As for cotton clothes and quilts, there are no specific statistics, but there must be rich ones!"

Wu Qianli nodded: "If this is the case, then take it out. We will distribute relief supplies at the gates of the four cities. Food, clothes and quilts are all fine."

"Also, call all the doctors and doctors in the city tomorrow to treat the people of Harbin."

As soon as Wu Qianli finished speaking, everyone looked at him in disbelief, their eyes full of shock and surprise!