Rebirth of the National Marshal

"Commander, according to the information passed on by the headquarters, it seems to be raining heavily over there. We are advancing by mechanization here, but it is a bit difficult at the moment. The cars are stuck in the mud and can't move at all. Moreover, they heard that there is no war over here, so the speed has slowed down. I have been sending two telegrams to the headquarters every day, asking them to speed up." When the officer on duty heard Kong Erlangzi's complaints, he was afraid that these things would happen to him, so he hurried over to report on his work.

"Damn it, how could God be so blind? It doesn't rain early or late, but it rains when we need people. When they were not needed, they all ran here one by one, but now that they are needed, there is not a single one to be found. It's time to give all the responsibility to our infantry regiment to deal with this matter, while those in the tank regiment don't care about anything and just rest there." An infantry regiment of more than 2 people has people who need to guard the prisoners, and the rest are all busy. These things make them so busy that they can't even straighten their backs.

Just like Kong Erlangzi, he is the head of the group, but he also goes out to do these things because there are so many supplies now!

"Captain, there is actually another way. Aren't we developing some reliable elements among these prisoners? Although their number is not large, there are still three or four thousand people. Why don't we let them do the hard labor for us? Although they are all prisoners, I see that they are very active. Every day they help us distribute food and maintain order in the army." The guy thought for a while and said that they could be asked to do the work like carrying things, but the headquarters said that they had to consider the government's humanitarian spirit, so they didn't let them do the work. Anyway, they would be railway workers when they returned, and it would be the same wherever they worked.

After hearing this, Kong Erlangzi came up and slapped the boy in the face.

"You are such a smart guy, why didn't you come up with this idea earlier? I've been busy here for several days, and you just came up with this idea. What are you still standing there for? Go to the barracks and pull out those three or four thousand activists for me." According to Kong Erlangzi's idea, those guys should have been pulled out to work a long time ago. Let them stay in the barracks, just eat and do nothing, so the daily consumption is not small. What's wrong with letting them do some work? If the higher-ups were not afraid of these hundreds of thousands of people rioting, I would have pulled them all to build the artillery tower. It would be a waste if these hundreds of thousands of people were left unused.

Now the staff at the headquarters have begun to formulate a defense plan for Irkutsk, preparing to build a large-scale defense position on the outskirts of Irkutsk, mainly to defend against people from the Soviet Central Military District, although there is no indication yet that they are going to send troops here.

However, according to Mao Yuanshan's estimation, the Soviet Central Government already knew the situation here, and their response should be coming soon.

I originally thought that these people would still refuse after receiving the order to work, but I didn't expect that they would be very active in preparing to work after hearing this, and they also pulled a lot of people over. The original three or four thousand people were actually gathered into 5000 coolies. These people honestly accepted the body search, and even took the initiative to ask to tie themselves up with ropes. It was okay, anyway, they were all porters, so just find a rope to tie them up.

"This is fucking weird. I've heard before that these prisoners are hard to manage and that they would cause trouble if they were asked to do work. I didn't expect the Soviets to be so conscious. The political commissar helped with the work. You see, they work much better than us. Yesterday, we only moved 3000 boxes of bullets in one day, but look, they have moved 5000 now. Their ability to do things is much better than us." On the first day, a squad leader of the 5000th Security Regiment said to his soldiers. He felt really strange. These people didn't feel embarrassed at all about being prisoners. They actually helped him do the work so well. In one day, these hundreds of people moved boxes of bullets.

"Squad leader, we are all here to fight, not to do hard labor. Of course, we are not as good as them at this job. Look at the way they work. It turns out that they often do this job. We are different from them. Besides, you said that if they work well at night, you will give them more cigarettes, one cigarette per person. They have worked hard for this." Cigarettes are indeed a deadly thing in the prisoner-of-war camp. These people used to smoke. Unfortunately, in the prisoner-of-war camp, it is good enough to have enough food. Do you still need others to supply you with cigarettes? The squad leader said this morning that as long as you work hard, everyone can get one cigarette.

According to the supply system of the security corps, each soldier can be issued a box of cigarettes every day. It just so happens that half of the more than 20 people in their class do not smoke, so they can save more than ten boxes a day, which is hundreds of cigarettes, which can be distributed to the prisoners who do their work well. As for those who are slacking off at work, it can be seen at a glance that they are just doing their job perfunctorily. Not to mention smoking, your meals in the evening will be reduced by half. Don't think you can get by here.

I picked out several thousand of you from 40 people. If I want to use you, I will use you. If I don’t want to use you, tell you to go back to the POW camp.

After the Normandy Landing in World War II, cigarettes could be said to be hard currency for Americans. No matter what you bought, the price was calculated in cigarettes. After all, Western European countries no longer had their own currency. Cigarettes were the most popular thing in Western Europe at that time. Even if you liked a pretty girl, you could get her by giving her a cigarette.

Many people who are not familiar with this period of history will certainly say that this is a joke. This is definitely not a joke. Mao Yuanshan saw this in some information in today's society, so he distributed cigarettes to the soldiers, and each person had a box, so that the soldiers could live a little more comfortably in normal times.

Although we cannot pamper our soldiers like American soldiers and turn them into spoiled brats, it is still good to make their daily lives more comfortable. Therefore, cigarettes are a necessity for a win-win situation and we should give them some.