Devil's Army

Since the Aozuikou Pass was still in the hands of the Japanese, Wu Lang wanted to arrange a company to escort Leng Feng and Mr. Zheng's group at around six o'clock the next morning. Leng Feng refused. At present, this area was still under their control, and he brought his own guards, so there shouldn't be any risk.

The group returned to Hejiazhao Village via the small path.

Several important military and political figures from the Northeast had to walk the daunting cliff path and the prickly thorn bushes again, and they complained bitterly.

Mr. Zheng had a bit of a military demeanor. Even though his uniform was pierced and his flesh was bleeding, he didn't complain at all.

It was almost ten o'clock in the morning, and since several Northeastern military and political leaders were exhausted, Leng Feng decided to rest in Hejiazhao Village and have lunch.

When several important military and political figures from Northeast China heard that they could rest, they fell on the beds in the rooms assigned to them and didn't want to move at all.

Mr. Zheng was still interested in watching the training of the Fourth Brigade, so Leng Feng accompanied him to the training ground of the Fourth Brigade.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway. Mr. Zheng looked at the soldiers who were training on the training ground. He felt that the training intensity of these soldiers was much greater than that of the Northeast Army, and even their Central Army could not match it. No wonder this army could defeat the Japanese army repeatedly. He secretly made up his mind to take this army under his command. As for whether he falsely reported the number of troops to eat empty salaries, that was fine. The phenomenon of eating empty salaries was everywhere in the army of the National Government.

After lunch and a short rest, Leng Feng took Mr. Zheng and several important military and political figures from the Northeast back to the Oroqen tribe from the path on the left.

Back in the tribal reception room, several Northeastern military and political leaders were so tired that they sat down to drink tea and stopped talking.

Mr. Zheng said to Leng Feng, "Captain Leng's troops are much stronger than an army, but our organization is limited, so we will temporarily report to the central government according to the organization of an army. The number of personnel will be set at 65,000. Do you think it's okay?"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Zheng." Leng Feng replied, and then asked, "What about the weapons supply?"

"Oh, this weapon supply, I think the weapons of General Leng's troops are more sophisticated than our Central Army."

"Isn't there a solution? We robbed the Japanese arsenal and seized some of their weapons from the battlefield. But every time we fire a bullet, there's one less, every time we fire a shell, there's one less, there's no way to replenish them."

"I seem to have heard that Commander Leng robbed the equipment of the Fengtian Arsenal."

"We robbed the Fengtian Arsenal of its equipment to prevent the Japanese from producing weapons and ammunition to attack us Chinese. But we don't have the ability to produce them ourselves. Look at the entire tribe, it's so small, how can we build an arsenal?"

Mr. Zheng walked around the entire tribe and indeed did not see the arsenal. He just had not entered the jungle on the right. So he asked:

"What's that jungle on the right? Can we go take a look around?"

"The jungle on the right is a poisonous miasma forest. People cannot enter. If Mr. Zheng is curious, he can walk a short distance. If you feel uncomfortable, retreat immediately." Leng Feng responded calmly.

Mr. Zheng thought to himself, "If the right side is an arsenal, the jungle should be heavily guarded. Now there is no one guarding it, and anyone can sneak in at any time. It should not be an arsenal. If it is a poisonous miasma forest, he would be playing with his life if he went in, so he should not do it." So he said:

"I'm not curious. Since it's a poisonous miasma forest, I'd better not go there."

After a pause, he continued, "How about this? We will give you an extra month's salary in the first month as a supplement for the weapons and ammunition you consume. Do you think it's okay?"

"Thank you very much, Mr. Zheng. But I have one more request."

"General Leng, please ask for anything you want."

"I want to ensure my absolute control over the troops. Your central government cannot interfere with my troops."

"Captain Leng is a good leader. Can't we send some officers over to learn from him?"

"You can study, but you must return immediately after the study period. You cannot stay in my army. My army will absolutely obey the orders of the central government. Wherever you want us to fight the devils, we will fight them immediately without any ambiguity."

Mr. Zheng was a little unhappy, but he didn't show it on the surface. If he couldn't send people into his army, he couldn't control it. Let's do it step by step and win over this army to their side first.

"Also, in order to facilitate communication with the central government, will you provide us with a number of radio stations?"

"Of course, we can also assign a group of telegraph operators to you." Mr. Zheng never forgets to place his own people in their army.

"I don't need this for now. I will tell Mr. Zheng when I need it."

Leng Feng was very tight-lipped and could not get in the way of his actions. Mr. Zheng had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll contact the central government first. Do you have a radio station that I can borrow?"

Leng Feng nodded and took Mr. Zheng to the telecommunications room.

Mr. Zheng asked several telecom operators to leave the telecommunications room and closed the door.

After a while, Mr. Zheng opened the door and said to Leng Feng:

"The Central Committee has replied, granting you the designation of the First Northeastern Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Commander Leng, you are the commander of the First Northeastern Army of the National Revolutionary Army. The first month's military pay and weapons supplies, converted into silver dollars, totaling 50 silver dollars, will be delivered in the next few days. From now on, the military pay will be 20 silver dollars per month."

Leng Feng was overjoyed, but said with a hint of displeasure:

"You soldiers of the Central Army get 10 yuan a month in salary, but what we get is reduced again and again."

"There is no way. Now that a powerful enemy is invading China, the central government's fiscal expenditure is mainly spent on purchasing weapons and ammunition. If the central government's finances loosen up in the future, we will definitely make up for it for you." Mr. Zheng said carelessly.

"I'll make it up later. I don't trust you." Leng Feng cursed in his heart. But he said generously, "Indeed, our first task now is to fight against the Japanese invaders. The lack of military pay will have to wait for Mr. Zheng to make it up later."

Mr. Zheng was overjoyed. He had finally fulfilled his mission and brought this powerful army under his command.

Now that the mission was accomplished, Mr. Zheng took several Northeastern military and political leaders and left.

Leng Feng did not force them to stay. Before they left, he gave each of them a box of penicillin. He told them that it was a good medicine for treating bacterial infections, and that one bottle cost one dollar on the market. If they had a market for it, they could contact him.

Mr. Zheng sensitively realized that this would be a way to make a fortune.