Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Lin Qiang collected his thoughts and said, "Let's put them in the shooting range first."

"Yes!"

Looking at these people being persecuted by the Japanese devils, Lin Qiang felt really bad.

There couldn't possibly be so many people in the county area. Most of them probably came from other places.

He originally wanted to find a chance to survive, but he never expected to meet the Japanese and almost lost his life.

It seems that the situation in other areas is not optimistic either, with refugees moving in groups like ants moving house.

The advantage of traveling together like this is that you have someone to look after you on the road and you don't have to worry about getting lost, but the disadvantage is also fatal, as you can easily be discovered by the Japanese.

During this period, maps were important strategic materials. Ordinary people had never seen them, let alone understood them.

The farthest place many people have ever been to in their lives is a village fair dozens of miles away from home. If it is farther away, they won’t know the way and it is normal to go in the wrong direction.

Most of these hundreds of people are elderly and women, with very few children and even fewer young and middle-aged people.

According to Hu Zi, before the Japanese opened fire, they would select some young and strong men to do hard labor, and those who were unwilling to cooperate would be shot.

Most of those we can see now are those who were not selected by the Japanese. Those who were selected had already been taken away by the Japanese in trucks and headed towards the county town.

The people did not recognize the soldiers in the base, but they recognized the Eighth Route Army uniforms they wore.

Zhao Dezhu directed the kitchen team to work with red eyes, and the people in the base also helped to take care of these refugees.

It is impossible to feed hundreds of people at the same time in a short period of time. The fastest and most effective way is to make porridge.

For the sake of these people, the entire base was mobilized and everyone was doing what they could.

They were busy until the afternoon, and Lin Qiang asked Hu Zi to bring out all the young and middle-aged people among the people and gather at the training ground.

Lin Qiang stood in front of everyone and shouted, "I called you here so that you can take revenge with your own hands. Pick up your guns and fight with us to kill the devils!"

"Those who are willing to join the team, please register with Captain Zhang. If you don't want to, I won't kick you out. The arsenal is still short of people, so you can go there to work and contribute to the war of resistance!"

"That's all I have to say. Make your own choice!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked out of the crowd and said to Lin Qiang, "Comrade Commander, my refusal to participate doesn't mean I'm afraid of death. I suffered a lot on the way to escape, and my mother won't live for many days. I only have one wish, that she can die in peace. I don't want her to worry about whether I'm still alive when she takes her last breath."

After saying that, the man turned around and said to the others present: "I'm sorry, everyone!"

The man bowed deeply to everyone, then stood aside silently.

"Brother, none of us blame you. If my mother were still alive, I would have made the same choice as you."

"That's right, you've taken good care of us all along the way. I'll avenge you!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely kill a few more devils, including your share!"

The man was a little surprised by the crowd's reaction, and his eyes became moist.

A total of 132 people joined the team, of which 25 joined the base's logistics and security team.

For the remaining 15 people, several people were assigned to the hospital and the arsenal to join.

After completing the roster registration, these people were arranged to be together with the previous batch of prisoners of war.

Hu Zi walked up to Lin Qiang and said apologetically, "Platoon Leader, if I hadn't taken the initiative to bring these people back..."

"I told you, you did the right thing!"

Lin Qiang looked at him and said, "If you just stood by and watched, you don't deserve to wear this military uniform. Stop blaming yourself for this matter."

"But……"

"But what?"

Hu Zi pointed in the direction of the shooting range and said, "Platoon Leader, we've brought back so many people. Where should we put them?"

"I have my own solution to this."

"Platoon leader, are you planning to send these civilians to the regimental base?"

Lin Qiang shook his head and said, "Of course not!"

The base area needs to develop, which naturally requires population. It is obviously not enough to rely solely on the current people in the base area.

In times of war, what people need most is a stable place to live and have enough food to eat.

At present, there is not much arable land available for planting in the base, but it is possible that similar rewards will be obtained in the future. With more arable land, the people can be self-sufficient and the problem of food consumption for the team can be alleviated.

For the people, farmland is their hope for survival.

Lin Qiang said to Hu Zi, who was thinking, "I have a task for you. Build a clothing factory behind the arsenal. Then we can produce our own uniforms and bedding."

"Yes!"

After Hu Zi left, Lin Qiang walked towards the nearest branch base.

I originally thought that the centralized resettlement camp awarded by the system would be completely useless, but I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

There are three resettlement camps in total, each of which can accommodate up to 1500 people. Only one is needed to solve the people's living problems.

The terrain of the hill where each sub-base is located is actually similar to that of the base, except that it is not as wide.

The branch base occupies less than one-tenth of the total area, and can be extended further up the mountain, enough to build a village of thousands of people.

While Xu Lang had not yet led the team back, Lin Qiang directly used a centralized resettlement camp.

In just a blink of an eye, a village with hundreds of households appeared before my eyes, extending up the mountain.

"The system is so fucking powerful!"

A place that was originally a forest can become a village with just a thought. What is this?

This is nature, no, it is the magic of the system!

Lin Qiang looked up at the top of the mountain and was shocked to find that something beyond his time had appeared: a wind turbine!

There are three of them, standing on the top of the mountain.

The huge fan blades were blown by the wind, slowly turning around and around.

This was the first time something so advanced in its time had appeared. Lin Qiang felt secretly happy that there would definitely be more things ahead of their time in the future.

For example, Dongfeng Express, which can use missiles that travel at Mach 20 to skip missiles on the water, and so on!

The presence of three wind turbines means that the resettlement camp has dedicated power supply facilities. At first, Lin Qiang thought that what the system said was basic, and there were only a few houses for people to live in.

I didn’t expect the facilities to be so advanced!

You must know that the base still relies on electricity from the arsenal and hospital. When the power consumption is high, the power supply to the base will be directly cut off.

The resettlement camp covers a large area, but some areas are still vacant. However, this is temporary. Once the people move in, the areas will soon be reclaimed and turned into farmland.

This small amount of arable land is definitely not enough to meet the people's living needs. Therefore, we will have to rely on system rewards in the future to change the places connecting the base and the branch bases. If they are all transformed into arable land, it will be able to fully meet the food needs of the people in the entire base.

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades, we still need to work hard!"

With a sigh, Lin Qiang went down the mountain and returned to the base.

After returning to the base, Lin Qiang found Xu Lang and said to him, "We will relocate these civilians to your sub-base. We will also add another 200 men to your team. You can arrange it yourself!"

"Yes!"

This order made Xu Lang smile from ear to ear, not only because of the change in the branch base, but also because of the 200-man team that Lin Qiang gave him.

With the addition of these 200 people, his team will be able to demonstrate stronger combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

Wu Zhe, who was not far away, heard the order and took advantage of Wang Qiang's inattention to run up to Lin Qiang and said, "Platoon leader, can you give me some more people too? Not many, just one hundred will be enough!"

"no problem!"

Lin Qiang smiled and said, "I'll give you the rest of the people, but there are conditions."

Wu Zhe patted his chest and said, "Platoon Leader, I agree to any conditions!"

"This is what you said!"

Lin Qiang flashed his signature smile, but before he could say anything, Wu Zhe turned and ran away, saying as he ran:

"Platoon leader, I don't want you anymore. I have something else to do. I'm leaving now!"