My god, run!!!

"Those of you I'm calling, please stand on my left."

After Zhou Zheng finished speaking loudly, the 500 people all looked at what Zhou Zheng was about to say attentively.

"Someone who knows how to shoot, please come up and stand on my left."

Everyone looked left and right, and saw only five people coming out and standing on Zhou Zheng's left side.

"You all know how to shoot cannons? You all know how to shoot that type of cannons?"

"Reporting to Commander Zhou, the five of us were originally soldiers from an artillery regiment under the Central Army. We have fired grenade launchers, mortars, mountain artillery, and howitzers."

"Oh... that's not bad, then why are you guys...?"

"Alas... In the Central Army, our rations and wages have been withheld by our superiors for half a year. We've gone to our superiors many times, but they've made excuses, saying they'll pay us all in the future and telling us to stop looking for trouble and just go back and wait."

"We argued that our family depends on this little salary to survive. We haven't received any salary in the past six months and have been running out of rice. We beg the commander to lend us some money to sell food and then return it to us when the salary is paid."

When the officer heard that I was actually coming to borrow money from him, he thought this was unacceptable, so he kicked us out and beat and scolded us.

As a result, we were so angry that we went back, picked up guns, ran to the official's house, beat him to death, robbed his house of money and valuables, and ran away.

"It was a long time before we heard about this incident. It was such a huge uproar and had such a devastating impact that many officers and personnel involved were dismissed and sent to military courts."

"We have also fled and do not want to go back to the Kuomintang army. We no longer trust these Kuomintang troops."

"Okay... got it. Things like that won't happen here. Stand on my left first!"

"Yes..."

Zhou Zheng continued to shout, "Anyone who can shoot, please come up and stand on my right side."

After Zhou Zheng finished speaking, the more than 400 people began to look left and right again. Suddenly, more than people came out and stood on Zhou Zheng's right side.

Zhou Zheng saw so many people coming out and nodded with satisfaction. It was not bad. There were more people than I expected.

Zhou Zheng said loudly to these people: "The reason why I asked those of you who can fire artillery and guns to come out is because we will set out to suppress the bandits on the west side of Shuang'er Mountain. We will kill all the bandits on the west side of Shuang'er Mountain, and then unify the entire Shuang'er Mountain and establish our own army."

After hearing what Zhou Zheng said, these people instantly became energetic, their eyes full of longing.

"Only by eliminating all the bandits on Shuang'er Mountain can we live a happy and stable life. So, I want to ask you loudly, are you afraid of death?"

“Don’t be afraid…don’t be afraid…don’t be afraid…”

"Okay...if you're not afraid of death...come with me to the west side of Shuang'er Mountain to suppress the bandits."

"Yes... Captain."

After coming down, Zhou Zheng called Zhao Hu and asked him to make good use of the time to train the remaining people in the next few days and to look after the house. He, Hua Rong, Yi Pao and others went to the west to suppress the bandits.

Zhao Hu agreed and promised to complete the task, but also asked us to pay attention to safety. Zhou Zheng said he understood.

Zhou Zheng led only 59 men to suppress the bandits on the western flank, 50 of whom were skilled in firing weapons. Thirty of them were armed with Czech light machine guns. Twenty of them were armed with Zhongzheng rifles, and one man carried a box of ammunition, including machine gun magazines and mortar shells. Yi Pao and the five skilled artillerymen, a total of six men, each shoulder-carrying a 30mm mortar. Hua Rong remained a long-range sniper.

When Zhou Zheng distributed these weapons and equipment to the 50-plus people, they were immediately shocked. The firepower was too terrifying. Especially the five who had served in the Nationalist Army. Even a regiment in the Nationalist Army did not have so many Czech light machine guns, not to mention these 5mm mortars.

Those bandits on the west side were in dire straits. They ran into Captain Zhou and his men. They would first bombard them with mortars, then unleash a full-scale barrage of fire from their 30 Czech light machine guns. Oh my god, that was unimaginable. These bandits were all doomed. The thought of this sent a chill through the five of them.

And the facts have indeed developed as they thought. It is really "when the enemy is poor, they will make detours and encircle them, and when the enemy is rich, they will cover them with firepower."

Zhou Zheng chose to push forward all the way, using mortars to clear the way, and then use the 30 Czech light machine guns to open fire at full power. If they continued like this, not even a ghost would be able to withstand it, let alone the bandits, who would only be killed by explosions or machine guns. Zhou Zheng and his 20 other brothers went up and shot them one by one.

Then, they released those held captive by the bandits. Those rescued by Zhou Zheng were incredibly grateful to him, and he repeated the same words he had used after the eastern bandit suppression. He instructed them to drag all the bandits out and burn them, then clean up the area to prevent the spread of the plague. "Wait here! There's food in the kitchen. Someone will come to take you to our team in a few days," he reassured them.

Of course, all the warehouses of these small bandit groups were looted by Zhou Zheng, and he just made a little money.

When they arrived at the large bandit group on the west side, Zhou Zheng and his men encountered stubborn resistance. The consequence that awaited them was that the six of them were fired at more than ten rounds of mortar fire.

After blowing these bandits to pieces, Zhou Zheng was still not satisfied, so he ordered another round of mortar fire from the six of them, more than ten rounds in total.

This time, the bandits had no temper at all. Then, all 30 Czech light machine guns opened fire and pushed forward. In the face of such powerful firepower, most of the bandits were killed by explosions or machine guns, and a small number of bandits surrendered instantly.

It was still the same old rules. Zhou Zheng asked them to identify each other which bandits had committed murder, arson, and other heinous acts. After they were all identified, they would all be shot on the spot.

Those bandits who had never killed anyone or done anything harmful to the world could be allowed to return to their own homes and find their own mothers, or they could be allowed to join our team directly. They all chose to join Zhou Zheng's team.

Such fierce firepower is too strong and too terrifying. These bandits have trauma in their hearts. They would be fools not to join.