My god, run!!!

Zhou Zheng watched as more than 100 brothers rode their horses towards their hometown villages, going home to recruit soldiers, craftsmen and workers who could build houses and roads for Shuang'er Mountain.

When these more than 100 people returned to their villages or towns, the villagers saw them riding horses one by one, all wearing brand new military uniforms, brand new leather shoes, leather hats and leather gloves.

Everyone thought they were high-ranking officers in the National Army! Upon asking, I found out they were serving in the Shuang'ershan Independent Regiment. This was the basic uniform for these soldiers.

Looking at the envious expressions of their fellow villagers, they also held their heads high and their eyes filled with pride.

When the villagers heard about Shuang'er Mountain, they thought they were all bandits there and were terrified.

They explained that all the bandits on Shuang'er Mountain had been eliminated and killed by their leader.

There are no bandits in Shuang'er Mountain now. They are all regular soldiers. Moreover, all the soldiers on Shuang'er Mountain are from poor families, so they never bully the common people and never disturb them.

He also told the villagers that he had come back to recruit soldiers, and if anyone was selected, they would receive 10 yuan as a resettlement allowance.

When these villagers heard that if they were selected to join the army, each of them would receive 10 yuan as a resettlement allowance, they were all excited.

When they heard that they would have big white flour buns for every meal, their eyes lit up instantly and they all signed up enthusiastically to join the army at Shuang'er Mountain.

When I heard that Shuang'ershan was still recruiting a large number of bricklayers and carpenters, the monthly salary was 3 yuan.

We also recruit a large number of handymen to do manual labor, and they are paid one dollar a month.

Food and accommodation are provided, and we have white flour buns for every meal, and we also have some meat every day.

In an instant, all the villagers went crazy, and many women also actively signed up to go to Shuang'er Mountain to work.

There are also these bricklayers and carpenters who have expressed their desire to go to Shuang'er Mountain to work. Those who have no skills but are strong all expressed their willingness to do some physical work in Shuang'er Mountain.

Such situations are common within a 50-kilometer radius of Shuang'er Mountain. The treatment is so good that the villagers are all crazy.

After Zhou Zheng came down, he called Zhao Hu over and asked Hua Rong to temporarily train the remaining soldiers. Military training could not stop for a moment.

"Brother, you called me."

"Zhao Hu, I'm not worried about these 100 or so brothers going to the local villages within 50 kilometers of Shuang'er Mountain to recruit soldiers. What I'm worried about is how we should develop Shuang'er Mountain and in what direction. This is the top priority."

"Do you have any good suggestions for this?"

"Captain, do you have any ideas in mind?"

"I do have some ideas in mind, but I'd also like to hear yours. After all, you're a top student who graduated from the Military Academy."

"Captain, you're making fun of me."

"No, that's the truth."

"Zhao Hu, from a strategic perspective, if we want Shuang'er Mountain to have both offensive and defensive capabilities, how do you think we should develop it?"

"Brother, this requires the construction of a large amount of infrastructure and a large amount of weapons and equipment, but we don't have any of these now! We can't develop even if we want to."

"You don't need to worry about this. We have everything we need. Just tell us how we should build fortifications to defend Shuang'er Mountain? And how we should attack?"

"Our Shuang'er Mountain base is inherently easy to defend but difficult to attack. All we need to do is build fortifications and bunkers along the various routes leading into the mountain, place heavy machine guns inside, and have two or three men man each bunker. If all the bunkers are well-fortified, even an overwhelming force wouldn't be able to break through. They'd only leave a trail of corpses on the ground and flee frantically."

"Shuang'er Mountain on both sides is the same, but it requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources! We have nothing now. It's like a good cook cannot cook without rice. What we say is just empty talk."

Zhou Zheng smiled, patted Zhao Hu on the shoulder, and then said with a smile, "It will be okay, everything will be okay, don't worry!"

Zhao Hu looked at his elder brother Zhou Zheng and smiled, as if he was confident in what he was doing. He said lightly, "Maybe!"

Zhao Hu went on to say, "The entire Shuang'er Mountain corridor is about 70 kilometers long, and the path leading in and out is winding and bumpy, with nearly 60 kilometers of it full of potholes."

"There's about 10 kilometers of smooth, easy-to-walk road in the middle, and only about 300 meters of small hills on either side. As long as the front and back corridors are well controlled, anyone who wants to cross Shuang'er Mountain will be wishful thinking."

Zhou Zheng couldn't help but nodded after hearing this.