Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 649: Expansion of the Northeastern Independent Division

Gao Dashan stuffed another plate of banknotes into Wang Dazhi's hand and whispered:

"Brother Wang, what are those remaining piles of things?"

Wang Dazhi put the money into his pocket and the smile on his face became even wider.

"Oh, you mean this? There are some cotton cloths, pots and pans, and some food in there."

"Brother Wang, do you want to sell these things?"

Wang Dazhi chuckled and thought, it would be hard not to get rich today!

He showed an embarrassed expression.

"Oh, Xichuan Taijun just said that he would sell the grain to you, but he didn't tell me about other goods. I'm in a bit of a dilemma, isn't he?"

When Gao Dashan heard this, he thought, since it is difficult to do, then he might as well spend some money to make it easier.

"Brother Wang, I'm offering you 30% more than the market price. As for how you're going to allocate the money, I have no idea!"

"Originally this is a difficult matter, but since you really want it, I'll boldly agree to it. Once the money is in place, we'll load the truck right away!"

An hour later, Zhou Baozhong returned to the warehouse carrying two heavy boxes.

Gao Dashan patted the box, then opened it and placed it in front of Wang Dazhi.

"Brother Wang, would you like to order?"

Wang Dazhi poured it out, measured the thickness with his fingers, and then he had an idea.

"Okay, keep loading the truck. Now everything in this warehouse is yours!"

Wang Dazhi threw the notebook he had just used to record accounts casually. The warehouse belonged to them anyway, so why bother keeping accounts?

In order to ensure safety and speed up the delivery of goods, Wang Dazhi called for more than a dozen cars, doubling the speed of delivery.

"Old Zhou, do we have enough manpower?"

"Well, we mobilized the people in the surrounding villages. They were responsible for transporting the food and supplies to our camp, and our soldiers were responsible for the final transportation. Then I also contacted the second and third battalions, and they each sent more than a thousand soldiers to move the food and supplies away!"

"Hmm? They each sent more than a thousand people? How many people have they developed now?"

"I was also shocked just now. Later, when I asked, I found out that they have quietly grown to more than 2,000! Almost the same as us!"

"Haha, these guys are still hiding it, but now they can't hide it anymore!"

After Zhou Baozhong finished speaking, he continued to work.

By daybreak, a warehouse as big as a football field had been cleaned out.

Wang Dazhi's eyes were red from staying up all night, but after working hard all night, he earned at least one million yuan.

Gao Dashan checked the warehouse and after confirming that not a single centimeter was missing, he prepared to say goodbye to Wang Dazhi.

"Brother Wang, I'm withdrawing. We'll have a chance to work together again in the future!"

"Okay, there will be plenty of opportunities for cooperation in the future. When the time comes, just come to the freight station and ask where I am! I have something else to do, so you leave first!"

Gao Dashan looked at the dozen or so gasoline barrels around Wang Dazhi with some curiosity.

"Brother Wang, what are you doing?"

"Hey, let's do some cleanup work. You can leave first!"

Gao Dashan saw that Wang Dazhi didn't want to talk, so he didn't ask any more questions, but walked away, looking back every few steps.

About ten minutes later, a major fire broke out in the South Manchuria Railway warehouse at the Zhalantun Freight Station, and all the supplies were burned. Fortunately, under the leadership of Deputy Station Chief Wang Dazhi, firefighting work was quickly launched, and the fire did not spread and cause greater losses.

With the recommendation of Hiroko Nishikawa, president of the Xing'an East Province Branch of the South Manchuria Railway Company, Wang Dazhi was promoted to stationmaster of the Zhalantun Freight Station!

Two days later, Gao Dashan and Zhou Baozhong were delighted after reading the newspaper. No wonder Xichuan Guangkou and Wang Dazhi had been engaged in the speculation for so long without being discovered. It seemed that they had some skills.

"Old Zhou, how are our supplies going?"

"Our brigade kept the lion's share, and the rest was distributed to the first and second battalions. Now we have enough food to last for two or three years, and with the cotton cloth and daily necessities, we should have no problem feeding 30,000 to 50,000 people!"

"By the way, did you ask the battalions to take back the remaining banknotes?"

"Well, each battalion was given 50 million yuan, and they were allowed to use their power freely to buy everything they could!"

"We still can't cut off the connection with Wang Dazhi. I heard that there is a lot of gold in the mountains of Northeast China. We can exchange these Manchu Yuan for gold first. Even if these Manchu Yuan are worthless by then, the gold in our hands is still a gold nugget!"

Zhou Baozhong nodded. There are two channels to buy gold. One is to go directly to the gold mine, and the other is to buy it at the bank.

The first channel depends on them finding ways in the underworld, and the second channel depends on Wang Dazhi to coordinate.

"Okay, I'll take care of these two things. Dashan, I have something else I want to ask you for help with."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

Zhou Baozhong took out a basic roster, spread it out one by one, and placed it in front of Gao Dashan.

"I looked through the rosters reported by the various battalions yesterday. The number of people in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Infantry Battalions has reached more than 3,000, and the artillery battalion has reached 2,000. I wonder if we should expand it into a regiment, and our Northeast Independent Brigade into the Northeast Independent Division?"

"Haha, I've been thinking about this as well. After the initial training, the first batch of soldiers are now almost qualified, so it's only natural to expand the team.

So, Lao Zhou, you first write a plan for the expansion, including the organization of each regiment and battalion and the list of officers. I will report it to the headquarters and then wait for orders.

I think the headquarters will definitely agree to the expansion plan. But your cadres will have to be reviewed and trained, so you should give them a heads up in advance."

Zhou Baozhong nodded excitedly. He was not a fan of officialdom, but he really wanted to expand the revolutionary ranks and avenge his fallen comrades.

"And Lao Zhou, our team is almost done with training, so we can send them out to fight the Japanese. Don't let the common people think that we are just training in the mountains and don't dare to fight the Japanese!

Train your team in battle and expand your influence in battle!"

"Okay, I'll set it up right away!"

Within half a day, Zhou Baozhong and Gao Dashan sent the Northeast Independent Division's request to the Independent Column Headquarters.

Wang Meng and Li Yunlong had already withdrawn from Hohhot to Pingshun. They had not enjoyed a few days of relaxation before their peace was disturbed by a telegram from Zhou Baozhong and his companions.

"Lao Li, what do you think?"

"I have no objection. Since our next targets are East China and Northeast China, we have to expand our team even for preparation. Then we can cooperate with the outside forces and beat the Japanese to pieces!"

Wang Meng also thought so. The industrial production capacity of the entire Northeast is now far ahead, second only to Shanxi. In addition, there are many industrial workers in the Northeast, and the technical reserves are also rich. In addition, those large equipment, if the Northeast can be taken unscathed, it will be of great benefit to the development of the independent column and even China.