Signing in during the Republic of China: Starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 233

Shortly after the factory equipment arrived in Jiangdu County, Guo Lang also returned to Jiangdu from Jilu Province.

This trip took a long time, but the effect was very obvious, this time, Guo Lang brought back more than 1,500 soldiers from the three provinces of Hebei, Lu and Yu.

If it is changed to other troops to escort new soldiers, I am afraid that if you walk halfway through the road, many people will sneak away among them.

But none of the more than 1,500 people slipped away, and followed Guo Lang through the whole process without slackening.

The reason is also simple, Lin Hongfei followed the practice of the Xiang Army in those years, using the method of relatives pulling relatives and acquaintances to find acquaintances, and by letting the veterans of the independent regiment show that they were well fed and warmly dressed after becoming soldiers, and also earned a lot of real money military salaries, attracting many people around him to come and defect.

Even in Yu Province, which borders Jilu and Lu, many people came to ask their relatives in Jilu to help find a way out for their children after hearing the letter.

The three provinces of Hebei, Luyu and Hebei are all large agricultural provinces with a large population, and they cannot feed so many people by farming alone, so a large number of people in Hebei-Luyu have to leave their homes in order to survive.

Therefore, when there is such a good errand in front of you, and there are relatives and friends to guarantee it, even if it is far away in Lingnan Province, everyone is willing.

Trees move the dead and people live.

Maybe if you go to Lingnan Province, everyone will be able to live better!

Under this belief, none of the more than 1,500 disciples of the three provinces of Hebei, Lu and Yu left halfway.

And they really didn't regret their choice!

According to the regulations for recruits entering the camp personally formulated by Lin Hongfei, more than 1,500 Jiluyu disciples took off their clothes and lined up in several lines with bare asses under the supervision of veterans.

Some shy recruits also subconsciously protected the spear and two bullets with two hands.

As a result, it provoked a laughter from the veteran next to him: "You cover an egg, you cover it, they are all old men, who still doesn't know what the two objects below you look like."

Another veteran next to him quipped: "Not quite, maybe there are three bullets!" "

Huh? Isn't everyone all three bullets?

"No, three bullets that are not..."

"Hey?"

The recruits lined up and came to a large cement pool, already filled with water, but the color was a little cloudy.

Only one veteran greeted: "Come and come, all go down to the pool to make a bag of cigarettes."

"The water in this pool is mixed with insecticidal powder, specially used to kill lice and fleas on your body, remember, when I get into the water, I will hold my breath to the bottom and kill the lice in my hair!"

At the same time, the recruits smelled a burnt smell, turned their heads and saw that in the distant clearing, the veterans were gathering the recruits' clothes together and burning them.

The recruits were all poor peasant children, and even patched clothes were an extremely valuable asset to them.

Seeing this scene, several recruits did not hold back, directly panicked, and shouted in their mouths: "Why are you burning my clothes!" The

veteran immediately reprimanded: "What are you shouting about, your torn clothes are actually fleas, if you bring it into the barracks!"

"Don't cry and lose your face, Chief Lin, his old man is benevolent, he burned all of your torn clothes, and in a while, he will issue you two brand new military uniforms!"

"Don't be stunned, quickly jump into the pool and wash it!"

"This insecticidal powder was bought by Chief Lin from a foreigner, a pound of insecticidal powder is more expensive than a pound of white noodles, you can be regarded as copying it!"

"All good bubbles, if anyone doesn't soak carefully, I'll let him sleep in the pool tonight!"

At the urging of the veterans, the recruits entered the pool one by one to soak, and when they all came out of the pool, they saw a layer of sesame-grain-like worm corpses obviously floating on the surface of the water.

After cleaning up the bugs, the veterans took them to another cement pool filled with clean water, which they used to wash their bodies.

After a set of cleaning procedures, the bare-skinned recruits finally ushered in the process of distributing clothes, shoes, hats, and daily necessities.

When they held brand new military uniforms, military hats, and sturdy military shoes, their eyes were full of incredulity, and these poor children never thought that one day, they would be able to wear clothes without patches!

Back in their respective barracks, everyone carefully changed into new military uniforms, looking left and right one by one, and they were very happy, this feeling was only when they were young, and when they were young, when they made a new dress at home.

At this time, a veteran walked in, looked at the newly renovated recruits in the barracks and smiled: "This one by one put on a new military uniform, they all look like the new aunt who wants to marry his daughter-in-law!" "

Hahaha!" The recruits immediately laughed happily.

The veteran quipped: "Okay, new aunts, since you want to marry your daughter-in-law, of course you have to eat a banquet, let's go, follow me to eat a banquet!" According

to Lin Hongfei's request, the first meal for the recruits in the camp was better than the usual meal.

Therefore, the guys specially steamed white noodle steamed buns, stewed meat, stewed fish, plus a large pot of gruel.

Such a formation immediately shocked the recruits, and in their memory, even the landlords and old riches in the village only dared to eat like this during the New Year.

Even if the soft steamed bun is held in their hands, the recruits have an unreal feeling, but when they bite into a mouthful of steamed buns, as their teeth chew, and a slight sweetness fills their mouths, their appetite instantly turns into a whirlpool on the ocean and begins to frantically devour the food in front of them!

At the age of eighteen or nineteen, it was when he could eat, and in less than three bites, a big white steamed bun disappeared into the hands of the recruits.

In the end, the veterans did not dare to let the people in the cooking class bring up the gruel, for fear that this gruel would meet the steamed bun and hold up a few more deaths, which would make a big joke, and I didn't hear that the troops would be reduced because they ate enough.

However, the recruits ate a lot, and they digested quickly, and when it came to dinner, these eighteen-nine-year-old youths still ate nothing.

With the addition of this group of Jilu-Yu disciples and the recruitment of new recruits from Jiangbei, the independent regiment under Lin Hongfei has expanded to more than 7,000 men, more than the actual number of some divisional troops.

He Taikang, the overseer of Lingnan Province, is only more than 9,000 subordinates, who can dominate the Dongjiang region and shoulder the heavy responsibility of overseer.

What's more, the troops under Lin Hongfei were well-equipped and powerful in firepower, which was by no means comparable to He Taikang's Dongjiang Army.

In the future, after the defeat of the Anhui clan by the coalition forces, He Taikang, who was a general of the Anhui clan, would naturally be unable to escape the result of resigning from the army.

Then the position of overseer of Lingnan Province, Lin Hongfei naturally did not allow it!