Chapter 910 The Suicide Squad Who Vote with Their Feet
"Whoever joins the death squad will be my brother, Hao Xiazi, from now on. I can't guarantee that you will not die, but I can guarantee that you will no longer have to be cannon fodder." This is what Hao Xiazi said when he started to encourage recruits to join the death squad.
Shang Zhen, who seemed to be honest and dull, was actually watching Hao Xiazi's "performance" with great interest.
Hao Xiazi set up a death squad to attack the Japanese troops in the village under cover of night.
I don’t know what this guy was thinking, but this time he asked those who wanted to be a suicide squad to sign up alone.
This is interesting.
You, Blind Man Hao, personally lead the death squad, can you guarantee that you will come back alive?
If you bet that Blind Hao will die in battle this time, then who will join you as a suicide squad?
On the other hand, if Blind Hao personally leads the death squad this time, then those soldiers who don't sign up to join the death squad, regardless of whether they are recruits or veterans, will have nothing to gain in the future!
Intentionally or unintentionally, Blind Hao actually asked the soldiers a multiple-choice question. Isn't that just a bet on whether Blind Hao will die?
Some of the new recruits looked at Blind Hao timidly, some lowered their heads, but they didn't say anything anyway.
As for the veterans under Hao Xiazi, they had already begun to put grenades in their belts.
Shang Zhen noticed at this time that Cai Chengwan glanced at him, and then the guy also stuffed a grenade into his waist. When Cai Chengwan moved, his companion Caihu also started to take grenades.
Since Shang Zhen revealed his identity as a veteran, he never asked them to talk to them again and kept a distant distance from them. Shang Zhen was amused in his heart, but his expression was still the same as usual.
He naturally understands that it is better to win a gentleman than offend a villain, and he also understands that Cai Chengwan is actually the same kind of person as himself. He is honest on the surface, and Cai Chengwan is fierce on the outside, but they are both the same in their bones. Two words - calculation!
"Oh, you bunch of idiots and cowards! No one dares to follow me? I'll let you all go to the fucking charge tomorrow!" Blind Hao saw that no one among the new recruits came forward and offered to join the death squads. Not happy anymore.
But that's what Hao Xiazi said. The recruits remained motionless, but some of them turned their attention to Shang Zhen.
But who can be blamed for this? If you want to blame it, you can only blame the above.
Just in the past few days, an order came from above, but the recruits were no longer allowed to charge directly to death in the battle.
The reason is that the Forty Army has suffered a lot of casualties recently. There is no reserve team, and the supply of troops is unsustainable. Regardless of whether they are newly recruited soldiers or captured strong men, they have become treasures, so naturally they cannot be allowed to go. Become cannon fodder.
Except for a small number of the hundreds of strong men captured by Hao Xiazi and his battalion who were killed at the beginning, the rest were assigned to the supplementary regiment, and some were assigned back to their battalion.
That would be fine if that were the case, but it happened that Blind Hao announced this order in front of these new soldiers.
The recruits were originally angry and dare not speak out about Blind Hao using them as cannon fodder, but this time the superiors will not allow them to be cannon fodder. So since you, Blind Hao, said that you voluntarily joined the death squads, then I will not participate!
"Fuck you!" Blind Hao finally couldn't help but started to curse, "Don't fucking think I'm going to die, you're just waiting for me to come back!"
After he scolded the recruits, they looked at each other for a moment and then turned their attention to Shang Zhen.
At first, Shang Zhen didn't pay attention, but as the blind man Hao got more and more scolded, Shang Zhen also felt that something was wrong. These new recruits looked at him. Haha?
But it only took a moment for Shang Zhen to understand what was going on.
"Are you all looking at me? I'm a member of the suicide squad. Don't look at us without putting grenades on our waists. We'll just carry a box up in a while." Shang Zhen said.
Blind Hao organized a suicide squad to carry out a night attack on the Japanese army. How could Shang Zhen not go? Just because this idea originally came from him.
As for carrying a box of grenades up there, that's what Shang Zhen really thought. No matter if he was still a big old fool, carrying a box of grenades wouldn't tire them, not to mention that there couldn't be too many grenades in that box.
As soon as they heard that Shang Zhen said that he was also joining the death squad, some of the new recruits came out and went to get grenades from the rows of wooden boxes. However, after they finished stuffing the grenades, they stood directly next to Shang Zhen.
If there is one, there will be a second, and if there is a second, there will be a third. Suddenly, more than half of the more than 40 recruits picked up grenades and leaned towards Shang Zhen!
Hao Xiazi wanted to personally lead the death squad to fight the Japanese. His veterans had no reason not to follow, so except for a platoon leader and a few veterans who were designated by Hao Xiazi to manage the remaining personnel, the rest were all new recruits.
Assume that there are forty-one new recruits, and thirty-one of them stand beside Shang Zhen. That means we have also joined the death squad. Are there still eleven remaining recruits?
So, those eleven people eventually joined the death squads!
In this case, what are the remaining platoon leader and a few veterans doing there? Come on, they can also join the death squad, but the position they stand in naturally belongs to Hao Xiazi's part.
"Hey, hey, hey! This is fucking wrong!" Only then did Hao Xiazi think about it. It was not that those recruits did not join the death squads, but that they did. But when they did, they would rather follow the businessmen. Even after the earthquake, he would never stand with himself!
As a result, Hao Xiazi's company of more than a hundred people has become more distinct. Those who follow Hao Xiazi are all veterans. If there are recruits among them, they are only tens of thousands and Caihu, and Shang Zhen is But they are all new recruits.
"I mean, Northeastern guy, you're damn good at it - you kid, how about sharing power with me!" Blind Hao stared at Shang Zhen meaningfully and said.
Blind Hao's nickname is not for nothing. The scar on the corner of his eye looks like a special rash!
When a new recruit stood next to him, Shang Zhen was a little dumbfounded, but then he wanted to understand why the new soldier wanted to follow him.
In the past few days, Shang Zhenjing has been training new soldiers.
With Shang Zhen's personality, how could he beat and scold the new recruits like the veterans in the army nowadays? He would carry a stick and let the new recruits crawl forward in front of him, and give him a stick if he got up late!
Shang Zhen always takes the lead in training troops.
The recruits are not stupid. They naturally know who will treat them well. They will inevitably die if they go to the battlefield, but following Shang Zhen at least makes them feel happy.
They had also discussed in private that if Shang Zhen was made the leader and they followed Shang Zhen, it cannot be said that they would not die, but at least Shang Zhen would not use them as cannon fodder!
So now that they have to join the death squads, the recruits standing next to Shang Zhen are voting with their feet!
When they go to the battlefield, they will face life and death. The recruits also know that they will never get along well if they follow Blind Hao, so how can they care about Blind Hao's feelings anymore.
In fact, this is also the case. Sure enough, Hao Xiazi was not happy, and Shang Zhen was not happy either!
If this were the thinking of ordinary people, if they were in Shang Zhen's position, they would definitely explain it to Hao Xiazi by saying something nice, for example, company commander, you will always be my boss, how can I share power with you? Something like that.
But who is Shang Zhen? Shang Zhen suddenly laughed when he saw the new recruits standing in line and Hao Xiazi's embarrassment, and then said to Hao Xiazi: "I said, company commander, I know why our Forty Army refuses to retreat."
"What do you mean?" Hao Xiazi, who was embarrassed because the recruit didn't listen to Ken Jia, didn't understand.
"Because I heard that our Commander Pang and his brothers have always shared weal and woe." Shang Zhen added.
"That's our Commander Pang - oh! No! You Northeastern guy, do you mean to say that I don't have anything to do with my brothers?" When it came to their commander, Blind Hao naturally respected him very much, but then he Only then did he realize that Shang Zhen was saying that he always used recruits as cannon fodder and offended those recruits!
Blind Hao saw Shang Zhen beat around the bush and said that he was not in a hurry, but at this moment Shang Zhen said quietly: "After the night attack, I don't know how many of them will come back alive!"
The implication is that there is no need for you, Blind Hao, to be so anxious. Maybe everyone will die for the country, and you still talk about decentralizing power but not decentralizing it. This is really tasteless!