Red Alert 1895

Chapter 10 – Rifle For Soldier

After more than half a month of poaching, Hu Chuan’s son, Hu Shi’s brother Hu Wei’s ability is really not hidden. Hu Wei wrote some letters, and these letters arrived in the hands of the green battalion officers, and many green battalion officers and soldiers came over immediately. And Wang Guorui’s shortage of middle and high-level officers has been greatly alleviated. Although many of them have to re-learn firearm warfare, they are flexible in mind and natural people. Compared with the Red Police soldiers, they have a great development prospect. And Wang Guorui also promised that after they came, the soldiers under their jurisdiction would be almost the same as before, and would not decrease too much. But fortunately, these green battalion officers are all around the general manager, and there are only a few dozen people under him, Wang Guorui can still arrange for them to come.

Moreover, Wang Guorui did not promote the red police soldiers to officers, but directly appointed these new green battalion officers as officers, which reassured Hu Wei even more. Because since he can be so generous without mentioning his own people, but directly appoint these newcomers as officers, from Hu Wei’s point of view, it means that Wang Guorui has no selfishness. If Wang Guorui had selfish intentions and wanted to become a warlord, he would definitely reject them. But Wang Guorui not only didn’t reject him, but put a lot of emphasis on it. This is obviously selfless in his heart! Hu Wei also put aside the idea that Wang Guorui was a warlord completely.

But Hu Wei didn’t know at all that Wang Guorui was already ready to cross the river and tear down the bridge. Before the success of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Guorui was at ease with these green battalion officers, because at least they were all of one mind with him and did not want the Japanese army to occupy Taiwan. But once the Anti-Japanese War is over, it depends on whether they are willing to follow them. If they are willing to follow Wang Guorui, then Wang Guorui will give them wealth. If they are not willing, then Wang Guorui will have to cross the river and tear down the bridge. At that time, those low-level soldiers who have gone through the War of Resistance Against Japan will also be able to train a group of officers, who can completely replace these officers from the green battalion. And it is impossible for these green battalion officers to rebel, because the bottom of the army is full of red police soldiers acting as grassroots officers. Therefore, Wang Guorui was not afraid of their rebellion at all. On the contrary, Wang Guorui did not really trust these green battalion officers, and only had the idea of temporarily using them.

“There are more than a thousand people, but there are still not enough qualified soldiers!” Wang Guorui complained.

Although these officers who came one after another were able to bring some soldiers, after all, there were too few of them. Many officers brought no more than three or four soldiers, and the most one brought ten soldiers. The qualified soldiers brought by these officers are very limited, and they cannot bring all the soldiers here. The method of relying on these officers to bring soldiers here is obviously too much, so we must find another way.

“Hey? This weapon is interesting!” Wang Guorui suddenly saw a very interesting weapon in the weapon selection of the Red Police Barracks.

Soon, Wang Guorui also issued an official document, which was sent to various prefectures and counties in Taiwan, and many people also received the official document.

Inside the magistrate’s office of Chiayi County, Sun Yuwan, the magistrate of Chiayi County, opened the official document sent by Wang Guorui.

“Hey? What does this mean?” Sun Yuwan asked in surprise.

The master next to him immediately said: “Master Zhixian, this is an official document sent by Wang Guorui, the magistrate of Hsinchu County. He wants to entrust our county magistrates from all over the country to recruit qualified soldiers for the Volunteer Army formed on his behalf. standard.”

And Sun Yuwan looked at the recruiting standard, and immediately snorted: “Hmph, this standard is really high! If I have such a good soldier, why should I give it to him!”

Wang Guorui’s standard for soldiers is still very high. But at this time, all the troops in Taiwan are expanding, and those good and outstanding soldiers are all delicious. If you have good soldiers, why should you give them up to others? So if Wang Guorui had no other conditions, no one would take Wang Guorui’s official document to recruit soldiers on his behalf. However, Wang Guorui of course knew that these Manchu and Qing officials had no profit and could not afford to urinate early, so he already had corresponding means of coping.

“Lord magistrate, Wang Guorui county did not let everyone contribute in vain, he also has conditions.” The master said.

“Oh? What conditions? How much will he pay? If I don’t have money, then I won’t do it!” Sun Yuwan asked with his eyes turned into brother Kong Fang’s. Obviously, this Sun Yuwan is not a good man, he is definitely a Good money guy.

The master immediately said: “What he gave was not money, but good things. The Ruizhi County of the Kingdom said that every time he recruited a soldier for him, he would give us three rifles. Although these rifles are not top-notch among foreigners, they are They are also very good. I have also seen that this is a foreigner’s flintlock gun, but it is made of paper shell bullets. Although it is a little worse than the current rifles, it is still a rifle. If we have these rifles, we Soldiers no longer need to fight with enemy rifles with cold weapons. Moreover, with these rifles, the combat effectiveness of our army will not only increase by one level.”

“More importantly, if each of these rifles is sold in mainland China, that rifle can be exchanged for more than 30 taels of silver! Moreover, the supply is still in short supply. In this day and age, guns are the only ones. Fundamentally. Many big landlords are also prepared to have rifles. Although these rifles are old and outdated, they are very popular among those landlords, and there will be no market for them.” The master said excitedly.

And this Sun Yuwan’s eyes immediately turned into brother Kong Fang’s. In his eyes, these rifles are all money! If they can be sold in mainland China at that time, each one will cost ninety taels of silver, which will be a big profit. We must know that for a seventh-rank county magistrate in this era, the legal income of an official for a year is only more than 1,200 taels of silver, which includes the case of Yanglian silver. Now if he can help recruit more than a dozen soldiers, he can earn a year’s income. And if one or two hundred can be recruited, it will really make a fortune.

“My lord, your proposal has come out, and the governments around the world have responded enthusiastically! Now many governments have sent official documents, willing to help us recruit soldiers, and they are all recruited according to your standards in Wangzhi County.” Said Wang Guorui’s master .

“Hehe, if these guys are not tempted, then there is a problem! The conditions I gave are good enough, I don’t believe that these guys will not be tempted.” Wang Guorui laughed.

What Wang Guorui did was actually to exchange those old-fashioned rifles for those local officials to help him recruit soldiers. As for the price of these rifles, they are actually sold by the catty. The barracks of the red police system, although he is organized according to the level of technology. The price of a Mauser 98 rifle is 30 yuan, and this is the cost price of the Mauser 98 rifle.

Of course, if Wang Guorui wants to buy those outdated weapons, it’s not impossible. Even if Wang Guorui wants to buy those cold weapons, it is not impossible. But these prices are very cheap. As for the rifle that was about 90 years ago, the technology of this kind of rifle is extremely backward, and Westerners do not produce it anymore. And Western soldiers will never use this kind of rifle, not even the militia. And Wang Guorui used the Red Alert system to produce this kind of rifle, and he bought it by the pound. This kind of rifle can buy more than a dozen catties for one yuan, so for less than one yuan, Wang Guorui can buy it by the ton.

When Wang Guorui discovered this situation, he took the initiative to produce a lot, and then prepared to exchange them with those magistrates for qualified soldiers. And Wang Guorui also thinks that some of these rifles will definitely be used to arm those other troops. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com As long as these weapons can be used to arm those other troops, the combat effectiveness of other troops will definitely be improved . As for the improvement, Wang Guorui couldn’t guarantee it, but it was an improvement anyway. This should be of some benefit to the defense of Taiwan in the future, right?

As for those who wanted to sell these rifles, Wang Guorui would not have any other ideas. Anyway, if they want to sell it is their business, Wang Guorui won’t take much care of it. Wang Guorui only cared about obtaining qualified soldiers for himself, and these rifles were so cheap, it was not uncommon for Wang Guorui to use them to let those officials recruit soldiers for him.

And Wang Guorui was also able to obtain a large number of qualified soldiers, allowing his troops to expand. As long as those people can help him recruit soldiers, he won’t be afraid of making anything public at all. Originally, Wang Guorui recruited soldiers secretly, so he didn’t dare to expand his recruitment. And once you have these tattered rifles in exchange for soldiers, you can recruit soldiers openly, and it is still reasonable and legal. And these tattered rifles are also between those that make Manchu officials tempted and not tempted.

If Wang Guorui used the most advanced rifles in exchange, it would definitely make many Qing officials suspicious, and Wang Guorui couldn’t afford it either! And this kind of rifle, although the Manchu officials were tempted, it was not completely tempted. So even if Wang Guorui took out this rifle from 90 years ago, these Manchu officials would not pay too much attention to it. And although they were a little curious about the source of Wang Guorui’s rifle, they wouldn’t try to inquire about it desperately. As long as they don’t try their best to inquire about it, Wang Guorui is also confident to procrastinate. As long as the Japanese army starts to invade Taiwan, they won’t have the idea of inquiring about the source of this shabby rifle.