Chapter 1 Three Bosses

Three bosses from Langxi County, the Wang family uncle and nephew, plus Hu Laoliu, the pork shop owner.

After listening to what Lin Fan said, they were skeptical.

They wanted to continue watching to see if he could really do it.

Lin Fan asked with a smile, "I wonder which restaurant in the county is still open?

I would like to invite the gentry and celebrities of Langxi County tonight to discuss the future development of Langxi together."

Hearing that Lin Fan wanted to find a restaurant to treat guests.

The three bosses shook their heads and said, "The devils are stationed here, how can any restaurant stay open?

The devils pay when they eat in the restaurant, but the puppet soldiers only give IOUs.

Three hundred puppet soldiers come to eat every day, which restaurant can afford that?

Several restaurant owners only opened for two days before fleeing the city in fear and returning to their hometowns."

Lin Fan had only seen this kind of situation in works of art before.

Today, he heard people talking about it in reality: this sort of dog-acting-on-master's-power thing.

It's everywhere!

The master still cares about appearances and status, but the dog doesn't care about anything.

No wonder it has always been said that it is easier to see Yama than a minor devil.

Lin Fan could only smile wryly, "I did want to invite everyone to sit down for a while.

But it's a military stronghold, and inviting everyone to sit down,

Those who know will understand that I am inviting everyone to discuss the overall development of the county.

Those who don't know might think I'm tricking everyone into coming to squeeze them for money."

The three bosses laughed together: whether it was to discuss important matters or something else.

None of them wanted to go to Lin Fan's headquarters.

When a scholar meets a soldier, he can't reason, even if he's right.

Not to mention them, these merchants.

Soldiers hosting a banquet in the headquarters, wouldn't they, the merchants, become meat on the chopping board?

At the mercy of others?

Hu Laoliu said, "If you don't mind, my house is spacious enough. I can entertain you distinguished guests tonight."

Lin Fan nodded immediately, "Good! I have no problem. We soldiers only have canned food with us. I'll have someone bring some canned food over later.

I'll pay for the food and firewood tonight."

Hu Laoliu quickly said, "Sir! That won't do, absolutely not.

Being able to invite you bosses here is like having my house illuminated by this electric light.

How can I dare to let the sir pay?"

Lin Fan corrected with a smile, "My surname is Lin, and I'm a company commander. Just call me Company Commander Lin."

Hu Laoliu's pig slaughtering business, although he had some money in Langxi City, he could not be considered rich.

He was considered a bottom-level figure in the merchant circle. Being able to invite the city's merchants to his house for a banquet was an unprecedented big occasion.

He was unwilling to let Lin Fan pay under any circumstances.

But when he heard that Lin Fan was just a company commander, he became a little apprehensive.

He knew how big a company commander was.

The Wang family uncle and nephew also knew.

Hu Laoliu was a boor, and his expression immediately showed on his face.

Although the Wang family uncle and nephew didn't show it on their faces, their expressions were somewhat inappropriate.

Feng Junya, standing behind Lin Fan, said with a smile, "Our company commander, although only a company commander,

Is different from other company commanders in the National Army.

Our company commander has 15,000 men under his command. The two army commanders who will pass by here later can only be considered little brothers in front of our company commander.

Now our company has recovered Chunhua, Jurong, Lishui, and Moling.

Including here!

Why is it us attacking the city, not the two army commanders?

That's because they can't take this city!"

There was a lot of information in Feng Junya's words.

Fortunately, these bosses were good at listening.

They immediately understood: Company Commander Lin is called Company Commander Lin, he is just being low-key.

Company Commander Lin's strength as a company commander is stronger than the National Army's army commander.

Understanding it this way, they immediately understood.

After hearing this, the three bosses compared the situation before the devils came. A regiment of the National Army was stationed in Langxi at that time.

But they ran away without firing a single shot.

Wang Jixiu quickly said to Lin Fan, "I have been blind and did not know that Company Commander Lin was so brave."

Hu Laoliu also quickly said, "It will be held at my house tonight. If Company Commander Lin insists on paying,

Then I won't do it!"

Lin Fan had no choice but to say, "Then I'll have to trouble Boss Hu."

At this time, Hu Laoliu believed that Lin Fan said he wanted a lot of meat, a long-term supply.

More than 10,000 people eating meat, ten pigs a day is not enough.

Shopkeepers are not afraid of big eaters!

He runs a pork shop, so of course he is not afraid of people wanting a lot of pigs.

The entire Langxi countryside is full of his, Hu Laoliu's, pig farms.

He knows which families raise a lot of pigs.

It has been a month since he went to the countryside to collect pigs. Those farmers are already anxious.

But now he doesn't dare to supply the Special Company with a large number of pigs, in case this official who spoke so well

Takes the pork and suddenly goes back on his word, and gives him an IOU instead.

Or comes up with something like: We are bleeding and sweating on the front line fighting the devils, what's wrong with eating a few of your pigs?

In that case, Hu Laoliu's assets might not be enough for them to eat.

Although the three bosses were wary and cautious about this team that had just entered the city today.

But they also had expectations for this team: after all these years,

They had seen all kinds of teams, and this was the first time anyone had actively promoted fair trade in the county.

For these people, fair trade is the most important thing.

Boss Hu tried his best to invite a few people to sit at his house for a while.

Lin Fan looked at the time: 10:30. There was still a while before the 83rd Army would arrive in Langxi.

He also wanted to do more work with these local gentry and bosses.

Just entering the house, Hu Laoliu immediately asked his family to serve tea, which turned out to be Biluochun from Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake.

At this time, there were no pesticides, nor were there fake goods.

As soon as the tea was served.

Lin Fan smelled it and said, "So fragrant!"

He took a sip, "Good tea!"

Two praises immediately made Boss Hu feel honored.

Lin Fan asked, "I saw street lights in the city! Can the power plant still generate electricity now?"

Wang Guoxiang said, "It only generates electricity at night!"

Lin Fan understood: there was no industry. No one used the electricity generated during the day.

He continued to ask, "We are preparing to find a place nearby to build some new factories, preferably a cave that can defend against the devils' bombing.

Are there any nearby or in the nearby counties?"

Wang Jixiu said, "Of course, Guangde has the most caves. We have the most grain here."

Lin Fan wrote it down and said with a smile, "I see that Langxi County is already quite big. How many people usually live in the county?

If we connect a telephone line from outside, is that possible?"

"When the devils didn't come, there were more than 10,000 permanent residents in the county.

It costs a lot of money to connect a telephone here.

This is a big deal," said Boss Hu.

"Everyone can contribute some money, just like investing in the construction of the thermal power plant, and buy shares."

Wang Guoxiang and Wang Jixiu, uncle and nephew, looked at each other, obviously very interested.

These merchants, living in Langxi, wanted to know the prices of goods and grain in Wuxi and Suzhou, but could only wait for the news heard on the radio every day.

If there was a telephone, the thought was exciting.

Wang Jixiu finally smiled this time: "This matter will have to wait for the president to come back and discuss it at the Chamber of Commerce before we can decide.

After all, connecting to places like Wuxi and Suzhou is not a small expense."

Lin Fan said, "Also, Wuxi and Suzhou have now been occupied by the devils.

The two places are two different worlds, and this must also be considered."

Wang Guoxiang asked seemingly unintentionally, "Does the National Army collect taxes on doing business?"

"Yes! Taxes are collected according to the previous tax rates.

But once we collect taxes, we will definitely protect the rights of taxpayers.

If you pay taxes here, no matter where you have a problem, we will help you seek justice.

What about the former county magistrate and his people here?" Lin Fan said firmly.

"We have to pay taxes here, and we have to pay taxes there. That's too much!" Wang Guoxiang said.

Wang Jixiu asked, "What if the devils confiscate the goods in Wuxi and Suzhou?"

He was purely arguing, just a sentence that slipped out because he was a little relaxed.

Unexpectedly, Lin Fan said seriously, "We will take care of that too! Even if the devils confiscate your goods,

As long as you are doing business normally and you are in the right,

We will go and get justice for you. If any bandits or local bullies dare to commit crimes in our Special Company's territory,

No matter where they run to, we will catch them back.

Doesn't your Chamber of Commerce also have armed forces?

Next time, I will equip them with better guns, or simply let my team protect the merchants.

In short, as long as you pay taxes, you are our people.

No matter what happens outside, we will help."

After hearing Lin Fan's words, no matter how much the Special Company could do, at least they had the intention.

He also relaxed a bit: "The former county magistrate and his men retreated with the National Army after the devils came."

Lin Fan understood: "Let them go if they want to go! We still have to manage Langxi.

We will of course use our own trusted people to manage the territory we have captured ourselves.

I don't know anything about managing a place, but I have one request:

No matter what, we must make the lives of ordinary people better than before.

Better year after year!"

He saw that the three bosses were noncommittal, and smiled, "Saying these things now is just empty talk.

You only know the truth when the time comes."

Wang Guoxiang said with a smile, "Who wouldn't want to live a better life!

But this world is really too difficult.

This country has been fighting for decades. It used to be a civil war.

Now it's a national war!

We merchants, if we ship a boat of grain out, and we're unlucky,

If it is robbed, we will be ruined."

Lin Fan said seriously, "We can set up an insurance company.

For each shipment, pay 5% of the value of the goods as insurance.

If it is robbed or confiscated on the way,

The insurance company will fully compensate according to the insurance premium.

This way, everyone's risk of doing business will be smaller.

Of course, I don't want you to encounter such a situation."

Wang Jixiu's eyes lit up: "Insurance company? That's a good idea! But that's a business that can only be done in prosperous times.

In this world, who dares to run such a company?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Let's do what others dare not do!"

Wang Guoxiang said with a smile, "If Company Commander Lin runs such a company, the merchants in Langxi will definitely come to take care of the business.

I'm just afraid that some people will collude with each other and deliberately harm people."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "We treat every sincere person well.

We will not let go of anyone who deliberately opposes us."

After saying this,

Lin Fan looked at the time, it was past eleven o'clock, and stood up with a smile, "I'm going to see if there are two more teams coming into the city today.

In the evening, I will come over and talk to the bosses in the city about what to do in the future!

We will have someone come to pick up the five pigs that Boss Hu slaughtered.

We pay cash on delivery, no credit!"

Lin Fan emphasized again that he would pay when he left.

This left a deep impression on the three bosses.

After the Special Company passed by, the entire 83rd Army began to get busy.

Although they did not set off immediately, all the soldiers were busy preparing to depart.

The cooks also started to cook. After they left the supply of the Special Company,

Their lives were certainly not as good as when the Special Company opened. Even so, these soldiers were happy to be able to eat their fill.

The 83rd Army also had scouts. After Army Commander Deng Longguang watched the Special Company leave, he immediately ordered his scouts to follow.

He wanted his soldiers to see if the Special Company's attack on the city was going smoothly,

So that he, as the rear team, could respond accordingly.

You can't be unprepared when the time comes.

Army Commander Ye Zhao thought the same way.

The scouting teams of the 88th Army and the 63rd Army joined together, a cavalry team of forty men following the Special Company's cars, eating dust.

Yu Yongning, the reconnaissance platoon leader, led the team behind the convoy. The soldiers of the Special Company knew them.

They did not drive them away. Even when Lin Fan was watching Chen Sichuan's platoon attack the city at the artillery position outside the east gate of the city,

The scouts of the 83rd and 66th Armies stood behind Lin Fan and watched together.

When they watched the Special Company attack the city, it was completely unremarkable.

They just charged up plainly, climbed the city wall normally.

Then they opened the city gate and took the city.

Judging from these tactics, the devils were too easy to defeat.

But thinking about it, the devils only had so few people, so it was really easy to fight.

Why is it that the National Army always loses to the devils even with several times the troops?

This is a question!

These scouts said goodbye to Company Commander Lin: Lin Fan entered the city and they went back to report the situation.

These cavalrymen returned to the team like a gust of wind, shouting out the news that the Special Company had already captured Langxi as they went.

Soon the entire 83rd and 66th Armies knew this exciting news.

Army Commander Deng Longguang said happily to Division Commander Wu Jianxiong, "Old Wu! This Special Company's combat power is really strong!

After we go back this time, we will train a team like them."

Wu Jianxiong nodded and said, "We will start training after we go back! Their soldiers are not specially selected either.

The newly reorganized teams are actually much worse than the soldiers under my command."

Deng Longguang agreed, "Of course, otherwise, why would Company Commander Lin take a regiment from our two armies by force?

Isn't it because he saw the quality of our soldiers?"

Chief of Staff Tai Shi Hongyang said, "But! I have to say that their ideological education is really good.

Today, when they passed by, I noticed:

Some of the newly reorganized puppet soldiers have already gone out to fight.

Judging from the report just now, our scouts can't tell which are the veterans and which are the new recruits.

This shows that they have trained the puppet soldiers for a few days and they can already go to the battlefield."

"Yes! Their ideological work is indeed better than ours!

How did they do it?"

Worthy of being a chief of staff, this question was flawless!

Army Commander Deng and Division Commander Wu were silent.

Speechless!

Fortunately, the orderly came over in time to invite the big shots to eat breakfast.

The situation in the 66th Army headquarters was similar.

Army Commander Ye Zhao also admired the Special Company for putting those reorganized puppet soldiers on the battlefield so quickly.

But in addition to envy and jealousy, there was also some worry:

If this team is so strong, if it really develops,

After President Chiang Kai-shek drives the devils out of the country in the future, there will be trouble.

Army Commander Ye Zhao quickly put this matter down, let's live in the present.

His team is far from reaching a safe area yet.

The 66th Army has only been receiving messages from Wuhan these two days.

They have not replied to their specific location and actions, but even so,

Army Commander Ye Zhao also knew that the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters had been disbanded as early as the 15th.

Most of the officers and soldiers who defended the city with him became prisoners of the devils.

This time, the 83rd and 66th Armies became the real highlights of the entire army.

Of all the retreat orders issued by the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, only these two armies broke through directly according to the orders.

The teams that did not break through according to the orders all squeezed into Xiaguan, but there were not enough ferries.

The soldiers were either killed by the devils, drowned in the Yangtze River, or became prisoners.

These two days, Army Commander Ye Zhao has been thinking: "If a team like the Special Company accepted the retreat order,

Would they all follow the orders?"

His idea was very dangerous: Army Commander Ye Zhao had been a soldier for so many years, and he had fought against the organization behind the Special Company for so many years.

His promotion path was paved by his brave fighting against the other side.

Now he even thought of letting them be the main force to fight the devils.

Strangely, when Army Commander Ye Zhao thought so, he even had an illusion:

If that Red Army had the same equipment as the National Army, in the same numbers, the devils would really not be able to defeat them.

No matter what he thought in his heart, Army Commander Ye Zhao did not dare to reveal any of these thoughts.

His hands were stained with their blood, even if they appreciated each other,

He could not say a good word for them.

Although this time in Jurong, the Special Company saved the entire 66th and 83rd Armies,

And also helped him gain great fame.

These days, the newspapers all over the country have been introducing the deeds of the 66th Army in Jurong, Tangshan, and Chunhua, annihilating the devils.

Anyway, Wuhan has added all the results in this direction to Army Commander Ye Zhao and his 66th Army.

Now Army Commander Ye Zhao and the 66th Army have become a rising star in the whole world.

Putting his thoughts in order, Army Commander Ye Zhao talked and laughed and had breakfast with the staff of the army headquarters.

The anxiety when leaving Lishui has now subsided.

Army Commander Ye Zhao sent a communications soldier to send a letter to Army Commander Deng Longguang.

The content was very simple, only one word: "Road!"

Army Commander Deng Longguang replied with one word: "Good!"

Army Commander Ye Zhao was reminding Army Commander Deng: Although Langxi has been occupied,

But the road we promised Company Commander Lin, we still have to repair it for him.

Army Commander Deng Longguang replied that they would do it well.

Although the soldiers of the two armies wanted to go to Langxi to see it as soon as possible,

But since they left Lishui, they have been repairing the road to make it flat.

There were still thirty miles left, and it would be very fast for them, these more than 20,000 people, to repair it.

So no matter how anxious they were in their hearts, the road had to follow the orders of the officers: repair it well!

Walking all the way to Langxi like this, it was almost noon.

Army Commander Deng Longguang heard the communications soldier report: Company Commander Lin was personally welcoming them outside the east gate of the city.

He immediately whipped his horse and rushed to the front of the team.

Seeing Lin Fan standing on the roadside from a distance, Army Commander Deng got off his horse.

He walked over in stride, holding Lin Fan's hand tightly with both hands: "Company Commander Lin, you are simply the Flying Tigers!

Overnight from Lishui to Langxi, in one go.

Taking the county seat, what a spirit!

What a team!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "It's all thanks to the bravery of the soldiers!"

Looking at the passing team in front of him, he asked, "Did you encounter anything along the way?"

"No! No! With such a large army moving, nothing happened along the way," Army Commander Deng said happily.

"Langxi is different from Jurong and Chunhua, which we occupied.

There are still people living in Langxi County.

I hope the soldiers of the 83rd and 66th Armies will not commit the slightest offense.

They must not disturb the people, and they must not apportion these."

Lin Fan said his rules with a smile.

Army Commander Deng was very surprised that there were still people in Langxi: "There are still people here?"

"Yes! Ordinary people always have to live, no matter who is in power.

They don't have the qualifications or the ability to escape, they can only endure it," Lin Fan said.

"I will issue an order immediately to prohibit the soldiers from disturbing the people."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "I have sent ten teams of military police in the county.

Public notices to reassure the people and the 'Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention' have been posted at the city gates and throughout the county.

These are for the soldiers to abide by. If anyone violates them,

I'm afraid we can only pull them out as an example to win the trust of the people."

Hearing Lin Fan's words, Army Commander Deng Longguang immediately understood: "Company Commander Lin is waiting for the soldiers to make mistakes.

He wants to use them as an example to buy the hearts of the people in Langxi."

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the messengers: "Pass it on! Before all the soldiers enter the city gate, they must recite the 'Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention'.

Everyone must abide by them and must not violate them."

Seeing that Army Commander Deng had formally issued orders to the team, Lin Fan stopped talking about this matter.

He said with a smile, "Army Commander Deng, come and taste this Biluochun.

Boss Wang said it was produced in Dongshan, Dongting Lake.

It's real Biluochun."

He set up tables and chairs on the roadside and sat down to wait.

It was just a signboard short of making it a roadside teahouse.

Army Commander Deng Longguang knew: Company Commander Lin was going to wait for the 66th Army here.

From this point, Army Commander Deng felt Lin Fan's simplicity.

In order to buy people's hearts, he even put the ugly words first.

Thinking of this, Army Commander Deng asked, "Company Commander Lin, are there many devil troops guarding Langxi?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Two hundred devils and three hundred puppet troops."

Army Commander Deng Longguang said with a smile, "Congratulations to Company Commander Lin for having three hundred more men under his command."

Lin Fan shook his head: "All the puppet troops died in battle this time."

Hearing Lin Fan's words, Army Commander Deng was furious: "Why?"

Army Commander Deng could accept the surrender of the National Army, because they could not win and could not escape.

In order to survive, he could accept the surrender of those National Army soldiers, and he could also accept those National Army soldiers running away during battle.

But he could not accept these puppet troops running away when they were in the National Army's team.

Being brave and fighting to the last when serving the devils.

Really fighting to the death!

With such a determination to die, why not fight for their own countrymen?

Thinking of this, he said hatefully, "These people! Deserve to die!"

Lin Fan echoed, "These people are more hateful than the devils and should indeed be killed."

These people were sitting on the roadside drinking tea, and even such fragrant Biluochun had no taste in Army Commander Deng's mouth.

He was still thinking about the puppet troops fighting to the death, and he couldn't figure it out.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Traitors have always been like this. These people just because their own National Army team treats them as human beings.

So they don't have the awareness that people should have, and they run away when they encounter difficulties.

When fighting, they run away as soon as there is a slight disadvantage.

Because the devils don't treat them as human beings, they can only be loyal dogs.

Dogs of course have no human rights, and on the battlefield,

These puppet troops who are dogs, even if they want to escape, the masters will use methods to drive them back."

Hearing this analysis, Army Commander Deng sighed, "Alas! Not wanting to be good people, but wanting to be dogs."

Lin Fan pointed to the soldiers walking on the road and said, "Our soldiers, ordinary people who are illiterate, only have the simplest idea of repaying virtue with virtue, and repaying kindness with kindness.

If they are literate, understand the principles, know the family and the country,

Know the righteousness, and then guide them onto the right path,

There will be fewer such people."

Army Commander Deng Longguang looked at him: "Company Commander Lin, you don't have your eye on my entire 83rd Army, do you!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "It would be a lie to say I don't have my eye on it.

Not only your 83rd Army, but also Army Commander Ye Zhao's 66th Army.

These two teams of yours were not well-known before.

This time, you were able to follow military orders.

Breaking out of Nanjing is already considered the most combat-effective team in the entire National Army.

In my eyes, these two armies of yours are much stronger than Chiang's five German-equipped divisions.

Army Commander Deng may not know yet that the Nanjing Garrison District has been disbanded.

Of the entire Nanjing defense team, only these two armies of yours broke through on your own according to the retreat order."

Army Commander Deng Longguang felt happy after hearing Lin Fan's words.

He was still being modest verbally: "No, no? We are far behind the Special Company."

After saying this, he looked at Lin Fan's smiling face.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Army Commander Deng, let's not engage in commercial flattery.

I also know that it is impossible to ask you to hand over the command of the entire army.

This time after you go back, I only ask you not to attack friendly troops until all the devils have withdrawn from our territory."

Army Commander Deng Longguang quickly said, "Company Commander Lin, rest assured about this.

As long as I am an officer for one day, I will not let my team fight with your army."

While they were talking, the 66th Army also caught up.

The 83rd Army had to repair the road, and the speed of advance was slower, so it was overtaken by the 66th Army.

Army Commander Ye Zhao saw Lin Fan and the others drinking tea here from a distance.

He walked over in stride: "Company Commander Lin! Divine soldiers!

Again like lightning, long-distance raids, making the devils caught off guard!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "It is still necessary for the two army commanders to repair the road well in front!

On this road, the car runs smoothly, and the speed is much faster."

The two army commanders laughed.

Lin Fan continued, "Now these places are being defended by the devils.

On a global scale, the devils are powerful, but if we focus on one city,

Especially these county towns, the devils really can't defend.

As long as we want to attack it, we can march a hundred miles overnight.

Concentrate superior forces and spend two hours to take the county seat.

Making it impossible for the devils to even react.

Not to mention sending troops to rescue."

All the National Army officers present were thoughtful.

Army Commander Ye Zhao said with a smile, "Company Commander Lin is really a military strategist.

With such a battle, apart from a real copper wall and iron wall, no one can really prevent it."

Army Commander Deng said, "A hundred miles overnight, the requirements for the soldiers are a bit high.

After all, it is not just to attack, but also to retreat back.

This is a continuous journey of three hundred miles for two days."

He was really considering using such tactics in combat.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "This requires good reconnaissance in advance.

I believe that at a distance of a hundred miles, the enemy's defenses will not be too strict."

Army Commander Deng Longguang nodded, he understood in his heart:

"After going back, we must let all the soldiers in the army practice running, we really have to let the soldiers practice running a hundred miles overnight."

Lin Fan smiled and explained the "Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention" to everyone.

What else could these officers say?

"This is your territory now, so of course you have the say.

Don't say three main rules, you can have as many as you want.

Anyway, we are only resting here for one day."

Army Commander Ye Zhao said, "Pass it on to everyone and strictly follow the 'Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention'.

We can't change how people did things before.

We can change ourselves."

Lin Fan raised his glass with a smile: "I will replace the wine with tea and thank the two army commanders on behalf of the people of Langxi and Guangde.

I will give the two army commanders a dust-washing banquet in the headquarters at noon today.

In the evening, if you two are interested, let's go to a dinner in Langxi County."

Army Commander Ye Zhao asked with a smile, "A celebration banquet?"

"I would rather call it an investment promotion banquet!"

"Company Commander Lin is preparing to establish a base area here?" Army Commander Deng Longguang asked.

Army Commander Ye Zhao frowned: "There are devils all around here, without the assistance of friendly troops.

It's not easy!"

His implication was that it would not be easy to build and defend it.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Aren't the two armies in the Ningguo direction my friendly troops?"

Army Commander Ye Zhao said with a smile, "We can't stay in Ningguo for long.

Just because we fought side by side in Jurong, the higher-ups won't let us get close again."

This understanding was very accurate!

Lin Fan nodded: "Let's try and see."

The words had been said to the two army commanders, and Lin Fan began to withdraw the stall.

The two army commanders had more than 10,000 men under their command, and there were also many things to do.

Army Commander Ye Zhao suddenly asked, "Company Commander Lin! Did you bring a doctor with you?"

"I did!"

"We have some sick soldiers who need to see them."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "They are in the county, send them over!

The Special Company's current supply of medicines is only going out and not coming in.

When you two armies arrive in Ningguo, you must help me get some medicines.

Whether it is traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, it is fine."

Just hearing Lin Fan say he wanted to get medicine, the two army commanders were shocked.

Western medicine was very difficult to get at this time.

Later, when they heard that traditional Chinese medicine was also fine, there was no problem.

As long as you have money, you can always get traditional Chinese medicine.

They both agreed immediately.

December 19, 1937, was the day when Langxi was reborn after being occupied by the devils.

That afternoon, Langxi County was very lively.

Although most of the ordinary people in the county, which originally had more than 10,000 people, had fled,

There were still five or six thousand residents left.

These thousands of people, plus the more than 20,000 people of the 83rd and 66th Armies who had just poured in,

The entire Langxi County suddenly became very lively.

In particular, the Special Company's public notices to reassure the people were posted everywhere in the county.

Because there were too many people, Lin Fan learned the methods of later generations and directly set up fixed military police stations on the streets of the county.

These military police were mainly aimed at those soldiers.

With the soldiers of the Special Company acting as military police, the veteran soldiers of the 83rd and 66th Armies dared not cause trouble.

The soldiers of these two armies admired the Special Company wholeheartedly.

Moreover, each of these soldiers had just received five yuan in Jurong.

When you have money in your hand, you have to spend it.

In one afternoon, the entire Langxi seemed to suddenly come alive.

On those ruins that had been destroyed by bombing, many soldiers were busy again.

Those shops that were still intact, or those that had been repaired later, all opened for business in the afternoon.

No matter what they were doing, business was very good this afternoon.

The spending power of tens of thousands of soldiers was not fake. Some of them wanted to have a drink, some liked to have some pastries,

And some wanted to buy some daily necessities.

These made the few shopkeepers who stayed in the city smile from ear to ear.

What made these shopkeepers happiest was: fair trade!

This was really not just a saying.

Some officers were unreasonable, and as soon as a dispute arose, military police with red armbands would come over immediately.

After asking about the situation, they would directly reason.

These military police did not just blindly help the Langxi merchants.

For example, the Zhou family in Chengdong originally sold wontons at a small stall.

A soldier from the 66th Army ran over to eat, and the Zhou family said that the soldier had eaten two bowls but only paid for one bowl.

The soldier said that he had only eaten one bowl.

This was a big problem.

Gong Boyi and Su Hongfang, who were on duty as military police here, looked at each other, and they didn't know how to reason.

Lin Fan was invited to the scene, and he looked at the soldier and asked kindly, "How many bowls did you eat?"

"Company commander! I really only ate one bowl!"

Lin Fan asked the Zhou family, "How many bowls did he eat?"

The male owner of the Zhou family was a little scared when he saw an officer coming, and his eyes flickered: "He ate two bowls of wonton noodles and only paid for one bowl."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

"Any witnesses?"

"Any witnesses? My wife and children are all witnesses."

Lin Fan looked at the child of the Zhou family, who was about ten years old and very clever.

So he asked, "Little friend! How many bowls did you see this brother eat?"

"I saw him eat two bowls of noodles, I served both bowls of noodles."

Di Binshi quickly protested, "Company Commander Lin! I really only ate one bowl!

It wasn't this child who brought it, it was his wife who brought it."

At this time, Army Commander Ye Zhao and Army Commander Deng Longguang, having received the news, both came over.

They knew that Lin Fan wanted to establish a base area here, and this matter was really a small matter.

Army Commander Ye Zhao ordered his soldiers, "Di Binshi! Children don't lie.

He said you ate two bowls, then you ate two bowls.

Eating things without paying, you can lose face, but I can't lose face.

I'll pay for this."

Di Binshi almost cried out, "Army commander, I really