Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 95: The Domineering Tax Police Corps (1)

At first, Zhao Tianci was reluctant to come to the Tax Police Corps. The name didn't sound like the regular army. He was a battalion-level officer in the Teaching Corps, the most elite member of the national army. He would be "marrying down" to any other unit, let alone a "anti-smuggling police" that was not under the Military Commission system.

It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. If the emperor's uncle likes someone, he can just give him an order. After Zhao Tianci reluctantly reported to the Tax Police Corps, he got to know the "local tyrants" in this unit. Their treatment and equipment were even better than those in the Teaching Corps, and their training was not bad either. They were definitely an elite unit of the national army.

The uncle of the emperor was the Minister of Finance, in charge of the government's financial power. He was determined to build the Tax Police Corps into a powerful force. To this end, he spent a huge amount of money to buy equipment, recruit talents, and devote himself to military technical training.

The Ministry of Finance used the remaining salt tax from repaying the Eight-Nation Bank Group's loans each year to purchase weapons and equipment on its own. The Ministry of Finance was also responsible for the expansion of the troops and personnel appointments and dismissals, without having to report to the Military Commission.

Because of the abundant funds, clothing, food and salary were better than other regular troops. Major generals received 320 yuan per month, colonels received 240 yuan per month, lieutenant colonels received 170 yuan per month, majors received 135 yuan per month, captains received 80 yuan, lieutenants received 60 yuan, second lieutenants received 42 yuan, and warrant officers received 32 yuan per month.
When it comes to the soldier level, sergeants receive 20 yuan, sergeants 16 yuan, corporals 14 yuan, privates first class receive 12 yuan, and privates first class receive 11 yuan. In addition, each soldier receives a monthly food allowance of 4.5 yuan. The most generous of these are in dollars, not the common legal tender.

The troops were equipped with imported German Mauser rifles or Belgian FN1924/30 rifles, MP28 submachine guns, Czech light machine guns, Maxim or Type heavy machine guns (domestic imitations), Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, and even Vickers light tanks and Carden Lloyd ultra-light tanks.

Recruiting soldiers had to take an examination, and illiterate people were not accepted. Therefore, the soldiers' academic, technical and military skills were better than even the elite troops of the Central Army.

After Zhao Tianci took office, he found that the organization of the Tax Police Corps was also different. The Corps had 6 regiments, and the battalions, companies, and platoons were all "three-three system". The biggest trick came from the platoons. The Central Army's platoons had three squads, and their platoons had 6 squads, each with 14 people and equipped with a machine gun. In this way, a company had 18 machine guns and more than 250 guns.
A battalion has 3 infantry companies and a machine gun company, more than 1 people, and a regiment has 5 people. In addition to the 6 infantry regiments, the general regiment also has direct artillery battalions, communications battalions, special service battalions, engineering battalions, military police companies and other units, with a total strength of more than 3 people, which is more than an army of the Central Army.

Yue Qianli spent a huge amount of money, plus reinforcements, to get a force of over a thousand people. Zhao Tianci's battalion had more than a thousand regular troops, with a full salary of 135 silver dollars. After the war, even the 88th Division could only get % of the "national disaster salary."

Because of this wealth, Zhao Tianci was able to afford a special operations team, which consisted of two squads of 14 people. Each squad was equipped with a machine gun, six submachine guns, two sniper rifles equipped with imported scopes (the scopes were bought at a high price on the black market in Shanghai by Zhao Tianci), and four original Mauser rifles.
In addition, each person has a 20-shot Mauser pistol, 8 long-handled pistol bullets, a gas mask, etc. After several months of training, this special operations team has already acquired a certain combat capability.

The troops attacking the Tax Police Corps were Lieutenant General Yoshika Ryosuke, commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment and the th Division, who did not take the Tax Police Corps seriously.

Although he had already grasped most of the information about the Tax Police Corps through the intelligence department, he only regarded it as a toy of Song Ziwen, the "Uncle of the King". No matter how many people such a force had or how good its equipment was, it was only for the Ninth Division to gain military merit.

Colonel Fujii Suekichi, the commander of the 35th Regiment, even said jokingly to the senior staff officer, Major Miyoshi Kihei:
"Sanyoshi-kun, the Chinese are really good at playing. It is said that the Chinese army on the other side is a private armed force of a rich second-generation rich man, a private police force. Such a rabble is no match for the powerful Toyama Corps no matter how many there are. Fujita-kun is going to get another big credit this time. I am really envious."

Major Miyoshi also said with envy:
"What? 3 anti-smuggling police! This is absolutely unimaginable in the empire. Every squad is an armed force of the empire, and private individuals are not allowed to own troops. Such toys of rich young men will not have any combat power at all.
I really envy Mr. Fujita, and I also want to congratulate the commander. All the achievements made by the Fujita Battalion are due to your good command. Mr. Fujita is just an executor. "

"Yoshi, what Miyoshi said is very true, but I will also give credit to Fujita and the warriors, even to Miyoshi."

After hearing this, Major Miyoshi was delighted and immediately bowed deeply to Colonel Fuji, wishing he could lick his toes. He did not take the Tax Police Corps seriously at all. The same was true for Major Fujita, who was in charge of commanding the attack. Their arrogance was engraved in their bones. The 9th Division did not even take the elite of the Central Army seriously, let alone a tax and anti-smuggling police!
"Warriors, fight across the river and kill all the Chinese!"

Major Fujita rushed to the front arrogantly, waving his exquisite ancestral sword in the air, afraid that others would not see his show-off look;
Zhao Tianci put down the telescope, reached out for a Kar98 Mauser rifle, adjusted the sight range to 300 meters, tested the wind speed and then aimed at Major Fujita. He couldn't stand the Japanese who were too showy.

Major Fujita was arrogant but not stupid. The reason why he dared to act so showy was because he had calculated in his mind that he was at least 200 meters away from the Chinese position, and he did not believe that any Chinese could hit him at this distance.

He planned to rush for a few dozen meters before stopping, just to show off. Even though the defenders were a "rabble", they were not holding firewood sticks, and bullets had no blindness. He didn't want to risk his life for the sake of showing off.

His pretense really won the praise of the captain:

"Yoshi, Fujita-kun's bravery can be regarded as a model for the empire's warriors. With such a warrior, there is no need to worry about the survival of China—"

Colonel Fuji's voice suddenly stopped, and his expression was as ugly as if he had just swallowed a green-headed fly. Right under his nose, the "brave" Major Fujita had his head blown off by someone.

"Bakayaro, Fujita is such a brute!"

Colonel Fuji's tone of speech changed immediately, and the "Sweetheart" he had called before instantly became "Mrs. Niu", because Major Fujita had slapped him in the face.

After killing the showy Major Fujita with one shot, Zhao Tianci put down his gun and raised the telescope to observe the battle situation. He was first a commander, and then the best sniper in the entire battalion.

Zhao Tianci's gunshot was an order. As soon as he fired, the Maxim heavy machine guns deployed in the fortifications opened fire crazily at the Japanese attack group, pouring bullets like rain on the Japanese;

The Japanese soldiers who were wading across the river were shot and fell one after another. The distance of two or three hundred meters was just the best killing range of the Maxim heavy machine gun. Every burst of fire could almost take away one or two Japanese soldiers. The casualties of the Fujita Battalion increased sharply.

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

The Japanese did not give in. Captain Akiyama, the captain of the first squadron, took over the command and drove the troops to continue the attack on the other side of the river.

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