Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

In a warehouse of about 70 to 80 square meters, Su Zhengyang stood aside, while Liu Kangding and others were busy counting supplies.

"Even the Jiangbei Army in the past couldn't equip such a good rifle."

Liu Kangding picked up a Mauser 98K rifle and held it in his arms, caressing it lovingly like a new bride.

In fact, the rifles that are now in large quantities equipped by the Jiangbei Army and major warlord forces are basically Type 88 committee rifles, or imitations of old cartridges. Even so, there are still a considerable number of small warlords who are short of money, and their soldiers still have a large number of homemade rifles and hunting rifles.

The Mauser 98K rifle is an upgraded version of the GEW98 rifle. Strictly speaking, it began to serve in the German army after 1935. Its accuracy and lethality are almost half a generation ahead of the weapons of the major warlords today and are incomparable.

The twenty silver Browning 1911s made everyone ecstatic. For the current Republic of China, pistols are rare items and only a few officers can be equipped with them. In this world, the most popular pistol among warlords is the Browning 1900, which is much inferior to the 1911 in terms of performance, appearance and practicality.

"Master? Do we really have one of these pistols each?"

Su Zhengyang nodded and said, "Everyone has one, and you can make as many bullets as you want. If anyone dares to show weakness in the face of the enemy, return the gun to me immediately."

Liu Gangding quickly put the pistol into his arms and said, "With this gun, I can go to the mountains to fight bandits. I will sleep with it tonight. Even old women don't want it."

Su Zhengyang also took out a 1911 pistol and put it in the holster at his waist. Soon, the supplies were counted. The supplies given to novices by the system were extremely generous. There were not only a large number of guns and bullets, but also a large number of canned food.

Liu Gangding suddenly looked at Su Zhengyang with a serious expression and said, "Master, you didn't agree to any conditions from those foreigners, otherwise why would they give us so many military supplies?"

Although the equipment in front of us is not much, it is enough to arm a company with strong combat effectiveness.

"Don't forget, Commander Su died at the hands of Jiaobenji. He hated people who worshipped foreigners and betrayed their ancestors the most in his life."

Su Zhengyang patted Liu Gangding on the head and said, "What are you talking about? I am not that kind of person, your young master."

In my mind, the system's voice sounded again.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the system task: taking office. ]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the mission reward materials, 98 Mauser 100K rifles, 7.92mm bullets, 18 MP20 Bergmann submachine guns, 9mm matching bullets. ]

[The reward has been sent to the system space. After the host confirms to receive it, it will be delivered to the host's location. ]

Su Zhengyang was extremely excited. The MP-18 submachine gun was actually a so-called fancy machine gun, known as a bullet ejector, with a firing rate of 400 per minute and a range of 150 meters. In actual combat, it had extremely strong suppressive power and sufficient firepower, and it could crush all the warlords in the current Republic of Dahua.

I don’t know when the system will reward heavy weapons such as mortars or field artillery, which are the real killers on the battlefield.

After being excited for a long time, Su Zhengyang began to worry again. Judging from the current situation of the security team, which consists of only two or three big cats and small cats, he didn't know how many people from the Du family were deployed. He had so many equipment and supplies, but he was actually a commander without troops.

Su Zhengyang was in distress when a new round of tasks was released by the system again.

[Ding! The system issues a side quest: Eliminate harm for the people. The host is limited to eradicating the Du family of Sanjiang County, who are so powerful that they are causing trouble for the people, within three months.]

[Ding! The system releases the main task: Recruiting soldiers and horses. The host is required to expand the security team to a full strength of 2000 people within three months.]

The arrival of the two system tasks made Su Zhengyang excited.

"Lao Liu, leave a few brothers to look after the warehouse for me. Also, find out why the county security team has so few people and who took away the security team's military pay."

The next afternoon, Liu Gangding came to Su Zhengyang's room with a serious face. After organizing his words a little, Liu Gangding said, "Master, I have inquired about it. The security team of Sanjiang County actually has less than 100 people. The 1,500-man establishment has been taken away by the Du family and County Magistrate Ma and others."

"In addition, the eldest son of the Du family is now a subordinate of the Guo faction warlord, and the commander of the 122th Regiment of the 358nd Division. It is precisely because of the support of such a son of a regular army commander that the Du family dares to act arrogantly and domineeringly in Sanjiang County and bully the people. The people nearby call the Du family a wasp sting."

Su Zhengyang angrily slammed the table and said, "Gather all the soldiers registered in the security team immediately."

"Yes, sir, but there are less than half of our people in the base now. The others have gone to work in the fields."

Su Zhengyang was almost so angry that he laughed. Not only was the equipment poor and there were no people here, but the few people who were here treated this place like a vegetable market, entering and leaving as they pleased, and even going to their own fields to do farm work during working hours.

"Call me Captain from now on! Don't call me Young Master anymore. Gather everyone immediately!"

An hour later, the ninety-six soldiers of the security regiment lazily gathered together in the front yard. Their formation was scattered, and everyone had a nonchalant expression on their face. Some were even chatting with each other.

"Brother Ershun, didn't you go to work in the fields? Why are you here?"

"Who knows? The new leader suddenly asked us to gather together. There is still a lot of work to do in the fields."

"That's right, what does this security team come from? We just put our names here to get a dollar every month."

"Our new leader is also a young master from another place. Maybe he just wants to show off. We should be patient."

"I'm really too idle to do anything."

The soldiers present were obviously very dissatisfied with the sudden gathering and began to complain.

Su Zhengyang walked up to the soldiers with his head held high and chest puffed out, and said shockingly: "You don't know how to stand or sit! You don't even look like soldiers, you're worse than refugees!"

"Stand up straight and count to me one by one!"

A tall man immediately retorted in dissatisfaction: "Even if you are the head of the group, you can't say that to us. You only give us one dollar a month. You really think you are the boss."

In Linzhou Province, the regular troops under the Guo warlord had a monthly salary of four silver dollars for ordinary soldiers. However, according to the regulations of the local security corps, each soldier of the security corps should receive two silver dollars per month.

Obviously, the Du family not only ate up the salaries of more than a thousand people, but also cut the salaries of the less than a hundred people left in half. No wonder they never considered themselves to be real security corps soldiers from the bottom of their hearts.