Chapter 573: Having guns but no cannons is just nonsense

Chapter 573: Having guns but no cannons is just nonsense

Ye Guang was right. A cruise ship full of young people from Southeast Asia soon arrived at the port.

When the passionate young people from Southeast Asia saw two troops on the dock, they immediately became excited.

They stood on the deck of the cruise ship and discussed among themselves which unit to join.

A middle-aged lady was the first to walk down the gangway and towards Xiang Chu and Long Sheng.

Xiang Chu saw that it was Li Meiyue and took the initiative to step forward and greet her:

"Hello, President Li!"

Li Meiyue asked in confusion: "Lieutenant General! Who are you?"

Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, Chu Xi! Commander of the 34th Division."

Li Meiyue said respectfully, "So you are Miss Song's husband. Thank you for helping us mediate last time. Oh, by the way! I feel like I've seen you somewhere."

"How could that be? I have been in Europe and America for many years."

Xiang Chu smiled, changed the subject, and begged,

"President Li! My 34th Division now has a lot of new equipment but no personnel. Can you give me all the Nanyang youth volunteers you brought with you?"

"this......"

Li Meiyue couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and gritted her teeth and said, "Commander Chu! For Miss Song's sake, I will give you half of the people, and the other half will be assigned to the elite mixed 1st division."

Xiang Chu pointed at the wooden boxes containing opium and sneered:

"Elite Mixed 1st Division? What kind of equipment do you think they brought back?"

Li Meiyue stepped forward to take a look and said in surprise: "They are all opium?!"

"Wu Sheng! Cover it up and take it away quickly."

Long Sheng shouted loudly, pulled Ye Guang forward, and said unhappily, "Li Meiyue! Master Ye has already said that these two thousand young Nanyang soldiers will all be assigned to my Mixed 1st Division."

When Li Meiyue heard him calling her by her name rudely and because he was transporting some opium, she said angrily, "Captain Long! This is an anti-Japanese war and national salvation operation led by our Nanyang Red Cross. Although Ye Guangjia has provided ships to help with transportation, they cannot assign volunteer youths so arbitrarily."

Ye Guang said angrily: "President Li! This young master also has good intentions. Which young man from Nanyang does not want to join the ace division? Want to join a garbage division?"

Li Meiyue was speechless. She looked at Xiang Chu and apologized, "Captain Chu! What Master Ye said makes sense. Since they are volunteers, they should be allowed to voluntarily choose the unit they want to join."

Without waiting for Xiang Chu to answer, Long Sheng rushed to the cruise ship and shouted to the Nanyang Youth Volunteer Soldiers on the deck:

"Everyone! Please join my elite Mixed 1st Division. I, Long Sheng, will lead you to build great achievements for the motherland."

"it is good!"

The passionate young people from Southeast Asia cheered in unison.

Yu Xiaowan stood on the deck of the Xiaowan ship, holding a microphone, and displayed her student leader style, shouting loudly: "The passionate young man from Nanyang, his mixed division smuggled a large amount of opium back to the country in the name of transporting new weapons.

The so-called new weapons of the 1st Mixed Division are all junk. Look at our troops, they are equipped with the latest weapons and equipment in the world today."

Ning Qiang and others immediately responded to her speech, standing in a row with new weapons in their hands, looking very majestic.

"You, you are looking for death."

Long Sheng was so angry that he was about to draw his gun.

Xiang Chu said coldly: "Long Sheng! You want to kill people when you can't win the argument? Are you still a division commander?"

"Okay! You're cruel."

Long Sheng put away his gun, took out a large stack of banknotes, waved it at the deck of the cruise ship, and shouted loudly,

"Young men from Nanyang! If you choose my Mixed 1st Division, I will immediately give you military pay and new weapons. The 34th Division is extremely poor. If you choose it, you will regret it for the rest of your life."

"it is good!"

Young people from Southeast Asia who like money responded one after another.

They ran down the cruise ship's gangway carrying their luggage and excitedly joined the Mixed 1st Division.

Needless to say, Long Sheng and Ye Guang were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

Yu Xiaowan and other people from the 34th Division were so angry that their faces almost turned green.

Xiang Chu remained calm and quietly looked at these blinded young people from Southeast Asia.

Li Meiyue persuaded earnestly: "Young people! Don't forget, you are returning to the mainland of the motherland to fight the war and save the country, not for money. The 34th Division also needs people."

But no one listened, and everyone followed suit and joined the 1st Division.

The area in front of the 1st Mixed Division's freighter terminal is very lively, in stark contrast to the area in front of the 34th Division's freighter terminal.

Wu Sheng hurriedly said, "Commander! We have so much cargo to transport, we can only need 1 people at most. We can't transport more people back to China."

Long Sheng laughed and said, "You are stupid! You can just let them walk back to China. If they can join the Mixed 1st Division, they will definitely be willing to do so even if they have to walk."

Wu Sheng said hurriedly: "We don't have any extra equipment to distribute to them."

Long Sheng just didn't want to give the extra people to the 34th Division, and sneered, "You don't know how to apply?"

After he finished speaking, he shouted loudly: "Young people from Nanyang! Because our transportation capacity is limited, 1 people will board the train or bus first, and the remaining 1 will walk to Kunming."

The young men in Nanyang were stunned. Some of them had always envied the new weapons of the 34th Division officers and soldiers, and could not help but ask loudly: "Sir! Can we get the new weapons right away?"

Long Sheng shook his head and said, "You are new soldiers, so you can't do it yet. When we get to Kunming, I will give each of you a Hanyang-made sword and a broadsword."

Lu Xiong shouted loudly: "Come to the 34th Division, we will immediately distribute the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world."

Sun Ji put on a gas mask and shouted, "See? We each have a gas mask."

The Nanyang youths were not stupid either, and they discussed:

"Forget it! Let's just join the 34th Division."

"The 34th Division's equipment is too advanced."

"What's the use of just being an elite division?"

The situation was reversed instantly, and more than half of the Nanyang youths turned to join the 34th Division.

Long Sheng was so angry that he waved the banknotes and shouted, "Those who come here will be paid immediately!"

This is a bit ridiculous. The young people from Southeast Asia come here to serve their motherland, and few of them are tempted to do so.

In the end, 1500 Nanyang youths joined the 34th Division, and 500 Nanyang youths joined the Mixed 1st Division.

Long Sheng pointed at Xiang Chu fiercely and said, "Commander Chu! Even though you are a lieutenant general now, after a few battles, I, Long Sheng, will definitely rise to the rank of general and surpass you."

Xiang Chu didn't argue with him and said with a smile: "Come on!"

Ye Guang looked at the young men from Nanyang who were happily carrying new weapons after joining the 34th Division, and laughed loudly, "You will definitely regret giving up the opportunity to join the elite ace division just for a few new weapons."

"Having guns but no cannons is just nonsense! Look at our 1st Mixed Division. We still have at least dozens of Type infantry cannons."

Long Sheng laughed loudly, and took 500 bare-handed young soldiers from Southeast Asia, as well as thousands of veterans of varying quality, and escorted their goods onto the truck and left the harbor terminal.

The dock became empty in an instant, and soon, a huge truck that stretched as far as the eye could see drove over.

Xiang Chu hurriedly ordered: "Brothers! First move all the weapons and equipment on Xiaowan to the dock for loading, and then move on to the Manxue and Xiyan."

"Yes!"

Everyone accepted the order in unison.

Li Meiyue asked with a smile: "Commander Chu! You don't have too many weapons and equipment, right?"

Xiang Chu said modestly: "Not much!"

Li Meiyue said angrily: "Don't fool us young people from Nanyang."

“No fooling around!”

Xiang Chu smiled and handed her the thick list of weapons and equipment, and said with a smile,

"President Li! This is our weaponry."

Li Meiyue took the equipment list and exclaimed:

"Oh my god! Isn't that enough?"

Yu Xiaowan smiled bitterly and said, "President Li! These were all bought by Mr. Chu himself."

"Ah? My own money!"

Li Meiyue looked at Xiang Chu in disbelief and said with emotion,

"Mr. Chu! Is it worth it?"

Xiang Chu nodded and said, "It's worth it to spend all our wealth on the war of resistance!"

Nearly two thousand people devoted themselves to the transportation. Soon, the new weapons, equipment and supplies were piled up like mountains on the dock, which stunned the young volunteers from Southeast Asia.

Needless to say, they all felt that they had made the right choice at this point.