Chapter 127 How Much Is the Pension?
The Lai brothers looked at Zhu Jiumei, a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, who volunteered to rush to the front. They looked at each other and felt ashamed.
Lai Lao San gritted his teeth and said, "No, I, Lai Lao San, will rush into the first wave no matter what.
Commander, Captain, the girls of the Thorn Team are all very skilled and capable, and they will be very useful to you if they stay with you. I am the third brother, so let me go first.
You recruit a death squad for me, and I promise to lead them to complete the mission."
Suicide Squad? Luo Jiu put down his pen and said, "Let me think about it."
She didn't want to send people to die, but the cruelty of war was that people would die in every war.
Someone will die on the losing side, and someone will die on the winning side, and she doesn’t even know if that person will be her.
Expecting zero casualties is almost like a dream.
She thought for a while and ordered everyone to turn on all the horns on the boat.
She was going to hold a pre-war mobilization meeting, which was also a registration meeting for the suicide squad.
The soldiers sat on the deck, listening to the familiar voice coming from the loudspeaker.
“Soldiers, I am Luo Jiu, the commander-in-chief of the National Salvation Army.
I believe your noses have already smelled the scent of homeland. Yes, we are about to go home.
But now the country is divided by warlords, and no one will give our National Salvation Army a way home.
Even if we kneel down and beg, no one will accept a team like ours.
But we have guns and cannons in our hands, we can stand our ground, fight in, and kill our way in.
Today, the little Japanese country occupies our Red Island. They step on our land, ride on the heads of our compatriots, and show off their power.
The goal of our first battle is to kill the Japanese and recapture Red Island."
The soldiers raised their guns and shouted: "Kill the Japanese troops and seize Red Island!"
Luo Jiu said: "I know this is your first time on the battlefield, and I know what you are worried about.
A few days ago, Commander Fan told us that someone asked what would happen if one died in a war?
I tell you, it is considered a sacrifice and a national hero.
There is a pension for those who died on the battlefield. Political Commissar Zhong will personally bring people to deliver the money to your family according to the address you registered.
Political Commissar Zhong told them that you sacrificed your life to defend your country and died for the dignity of the nation.
I would have newspapers put up with the names of every man who died for his country, and I would have books written and monuments built.
Let future generations, and the people of this land, remember your achievements firmly. "
Having said this, Luo Jiu paused and said, "You must be curious about how much the pension is, right?"
The silent soldiers burst into laughter, and Luo Jiu said with a smile: "The salary of our National Salvation Army has always been generous.
You who are well-informed should know that these warlords in the country, no matter who they are under, can only earn a maximum of eight dollars a month.
Not to mention that their food and supplies were not as good as ours, even if they only had eight dollars it was not enough to live, and they often had to pay their military wages on credit.
Starting this month, the salary of our National Salvation Army has been adjusted to two British pounds, which is twenty dollars.
Even if you are the most ordinary soldier, you should have received twenty dollars in salary this month.
If anyone hasn't received it, go find Staff Officer Cheng now and kill your superior first, so that he can embezzle the military pay."
The soldiers burst into laughter again, and Luo Jiu said, "The pension for ordinary soldiers in China is ten dollars.
I want to tell you that our National Salvation Army is wealthy and powerful, and will not let your blood and sacrifice be in vain.
Nor will I give you that little bit of money and make you worry about the lives of your families behind you.
The pension for our National Salvation Army is one hundred pounds, which is one thousand dollars!"
"Oh!" The soldiers cheered. Some raised their guns and shouted, "Brothers, I, Li Ergou, have been humble all my life. But now I am dying, I am finally worth something."
Luo Jiu continued through the loudspeaker: "Although you have never been to the battlefield, you must have heard of the death squad.
The battle is about to begin, and the girls of our Thorn Team will be the first suicide squad and rush to the front.
But their number is too small, only forty-one. We need to recruit another two hundred people as a suicide squad to follow them in the first battle.
Each member of the suicide squad can receive a bounty of one hundred pounds.
If you die on the battlefield, you will receive another 100 pounds of pension!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole army was in an uproar.
Everyone was talking to each other happily, "Oh my god, did I hear it right? Two hundred pounds, two thousand dollars!
It’s enough for the whole family to buy an apartment in Beijing and live a luxurious life for the rest of their lives!”
"Old Five, do you want to sign up?"
"Repay! I'm tough and I'm not afraid of death. If I'm alive, I'll make a thousand dollars for free. If I die, I'll make two thousand dollars. It's worth it!"
At this time, Zhu Jiumei was standing at the bow. The soldier next to her looked up and asked her, "Captain Zhu, you have followed the leaders in so many suicide squads, you must have made a lot of money, right?"
Zhu Jiumei replied: "Yes, there is too much money to spend."
Another person hurriedly said, "Why are you still a member of the Death Squad? It would be a pity if something happened."
Zhu Jiumei smiled calmly, "I'm not doing this for money. None of us in the Thorn Team are doing this for money."
Someone asked, “What are you doing this for?”
Zhu Jiumei pointed to the east, "For that land and its people.
Just as the commander said, we are defending our country, for national dignity, for world peace, and for the well-being of our country and its people.
So that no one in the future will be like us, far away from our homeland, making a living amid the contempt and insults of foreigners.
In order to make my compatriots proud and no longer have to be inferior citizens in their own country.
In order to make the country stronger, we no longer have to suffer defeats year after year, and no longer have to cede territory or pay compensation. "
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and someone whispered: "No wonder they are so powerful, people with faith are different, it's like they are not afraid of death."
Zhu Jiumei smiled and said, "Yes, people with faith are terribly strong."
Everyone laughed and raised their fists, "Then we will definitely win!"
"Of course, victory will always be ours."
"Let's go and sign up!"
A long queue soon formed at the makeshift registration desk, and registration information was continuously broadcast over the loudspeaker.
"Li Ergou, the second division of the first ship, has successfully registered.
Ma Hanwen from the Second Ship and Third Division has successfully registered.
Sun Wu, the commander of the three ships and six divisions, has successfully registered.
Gu Dali, one ship and one division, has successfully registered.
Qi Changfa, the second division officer of the first ship, has successfully registered.
..."
Luo Jiu heard a familiar name on the loudspeaker and hurried over. She called out to Old Man Qi who had just signed up, "You are old, don't sign up for the Suicide Squad."
When Father Qi saw Luo Jiu, he smiled, straightened his hunched body, and saluted, "Commander, let me go, I want to be the first to go home."
Luo Jiu sighed, "Is it because of money?"
Father Qi shook his head and said, "Thanks to the leaders, I have been able to send money home every year in the past few years. My wife and children have lived a good life. But..."
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