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Chapter 116: 80,000 Oceans!

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    Chapter 116: 80,000 Oceans (new book please watch)

    In order to facilitate the transportation of supplies, the logistics warehouse of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters was located near the Nanjing Railway Station, not far from the Zhonghua Gate. Li Guoyao and others arrived in less than half an hour.

    As soon as the troops reached a place two hundred meters away from the logistics warehouse, they were stopped by someone: "Stop, who is it?"

    Li Guoyao looked at the leader who was speaking, then shook the note in his hand and said: "I am Li Guoyao, the 67th Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army. I have been ordered to come to collect weapons, equipment and supplies. This was approved by Deputy Commander Luo personally.  Copy!"

    The soldier took the note from Li Guoyao, looked at it, and then said: "You guys wait, I will report to the director!"

    After ten minutes of waiting, a captain came out and said to Li Guoyao and others: "We have verified the note. It is indeed from Deputy Commander Luo. Come with us. Who is the leader? Come here."  !¡±

    Li Guoyao strode over and came to the captain!

    The captain looked at Li Guoyao, and then said: "Our director said, you understand the rules, right? Have you brought your things?"

    "What rules, what are they?" Li Guoyao frowned and said.

    The captain looked at the ragged Li Guoyao and said: "You don't look like the Central Army, so let me tell you, no matter who comes to get equipment from us, we will take a 20% cut, and it will be converted into oceans. According to what the note says  , a total of 3,000 new guns, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, and 7,000 sets of military uniforms are allotted to you, worth 400,000 oceans. According to the rules, you have to come up with 80,000 oceans before you can take away the things!"

    "80,000 yuan, why don't you go grab it?"

    The captain looked at Li Guoyao, with a look of contempt on his face, and said: "Robbery? Robbery is not as easy as earning money like this. To tell you the truth, the money is not all taken by the brothers, but to show filial piety to those higher up.  As for who he is, I can¡¯t say, but he is definitely someone you can¡¯t afford to offend!¡±

    "Do you think we are the ones who can spend 80,000 yuan on the ocean?" Li Guoyao said calmly.

    "No money? If you don't have money, why are you coming to get the equipment?"

    "We have a note from Deputy Commander Luo. Believe it or not, I will call Deputy Commander Luo right now?" Li Guoyao said angrily.

    "Haha, let's fight. Deputy Commander Luo is very powerful, but he can't control the logistics department! Now the whole city of Nanjing is at war, and weapons and equipment are needed everywhere. Who do you think you are? Let me tell you, even if Deputy Commander Luo personally  He has to say good things even when he comes!" the captain said with a cold face.

    "So if I don't give you the 80,000 yuan, you won't get a hair today, is that what you mean?" Li Guoyao said lightly.

    "That's not the case. Didn't we withdraw a batch of junk from the front line a few days ago? There seems to be one or two thousand pieces. I can talk to the director and get it back for you, but I can't guarantee whether it can be used!"

    "I want to see your director!"

    "Don't mention it, our director has a lot to deal with all day long, but we don't have time to see everyone!" the captain said lightly.

    Li Guoyao said coldly: "He is a small division chief, but he is a lieutenant colonel. If one of my damn major generals wants to see him, he has to make an appointment. Believe it or not, I will bring someone in right now!"

    Hearing that Li Guoyao actually said that he was a major general, the captain was stunned at first, but he still said: "I can only inform you, but I can't guarantee whether the director will see you or not!"

    "Then why are you still standing there? Hurry up and I'll wait for the time!"

    Looking at the captain officer who turned around and left, Li Guoyao felt a flash of fire in his heart!

    I have always heard people say that the military corruption in the Nationalist Government is extremely serious, but I did not expect it to be so serious, to the point of blatantly asking for bribes.

    When Li Guoyao was in military school, he heard a professor say that corruption in the Kuomintang army was mainly concentrated in two areas: one was military business; the other was military smuggling.  What always goes hand in hand with these two is the almost inevitable way for military generals to line their own pockets. In Chiang Kai-shek's own words, "especially senior generals, and those above military commanders, almost always engage in corruption"

    The army of the Republic of China has been doing business since the Beiyang era.  But it really became popular only after the Kuomintang allowed and advocated the establishment of the "Military Production Cooperative" after the Anti-Japanese War began.  The "Army Production Cooperative" is similar to the ancient farming. It was a helpless move when the country's strength was insufficient and the anti-Japanese war was necessary. The purpose was to improve the lives of soldiers.  Its contents include farming, processing agricultural products, manufacturing daily necessities such as clothes, socks, and bedding, as well as exporting labor services, such as building roads and dams, etc.

      Complementing the "Military Production Cooperative" is the "Military Consumer Cooperative". The purpose of this organization is to "avoid the exploitation of middlemen, purchase goods directly from producers in bulk, and distribute them to members." In short  In other words, each army raises funds and sets up specialized organizations to purchase necessities for soldiers at the most appropriate price to improve their daily lives.

    But the result was contrary to the original intention. According to the original intention of the National Government, the army set up cooperatives not to make profits, but to improve the lives of soldiers.  However, the vast majority of the military had no interest in participating in production or purchasing daily necessities for soldiers. Instead, they invested in business in the name of "military cooperatives." Especially in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, the military was already generally engaged in business.  Most of the goods business has nothing to do with improving the lives of soldiers, but is purely for profit.

    Naturally, Chiang Kai-shek was deeply disgusted by this and personally came forward to criticize: "The reason why we advocate the establishment of cooperatives in the army is to improve the lives of officers and soldiers. This kind of good law and good intention should be implemented to maximize benefits. However, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything in the world. Now we  There are people in the army who use the name of cooperatives to conduct business, which only serves as a source of fraud, especially in the garrison areas near the rivers and coasts with important transportation links.  The abuses that soldiers are doing in business are probably unavoidable in all war zones. I hope that all commanders and commanders will  The commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief strictly prohibit and prohibit any business dealings in selling enemy goods, which will be regarded as a crime of collaboration with the enemy."

    Another drawback of doing business with the military is military smuggling.  These smuggling is often carried out in the name of "military cooperatives".  It disrupted normal local business operations quite seriously. For example, in 1936, Jiangxi Highway Operations Commissioner Xiong Dahui formulated a "Jiangxi Highway Operation Management Plan", which clearly stated that the smuggling of goods by military consumer cooperatives must be banned: "All military units stationed in this province,  There are many consumer cooperatives, and their original intention is good. However, recently there have been reports of smuggling of goods, which has seriously affected the legitimate business of this department. Therefore, in order to maintain the business plan of our department, we should actually submit a petition to the provincial government and refer it to the military commanders.  The consumer cooperatives to which it belongs are strictly ordered not to smuggle goods in the future, which may hinder the progress of our business."

    ¡°But the issue of military smuggling cannot be said to be beyond the control of the Jiangxi Provincial Government. Even the Nanjing Government has no solution.  At that time, the military was mostly involved in smuggling large quantities of internationally smuggled goods. The exports were mainly tung oil, mercury, and mineral sand, while the imports included cigarettes and opium. They were often carried out in conjunction with frontline garrison troops.

    Chen Cheng, who once served as a senior general of the expeditionary force, said in his posthumous manuscript that troops stationed in various places in Yunnan not only engaged in business and smuggling, but also gambled, smoked opium, and stole ordnance.  It can be seen that the Kuomintang's military and political leadership are fully aware of this kind of commercial failure in the army, but they can do nothing about it.  Some even want to share the wealth from their subordinates' business and smuggling; this collusion creates a vicious circle, and the stubborn disease will never be eliminated.

    In addition, it is also quite serious for the national army to take shortcuts and ask for bribes.

    "Shortage" has always been a chronic problem of the military, and the Kuomintang army is no exception.  The usual situation is: the superiors tacitly allow each unit to falsely report a certain number of troops. Usually the company commander can report two people, and the battalion commander will double the number of soldiers in turn. After the officers of each unit are vacant, they can defer reporting for one or two months depending on the situation, and their salaries are determined by  The chief officer intercepted.

    In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, the phenomenon of underpayment became quite serious. During this period, an army division generally had only 6,700 men, but when leading troops, the full amount of 10,000 troops was reported. Most of the 3,300 men's underpayment went into the pockets of the chief officers.

    Chiang Kai-shek himself knew this situation very well. He once said personally: "The shortage of troops in our front lines has become a shortcoming known to the whole country. It has been deceived at all levels, and in one division there is a shortage of more than 3,000 men.  They also treat each other as normal. They usually receive the pay of one division, but temporarily cannot use it for half the division. When reporting the battle afterwards, they arbitrarily exaggerate the report, claiming that one division had five or six thousand casualties."

    Asking for bribes is also rampant in the military. Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth War Zone, once recalled: "When the army needs to replenish weapons and ammunition, it must also bribe higher-level officials and military stations to get replenishment. This is especially true for miscellaneous troops. If they do not pay bribes, they will be replenished."  There is no replenishment at all. Even if Chairman Chiang approves the replenishment of a batch of weapons and ammunition, the military depot warehouse officials will extort bribes. Without bribes, the military depot will pretend that the inventory is exhausted."

    "Therefore, some army commanders tried every means to bribe officials in military stations and even attendant rooms to obtain weapons and ammunition and preserve their strength. For example, the new commander Wang Jiqu of the 5th Theater Command was allowed to receive 1,000 new guns, so he sold 200 of them and used the proceeds as bribes.  Military depot and warehouse officials. As for Wang Zanxu, commander-in-chief of the 29th Group Army, although Chairman Chiang personally approved the order to receive weapons, he could not receive any of them without bribery."

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