Chapter 543: Guangdong Army and Fujian Army

Late at night on October 3, the Fujian Guardian Envoy suddenly issued an order to the front line, and all the Fuzhou fleet's warships immediately returned to the military port. At four o'clock the next morning, another order was sent to Luojiang County and Putian in Quanzhou, informing the Fujian Guardian Envoy that the Fujian Guardian Envoy had prepared a peace talk with the Guangdong Military Government and ordered the entire Fujian army to stop fighting. The telegram was accompanied by a statement from Li Houji, telling the story of the entire Fujian army fighting bravely but suffered heavy losses. The Beiyang army had already arrived in Wenzhou but watched the wall. In order to avoid continuing unnecessary losses, end the war as soon as possible, and restore peace in Fujian, it was decided to truce the war.

After dawn, the Fuzhou fleet indeed returned from the front line. The Luojiang County defenders were in a low morale after the fall of Quanzhou City. At this time, when the Fuzhou Navy received the order to retreat, they did not doubt the authenticity of the telegram. They gave up all defenses that day, waiting for further news of the peace talks. Since they could not fight, it was natural that they would not fight. Who would go against their lives?

However, at this time, the Second and Ninth Regiments of the Guangdong Army, which were ready around Luojiang County, immediately took action and took advantage of the relaxed defense of the Fujian Army and directly entered Luojiang County and quickly occupied and controlled various important positions. The Fujian Army was very surprised by the sudden appearance of the Guangdong Army. Many people thought that the Guangdong Army was cheating, and even had a small-scale conflict of refuting, but they failed to cause an uproar and were quickly suppressed by the Guangdong Army.

Fortunately, the Guangdong army received an order before, and did not allow fire at will after entering the city, and tried to control the situation rather than cause trouble.

After most of the Guangdong Army occupied the Fujian Army camps and strongholds, they immediately asked to meet with local Fujian Army commanders to eliminate conflicts and misunderstandings through negotiations. The Guangdong Army did not deliberately emphasize the need to disarm the Fujian Army, but they took the lead in occupying the Fujian Army's logistics battalion, arsenal and other military supplies, and asked the Fujian Army to concentrate in the camp and not be allowed to leave the camp at will before the settlement of the two provincial parties ended.

Although the commanders of the Fujian Army battalions were very dissatisfied, since they were discussing peace, they should negotiate on an equal footing. However, the Guangdong Army seized the camp under the banner of peace talks, which clearly did not take them seriously. But now they were not convinced and had no choice but to fight again. The brothers were all living targets.

Fortunately, the Guangdong Army officers were quite polite when they met with the Fujian Army officers and did not show any airs. A few hours later, even the Guangdong Army soldiers and the Fujian Army soldiers were integrated. At first, everyone just sat on the side and talked in different local dialects. No one provoked anyone or paid attention to anyone. But over time, both sides seemed bored, so they occasionally exchanged greetings and chatted with each other. In the evening, everyone almost reached the point of being brothers, sitting together in three or five to tell the customs and folk anecdotes of their hometowns.

Gu Zhutong, the company commander of the engineer company of the 3rd Battalion of the Second Regiment, sat under a big banyan tree, watching the sky getting heavier and he was holding a military cap as a fan to fan the cool breeze. In front of him was a reserve barracks of the Fujian Army stationed in the reservoir. The camp was not large and was located at a high position in the reservoir. At this moment, there were figures everywhere inside and outside the camp, including Guangdong and Fujian Army, standing or sitting in groups of three or three. Most of them carried rifles on their shoulders, and many people directly placed guns on the ground. Yesterday was still a mortal enemy, but today they were friends who talked about everything.

Gu Zhutong let out a secret breath, smiled without comment, and said in his heart: It's so fucking funny!

At this moment, the quarantine officer of the Engineering Corps walked over with a handful of dragon faces in his clothes and said with a smile: "Company Commander, look at what I got. There is a wild forest in the north of the reservoir, all of which are full of longan trees. Look, there are big longans. We have been holding them in for a whole day, and we will eat two to quench our thirst first."

He stayed in this camp of the Fujian Army all day long. Although there was a reservoir next to it, no one went to get water to drink. When Gu Zhutong heard the quarantine officer say this, he felt a little greedy. He asked confirmation: "It's really a wild forest? There are orders above. If we disturb the people, it will never be a crime to spare!"

The quarantine officer sat down next to Gu Zhutong, shook the underside of his clothes, and spread all the longans in his pocket on the ground. He knew that Gu Zhu was from the Whampoa Military Academy, and these Whampoa officers always abide by the norms and would never make any mistakes. So he said again: "Company Commander, if you don't believe me, forget it. Think about it, which farmer would plant fruit trees near the military camp? Isn't that asking for trouble? Just give it a lot of heart. I have asked the soldiers here. Fujian has many mountains and forests, and I don't know other wild fruits, but wild longans are everywhere, grabbing them one by one."

Only then did Gu Zhutong feel relieved, and quickly grabbed a few and put them in his hands, peeled them and stuffed them into his mouth.

The quarconian also started eating, smacking his mouth and praised: "I have heard of the lucky eyes. Although it is not as sweet as ours, the flesh is thick and the taste is very good."

Gu Zhu is from Jiangsu, and he doesn't know what Guangyan or Fuyan is, but just quipped: "Look at what you said is really like. Since you are so researchy, I would have known that you would have been transferred to the kitchen class."

The quartermaster officer said happily: "When will I not run to the kitchen squad when I am the one who manages military supplies? I am also half a cook."

Gu Zhutong asked again, "By the way, it's almost night, why haven't our supper been delivered yet?"

The quartermaster said, "Oh, I'm in a hurry to go to the city today. I ate all the food I brought at noon. I went to the battalion headquarters in the afternoon and asked. The food tonight was sent from the battalion headquarters, which is probably slower."

Gu Zhutong sighed and said helplessly: "I'm a little hungry. Smoke a cigarette first." As he said, he took out a pack of Nanyang cigarettes from his shirt pocket.

The qualifier took out the match and said, "Company Commander, you have too much cigarettes. Come on, let me disperse two of them."

Gu Zhutong had no complaints either. The company commander was not worried about smoking. He immediately shook out three and four of them and handed them to the qualifiers, and then slowly took one to his mouth.

The qualifier carefully took the cigarettes, one hung on each ear, and the other one was bitten directly on his mouth. He lit the matches and lit them respectfully for Gu Zhutong, then lit them again, took a beautiful breath, and vomited a cigarette ring happily, and he said, "Company Commander, although we couldn't get through before the Mid-Autumn Festival, we finally survived. You said, you don't need to fight this battle again, right?"

Gu Zhutong narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, and said slowly: "There is no need to fight this battle of Fujian, but another battle is probably about to begin."

The quartermaster officer was puzzled and asked, "Another big battle? Is there going to fight?"

Gu Zhutong sighed calmly and said relaxedly: "If you don't fight, how can the world be peaceful?"

The military officer became confused for a moment. He had only heard that war caused chaos in the world, and had never heard that war made peace in the world.

At this time, Gu Zhutong suddenly saw several Fujian soldiers staring at him not far away. From the shoulder stamps of these people, they were all at the level of platoon leaders. He was puzzled for a while, but soon understood, stood up and walked towards the Fujian platoon leaders. When the military officer saw it, he quickly followed.

"Brothers, smoke a cigarette." Gu Zhutong threw the pack of cigarettes in his hand at these Fujian platoon leaders.

The platoon leader of the Fujian army quickly reached out to catch the cigarette box. Several people looked at each other and showed hesitant expressions. But not long after, they reacted. The platoon leader holding the cigarette box shook out a few cigarettes, divided one by one, and then returned the cigarette box to Gu Zhutong with both hands with a smile.

Gu Zhutong smiled and waved his hand and said, "You can keep it and smoke it, I'm afraid you won't be used to smoking this cigarette. This cigarette is a good thing in our army."

Hearing Gu Zhutong say this, the platoon leader of the Fujian Army immediately smiled and thanked him in vernacular with a strong Fujian voice: "I'm welcome to have such a little kindness."

Gu Zhutong ordered the qualifier who followed him, "Where is Huo'er, click on it."

The quartermaster hurriedly took out the matches and handed them over.

These Fujian platoon leaders lit cigarettes one after another, and sucked them greedily like wolves and tigers.

The platoon leader holding the cigarette looked carefully at the cigarette box and found that the cigarette box had a blank surface, with no decoration except for three unrecognizable characters. He had seen cigarette boxes before, all of which were colorful boxes with patterns, and had never seen such an indecent cigarette.

"Oh, sir, what brand of cigarette is this? I have smoked white cigarettes before, and I heard that white cigarettes are all high-end products and foreign brands. The young ones are rough people and don't know what they are written in. What do these three words mean?" Suddenly, and with boredom, the Fujian military platoon leader boldly started chatting with Gu Zhutong.

"The three words written on it are 'Special cigarettes'. Although the cigarette box has no decoration, tobacco is not careless at all. What is the cigarette of foreigners? They have never had any kindness and just thought about how to cheat us Chinese." Gu Zhutong said proudly, deliberately increasing his voice when talking about the foreigners.

"What is special cigarette supply?" the Fujian platoon leader asked in confusion.

Without waiting for Gu Zhutong to answer, another Fujian Army platoon leader standing a little behind said first: "Why are you so stupid? Special offer is a brand, this is a brand of cigarettes."

Gu Zhutong was amused and cried, and after a while, he said, "It can be understood this way by barely force. However, strictly speaking, the special cigarette is a cigarette specially provided to our army. This cigarette can't be bought outside or even money. It is a cigarette made by the tobacco company specifically for our army. The smoking of our soldiers is distributed by the logistics department, and it is a benefit."

The Fujian Army platoon leader was surprised and showed an exaggerated expression, saying, "What, do you have cigarettes specially made for the troops in Guangdong? Regular and quantitative delivery, no money is needed?"

Gu Zhutong nodded proudly and said, "Yes, we don't need money to smoke in the army. The money is all the responsible ones of the army. We just need to smoke."

The platoon leader of the Fujian army said in disbelief: "Where is such a good thing in the world?"

Other Fujian Army platoon leaders also echoed: "Yes, yes, the official is eager to give us less money. How could he give us cigarettes that are not worthy of money?"

"The white cigarettes are all high-end things, and the price is not cheap. They are much more expensive than smoking a large bucket of cigarettes and dry tobacco. How can the official master have such a good intention?"

Gu Zhutong smiled and said, "You don't believe it. Our Guangdong troops have long changed these old customs and habits. Since the military governor Wu has managed the provincial military affairs, he has paid a penny every month, so he can get as much as he should. The pay is directly sent from the logistics headquarters. Without going through the commander's hands, he will not be able to deduct a penny as a tiny. If you find that the military pay is deducted, even if you are the regiment commander and the military police will still arrest people."

The quarantine officer standing behind Gu Zhutong couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Yes, yes, not only that, there are many benefits in our army. This special cigarette supply is just one of them, and there are special gifts for every festival. Look, why our Guangdong army dares to fight for Governor Wu, it is because Governor Wu is nice to us. Anyway, I say everything here, believe it or not."

Several Fujian platoon leaders seemed to be listening to myths and sighed. They were not well educated, but they knew very well that Gu Zhutong had no need to deceive them, because those who had never served in the army would not say that being an official was good, but the two Guangdong military officers in front of them praised those who were an official together, which shows that this was indeed true.

They sighed that Fujian and Guangdong are neighboring provinces, but there are such great changes across the provincial border, which is truly enviable and longing for. Now they also understand why the Guangdong army marched eastward and fought fiercely. It turns out that the Guangdong army is truly united.

Gu Zhutong looked at the faces of several Fujian platoon leaders and then said further: "You don't have to be envious. I have a premonition that as long as the peace agreement is completed successfully, our Guangdong and Fujian will soon be a family. By then, you Fujian will also enjoy the same benefits as us."

This statement is actually a test, and it is also a spread of news about the incorporation of Fujian in advance.

After hearing Gu Zhutong's words, the platoon leaders of the Fujian army were excited and happy: "That's great. If we can be like you in Fujian, the officials who are not greedy for military pay and those who don't need money, we will be worth it for the rest of our lives."

"Yes, yes, I hope the peace negotiations above will be faster. There are no soldiers in the world who are blindly thinking about fighting."

"If the above cannot reach an agreement, I will not be a fucking soldier. If I want to join the army, I have to go to Guangdong."

"I hope the official above will be merciful."

At this time, a team of carriages drove from a distance, and the smell of hot steamed buns could be smelled from afar. It was the food delivered by the cooking squad of the battalion headquarters. A squad leader standing on the first carriage shouted at the top of his voice: "The Engineering Company is on the meal, the Engineering Company is on the meal, and the platoons send people to collect the meal. Tonight there are fresh white steamed buns, dried radish and shredded pork, and fried stew. There is an order on the top. If the Fujian Army brothers stationed in the reservoir do not have enough stove fire, we will prepare more here and eat together."

Gu Zhutong happened to be hungry. After hearing the call from the battalion commander, he reached out and patted the platoon leader of the Fujian army on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "We have prepared dinner with you here. If your side is not ready yet, just come over and have a party with us. Don't worry, the above said that you have prepared too much, so you must have enough."

The platoon leaders of the Fujian army were so warm that there was such a good thing in the world. Yesterday, they were still mortal enemies, but today they could sit together and eat the same bowl of rice. Is this funny world or the generous Guangdong army?

Gu Zhutong ordered the three platoon leaders to send people to collect meals and not to jump into the line to loot.

The Guangdong Army carried out the order in an orderly manner, because everyone knew that they would not be unable to eat, so even if they were hungry, they would not be able to rush to rob.

Gu Zhutong went to greet the head of the Fujian army and asked them to send the platoon leader to receive the meal. Everyone had been chatting all day long and they had already become familiar with each other. Since there were extra preparations on it, they could not be wasted.

The soldiers of the Fujian Army only have two meals a day, and they just had lunch and afternoon, so there was no such thing at night. They looked at the Guangdong Army and dinner, and they couldn't help but feel empty. Now even the commander of the Guangdong Army came to invite him, and the Fujian Army was moved and impatient, and agreed without any politeness.
Chapter completed!