Chapter 4 The Old Military Industrialist

  "Special agent, the fabric of the white dog's clothes is good. My partner has altered them a bit. Try wearing them to see if they fit?" At this time, an old man suddenly walked into the room and said with a smile to Hu Weidong.

  "Clothes? Got it! Alas, I've been doing research for too long and didn't even think of such a basic special tactic......" Hu Weidong's eyes lit up in front of him, and he immediately calmed down. He smiled at the old man and said, "Don't be sarcastic to me, you know I'm not some kind of special agent."

  The old man suddenly turned serious and said, "You are the special envoy, you must be the special envoy, because everyone needs you to be the special envoy!"

  When Hu Weidong heard the old man's words, his body trembled slightly and his face gradually became serious. He nodded solemnly.

  Hu Weidong couldn't help but become even more curious about the old man's identity, and finally couldn't bear to ask, "Sir, who are you exactly? I don't believe you're just an ordinary farmer."

  The old man replied with a hint of cunning, "I've never said I'm a farmer, you're just judging by appearance..."

  It turned out that this old man was actually a technical personnel of the Red Army's Tianbing Factory back in the day, but due to his age and some other reasons he was left behind. Now he is responsible for teaching school children in the village.

  "Never thought I'd run into a fellow practitioner, what's your honorable surname?" Hu Weidong exclaimed excitedly, and as soon as the words left his mouth, he realized he had misspoken.

  "His surname is Liu, and his first name is Hai." The old man had just answered when he realized the problem with Hu Weidong's previous words. How could Hu Weidong, who looked like a 17 or 18-year-old young man, be involved in military industry at such a young age? Moreover, he also said that he had been abroad, which would take time. The old man couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, Special Envoy, how old are you?"

  "In two more days, I'll be twenty, but there are still people who think I'm just a kid...", Hu Weidong could only try to make his age sound bigger, but considering that his body was still developing, he didn't dare to exaggerate too much. At the age of twenty, although Hu Weidong's performance was still remarkable, at least it was within the "reasonable" category that ordinary people could accept. With this barely acceptable explanation, Liu Hai tactfully stopped asking questions, and now that the villagers needed Hu Weidong as a spiritual pillar and leader, they didn't need to be too meticulous about minor details...

  After discovering the same interests, the relationship between the two people suddenly became much closer. What surprised Hu Weidong even more was that "Old Liu" used to be one of the main technical personnel in Guantian Ordnance Factory, which could help him quickly catch up with the military technology level of this era. Otherwise, no matter how much knowledge he had in his mind, if it couldn't be converted into actual products, it would be meaningless...

  Liu Hai was amazed at Hu Weidong's profound and extensive knowledge of military industry, especially since he was so young yet obviously had a wealth of practical experience, which made it even harder for him to believe. In response, Hu Weidong could only say that he had learned a lot while studying abroad, and after returning to China, he had practiced at the Shanghai Armory Factory for several months. Moreover, he did not deny being a genius in this field, making Liu Hai feel "awe-inspired by his junior"......

  The two of them were having such a great time talking that they forgot about the time, until Liu Hai's wife came over to call them for dinner. Hu Weidong suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "I almost forgot what we were supposed to be doing! Old Liu, I just thought of something, listen to this..."

  "You mean our militiamen put on those team leaders' clothes, disguise themselves as the Returning Home Team to deceive those white dogs?", Liu Hai furrowed his brow and said, "I'm afraid it won't work, they haven't returned for a long time, the county town will send people over sooner or later."

  "What's the big deal?", Hu Weidong replied confidently, "Even if they come, seeing our attire, they'll probably be confused for a while. But we know from the start that they're enemies, and we can catch them off guard. Even if the White Bandits have more men than us, we can still take them down. And if there are too many of them, we have the message tree to send warnings, and we're familiar with the terrain here, so at least we can escape!"

  "It makes sense, and we can also wear these clothes to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, they will be even less prepared." Liu Hai suddenly became excited, occasionally adding his own opinions.

  "Disguise is just a small part of special warfare, there are many other tricks that can catch people off guard. Don't look at our current small number of people, these tactics used well can also make the enemy overwhelmed." Hu Weidong smiled and said, but did not expect that the room was already crowded with people, everyone was very curious, so he had to explain it roughly.

  Those older ones were fine, but the young people were all itching to learn, and they all expressed their desire to study. Hu Weidong had this intention from the beginning, and he immediately agreed that after completing the basic training, he would select excellent members from the militia for intensive training, making them qualified special warfare elites. The boys suddenly cheered.

  At this time, for the future struggle method of Liujiacun Village, Hu Weidong had almost considered it mature. "In the future, the militia team will always disguise themselves as a reactionary civilian corps, and the village won't put up any slogans... In this way, if the enemy doesn't enter the village to investigate carefully, they basically can't find out about the problem, but if they enter the village without any precautions, we can knock them down with one sudden attack..."

  Everyone suddenly felt enlightened and admired Hu Weidong even more.

  "Now our top priority is still to expand our strength, and for now, we should take the Still River Gang as our primary target. Firstly, because they are causing great harm, and secondly, because their combat power is not as strong as that of regular troops. We can gradually build up our own strength by annihilating them. Eating a meal requires one mouthful at a time; even if we have several hundred guns later on, it won't be too late to adjust our strategy then. In short, we must unite all forces that can be united, strive to win over those who can be won over to neutrality, and first strike at our current arch-enemy, with protecting the people's lives and property safety as our top priority..." Hu Weidong spoke non-stop for a long time, seeing that everyone had no objections, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, I'm sure you're all hungry now, let's eat first."

  The village was originally very short of food at this time, but the beasts had already looted several villages' stored grain before they came here, and as a result, the villagers here were able to eat a full meal. However, just as the villagers were enjoying their meal, Hu Weidong had just picked up a chopstick of wild vegetables and put it in his mouth, when his eyebrows immediately furrowed, "Why didn't you put salt in the dish?"