Chapter 444 Screening (Second update, please subscribe)
“Oh, really, it’s really different!”
Walk on the streets of Fukuoka, Teng Tian’s eyes full of envy , looking at everything around...the same Japan, but two completely different worlds.
In Kyoto, it is still in ruins. No one can find a job and can only starve in the ruins and live in poverty. But here, if you are willing, you can always find a job.
“30 yuan a day.”
There are many such temporary workers on the streets, mainly because of the shortage of labor. More than one million Allied troops are stationed here. They all came over on US military transport ships when they attacked Kyushu. At that time, 70% of the troops in Kyushu were allied forces from the mainland. In order to occupy Kyushu, they paid the price of hundreds of thousands of casualties.
Although they actually settled here, they are soldiers after all. Most of the time it was in the military camp.
In order to make up for the shortage of labor force, in the past few years, while a large number of mainland businessmen have come to you, many people from Shandong Province have also come here to work.
But even so, the labor force is still insufficient, so many Japanese will come here to work part-time.
The income is not high, only 30 yuan. But at least it's a job.
What can you buy for 30 yen?
You can buy two kilograms of cassava chips!
Thanks to Nanyang, cassava chips are a kind of food from Nanyang. Its price is low. Dry cassava chips are not only durable in storage, but also rich in nutrients. It is this food from Nanyang that makes countless Japanese people Not going to starve.
For many Japanese, this tapioca rice is the only food they can afford.
The same goes for Tengtian, who makes a living by doing part-time jobs. Cassava rice was the only food he could afford.
A bowl of cassava rice is 6 yen, a day's food expenses are 18 yen, accommodation is 4 yen, and you can have 8 yuan left every day...
The premise is that you can find part-time workers every day. Unlike Kyoto, where it is difficult to find a job, it is not difficult to find part-time workers in Fukuoka, and it is even easier if you can speak Chinese.
Unlike Honshu Island, whose economy has not yet recovered, Kyushu's economy has partially recovered due to the presence of more than one million occupying troops stationed there. Stimulated by the consumption of the occupying troops.
However, it is not easy for the Japanese to find jobs here - there are Chinese people everywhere, from traders to dock workers. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese people came here with the occupying army and worked there. Settled here.
Because of this, there are Chinese characters and Chinese everywhere here, making it difficult for people to tell whether this is Japan or China.
"No wonder everyone now calls Kyushu "Little China"!"
Muttering this, Tengtian's eyes lit up when he was squatting on the roadside, cigarette butts!
He quickly rushed over to pick up the cigarette butt on the ground and took a long puff.
“Laodao Pai...that’s the taste!”
That taste...that’s a beauty!
As he smoked, Tengtian enjoyed the pleasure of nicotine swimming in his alveoli, while imagining that when he went to Nanyang in the future, he would definitely smoke enough Laodao.
“I’ve already gone to Nanyang, why do I have to draw an old sword? I have to draw a Bactrian camel no matter what!”
Cussing myself for my useless skills, I heard people over there. said.
"Have you heard? Nanyang Labor Service Company is recruiting male workers, saying they will go overseas and get a salary of US$10 a month!"
What!
After taking a long puff of his cigarette, Tengtian rushed to the man's side and bowed.
"Hello, can you take me with you?"
They are also Japanese and speak Japanese. Not many people speak Japanese in Kyushu now.
In fact, there are many more!
When Tengtian came to the recruitment office, there was already a long queue of nearly a thousand people in front of him. When he saw such a long queue, Tengtian couldn't help but mutter.
"Baga, didn't you say that all the men in Kyushu are dead? These bastards all come from there..."
In fact, a considerable number of people are like Tengtian, who are forced to Those who come here to make a living from Honshu Island, after all, it is easier to find a job here.
While Tengtian was waiting anxiously, upstairs on the opposite side, Li Shaowu watched the team on the street through the window and said proudly.
“Look, a Japanese advertisement has lured these guys out.”
“Manager Li still has a way. If you do this, Chief Wei will definitely breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that the most troublesome thing for him was the Japanese who came to work in Kyushu. Although he didn't like those people, this place was still a place for Japanese people. Therefore, he could only prevent those people from coming by restricting the liner service, but they were so close. , How can we stop them? Japanese come here every day. This move of yours is amazing!" The guard officer Guan Sen mentioned was the commander of the garrison, and the entire garrison led by him. They were all willing to be the local emperor in Kyushu. According to Jinling, it was "passive avoidance of war". In their own words, "there were mines on the sea and the navigation was blocked." In the end, they were forced to have no choice but to recruit several groups of Japanese soldiers to pretend to occupy the country. The army went to the mainland.
Those groups of guys who had sweet dreams turned into cannon fodder in the end.
Listening to Guan Sen’s compliment, Li Shaowu said.
"It's just a small favor for the chief of guard. Besides, these people... nine-tenths of them have been soldiers."
"Can you tell?"
Guan Sen said.
"It's almost the same, but you can't tell it by looking at it, and you can't listen to what they say, you have to try."
"Try? How to try?"
The next morning, the dilapidated stadium was full of people. More than 2,000 people were lined up neatly. The whole place was silent. Everyone was sweating under the scorching sun, and everyone was motionless. Teng Tian, who was in the front row, was not far away. When he saw the protective gear and wooden gun, he couldn't help but be stunned.
What is this for?
Soon, the answer came out.
"Now, you only need to pass the final assessment before you can go overseas!"
The assessment seems very simple, it is just gun and sword skills, and bayonet fighting.
“Guns and Swordsmanship!”
This assessment item obviously exceeded everyone’s expectations, but as a recruiter, Li Shaowu looked at the Japanese who were stabbing in the field and explained to Guan Sen .
"Gunswordsmanship is the main combat technique of the Japanese army. The Japanese army, especially the elite troops, must be good at hand-to-hand combat. Although they haven't touched a gun in several years, long-term training has long carved the art of gunfencing into their bones. As long as you have strong stabbing skills, you must be from an elite unit, and your basic tactics will not be bad.”
Recruiting Japanese veterans is the purpose of Li Shaowu coming to Japan. The Black Knight Company needs to recruit almost 300,000 people. The requirements for mercenaries are simple - they must be veterans of sufficiently high quality.
When open recruitment is not possible, assassination becomes the simplest screening method.
The stabbing is performed in groups of two, and ten groups of people are performed at the same time under the supervision of the referee.
When Tengtian, wearing a head mask and protective gear, took the field, he bowed slightly and stood with a gun just like he did during military training in the past.
The referee gave the order: "Start!"
The assassination confrontation began.
The two men quickly drew their guns and rushed towards each other.
"Ha!" He quickly stepped forward, and when the two of them approached to about two meters apart, there was a "click"! The two wooden spears crossed each other in an instant, and the two began to stab each other with the wooden spears.
The two sides alternately advanced and retreated on the field, one advancing and the other retreating. At the beginning, their movements were a bit jerky, but after a while, they became proficient. The two sides took the intersection of the wooden spears as the center of the circle and moved along the circle. They moved left and right, with quick or slow steps; the two of them shouted from time to time to disturb each other.
The same was true for other groups of people. At this time, in the stadium, the only sounds that could be heard were the constant violent impact of wooden guns, the "pop" and "pop" sounds, and the shouts coming from their mouths.
The impact of the wooden gun was dull and short. The same goes for people's shouts.
After suddenly succeeding in the stabbing, Tengtian immediately put away his gun and stood at attention. His opponent seemed to have been pushed hard. He quickly took a few steps back and stopped with his hind legs, still holding the wood tightly with both hands. Gun, and with little pause, he quickly stood upright and took a stance.
It’s over!
Teng Tian, who won by luck, looked at the referee, now his fate depends on the referee.
"Congratulations, you passed!"
The referee's words made Tengtian's eyes shine with a strange light, this, this is enough!
Passed, yes, going to heaven!
But his opponent had a look of disappointment on his face, he was finished!
Can’t go to Nanyang!
But the next moment, the referee's words pulled him from hell to heaven again.
"Your skills are also very good, and you passed the assessment!"
The assessment is that simple, as long as If you are good at gun and sword skills, you will definitely be able to pass other individual combat skills assessments.
(End of this chapter)