Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 171 For the Future
As he spoke, Wang Gensheng looked at the soldiers of the special cavalry regiment and said:

"Many of you may share Duan Peng's view that our war is meaningless. But have you ever considered what would happen if we didn't fight and let Lao Jing's army defeat us? That's right, if we fail, the land allocated to us will be taken back by the landlords, and we will become tenant farmers again, serfs to be trampled on by the landlords! So our fight is not for those above us, not for the General Headquarters, but for ourselves!"

As Wang Gensheng spoke, he couldn't help but think of his time before he transmigrated. Before he transmigrated, although he talked about being exploited by factories, he had land in his hands, so at least he wasn't worried.

After all, if you don't want to work, you can always go back to the countryside to farm. Although you can't become rich and powerful by farming, at least you won't starve and won't end up homeless like those foreigners from the US.

The reason why there are so many homeless people in the country is that most people in the country do not own their own land. So once they go bankrupt, can no longer work, and cannot afford rent, their only place is to wander the streets, receiving relief food made of some unknown meat, and wait to die!
The reason why there are few homeless people in the country is that most people in the country own their own land and their own houses.

Take Wang Gensheng himself as an example. Because of his lack of education, he could only find a job in a factory, such as tightening screws. He didn't have the ability to be an engineer or anything like that.

However, Wang Gensheng didn't want to spend his days just tightening screws, and with the rise of short videos on the internet, he decided to become an internet celebrity and started filming videos of himself throwing knives.

After all, Wang Gensheng had fallen in love with throwing knives because of Little Li's Flying Dagger, so he started practicing throwing knife techniques.

Of course, the early stages of becoming an internet celebrity are very tough, with basically zero income. Fortunately, Wang Gensheng is from the countryside and has a house and land, so he doesn't have to worry about food, drink, or shelter.

So Wang Gensheng practiced throwing knives and made short videos. Over time, his knife-throwing skills became more proficient, and his various flashy knife-throwing videos naturally made him famous.

So honestly, if Wang Gensheng hadn't been a rural person with his own land and no worries about food and drink, he wouldn't have been able to become a knife-throwing internet celebrity. He might have died early on, or been forced to work in a factory, fixing screws, to make a living.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Gensheng felt that since he had transmigrated to this era, in order to prevent his descendants from becoming vagrants and to ensure that his descendants would have some land in the future, he had to overthrow the old landlord, Lao Zi, and ensure that everyone in the country had land and that every person born into the country could be allocated land.

Thinking about all this, Wang Gensheng's resolve grew stronger, so he looked firmly at Duan Peng and said:

"Duan Peng, if you feel it's too much to turn against your own people, I won't force you. You can quit and go home to take care of your mother in her old age. But what I want to say is, if you desert now, and your family's land is reclassified as inferior land later, don't blame anyone else!"

That's right. It's only natural that the families of martyrs and soldiers should be given priority in land allocation. After all, they sacrificed their lives and shed blood on the front lines, so it's only right that they should be given priority in land allocation.

There is no such thing as absolute fairness, and Wang Gensheng doesn't believe in absolute fairness either. Wanting the same return as others without putting in anything is just dreaming!

After hearing Wang Gensheng's words, Duan Peng remained silent for a while before nodding and saying, "Commander, I understand. There was something wrong with my thinking. I won't have such thoughts again!"

Upon hearing Duan Peng's words, Wang Gensheng patted Duan Peng on the shoulder with great satisfaction and said:
"It's good that you understand. Besides, it wasn't us who started the fight; it was Lao Jing who attacked first, so we couldn't be forced to retaliate! And don't forget, we're a special cavalry regiment, our job is to decapitate and disrupt the enemy's rear, so there's no need to feel too guilty! Alright, now that you understand, let's train hard!"

As Wang Gensheng waved his hand, Duan Peng and a group of soldiers who were good swimmers began to dive into the sea and use the fish in the sea as targets to practice their accuracy with harpoon guns!
Moreover, after this incident, Wang Gensheng discovered that the anti-fishing mentality of the people in the group had become even stronger.

If we compare Lao Jing and this place to two companies, then these soldiers are workers for these companies, and the two companies provide two completely different treatments.

As for Wang Gensheng, distributing land is equivalent to directly giving him original shares in the company, so he won't starve to death when the war ends. After all, with land, he can simply go back to farming.

But what about the landlords? They give them some wages, but once the war is over, the soldiers who return home will probably become tenant farmers again, continuing to be serfs for the landlords and at their mercy.

After all, the meager wages the old man gave him weren't enough to buy enough land. Besides, sometimes even if you had money, you couldn't necessarily buy land; those big landowners weren't stupid!
While Wang Gensheng was training his soldiers in underwater shooting, the battle in Siping broke out. Although Wang Gensheng's side destroyed several warships and transport ships, they still retreated according to the historical pattern.

This is not to say that Wang Gensheng's actions were useless, but rather because it was a strategic retreat. Its purpose was not to fight head-on, because the most important thing now was to get the land reform completed in Dongbei.

Only by completing land reform can the land of Dongbei be turned red and become a source of supporters.

Therefore, there is no need to dwell on the gains and losses of one or a few cities. Moreover, there are only a few people in the city of Dongbei, and most people live in rural areas!
Therefore, only by completing the land reform in Dongbei's rural areas and eliminating all the landlords in Dongbei can we have the strength to fight against the enemy's invading army.

As a result, Wang Cuiyun and others, who were rescued by Wang Gensheng, joined the land reform work group in Dongbei. Their purpose was simple: to help the land reform work group complete the land reform and completely liberate the farmers in Dongbei.

When the farmers of Dongbei receive land, they are forced to support this side, because if they continue to support Lao Jing, Lao Jing will take back their land.

Of course, the land reform work teams couldn't go empty-handed. If they did, those landlords wouldn't be so easy to deal with. They might not have guns, but they would still have a few thugs and bullies. So, these land reform work teams always carried rifles, grenades, and other such equipment.

Moreover, they can also gather nearby stationed troops. If they encounter landlords who want to resist by force, then sorry, if they are caught in the crossfire and killed in the battle, then they can only blame the landlords for their own bad luck.

(End of this chapter)