Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

At the west city gate, Xu Qingfeng and his men had already arrived. A troop of more than thirty people was waiting there, and next to them were large boxes.

"Commander, we have fulfilled our mission and Dayang has arrived safely!" The leading platoon leader came to Chu Yunfei, saluted, and reported the intelligence.

"Well, good job, Captain Xu. These dollars total 145,000. You can have someone count them!" Chu Yunfei nodded and looked at Xu Qingfeng and said.

"No need, I trust you." Xu Qingfeng did not ask anyone to count the amount of money, because Li Jin's original purpose was only to get 100,000 dollars, but Chu Yunfei and the others gave too much.

There was no need to count them. He also believed that Chu Yunfei and the others would not dare to give less. Of course, the quantity might be a little less, but compared with the overall amount, it was nothing.

"Liu Changshun, have someone take the things up!" Xu Qingfeng gave the order.

"Yes!" Liu Changshun immediately ordered his men to carry the large boxes.

"Captain Chu, this cooperation ends here. I look forward to our next cooperation. I also hope that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army can achieve some outstanding results, especially Captain Chu." Xu Qingfeng looked at Chu Yunfei and spoke politely.

"Don't worry, I definitely will. Captain Xu, you really don't consider staying to attend the celebration banquet?!" Chu Yunfei was still unwilling to give up and asked again.

"No, let's talk about it next time when we have a chance." Xu Qingfeng declined.

"Okay, let's wait until next time." Chu Yunfei heard this and didn't force it.

"Captain Chu, if you have any trouble in the future, you can send us a telegram. As long as it's about fighting the Japanese, we won't charge you any money. Of course, this is only for you. If you ask us to save other people, you still have to pay." Xu Qingfeng said slowly.

He had a good influence on Chu Yunfei. Li Jin had said these words to Chu Yunfei before, and he was just repeating them now.

"Okay, I understand." Chu Yunfei nodded.

"Then I'll leave first." Xu Qingfeng saluted Chu Yunfei, who also saluted in return. Xu Qingfeng then turned around and led the soldiers away from the west gate.

"Have a safe trip." Chu Yunfei also stood at the door and watched Xu Qingfeng and the others leave.

"Commander, Xu Qingfeng is a bit ungrateful. He didn't even come to the celebration banquet when we invited them." After Xu Qingfeng and the others walked away, Qian Bojun on the side could not help but speak up.

Even if Xu Qingfeng was the one who made the greatest contribution this time, they were at least the hosts. It was a bit too much to not let him attend the celebration party.

"Alas...they just don't want to have too much interaction with us. That's because they are not giving us a courtesy." Chu Yunfei sighed and shook his head.

If Xu Qingfeng was willing to build good relations with them, even if not everyone would be allowed to stay at the celebration banquet, at least some important military officers would be allowed to attend.

However, Xu Qingfeng did not leave anyone behind, which clearly meant that they were just a cooperative relationship, and when the cooperation ended, the relationship between them would also end.

As for becoming comrades-in-arms or something, forget it.

Of course, what Xu Qingfeng said later made him understand that Mu Jin did not have a good impression on most of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army’s troops, but his influence on the 358th Regiment was quite good.

Qian Bojun also fell silent for a moment.

At this moment, the sound of firecrackers and the sound of people cheering were heard nearby. People on the streets had already run out of their homes.

"Let's go back to our military camp." Chu Yunfei curled up a smile, and finally returned to the floating city.

"Yes, let's go back to our military camp. We are more familiar with this camp." Qian Bojun was very happy after hearing this, and his pace became lighter.

As they walked back, many people recognized Chu Yunfei.

"Captain Chu, it's great that you were able to fight back! This is some bacon I pickled, you can take it back and eat it!" A commoner came forward enthusiastically and handed the bacon to Chu Yunfei with a smile on his face.

"No, no, no, you should keep the bacon for your family!" Chu Yunfei declined. This bacon was obviously a treasure of the common people, how could he take it?

"Captain Chu, please accept it. I have more at home. If you don't accept it, you're looking down on me!" The commoner said with a stern face and stuffed the bacon into Chu Yunfei's hands.

"Okay, I'll accept it. Thank you!" Chu Yunfei didn't know whether to laugh or cry and could only accept the bacon.

Afterwards, other people also came out to give things to the soldiers of the 358th Regiment. Some brought pickles, some brought bacon, and some brought eggs.

Chu Yunfei could only give an order, asking the soldiers to pay for it first and ask him to reimburse them later.

His action also won the hearts of the people and made them like the soldiers of the 358th Regiment even more.

After feeling the enthusiasm of the people, the soldiers of the 358th Regiment were a little overwhelmed because such a situation had never happened before.

All this was because they annihilated the Japanese in the city.

The enthusiasm of the people also subtly gave rise to an indescribable feeling in the hearts of these soldiers. The feeling of being respected and loved seemed quite good.

Chu Yunfei would never have thought that because of the order he gave today, many soldiers of the 358th Regiment would one day run away to join the Eighth Route Army. Of course, this is a story for later.

When Chu Yunfei and his companions returned to the military camp, they had a lot of gifts given by the people.

"Commander, the people in the city are so enthusiastic. Look, these were all given by the people. I said I didn't want them, but they forced them into my hands. I had to give in." The deputy commander came back with a lot of things given by the people, with a look of helplessness on his face.

I said I didn't want their things, but they were forced upon me.

"Have you asked people to give money to the people?!" Chu Yunfei said with a frown.

"Um... no, they insisted on giving it to you." The deputy team leader was stunned. They gave it to you for free, why should we pay for it?

"Write down everything you received on this street and give them money door to door tomorrow. Don't take things from ordinary people without permission!" Chu Yunfei said seriously.

Life was not easy for the common people in that era, and the things given as gifts were probably considered the more valuable things in their homes.

When he first came to Floating City, he immediately pulled out the gangs that were harming the people because he couldn't stand those gang members bullying the people and taking their things. "Ah?! Commander, is this necessary?!" The deputy commander couldn't understand. The things were forced into their hands by the people, not stolen by them, so why did they have to give money to the people?

"Yes! And it is very necessary! I don't care what happens to other troops, but the 358th Regiment must not do this!" Chu Yunfei said seriously.

In fact, he also knew that there were many people in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army who were exploiting the people, but that had nothing to do with him and he couldn't care less. But he would not allow the people of the 358th Regiment to do so!

"Okay." The deputy team leader could only nod helplessly. Although he didn't understand, Chu Yunfei was the boss after all.

"Tell someone to put away all the things and write down which street they are from." The deputy leader called his men over and asked them to take off their belongings.

"Commander, why can't I see Captain Xu? Aren't we going to have a celebration banquet?!" the deputy captain then asked.

"Captain Xu will not participate, he has other things to do..." Chu Yunfei also explained the reasons why Xu Qingfeng would not participate.

"They really don't want to have anything to do with us?!" The deputy captain frowned after hearing this. He knew it was an excuse as soon as he heard it.

"Actually, it's still pretty good to our 358th Regiment. At least, the other party said that if we are in trouble with the Japanese, we can send them a telegram for help, and they don't charge any money. Of course, this is only limited to our 358th Regiment." Chu Yunfei said.

"Um...what if we ask them to rescue other troops?!" The deputy commander was a little curious about this.

"Then you have to charge for it." Chu Yunfei responded.

"So it's not bad. We have accomplished some of our mission, right? The 358th Regiment has at least caught their eye." The deputy commander had a good idea. By building closer relationships, they had accomplished their mission. Although it was only related to the 358th Regiment, it was better than not having any relationship at all.

"The other party may only help you once. It's better not to ask for help unless it's absolutely necessary." Chu Yunfei also realized this.

Although Xu Qingfeng said that he would help and would not charge any money, this opportunity would most likely only come once, so it could not be used casually.

"Of course we can't use it casually. It can be considered our trump card." The deputy commander said hurriedly. A good knife should be used on a steel blade. Unless the 358th Regiment is in danger of being wiped out, it is better not to use this opportunity.

"Commander, there is basically not much supplies left in the warehouse." At this time, the third battalion commander Sun Ming came to report the situation in the warehouse. Although the fire was put out as soon as possible, the supplies could not be saved.

"It's okay. We didn't suffer too much this time. Less than 600 soldiers died in the siege, and the remaining recruits are now combat-ready.
We also seized many of the devil's weapons, which made our firepower even stronger. The only pity is that those guns were blown up." Chu Yunfei felt a little pain as he spoke.

If possible, he really hoped to seize all the Japanese artillery, but in order to avoid heavy casualties, he had to let Xu Qingfeng and others quickly destroy the Japanese artillery positions, otherwise the casualties would probably exceed thousands.

After all, this was an offensive battle. It was already very good to be able to take down the floating city with such small casualties. If it were any other army, they would not be able to take down the floating city without tens of thousands of people.

"Xu Qingfeng also took away half of the Japanese' machine guns and rifles, but fortunately, Xu Qingfeng and his men didn't like the puppet army's rifles. They only took 40% and left the rest to us." The deputy regiment commander also spoke up.

If Xu Qingfeng and his men had not taken these rifles, the firepower of the 358th Regiment would have been extremely powerful.

"Be content. When we were cooperating before, they only gave us 30% of the spoils. This time, they probably left us a little more because we paid more money," Chu Yunfei responded.

When they cooperated with Mu Jin before, they only got 30% of the seized weapons and ammunition. Now they got half of it, which was already considered a great respect.

"That's right. These new recruits brought by Xu Qingfeng are indeed very strong. Of course, they are not as good as the veterans, but they are still better than the devils.

I don't know how they train, how they are so good! It would be great if they were willing to reveal their training methods. "The deputy head of the regiment was a little emotional, but he also knew that he was wishful thinking. How could Xu Qingfeng reveal such an important thing as the training method?

"Don't think about it. At the beginning, the commander wanted to pay a high price to let Mu Jin reveal the training methods, but Mu Jin decisively refused. Later, he even turned around..." Chu Yunfei said the latter part, then he realized what he had done and quickly shut up. He almost said that Mu Jin had threatened the commander in return.

"Commander, what do you want to say?!" The deputy commander understood immediately that something else must have happened when the commander met Mu Jin.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Just get someone to quickly collect the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers and bury them in the mountains!" Chu Yunfei decisively changed the subject. The fact that the commander was threatened by Mu Jin in the past could not be revealed, otherwise it would be very embarrassing for the commander.

"Okay." The deputy captain understood immediately after seeing this. Chu Yunfei would definitely not tell anyone about this, otherwise he would not have sent him away.

Chu Yunfei looked back at the playground not far away and sighed. It was still better here. The 358th Regiment had stayed here for so long and was driven away by the Japanese for half a year. Today they finally came back.

"Commander, Commander!" Fang Ligong ran back at this time, his tone somewhat anxious.

"What's wrong?!" Chu Yunfei asked.

"Damn it, a few puppet soldiers ran into civilians' homes last night and were just dealt with. However, when they were dealt with, civilians were accidentally injured." Fang Ligong quickly told the story.

"Is it serious?!" Chu Yunfei frowned immediately. He didn't expect that killing a few puppet soldiers would accidentally hurt ordinary civilians.

"It's just a scratch, not serious. I have asked someone to pay some money to the family, and asked the medical soldiers to apply medicine and bandage the wounded." Fang Ligong explained the handling process.

"Well, let someone send some supplements to that family tomorrow until their injuries are healed, understand?" Chu Yunfei nodded with satisfaction, fortunately no casualties were caused to ordinary people.

"I understand!" Fang Ligong nodded.

"Tell the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the division commander, telling him that Fucheng has been taken down by us, and then inform him of the specific casualty data." Chu Yunfei said. Those soldiers who died have to ask the division commander for pensions. They are all heroes who died fighting the Japanese. Their families cannot be disheartened. The pensions must be sent to them.

"Yes!" Fang Ligong turned and left.

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On the other side, Liu Changshun was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling as he looked at the big boxes carried by the soldiers.

"Political Commissar, we made money so quickly. We earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in one night. I'm afraid no one will believe it if you tell others about it." Liu Changshun said to Xu Qingfeng.

He really admired the commander. He just casually mentioned a price and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army agreed to it. There was no need to bargain. It must be said that when it comes to making money, their commander is still the best.

(End of this chapter)