Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Although our troops' situation is much better now than before, we still need to save what needs to be saved." The leader said that they are not yet rich enough to easily throw away tens of thousands of kilograms of food.

Besides, even if we become rich, we can’t just throw away so much food.

"What the commander said is that diligence and thrift are our traditional virtues." Xu Qingfeng also nodded in agreement. Although his starting point was for the good of the troops, once those things went wrong, it would also bring great losses.

But now that there are bandits testing poison, this is no longer necessary.

"Li Yunlong, go to the communications room and call the New 1st Regiment and ask them to leave soldiers to guard the base. The rest will be sent to Niugushan to occupy the advantageous terrain." The leader said to Li Yunlong.

"Yes! I'll go now." Li Yunlong immediately got up and left, Zhao Gang followed him. When Xu Qingfeng was about to leave, he was stopped by the leader.

"Chief, are there any instructions?!" Xu Qingfeng asked.

"Let me tell you something. I believe you have also learned the situation from Li Jin. When Li Jin returns from Yan'an, I will let you go to Yan'an to study for a month." The leader slowly told the story.

"Thank you for your cultivation, Chief!" Upon hearing this, Xu Qingfeng stood up and saluted excitedly. When he heard the Chief mention Li Jin just now, he roughly guessed what the Chief was going to say.

He just wasn't sure yet. Now that he got the answer from the leader, he was naturally very excited. There were some differences between what Li Jin said and what the leader said.

"Sit down first. You don't need to thank me. It's because your ability has been recognized. If you are not capable, even if I value you, I will definitely not recommend you to study in Yan'an." The leader pressed his hand down, motioning Xu Qingfeng to sit down, and then said.

He asked Xu Qingfeng to study in Yan'an because Xu Qingfeng had the ability to go. Otherwise, if he recommended someone to study in Yan'an and the performance was too poor, he would be embarrassed.

By then, he might even be laughed at by some old leaders, and he couldn't afford to lose face.

"I'm telling you this now just to prepare you mentally. I'll let you know the exact time. You will go to Yan'an to study with Ding Wei from the 28th Regiment.

Ding Wei is quite capable and has a long-term strategic vision. You two can learn from each other. "The leader exhorted.

Ding Wei's ability is among the best among officers of the same level, otherwise he would not have had the opportunity to be sent to Yan'an to study.

"Don't worry, Commander. I will." Xu Qingfeng nodded seriously. He also knew that being able to go to Yan'an to study was a very good opportunity. Others might not be able to go even if they wanted to. He would naturally seize every opportunity to study.

"Well, you have to pay more attention to the prisoner exchange this time. Although there won't be any accidents, we still have to avoid them." The leader ordered.

"Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!" Xu Qingfeng said seriously.

"You and Li Jin have two different personalities. He is bold but cautious. You follow the rules and don't make mistakes.

But sometimes, you can't do that, it's easy to cause problems. "The chief gave some instructions. Although he also valued Xu Qingfeng, he still valued Li Jin more.

"I will follow the leader's instructions." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

"Go ahead." The leader waved his hand.

Only then did Xu Qingfeng stand up and leave the meeting room.

At the same time, Li Yunlong had already called the New 1st Regiment.

"Lao Zhong, quickly use the walkie-talkie to contact several battalions and ask them to leave some people behind to guard the base, and the others to immediately go to Niugushan to occupy advantageous terrain." Li Yunlong gave the order directly.

"Is this Niugu Mountain the transaction address?!" asked Chief of Staff Zhong.

"Yes, this is the location chosen by the boss. The transaction time is three o'clock in the afternoon seven days later. I will probably rush to the regiment headquarters tomorrow and arrive at your place the day after tomorrow." Li Yunlong responded.

They have to wait until tomorrow to set off for the regiment headquarters because the boss sent someone to deliver the list, which will not arrive until tomorrow.

"Okay, I'll contact them now. By the way, what about the Fifth Battalion? Are they needed?!" Chief of Staff Zhong asked again. The Fifth Battalion now only has officers, but no soldiers!
"They don't need to go. We have finally set up the system. Don't let anything unexpected happen or we will have to start all over again." Li Yunlong said directly.

If a real fight breaks out and some of the officers of the Fifth Battalion are killed by the Japanese, he will have to find new people.

Sometimes, although expansion is a good thing, selecting officers is still a bit troublesome. Besides, a few dozen more or fewer people will not make much difference and will not affect the overall situation.

"Okay, then the Fifth Battalion will not be allowed to participate. Commander, should the Cavalry Company be allowed to participate?!" Chief of Staff Zhong continued to ask.

"Cavalry are not suitable for fighting in the mountains, so don't let them go to avoid losses." Li Yunlong said. This cavalry company is his treasure, which he built with great difficulty. If it is lost, he will be heartbroken.

"Then I have no problem, contact them now!" Chief of Staff Zhong hung up the phone.

"What happened?!" Zhao Gang asked from the side.

"Don't worry, Lao Zhong has already contacted all the battalions, and the New 1st Regiment will soon be heading to Niugushan." Li Yunlong said.

"Yeah!" Zhao Gang nodded. Everything had been arranged, so there was no problem.

"What do you think the commander wanted to say by keeping Xu Qingfeng here?!" Li Yunlong was a little curious about this.

"I'm not sure, but since the leader didn't let us listen, there's nothing to ask." Although Zhao Gang was as curious as Li Yunlong, he knew better than to ask.

"Boring." Li Yunlong shrugged. As soon as he walked out of the communication room, he saw Xu Qingfeng also coming over.

"The chief has finished talking to you so quickly?!" Li Yunlong said. He thought the chief would talk to Xu Qingfeng for a long time.

"We didn't talk about anything. The commander just told me to take this mission more seriously and not to let it go astray.
Although the Japanese are afraid of us, there is no guarantee that they will not take risks. "Xu Qingfeng said, he thought about it and still did not tell Li Yunlong about his trip to Yan'an, worried that Li Yunlong would feel uncomfortable.

"What the commander said is indeed right. This mission sounds easy for you, so I'm worried that you will be careless because of it." Li Yunlong also continued with Xu Qingfeng's words.

"Don't worry, no matter what the mission is, I won't be careless." Xu Qingfeng responded. He would not underestimate any mission.

"I'll use the radio to contact Liu Changshun and the others first, and tell them not to go to the New 1st Regiment, but to go directly to Niugushan and meet up with the New 1st Regiment." After Xu Qingfeng finished speaking, he entered the communications room.

"Why do I feel that what Xu Qingfeng said was not all about what he discussed with the leader?!" Li Yunlong was not a fool. Even if the leader had other combat missions, he would not stop them from listening.

"Old Li, don't ask random questions. If the chief knows you are asking around, he might give you two whippings," Zhao Gang reminded.

"Let's go, let's go back to our residence and wait for Xu Qingfeng." When Li Yunlong heard that he would be whipped, he felt uncomfortable all over and urged Zhao Gang to go back to the temporary residence first.

.........

Taiyuan, in a restaurant.

Lao Zhang translated the contents of the telegram. "Strange, why did the boss ask us to tell the devils tomorrow?!" Lao Feng looked at the contents of the telegram and couldn't help but frowning.

What is said above is that the transaction address will be told to the devil tomorrow.

"What do you know? This is to enable our troops to reach that location one day in advance and occupy the advantageous terrain. If the Japanese dare to mess around, they will be punished." Lao Zhang explained.

If they don't prepare in advance, the Japanese will occupy the advantageous terrain first. This is not a good thing for them, as they will easily be controlled by others.

"So that's how it is. No wonder the boss asked us to talk about it tomorrow." Upon hearing this, Old Feng nodded, as if he suddenly realized something.

At this time, Lao Zhang took out a match and lit the paper.

"What are you doing?!" Old Feng was stunned.

"Don't worry, I have written down the contents above. In order to prevent the Japanese from sneaking in and discovering the situation, it is better to burn it." Lao Zhang explained why he did this.

"You are really thoughtful, kid." Old Feng couldn't help but praise him.

"Of course, otherwise why would the boss let me be the commander of this mission." Lao Zhang also showed a smug smile.

"Yes, yes, you are awesome." Lao Feng rolled his eyes, but he had to admit that Lao Zhang was indeed better than him in some abilities.

.........

At this time, Liu Changshun also received the telegram.

"Battalion Commander, this telegram was sent by the political commissar from the brigade headquarters." The telegraph operator handed the telegram to Liu Changshun and said.

"Well, Niugushan...it looks like this is the transaction address." Liu Changshun finished reading the contents of the telegram. As for the political commissar using the brigade radio station to send a telegram, that was not very normal.

The political commissar must have gone to the brigade headquarters on horseback with Regiment Commander Li Yunlong in advance and did not bring a radio, so he used the brigade headquarters' radio to send the telegram.

"Notify other battalion commanders to come to the meeting immediately." Liu Changshun immediately ordered the communications soldier beside him.

Soon, the battalion commanders of several battalions rushed over.

"Old Liu, what's going on? Does the political commissar have a mission?" asked the second battalion commander Zhao Ming.

"The political commissar told us that we don't need to go to the New 1st Regiment. We can just go directly to Niugushan to meet up with the New 1st Regiment. That's the address for trading prisoners." Liu Changshun told the story.

"If we go to Niugu Mountain, it will probably take two days based on our current distance. Will we make it in time?!" said the fourth battalion commander Tang Qingshan.

The transaction time is still unclear and he is worried that he may miss the transaction.

"Don't worry, since the political commissar has given such instructions, we will definitely make it in time." Liu Changshun was still very confident about this.

How could the political commissar give such an order if he was not prepared?

After hearing this, everyone felt a little relieved.

"Actually, I think there is no need to trade with the Japanese. How about we just attack them halfway and rescue the people?!" Someone suggested. In this way, they would not have to exchange prisoners with the Japanese, and they could also grab a large amount of supplies.

"No, the risk is too great! It is easy for us to kill the Japs, but they can also kill the prisoners. Those are our comrades. We finally have a chance to rescue them, and we must not let anything happen to them!" Upon hearing this, Liu Changshun directly rejected the proposal.

Not to mention him, even the political commissar and the regiment commander would not agree.

"Forget it then."

"In short, for this transaction, we have to make sure that the Japanese won't cause any trouble and complete the deal! As for fighting the Japanese, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Liu Changshun emphasized again that their mission this time was not to fight the Japanese.

.........

Around six o'clock in the evening, the special operations soldiers who were transporting Dayang finally delivered Dayang to the brigade headquarters. When Xu Qingfeng learned the news from the walkie-talkie, he left the village immediately, and Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang followed him out.

"Political Commissar! Commander, Political Commissar Zhao!" Tian Xiaoqi stepped forward and saluted several people.

Li Yunlong was a little tempted when he saw the big boxes being carried by the soldiers. There was no share for him among the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Old Li, you are not planning to take advantage of these dollars, are you?!" As soon as Zhao Gang saw Li Yunlong's eyes, he knew what Li Yunlong was thinking.

"Nonsense, how could I be that kind of person!" Li Yunlong immediately denied it, and continued with disdain, "It's just a few hundred thousand dollars, it's not like I haven't seized it before."

"Yeah, that makes sense. You wouldn't care about even hundreds of thousands, let alone tens of thousands." Zhao Gang nodded and smiled.

"Of course!" Li Yunlong responded.

"Hurry up and move the ocean money to the village warehouse and ask them to put the things into the warehouse. I'll go and tell the chief." After Xu Qingfeng gave the order, he left first!

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang took Tian Xiaoqi and others to the warehouse.

"Chief, the money has been delivered. I asked them to send it to the warehouse. The total is about 145,000 yuan." Xu Qingfeng entered the meeting room and informed them of the matter as soon as possible!

"Didn't you handle these dollars lightly?!" The chief understood what Xu Qingfeng meant as soon as he heard it. Because he didn't handle them lightly, Xu Qingfeng didn't dare to say the exact amount, but added the two words "left or right".

"No, the quantity is indeed a bit too much. If it were lighter, it would be a waste of time. It's fine as long as the weight is about the same." Xu Qingfeng said honestly.

"Yeah." The chief nodded. As long as the approximate number was right, it would be fine. If it was several hundred dollars, then they would probably have to be counted.

"Come to think of it, when I was with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Chu Yunfei and his men specially gave gold bars to all of us officers. However, in order to avoid giving anyone a handle, we confiscated them..." Xu Qingfeng told the chief about this matter again.

"It's right not to accept it, so as to avoid being hostile to them in the future and becoming soft-hearted." The chief nodded. They were destined not to be in the same boat, so if they could avoid leaving any handle for others, they would do so.

As for the hundreds of thousands of dollars, I felt more at ease taking it. After all, it was hard-earned money earned by fighting the Japanese invaders, and I had to take it.

"What the chief said is true. I'll be leaving first." After Xu Qingfeng finished speaking, he left Dayang's list and turned to leave the meeting room.

(End of this chapter)