Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Don't worry, Political Commissar, I will complete the task!" Liu Changshun took the map and made the promise immediately.

"Well, go ahead." Xu Qingfeng waved his hand.

Liu Changshun turned and left, but stopped when he reached the door.

"Political Commissar, isn't this mission being taken by the reconnaissance battalion? Why is it my turn?!" Liu Changshun turned around and asked.

"They are the ones who are answering the call, but they are still a little short of manpower, so I sent you to help." Xu Qingfeng explained. He knew what Liu Changshun was worried about.

Worried that he would steal the credit from the reconnaissance battalion.

"I see. I'll go right away." Liu Changshun left after hearing this. He thought that the reconnaissance battalion was not doing its job well and its mission was cancelled.

Since he was going to help, he had nothing to worry about.

.........

The next morning, Gucheng.

There were already many people setting up stalls on both sides of the street to do business, and the city gates were also opened by the Japanese soldiers.

As usual, puppet troops and Japanese soldiers were still stationed at the city gate to check the people entering the city to prevent anyone from entering with guns.

Two young men wearing patched cotton coats were also queuing in the crowd, their cheeks red from the cold wind.

Soon they passed the inspection and entered the city.

"Old Hu, the Japs in this county are checking quite strictly." One of the young men whispered. His name was Ye Cheng, and he was a member of the reconnaissance battalion.

"Of course, Gucheng is also an important city. It's normal to have strict inspections. I just don't know if there are any Japanese laboratories in this city." Hu Tian responded.

The Japanese usually arranged many soldiers to guard important county towns to prevent the enemy from sneaking in and taking over the county town by combining internal and external forces.

"These devils are hiding very deeply. We have investigated several counties, but haven't found any clues." Ye Cheng frowned.

In half a month, they investigated several counties, but did not find the Japanese laboratory. He began to doubt whether the Japanese laboratory really existed.

"Yes, there seems to be no news from other people. The time given to us by the political commissar is only half a month.

If we can't find it, our reconnaissance battalion will lose face." Hu Tian was also a little helpless. They were known as the best intelligence investigators, but after searching for so long, they didn't find any clues. How could this not be embarrassing?

"Never mind, let's split up and meet outside the city gate before sunset." After saying that, Ye Cheng turned into an alley.

Hu Tian continued walking forward along the street.

Ye Cheng quickly came to a stall selling cold noodles and sat down.

"Boss, give me two bowls of cold noodles." Ye Cheng shouted.

"Okay, I'll be right there." The owner of the cold noodle shop was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a haggard look on his face.

While waiting, Ye Cheng was also observing the surrounding situation to avoid being targeted.

"Where is this little Japanese's laboratory?!" Ye Cheng frowned and began to think about it.

It would be great if I could check the population of the city at will, so that I could see if anyone is missing in the city.

"Sir, your cold noodles are here." The boss came up with two bowls of cold noodles.

"Thank you." Ye Cheng was not polite. He picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

He quickly finished a bowl of cold noodles and then ordered a second bowl.

"Sir, I thought you were waiting for someone, but I didn't expect you to eat by yourself," said the boss.

"I have a big appetite and eat a lot." Ye Cheng responded with a smile.

If it weren't for the purpose of saving money, these two bowls would not be enough for him.

"Being able to eat is a blessing. My son is a big eater too." The boss said this and suddenly fell silent.

"Boss, why are you still setting up a stall in such a cold weather? You can take a break for two days before setting up the stall again. There is no need to rush for these two days.
If it were me, I would just stay at home and sleep with my wife." Ye Cheng joked.

“We have to put it up, otherwise we’ll be in trouble if we don’t make any money.” The boss said with a sigh.

He is in trouble now and needs money urgently. If he doesn't set up a stall, there will be big problems.

"Oh?! Boss, are you in urgent need of money?! Is someone in your family sick?!" Ye Cheng asked.

"I'm not sick, my son was kidnapped by bandits, they want a ransom of 20 dollars from me, if I don't give it, they will kill him!
Twenty dollars, how could I have that much money? I scraped together ten dollars, borrowed five or six dollars from relatives and friends, and made the rest from this stall!

If I can’t get the money together, my son will probably be killed by the bandits!” The boss felt like crying as he spoke.

"Damn, there are still bandits in this place?! Weren't they all killed?!" Ye Cheng said with a frown.

"The bandits here were indeed killed off before, but recently a new group of bandits has emerged and is still kidnapping people. It is said that they have kidnapped quite a few people." The boss told the story.

"It seems that bandits from other places have fled here. Damn bandits, they just want to die!" After hearing this, Ye Cheng also started cursing.

Sure enough, none of these bandits were good people. If he didn't have to investigate the Japanese laboratory, he would have to wipe out this group of bandits.

"You'd better be careful not to be heard by the bandits, otherwise they will kidnap you too!" The boss was startled and looked around.

"Is it so exaggerated?! Do they dare to come into the city?!" Ye Cheng was not afraid at all. It would be fine if they didn't come to find him, but if they really dared to come, he would kill them. There was no point in keeping scum like this.

"Of course I dare. They sent people into the city just to notify me when the time comes to pay." said the boss.

"Interesting, do you know where this group of bandits is hiding?!" Ye Cheng asked. He planned to get rid of this group of bandits later. Keeping this group of bandits would be a nuisance.

The people are already living a miserable life, and now they have to suffer from the bandits. If they are not eliminated, these bandits will really cause chaos.

"I don't know. I only know that they asked me to go to the mountains 20 miles north of the city to trade." The boss shook his head. How would he know where the other party was hiding?

All I know is that my son was captured by bandits when he was visiting relatives.

"Is that so?" Ye Cheng fell silent after hearing that. It seemed that he would have to investigate the hiding place of this gang of bandits himself.

"Boss, how long do you have left to pay the money?!" Ye Cheng asked.

"There are still three days left, but I'm still two dollars short. How can I possibly earn three dollars in just three days?" The boss was so anxious that he thought he could bargain with the other party and redeem his son for eighteen dollars.

"I'll pay for you." Ye Cheng didn't say much. He took out three dollars from his pocket and stuffed them into the boss's hand.

"This, this is not possible, I can't accept it!" The boss was shocked and immediately wanted to return the money to Ye Cheng.

"Boss, just accept it. Saving lives is the most important thing! Compared with life, these few dollars are nothing!" Ye Cheng had a serious face. He could see that this boss did encounter trouble and what he said was probably true.

"My benefactor! I will kowtow to you!" The boss was so moved that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow. "No, no, no, if you dare to kneel, I will take the money back!" Ye Cheng quickly supported the man and threatened him. If the head of the group knew that the common people knelt down to him, he would peel off his skin.

"My benefactor, consider this money as a loan from you. I will definitely pay you back in the future!" said the boss. He was not the kind of ungrateful person. If he owed something to others, he would definitely pay it back.

"Okay, I'll come to collect the debt from you later." Ye Cheng said. He was just talking and it was impossible for him to really come to collect the debt.

But these few dollars are his food expenses, and he will have to rely on himself for the next half month after giving them out.

It seems that I can only ask Lao Hu to borrow some money, otherwise I will starve to death.

"No problem, no problem." The boss nodded repeatedly.

"By the way, do you know how many people are there in this group of bandits?!" Ye Cheng asked.

"I'm not very clear about this. I feel that there should be quite a lot, otherwise they wouldn't have kidnapped so many people in such a short period of time." The boss responded. Although he didn't know how many bandits there were, if there were only a few of them, they certainly couldn't kidnap too many people.

"Okay, I'll go first. I wish you all the best." Ye Cheng stood up and left.

The boss clenched the three dollars in his hand. He didn't expect that he would be so lucky to meet such a good person.

Fortunately, he came out to set up a stall today, otherwise he might not have met any noble person.

The boss looked at the stall, started to pack up, and went home carrying his load.

However, Ye Cheng followed quietly. To be honest, he was still a little worried. He wondered if he had misjudged the person and was cheated.

It was only three dollars after all, and I was cheated out of it like that. Wouldn't I be laughed at to death?

Ye Cheng followed the other person, turning around and around, and soon arrived at the end of an alley.

The boss opened the door with a smile on his face and went home carrying his load.

Ye Cheng also followed, and before he reached the door, he heard the boss talking to a woman.

"I really met a noble person today. He lent me three dollars. My son is saved."

"What?! There is such a thing?!! He is our great benefactor, what is his name?!"

"Oh no, I was so happy that I forgot to ask the other person's name!"

"You idiot, this is a great benefactor, and you even forgot to ask his name!"

"I was wrong, I was wrong. Please stop hitting me. Next time my benefactor comes, I will pay him back and apologize to him. That should be fine, right?"

When Ye Cheng heard this, he turned around and left. He was right about the person.

However, he was worried that after getting the money, the bandits would not only kill the people who kidnapped him, but also the people who delivered the money.

"While the mission of investigating the laboratory is important, the safety of the people cannot be ignored. Tonight is the time for our class to gather and summarize the intelligence.
It's a good time to go out and check what's going on with this gang of bandits, kill them first, and then continue to look for the Japanese laboratory." Ye Cheng thought to himself.

No matter what, this has already happened to him, so he can't just ignore it.

Time soon came to five o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Cheng had already left the city, and after a whole day of searching, there was no useful information at all.

"Old Ye, you came out so quickly, how is it going? Have you found anything?!" Hu Tian rushed over and asked the first question.

"No." Ye Cheng shook his head helplessly.

"I'm at a loss as to what to do. We haven't found anything yet. Let's move into the city tomorrow and continue investigating." Hu Tian said. It was obviously impossible to find out everything in one day.

"Old Hu, I have something to tell you. Today I was..." Ye Cheng told him about the kidnapping by the bandits.

"Damn it, there are bandits here again! Do you know how many people are in this group of bandits?!" Hu Tian's face was full of anger after hearing this.

It had not been long since they eliminated the bandits here, but unexpectedly another group of bandits came over and really didn't take them seriously.

"I'm not sure, but I think the number should be around one or two hundred." Ye Cheng guessed.

"Our class can easily defeat one or two hundred bandits!" Hu Tian was still very confident.

There were more than 20 people in their class, so they were confident that they could wipe out even the Japanese devils, let alone more than 200 bandits.

"The problem is, our current mission is to investigate the Japanese laboratory. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to fight the bandits?!" Ye Cheng hesitated.

"I can't care about so many things. I'm the squad leader. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong! If the political commissar wants to punish someone, just punish me!" Hu Tian said. He couldn't bear to see the people being bullied, so he would intervene if he saw it.

"Well, I'll share the responsibility with you!" Ye Cheng nodded. After all, it was he who proposed this matter. It would be unreasonable to let Hu Tian bear it alone!
"Good brother!" Hu Tian patted Ye Cheng on the shoulder.

.........

At this time, on a mountain, several tents were temporarily set up, and on a flat ground, some people were cooking.

Inside the largest tent, several young men were drinking.

"Captain, what do you think the Japanese mean by asking us to dress up as bandits and kidnap people?!" One of the young men looked at the bald man in the main seat and said.

"Yes, kidnapping is kidnapping, but it is very problematic that the Japanese took the person away. Are they planning to make us kill them?!" another young man said.

"God knows what they want to do. Anyway, the ransom for the kidnapping is given to us by the Japanese. It's good enough as long as we can make money!" said the bald man with a smile.

He didn't care what the Japanese's purpose was, he just knew that he could make money by doing this.

"Hehe, that's right. It's rare that the devils are so generous that they actually gave us the ransom for the kidnapping."

"This little devil is actually pretty good."

"But I'm still a little confused. What on earth did the devils take the people away for?!"

Several people started talking about it, but then someone mentioned the matter of the Japanese taking people away.

"Damn it, why do you care what the Japs do when they take people away!" the bald man cursed directly. Anyway, he made a lot of money this time and he could find some girls to have some fun with.

"That's right, what they do is none of our business. All we have to do is collect the money."

.........

At around 7:30 in the evening, all the soldiers in Hu Tian's squad rushed back.

"Now that everyone is here, tell me what intelligence you have found. Has anyone found any evidence of the Japanese laboratory?!" Hu Tian glanced at everyone.

"I haven't found any useful intelligence there. I just found out that there have been some kidnappings recently, and they have kidnapped quite a few people."

"I'm here too!"

(End of this chapter)