Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"We still can't pin our hopes on the international community. They won't come to help us. If we rely on mountains, they will fall; if we rely on people, they will leave. We can't rely on anyone. We can only rely on ourselves!" The leader sighed.

Even if those countries want to help, they cannot defeat the Japanese. Although the Japanese seem to be weak now, in fact, they are still stronger than many countries.

Those countries will not offend a powerful opponent for the sake of China unless they can gain greater benefits from it.

"A weak country has no diplomacy!" The leader could understand this sentence more and more.

When you are weak, no one will care about you. Instead, they will treat you as a dish. If they are as powerful as the United States, they don’t even need to speak, their younger brothers will come forward immediately.

"Indeed, we will become stronger in the future, so that other countries will not dare to look down on us, let alone bully us!" The political commissar said gritting his teeth. His eyes were extremely firm, and he only thought about making the country stronger in the future.

"That's right!" The leader also nodded in agreement.

"Let someone send a telegram to Li Jin and tell him about this." The leader said that Li Jin should be informed of this matter.

"Okay." The political commissar stood up and left.

.........

On the other side, Li Jin was rushing towards Fucheng.

"Captain, this direction doesn't lead back to the base, right?!" Lu Changgong asked in confusion. Their base was not here.

"Well, let's go to Fucheng first. I want to talk to Chu Yunfei about something." Li Jin nodded. It was still necessary to discuss cooperation with the Shanxi Suiyuan Army.

So, we have to talk through Chu Yunfei.

"Captain, what do you want to talk to Chu Yunfei about? Do you want to cooperate with him to fight the Japanese?!" Lu Changgong asked.

"Of course, we need external help to deal with the devils this time. Although the strength of the 358th Regiment is not very strong, it is not too weak either.

At least it can help us." Li Jin said.

In the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the only person he could trust was Chu Yunfei, and the other party would not back down in the face of national affairs.

"But I think the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will not agree to Chu Yunfei's help. There is a high probability that Chu Yunfei will refuse to help." Lu Changgong said after hesitating.

"I know, but Chu Yunfei will help. He is a pure patriotic soldier and will definitely not refuse to help." Li Jin said confidently.

When Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, he clearly didn't care about Chu Yunfei, but Chu Yunfei still disobeyed the order to hold on, chose to take action, and said that famous saying.

No matter who attacks Ping'an County, my 358th Regiment will definitely help. From this, we can see that Chu Yunfei is a pretty good person.

Therefore, Li Jin definitely made the right choice by choosing Chu Yunfei to cooperate with.

A few days later, Li Jin arrived outside Fucheng.

"Send a telegram to the 358th Regiment and tell him that I'm waiting for him in the woods outside the East City Gate." Li Jin instructed the telegraph operator.

"Yes!" The telegraph operator quickly started sending telegrams to the 358th Regiment using the radio.

.........

Inside the city, Chu Yunfei was in his office, still thinking about retreat.

He felt somewhat unwilling to retreat without firing a single shot. He left like this last time and now he had to abandon the city.

“Oh…” Chu Yunfei sighed deeply, feeling somewhat annoyed.

dong dong dong...

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Chu Yunfei said.

A telegraph operator soon came in with a telegram.

"Commander, the Northeast Army has sent you a telegram. The sender is Mu Jin." The telegraph operator handed the telegram to Chu Yunfei.

"Mu Jin's telegram?!" Chu Yunfei stood up suddenly after hearing that, took the telegram and started reading it.

He quickly finished reading the content and then hurriedly left the office, bumping into Fang Ligong on the way.

"Commander, I have something to ask..."

"Let's talk later!" Chu Yunfei left without looking back.

"What's wrong, Commander?!" Fang Ligong was confused. Why was Chu Yunfei so anxious? What was he going to do?
The telegraph operator just came out.

"What is the commander doing?!" Fang Ligong asked.

"I just received a telegram from Mu Jin, saying that he was waiting for the commander in the woods outside the East City Gate, so the commander left in a hurry." The telegraph operator did not dare to hide it and quickly informed him of the matter.

"Well, you go down first." Fang Ligong nodded, waved his hand, and asked the telegraph operator to leave.

"Mu Jin actually came to Fucheng, what is he doing here?!" Fang Ligong frowned, and then he thought of the two newly transferred Japanese divisions.

"Could it be that Mu Jin is here to seek cooperation with us to attack the Japanese division?" Fang Ligong was shocked when he thought of this possibility.

"No, no, I have to tell the commander first!" Fang Ligong turned around and went back to his office, then picked up the phone and called Commander Zhang.

After waiting for a while, Master Zhang's voice came from the phone.

"A meritorious service, what's wrong?!"

"Division Commander, Mu Jin just sent a telegram to the regiment commander and asked him to meet in the woods outside the east city gate. I don't know what Mu Jin wants to talk about, but I think it may be related to fighting the Japanese." Fang Ligong reported the matter.

"What?! Mu Jin came directly to Fucheng to find Chu Yunfei?!" Master Zhang was also a little surprised when he heard this. Judging from the situation, Mu Jin might really come to them to cooperate in fighting the Japanese.

"Commander, if Mu Jin really comes to us to cooperate in fighting the Japanese, should we cooperate?!" Fang Ligong asked.

"Let's see how Chu Yunfei talks with Mu Jin. If the situation is favorable, then cooperation will not be a problem." Master Zhang thought for a moment and then said.

He felt that cooperating with Mu Jin would still be beneficial, but if Mu Jin's idea was to attack the two Japanese divisions, then forget it.

Although Mu Jin's Northeast Army was indeed very strong, he did not think that the other side could destroy the Japanese Class A Division.

Of course, if they were only targeting the New 20th Division, he thought they could still cooperate.

After all, most of the Japanese soldiers in that division are new recruits and their combat effectiveness is not very strong. If they cooperate with Mu Jin, they might be able to wipe out this division.

By then, it will be a great achievement.

"I understand!" Fang Ligong nodded.

"Let's do this for now. I'll go report this matter to the commander." Just as Commander Zhang was about to hang up the phone, he was stopped by Fang Ligong.

"Master, wait a moment, I have something to say." "What else?!" Master Zhang asked.

"Commander, I'd like to ask, when did the appointment come out? It's been a long time." Fang Ligong hesitated, but still said it.

It has been many days since the higher-ups announced that Chu Yunfei would be promoted to brigade commander, but the appointment has not been made yet.

"Alas... forget about the appointment. The commander thinks Chu Yunfei might be the one who sent him as a thorn.

So now I feel that it is not appropriate to let Chu Yunfei be promoted." Master Zhang sighed and said.

"What?! How is this possible? The regiment commander still respects the commander very much. Besides, all the victories won were attributed to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Isn't this helping the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army? Why didn't the commander doubt it before? Now he regrets it. Fang Ligong felt it was not worth it for Chu Yunfei.

You know, with the achievements Chu Yunfei has made, if he were in the Central Army, he would be promoted to division commander, let alone brigade commander.

"Ligong, watch your words!" Commander Zhang scolded. A regimental chief of staff actually dared to talk about the commander. Is he looking for death?

“Besides, the commander’s suspicion is not without reason. What if Chu Yunfei is really a nail?!
He will be promoted and become an important figure in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. What if he stabs the commander in the back? "Zhang Shizuo added.

In fact, he could understand what the commander was thinking. After all, the commander had a grudge against that person in the past. If the Anti-Japanese War had not broken out, the commander would have ignored the other party.

"The commander would never be that kind of person!" Fang Ligong assured him solemnly. He had worked with Chu Yunfei for many years, and the other party could never be that kind of two-faced person.

"I also think he is not, but the commander has doubts about this, and I can't do anything about it. Moreover, if this possibility is true, it will not be a good thing for the commander.

Therefore, there is no need to say more about this matter, and you don’t need to tell Chu Yunfei the reason, understand? !” Master Zhang instructed.

In fact, I just don’t want Chu Yunfei to stop doing anything because of this, so I still can’t let Chu Yunfei know, otherwise, it will disappoint him.

"I understand!" Fang Ligong nodded helplessly. In fact, he also had selfish motives. If Chu Yunfei was promoted to brigade commander, his position would also be able to move up to a higher level and he would have a bright future.

But I didn't expect that this matter would be shelved like this.

"Sigh..." Fang Ligong sighed. It would be difficult for him to get promoted in the future unless he left the 358th Regiment and went to other units.

But if he had been assigned to other units, would he have been able to achieve so many achievements? ! This is not certain.

Most of the achievements they have made now are related to Mu Jin, and Mu Jin has a good relationship with Chu Yunfei, so there will be more opportunities for cooperation between the two sides in the future.

.........

Jinsui Army Headquarters.

Commander Zhang came to Commander Yan's office.

"Commander, there's news just coming from the 358th Regiment..." Commander Zhang told the story.

"You mean, Mu Jin took the initiative to come to us and fight the Japanese?!" Commander Yan said.

"It's very likely. The enemy should be targeting the Japanese 20th Division. This division is the only one that is easier to bully! But Mu Jin can't handle it himself, so he comes to us for help." Commander Zhang expressed his guess.

He felt that if Mu Jin wanted to take action, he would definitely choose to attack the weak Japanese division. As for the Class A division, Mu Jin probably wouldn't be so tough.

"Haha, there are times when he comes to cooperate with us, so we have to make him pay as well!" Commander Yan sneered and said.

Thinking about how Mu Jin had taken away more than 200,000 yuan from them, he felt painful and he had to make the other party return the money.

"Um... Commander, I don't think this is likely. On the contrary, if we ask him for money, he might just turn around and leave." Commander Zhang said after a pause.

With Mu Jin's greedy look, he would definitely leave as soon as he heard that he had to pay for cooperation.

"Moreover, once Mu Jin leaves, he will definitely seek help from the Eighth Route Army. We are pushing Mu Jin to the Eighth Route Army.

We have finally managed to ease the relationship with Mu Jin. It is not appropriate to do this. The money will be wasted!" Master Zhang reminded.

They had spent a lot of money on Mu Jin. If they asked him for money in return, it would be tantamount to offending him, and the money they had spent before would be wasted.

"Then forget it." Commander Yan was silent for a while after hearing this, and finally gave up the idea of ​​asking Mu Jin for money.

"However, the Japanese's new 20th Division may not be easy to deal with? Will Mu Jin really take action against them?!" Commander Yan felt that this possibility was not very high.

"I'm not sure, but I think it's still possible." Master Zhang didn't dare to make a guarantee. He still had to wait and see what Chu Yunfei would say.

"Yeah." Commander Yan nodded. He didn't know what Mu Jin was thinking.

.........

Chu Yunfei came to the woods outside the East City Gate with two guards.

"You two wait outside the woods. Don't come in unless I call you." Chu Yunfei stopped and gave the order.

"Commander, how can we do this? What if there is danger?" one of the guards said hurriedly.

"Do you think that if Mu Jin wants to harm me, you two can stop him?!" Chu Yunfei responded.

"Uh... this..." The two were speechless for a moment, because Chu Yunfei was telling the truth. If Mu Jin wanted to harm the regiment commander, they could not stop him. At most, Chu Yunfei would go with him.

"Stay, I'll be fine." Chu Yunfei said and walked into the woods. When he reached the depths, he stopped.

"Brother Mu, it's time to come out and meet me!" Chu Yunfei spoke, his eyes scanning the surrounding environment.

At this time, Li Jin walked out from behind a pile of grass.

"Brother Yunfei, it's been a long time since we last met. I missed you so much!" Li Jin said with a smile on his face.

"Brother Mu, why did you look for me? It's not to cooperate with me to fight the Japanese, right?!" Chu Yunfei asked tentatively.

"What else is there besides this?!" Li Jin replied with a smile. If it weren't for fighting the Japanese, he wouldn't have come to find Chu Yunfei.

"You know about the new division that the Japanese have transferred here, right?!" Li Jin continued.

"Well, I've heard that one of the divisions is the 16th Division. This is a Class A division with amazing combat power.

The other is the New 20th Division, which has average combat effectiveness, but is still much stronger than the 358th Regiment." Chu Yunfei also told what he knew.

"Yes, I came here for these two divisions. Tell me, do you want to cooperate with me and kill these devils?" Li Jin didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.

"We can cooperate, but you have to pay me some money!" Chu Yunfei suddenly laughed!

"Brother Yunfei, goodbye! I'll find someone else!" Li Jin turned around and left without any hesitation.

"Hey, hey, hey, no, no, no, I was just joking with you, why are you so ignorant?" Chu Yunfei suddenly became anxious and quickly chased after him to stop Li Jin.

(End of this chapter)