Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

For Li Jin, it is better not to offend others to death, so as to avoid being irreparable. It would be troublesome if he really needs help from the other party in the future.

This direct threat was indeed a last resort, otherwise his plan would be difficult to implement, so he had to make the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army cooperate with them.

"Oh, I see!" Liu Changshun nodded quickly after hearing that.

"Captain, the leader sent a telegram." The telegraph operator ran over.

Li Jin could roughly guess without even reading the message that the content was praising him for a good job, and sure enough, that was exactly what the telegram contained.

"Captain, what did the leader say?!" Liu Changshun was a little curious.

"Read it yourself." Li Jin handed the telegram to Liu Changshun!
"I got praised again. It was as expected." Liu Changshun said.

"Take your men and take the equipment to meet up with the regiment commander and the others. Let the two regiments divide the captured supplies equally. We won't want them." Li Jin instructed Liu Changshun.

The New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment did not capture any spoils in this battle, so Li Jin planned to divide among them the weapons and equipment he had captured from this regiment.

"Okay." Liu Changshun nodded and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute." Li Jin stopped him and then reminded him, "When you give them the equipment, tell them that we have kept the captured part and let them share the rest equally."

If he didn't say that, he felt that Li Yunlong and Kong Jie might not accept it. Li Yunlong would be easier to deal with since they were all one of their own, but Kong Jie probably wasn't that thick-skinned and would be embarrassed.

"I understand." Liu Changshun nodded and led his men away.

.........

Not long after, Li Jin met up with Xu Qingfeng.

"Brother Chu, it's all thanks to you this time." Li Jin saluted Chu Yunfei.

"What are you talking about? We are all troops fighting the Japanese. We are doing it for the good of the country and it is our duty to contribute." Chu Yunfei said with a smile. He knew that Mu Jin mainly wanted to thank him for handing over the defense map to Commander Yan.

Otherwise, given Commander Yan's cautious nature, he would never agree to cooperate with Mu Jin. After all, Commander Yan didn't want to take any risks.

"Anyway, thank you very much. We only want 20% of the seized materials this time, and the rest will be yours. This is also our apology to you." Li Jin said generously.

Chu Yunfei would not be able to keep all of this batch of weapons and equipment with the 358th Regiment, and would have to hand over most of them. Therefore, there was no need to worry too much that the firepower of the 358th Regiment would exceed that of the New 1st Regiment.

"Captain Xu has already told us about this." Chu Yunfei said.

"Well, I'll say it again to confirm." Li Jin nodded. Xu Qingfeng had already told him about this, and he was just saying it again.

"Captain Mu, it's really not easy to see you." Fang Ligong said on the side.

"There's no other way. I have a lot of things to do. I won't personally take part in some small operations. Besides, Captain Xu can fully represent me. There won't be much difference between his arrival and my arrival." Li Jin responded.

"Captain Mu, what's going on this time? Don't tell me that your goal is just to inflict severe damage on the 20th Division?" Fang Ligong asked directly.

He wouldn't believe that Mu Jin would be so kind and make such a big fuss. Since he was not targeting the 20th Division, he must be targeting the 16th Division.

"Chief of Staff Fang is right. I certainly didn't go after the 20th Division. I directly raided the headquarters of the Japanese 16th Division and killed the commander of the 16th Division. Nakajima Imago also annihilated an entire regiment of Japanese devils." Li Jin did not hide anything and said it out loud. There was nothing to hide anyway.

"What?! You, you killed the commander of the 16th Division?! Is this true?!" Fang Ligong was shocked when he heard this. In fact, he had guessed some of the situations, but he was still shocked when he heard the news.

A Class A division commander was killed by Mu Jin? !
"There is no need for me to lie to you." Li Jin did not explain further.

"Awesome! Captain Mu, you are really awesome!" Fang Ligong gave a thumbs up.

"It's okay, Captain Chu, come with me to meet Commander Yan." Li Jin looked at Chu Yunfei. To go to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Chu Yunfei had to lead the way.

"Okay." Chu Yunfei nodded, looked at Fang Ligong, and said, "Brother Ligong, take your troops back to Fucheng. The Japanese have retreated now, and they don't dare to have any ideas about Fucheng. It's still safe there."

"Okay." Fang Ligong responded, and he led his troops towards Fucheng.

Chu Yunfei took Li Jin to see Commander Yan.

"Mu Jin, did you really kill that division commander?!" Chu Yunfei asked. Didn't Mu Jin say before that he wanted to capture Nakajima Imao alive? How come he was killed again?

He felt that with the strength of Mu Jin and his men, it should not be difficult to capture Nakajima Imao alive, and they would not be killed outright. Could there be some accident?

"Brother Chu, what do you think?!" Li Jin curled his lips into a smile.

"Are you lying to them?!" Chu Yunfei reacted and said, if Mu Jin said he wanted to capture him alive, then he would definitely capture him alive.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded.

"When you meet Commander Yan this time, you should be more sincere. After all, he is the theater commander. The reason he cooperates with us is not just because of threats!" Xu Qingfeng reminded.

To be honest, for a person like this, this kind of threat probably won't be enough to intimidate the other party, because the other party doesn't believe that Li Jin really dares to hand over the deployment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to the Japanese.

This is no different from being a traitor.

"I know. This is an urgent situation. Without the help of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, it would be difficult for me to implement the plan smoothly." Li Jin also praised the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Give the other person enough face before you apologize.

.........

At around eight o'clock, Li Jin and his men arrived outside the temporary headquarters of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

After being searched by the guards, Li Jin successfully entered the tent. As for Xu Qingfeng and the others, they were waiting a few miles away from the tent.

"Commander Yan! Long time no see!" Li Jin saluted Commander Yan who was sitting in the main seat, with Commander Zhang sitting next to him.

"Please sit down." Commander Yan motioned Li Jin to sit down expressionlessly. "Thank you, Commander Yan." Li Jin pulled out a chair at random and sat down calmly.

"You are so good, kid. You even dare to threaten me!" Commander Yan started to question him as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Commander Yan, you are joking. How dare I threaten you? You are the commander of the theater, and I am just a nobody in the army. I even appointed myself as the head of the regiment.
As for the defense map, I just wanted to show you that your defense is not tight enough. You need to have your people strengthen patrols.
This has nothing to do with threats. I never said from the beginning to the end that if you don't cooperate, I will give the defense map to the Japanese. Isn't that what you think?
I am doing this for your own good." Li Jin began to explain with a serious face, turning the so-called threat into something for the good of Commander Yan.

"You are such a silver-tongued boy. Why are you pretending to be so ignorant in front of me?" Commander Yan was so angry that he laughed after hearing this. It was the first time he saw someone being so cunning.

"Commander Yan, I really want to remind you what you said. It's absolutely not a threat!
Even if you don't cooperate, how could I give the defense map to the devils! We are all troops fighting the devils, right? "Li Jin continued to quibble.

"Then according to what you said, I should thank you for your reminder?!" Commander Yan asked back. He really didn't expect that the mission of sending an army to punish the culprit turned out to be for their own good after Mu Jin's few words.

To be honest, if it were someone else, they would probably thank Mu Jin instead. However, what Mu Jin said was giving them enough face.

It was made clear from the beginning to the end that Mu Jin had no intention of making any threats and that cooperation was entirely voluntary.

"Don't be so polite. If we need cooperation in the future, just give me the money and I promise to get things done. Of course, if you want to fight against our own people, don't come to me, unless you are a traitor." Li Jin said with a smile.

The meaning of his words was very clear. The only thing we could cooperate with was to fight the Japanese and traitors. Don't ask him to help you fight the Eighth Route Army.

Chu Yunfei, who was standing by, fell into deep thought after hearing what Li Jin said. Where was the sincere apology he promised? ! Where was the apology? It sounded like Commander Yan still owed Li Jin a favor.

"Let's talk about the cooperation for another time. You have explained the defense map clearly. Now let's talk about this cooperation. You hid it from us, so you have to give an explanation!" Commander Yan's expression became serious.

In this cooperation, Mu Jin did hide the truth from them and did not tell them the specific combat objectives, causing him to believe from beginning to end that Mu Jin's goal was to annihilate the 20th Division.

But in fact, Mu Jin had other purposes!
"Commander Yan, it's not that I don't want to say it, but the Japanese intelligence work is very detailed, and they are very good at winning people's hearts.

I am also worried that some of you here will not be able to resist the temptation and be turned by the devils. If my plan is leaked out, all my preparations will be in vain.

The key is that the Japanese might turn around and plot against me, and then I would be in big trouble, don’t you think? ” Li Jin explained.

Commander Yan fell into deep thought. If it weren't for Li Jin's reminder, he would not have known that some of their senior leaders had been instigated by the Japanese.

"Besides, you should have caught the traitor this time, right?!" Li Jin asked back.

"Of course." Master Zhang replied. They couldn't let Mu Jin look down on them.

However, as soon as he said this, Commander Yan glared at him. Although Commander Zhang didn't understand, he knew that he might have said something wrong.

"Look, isn't that it? It's not that I don't want to say it, but I really can't say it." Li Jin said quickly.

Chu Yunfei was staring at Mu Jin at this moment. He found that Mu Jin was really good at talking. He could even make the dead come alive. He had to learn from Mu Jin in this regard.

"Okay, okay, even if what you said makes sense, did your plan succeed?!" Commander Yan was also a little helpless.

Originally he was thinking that Mu Jin would owe him a favor, but now it seemed like the opposite, and he now owed Mu Jin a favor.

"Thanks to Commander Yan's great help, Mu Jin successfully destroyed the headquarters of the Japanese 16th Division, and the division commander Nakajima Imao was killed!" Li Jin praised, which made Commander Yan feel comfortable.

"Wait, are you saying that you killed the 16th Division?!" Commander Yan was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, not only was their division commander killed by me, but I also killed a regiment of Japanese soldiers and one of their brigade commanders." Li Jin said.

"Good boy, you did a good job!" Commander Yan was also happy after hearing this. He didn't expect that Mu Jin actually killed the commander of a Class A division this time.

"It's not all my credit, but also thanks to Commander Yan and the Eighth Route Army! Otherwise, I can't have done it." Li Jin mentioned the Eighth Route Army and asked Commander Yan to report the Eighth Route Army when he reported the credit later. Maybe he could get the guy from the National Army to pay the Eighth Route Army's salaries again.

Now the Eighth Route Army’s salaries have basically stopped being paid. Although it doesn’t have much impact, we still have to do something to show it’s going on.

"You were asked to say these words by the Eighth Route Army, right? I also know something about their situation. In fact, the military pay was withheld because of the development of the Eighth Route Army, which made that person feel threatened. I have no other way." Commander Yan explained the reason.

In fact, that person has always been very wary of the Eighth Route Army. Even though they cooperated with each other, he always wanted to curb the development of the Eighth Route Army.

"I just mentioned it." Li Jin was not very concerned about this. Whether or not there was military pay was not a big deal for them at the moment.

"Mu Jin, you are very capable. Don't you want to join us? If you are willing to come, I will let you be the army commander! I will never break my promise!

You will have a bright future in the future. If I leave one day, you will have the opportunity to take power!" Commander Yan suddenly said.

The conditions he offered were tempting enough that most people would not be able to resist.

He could see that Mu Jin's abilities were truly strong, and no one of his age could compare to him.

Let's not talk about anything else, just talking about meeting him, many people would be cautious in what they say and do after meeting him, for fear of making mistakes. Few dared to talk as calmly and calmly as Mu Jin.

"Mu Jin, the commander really wants you to join. There are not many people in their twenties who can reach the position of army commander. The commander values ​​you enough!" Master Zhang also said.

It really took a lot of effort for Commander Yan to directly offer the condition of letting Mu Jin become the army commander. He has followed the commander for quite a long time, but he is still only a division commander.

"Commander Yan, forget it. I'm fine now. No one cares about me. If you want to fight the Japanese, just fight them." Li Jin decisively declined. When the other party tried to win him over before, they made him a division commander, and this time he was promoted.

Not to mention, a military commander in his twenties did sound quite impressive, but he was not interested.

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. You can think about it. There are many benefits of becoming a commander of an army." Commander Yan said, he was not giving up.

Mu Jin's refusal was somewhat too decisive, and he didn't take these conditions seriously at all.

"Commander Yan, to be honest, please don't waste your time on me. I won't join, but I am very grateful for your kindness." Li Jin refused again.

(End of this chapter)