Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"This is the situation. You should choose a time to promote all the officers who can be promoted, draw up a list, and then hand it to me." Li Jin continued.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded.

"Do you have anything else to say? If not, let's adjourn the meeting. Lu Changgong will stay." Li Jin's eyes swept across everyone and stopped on Lu Changgong.

"Battalion Commander, we'll be leaving first." Liu Changshun and the others stood up and left. Soon, only Li Jin, Xu Qingfeng and Lu Changgong were left in the meeting room.

"Battalion Commander, is there anything you want me to do? I guarantee that I will complete the task!" Lu Changgong said immediately. The battalion commander kept him alone, so he must have something important to entrust to him.

"There is indeed a mission. You take people to Laiyin County to monitor the devils there and see what they are doing.
If you find that the Japanese over there are doing business with the locals, you can send someone to contact them and discuss the purchase of guns. " Li Jin stated the mission.

"Ah?! Buying guns from the Japanese?! Battalion Commander, are you serious?!" Lu Changgong was almost shocked. It was understandable to ask him to monitor the Japanese, but buying guns from the Japanese when he saw them doing business with the locals, were you sure nothing would happen to him? !

"Well, I'm not kidding. When discussing this with the devils, you have to be careful and try to meet them somewhere other than in the city.
It's best to have someone keep watch at the agreed position, so that if the Japanese want to attack you, there will be someone to respond. " Li Jin nodded and then expressed his thoughts.

To be honest, what he knew about the Osaka Division was all heard from other people, and he was not sure whether the real Osaka Division was like this.

Therefore, he sent people to contact these devils. If these devils were really as he said, only liking to make money and not fighting, then he could feel a little more at ease.

"I understand!" Upon hearing this, Lu Changgong nodded decisively in agreement. It seemed that the battalion commander had made preparations and did not really let him go to the city to do business with the Japanese.

"What if those devils really want to do business with us? I don't have any money on me." Lu Changgong raised the difficulty.

If they don't let the Japanese see the money, they won't cooperate with them.

"Don't worry about that. I'll approve two thousand dollars and ten small yellow croakers for you. You can use them to do business with the Japanese." Li Jin replied. Since he was doing business, he naturally had to bring money.

"That's fine." Lu Changgong said no more.

"When you cooperate, the Japanese will most likely send people to watch you, so you just need to keep an eye on those Japanese soldiers. They may not necessarily come to attack you." Li Jin continued to stare.

It is certain that the Japanese will send people. After all, they are also worried about being robbed, so Lu Changgong and his men just need to remain vigilant.

As long as the Japs have no intention of taking action, don't shoot at them from the Osaka Division. If you really provoke them, it will be a fight to the death.

"Don't worry, Captain. I understand." Lu Changgong nodded.

"Go and prepare now. Bring the walkie-talkie with you. Oh, and bring a batch of laxatives. These laxatives are to be sold to the Osaka Division." Li Jin said.

If the Osaka Division is just as it is said and pretends to be sick when fighting, the laxative can most likely be sold to the Osaka Division. This is a great tool for pretending to be sick, and it can also help them save some money when buying guns.

"Laxative?! This... is fine!" Lu Changgong hesitated for a moment, but still did not ask any more questions. He nodded, but he felt that this laxative might not be able to be sold.

"Go and make preparations. Bring your walkie-talkie and radio. If something happens, contact the telegraph operator immediately and ask him to send a telegram for help." Li Jin said.

We still need to make some preparations to avoid any accidents.

"I understand." Lu Changgong nodded, then stood up and left.

After Lu Changgong left, Xu Qingfeng said, "You asked Lu Changgong to do business with the devils in order to test them and see if these devils are consistent with what the intelligence said, right?"

"Well, intelligence is still a thing that can be wrong, so it's best to send someone to verify it. If the Osaka Division is the same as the intelligence says,
Their threat will be greatly reduced, and we can save some effort." Li Jin admitted this.

"Actually, I thought there was something wrong with you at the beginning. Now it seems that it is true. You seem to have some good feelings towards this division." Xu Qingfeng said what was in his mind.

In his opinion, Li Jin extremely disliked the Japanese and would never leave any of them alive if he could completely wipe them out. The only thing he had a slight liking for was the Osaka Division. Now he was willing to take the risk and let Lu Changgong contact the Japanese.

"I can't say I like them, but I can say I don't hate them. If they really don't like fighting and don't bully the common people, it's not impossible to let them go," Li Jin responded.

He remembered a piece of history he had read about the Osaka Division, which was about how the division returned home in high spirits when the Japanese surrendered, and only a dozen soldiers were sacrificed among all its members.

It is said that the soldiers who died did so because they wanted to do business properly and fight the American army, so this division did not like fighting.

"That's true. It's true that we can let go of an army that doesn't like fighting." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

Compared to the beastly things done by other devils, the Osaka Division is really pretty good. Plus, since no harm has been done to them, it's completely fine to spare their lives.

If we capture the Japanese from this unit one day, it would be okay to keep some of them alive.

"Old Xu, just now I said that when you were the political commissar, it seemed that you were not very happy." Li Jin asked. He noticed Xu Qingfeng, who was silent. Only the others were excited.

"I'm worried that I'm not up to the task. Maybe it would be okay for the chief to send someone here to be the political commissar." Xu Qingfeng expressed his concerns.

He had no objection to letting him be the deputy head of the regiment, but he was a little worried about letting him be the political commissar. After all, the position of political commissar was very important. What if something went wrong?

"I thought it was something else. It's just like this. Just be a political commissar the same way you were a battalion instructor before.
By the way, remember to select people to form the regiment political department, which is responsible for the ideological work of the soldiers. Aren’t you good at this? "Li Jin said!
Compared to letting other people come to be the political commissar, Li Jin still trusts Xu Qingfeng. The two are friends for life and death, Xu Qingfeng is capable, and the key is that he is one of their own. With Xu Qingfeng around, nothing will go wrong in the regiment.

"If that's all, it's not impossible." Xu Qingfeng said.

"So, just do the same thing you did before. It's just a change of position. It's not a big deal." Li Jin patted Xu Qingfeng on the shoulder.

He didn't know the abilities of other people, but Xu Qingfeng's abilities were obvious to everyone in the special operations battalion. If it weren't for Xu Qingfeng, the camp wouldn't be so stable.

"Come to think of it, I've been away from the camp for a while. I guess the new soldiers won't listen to me and will only listen to you." Li Jin said half-jokingly.

As for the new recruits, he had not shown up in front of them yet. The one who had the most contact with them was Xu Qingfeng. "Then you have to start showing up in front of the new recruits starting tomorrow. You will be the head of the regiment in the future anyway.
If even the soldiers don't recognize you, how can you fight? And the officers should be asked to train new recruits again!" Xu Qingfeng said unhappily.

Less than a day after Li Jin came back, he ran to the brigade headquarters again. The recruits had never even seen what their battalion commander looked like.

"Okay, okay, okay. I will start showing up in front of them tomorrow. It will be just right after the New Year to let them go out and fight the Japanese and puppet troops to gain combat experience. They can't do without combat experience!" Li Jin replied.

Later they will have to attack the Japanese airport. It will be easy for something to go wrong if they bring a group of new recruits with no combat experience. They must give the new recruits combat experience before the official war so that their combat effectiveness can be brought into play.

"You just take charge of this, and I'll assist you from the side." Xu Qingfeng nodded. Li Jin was the head of the special operations battalion.

If he hadn't wanted to develop a base at that time, he would have gone to Changsha with Li Jin to fight the Japanese.

Just then, a telegraph operator ran in.

"Battalion Commander, we received a telegram from Division Commander Han, saying that the balance of the payment has been sent by Regimental Commander Kong to the town where we met before, and asked you to send someone to pick it up." The telegraph operator quickly told him what happened.

When he just translated the telegram, he found that it was not from their unit, and then he remembered that it might be from Han Mingyuan.

"What is Lao Liang doing?! Didn't I tell you not to give it?" Li Jin was stunned.

When Liang Gu sent a telegram to remind him that the Japanese might surround him, he told Liang Gu not to pay the balance.

Unexpectedly, Liang Gu still sent someone to deliver the balance!

"What balance payment?! Haven't they paid all the money they should have paid?!" Xu Qingfeng was a little confused. Why had he never heard Li Jin mention it?

"It happened in Xiangyang at that time..." Li Jin told Xu Qingfeng about the situation at that time.

"So, Lao Liang is a good person. If it were someone else, they would probably wish that I would be surrounded by the devils, but Lao Liang specifically reminded me.

He really treated me as a friend, so I had to show my appreciation, so I waived the balance of the weapons sale, but I didn’t expect he would still send someone to deliver it. ” Li Jin added.

"So that's how it is. From this point of view, Liang Gu is indeed a good person. He was worried that you would refuse, so he acted first and asked for your permission later. He sent the money first and made it difficult for you to return it." After hearing this, Xu Qingfeng also had some good feelings towards Liang Gu.

I think Liang Gu is much better than other officers of the National Army.

"Old Liang is a man who can still cooperate when it's time to cooperate." Li Jin also felt a little emotional. These days, there are really not many people like Liang Gu.

"So what are you going to do?!" Xu Qingfeng asked.

"What else can I do? Lao Liang is so kind-hearted, I certainly can't let him down. I plan to let Xiao Liu go and get the money back." Li Jin said. He would not go in person, but could send Liu Changshun instead.

"Yes!" Xu Qingfeng nodded and continued, "How much is the balance?!"

"About 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, which is not a lot of money." Li Jin responded, as if he was not interested in money.

"Damn it, you're being so generous." Xu Qingfeng was speechless. Forty or fifty thousand dollars is small money. What is big money then?

"How much money do we have in our base now?!" Li Jin asked. To be honest, he seemed to have never paid attention to the financial situation of their base.

"We still have more than 20,000 silver dollars left. We bought a lot of supplies during this period. There were too many people. We thought the supplies we seized would be enough, but we didn't expect that there was still a lot short. So, we used the silver dollars to buy a lot of supplies." Xu Qingfeng replied.

If they don't buy supplies, there still won't be enough. With so many people, they can only last for half a year at best, which is totally not enough.

"Well, then this sum of money will be kept in the base for the time being. Just tell the leader when the time comes." Li Jin nodded.

He had underestimated the number of people in the base and made a misjudgment, so he could only keep the balance for backup.

"I think it's okay." Xu Qingfeng agreed. The consumption of their base was different from that of other troops. They consumed a large amount of supplies every day, which was unmatched by other troops.

"By the way, there is something I forgot to tell you. After we take down the Japanese airport, I will have to leave the base for a while." Li Jin said.

"What's the matter?! You're not going to take people away from the base to fight the Japanese again, are you? Which province are you going to this time?!" Xu Qingfeng couldn't help but frowning when he heard it. This guy is a little jumpy. Why is he running around everywhere?

"I'm not going to fight the Japanese. The leader told me to go to Yan'an after the battle. I'll probably have to meet the commander-in-chief then. Besides, my parents are also in Yan'an, so it's a good opportunity for me to meet them." Li Jin told the story.

"No problem. How long will it take?!" When Xu Qingfeng heard that Li Jin was going to see the commander-in-chief, he agreed decisively. You know, many people have never seen the commander-in-chief, but Li Jin actually had the chance to see him.

"Excluding the time spent traveling back and forth, and the time spent staying there, I estimate that it will take at least two months." Li Jin said after thinking for a while.

He went to Yan'an to study, so he would naturally stay for a while, but not too long.

"Yeah." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

"Next year, I estimate there will be a major war. When I come back from Yan'an, we will have to be prepared." Li Jin said. The major war he was talking about was the Hundred Regiments Campaign, and they would naturally not be absent.

"What war?! Are we going to attack the Japanese?!" Xu Qingfeng was puzzled.

"Well, the Japanese will not stop targeting us, so the higher-ups have already made up their minds and are planning to find an opportunity to teach the Japanese a lesson.
Let the devils know that we are not easy to mess with, but we still have to develop and develop, and then we will give the devils a head-on blow!" Li Jin nodded and said.

The cage plan set up by the Japanese requires strong combat to directly break the Japanese plan and let the Japanese understand that these little tricks cannot have much impact on them.

"I understand. Then what is our mission?!" Xu Qingfeng was also a little excited. He knew as soon as he heard it that this was a major war, and it was initiated by the Eighth Route Army!
(End of this chapter)