Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

After they returned to the conference room, Li Yunlong briefly told Deputy Regiment Commander Qian and Chief of Staff Zhong about the combat process.

"I'm not saying this, given the puppet army's combat effectiveness, let alone the current New 1st Regiment, even when I first arrived at the New 1st Regiment, I didn't take them seriously." Li Yunlong couldn't help but brag.

It cannot be considered bragging, it is indeed the case that the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is not enough.

"Yes, yes, you are right. However, since we have obtained so many war horses, we still have to hand them over to the brigade headquarters." Chief of Staff Zhong changed the subject.

The war horses they captured were enough to form a cavalry battalion, but it was still unlikely that they could keep them. The leader would probably find out soon and ask Li Yunlong to hand over the horses.

"What a joke! I've run over eighty miles and my ears are almost frozen off. You want me to hand them over? No way!" Li Yunlong got furious when he heard this and refused to send these war horses no matter what.

He had worked so hard to lead the troops into the attack and only then had he gotten the war horses. How could he just hand them over like that?

"That's what you say, but you still have to hand it over." Zhao Gang also tried to persuade them. Their brigade did not have any cavalry units.

"Impossible!" Li Yunlong said in a firm tone, stood up and left the meeting room.

Zhao Gang and the others were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

"The leader will definitely ask about this, and the war horses will still have to be handed in. It's no use for Lao Li to act like a rogue." Deputy Regiment Commander Qian said.

In front of the leader, Li Yunlong is just a quail. If he wants to make a scene in front of the leader, Li Yunlong is too young.

"Then I should prepare in advance?!" Zhao Gang proposed tentatively after hearing this.

"Yes, that's what I should do." Chief of Staff Zhong nodded.

"How many war horses and equipment should be left behind? A platoon or a company?!" Zhao Gang asked, he was a little unsure.

"Let's leave one company. After all, Old Li worked hard to get these war horses. The commander won't take them all away. He will at least leave a lot. One company should be enough." Deputy Regiment Commander Qian thought for a while and said slowly.

The leader may only leave them one platoon, but leaving two platoons is also impossible because the combat effectiveness is not enough, so the leader will most likely leave them a cavalry company.

When Li Yunlong returned to his residence, he went to the pit immediately, took off his military uniform, and got into bed. He glanced at the black phone on the table next to him.

This call came in a few days ago. It was said that the call was originally intended to be answered by the Independent Regiment first, but the leader considered it and decided that it would be better to answer the call first by the New 1st Regiment.

"Never mind, let's go to sleep first and think about the other things later." Li Yunlong rolled up the quilt and fell asleep with a smile on his face. He was obviously happy to get so many war horses.

Li Yunlong slept almost until the next morning and was woken up by hunger.

He yawned, stretched, put on his clothes, got up and went out.

"Captain, you're awake." Monk Wei had already come to the yard to chop firewood. When he saw Li Yunlong wake up, he put down his axe and greeted him.

"Yeah." Li Yunlong nodded. A cold wind blew in from his neck, making him shiver. Goose bumps stood up on his body. He tightened his collar and felt better.

"Let's go and have breakfast." Li Yunlong invited Monk Wei to eat.

When I finished eating and returned to my residence, the phone on the table rang.

This made Li Yunlong's heart skip a beat. He knew without guessing who was calling. It didn't come earlier or later, but at this time. It must be about Zhan Ma.

Li Yunlong listened to the phone ringing and reached out to pick up the phone and answered it.

"Li Yunlong, congratulations on your fortune!" The leader's happy voice came from the phone.

"Commander, what are you talking about? I didn't get rich, and I just seized some small things. They are not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning. They are not qualified to be handed over." Li Yunlong responded with forced calmness.

"The war horse equipment of a cavalry battalion is called gadgets. You don't want to hand it over. What do you want to do?" The leader's tone was somewhat dissatisfied. He naturally heard that Li Yunlong did not want to hand it over.

"Commander, I just think that the New 1st Regiment should have a cavalry unit after its development. Besides, the New 1st Regiment is the main force regiment after all. If I set up a cavalry battalion, it will bring honor to you. It's not too much, right?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.

"Damn it, you want to set up a cavalry battalion for one regiment, then shouldn't I set up a cavalry regiment for my brigade?!" The leaders were so angry that they laughed.

"Of course. Just for the title of leader, let alone a cavalry regiment, even a cavalry division would not be too much." Li Yunlong was not flattering.

Judging from the leader's achievements, there is really no problem with the entire cavalry division.

"Don't give me that, kid. You have seized the war horses and equipment of an entire cavalry battalion and you still want to keep it all to yourself. Hurry up, leave one company's worth of horses and equipment and send the rest to the brigade headquarters!" The commander didn't listen to Li Yunlong's flattery at all and decisively asked for the things.

"What are you doing! Robbery? You might as well shoot me!" Li Yunlong replied.

"You won't hand it over, right? Then I have to settle accounts with you. You mobilized an entire battalion of troops to fight without saying a word. I didn't wrong you, did I?

And I know all the things you did in the past. Do you want me to tell you one by one? !” The chief said in a threatening tone.

"Commander, you allowed this. Why are you denying it now?" Li Yunlong felt his scalp tingling after hearing this.

"I allowed it?! When did I allow you to send troops to fight without permission? Do you have any evidence?!" The leader was trying to hold back his laughter, but his face was very serious.

"No, Chief, what you said is a bit unfair!" Li Yunlong didn't know how to refute for a moment.

He had obtained approval from the leader at the beginning, otherwise he would not dare to act on his own. But when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that the leader did not really allow him to act on his own.

"No evidence, right? Don't try to fool me. Either keep one company's war horses and equipment and hand over the rest, or I will settle accounts with you. It's your choice." The leader continued.

"Commander, I have worked hard all night and traveled 200 miles back and forth. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard. It's so cold that my ears are almost falling off.

You asked for more than half of it right away, that's not good, leave me a little more." Li Yunlong begged, he was convinced, in terms of playing tricks, even ten of him would not be the leader's opponent.

"Besides, the situation was urgent. If I had asked for permission before setting off, by the time I got there, the war horses would have been taken away by the Japanese. You can't ask me for the horses now." Li Yunlong added.

"I'll leave one platoon for you. Nothing else can be discussed!" After a moment of silence, the leader still planned to leave one platoon for Li Yunlong.

"Hehe, thank you, Chief, thank you, Chief! I'm kneeling down to you." Li Yunlong was immediately happy and pretended that he really wanted to kneel down.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and deliver the stuff quickly!" The leader said and hung up the phone.

"There's one more platoon, so it's still okay." Li Yunlong put down the phone with a smile on his face.

……At this time, in the meeting room of the brigade headquarters.

After the chief put down the phone, he looked at the political commissar beside him and said with a smile: "This kid really knows how to bargain with me."

"If he doesn't bargain, he wouldn't be Li Yunlong." The political commissar also laughed. Although he didn't hear what Li Yunlong said, he could guess something from what the leader said.

This kid Li Yunlong didn't want to hand it over at the beginning and wanted to fool the leader, but the leader didn't buy it at all.

"However, this kid does have some skills. He set up a cavalry battalion without war horses on his own, and he actually got war horses." The political commissar continued.

They had already known that Li Yunlong was secretly forming a cavalry battalion, but they just didn't point it out.

"The current combat capability of the New 1st Regiment would be even more powerful if it were equipped with a cavalry unit.
Unlike the past, the new regiment now has thousands of soldiers in one battalion. This guy went out without any notice. If I don’t bring back some war horses, he will be in big trouble if the higher-ups investigate.” said the commander.

Before the New 1st Regiment was established, the number of people was not large, so Li Yunlong's trouble was not a big deal. But now it is different. The New 1st Regiment has grown to more than 5,000 people. If Li Yunlong is still the same as before, it will be a big problem.

"Yes, it is indeed the right choice to connect the telephone line to the New 1st Regiment first." The political commissar also nodded and said that this was also the reason why the leader did not make a call to the independent regiment which was closer.

"In short, I hope this kid doesn't cause any big trouble for me." The chief also felt a little tired.

.........

On the other side, Li Yunlong also went out happily and happened to meet Zhao Gang who came over.

"Old Li, you are so happy, what good thing happened?!" Zhao Gang was puzzled. Did Li Yunlong eat honey shit?! So happy.

"Old Zhao, you keep one company and one platoon's worth of war horses and equipment, and have the Gray Wolf Squad and the Cavalry Company send the rest to the brigade headquarters." Li Yunlong gave the order.

"The leader called you?!" Zhao Gang understood immediately, but he didn't expect that the leader left an extra platoon for their regiment.

"Well, the commander asked me to surrender all my war horses right away. Fortunately, I persuaded him with emotion and reason, and he left one company and one platoon in our regiment.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for us to have a cavalry unit. " Li Yunlong said the last part, looking at Zhao Gang with a serious face, as if he had paid a lot to persuade the leader.

"You are really awesome. If it were me, I might not even be able to keep a single warhorse." Zhao Gang also understood that Li Yunlong wanted him to praise him.

"Haha, that's not it!" Li Yunlong burst into laughter.

"Then I'll go prepare first." Zhao Gang turned and left.

"Wait a moment, I'll go take a look too." Li Yunlong thought about it and decided to go over and take another look at the war horses.

Soon, Li Yunlong and his companions walked towards the stable.

On the way, they also met Deputy Regiment Commander Qian and Chief of Staff Zhong and others. They also learned from Li Yunlong that the leader wanted Li Yunlong to hand over his war horse.

"Old Li, didn't you say it was impossible to hand it over?!" Deputy Captain Qian said half-jokingly.

"What do you know? I'm just following orders." Li Yunlong responded seriously.

The people who heard this couldn't help but laugh. If Li Yunlong had obeyed orders obediently, it wouldn't have caused the leader so much headache.

"What a joke!" Li Yunlong was thick-skinned. There was nothing he could do as the leader had a hold on his weak spot, so he had no choice but to give in.

If he continues to disobey, the leader will take action against him.

"In fact, the commander is also warning you that the new regiment is different now than before, and you should still observe more discipline.
Otherwise, it's easy to get into trouble, so you still have to be more careful." Zhao Gang said with a serious face.

"I know." Li Yunlong responded. He was of course aware of this. If the leader was transferred one day, it would be easy for something to go wrong if he continued like this.

"Yeah." Zhao Gang nodded. After being together for such a long time, he still had some understanding of Li Yunlong. On the surface, he was a rough guy, but in fact, he was bold and careful. There were many things that did not require his reminder.

He is a bit stubborn sometimes, but generally speaking, he won't cause any big trouble. Maybe that's why the chief asked him to come here.

.........

Over at the stable, Sun Desheng and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion were feeding hay to the war horses. They looked at the horses in front of them as if they were looking at their wives.

"Battalion Commander, can't all these war horses be left behind?!" a soldier asked. The political commissar came over yesterday and asked them to be prepared, as they would probably have to hand over the war horses of two companies to the brigade headquarters.

"There's no other way. What should be handed over must be handed over." Sun Desheng responded. He also wanted to keep all the war horses.

He felt that leaving only one cavalry company was still a little insufficient.

"They are all good horses." Sun Desheng reached out and touched the tall and strong warhorse in front of him.

Hehehe~~
The warhorse made a sound, as if responding to Sun Desheng.

At this time, a burst of footsteps came.

"Feeding the horses." Li Yunlong walked over.

"Commander, Political Commissar, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff!" Sun Desheng and others saluted quickly.

"Sun Desheng, pick out enough war horses for a company and a platoon and leave them here. Send the rest to the brigade headquarters." Li Yunlong gave the order directly.

When it comes to challenging horses, Sun Desheng has experience. Since he wants to leave behind a group of war horses, he naturally has to leave behind the most powerful ones.

"Captain, aren't you going to pick only one company?!" Sun Desheng was a little curious.

The political commissar was talking about a company, so why is there an extra platoon now?

"It's a company plus a platoon." Li Yunlong said with a serious face. He roughly knew that this was the decision made by Zhao Gang and others. He had guessed that the leader would come to ask them to hand in their war horses, so he made preparations in advance.

"Yes!" After hearing this, Sun Desheng hurriedly selected the war horses. In fact, he had already started the selection last night and selected a company. Now he only needed to select a platoon of war horses.

Because he had experience, he quickly selected out a row of war horses, which were the best in the batch.

(End of this chapter)