Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Pick out another squad of war horses." Li Yunlong thought for a moment and then said, after all, a few more or less horses wouldn't make much difference.

"Ah?!" Sun Desheng was stunned and didn't react.

"What? Just pick when I tell you to." Li Yunlong urged.

"Old Li, this is not a good idea." Zhao Gang hesitated and tried to persuade them, saying that the leader had already told them to keep one company and one platoon.

"What's wrong with that? The commander doesn't know the exact number. Besides, I went through a lot of trouble to get the war horses, so what's wrong with keeping a few more?" Li Yunlong responded.

"This..." Zhao Gang was silent for a moment.

"Okay, I have the final say here. It's settled. If the commander wants to investigate, just say it was my idea." Li Yunlong made the decision and left behind a squad of war horses.

"Besides, our regiment has so many people, and with more cavalry units we can exert our power better. Even if the commander knows about it, he won't delve into it. I still know the commander." Li Yunlong added.

"Okay." Zhao Gang heard this and stopped trying to dissuade him.

Sun Desheng then selected another squad of war horses.

"Send the remaining war horses to the brigade headquarters immediately." Li Yunlong gave the order. He looked at the war horses and felt a little reluctant to part with them.

But there was no way. He couldn't break the rules. If the leader really wanted to settle accounts with him, he would be demoted from regiment commander to platoon leader.

"Yes!" Sun Desheng nodded, and left with the cavalrymen and their horses.

When they left the village, members of the Gray Wolf Squad were already waiting there. They escorted the war horses to the brigade headquarters together.

"We have to tell Li Jin about the war horses our New 1st Regiment has obtained. He should tell him not to ask anyone to keep an eye on the horses. We have already taken care of it." When Li Yunlong left the stable, he remembered that they had asked Li Jin to keep an eye on the war horses before.

Now that they have got it, there is no need for Li Jin to waste manpower.

"You want to show off to Li Jin that we will have a cavalry unit in the future." Zhao Gang understood Li Yunlong's intention as soon as he heard it.

In fact, when Li Yunlong learned that Li Jin's side had grown to more than 6,000 people, he felt a little unconvinced.

After all, it took their New 1st Regiment so long to develop to a size of more than 5,000 people, and the Special Operations Battalion grew to this size in less than a year.

Now that the New 1st Regiment has established a cavalry unit, they must show off to Li Jin.

"Nonsense, am I that kind of person?" Li Yunlong denied it decisively.

"But to be honest, there are indeed a lot of talented people in the special operations battalion. Xu Qingfeng's ability is stronger than many people.

When Li Jin was not in the special operations camp, Xu Qingfeng developed the special operations camp to so many people. If he was given a little more time, it might be able to grow to a scale of tens of thousands of people very quickly! "Zhao Gang couldn't help but think of Xu Qingfeng.

"Well, the company commanders under him are no worse than the battalion commanders in terms of ability." Li Yunlong also said that he did have a good eye for people.

"Fortunately, they are from our side. If they were from the other side, it would be a lot of trouble." Zhao Gang was somewhat relieved.

"No, even if they are there, they will most likely not be valued without a background, let alone develop." Li Yunlong shook his head.

In the national army, ability is not the most important thing. What is important is to have talented people behind you. Some people's abilities are not worthy of their positions, but because they have people behind them, many of them sit in positions that do not belong to them.

"That's true. It's hard to succeed without a mentor." Zhao Gang also nodded in agreement.

Soon, Li Yunlong went to the communications room and asked the telegraph operator to send a message to Li Jin. He also asked someone to send a telegram to the brigade headquarters to inform them that the war horses had been escorted over.

.........

When Li Jin received the telegram from Li Yunlong, he immediately felt happy for Li Yunlong.

He then sent a telegram to congratulate Li Yunlong.

"I never thought that the New 1st Regiment will have a cavalry unit in the future." Xu Qingfeng on the side said with a smile.

"Well, as expected, with a cavalry unit, the new regiment will be even more powerful in the future." Li Jin nodded.

Speaking of which, it seems that the new regiment has set up a cavalry battalion. They don’t have any war horses yet, so they started training the cavalry first. Now it comes in handy.

"Should we set up a cavalry unit in the future?!" Xu Qingfeng suggested, looking eager to try.

If they have cavalry units in the future, their mobility will be even stronger, and they can fight even faster, coming and going like the wind.

"I think it's okay, so let's keep an eye out to see if we can get a war horse." Li Jin agreed decisively.

In particular, he thought of the Hundred Regiments Campaign. If they could train the cavalry units before the campaign began and then have them participate in the war, then they might have a chance to fight the entire campaign and kill the Japanese everywhere.

"I'll ask someone to pay attention." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

"The regiment commander said that he only got enough war horses for a company. Do you think that's so few?!" Xu Qingfeng changed the subject. He felt that if Li Yunlong only got so few war horses, he would have no chance to stay.

"How is that possible? He got at least a battalion's worth of war horses and equipment, but it was most likely taken away by the commander." Li Jin responded with a smile. He couldn't help but think of the scene in the TV series when Li Yunlong was robbed.

"That's what I said." Xu Qingfeng also laughed after hearing that.

"I guess the only person who can control the regiment commander is the chief." Xu Qingfeng continued speaking with a smile on his face.

"That's not the case. Our leader is a man who saved the commander-in-chief of the National Army. Just for the leader's title, it is not excessive to equip him with a cavalry division." Li Jin also said.

"You're right, that's really true." Xu Qingfeng also agreed with what Li Jin said. When he didn't know the leader well before, he thought that the leader was the same as other leaders, but after getting to know him better, he realized that the leader was very capable.

.........

Brigade headquarters, in the conference room.

The Commissar came in with a telegram in his hand.

"Commander, Li Yunlong sent a telegram saying that he has sent someone to escort the war horses over, and they are expected to arrive around three or four in the afternoon." The political commissar said as he handed the telegram to the commander.

"This kid is pretty quick." The leader said with a smile.

"Commander, do you think Li Yunlong will be so obedient as to send so many war horses over here?!" said the political commissar after sitting down. He felt that Li Yunlong's war horses were sent at a very timely moment.

"Will he listen?! If I didn't want to settle accounts with him, this guy would have dared to secretly leave these war horses behind!" The commander naturally knew Li Yunlong very well.

If no one told him about this, Li Yunlong would definitely not mention the war horse at all, but would instead think of keeping it for the New 1st Regiment to use.

"This kid is quite greedy. He won't keep half of the war horses and have someone send them over, and then say something like, 'There aren't that many war horses.'" The political commissar felt that Li Yunlong might really say that.

"That's not necessary. He doesn't have the courage to leave half of the war horses. But if we leave a few more, they will not be able to escape. At most, we can leave a squad of war horses." The leader said. Although Li Yunlong was a little noisy, he didn't dare to go too far.

Let alone Li Yunlong keeping half of the warhorse for himself, even if he said he would leave half for Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong would have to ask several times if it was true. "You still know this kid well." The political commissar smiled.

"Of course." The commander responded, and continued, "However, it is not a big problem to let him keep an extra squad of war horses.

The new regiment is already very strong, and more cavalry units are very necessary!"

With the current combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment, it can withstand a head-on battle with a regiment of the Japanese. However, if it launches a surprise attack, a regiment of the Japanese may be defeated by the New 1st Regiment.

It has developed to this point in just less than two years, which is an astonishing speed. Of course, Li Jin deserves the greatest credit.

Otherwise, even if the new group could develop, it would not reach its current scale.

"Yes, when we are ready, I hope the New 1st Regiment can cooperate well with the Special Operations Battalion. The cooperation between the two of them will definitely inflict heavy losses on the Japanese." The political commissar was very confident about this.

The two strongest troops joined forces. He felt that even the same number of devils might not be a match for those two men.

"Yeah." The leader nodded.

"Commander, speaking of which, shouldn't we give the New 1st Regiment walkie-talkies to them? I think we can let Li Yunlong and the others get used to it in advance and use walkie-talkies to command the troops." The political commissar suggested.

From the time Li Jin delivered the walkie-talkies to now, this batch of walkie-talkies have not yet been distributed.

"It's not difficult to use this walkie-talkie, but the new regiment can indeed train with it first!" After hearing this, the leader also decided to distribute walkie-talkies to the new regiment first.

The key is that the New 1st Regiment can directly contact other battalions through walkie-talkies, so any orders can be immediately conveyed through the walkie-talkies.

"Once the war horses are delivered, have someone hand the walkie-talkie to them," the leader continued.

He planned to distribute seven walkie-talkies to the New 1st Regiment, one for Li Yunlong, one for each of the five battalions under it, and one for the Grey Wolf Squad formed by Li Yunlong, whose combat effectiveness was not much weaker than that of the special combat battalion.

.........

The time soon came to half past three, and a soldier came to report.

After hearing this, the leader also left the village with the political commissar. They also wanted to see what the war horses that Li Yunlong had obtained were like.

The political commissar was also holding a bag containing six walkie-talkies.

After waiting for a few minutes, Sun Desheng and his men arrived at the village entrance on horseback.

"Sun Desheng, the commander of the new cavalry battalion, greets the commander, the political commissar!"

"Captain of the New 1st Regiment's Grey Wolf Squad, Shi Zhong greets the commander, the political commissar!"

Sun Desheng and Captain Gray Wolf quickly stepped forward and saluted.

"Well, I remember Li Yunlong said that you used to be from the National Army, right?! In the end, you left your superior because your superior wanted to become a traitor." The leader looked at Sun Desheng and smiled.

"Yes, Chief! I am Chinese. Although he saved me before, I have been with him for many years and have been through many life and death situations with him. I have already repaid his kindness.

I couldn't stand him being a traitor, so I left!" Sun Desheng responded with a righteous look on his face.

"Good, you're a real man!" The leader patted Sun Desheng on the shoulder and praised him.

"You must train the cavalry well. I will do my best for you." The leader said seriously.

"Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!" Sun Desheng replied excitedly. He had also heard about the chief's glorious past from the regiment commander. He was a real big shot.

"Shi Zhong, your team has made great contributions to the New 1st Regiment. Last time, you led the team that cooperated with a division of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to fight the Japanese near Zhongtiao Mountain.

If it weren't for you, the battle would have been difficult to fight. You were very good and fought beautifully." The leader looked at Shi Zhong, briefly described his achievements, and praised him.

Although the Grey Wolf Squad's combat record is not as good as that of the Special Operations Battalion, it is much more brilliant than other troops with the same number of people, and has solved many problems for the New 1st Regiment.

The entire team has won first-class group merit several times, and some members of the team have also won first-class individual merit.

"It's all thanks to everyone!" Shi Zhong was a little excited when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect that the leader still remembered him.

"Keep up the good work in the future. I look forward to you making more contributions." The leader looked at the two of them with a smile.

"We promise to live up to the leader's expectations!" Both of them responded loudly.

"Good, very good." The leader nodded with satisfaction.

He then looked at the war horses brought by Sun Desheng and his men. The number seemed to be about the expected number, but he knew that Li Yunlong must have left some extra horses.

"By the way, there is something I want you to give to Li Yunlong." The leader looked at the political commissar.

The latter tactfully stepped forward and handed the bag to Sun Desheng.

"What's inside are walkie-talkies, which can be used for communication within a range of 20 miles. They are more convenient than the Japanese walkie-talkies. I will teach you how to use them simply." The political commissar opened the bag and took out two walkie-talkies.

He then began to teach the two how to use the walkie-talkie. The process was not too complicated and the two learned it quickly.

"How is it? Have you learned everything?!" asked the political commissar.

"Got it." The two nodded quickly.

"If you forget it after you go back, there is an instruction manual inside. You can read it. Remember it, this thing is extremely important. Do not let anyone else use it except you. But you can teach the officers under you how to use it!" The political commissar warned with a serious face.

Asking them to teach the officers below how to use it is also to prevent the possibility that if someone among them is sacrificed, they can quickly take over and listen to instructions!

"I understand!" The two responded with a serious face after hearing this.

They all knew how precious the thing in their hands was. As long as they had it, they could quickly receive orders from the commander and mobilize the troops to leave at the first opportunity!

"Have someone take the war horses to the stable and then hurry back to the New 1st Regiment." The leader also gave orders.

He felt more at ease when the walkie-talkie was delivered to Li Yunlong and his team as soon as possible.

"Yes!" Sun Desheng and Shi Zhong responded.

The chief then walked into the village with the political commissar.

Sun Desheng and his men quickly ordered their soldiers to lead the war horses into the village.

(End of this chapter)