Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

After Kong Sheng said this, Liang Gu and Han Mingyuan fell into deep thought for a while.

"General, is Mu Jin saying that something bad will happen to you in the future?!" Han Mingyuan frowned. Isn't this just cursing the General?

"No, he was reminding me to be more low-key." Liang Gu shook his head.

"What you mean is... we have done too many good deeds recently and we might be targeted by someone, so we might be villains?!" Han Mingyuan reacted and said after hearing this.

"Well, the continuous achievements have indeed made some people who did not fight with all their strength feel uneasy." Liang Gu nodded.

No one can defeat the Japanese, but you are trying to stand out, especially in the Battle of Changsha, where they annihilated tens of thousands of Japanese and made outstanding achievements. The newspapers also made a big fuss about it, which made some people target him.

"If I don't keep a low profile, I might be transferred one day. You can imagine what the result will be then." Liang Gu said with a sigh.

Once he is transferred, it will be hard to say whether this troop will still belong to him. The officers he promoted may also be in trouble due to various false accusations.

"Damn it, don't these people consider the overall situation?!" Han Mingyuan was so angry. It was already a certain time, and they were still thinking about fighting for power instead of fighting the Japanese.

"It's all about interests." Liang Gu responded. Many times, interests are the most important.

"How abominable!" Han Mingyuan's face was gloomy. He really wanted to twist off those heads and use them as chamber pots so that they could not think about these things anymore.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Liang Gu shook his head. He knew what to do, but from what Mu Jin said, Mu Jin still regarded him as a friend.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that he would send people to rescue him if he got into trouble. With the strength of Mu Jin's troops, it wouldn't be difficult to rescue him.

.........

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon it was the 29th day of the lunar year.

Li Jin called Xu Qingfeng and Director Liu to write Spring Festival couplets together in the conference room.

"I never thought that another year would pass so quickly." Xu Qingfeng held the brush and wrote on the red paper, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, the Anti-Japanese War has been over for more than two years, and the Japanese devils have not been driven out yet." Director Liu also said.

More than two years have passed since the Japanese invasion. It will be three years next July, but they still cannot see victory.

"Don't worry, that day will come." Li Jin said with a smile.

"Once the Japanese are driven out, we'll set off fireworks to celebrate." Xu Qingfeng almost wanted to see the moment when the Japanese surrendered.

"That's possible, but we have to set off fireworks for a week straight." Li Jin nodded in agreement.

If the Japanese are driven out, how can we not set off fireworks to celebrate?

The three of them continued writing Spring Festival couplets.

Except for those on guard duty, everyone in the special operations battalion was basically resting and not training today.

The soldiers wandered around the base, some sat at the door, and some ran to climb the mountain.

"How about temporarily lifting the alcohol ban on New Year's Eve?!" Xu Qingfeng suggested.

"Okay, but don't drink too much." Li Jin agreed. After all, they still had to be careful and not be too careless. If all the soldiers got drunk, it would be bad if something happened.

"No problem, I'll tell them right away." Xu Qingfeng smiled when he heard that. He immediately took out his walkie-talkie and started contacting the company commanders of each company.

"Xiao Liu."

"Deputy battalion commander." Liu Changshun's voice came.

"The battalion commander said we can drink tomorrow." Xu Qingfeng said slowly.

"What?! That's great, I have to drink to my heart's content this time, and I won't go home until I'm drunk!" came Liu Changshun's excited voice.

"What are you thinking about! You're still drunk. Just drink a little for your own good intentions!" Xu Qingfeng said unhappily.

"Hehe, that's fine. It's better than last year. At least the battalion commander didn't let us drink last year." Liu Changshun smiled. Although he couldn't drink to his heart's content, it was okay.

"That's because it wasn't safe at the time and there were too many things to consider." Xu Qingfeng responded. They were still in the village at that time, and what if the Japanese attacked them?

Alcohol can paralyze the brain and affect combat effectiveness. If the Japanese come and they cannot exert their combat effectiveness, the consequences will be very serious.

"Yes, I understand. Deputy Battalion Commander, I will notify the officers under me first." Liu Changshun responded.

"Well, let's go."

"Yes."

Xu Qingfeng contacted other company commanders and informed them of the matter, which made them all very happy.

"Tomorrow, all the cigarettes purchased from the Japanese will be distributed to the soldiers as a reward," Li Jin also said.

They bought a lot of supplies from the Osaka Division, including a lot of cigarettes, which were just right for distributing to the soldiers.

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver cigarettes to them later." Xu Qingfeng did not refuse. The soldiers could not go home for the New Year, so they could only make up for it with supplies.

Time quickly arrived and it was New Year’s Eve.

The soldiers began to post the Spring Festival couplets written by Li Jin and others.

"Move to the left a little, you're sticking it crooked."

"Ok."

"Bring me a ladder."

The entire base was filled with joy and the soldiers' faces were filled with smiles.

Li Jin and Xu Qingfeng also began to inspect the situation of each company.

Seeing that the soldiers were so happy, they were happy too.

On weekdays, the soldiers are undergoing high-intensity training and are actually a little tense. Today they can relax for a rare moment.

Of course, the guards and patrols still need to be arranged, as he doesn't want anyone to sneak into the camp and attack.

Especially since they often do this to the Japanese, we have to be more careful. Although the probability is small, we cannot help but be on guard.

"Battalion Commander, Deputy Battalion Commander, have you put up the Spring Festival couplets? Do you need our help?!" a soldier greeted.

"Don't worry, we have already put it up there, so we came to see how you guys are doing." Li Jin responded with a smile.

"Battalion Commander, help me check if I have put it straight!" A soldier not far away shouted to Li Jin.

"Hey, here they come." Li Jin walked over and helped watch.

"Move it a little to the right, it's a bit crooked." Li Jin gave his opinion after looking at it.

"Okay, how about now?!" The soldier quickly adjusted himself after hearing this.

"Okay, can you please be more upright?" Li Jin said.

Happy times always pass quickly, around three or four in the afternoon.

In Li Jin's yard.

The company commanders, as well as the technical staff of Director Liu, and Dr. Xu and his family also came to eat, setting up two tables of sumptuous meals. "I won't say more, I hope we can kill more devils next year and drive them out of China as soon as possible!" Li Jin stood up, raised his glass, and said.

"Good!" Everyone applauded.

"I'll drink first, you guys can do whatever you want!" Li Jin drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Except for the two doctors who took a symbolic sip, everyone else raised their glasses and drank the wine.

No one thought there was anything wrong with this, as these two doctors saved many soldiers.

"Let's eat!" After Li Jin said that, everyone started to pick up their dishes and eat.

"Battalion Commander, I'll toast to you." Director Liu, who was sitting next to Li Jin, raised his glass and said.

"Okay." Li Jin nodded and clinked glasses with him, and they both drank it in one gulp.

"If it weren't for the battalion commander, we wouldn't be able to make so many good things. I hope the battalion commander can keep working hard, use his brain more, and come up with better things." Director Liu said seriously after drinking.

Thinking of the walkie-talkie, new grenade, and new rifle that Li Jin had made, he felt a surge of admiration in his heart.

"Okay, okay." Li Jin responded repeatedly.

"When the battalion commander interfered in the affairs of the arsenal, I thought he was here to cause trouble. I didn't expect that I was the one who failed to recognize his great talent! I'll drink three cups as a punishment!" After saying this, Director Liu continued to pour himself wine.

"Old Liu, you are being too formal. It's all in the past." Li Jin was a little amused.

In fact, it is completely understandable that Lao Liu would feel this way at the time. After all, he is a commander who specializes in fighting wars. If someone else were to come, no one would think that he understands technology. It is normal to have such thoughts.

"Let's put one thing first!" Director Liu quickly finished three glasses of wine.

"Battalion Commander, I'd like to toast you as well. If it weren't for you, our special operations battalion wouldn't have been able to develop so well." Xu Qingfeng also raised his glass to Li Jin at this time.

"Old Xu, I should respect you. If you weren't behind the scenes, I wouldn't be able to go fight the Japanese with peace of mind!" Li Jin replied.

He was still very grateful to Xu Qingfeng. If all the tasks were left to him, he would not be able to do it so easily.

"Then let's toast to each other!" Xu Qingfeng smiled.

The two drank it all in one gulp, and then Liu Changshun and others began to toast Li Jin.

After drinking several glasses in a row, Li Jin finally realized that these guys were trying to take the opportunity to get him drunk.

"Okay, okay, you guys, this is how you play, eh?" Li Jin scolded with a smile.

"Battalion Commander, today is a good day, don't be impatient! You can't curse or hit people during the New Year." Liu Changshun said quickly.

"Yes, yes, that's right." Others also echoed. They finally found the opportunity and they had to teach Li Jin a lesson.

"Okay, okay, you guys just wait." Li Jin said with a smile.

The dinner lasted just over half an hour before it was over. For those present, eating for half an hour was already a long time.

"Battalion Commander, we'll go back first." Liu Changshun and the others stood up and said goodbye.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded and watched everyone leave.

"Doctor Xu, Doctor Tang, thank you for your hard work during this period." Li Jin looked at Xu Yun and Tang Jiuhua and expressed his gratitude.

"No, no, I'm just looking after some wounded. It's nothing. This is what I should do." Xu Yun waved his hand and said.

"No, no, no. If it weren't for you, you wouldn't have rescued so many seriously injured soldiers. The casualties would have been even higher." Li Jin said seriously.

When they cooperated with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to fight the Japanese, many soldiers died and many were seriously injured. However, thanks to the treatment of Xu Yun and Tang Jiuhua, many soldiers survived.

"It's our duty to save the dying and the wounded!" Tang Jiuhua also said.

"Anyway, I'll toast to you." Li Jin raised his glass and drank it all.

Xu Yun and Tang Jiuhua raised their glasses and took a symbolic sip.

"Dad, Mom, why don't you finish drinking? If you don't drink, I will." Seeing this, Xu Dongdong on the side picked up Tang Jiuhua's wine glass and drank from it. Tang Jiuhua didn't even react before Xu Dongdong finished drinking.

"It's so spicy...it doesn't taste good at all!" Xu Dongdong said with a ferocious expression.

“Haha…” Li Jin and the others couldn’t help but burst into laughter upon seeing this.

"What's wrong with you, kid!" Tang Jiuhua frowned, feeling the urge to beat his son.

"Mom, you can't hit children during the New Year!" Seeing this, Xu Dongdong quickly ran several meters away, stopped, and then said.

"It's okay, it's okay, just a few drinks." Seeing this, Li Jin quickly acted as a peacemaker.

"Come here quickly, I won't hit you." Hearing this, Tang Jiuhua no longer bothered with Xu Dongdong.

Li Jin and the others grinned and laughed happily.

"Battalion Commander, Deputy Battalion Commander, let's go back first." Xu Yun stood up.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded.

Xu Yun and the others then left. At this time, only Li Jin, Xu Qingfeng and Director Liu were left in the yard.

"Old Liu, do you have anything to say?!" Li Jin asked. Everyone else had left, but Liu Hexuan stayed. He must have something to say.

"Battalion Commander, can you draw a blueprint of a machine tool? So that we can try to build one." Liu Hexuan's eyes showed some anticipation.

He had always thought that if they could build machine tools, they could produce weapons and ammunition faster, and maybe they could even study how to build tanks.

"Old Liu, you really think I'm omnipotent." Li Jin said with a smile.

"There's no other way. I just want to make the army stronger. This machine tool is very precious. There are only two in our army, and we can't dismantle it for research." Liu Hexuan sighed.

It is easy to dismantle it, but the key is that if it cannot be put back together, the machine tool will be scrapped, which means they will lose a lot of things.

"Well... I'll study it, maybe I can give it a try." Li Jin pretended to be lost in thought.

"Okay, okay, then I'll wait for your good news!" Liu Hexuan heard that and left happily.

"Are you really sure you can make the machine tool drawings?!" Xu Qingfeng asked doubtfully. What Li Jin made were weapons or combat-related walkie-talkies. He felt that it was unlikely for him to make machine tool drawings now.

"We have to try. I'll study machine tools in the next few days. Maybe I can really make it." Li Jin didn't say it absolutely. He couldn't tell Xu Qingfeng that he had the machine tool drawings and the manufacturing methods.

Then Xu Qingfeng would probably think I was a freak.

"It would be a good thing if we can really make it!" Xu Qingfeng also said that the more machine tools they have, the faster they can produce weapons and ammunition, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will increase rapidly.

"It's hard to say. Don't have too much hope," said Li Jin.

"Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the military training after the New Year." Xu Qingfeng changed the subject.

Although machine tools are also important, what is more important now is training soldiers. There are too many new recruits with no combat experience in the base.

Although they had conducted many drills and simulated battles to prepare the recruits, they were still just drills.

(End of this chapter)