Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Doing a good job in mass work is the most basic thing. Without a mass base, no matter what you do, there will be limitations." The political commissar nodded with satisfaction.

They are the people's troops, so naturally they cannot be separated from the people. They should have more contact with the people and help the people. Only in this way can they realize that great wish.

"Indeed, in many cases, the support of the masses is more important than anything else. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it." Zhao Gang also has a deep understanding of this. He has read a lot of history, and those who can leave their names in history cannot do without the masses.

"The National Army just doesn't take it seriously, so it's unpopular. Corrupt officials are rampant and corruption is unbearable, and the people are the ones who suffer." The political commissar also commented on the National Army.

Even at this time, there were still many officials who wanted to make money from the national crisis. Military supplies were resold, and even weapons were sold.

"It is impossible to change their current situation. There are too many greedy people. In addition, there are numerous factions and they are intertwined. The ship is already riddled with holes, and the common people are the ones who suffer." Zhao Gang also said.

They are actually aware of this problem, but are unable to make changes, or, if they can't change it, I'm afraid the impact will be huge if they really take action.

"Indeed, I don't see any way out with them. Our situation is better," said the political commissar.

"Come to think of it, there shouldn't be any conflicts between you and Li Yunlong as a partner." The political commissar changed the subject and asked about the partnership between Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong.

"Don't worry, Political Commissar, Lao Li and I get along pretty well. Although we sometimes have quarrels, they are not big problems," Zhao Gang responded.

"That's good. Li Yunlong looks like a rough guy, but he is meticulous. He is quite capable in dealing with people and doing things," said the political commissar.

"Yes, he is very good at leading troops, and the soldiers under him respect him very much. I have found many of my own shortcomings in him." Zhao Gang couldn't help but praise him.

"Haha, is that so?" The political commissar laughed twice when he heard this.

The two talked as they walked, and after walking around the village, it was completely dark.

"Political Commissar, it's getting dark. Let's go and have a rest first," Zhao Gang suggested.

"Okay." The political commissar nodded.

"I'll take you to your residence to rest." Zhao Gang led the way. They had already prepared the political commissar's residence, which was an independent dormitory.

Soon, Zhao Gang brought the political commissar to his residence.

"Political Commissar, please bear with it for a while and rest here tonight. The kang should have been heated by now." Zhao Gang stopped at the door and did not go in.

"Well, you should go to bed early too." The political commissar nodded and walked into the yard.

"Protect the political commissar. If he loses even a single hair, I will hold you accountable!" After Zhao Gang gave orders to the guard at the door, he turned around and left, heading towards his residence.

When Zhao Gang returned to his residence, he found the light of candles coming from the house. He knew who it was without having to guess.

When Zhao Gang walked into the room, Li Yunlong was already sitting on a chair, as if he was waiting for him.

"Old Zhao, come on, patrol with me." Li Yunlong stood up and pulled Zhao Gang out for patrol without giving him a chance to rest.

"What did you talk about with the political commissar?!" Li Yunlong asked.

"We didn't talk about anything." Zhao Gang shook his head.

"Are you saying bad things about me?!" Li Yunlong said.

"Old Li, you're going too far. Am I the kind of person who talks bad about people behind their backs? If I were to say something, I would say it to their face." Zhao Gang said unhappily.

If he wanted to report Li Yunlong, he would have done it long ago. Having dinner with the political commissar was a good opportunity.

"I'm just joking, don't take it seriously. Don't you and I know each other well?" Li Yunlong laughed foolishly. He was indeed joking. Although he had been a partner with Zhao Gang for only more than a year, he knew Zhao Gang to some extent.

"That's fine. Tell me the truth, what do you want to talk to me about? It's related to military training, right?" Zhao Gang said, and began to guess.

"If you don't say we are partners, what I want to say is this. It will take at least half a month for me to go back and forth. When I'm not here,
You have to let them lead the team to fight the Japanese, and train them well as soon as possible. This time when we go to attack the Japanese airport, there must not be any accidents. "Li Yunlong said with a serious face.

He has been gone for quite some time. We can't stop training the soldiers just because he's gone.

"No problem. Have you discussed this matter with Lao Qian and Lao Zhong?" Zhao Gang asked back. There was no problem for him to be in charge, but the other two also had to help.

"Don't worry, I told the political commissar when you were taking a walk with them. So I came here specially to wait for you and was blowing in the cold wind for a long time." Li Yunlong looked like he had suffered a lot just to wait for you.

"Yeah." Zhao Gang nodded.

"This time when you go to Li Jin's place, see if you can get a few more walkie-talkies. I think I should also have one so that it will be convenient for communication." Zhao Gang reminded.

He also really wanted to have a walkie-talkie. After all, it was such a convenient thing, who wouldn't want one?

"Don't worry, I won't forget. I will ask Li Jin to get dozens more and give each company commander a walkie-talkie." Li Yunlong said confidently.

"It's not necessary to need so many. Walkie-talkies are not easy to make. Just ask for a few more for your sake." Zhao Gang said. He felt that making walkie-talkies was not that simple, and it would not be appropriate to ask for too many.

"Yeah, then let Li Jin just get a dozen." Li Yunlong lowered his requirements. After all, he and Li Jin were family members, so it wasn't too much to ask for such a small request.

After the two men patrolled the visible and covert sentries near the village, they returned to their residences to rest.

The next morning, after Li Yunlong and his companions had breakfast, they left the village with the political commissar.

Zhao Gang, Deputy Regiment Commander Qian, Chief of Staff Zhong and others watched Li Yunlong and his men leave at the village entrance.

"Political Commissar, didn't Lao Li tell you last night?!" Deputy Regiment Commander Qian suddenly said this.

"As far as the time is concerned, let's start tomorrow." Zhao Gang responded. He had discussed with Li Yunlong last night and they would start training tomorrow.

"Yeah." The two nodded in agreement.

"By the way, we must tell them not to attack the Japanese from the Osaka Division. If they don't provoke us, we shouldn't provoke them." Zhao Gang reminded again.

"Don't worry, we will definitely not forget it." Chief of Staff Zhong said with a smile. They didn't want to provoke a force that posed no threat.

.........

Five days later, at dusk, in a forest.

Members of the Gray Wolf Squad were digging a smokeless stove, planning to cook, and the political commissar and Li Yunlong also came over to check.

"This smokeless stove, I remember it was invented by that kid Li Jin," said the political commissar.

The emergence of smokeless stoves allowed them to cook on the march without worrying about being discovered by the enemy, and they could also eat hot meals, which was really good. "Yes, this guy is really amazing." Li Yunlong laughed. Who would have thought that a smokeless stove could be made so easily? It didn't require much technical content. It could be made with a little instruction.

"Let me try too." The political commissar was itching to try it, and Li Yunlong was giving instructions from the side. After all, he had also been trained by Li Jin and had dug a smokeless stove himself.

Soon, under the guidance of Li Yunlong, the political commissar also dug the smokeless stove.

"After some exercise in the middle of winter, my body will be much warmer." The political commissar wiped the sweat off his face.

"If you ask me, we should wait until spring to send the letter of appointment to Li Jin so that he won't have to suffer the cold." Li Yunlong said. There was no rush anyway, as Li Jin's position was not going to be lost.

"What do you know? Let this kid be the head of the regiment sooner so that he will have more experience and it will be easier for him to be promoted in the future." The political commissar explained. Otherwise, the leader would not have been in a hurry to ask him to deliver the letter of appointment to Li Jin just one year after Li Jin became a formal party member.

"That's true. I think this guy will become my leader in two years," Li Yunlong asked.

"The probability is still very high, but you also have the opportunity to be promoted. It's just that you can't be promoted now. You have made far more contributions than others. If it's time to be promoted, you will definitely not be able to escape." The political commissar walked not far away.

Now Li Yunlong’s contribution is not as great as Li Jin’s, but compared with others, Li Yunlong has a big gap.

Therefore, when the time comes, Li Yunlong's promotion is a foregone conclusion.

"Then when do you think it will be my turn? Is the leader ready to let me take over?!" Li Yunlong couldn't help but ask.

"Damn it, you are dreaming. I still let you take over." After hearing this, the political commissar couldn't help but swear. This kid Li Yunlong really dares to think and say anything.

"Hehe, I was just kidding." Li Yunlong chuckled.

"You'd better behave yourself, kid. If you get into trouble during this period, forget about getting promoted." The political commissar warned Li Yunlong.

"Political Commissar, look at what you said, I am very obedient." Li Yunlong pretended to be serious, as if he was a very obedient person.

"I didn't see that." The political commissar said mercilessly.

.........

A day later, Li Yunlong and his team were less than a day's journey away from the Tianli Mountains.

At this time, Li Jin also asked someone to send a telegram to Li Yunlong, asking about their location!
"Commander, we received a telegram from Battalion Commander Li asking about our location." The telegraph operator found Li Yunlong to report.

Li Yunlong also told Li Jin the location.

"What did Li Jin say?!" The political commissar walked over.

"He said he is less than thirty miles away from us and is coming to pick us up now." Li Yunlong explained the situation.

"In that case, let's set off. There's no need for him to pick us up." The political commissar said. It would be a waste of time to wait here. It would be better to go directly and report to Li Jin.

"Yes! Then I'll tell Li Jin to avoid any accidents." Li Yunlong quickly asked the telegraph operator to reply to Li Jin, and then the group continued on their journey.

.........

On the other side, Li Jin also received a message from Li Yunlong saying that he would continue the action and meet up with him.

"Everyone assemble, we're going to pick up the regiment commander and the political commissar." Li Jin gave the order immediately without saying a word.

A row of the reconnaissance company and a row of the sharpshooter company had all assembled, with a total of more than 200 people. Following Li Jin's order to set off, they quickly rushed towards Li Yunlong's direction.

More than an hour later, Li Jin met Li Yunlong and others.

"Political Commissar, Commander!" Li Jin came closer and saluted the political commissar and Li Yunlong immediately.

"Thank you for your hard work and for coming here to pick us up." The political commissar smiled happily when he saw Li Jin.

"It's not hard, it's my duty. Political Commissar, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first?!" Li Jin shook his head and said quickly.

"Don't worry, I'm not hungry yet. Let's get on with our journey first." The political commissar responded.

"What's wrong with you kid? Why don't you ask me if I'm hungry?!" Li Yunlong couldn't help but say when he saw this.

"My question, my question, Captain, are you hungry?" Li Jin was a little amused and asked.

"I'm not in a hurry either." Li Yunlong answered with satisfaction.

The political commissar didn't know what to say for a moment, so Li Jin asked him if he was hungry, and Li Yunlong wanted to argue.

"The Special Operations Battalion has sent people out to carry out the mission now, right?!" the political commissar said as he walked. As soon as the reconnaissance company of the Special Operations Battalion arrived here, he felt much safer. They were far superior to the Grey Wolf Squad and were worthy of being the strongest force of the Special Operations Battalion.

"Yes, the new recruits have basically been sent out. The locations they are going to are quite far away, as far away from Taiyuan as possible." Li Jin said.

"Let the new recruits target the Japanese directly?!" The political commissar nodded and asked.

"Well, the bandits have basically been wiped out. So, if we want to train soldiers, we can only attack the Japanese and the puppet army." Li Jin replied. If there were enough bandits, he would not want to let the new recruits attack the Japanese directly.

Using the Japanese to train troops is indeed not a correct choice, but they have no other targets at the moment, and there are not enough bandits, so they can't fight the Shanxi Suiyuan Army.

"If that's the case, there will probably be a lot of casualties among the new recruits." Li Yunlong interrupted at this time. He didn't let the new recruits go directly to fight the Japanese for training, but first fought the bandits, so that they had certain combat experience.

"There will always be casualties in battle. What I can do is to try my best to avoid making mistakes in command. The rest depends on themselves," said Li Jin.

"You have indeed changed a lot compared to before." After hearing this, the political commissar showed a satisfied smile. Li Jin's answer sounded very inhumane, but as a commander, this is what he needs to be qualified.

"People always change. I can't keep everyone alive, so I can only try my best not to make mistakes." Li Jin also laughed.

"You're right. You can't take care of everyone. There will always be people you can't take care of." The political commissar also agreed with this statement. He was very happy about Li Jin's growth.

Especially when seeing that Li Jin did not participate in the team training, it can be seen even more clearly that Li Jin has indeed changed a lot.

Of course, the reason why Li Jin had some changes was also the arrangement of the leader. If the leader had not let Li Jin manage more people, Li Jin would probably still be the same as before and unable to grow. The current situation makes them very satisfied.

"You kid, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've really changed a lot." Li Yunlong was also surprised. The previous Li Jin was eager to take care of all the soldiers, but the current Li Jin seemed a lot more indifferent.

(End of this chapter)