Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"However, after all, you did kill a Japanese regiment commander and recruited a capable subordinate. It's worth it to build this bunker." Chief of Staff Zhong couldn't help laughing when he said this.

The others felt the same after hearing this. It was also the first time that Zhao Gang heard about this. It turned out that the person who killed the Japanese regiment commander was not Li Yunlong, but Li Jin.

Li Jin was also somewhat helpless. Being conscripted by the Japanese to build bunkers was his biggest stain. If this got out, he would be extremely embarrassed.

"Xu Qingfeng and his men will set off at that time. They will probably be able to meet up with Chu Yunfei and his men in a week. It will only take two days to capture Fucheng. By then, you should have arrived at the brigade headquarters." Li Yunlong changed the subject appropriately. After all, he couldn't keep laughing at the fact that Li Jin was captured by the Japanese to serve as a soldier.

"More than that. It will only take us five or six days to get back to the regiment headquarters. By then, Li Jin should have already arrived at the headquarters." Zhao Gang interjected.

According to Li Yunlong, it would take nine days for Xu Qingfeng and his men to meet up with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and capture Fucheng. By that time, Li Jin would have already arrived at the headquarters.

"That's true. We made hundreds of thousands of dollars this time. It's worth it." Li Yunlong felt itchy when he mentioned the money. Although the New 1st Regiment had a lot of money, who wouldn't want to have more money?

"Well, but I feel that this batch of oceans has nothing to do with us and we won't get any of it." Zhao Gang nodded and said.

In fact, the leaders no longer send supplies to the New 1st Regiment, because the New 1st Regiment is fully capable of being self-sufficient.

"You must be kidding. This money has to go through the New 1st Regiment before it can be sent to the brigade headquarters. No matter what, I have to keep some for myself." Li Yunlong responded. With so much money, he had to keep some for the New 1st Regiment so that the soldiers could improve their food.

"Aren't you afraid that the leader will whip you a few times after he finds out?" Zhao Gang said with a smile.

"A few whippings are nothing. The real thing is to help the New 1st Regiment develop. Besides, I don't believe that the commander will specially come to the New 1st Regiment to beat me up." Li Yunlong looked like a tough guy.

"Political Commissar, if the leader comes, we should stay away from Lao Li to avoid getting ourselves implicated." Deputy Regiment Commander Qian said seriously.

"You're right. I don't want to be whipped by the chief." Chief of Staff Zhong also quickly agreed.

"Hey, you don't have any feelings at all, right? Then I will use you as shields!" Li Yunlong said angrily.

Zhao Gang, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. The atmosphere was actually quite good.

After resting for a short while, Li Yunlong and his team set off again.

.........

Three days later, Xu Qingfeng and his men had made all the preparations, and then several battalions of new recruits set out and began to rush towards Chu Yunfei and his men's base. Before leaving, Xu Qingfeng even asked someone to send a telegram to Chu Yunfei.

Around six o'clock in the evening, the sky gradually darkened, and Xu Qingfeng and his friends could only rest and have dinner.

Bonfires were lit to dispel the coldness nearby, and everyone sat around the fire.

"Political Commissar, I think we should hide the walkie-talkie and not let Chu Yunfei know about it. It would not be good if the Japanese find out about this." Liu Changshun came to Xu Qingfeng, holding a can of meat in his hand and talking while eating.

He felt that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army should not know about the walkie-talkie, lest it be exposed.

"Well, what you said does make some sense. It's better to hide. Listen to me, you are not allowed to communicate using walkie-talkies during this operation." Xu Qingfeng agreed when he heard it. He had actually forgotten about this.

Although it wouldn't matter if Chu Yunfei and the others knew about it, after all, Liang Gu and Kong Sheng also knew that Li Jin had used the walkie-talkie in front of Kong Sheng in Changsha.

"Understood!" the battalion commanders responded.

"Political Commissar, do you want to change your title as well? For example, change it to deputy regiment commander, or deputy battalion commander." Zhao Ming said. Xu Qingfeng was a deputy battalion commander before, and suddenly became a political commissar. It felt a little wrong. The key point was that the position of political commissar would easily arouse Chu Yunfei's suspicion.

"It's okay. There's no need to do that. Even if we pass the order down, some soldiers might call out the wrong order. Then, Chu Yunfei will think that we are hiding something. It's better to be open and aboveboard." Xu Qingfeng shook his head and explained!
If he changes the title and is later called political commissar by the soldiers, then there will be a problem. Chu Yunfei is not a fool and he will be able to tell the problem as soon as he hears it. That will be troublesome.

"Yeah, forget it then!" Zhao Ming heard this and felt that he was overthinking it. Xu Qingfeng probably had already considered these things.

"After we capture Fucheng this time, there should be a lot of supplies inside. After all, it is a county town guarded by seven or eight hundred Japanese soldiers. We must take at least half of the supplies." Liu Changshun changed the subject.

If it were an ordinary county town, the Japanese would at most send a small team, plus most of the puppet troops to guard it. A county town that could be guarded by nearly a team of Japanese was considered a big county town.

"That's not necessarily true. Once we take action, the Japanese will probably burn all the supplies in the city right away." Xu Qingfeng had a different opinion.

If the Japanese didn't know it was them, they basically wouldn't burn the supplies. But once they started, the Japanese would probably know it was them at the first moment, and the county would definitely not be able to be defended. Since it couldn't be defended, burning the supplies was only to be expected!
"Why do I feel like this is really troublesome? I can't get the supplies, and I feel like I'm losing out!" After hearing this, Liu Changshun suddenly felt that this deal was not very profitable.

"It's okay. The weapons and ammunition seized from the Japanese are enough." Xu Qingfeng smiled. He was not that greedy. Besides, Chu Yunfei was going to give them hundreds of thousands of oceans, plus the seized Japanese guns, they would still make a lot of money. It was just a pity that they couldn't seize the supplies in the city!

"Political Commissar, why don't we send some people to sneak into the county town to guard it, and then cooperate with the enemy from inside and outside. This way, the Japanese won't have the chance to burn the supplies." Liu Changshun thought for a while and suggested.

As long as their people sneak into the county town and guard the Japanese's supplies in advance, the Japanese will not be able to burn the supplies even if they want to.

"No, the Japanese guarding the city are conducting strict search. We can't bring guns in, and it will be difficult to carry out the plan." After hearing this, Xu Qingfeng decisively rejected Liu Changshun's proposal.

Without weapons, it is too risky to do this. It is not worth it just for a few supplies. If something goes wrong, they will suffer losses.

"Yeah, is there any way to easily transport guns into the city? It would be great if there was a secret passage." Liu Changshun frowned. Although veterans like them could kill the Japanese with bare hands, the risk was still too great.

"It's fine if there is a secret passage, but we can't dig it out now." Zhao Ming said. Who doesn't want to fight more easily?

"In short, let's not think about the supplies in the city for now. There aren't many anyway. It would be best if we can seize them, but if not, forget it. Let's not take the risk." Xu Qingfeng continued, telling them not to think about entering the city anymore.

"Yes!" After hearing this, everyone gave up the idea.

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A few days later, around two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jin and his men were less than twenty miles away from the New 1st Regiment. Li Yunlong quickly took out his walkie-talkie and contacted Sun Desheng.

"Captain, you're back?!" Sun Desheng's happy voice came.

"Well, it's still about twenty miles away, and we will be back to the regiment headquarters soon. You should quickly ask the kitchen staff to boil a few pots of hot water to warm the soldiers up, and then ask them to prepare the meals." Li Yunlong ordered hurriedly.

"No problem, Commander, has the Japanese airport been bombed?" Sun Desheng agreed immediately and asked again, as he didn't know the situation at the Japanese airport yet. "Of course, if I go there myself, is there anything I can't take down?! Not to mention a small airport, if I'm serious, I can even take down Taiyuan." Li Yunlong couldn't help but brag to Sun Desheng.

"It looks like things are going well. I'll go to the kitchen first." Sun Desheng didn't listen to Li Yunlong's bragging. He just needed to know that the airport had been bombed. Otherwise, he would have been guarding the regiment headquarters for so long in vain.

"Zhang Dabiao, you should also take your men back to your bases. Don't forget to send the death notices and pensions to the families of those soldiers." Li Yunlong said as he glanced at several battalion commanders.

This time, the New 1st Regiment lost more than 300 soldiers, which was a considerable loss. Of course, this loss was much smaller than Li Yunlong had expected.

Although there was a special operations regiment, many of its new recruits were not as strong as the veterans in combat. So before the war, he had already estimated the casualties of the troops, which were much higher than the actual data.

Fortunately, the new recruits of the special operations regiment were very capable, otherwise the casualties would have been even greater.

"Understood!" Zhang Dabiao and the others nodded and led their troops to their own bases.

Li Yunlong led dozens of soldiers from the Gray Wolf Squad and escorted the Japanese to continue walking towards the regiment headquarters.

At around 5:30 in the afternoon, Li Yunlong and his team finally returned to the village entrance.

Sun Desheng had been waiting here for a long time.

"Captain, political commissar, deputy commander, chief of staff, and Captain Li." Sun Desheng looked at Li Jin and called him Captain Li.

"Captain Sun, you should just call me Li Jin. Calling me regiment commander sounds too distant. We are all family." Li Jin said quickly after hearing this.

He still didn't like his comrades in the New 1st Regiment calling him the commander, as it was too formal.

"This is not good." Sun Desheng hesitated.

"Damn it, what's wrong with that? We are all family. We can call each other the same way we called each other before. Of course, if there are outsiders here, we still have to call them commander." Li Yunlong said directly.

Li Jin is a member of the New 1st Regiment and they are all one of them. Calling him Captain Li would seem too distant. But since they are not members of the New 1st Regiment, they still have to call Li Jin Captain Li.

"Yes." Sun Desheng nodded. He glanced at the dozens of blindfolded Japanese soldiers in the team. He had seen it just now.

"Captain, what's going on with these Japanese devils? Are they prisoners?!" Sun Desheng couldn't help but ask. This was the first time he saw Li Yunlong capture Japanese prisoners.

"These devils are the devil pilots at the airport. They are very valuable, so we captured them. Later we will probably use these guys to exchange for our soldiers on the devil's side." Li Yunlong explained!

"So that's why I was wondering why you were capturing prisoners." Sun Desheng looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Are all the food and other things ready? Let's eat quickly. I'm so hungry." Li Yunlong asked. After working for such a long time, he just wanted to have a hot meal in peace.

"It's ready and it's hot in the pot!" Sun Desheng said quickly. He had not forgotten about this.

"That's good. Have someone lock up these devils and send someone to keep a close watch on them. Don't let them run away." Li Yunlong gave the order.

"Don't worry, Commander. If these devils run away, you can shoot me!" Sun Desheng promised solemnly.

"Let's do it quickly." Li Yunlong waved his hand and took Li Jin and the others back to their residence. Several members of the cooking team were waiting in the kitchen. When they saw Li Yunlong coming back, they also hurried to serve the dishes.

As soon as the pork bone soup was served, Li Yunlong couldn't wait to serve himself a big bowl.

"If you want to drink, serve yourself. I won't serve you." Li Yunlong said, blew on the soup a few times, and then took a big sip.

Li Jin and the others naturally did not hesitate and started to serve themselves soup. After a mouthful of the hot soup, their bodies warmed up.

"Wait a minute, I'll go get some wine." Li Yunlong stood up and ran into the house without giving Zhao Gang a chance to speak.

Soon, Li Yunlong came out with two bottles of Fenjiu.

"Old Li, you actually still have some hidden stuff, that's great." Chief of Staff Zhong said in shock. He thought Li Yunlong had drunk all the wine.

"Of course I don't have much else in my house, just a lot of wine. Bombing the airport is a great thing, so we should have a few drinks to celebrate.

Li Jin, you have to go to the brigade headquarters tomorrow, so don't drink so much." Li Yunlong said, looking at Li Jin.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded.

He turned a blind eye to Li Yunlong's celebration by taking out wine, and drank with Li Yunlong and the others. After all, it was indeed a celebration.

"This time we bombed the Japanese airport. If the Japanese want to mobilize so many planes again, it will probably take them quite a while. We have done a great job this time! Cheers!" Li Yunlong said as he raised his glass.

After hearing this, everyone raised their glasses to celebrate.

.........

In contrast, the Japanese pilots were a little panicked. They were divided into four groups and locked in different rooms.

"Captain, this should be the end, right?!" said a Japanese pilot. They had been traveling for so many days that their feet were covered with blisters and even their arms were numb from the ropes.

"I don't know." Fujikawa Futaragi was also a little helpless, but what was certain was that this was another enemy stronghold.

"I'm still a little worried. Will the enemy kill us?!" a Japanese pilot said in a sad tone.

"Don't panic, it won't happen. If the enemy wanted to kill us, they would have done so long ago. How could they wait until now?" Fujikawa Futari comforted him.

"Oh... I kind of miss going home. I've been in China for several years and I don't know what the situation is like back home now..." Another Japanese pilot sighed.

(End of this chapter)