Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"I understand." Fang Ligong nodded when he heard this. The current strength of the 358th Regiment has actually surpassed that of the Central Army.

"Although the 358th Regiment is considered the elite among the elite in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, it is far inferior to Mu Jin's troops.
Not to mention Mu Jin's troops, even compared with the New 1st Regiment, there is still a big gap.

I thought the 358th Regiment could now compete with the New 1st Regiment, but when they cooperated with Mu Jin to blow up the enemy airport, I realized that the gap between us and the New 1st Regiment had widened again. "Chu Yunfei was still a little anxious.

They claimed to be an elite force and had more resources than the Eighth Route Army, but in the end, they were no match for the New 1st Regiment. Such a huge gap made Chu Yunfei a little anxious.

Therefore, he urgently hoped that the 358th Regiment would grow. Even if it could not compare with Mu Jin's troops, it had to be compared with the New 1st Regiment.

"Yes, when we first cooperated with the New 1st Regiment, we could see that the combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment was much stronger than ours.
But on second thought, it was because they often cooperated with Mu Jin that they reduced casualties while also allowing the soldiers to gain combat experience.

We have only cooperated with Mu Jin once, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has been greatly improved. Therefore, if we can cooperate with Mu Jin frequently, we may not be much worse than the New 1st Regiment. "Fang Ligong comforted him.

In his opinion, the New 1st Regiment can be what it is today entirely because of Mu Jin. If there were no Mu Jin, the New 1st Regiment would definitely not be as good as their 358th Regiment.

"We can only deceive ourselves. The organizational ability of the New 1st Regiment and the command ability of those grassroots officers are actually much stronger than ours." Chu Yunfei said. He clearly realized this.

Upon hearing this, Fang Ligong didn't know what to say for a moment. He really wanted to look down on the New 1st Regiment, but the fact was that they were no match for the New 1st Regiment.

"Commander, Chief of Staff." At this time, Qian Bojun ran over.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong also looked over.

"The troops sent by the division commander to deliver the money have arrived." Qian Bojun trotted over and told them what had happened.

"Let's go and take a look." Chu Yunfei didn't hesitate too much and decided to go and take a look first. This money was the cooperation fund for Mu Jin!

Soon, several people arrived at the administrative building.

Several military vehicles were parked in front of the building, and nearly a company of soldiers were on guard all around. When Chu Yunfei came over, a company commander stepped forward.

"Captain Chu." The company commander saluted Chu Yunfei.

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Chu Yunfei nodded.

"I have delivered the money. Please ask Captain Chu to send someone to count the amount so that I can go back and report." said the company commander.

"No problem, Brother Ligong, let the finance people come over to count and don't waste their time." Chu Yunfei nodded in agreement, then looked at Fang Ligong and gave instructions.

"Yes." Fang Ligong turned around and left, entering the building.

"Captain Chu, this is the list. Please sign it." The company commander took out a list from his pocket and handed it to Chu Yunfei. He had to take the list back to report to avoid any problems.

"Okay." Chu Yunfei took the list and took a look at the amount on it, a total of 150,000 oceans. He was stunned.

"Why is it 150,000 oceans?!" Chu Yunfei was puzzled. The price they agreed to for cooperation with Mu Jin was 145,000 oceans!

"The division commander said that these five thousand dollars are an advance reward for the 358th Regiment." The company commander replied. Although he didn't know what the 358th Regiment had done to be able to wait for such a large reward, he would not ask too many questions.

"So that's how it is." Chu Yunfei suddenly realized that the division commander and his men were very confident that the 358th Regiment would capture Fucheng, so they gave the reward in advance.

Chu Yunfei took out a pen from his chest pocket, signed his name on the list, and returned the list to the company commander.

"It will take a long time to count the oceans, so you guys go eat first." Chu Yunfei said.

"No need, Commander Chu, we can handle it ourselves. No need to trouble you." The company commander said politely.

"You've worked hard along the way. I have to do my part as a good host. Qian Bojun, take them out to eat." Chu Yunfei hurriedly instructed Qian Bojun without giving the company commander a chance to refuse.

"Captain Zhang, please come this way." Qian Bojun stretched out his hand, made a gesture of invitation, and led the way.

"Thank you very much, Commander Chu." The company commander expressed his gratitude and left with the soldiers.

Fang Ligong also came out with a dozen soldiers.

"Count them all carefully, don't leave anything out. The total is 150,000 dollars, do you understand?" Chu Yunfei said as he glanced at everyone.

"Understood." Everyone responded.

"Let's start. Come and report to me when you're done." Chu Yunfei said and walked into the building. Fang Ligong hurriedly followed.

"Commander, you just said 150,000 oceans?!" Fang Ligong asked in confusion.

"Well, the extra five thousand dollars is a reward from the commander in chief to us in advance." Chu Yunfei nodded and walked up the stairs.

"We haven't even taken down the floating city yet, but the commander has rewarded us in advance. That's really nice of him." Fang Ligong smiled when he heard that.

"With Mu Jin's help, taking over Fucheng is basically a foregone conclusion. The key is to build good relations with them and make plans for the future." Chu Yunfei said. Although taking over Fucheng is also important, the most important thing is to get one step closer to Mu Jin and the others.

Even if they really become enemies with Mu Jin in the future, the other party may be gentler on them because of their old friendship.

"What the commander said is true. It would be great if Mu Jin and the others were willing to come and work for us, even if he could come alone." Fang Ligong couldn't help but sigh.

The other side is too powerful. If they are willing to come to our side, I believe their troops will also become very powerful.

"Unfortunately, this is impossible. The possibility of the other party joining the Eighth Route Army is much greater than joining us." Chu Yunfei shook his head.

It is estimated that the Mu Jin troops will never forget what they have suffered, nor will they let it go easily. They have come to this day after encountering countless difficulties and overcoming countless hardships to become so powerful.

All this was because they were being targeted. The Northeast Army was also fighting the Japanese, but they did not receive any supplies during the war, which led to the deaths of many people.

After a careful understanding, Chu Yunfei could better understand the reason why Mu Jin left. In this case, Mu Jin simply left the army and did not surrender to the Japanese and turn their guns against them. He had already done the most he could.

This kind of thing is hard for anyone to accept. They are all fighting hard, so why don't we give them supplies?

Without ammunition, the gun in your hand is no different from a fire stick.

"It can't be helped. It was Young Marshal Zhang who pissed him off. If Young Marshal Zhang hadn't personally sent him off, he probably wouldn't have been under house arrest, and the current situation wouldn't have happened." Fang Ligong said. "If Young Marshal Zhang hadn't personally sent him off, the plane might have been bombed right after it took off." Chu Yunfei shook his head. The situation was volatile at the time, and many people hoped that the man would be killed. If Young Marshal Zhang hadn't personally sent him off, the consequences would have been very serious if something went wrong.

"That's true. After all, the internal situation is too complicated." Fang Ligong nodded in agreement.

The two returned to the office quickly.

Chu Yunfei didn't say anything else. He picked up the phone on the table and called his commander.

"Yunfei, the troops that sent the money should have arrived at your side." After waiting for a while, the voice of Commander Zhang came from the phone.

"We're here. Thank you, Master, for the early reward." Chu Yunfei said quickly.

"No need to thank me. You deserve a reward for your meritorious service. After taking Fucheng, we can also expand our reputation. It's not a big loss." Master Zhang said with a smile. Although he had to pay Mu Jin more than 100,000 oceans in cooperation funds, taking Fucheng and the fact that the Japanese probably wouldn't dare to come and fight meant that Fucheng was back in their hands.

"The division commander is right." Chu Yunfei also agreed with this point. By the time the 358th Regiment made another great contribution, it would be a foregone conclusion that it would be reported in the newspapers.

"Yun Fei, you have to build a good relationship with Mu Jin. It would be best to ask him how many people he has recruited." Master Zhang couldn't help but remind him. He was still worried if he didn't know how many people Mu Jin had now.

"I will ask. Of course, I can't guarantee whether the other party will tell you or not." Chu Yunfei responded. This kind of thing is equivalent to spying on the other party's strength, so he is not sure whether the other party will tell you.

"Then you have to be more tactful and don't say it directly right away, so as not to make the other party think that we want to harm them." Master Zhang reminded him, and he naturally understood this point.

Independent troops like Mu Jin are quite averse to being asked how many people they have.

"Master, don't worry, I'm not that stupid." Chu Yunfei said with a smile. He was not a fool, so how could he do such a stupid thing.

"Well, I trust you to do the job. That's it for now. Call me again when they arrive." After saying that, Master Zhang hung up the phone.

Chu Yunfei also put down the phone.

"What did the commander say?!" Fang Ligong asked curiously.

"It's nothing. Just let me ask Mu Jin indirectly how many people they have now." Chu Yunfei did not hide it and said it directly.

"According to their previous training situation, they have at most about four to five thousand people, and it should not be more than this number." Fang Ligong said.

"It's hard to say. Maybe they don't have so many people, or maybe there are more than this. In short, Mu Jin's army is somewhat mysterious, and it's impossible to find any information related to him." Chu Yunfei couldn't help but frowned as he spoke.

"Yes, the commander asked someone to check, but still couldn't find anything. I can only say that the name Mu Jin is definitely fake.

The main reason is that many Northeast Army soldiers have left their original units, so even if we want to investigate, we have no way to find them. "Fang Ligong replied that even the commander could not be found, let alone them.

"Even if we find out that he is from the Northeast Army, it's useless. We just know some basic information, which is of no use." Chu Yunfei said, unless all of Mu Jin's family members are arrested and used to threaten Mu Jin to make him work for him.

But even if the other party came to them for family reasons, would they really help them wholeheartedly? ! This is not necessarily the case.

Of course, the consequence of doing so would most likely anger Mu Jin, and in the end they would gain nothing, completely offend Mu Jin, and become his mortal enemy.

By that time, Mu Jin would probably not care about justice and would just take action directly. They would not be able to stop Mu Jin's troops, and countless people would have to die before the fight could end. Therefore, this method was simply the stupidest one.

"That's not the case. Now that we know which unit of the Northeast Army the other party is from, we can ask his superiors to persuade him." Fang Ligong said.

The fact that Mu Jin was able to take people away shows that he has a good relationship with his superiors.

"Do you think it's possible? Don't let Mu Jin not come back and his superiors get involved with Mu Jin. After all, Mu Jin has everything he needs now." Chu Yunfei said with a laugh.

“Um…this…” Fang Ligong was speechless for a moment. Don’t mention it, really, if it were him, he would really choose to hang out with Mu Jin.

"So, don't think too much. Just build a good relationship with the other party. Don't do things that may easily anger Mu Jin. This is not a wise choice." Chu Yunfei sighed.

He really admired Mu Jin. With only a few thousand people, he was able to make the entire Jinsui Army feel threatened. If he could do what Mu Jin did that day and use only a few thousand people to force a large army to establish a good relationship with him at all costs, his life would be worth it.

"Yeah." Fang Ligong nodded repeatedly.

.........

At around 2:30 in the afternoon, Li Yunlong and his men had arrived at a location about 20 miles away from the brigade headquarters.

Li Yunlong took out the walkie-talkie and began to contact the brigade commander.

"Li Yunlong, you're here?!" Soon, the leader's voice came from the intercom.

"Hey, Chief, how do you know it's me?!" Li Yunlong chuckled. He originally wanted to wait for the chief to ask him who he was, and then deliberately lower his voice and let the chief guess who he was. Who knew that the chief said his name right away.

"Do I need to guess? It must be you. Stop talking nonsense. Where are we?!" The leader didn't have time to joke with Li Yunlong and asked directly.

"I am about twenty miles away from the brigade headquarters and will be there in about half an hour." Li Yunlong didn't dare to smile anymore and replied quickly.

"Hmm." The leader hummed and ignored Li Yunlong.

"Li Jin, let's speed up. As for the soldiers transporting the supplies, let them go to the brigade headquarters slowly." Li Yunlong put away the walkie-talkie and said to Li Jin.

There will be no danger in this position now, so Li Yunlong can leave the army with peace of mind.

"Okay, Lu Changgong, you guys follow the main force, I'll go to the brigade headquarters first." Li Jin gave instructions to Lu Changgong, then quickly rode away with Li Yunlong.

.........

Brigade headquarters, in the conference room.

"Commander, how could you guess that it was Li Yunlong so quickly? Couldn't it be someone else?" the political commissar laughed.

"Do we need to guess? It must be this guy. He has probably always wanted to contact me using the walkie-talkie. Now that he has the chance, he must seize it." The leader said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)