Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Thinking back to when he wanted to recruit Li Jin to the independent regiment, Kong Jie felt a little embarrassed. It had only been over a year, and Li Jin, who was only a company commander at the time, was now the regiment commander.

"Li Jin, how many people are there in the special operations group now?!" Kong Jie changed the subject. He was quite interested in this and wanted to know how far the special operations group had developed.

"More than 6,000 people." Li Jin responded without giving the exact number.

"What?!! More than six thousand people?!" Kong Jie's pupils shrank in shock. This number was more than that of the New 1st Regiment. He thought the special operations regiment would have at most two or three thousand people, but he didn't expect there would be more than six thousand people.

"What do you think? Are you shocked? These are the soldiers I brought up." Li Yunlong boasted on the side, feeling that he was very powerful.

"No, the combat effectiveness of these more than 6,000 people can't be equally strong, right?!" Kong Jie asked hurriedly. If they are equally strong, the strength of the special operations team is simply terrifying.

"That's not the case. There are more than 4,000 new recruits. Their combat effectiveness is still far behind that of veterans. After all, I don't have so much supplies for them to train as much as veterans." Li Jin responded.

There is still a big difference in the combat effectiveness of the special operations regiment, and there is a big gap between new recruits and old soldiers.

"I told you, if they are all equally powerful, you can sweep away many armies." Kong Jie said.

"The combat effectiveness of new recruits is at most about one-third of that of veterans." Li Jin added, although it is only one-third, it is still much stronger than the Japanese.

"Damn, you're really awesome." Kong Jie didn't know what to say for a moment. The combat effectiveness of his independent regiment was not only one-third of the combat effectiveness of the veterans of the special operations regiment, but even one-tenth of it would be enough.

"You guys, have you finished catching up? Come in quickly." At this time, the leader's voice came from the room.

"Coming, coming." Kong Jie responded quickly after hearing this, and several people hurried into the conference room.

"Commander, these are the soldiers recruited by the independent regiment this month, and training has already begun." After sitting down, Kong Jie took out a document and handed it to the commander.

"We recruited five hundred new soldiers this month, which is not bad." The chief took a look at the number of people and nodded with satisfaction. Five hundred people may not sound like a lot, but it is not a small number either.

Moreover, the scope of their conscription is becoming wider and wider. Many villages have already recruited people of appropriate age, so conscription is difficult for many troops.

"Commander, the independent regiment is still short of a few hundred sets of military uniforms. Can you approve them for us?" Kong Jie hesitated and told the story.

Their independent regiment did not have as many supplies as the New First Regiment. After all, the New First Regiment got a lot of supplies because of Li Jin.

"Well, I'll approve 800 sets of military uniforms for you. Do you need anything else? Ammunition, weapons and so on!" The leader agreed decisively.

There is no way. The brigade is very wealthy now. It not only supports several regiments, but also other regiments. With Li Jin who can make money, there is no shortage of these things.

"There's no need for ammunition. The independent regiment still has enough ammunition. Let's distribute it to other regiments first." Kong Jie shook his head. The ammunition of their regiment was not as good as that of the New 1st Regiment.

"Then I'll approve 300 rifles, 15 light machine guns, 5 heavy machine guns, and 20 mortars, plus bullets and artillery shells for you." The leader said directly. Anyway, the supplies seized by Li Yunlong would soon be delivered.

Since Kong Jie is here, let’s give it to Kong Jie’s independent regiment first, on a first-come, first-served basis.

"Commander, are you going to give all these weapons to the independent regiment?! Isn't that a bad idea? Do other regiments have them?!" Kong Jie was stunned after hearing this. He couldn't believe it. Has the brigade become so wealthy? !

"Li Yunlong, look at Kong Jie. He cares about other troops first and then looks at you." After hearing this, the leader immediately looked at Li Yunlong and said, obviously making a comparison.

"Commander, what you said is true. I have made a lot of efforts. I suffered heavy losses in this battle. It is reasonable for me to take some supplies." Li Yunlong responded.

"Bullshit! The ones who paid the greatest price are the Special Operations Regiment. You don't even need to go there. The Special Operations Regiment can take down the Japanese airport." The leader retorted mercilessly.

With the special operations regiment's combat effectiveness and equipped with new weapons, it would be easy to capture the airport, and they could even destroy the enemy's reinforcements.

"Well, at least I contributed." Li Yunlong was still stubborn. After all, their New 1st Regiment had traveled such a long distance!

"Commander, what are you talking about? What airport?!" Kong Jie was confused and couldn't help but interrupt the two of them. When the commander and the others said about taking over the airport, did they mean the Japanese airport?

"Old Kong, you may not know this, but some time ago, I worked with the Special Operations Group to bomb the Japanese airport in Taiyuan, blowing up more than 200 planes inside, and even killing the Japanese support.
In one night, we killed 7,000 to 8,000 enemies, which is a brigade!" Li Yunlong said this with a proud look on his face.

"Is this true?!" Kong Jie was stunned and couldn't believe it. That was at the airport in Taiyuan. But then he thought, it was not Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment that fought, but the Special Operations Regiment. That made sense.

"Li Jin, you are still the best." Kong Jie quickly added.

"No, no, we succeeded in taking the city thanks to our cooperation with the regiment commander. It's not all due to the special operations regiment." Li Jin responded. Although he could have done it without the New 1st Regiment, it would have certainly cost a lot of lives. So, with the New 1st Regiment, the casualties of their special operations regiment were reduced a lot.

"You are still the best." Kong Jie emphasized. Anyway, he just didn't want to see Li Yunlong's smug look.

"Kong Jie, you old boy are so ignorant. The weapons approved for you by the leader were captured by Li Jin and I." Li Yunlong was immediately dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes, you are also very capable." Kong Jie responded perfunctorily after hearing this, which almost made Li Yunlong angry to death.

"Okay, okay, Kong Jie, after you bring this batch of weapons back, please distribute them well. Currently, apart from the New 1st Regiment, your Independent Regiment is the strongest. Don't fall too far behind." The leader reminded.

He also values ​​the independent regiment very much. Although Kong Jie is not as capable as Li Yunlong, he doesn't like to cause any big trouble, which makes him rest assured!

"Don't worry, Chief. I will make arrangements immediately after I bring the weapons back." Kong Jie quickly assured him that he would do it even if the Chief didn't say it.

"Yeah." The leader nodded.

"Commander, we are almost at the brigade headquarters. Will the supplies be delivered directly to the warehouse?!" At this time, Li Yunlong's walkie-talkie rang. After Li Yunlong answered the call, he heard the voice of Captain Shi of the Grey Wolf Squad.

"Yes, move the supplies directly to the warehouse." Li Yunlong responded!

"Okay, then what should we do with these Japanese pilots?!" asked Captain Shi. He mainly wanted to know where to take the Japanese pilots.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong looked at the leader.

"Take him to the end of the village and lock him up." said the chief.

Li Yunlong nodded and conveyed the order. "You also captured the Japanese pilot?!" Kong Jie was incredulous when he heard the news. Li Jin and his men actually captured prisoners? !

"What?! Can't I just capture a few prisoners?!" Li Yunlong asked back.

"Okay, of course, it's just a little unexpected." When Kong Jie said this, he looked at Li Jin. He was indeed quite surprised that they could still capture prisoners even with Li Jin around.

As far as he could remember, this was the first time that Li Jin had captured prisoners. He had thought that Li Jin would never capture prisoners and only wanted to kill the devils, but now he had acted out of character, which was a little unexpected for him.

"Kong Jie, how is the current political and cultural development of the independent regiment?!" the leader spoke, changing the subject.

Although the training of soldiers is important, cultural learning is equally important. Otherwise, there would not be a rule that one must be literate to become an officer.

"Don't worry, Commander. Now, except for the new recruits, the other soldiers of the Independent Regiment can basically recognize hundreds of words. The cultural popularization is very good." When Kong Jie said this, he looked at Li Yunlong with some pride, as if showing off.

Although the independent regiment is not as powerful as the New First Regiment in terms of combat effectiveness, he feels that in terms of cultural popularization, the independent regiment is definitely better than the New First Regiment.

"Well, that's good. Keep it up. While training, don't forget to popularize cultural knowledge to the soldiers.

In the future, we still need intellectuals to build the country. "The chief nodded and said seriously.

Everything they do now is to prepare for the future. If most people are illiterate, how can they build the country in the future? They can't even understand the orders given by their superiors, so how can they execute them?

"I understand." After hearing this, Kong Jie and the others all nodded.

"Speaking of which, I don't need to say much about the Special Operations Regiment, right?!" The leader looked at Li Jin again.

"No need. The soldiers in the special operations regiment should have the highest cultural level." Li Jin was still very confident about this.

The soldiers below are not just literate, they are also learning arithmetic and other things. Although most of the new recruits have not reached a very high level, they are definitely far ahead of other regiments.

"You don't need me to worry too much about you. Speaking of which, I was thinking about whether I should send some people to the special operations group to learn.
The teaching method you have there is a little different from ours, and I want to promote it." The chief said while looking at Li Jin.

The soldiers of the special operations regiment are able to acquire a high level of cultural attainment in such a short period of time. In addition to the soldiers' diligence, this is also largely due to their teacher Li Jin.

When he was still a special operations company, Li Jin taught the soldiers to read and write in a short period of time, and they also learned math and even some foreign languages.

It can be said that those veterans are very capable!
"Sure, I'd like to say this too. There's absolutely no problem in promoting it. Of course, it would be best if the people who come here have a certain level of education, at least a junior high school level, so that it won't be so troublesome to teach them." Li Jin nodded in agreement.

If someone comes who only knows a few words, it will take a lot of time to teach him.

The chief's intention was obviously to let people learn the methods in the special operations regiment and then return to their original units for further teaching.

"Don't worry about that. The people who go there are definitely well-educated." The leader responded.

"That's no problem, but I think it's a bit unsafe to come to the special operations regiment base to teach. It would be better for me to send people to the New 1st Regiment to teach and set up a school there. This would be more convenient. What do you think, Chief?!" Li Jin couldn't help but suggest.

Those who can come to study are basically key officers for training. It would not be good if something unexpected happened on the way to the special operations regiment.

"That's great, let's put it in the New 1st Regiment." Li Yunlong was so happy after hearing this that he couldn't stop smiling. If the school was set up in the New 1st Regiment, the officers of their New 1st Regiment would be able to get to know other officers and communicate more.

The leader glanced at Li Yunlong, and the latter immediately stopped smiling. How could he not know why Li Yunlong was so happy.

"Then let's put them in the New 1st Regiment." The leader thought about it and agreed. What Li Jin said made sense. It was quite dangerous to send officers to the special operations regiment base, so it would be much safer to go to the New 1st Regiment.

They were all carefully selected officers, and he would be distressed if anything unexpected happened to them.

"Old Kong, you know what to do, right?" Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie with a smile on his face.

"You..." Kong Jie was so angry for a moment.

"Li Yunlong, don't target me, I'm still here." The leader's eyes turned cold when he saw this.

"No, no, I just want to remind Captain Kong to choose the right people and not to increase the difficulty by sending those with low cultural level." Li Yunlong explained quickly.

"There is no rush now. Let's wait until Li Jin comes back from Yan'an. Besides, the officers for this study are temporarily selected from the 386th Brigade. If the effect is good, officers from other brigades may come to study." said the chief.

As long as it is confirmed that Li Jin's teaching is indeed advanced and effective, then promotion is only a matter of time.

"I understand." Li Jin nodded.

"Okay, come with me to see those Japanese pilots. If they are abused, Li Yunlong, you will be in trouble too." The leader stood up and warned Li Yunlong again.

Since we have really captured the Japanese prisoners, we must never mistreat them, otherwise we will ruin their reputation, which is a very serious problem.

"Don't worry, Commander. Their bodies are definitely not covered with broken skin. At most, they just have ropes tied around their hands, so there will probably be some marks from being strangled." Li Yunlong was shocked and explained quickly. He didn't think the Commander was joking.

Fortunately, he had self-awareness and specifically instructed his subordinates not to beat up these Japanese pilots, otherwise, he would have been punished.

"It would be best if that were all." said the leader.

The group soon arrived at the detention location, where there were five or six cells, all of which were filled with Japanese pilots.

"Commander." The soldier on guard saluted immediately after seeing the commander.

"Yeah." The chief nodded and came to one of the cells. He looked at the Japanese pilots inside.

At this moment, they were still blindfolded with black cloth and their hands were tied behind their backs. They didn't look injured and their mental state was not bad!
"You are a sensible boy." The leader said to Li Yunlong.

(End of this chapter)