Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 216 Perhaps there is an opportunity to get involved with the Taiyuan Arsenal
Xing Zhiguo still stopped Yan Kai: "Mr. Yan Kai, our commander is no longer willing to waste time arguing with you. Please leave."

"Let me speak to your regimental commander a few more times. I trust him," Yan Kai said urgently to Xing Zhiguo.

“Mr. Yan Kai, please leave.” Xing Zhiguo remained unmoved.

Yan Kai was forcibly stopped by Xing Zhiguo and returned, while Li Yunlong, who had gone to the regimental headquarters, really didn't turn his head back.

It seems there's absolutely no room for negotiation on this matter.

Yan Kai angrily roared at Chu Yunfei, "Chu Yunfei, this great battle is imminent, and Commander Li is pressed for time. You really shouldn't have spoken out of turn."

"Mr. Yan, I'm only doing this for your safety," Chu Yunfei explained, though he also felt a little... something.

Seeing that the other party is interested in the equipment, there is a chance to continue the conversation.

As a result, he extinguished the topic with a single sentence.

Although Chu Yunfei did not think his suspicions were wrong, it seemed that he really shouldn't have said it that way.

“Yes, I’m safe now, but Commander Li refuses to communicate with us. What do you think we should do?” Yan Kai questioned.

Zhang Wanhe, the logistics minister of the Eighth Route Army, kept making excuses to avoid seeing us, which made Commander Yan very anxious.

Finally, Li Yunlong has a bit of an opportunity. Who cares what Li Yunlong is up to? Let's give this opportunity a try.

As a result, Chu Yunfei destroyed that opportunity with just one sentence.

"Mr. Yan Kai, if Commander Li is going out to fight, he'll have to come out eventually," Chu Yunfei said to Yan Kai. "We'll wait outside the regimental headquarters. I refuse to believe..."

Before Chu Yunfei could finish speaking, Xing Zhiguo said sternly, "Commander Chu, please don't put me in a difficult position. You should leave with Mr. Yan Kai. If you linger here any longer, don't blame me for being impolite."

After saying that, Xing Zhiguo waved his hand, and the guards at the regimental headquarters all had firm eyes and loaded their bullets in unison.

Chu Yunfei had no choice but to pull Yan Kai away and retreat to a safe distance.

“When Li Yunlong comes out again, I’ll go over to him on the way. Don’t follow me,” Yan Kai said solemnly to Chu Yunfei.

"Mr. Yan, you're not really planning to go with Li Yunlong, are you?" Chu Yunfei still felt that there was a high possibility that Yan Kai was being used by Li Yunlong.

"Besides that, do you have any other way to meet the logistics minister of the Eighth Route Army?" Yan Kai asked Chu Yunfei in return.

Chu Yunfei then fell silent.

If they had any other options, they wouldn't have had to come here today and have such an unpleasant encounter with Li Yunlong.

“Even if I’m being used by the Eighth Route Army, I can still follow their troops and continue to see their hellish cannon shells. Last time I didn’t see the shoulder-mounted cannons, but this time I will,” Yan Kai said to Chu Yunfei.

“Mr. Yan, so you knew about this too.” Chu Yunfei looked at Yan Kai. “We don’t know what their military operation is, so it would be dangerous to follow them rashly…”

“At worst, I’ll just move with the important logistics units of the Eighth Route Army.” Yan Kai interrupted Chu Yunfei. “You should know what I mean.”

"This is such a big matter. If Commander Yan or my superiors hold me accountable, I'm afraid I can't bear the responsibility," Chu Yunfei said.

Chu Yunfei understood what Yan Kai meant.

Whether it's the hell cannon or the shoulder-mounted cannon, these are all very important.

But none of them are as important as this military expert from the Eighth Route Army's arsenal.

Yan Kai's identity is very important and crucial. If Li Yunlong encounters an emergency, he will definitely send Yan Kai to the logistics department.

Let Yan Kai move with the important logistics department of the Eighth Route Army. In this way, he might have the opportunity to get to know this military expert from the Eighth Route Army.

Yan Kai quickly took out paper and pen, wrote something, and handed it to Chu Yunfei: "When I leave with Commander Li later, take this back and give it to your superior."

"Okay," Chu Yunfei agreed.

Captain Sun Ming whispered in Chu Yunfei's ear, "Commander, are you really comfortable letting Mr. Yan Kai go with Commander Li? We don't even know what Commander Li's mission is."

"Every time the Japanese launch a mopping-up operation, the Eighth Route Army's tactics are always the same: break through the encirclement, escape, and retreat. That's all," Chu Yunfei said calmly. "Li Yunlong's missions are either to cover the retreat of important Eighth Route Army logistics units or to break through encirclements. Does he really think he can fight against 60,000 or 70,000 Japanese soldiers head-on with just a regiment?"

As long as Li Yunlong doesn't go and fight against 60,000 or 70,000 Japanese soldiers like an egg hitting a rock, then there shouldn't be a big problem.

"Too."

……

Not long after Li Yunlong returned to the regimental headquarters, Xing Zhiguo came back and said to Li Yunlong, "Regimental Commander, although Chu Yunfei and Yan Kai left our regimental headquarters, they are waiting three kilometers outside the headquarters. They obviously want to continue to contact you when you lead your troops out."

"I was afraid that Chu Yunfei would really take Yan Kai away." Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Deputy Regiment Commander Xing, you did a good job cooperating."

Chu Yunfei isn't stupid; he'll definitely judge that Old Li is most likely up to no good.

But I've cut off your path completely, leaving you with no choice.

In the end, didn't you still obediently cooperate?

Xing Zhiguo asked suspiciously, "Regimental Commander, you're not really going to take Yan Kai behind enemy lines, are you? The brigade commander will definitely be furious if he finds out." "Deputy Regimental Commander Xing, you're not going to tell the brigade commander, are you?" Li Yunlong asked.

“Of course not.” Xing Zhiguo immediately shook his head. “If we can bring the Jin-Sui Army in, the success rate of this counter-encirclement operation will increase greatly. As long as we break the Japanese sweep, our border region arsenal will not have to stop production, which is better than anything else.”

"So!" Li Yunlong said seriously, "As long as our arsenal can keep production running, let alone using Yan Kai as a gun, I would do the same for Commander Yan."

Zhao Gang distributed the weapons and ammunition and came over to Li Yunlong: "Old Li, the weapons, ammunition, and rations have all been distributed."

"Old Zhao, you and Deputy Regiment Commander Xing take care of the follow-up work at the regimental headquarters. I'm leaving." Li Yunlong was about to leave immediately.

"Old Li, where's Chu Yunfei?" Zhao Gang asked.

"I've already sent him away." Li Yunlong wouldn't let Zhao Gang know that they were going to use Yan Kai as bait again.

Given Lao Zhao's personality, he will most likely report it to the brigade commander.

"Okay." Zhao Gang nodded, and Li Yunlong led his troops to set off quickly.

When Yan Kai saw Li Yunlong leading his troops out, he quickly approached Li Yunlong and shouted, "Commander Li, Commander Li, Commander Li, I really believe in you, I really believe in you, let's talk again."

“Mr. Yan Kai, it’s no use for you to believe me now.” Li Yunlong continued his feigned indifference, waving his hand and saying, “I have an important combat mission right now, I don’t have time to talk to you.”

Although Yan Kai and Chu Yunfei were left hanging for a while, they still needed to add more fuel to the fire if they wanted to be willing to act as bait.

Yan Kai's voice rose two decibels: "Commander Li, we can talk on the way, I promise it won't take up your time."

“Mr. Yan, seeing how sincere you are, I can consider it. However, Chu Yunfei shouldn’t come along.” Li Yunlong declined a few more times before finally stating his position.

It's not that Old Li didn't want to drag Chu Yunfei along as bait.

Instead, Chu Yunfei returned to his command post in the 358th Regiment, where he was of greater use.

“Okay, sure, sure.” Yan Kai nodded repeatedly.

After obtaining Li Yunlong's permission, Yan Kai easily approached Li Yunlong and apologized, "Commander Li, I'm sorry, Chu Yunfei doesn't know how to speak properly."

“Mr. Yan, it’s alright, I’m not so angry anymore,” Li Yunlong said politely, then changed the subject, “If you want to see our Logistics Minister Zhang, you’ll have to follow my arrangements.”

"Go ahead," Yan Kai nodded.

"Your eyes need to be covered," Li Yunlong said sternly.

"Blindfolded?" Yan Kai paused immediately upon hearing this. "Do I need to be blindfolded? I..."

Li Yunlong interrupted Yan Kai: "Didn't you say you trusted me? What's wrong? You don't even have this much trust?"

Zhang Dabiao, who was standing nearby, said to Yan Kai, "Our operation is very important and involves top-secret information of our army, so please cooperate, Mr. Yan. Of course, if you feel it's inappropriate, you can still choose to leave now."

Upon hearing about the other party's top secrets, Yan Kai immediately thought of their arms factory.

Li Yunlong's troops were formidable in combat, so it was highly likely that he was tasked with guarding their arsenal.

The other side blindfolded him, which meant they didn't want him to know the location of their arsenal.

The Eighth Route Army is moving, so the arsenal should move too, right? Do you know the location? It doesn't seem to be a big problem.

However, Yan Kai still chose to cooperate: "Okay, I'm willing to cooperate."

If we have the chance to meet a military expert from the other side's arsenal, then we certainly can't miss that opportunity.

Seeing that Yan Kai was cooperating, Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered his men to blindfold Yan Kai.

Zhang Dabiao secretly laughed, "Hahaha, the regimental commander is really smart. He tricked Yan Kai into being bait and brought the Jin-Sui Army in again. With the Jin-Sui Army supporting our operations behind enemy lines, our success rate will increase significantly."

Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan also lowered his voice: "With the Jin-Sui Army involved, if things go well, the arsenal in the 21st Brigade's defense zone will be nothing. We might even have a chance to rob the Taiyuan Arsenal."

Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao also laughed: "If we could rob a piece of the Taiyuan Arsenal, there would be so much profit that we couldn't take it all. In that case, we probably wouldn't be able to transport it back. That would be a big problem."

"At worst, we can find a place outside to bury it and retrieve it later."

……

Li Yunlong waved to Chu Yunfei: "Brother Chu, I will protect Mr. Yan's safety. You should go back now."

"Let's go." Chu Yunfei turned and left with his guards.

Someone said to Chu Yunfei, "Commander, shouldn't we send some guards to Mr. Yan Kai?"

Chu Yunfei replied, "Last time, I sent my entire guard company, and what happened..."

Before Chu Yunfei could finish speaking, the questioner also fell silent.

(End of this chapter)