Chapter 11 Shinozuka Yoshio's Anger
"What? What did you say?"
Yoshio Shinozuka stood up with a look of surprise on his face. He snatched the message from the communications officer and read it carefully.
There was nothing wrong with the content of the telegram, and the commander of the 4th Brigade would never dare to joke with him about this matter. The Sakata Regiment was really defeated!
"Bagayalu! Damn the Eighth Route Army, damn the Imperial Army!"
Yoshio Shinozuka cursed angrily and slammed his right fist on the conference table in front of him.
“Bang!”
The papers and documents on the desk were instantly scattered all over the floor.
The Chief of Staff, Major General Miyano Shun, next to him, consoled him: "Commander, please calm down!"
Yoshio Shinozuka was able to become the commander of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army, in charge of more than 100,000 troops. It is obvious that he is not a good-for-nothing who would just get angry when encountering problems.
After a while, the old devil calmed down his anger and sat back in the armchair calmly.
Miyano Shun turned his head and looked at the communications staff who was still standing by and asked, "What is the number of the Eighth Route Army's breakout force, and who is their commander!"
The Japanese communications staff bowed and said , "Reporting to His Excellency the Chief of Staff, the front-line troops of the Imperial Army have not captured a single prisoner so far. Their specific numbers are not yet clear. We only know that they are a main force regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."
Miyano Shun asked again: "Where is the intelligence information of the Imperial Army?"
“That rebellious Imperial Army belonged to the 8th Brigade and was originally a bandit group in Hongyunling. They were incorporated into the Imperial Army during the Battle of Taiyuan.
The commander seems to be Yang Lin."
Although the Sakata Regiment did not capture the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment, they captured a seriously injured and unconscious Hongyunling insurgent while cleaning the battlefield, and thus learned the identities of Yang Lin and others.
In order to make the lie more complete, a new identity was fabricated for Yang Lin.
Shinozuka Yoshio was still furious. He gritted his teeth and said, "Notify the troops below and the Imperial Army. I'm offering a reward of 50,000 silver dollars. They must eliminate Yang Lin and the rebels under his command in the shortest possible time to boost the military's prestige!"
"Hi!"
Miyano Shun and the Japanese communications staff bowed their heads in unison and immediately passed on Shinozuka Yoshio's order.
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358th Regiment Headquarters.
Chu Yunfei assigned the matter of settling the New 1st Regiment and the rebels to Chief of Staff Fang Ligong, and then made a gesture of invitation to Yang Lin and Li Yunlong: "Brother Yang Lin, Brother Yunlong, please come in!"
"The guest should follow the host's wishes. Captain Chu, you are the host, please go first!"
"You are guests from afar, so you should go first!"
Yang Lin and Li Yunlong were not the pretentious people. After a simple refusal, they stopped being polite and took the lead to walk towards Chu Yunfei's head.
Chu Yunfei's office is very spacious, and is fully equipped with marching maps, combat sand tables, and various communication equipment.
The three of them sat down in the hall, and soon the orderly brought them tea.
"Brother Yang Lin, Brother Yunlong, please!"
"Hahaha, then I won't be polite!"
Li Yunlong picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp as if he was drinking wine, which made Yang Lin and Chu Yunfei look at him with contempt.
Is this how you drink tea? This is totally old fashioned. Damn it!
Li Yunlong didn't care at all. He put down his teacup and glanced at the headquarters, saying, "Brother Yunlong, ha! Your regiment headquarters is more spacious and grand than our Eighth Route Army headquarters!
Look at this chair, it’s all solid wood and painted, wow!”
Chu Yunfei invited Li Yunlong and Yang Lin to the regiment headquarters not to chat or listen to each other flattering themselves, but to get to know Li Yunlong and win over Yang Lin.
So he smiled and said, "Brother Yunlong, there is no need to envy Chu. If you are willing to join my Jinsui Army, I will definitely recommend you to Commander Yan in person.
With your talent, Brother Yunlong, you are more than qualified to be a regiment commander or even a brigade commander."
Li Yunlong sighed and said, "Brother Yunfei, you don't know that although we are all members of the National Revolutionary Army, our Eighth Route Army is raised by a stepmother. We don't have supplies or military pay.
It was winter and we didn’t even have a warm cotton jacket. The conditions were really harsh.
If you can really recommend me to Chief Yan, I, Old Li, will be very grateful to you."
Chu Yunfei was so smart that he naturally realized that this was just Li Yunlong 's talk. If he really recommended him to Commander Yan and gave Li Yunlong weapons, equipment and military pay, given this guy's shameless character, he would definitely accept it and leave.
He had no intention of winning over Li Yunlong, so he turned his attention to Yang Lin standing aside.
"Brother Yang Lin, being a bandit is not a long-term solution. The Japanese will be driven out of the country sooner or later.
Also, after this battle, the Japanese will definitely hate you to the core. Even if you return to Hongyunling, I'm afraid you won't be able to live in peace.
So, you have to find a way out, even if not for yourself, but for the brothers under you, right?"
"I appreciate Captain Chu's kindness, but this matter is of great importance. How about you allow me to think about it first?"
Yang Lin is an ambitious man. Since God allowed him to travel back to the Anti-Japanese War era and gave him a system, it means that he should be the protagonist, right?
Therefore, he was naturally unwilling to be inferior to Chu Yunfei.
Chu Yunfei didn't expect Yang Lin to agree immediately. If that were the case, he would have some doubts as to whether Yang Lin had other purposes.
Li Yunlong on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, his mind working rapidly on how to get Yang Lin to join the gang.
In terms of conditions and strength, it seems that he is no match for Chu Yunfei, the local rich man.
It’s a dilemma!
The three chatted for a while, and then adjutant Sun Ming came over with a document.
"Commander!"
Chu Yunfei nodded, took it and looked at it, then smiled mysteriously, and handed the document to Yang Lin.
"Brother Yang Lin, you are now a celebrity in the northwest of Shanxi. I guess your portraits are all over the entrances of towns in the occupied areas!"
"Captain Chu, what do you mean by this?"
Several big question marks appeared in Yang Lin’s head.
Chu Yunfei did not explain, but pointed to the document in Yang Lin's hand:
"Brother Yang Lin, you should take a look at these materials first."
Yang Lin lowered his head and read it carefully word by word, then his eyes widened and he was stunned on the spot!
