Chapter 12 Reward Announcement
What Yang Lin was holding in his hand was the bounty notice just issued by the commander of the Japanese 1st Army, Yoshio Shinozuka.
No matter who it is, as long as they can capture Yang Lin alive or kill him and bring his body back, they can be promoted and get rich, and receive a reward of 50,000 cash.
Although the purchasing power of the dollar declined in the middle and late period of the Republic of China compared to the early period, 50,000 dollars in current dollars is still a huge sum of money that is enough to make anyone excited.
Li Yunlong is a rough man who has never been to school. In his heart, he even despises those literary scholars.
He was a little confused about the reward notice, so he asked, "Brother Yang, what's wrong with you? What does it say?"
Chu Yunfei took a sip of tea and smiled faintly, "This is the bounty notice that the Japanese just issued. Whoever can capture or kill Brother Yang Lin can take his head to the Japanese 1st Army Headquarters in Taiyuan to receive 50,000 silver dollars."
"Ha! Brother Yang Lin's head is so valuable? It's more than the annual salary of our New 1st Regiment."
Li Yunlong looked at Yang Lin jokingly, as if he wanted to grab him and take him to receive the award.
Yang Lin, who had stirred up a hornet's nest had no intention of joking with Li Yunlong. With Shinozuka Yoshio's personal order, the Japanese and the puppet army would definitely try every means to wipe him out, and even Yamamoto's special attack team might be dispatched.
He is now alone and weak, and it is obviously impossible for him to work alone, so he must make a choice.
It's nice to take shelter under a big tree, but Li Yunlong can't be relied upon for the time being.
As soon as this guy returned, he would be immediately demoted by the deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army to be the director of a bedding factory because of his disobedience on the battlefield.
He can't follow her to the bedding factory.
If I stay in the new regiment, there will be even less future.
But Chu Yunfei is different. Not only does he have a strong army, but most importantly, the treatment he provides is good and you don't have to worry about food and drink.
At that moment, Yang Lin made a decision.
At this time, an orderly came in and said, "Commander, the food and wine for the kitchen team are ready."
Chu Yunfei stood up and said, "Brother Yunlong, Brother Yanglin, let's go and try the cooking skills of our 358th Regiment's kitchen team. Let's have a few drinks and chat while we drink."
"Hehehe! Then we'd better obey your command. Brother Yang Lin, let's go."
Li Yunlong came here to beg for money from the rich, so there was no point in him being polite. He greeted Yang Lin and followed Chu Yunfei to the restaurant next door.
In order to entertain Yang Lin and Li Yunlong, the kitchen staff, under the instruction of Chu Yunfei, cooked a large table of authentic Shanxi dishes.
Li Yunlong's appetite was immediately aroused. Wow, the food was better than what the New First Group ate during the Chinese New Year.
The 358th Regiment is really Yan Laoxi’s biological son, so corrupt!
"Brother Yang Lin, Brother Yunlong, please take a seat!"
Chu Yunfei raised his hand and motioned for the two to sit down.
The three of them hit it off right away, heroes admired each other, and after two glasses of wine, they had everything to talk about, and soon they became as close as brothers.
Of course, everyone still has their own little calculations in mind.
Under the influence of alcohol, Yang Lin reluctantly accepted Chu Yunfei's solicitation.
About two hours later, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, and Chu Yunfei originally wanted to ask Li Yunlong to stay overnight at his regiment headquarters.
However, Li Yunlong was determined to leave and rejected Chu Yunfei's kindness on the grounds of orders from headquarters.
However, before leaving, he did not forget to pack some wine and meat, especially the two unopened jars of Fenjiu on the dining table, which were much better than sweet potato liquor.
"Brother Yang Lin, Brother Yunfei, I, Old Li, will leave first. We will see you later. There's no need to see me off!" Li Yunlong clasped his fists to the two of them and said goodbye.
"Have a safe journey, Brother Yunlong!"
Watching the New 1st Regiment march away, Chief of Staff Fang Ligong pushed up his glasses and said to Chu Yunfei beside him: "Commander, I think Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment is more like a bandit than Brother Yang Lin's rebel army."
Chu Yunfei was surprised and asked, "Oh? What do you mean?"
Fang Ligong said angrily: "It would be fine if the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment had enough to eat and drink, but at the end they had to pack up, and they almost took their bowls away."
"hehe!"
Chu Yunfei smiled faintly and didn't care. He was indeed Li Yunlong's soldier.
Afterwards, Yang Lin led his troops to formally accept Chu Yunfei's reorganization.
From today onwards, the rebel army will be reorganized into the Luotuoling Independent Battalion, nominally affiliated with the 358th Regiment and commanded by Chu Yunfei himself.
In order to show his sincerity, Yang Lin handed the old devil Sakata Nobutsu over to Chu Yunfei for him to deal with.
Chu Yunfei handed over the defense mission in the Luotuoling area to Yang Lin, and also allocated some supplies to the soldiers of the independent battalion.
After the reorganization was completed, Yang Lin did not stay long. He took the supplies allocated to them by Chu Yunfei and left the headquarters of the 358th Regiment.
As the sun sets, Chu Yunfei looks at the leaving independent brigade, seemingly thinking about something far away.
Fang Ligong pushed his glasses and reminded, "Commander, it seems that Yang Lin is not sincere in joining us. Although he is young, he is very cunning and ambitious.
We can’t give them too much material support, lest we end up using too much to hurt the dog…”
Chu Yunfei is such a great man, how could he not see through Yang Lin's ambition? He would never do anything to help others.
He incorporated the rebel army and allocated supplies to the independent battalion, which naturally had his own intentions.
"Brother Ligong, as long as this man is devoted to the war, what does it matter if he is given some supplies?" After a pause, Chu Yunfei waved his hand and said, "Okay, no more words, send a telegram to Chief Yan to report on the matter of incorporating the rebel army."
Fang Ligong reminded him, "Commander, since Yang Lin has joined our 358th Regiment, they are leading their troops to destroy the Sakata Brigade Headquarters and capture Sakata Nobutsu alive. Do we need to include you in this?"
"No need. I, Chu Yunfei, don't like to falsify and claim military merits to elevate myself." After a pause, Chu Yunfei changed the subject and said, "However, Brother Ligong, you can think carefully and write this telegram more beautifully. This way, you can also gain more benefits and resources for my 358th Regiment."
"Instead of giving the supplies to those good-for-nothings who are greedy for bribes, it is better to give them to me, Chu Yunfei, to fight the Japanese!"
Fang Ligong responded, "Okay, I understand . I'll draft the message right away."
