Chapter 26: No Praise
The brigade commander was also happy.
Li Yunlong was once bitten by a snake and became afraid of ropes for ten years.
"I say, Li Yunlong, how did you become a local rich man in Shanxi? With just a few guns and a few horses, you still want to give birth in bed?" The brigade commander laughed and scolded, "Look at your lack of ambition. After all, I am also a brigade commander of the regular army. How can I be interested in your guns? Who do you think I am?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."
Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Who are you, Brigade Commander? You are a well-known figure in our entire party and army. I was wrong. Brigade Commander, please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me. Hahahaha."
As soon as he heard that he didn't need any equipment, Li Yunlong's mood immediately turned from cloudy to sunny.
Now the chief of staff and the brigade commander could no longer hold back and burst into laughter at the same time.
It’s a pity that Li Yunlong didn’t learn Sichuan Opera face-changing. He’s such a talented person.
However, the brigade commander quickly gave Li Yunlong another critical hit: "Li Yunlong, don't be too happy too soon. I don't need the equipment, but you have to deliver the supplies to the brigade headquarters."
"Supplies?" Li Yunlong complained. "Commander, swear to God, we really didn't seize any supplies this time. Just over a hundred guns and a few horses. We really didn't have any gold bars or cash."
"Did I say gold bars?" the brigade commander scolded with a smile, "I said telephone wires."
"Oh, you mean the telephone line? I thought it was..." Li Yunlong stopped talking halfway and continued, "Commander, you want the telephone line, right? I'll send someone to deliver it to you right away."
"Hurry up and send it over." The brigade commander hummed, and then said, "Also, you have done a good job since you arrived at the independent regiment. The mental outlook of the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment has greatly improved. Even the general manager has specially praised you. I hope you will keep up the good work and strive for greater victories and make more money. Hahahaha."
After saying this, the brigade commander muttered softly again, otherwise this old man would be very sad.
"Yes, please tell the boss." Li Yunlong laughed, "The independent regiment will definitely not let him down, haha."
"Okay, then I'll be waiting. Whether we can have dumplings during the New Year this year depends on the performance of your independent regiment." The brigade commander hung up the phone after saying that.
He then muttered to himself, "This kid, he's really out of breath when I say he's fat."
The chief of staff said, "Brigade commander, you must not praise him. This guy can't stand praise. If you praise him, he will get into trouble. When we were crossing the grassland, Commander-in-Chief Xu praised him a few times, saying that he had many ideas for fighting a war, but then something went wrong. This guy actually let his soldiers rob food, and in the end Commander-in-Chief Xu dismissed him and sent him to the kitchen to carry the big pot."
"There's such a thing?" The brigade commander laughed. "But with Li Yunlong's big head, it's probably not a big deal. Can't we just put a marching pot on his head as a helmet?"
"You know what, this kid really did it."
The chief of staff laughed and said, "Their regiment was crossing the grassland at that time, and hail started to fall from the sky."
"When the hail stopped, all the soldiers in the regiment were bruised and battered, except for this boy, because he was using a marching pot on his head as a helmet, so the hail could not hit him at all."
"Did he really do this?" The brigade commander laughed when he heard this.
The chief of staff waved his hand and smiled, "So, don't praise him."
"Now that we've been praised so much this time, what should we do?" the brigade commander said with a smile.
The Chief of Staff said, "I hope we won't cause any trouble this time."
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Yangcun, the headquarters of the independent regiment.
Li Yunlong hung up the phone and said to Zhao Gang: "Political Commissar, did you hear that? The brigade commander said that the leaders of the headquarters praised me and said that I made a great difference to the spirit of the independent regiment. Hahaha."
"What the head of the headquarters said is correct." Zhao Gang nodded and said, "Although I have only been in the independent regiment for a few days, the spirit of the independent regiment is indeed very different from when I first arrived. Especially after the battle of Wanjia Town, the spirit of all officers and soldiers has been greatly improved, and they even walk with the wind."
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued, "Sometimes I wonder what caused this change?"
"What's the reason?" Li Yunlong laughed, then said with a serious face, "It's very simple, because we, Old Li, have brought a strong style to all the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment."
"As the old saying goes, if one soldier is incompetent, the whole army will be incompetent too."
"In a military unit, if the military commander is strong, the soldiers will be strong."
"As for the independent regiment, our Lao Li is not a coward, and the soldiers are not cowards either."
"I think there should be another reason." Zhao Gang said, "The ancients said that people with common sense appreciate each other. People with real ability will only admire and follow people with ability. It is precisely because you, the commander, are in the independent regiment that warriors like Zhang Dabiao, Wang Ye, Wei Dayong and Sun Desheng will follow us to the independent regiment."
"Haha, Lao Zhao, we are thinking the same thing again."
Li Yunlong patted Zhao Gang on the shoulder happily and even changed the way he addressed him.
After a pause, Li Yunlong continued, "This is what we call "If you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door."
"Yes, that's the truth." Zhao Gang nodded and said, "If you, the regiment commander, are not truly capable, Zhang Dabiao and the others will not follow you. On the contrary, if Zhang Dabiao and Wang Ye are incapable, you, the regiment commander, will look down on them. Therefore, the ones who finally gather together are all comrades with strong personalities!"
Li Yunlong said: "He is a brother with a fiery temper!"
"Yes." Zhao Gang said, "The phrase 'sexuality is like a raging fire' is more appropriate."
Li Yunlong added: "Speaking of Zhang Dabiao, Wang Ye and the others, they all did a good job after coming to the independent regiment. I won't talk about Zhang Dabiao, I want to talk about this little Wang in particular."
"This kid is really good for fighting."
"The Wolf Warriors just formed and they gave me a big one."
Zhao Gang frowned and said, "Captain, this is not gambling, what's the big or small bet?"
"Ah, that's right." Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Old Zhao, the Wolf Warriors have made great contributions this time. Shouldn't our regiment express its gratitude?"
“Something should be said indeed.”
Zhao Gang asked, "Give him a commendation ?"
"Announcements of commendations are useless. You intellectuals just love to play tricks."
Li Yunlong snorted coldly and said, "If you want a reward, you should give it something practical."
Zhao Gang thought that the commendation announcement would be recorded in the file resume, so how could it be useless?
But Zhao Gang did not argue with Li Yunlong and asked, "What does the commander mean?"
Li Yunlong said: "It is a waste of talent to let a top student like Wang Ye who graduated from a regular military academy be a squad leader, so I mean to directly promote his rank to deputy battalion level."
"Deputy battalion commander?" Zhao Gang asked, "Isn't this a big step?"
Wang Ye’s current rank is only a platoon leader, and his promotion to deputy battalion commander is three levels in a row.
If he really did this, the senior company commanders and deputy company commanders in the regiment would definitely have objections, especially since many of them had participated in the Long March and had more seniority than him, the political commissar.
"What's wrong with taking big steps?" Li Yunlong snorted, "In war, we must advance with big strides!"
"I still say the same thing. The rule of our independent regiment is that those who are capable can eat meat, and those who are not capable cannot even drink soup."
"Xiao Wang graduated from the military academy, has superb skills, and is even better at fighting. If he doesn't get promoted to deputy battalion commander, who will?"
"If anyone is dissatisfied and comes to you, Old Zhao, to complain and say strange things, just tell him that if he can achieve half of Xiao Wang's performance, the regiment party committee will immediately promote him to deputy battalion commander."
Zhao Gang thought for a moment and said, "What will be done with Xiao Wang after he is promoted to deputy battalion commander? Will he be assigned to a battalion as deputy battalion commander, or will he stay at the regiment as a combat staff officer?"
"No need to make other arrangements." Li Yunlong said, "You can continue to be the leader of the Wolf Warrior Squad."
"How can this be possible?" Zhao Gang was confused. "Let a deputy battalion-level cadre be the team leader?"
Li Yunlong said: "What's wrong with a deputy battalion-level cadre being a squad leader? I used to be a kitchen squad leader."
"What?" Zhao Gang was surprised. "Captain, you were also the head of the kitchen squad? I never thought of that ."
"Oh, let's not talk about this." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "In short, Comrade Xiao Wang is capable, educated, and not vague in fighting. I am very satisfied with him..."
Li Yunlong was just praising him when the guard Xiao Zhang hurried in.
"Captain, this is bad." Xiao Zhang said in panic, "A fight has started, a fight has started."
Zhao Gang's face changed when he heard this. He had zero tolerance for fighting and believed that there should be no fighting in the revolutionary team.
Li Yunlong asked calmly, "Speak slowly. The sky is not falling. Who is fighting with whom? What is the reason for the fight?"
Xiao Zhang said, "Sun Desheng, the captain of the cavalry company who just reported in today, got into a fight with Wang Ye, the captain of the Wolf Squad."
"What?" This was beyond Li Yunlong's expectation. "Sun Desheng and Xiao Wang are fighting. What are they fighting about?"
Li Yunlong thought to himself, Wang Ye is a boy who cannot stand being praised.
I had just praised him a few words when something unexpected happened.
"No matter what the reason, you shouldn't fight." Zhao Gang snorted, stood up and walked out. "The last time we had a group fight with the guards, we haven't investigated it yet. Now you're fighting with Captain Sun again. I have to deal with it seriously!"
