Chapter 37: The Brigade Commander is Worried
As they were talking, the Wolf Warriors had already approached.
Wang Ye stood at attention and saluted, "Captain, Political Commissar."
When he turned around and saw the brigade commander, he quickly saluted again and said, "Brigade commander."
"Xiao Wang, do you know me?" The brigade commander was strict with Li Yunlong but very easy-going with Wang Ye.
"I know." Wang Yexin said, "How could I not know you? You are a founding general, but he said, "The regiment commander often said in front of us that the brigade commander is the person he admires most, no one else."
With just one sentence, the brigade commander and Li Yunlong felt very comfortable, thinking that Xiao Wang was good at talking.
The smile on the brigade commander's face became more amiable, and he asked again, "Are you guys...going out to do a side job again?"
"No, we were busy training." Wang Ye saw Li Yunlong hiding on the brigade commander's back and winking at him, and he knew that Li Yunlong didn't want the brigade commander to know about the Huting stronghold, so he made up a story, "On the way back, we encountered a cavalry squad of the devils and took care of them."
The brigade commander asked, "You killed a cavalry squad?"
"We were not able to wipe them out completely. A few escaped." Wang Ye shook his head and added, "Also, six military horses were injured in the crossfire. Even if they are healed, they can no longer serve as military horses. We can only kill them."
Li Yunlong's face showed a look of pain. What a good military horse.
Sun Desheng had quietly come over at some point, and when he heard what Wang Ye said, he couldn't help but complain: "Can't you pay more attention, you bastard? In the exchange of fire, why don't you just shoot the Japs instead of the horses?"
"What the hell are you talking about? A fight has already started, who can care about so many things?"
Wang Ye didn't want to waste time talking to Sun Desheng, but Wei Dayong couldn't help it. He hadn't settled the score with you for causing Lao Wang to lose his deputy battalion rank last time, and you're still shamelessly trying to get close to him? Are you trying to embezzle the Japanese horses captured by our Wolf Warriors again? This time, I won't give you a cavalry company no matter what.
"Who the hell are you scolding? Try scolding someone else again?"
Sun Desheng immediately became unhappy. Who in the entire regiment except the regiment commander and the political commissar dared to scold him?
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Li Yunlong became impatient and shouted angrily: "Shut the fuck up!"
Li Yunlong roared and Wei Dayong immediately fell silent. Sun Desheng also returned to the training ground in shame.
Li Yunlong smiled and said to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Let's go to the regiment headquarters and talk."
At the same time, he asked Wei Dayong to send the horse meat back quickly and hand it over to Lao Wang from the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous lunch.
The brigade commander followed Li Yunlong to the regiment headquarters, feeling somewhat emotional. He still remembered that the last time he came to the independent regiment, all the officers and soldiers in the regiment were listless. Not to mention quarreling, they didn't even speak loudly.
In less than two months, the independent regiment has become a howling army, like a bundle of dry firewood that could burst into a raging fire if not carefully watched.
This kid Li Yunlong really knows how to lead troops.
The only bad thing is that he is too good at causing trouble!
Thinking of this, the brigade commander said again: "Li Yunlong, do you know why I took a detour to Yang Village?"
Li Yunlong thought to himself, "Commander, you just want to eat meat, right?" But he said, "Commander, the New Year is coming soon. You must be thinking about the soldiers of our independent regiment, so you came to see us."
"This is just one of the reasons." The brigade commander said, "The main reason is that I am worried about you."
The brigade commander glanced at Zhao Gang and Wang Ye, and said, "You haven't been very quiet recently. You've been transferred to Yang Village to take on the security duty of the headquarters, but you still go out every now and then to do side jobs."
Li Yunlong said anxiously, "Commander, isn't our independent regiment poor? We are so poor that we can barely make ends meet. If we don't start a side business, we won't be able to celebrate the New Year."
"I have no objection to you having a side job."
The brigade commander said, "But don't make any big moves."
After a pause, the brigade commander continued, "Right now the Japanese army is busy with the war in central China. We rarely have time to expand and consolidate our bases, so we should try not to provoke the Japanese army if possible."
In a word, now is still an opportunity period for the Eighth Route Army to concentrate on developing its strength.
"Yes, yes." Li Yunlong replied, "No big moves, no big moves."
Zhao Gang wanted to report the matter of the Huting stronghold to the brigade commander, but he swallowed the words back.
Because Zhao Gang knew very well that if he reported this to the brigade commander at this time, Li Yunlong would definitely turn against him.
If it was for the sake of upholding principles, Zhao Gang didn't mind falling out with Li Yunlong, but now he was a little unsure. Was it a matter of principle to hide the location of the Dahuting stronghold from his superiors?
Based on his previous understanding, this was of course a matter of principle.
But considering the actual situation after he came to the Independent Regiment, it seems not to be the case?
It was even less likely that Wang Ye would say more, because he knew better than anyone that the period of opportunity for the Eighth Route Army to concentrate on developing its strength had actually ended, and the Japanese army would soon have time to launch a large-scale security war. The great man far away in Yan'an had already foreseen all this and would soon give orders to the Eighth Route Army to launch a preemptive offensive.
Therefore, the combat operations of the independent regiment will not affect the overall policy.
The brigade commander did not stay in Yang Village for too long and left after eating.
After seeing off the brigade commander, Zhao Gang said, "Old Li, can we keep this a secret from the brigade commander?"
"What are you talking about?" Li Yunlong said, "It was the brigade commander who told us not to bother him with these trivial matters."
"But this is an attack on a large Japanese stronghold." Zhao Gang said, "It's a medium-to-large-scale combat operation, and the number of troops involved is as high as a regiment! It's unreasonable not to report it to the brigade, right?"
"You can't report it." Li Yunlong said, "If you report it, it's over. The brigade commander will definitely object."
After a pause, Li Yunlong said, "Old Zhao, we have been preparing for the attack on the Huting stronghold for a long time. The Wolf Squad has even run several times in the wind and snow. We can't give up halfway, right? "
Zhao Gang remained silent, but thought to himself that he would have to report to the brigade headquarters when the time came.
After all, he is the political commissar, and the most he can do is wait until the action begins before reporting.
Li Yunlong thought Zhao Gang had acquiesced, and immediately asked Wang Ye: "Xiao Wang, what's going on this time? Why did the Japanese cavalry suddenly come to the Huting stronghold again?"
"The Japanese cavalry came to reinforce us the day before yesterday."
Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "There is a squadron of troops. Although we have wiped out one squadron this time, there will definitely be another fierce battle next time."
Li Yunlong said: "Just tell me if you have any difficulties."
"I want to borrow a few light machine guns." Wang Ye said.
"Without machine guns, it's too difficult to fight the Japanese cavalry."
Yesterday’s relay race almost exhausted Wang Ye and the other three to death.
No one knew what Wei Dayong and Wang Gensheng were thinking, but they didn't want to run away again. And even if they wanted to, the Japanese would not fall for the same trick again.
"No problem." Li Yunlong said, "How many do you want?"
The independent regiment is now much more wealthy than before, with 13 machine guns.
Wang Ye thought for a while and said, "Four guns should be enough. By using the terrain to build crossfire, we can crush the charge of an entire cavalry squadron of the Japanese."
"I'll give you six."
Li Yunlong said in a deep voice: "Let Sun Desheng lead a platoon to cooperate with you in the battle."
"Ah, Sun Desheng?" Wang Ye was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he soon understood Li Yunlong's intention. He wanted to use this opportunity of fighting side by side to resolve the conflict between the two of them.
"Okay, that's it." Wang Ye agreed readily.
Wang Ye actually didn't take this matter to heart.
Therefore, I didn't mind Li Yunlong's arrangement at all.
However, Zhao Gang cast a surprised glance at Li Yunlong. This was really beyond his expectations. He thought Li Yunlong was a real rough man, but it turned out that he was also a meticulous person .
After seeing Wang Ye off, Zhao Gang said with a smile, "Old Li, your arrangement is good."
"Oh, that's nothing." Li Yunlong laughed and said, "It's nothing."
Zhao Gang smiled and said, "However, if Sun Desheng leads a platoon to cooperate with the Wolf Warriors, will it affect the training of the cavalry company?"
"probably not."
Li Yunlong said, "Didn't you hear what Sun Desheng said? Before the cavalry soldiers master the essentials of horsemanship, they can only train on wooden horses. I estimate that this stage will last at least a month, so Sun Desheng's temporary absence for three to five days will not delay the cavalry company's training."
Zhao Gang suggested: "Old Li, why don't we ask Sun Desheng to come over and ask?"
"Okay." Li Yunlong immediately asked the guard Xiao Zhang to call Sun Desheng over.
"Captain, and political commissar, are you looking for me?" Soon Sun Desheng walked in.
Zhao Gang asked, "Captain Sun, how long does your cavalry company's horsemanship stabbing training take?"
"It's hard to say for sure." Sun Desheng said, "For those with high comprehension, three to five days will be enough, but for those with low comprehension, three to five months may not be enough."
Li Yunlong was surprised and asked, "Three to five days is enough?"
"Of course not." Sun Desheng said, "There are already dozens of people who have mastered the essentials of horsemanship, stabbing and stabbing. Starting tomorrow, I will let them practice together on horseback."
"Don't worry about this."
Li Yunlong said: "I have a task for you."
Sun Desheng immediately perked up when he heard this and asked, "What mission?"
"That's right." Li Yunlong said, "You take a platoon with you to cooperate with the Wolf Warriors in the ambush."
"Ah?" Sun Shengde was stunned for a moment, then said, "Captain, our cavalry company will follow the orders of the regiment without hesitation, but there is one thing that must be made clear. Who is in charge of this operation? How will the spoils be divided?"
"Xiao Wang will be in charge," Li Yunlong said. "All the captured items will be given to the regiment headquarters."
Speaking of this, Li Yunlong said again: "This is an order, you execute it."
Sun Desheng originally wanted to fight for it, but after hearing this, he left in a depressed mood.
