Chapter 4 Famous Scenes
Zhao Gang said: "Of course there is no problem with everyone doing their job, but when it comes to matters of principle, it is not up to anyone to decide. As long as it is within the responsibilities of the political commissar, I will definitely take care of it."
"It's the same thing." Li Yunlong said impatiently, "The regiment commander is in charge of fighting, and the political commissar is in charge of life."
After saying "Oh", Li Yunlong continued, "Oh, there is also political and ideological work. As for other things, don't worry about them."
Zhao Gang said, "It seems that the regiment commander really needs to strengthen his political studies. This is a one-sided military view, and Chairman Mao has already criticized it."
Li Yunlong said, "Don't be so picky with me. I'm a rough guy. I can't drive away the Japanese devils just by talking, right? As for other things, don't play tricks on me."
"If you don't understand why you're fighting, you're just fighting blindly."
Zhao Gang said expressionlessly: "Will you fight for the devils?"
"Bullshit!" Li Yunlong slammed his wine bowl and said angrily, "Aren't you just trying to argue?"
At this time, an officer from the regiment came in and reported: "Commissar, your room has been cleaned up."
"Got it. I'll be there in a minute." Zhao Gang sent the clerk away and said to Li Yunlong, "Captain Li, please notify Deputy Captain Kong to meet here in ten minutes. I have important information to report."
Li Yunlong hummed through his nose and had no intention of getting up.
After Zhao Gang left, Li Yunlong asked his guard Zhang Xiaonao to call Kong Jie.
Kong Jie happened to be at the regiment headquarters and came to Li Yunlong's room after a while.
After Kong Jie sat down, Li Yunlong said, "I was wondering if my eyelids have been twitching these past two days, and this is what happened ."
Immediately, he imitated Zhao Gang's tone and said, "I have an important situation to report. Bullshit! What important situation could it be?"
Kong Jie was amused when he heard this and joked, "You, don't be unconvinced. The superiors sent him here for a reason. You can't even read a few words, so you should have someone to teach you properly."
"What's wrong with not knowing a few words?" Li Yunlong said disapprovingly, "I've been a regiment leader for so many years, and I've never been worse than anyone, especially better than you."
"Yeah, I admit that I have bad luck." Kong Jie retorted, "But how are you better than me? Your new regiment has just been established, the combat effectiveness has been improved, and the equipment has also improved. Well, there is nothing for you to do? When Ding Wei came, he just enjoyed the ready-made things. It's useless for you to be angry. This is called tit for tat."
When talking about this, Li Yunlong could only smile foolishly.
But as he was laughing, Li Yunlong's expression suddenly changed.
"If you hadn't mentioned Ding Wei, I would have forgotten about him. Old Ding also gave me a valuable gift."
"Him?" Kong Jie didn't believe it at all. "He even gave me a big gift. What nonsense."
As they were talking, Zhao Gang, who had settled down in his accommodation, walked in quickly.
Kong Jie quickly got off the kang and greeted Zhao Gang: "Kong Jie, deputy commander of the independent regiment."
"Zhao Gang." Zhao Gang said with a smile, "I have heard of your great name in the brigade headquarters. You are an old revolutionary, brave in battle, and tough in style. I still have a lot to learn from you."
"Hey." Kong Jie glanced at Li Yunlong proudly.
Then he laughed again and said, "Welcome to the Political Commissar."
Li Yunlong next to him couldn't stand it anymore. Is it fun to flatter each other?
Li Yunlong interrupted them and said, "Deputy Commander Kong is here too. Tell us if there is anything important."
Zhao Gang straightened his face and said, "On the way to Laiyang Village, we met a young man who was being chased by the enemy. He was injured, and the injury was not light, but he still killed four Japanese soldiers with his bare hands."
"The remaining puppet soldiers wanted to open fire, but we drove them away."
Li Yunlong's brows furrowed. The intellectual was bragging again.
Even with the wound, he could still kill four Japanese soldiers with his bare hands? Only a fool would believe that.
Zhao Gang continued, "During the chat, the young man mentioned something that I think is very important. I brought him to the regiment headquarters, and I'll let him tell you what's going on."
At this point, Zhao Gang shouted to the outside yard: "Wei Dayong?!"
Someone outside responded, and then a tall and strong young man walked in.
When entering the door, the young man lowered his head, otherwise he would have hit the door lintel.
Wei Dayong saluted Li Yunlong and Kong Jie and said loudly, "Hello, officers."
"Just you?" Li Yunlong said with a look of doubt, "You killed four Japanese soldiers with your bare hands?"
"What's the big deal?" Wei Dayong said with disdain, "Aren't they just four devils?"
Zhao Gang explained: "Wei Dayong used to be in the 27th Division of the Central Army. During the Battle of Xinkou, the 27th Division was defeated by the Bantian Regiment. He was also captured because of his wounds and had just escaped from the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp."
Speaking of this meal, he added: "By the way, he was a monk in Shaolin Temple for ten years."
Kong Jie said, "No wonder he is so skilled. Political Commissar, are you mobilizing him here?"
Zhao Gang shook his head and said with a smile: "He said that our Eighth Route Army was too rustic and poorly equipped, and that the Central Army was the regular army. He only agreed to come and see me because I saved him."
After a pause, Zhao Gang said to Wei Dayong: "Wei Dayong, tell me about the group of devils in the prisoner-of-war camp."
Wei Dayong replied, "Yes," and then said, "That group of devils are not ordinary devils. They have obviously received special training. They used prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp for killing training."
"They never get entangled with others when they fight with them."
"It's a killing move, it will kill you in one go."
"There were three people in the prisoner-of-war camp. They teamed up to fight a Japanese soldier, but they all died in less than a minute. I could tell that the three of them had practiced martial arts. It was such a pity. They died in such a pathetic way."
Kong Jie said thoughtfully: "You mean it was a group of devils, not just one or two?"
"There must be about 70 or 80 of them." Wei Dayong nodded and said, "Their clothing is also different from the other devils."
Zhao Gang said: "Captain Li, this is a very important situation. We need to analyze it carefully."
Li Yunlong ignored Zhao Gang and tilted his head to ask Wei Dayong: "There was such a powerful group of devils in the prisoner-of-war camp. How did you escape?"
Wei Dayong said: "I killed a Japanese officer, stole his gun, and shot and killed two Japanese soldiers. The whole prisoner-of-war camp was in chaos, and I took advantage of the chaos to climb over the wall and escape."
"Good job." Li Yunlong said, "Brother, you can stay now."
"Ah?" Wei Dayong was stunned when he heard that. Did I say I wanted to stay?
"Wei Dayong, you go out first." Zhao Gang sent Wei Dayong away and said to Li Yunlong, "Captain Li, through these circumstances, we can basically conclude that there is indeed a group of Japanese devils who have received special training. Most of the Japanese devils that the independent regiment encountered a few days ago were them. Their target of attack should be the headquarters."
Kong Jie said, "Old Li also realized yesterday that this group of devils' target is not our regiment, right, Old Li?"
"Yes, that's what we guessed too, and we were just about to report it." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "You just said that Monk Wei just came to take a look. What does that mean?"
"I don't want to force him to stay by threatening to repay a favor."
Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Let him come and see the new atmosphere of our army, and he will join voluntarily."
"That's right." Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong showed a thoughtful look on his face, but in his heart he was judging others by his own standards. I wonder if these intellectuals are playing tricks again?
But it's probably no use trying to beat around the bush with Monk Wei.
If we want to keep people, Old Li has to take action personally.
Zhao Gang added: "Captain Li, if we agree, then we should draft a report in the name of the regiment and submit it as soon as possible so that the headquarters can be prepared."
"No problem." Li Yunlong said, "Okay, okay."
While Zhao Gang was writing the report, Li Yunlong slipped out.
Walking out of the main room, Li Yunlong saw two strong young men at a glance.
In addition to Wei Dayong lifting the stone barbell, there was also a strong young man leaning on the stone mill to take a rest.
However, Li Yunlong's attention was all focused on Wei Dayong, and he didn't even look at the other one.
Li Yunlong walked up to Wei Dayong and said, "Wei the monk, right? Show me your skills?"
Wang Ye, who was resting on the stone mill, was immediately happy. Okay, Lao Li’s famous scene of a large-scale rollover was about to be staged.
Wei Dayong was already displeased, but Li Yunlong had no intention of offending him, and continued to talk around Wei Dayong: "I just think intellectuals love to brag, and they can make up stories about things that didn't happen."
"How is it possible? Four devils, injured, and unarmed?"
Wei Dayong said coldly: "Sir, you said I'm fine, but you can't say that to Commander Zhao. He's my lifesaver. If you don't believe me, you can try."
This is exactly what Li Yunlong meant.
He started practicing Baguazhang at the age of eight and never stopped until he joined the Huangma Uprising at the age of sixteen.
In all these years of military service, he has never met a few people with better skills than him. Even he can't kill four Japanese devils with his bare hands, so he doesn't believe that others can do it.
Li Yunlong stepped forward and said, "Okay, let's give it a try."
Wei Dayong didn't say any more nonsense and just punched him directly.
Li Yunlong subconsciously wanted to block, but found it was too late.
Wei Dayong's punch was so fast that he couldn't react.
With a loud bang, Li Yunlong was hit on the chest by a punch. He took three steps back immediately, but he still couldn't stand and fell to the ground again.
Wang Ye almost laughed out loud.
