Chapter 51 Artillery Battery
"Old Li, I'm back."
As he was speaking, Kong Jie's voice was heard outside the door.
Immediately afterwards, Kong Jie walked in hurriedly.
After walking on the mountain road all night, we finally returned to Yang Village before dawn.
"Old Kong, you're back just in time." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "Hurry up."
At the same time, he called out to the guard Xiao Zhang outside: "Xiao Zhang, quickly bring a set of bowls and chopsticks to Deputy Head Kong."
Kong Jie sat down opposite Li Yunlong, and without waiting for Xiao Zhang to bring the bowl and chopsticks, he directly picked up a piece of horse intestine from the basin and put it into his mouth, starting to chew it.
"Old Kong, look at the way you eat." Cheng Shifa said sarcastically, "It's like a pig rooting for food."
"How can you be better than me?" Kong Jie retorted, "Look at that pile of horse bones in front of you? They look like the reincarnation of starving ghosts."
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei burst into laughter at the same time.
Old comrades are like this, they miss each other terribly when they are not together, but once they meet, they enjoy bickering with each other and wish to piss each other off to death with words.
Li Yunlong took a sip of sweet potato stew and asked Kong Jie, "Old Kong, have all the spoils been shipped back?"
"They've all been transported back. Lao Gou is counting them now." Kong Jie chewed on horse intestines and said incoherently, "I'm exhausted after walking on the mountain road all night. Damn it."
Li Yunlong asked again: "Old Kong, please tell me..."
Before he could finish his words, Cheng Shifa interrupted him: "Old Li, don't say anything yet."
Li Yunlong smiled and said nothing, but he sneered in his heart, "Blind Cheng, are you worthy of playing tricks on me?"
After stopping Li Yunlong, Cheng Shifa said to Kong Jie, "Old Kong, Old Li has promised me and Old Ding that he will give each of us a mortar, two heavy machine guns, three light machine guns, one hundred Type 38 rifles, and two basic ammunitions. You should quickly have someone prepare the weapons and ammunition, because we are in a hurry to get on the road."
Oh my god, Cheng Shifa is trying to blackmail Kong Jie.
But Kong Jie and Li Yunlong already had a tacit understanding, so how could they be fooled?
Kong Jie said angrily, "Blind Cheng, what are you talking about? We didn't seize that many weapons and ammunition. What can Lao Li give you? And the mortar. Do you want me to give Lao Li to you?"
"That's not right." Cheng Shifa frowned and said, "I clearly saw the mortar last night."
"I said you were blind, and you really are." Kong Jie said angrily, "That's a damn grenade launcher."
"Damn it, am I really seeing things?" Cheng Shifa frowned and asked, "Is it really a grenade launcher?"
Ding Wei tutted and asked Li Yunlong, "Old Li, just tell me straight, what are you going to do with me and Old Cheng?"
Li Yunlong then said with a serious face: "Although your New 1st Regiment and 772nd Regiment failed to stop the attack on the Huting stronghold this time, but no matter what, you two did send troops after all, right?"
"With more than 3,000 people, the food and clothing for them is not a small amount in a day."
"But I am not a stingy person. How about this? Every officer and soldier of the New 1st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment will be given two kilograms of horse meat and five kilograms of millet as a subsidy, so that you can have a good New Year. How do you think?"
This is a rare and generous move for Li Yunlong. Would he try it in the past?
"That's it?" Ding Wei said angrily, "You're sending us away with two kilograms of horse meat and five kilograms of millet?"
"Old Ding, this is already a lot." Kong Jie also helped, saying, "Last year during the Spring Festival, each of the more than 5,000 officers and soldiers of the 386th Brigade was only given 4 taels of meat, which was not enough. This time, we have 2 kilograms of meat, which is enough for you to eat your fill."
"Don't give me that bullshit." Ding Wei said, "Add another hundred rifles."
"Yes, add another hundred rifles." Cheng Shifa said, "Let's forget about it."
"What are you doing?" Li Yunlong asked, "Are you planning to rob?"
Kong Jie glared at him and said angrily: "I don't have a gun, but I have a life. If you have the guts, take it."
After saying that, Kong Jie took out his 20-shot box firecracker and slammed it on the table with a bang, knocking over two enamel plates containing food, and splashing soup all over the table.
"Hey, you fool!"
Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa were furious.
Li Yunlong quickly stood up and tried to smooth things over: "Old Kong, what are you doing? How can you treat your old comrade like this?"
"That's right, they are old comrades." Cheng Shi said with a dark face, "If you don't know, you would think we are enemies. They are such a piece of shit."
"In that case, fifty more rifles."
Li Yunlong waved his hand and said proudly: "I will make the decision on this matter."
But I quietly added in my heart that it must be an old and discarded slide with the rifling worn smooth.
"That's good enough." Ding Wei and Cheng Shi found it difficult to squeeze out more money, so they decided to stop while they were ahead. "It's settled, don't go back on your word."
"How could that be possible?" Li Yunlong said with a smile.
"From now on, Old Li will have to stay in the northwest of Shanxi."
After a pause, Li Yunlong said, "Old Ding, I want to discuss something with you."
"What's the matter?" Ding Wei immediately became alert, "Don't change your mind so quickly, kid?"
"What are you talking about? Is our Old Li such a person?" Li Yunlong snorted and said, "I just want someone from you, my old subordinate, Wang Chengzhu."
"Wang Chengzhu? What do you want him for?"
Ding Wei asked: "He is an artilleryman."
"That's right, your independent regiment doesn't have any artillery."
Cheng Shifa also asked: "What do you need artillery for?"
"Oh, don't we have feelings for our old subordinates?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said, "In the battle of Cangyun Ridge, Wang Chengzhu made great contributions. I still owe him a drink. Old Ding, please give him to me. It will also relieve my worries."
"I'm afraid not." Ding Wei refused immediately, "Wang Chengzhu is the platoon leader of the artillery platoon."
"Old Ding, this is really not nice of you." Li Yunlong said anxiously, "Wang Chengzhu was originally my man."
"But he is mine now." Ding Wei said, "Just because you were once the leader of the New 1st Regiment, it doesn't mean that the people of the New 1st Regiment have to follow you, Li Yunlong, forever, right? Wouldn't that mean they are dependent on you?"
"That's right." Cheng Shifa also said, " Why do you still want to be the emperor?"
"Blind Cheng, shut up. This has nothing to do with you." Li Yunlong cursed Cheng Shifa and said to Ding Wei, "Old Ding, how about this? I'll take two grenade launchers and trade them with you. Is that good enough?"
"Two grenade launchers?" Ding Wei shook his head like a rattle, "No way."
"Three!" Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, "Three grenade launchers should be enough, right?"
"We can consider three grenade launchers," Ding Wei said, "but they must be equipped with 60 rounds of grenade launchers."
"Old Ding, you are going too far," Li Yunlong said, "We only seized 100 grenades in total!"
Kong Jie Qiang kept his face tight and didn't laugh out loud, thinking that Li Yunlong was just talking nonsense. They had clearly seized more than 500 grenades, but in his hands they were less than 100.
But Ding Wei was also very ruthless and refused to give in at all.
"That can't be helped. Do you think I'm willing to exchange with you?"
"Okay, as you say." Li Yunlong said helplessly, "Add another 60 grenades."
Ding Wei pushed his cup aside and stood up, saying with a smile: "Okay, we've almost finished drinking this wine, so have someone prepare the equipment and supplies for us so we can take them and leave."
Li Yunlong was unhappy and did not get up to see him off.
Kong Jie is now playing the villain, so it is even more impossible for him to stand up and see him off.
In the end, it was Zhao Gang who came back from checking on them and sent Ding Wei and Cheng Shifa out.
Watching Cheng Shifa and Ding Wei leave, Kong Jie couldn't help but blame Li Yunlong again.
"Old Li, you are so generous. You just gave us 100 rifles, 8,000 kilograms of horse meat, and 20,000 kilograms of millet. Is it easy for our independent regiment to seize this little bit of supplies?"
Kong Jie did not mention the three grenade launchers and 60 grenade shells.
Because he also knew that this deal was actually very worthwhile.
With Wang Chengzhu around, the artillery company can quickly form combat effectiveness.
Otherwise, the six mortars would just be decorations and useless.
Yes, that's right, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie are already thinking about setting up an artillery company.
"This little bit of supplies is nothing." Li Yunlong said with a sad face, "The big problem is with the brigade commander."
"Brigade Commander?" Kong Jie asked blankly, " Our independent regiment has seized some supplies, what does that have to do with the brigade commander? Could it be that the brigade commander is also going to ask our independent regiment for money?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense? If he doesn't rob, then he's still the brigade commander?"
Li Yunlong said unhappily, "Have you forgotten the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town?"
"The cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town ?" Kong Jie's face immediately fell. "Then what should we do about this? It's easy to fool Lao Ding and Lao Cheng, but it's not easy to fool the brigade commander."
"We can't really hide our weapons and equipment, can we?"
"Sooner or later, these seized equipment will be revealed. There is no way to hide it."
"I'm worried about this, too," Li Yunlong said, turning his gaze to the telephone on the bed. "What I'm most afraid of now is that the phone will ring suddenly, and then the brigade commander will say to me with a smile, 'Li Yunlong, congratulations on your wealth! Damn it, I can't say that. I get scared when I say that."
