Chapter 68 Bribing Qian Bojun
"good!"
Yang Lin nodded and asked, "I heard from the monk that you used to be the commander of the reconnaissance company?"
Hou Meng said: "Well, yes."
"Very good!" Yang Lin said, "I plan to set up a reconnaissance company. Are you willing to be the company commander?"
"Yes! I must be willing!"
Hou Meng had a look of delight on his face, and nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice.
"Okay! From now on, you will be the eyes of our independent battalion. Except for the monks and officers above the company level, you can choose everyone else in the battalion!"
"Set up a reconnaissance company for me within three days, is there any problem?"
Hou Meng said in a tone that almost assured him, "No problem!"
"Go ahead!"
"yes!"
Hou Meng readily agreed and prepared to leave.
Yang Lin seemed to have thought of something and shouted, "Wait a moment."
Hou Meng turned around and looked at Yang Lin in confusion: "Captain, do you have any other instructions?"
Yang Lin said: "I heard from the monk that you have a bit of an impatient temper. As a qualified scout, this is not good. You need to correct it."
"Come to my office later. I have some information about scouts there. Take it and study it."
Yang Lin planned to buy an advanced scout training manual from the system mall, hand-copy it, and give it to Hou Meng.
As for the perfect level one, he would like to give it to him, but the problem is that he is poor.
"yes!"
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Wanjia Town.
Headquarters of the 1st Battalion, 358th Regiment.
The gate of Qian Bojun's camp was closed tightly, and there were many guards standing outside, which showed that the security was very tight.
The huge battalion headquarters was empty, with only four people in total, battalion commander Qian Bojun, adjutant Lu Chen, and deputy battalion commander Wang Gui.
In addition to the three of them, there was also a middle-aged man in casual clothes.
The middle-aged man wore a black felt hat, a navy blue robe and a pair of cloth shoes.
From the outside, this person looks quite elegant, like a teacher.
This man is no ordinary person. His name is Liu Jushan and he is currently the special envoy of Heyuan County gendarmerie captain Ichiro Hirata.
Liu Jushan, the big traitor, came to Qian Bojun's camp this time with two purposes.
One was to persuade Qian Bojun to defect to the Japanese and let him lead the entire battalion to surrender to the Japanese.
The second purpose was to bribe Qian Bojun with money and let him facilitate the Japanese to deal with Yang Lin.
Liu Jushan had been active in the northwest of Shanxi for many years, and had been committed to collecting intelligence for the Japanese and instigating some officers of the National Army to defect.
Under his instigation, three battalion commanders and two regiment commanders of the Nationalist Army have defected to the Japanese one after another.
For the Japanese, this big traitor made great contributions, and his contributions were no less than those of some capable and battle-hardened military officers.
Liu Jushan investigated Qian Bojun for a long time and knew that he was a person who was not satisfied with the status quo. It was too easy for him, who had many successful experiences, to incite such an officer to rebel.
Of course , the Japanese actually had their eyes on Chu Yunfei at the beginning, but after repeated investigations and confirming that this person could not have been turned against the Japanese, they compromised and set their sights on Qian Bojun.
Putting aside his character, just talking about his military talent, Qian Bojun can be considered a relatively outstanding commander.
But this man is extremely ambitious. He has more than 2,000 men under his command, and his power exceeds that of most regiment commanders. Therefore, he is not satisfied with being just a small battalion commander.
Several people talked secretly in the camp headquarters for a while, but Liu Jushan's attempt to persuade Qian Bojun to rebel was not resolved, and the atmosphere became a little weird.
It’s not that Qian Bojun is so loyal to Chu Yunfei, nor is it that his patriotism has not been extinguished.
It was just because the price offered by the Japanese was too low and it did not meet expectations at all.
Qian Bojun played with the teacup in his hand without saying a word.
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Gui understood what he meant and immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Our battalion is a super reinforced battalion with 2,000 people.
Although our battalion commander is only the head of a battalion, his life is more comfortable than that of most regiment commanders.
The Japanese only gave us a colonel as the regimental commander. Isn't that too much of an underestimation of our battalion commander?"
After a pause, Wang Gui continued, "If our battalion commander betrayed his superiors and the nation, and in return he was only a small regiment commander, why should we bear the stigma of being a traitor?
If the Japanese are sincere, they should consider the conditions we just proposed!"
The performance of Qian Bojun, Wang Gui and others was also within Liu Jushan's expectations. He said with a smile on his face: "Chief Qian, Chief Wang, there is an old saying in China that a good bird chooses a tree to roost in.
With your perspectives, I believe you two should understand the current situation better than I do.
It is only a matter of time before China is defeated, so you two should think carefully about your future. "
Qian Bojun's face immediately darkened. Just as he was about to speak, Liu Jushan changed the subject and continued, "Of course, the requests made by the two commanders are not excessive at all. If you are only a small colonel, it is indeed a waste of talent for Commander Qian. This is my dereliction of duty.
After returning, I will immediately convey the words of the two superiors to Mr. Hirata."
"That's more like it."
The dissatisfaction on Qian Bojun's face eased a little.
Liu Jushan took a sip of tea and changed the subject.
"My two sirs, let's put aside the matter of joining the Imperial Army for now. I can assure you that the Imperial Army values and is very generous to talents. I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer.
Besides this, I have another matter to discuss with you.”
"Oh? Mr. Liu, please go ahead."
Qian Bojun and Wang Gui pretended to listen attentively.
"Both commanders, I think you all know Yang Lin?" Liu Jushan asked.
Wang Gui nodded and asked in confusion, "Mr. Liu, this Yang Lin is the commander of the independent battalion of my 358th Regiment. The battalion commander and I met him once when we took over the defense of Wanjia Town. I wonder why you suddenly mentioned this person?"
Liu Jushan said: "My two commanders, you should know that Yang Lin captured Bantian Taijun and captured Wanjia Town and Qinghe Town Railway Station not long ago.
Oh, by the way, just two days ago, yesterday, Yang Lin led his troops to launch a surprise attack on the prisoner-of-war camp in Shuangnian Township.
These things have completely annoyed Commander Yoshio Shinozuka."
"So, Commander Shinozuka Yoshio has always wanted to wipe out Yang Lin's forces, and for this purpose he has even issued a bounty order. Anyone who can wipe out Yang Lin will receive a reward of 100,000 silver dollars."
As he spoke, Liu Jushan took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and placed them on the table. He then pushed them in front of Qian Bojun and said, "Sir, here are banknotes for 50,000 silver dollars. Please accept them."
50,000 silver dollars is no small sum. Since Chu Yunfei was strict in military discipline, Qian Bojun had followed him in many campaigns for many years and had never seen so much silver dollars.
Although he was shocked, he pretended to be calm and said, "Mr. Liu, I don't know what you mean. Do you want me to help the Japanese deal with Yang Lin?"
