Headquarters of the 386th Brigade.
The cook squad leader walked into the headquarters carrying two pots of dumplings and said with a smile, "Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, come and eat dumplings. They are stuffed with horse meat and cabbage. They are delicious."
The brigade commander laughed and said, "Oh, we still have dumplings to eat today?"
The head cook said, "We only have a little white flour left. It will be gone after this meal."
"Thanks to Li Yunlong." The chief of staff also smiled and said, "We can have dumplings on the first day of the first lunar month."
"Hey, speaking of Li Yunlong, how is this guy doing?" The brigade commander asked while eating dumplings, "Isn't he planning to attack the Black Island Regiment?"
"Who knows?" the chief of staff shook his head.
While he was speaking, the chief of staff had already eaten six dumplings.
The brigade commander said, "I heard that he wants to slaughter the Black Island Regiment for the Lantern Festival."
"That's probably what they say," said the chief of staff. "The Kuroshima Regiment is a fully equipped cavalry regiment, and it's completely different from the Japanese and puppet troops at the Huting stronghold."
"That's hard to say," said the brigade commander.
"That's right." The chief of staff nodded. "Li Yunlong has always been full of tricks. Now he has a great general like Wang Ye. Maybe he can really give us a surprise."
The brigade commander said, "I'll make a phone call and ask."
Having said that, the brigade commander stood up and made a phone call.
…
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Kong Jie and Wang Yegang returned to the regiment headquarters.
Worried that Wang Ye might be tired, Li Yunlong asked, "Xiao Wang, do you want to take a nap first?"
"No, I slept on the way back." Wang Ye said with a smile, "I slept on horseback."
"Okay, then you stay and discuss this with us." Li Yunlong said, "We have captured quite a lot of loot this time. How can we expand the troops without attracting the attention of the brigade commander?"
Before he could finish his words, the phone suddenly rang: "Ding-ling-ling!"
"Fuck!" Li Yunlong almost jumped up, "Could it be the brigade commander calling?"
"It shouldn't be possible. The brigade commander knew about it so quickly? We just got back. Does he have clairvoyance or hearing? This doesn't make sense."
"Old Li, answer the phone quickly."
Kong Jie suppressed his laughter and said, "You can't hide from it."
Li Yunlong pointed at Zhao Gang and said with a dark face: "Old Zhao, you take it. Don't say too much."
"I won't answer it." Zhao Gang said, "You'd better talk to the brigade commander yourself, so as not to get scolded if I say something wrong."
"Hey, you two guys are really not nice." Li Yunlong had no choice but to answer the phone himself, "Hello, this is the Independent Regiment."
The brigade commander's voice really came from the other end of the phone.
"Li Yunlong, you are really good. You gave me a surprise on New Year's Day."
Hearing this, Li Yunlong's face fell. Damn it, the brigade commander really knew about it.
Li Yunlong said with a bitter face: "Brigade Commander, I heard people say that you worked in the Central Special Branch before, but I didn't believe it. Today I finally believe it. Brigade Commander, your intelligence work is really amazing. It's been less than half an hour since our independent regiment returned to Yang Village after the battle. We didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, but you had already received the news."
…
The brigade commander quickly reached out to cover the microphone.
Li Yunlong's words made him a little confused.
The brigade commander told Li Yunlong that he had given him a surprise on New Year's Day, and he was actually talking about dumplings, and he wanted to thank him, but Li Yunlong obviously misunderstood and talked about other things.
What does that mean? It took less than half an hour to get back to Yang Village after the battle?
It’s only the first day of the new year, and the independent regiment is already going out to fight?
Who were they fighting? Could it be the Black Island United?
The brigade commander was shocked by his own guess, no way?
The chief of staff finished eating the dumplings in his own bowl and saw that there were still a dozen dumplings in the brigade commander's bowl. He took the opportunity when the brigade commander wasn't paying attention to secretly pick up a few dumplings with chopsticks, and turned to ask the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, what's wrong? Why don't you talk?"
"Chief of Staff, it seems the independent regiment has gone out to do side business again." The brigade commander had no idea that a few dumplings were missing.
"No way? He's running out to do a side job on New Year's Day?" The chief of staff was also surprised. "Isn't Li Yunlong too hardworking? Which stronghold are they attacking this time..."
Having said this, the chief of staff suddenly stopped talking.
Then the two of them looked at each other and shouted at the same time: "Black Island United?!"
After growling, the chief of staff said urgently: "Brigade commander, you should trick this guy."
The brigade commander straightened his face, let go of the microphone and said, "Li Yunlong, since you know that I am a special forces officer, don't even think about hiding it from me."
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I know everything you do."
"So, tell me honestly, how much benefit did you get this time?"
"Don't even think about hiding it. You know you can't hide it from me, so just tell me the truth as soon as possible."
Li Yunlong's bitter voice came from the other end of the phone: "Brigade Commander, you are too mean. I am your subordinate, not your enemy. Why are you planting spies around me?"
"Bullshit." The brigade commander laughed and scolded, "Can this be considered as placing a spy? I just asked someone to keep an eye on you, to prevent you from doing whatever you want, or else you might end up breaking the law without even realizing it."
In fact, the brigade commander did not arrange any personnel in the independent regiment.
It is impossible for the brigade commander to do this because they are all his comrades.
The brigade commander was simply deceiving Li Yunlong, but Li Yunlong believed him.
"Commander, since you already know everything, why are you still asking me? Why don't you just ask directly? How much do you want?"
"Oh, you're so arrogant? It seems like you got a lot of benefits! I only know that your regiment won another victory, but I don't know exactly how much benefit you got. Tell me quickly."
"Not much, just the horse equipment of a cavalry regiment."
"I thought you had captured only a cavalry regiment's... horses and equipment?" The brigade commander's voice softened, and then suddenly burst out, "Li Yunlong, what did you just say? A cavalry regiment's horses and equipment? Do you mean the Black Island Regiment? Was the Black Island Regiment really wiped out by your independent regiment?"
Because of excitement, the brigade commander even raised his voice by eight tenths.
"Brigade Commander, don't get excited. It's just a cavalry regiment," Li Yunlong said. "Brigade Commander, don't worry. I am not a shrewd person. I will never think of setting up a cavalry regiment, not even a cavalry battalion. I will send someone to deliver the horses and equipment of this regiment. I guarantee that no horse or knife will be hidden."
"Just wait for me!" The brigade commander said nothing more and hung up the phone.
The chief of staff had already eaten up half of the brigade commander's dumplings and asked, "Brigade commander, have you found out?"
"After asking, we found out that the Independent Regiment really wiped out the Black Island Brigade. It's unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable!" The brigade commander said this and then said, "No, we have to go to Yang Village quickly."
"It's such a big deal, we should go take a look." The Chief of Staff nodded, "Shall we go now?"
"Don't worry, wait until I finish eating the dumplings. I can't go to Yang Village on an empty stomach, otherwise that bastard Li Yunlong will accuse me of eating their food. Oh my god, where are my dumplings?"
"Brigade Commander, I'm going to go to the grooms' squad and prepare the war horses."
As soon as the chief of staff finished speaking, he fled from the command center.
…
Li Yunlong didn't bother to hang up the phone for a long time.
Kong Jie reminded: "Old Li, the brigade commander has already hung up the phone."
"Lao Kong, I seem to have made a mistake?" Li Yunlong finally remembered to hang up the phone.
"Captain, I actually guessed it just now." Wang Ye said with a smile, "The brigade commander is lying to you. We just returned to Yang Village after the battle. How could the brigade commander get the news so quickly?"
"Not to mention that it is impossible for him to place spies in Yang Village,"
"Even if there really is a spy, it's impossible for him to pass the news to the brigade commander so quickly, right?"
Li Yunlong got angry and cursed, "Since you knew, why didn't you say it just now?"
Wang Ye waved his hand and said, "Captain, you can't blame me for this. I was just about to remind you, but you've already talked to the brigade commander, so it's no use for me to say anything more."
Zhao Gang also asked: "Old Li, what did the brigade commander say?"
"Yes, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it." Li Yunlong said, "The brigade commander said he was coming over. No, we have to quickly hide the four mountain cannons and the two small steel cannons."
"Then forget about the more than a thousand horses."
"Our group can't afford it anyway. "
"But the brigade commander must not see those six guns."
"Otherwise, there will be no place for our independent group."
"You don't know, the brigade commander's artillery battalion only has three 75mm mountain guns, and the rest are infantry guns, mortars and so on. He can't be inferior to our regiment, right?"
Kong Jie also became anxious when he heard this.
These assets were accumulated by him and Li Yunlong together.
If the brigade commander snatches it away, he will lose his share too.
Kong Jie immediately stood up and said, "I'll take someone to do it right away."
Zhao Gang really felt that this was a bad thing to do, but he held back and said nothing.
Wang Ye smiled and said, "Captain, there is no need to go through so much trouble. I will teach you a method that will make sure that the brigade commander will not be embarrassed to rob again."
"real?"
Li Yunlong was delighted when he heard this: "What method?"
"Retreat to advance." Wang Ye said, "The brigade commander has only one excuse for robbing you, which is that you mobilized troops and launched combat operations without the approval of your superiors, right?"
"That's it." Li Yunlong said, "Xiao Wang, do you have a plan?"
"That's easy." Wang Ye said with a smile, "Why don't you just remove yourself first?"
"What did you say? You want to remove me?" Li Yunlong asked, "What kind of bad idea is this?"
There was another thing Li Yunlong was embarrassed to say. He withdrew himself. What if the brigade commander took it seriously? Wouldn't all the property of the independent regiment be given to Kong Erlengzi in vain?
It turns out that Li Yunlong first gave Ding Wei a job,
Now I have to work for Kong Erlengzi again?
Even the farmhands in a wealthy family wouldn’t be so miserable, right?
If Li Yunlong had ended up like this, he would have no face to stay in northwestern Shanxi.
Wang Ye knew what Li Yunlong was worried about, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, regiment commander. The brigade commander will not really dismiss you. When have you ever heard of a regiment commander being dismissed because of winning a battle?"
"That's hard to say," Li Yunlong said, "We won the battle of Cangyun Ridge, but I was dismissed from my post in the end."
"Old Li, that's two different things." Kong Jie said with a smile, "Although you led the New 1st Regiment to victory in the Battle of Cangyun Ridge, you were disobeying orders on the battlefield. The commander only dismissed you from your post and did not execute you, which is already a light punishment."
"If it was me, Kong Jie, who tried this, I would have been punished by battlefield discipline long ago."
Wang Ye said: "It is useless to hide the cannon. This is the only way to shut the brigade commander up."
"Okay, okay, let's do this." Li Yunlong said somewhat disappointedly, "I will withdraw myself, and you will temporarily take over the position of regiment commander. Anyway, you, Kong, did not mobilize the troops without telling your superiors. I wonder what excuses the brigade commander can find to rob you, hehe."
Zhao Gang was so angry that he laughed: "Go ahead and make a scene."
"This is not a joke. This is all for the property of our independent group."
Li Yunlong glared and said, "Old Zhao, you must not be a traitor."
"Old Li, can you change your words?" Zhao Gang said unhappily, "Am I a traitor?"
"As long as you don't act like a traitor, it's fine." Li Yunlong chuckled and sighed, "Alas, it's just that our regiment's financial resources are really thin. We really can't support so many war horses."
"Otherwise, I don't want to hand over any horses."
"What the hell is going on with just three cavalry battalions?"
"There is no rule in the Eighth Route Army that an infantry regiment is not allowed to have three cavalry battalions under its command, right?"
Kong Jie laughed and scolded, "There is no such rule, but you are leading three cavalry battalions out. Are you the commander of the infantry regiment or the commander of the cavalry regiment? Besides, our 129th Division's cavalry regiment only has two cavalry battalions, one of which is a recruit battalion. You are making a fuss about three cavalry battalions. Are you going to go crazy?"
Li Yunlong also laughed: "Damn it, can't I just satisfy my desire to talk?"
Wang Ye also smiled and said, "Captain, don't worry. We can split the whole into smaller units and develop separately. Not to mention three battalions, even if you expand to ten or eight battalions, it won't be a problem."
"Break the whole into parts and develop separately?"
Li Yunlong said angrily: "It's better not to dream about this as soon as possible."
After hearing this, Wang Ye just smiled and didn't say much.
…
The brigade commander arrived before noon.
As soon as he entered the door, the brigade commander laughed and said, "Li Yunlong, congratulations on getting rich again, hahahaha."
"Oh, what kind of fortune is this?" Li Yunlong said, folding his arms. "I can't even be the head of a regiment anymore. This time, I, Old Li, have really become a pauper."
"You don't even have the title of group leader?"
The brigade commander was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "What do you mean?"
"Brigade Commander, don't we have discipline in the Eighth Route Army?" Li Yunlong said, "Without the approval of the superiors, we are not allowed to mobilize troops to launch combat operations. I accidentally violated the discipline again. There is nothing I can do but to fire myself."
"I know you, the brigade commander, value friendship and loyalty, and you can't do such a cruel thing, so I, Old Li, will do it myself."
"Brigade Commander, Lao Kong is now the acting regiment commander. This guy is now a local tycoon, extremely wealthy."
After hearing these words, the brigade commander almost suffered internal injuries. Damn, Li Yunlong, you are so cruel!
The bastard, just to shut me up and stop me from robbing, he actually lost his position as the leader of the group?
The chief of staff suppressed his laughter and asked, "Li Yunlong, tell me the truth, how much benefit did your independent regiment gain this time?"
"Actually, there aren't that many." Li Yunlong chuckled and added, "There are only about a thousand horses, a thousand sabers, seven hundred cavalry rifles, twenty light machine guns, and four heavy machine guns."
"Oh, and there are 4 75mm mountain guns and 2 small steel guns."
"It's just that there are a few less shells. It's only half the base number."
"What? What did you say?" The brigade commander's eyes lit up. "75mm mountain gun?"
Since the 386th Brigade arrived at the Shanxi battlefield, it took the brigade commander two full years to finally accumulate the assets of an artillery battalion, but it was only an artillery battalion in name only, with only three 75 mountain cannons to show off.
In addition to these three 75 mountain guns, the rest are Type 92 infantry guns and mortars.
Now the independent regiment has actually seized 4 75 mountain guns. There is nothing to say, they must be handed over.
With the addition of these four 75mm mountain cannons, the 386th Artillery Battalion looks like a real artillery battalion. Otherwise, it would be embarrassed to say hello to others when it goes out.
The brigade commander confirmed excitedly: "Four 75mm mountain guns?"
"Yes, four 75mm mountain cannons." Li Yunlong nodded.
"Okay, you can keep the cavalry rifles and light machine guns for yourselves," the brigade commander said with a wave of his hand, "but the horse equipment, heavy machine guns, 75 mountain guns and small steel cannons must be handed over in full."
"Commander, I can't make the decision on this." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "I am no longer the head of an independent regiment."
The brigade commander nearly choked to death. Yes, he had forgotten that the bastard Li Yunlong had masturbated him.
The current leader of the independent regiment is Kong Jie, but Kong Jie has not made any mistakes, so how can he rob?
The chief of staff suppressed his laughter and said, "Li Yunlong, revolution is not a game. The position of the independent regiment leader is appointed by the organization. Without the organization's permission, you can withdraw just by saying so? What do you think of the party organization?"
"That's right." The brigade commander finally reacted, "What do you think of the organization?"
Li Yunlong said calmly: "Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, it is precisely because I, Old Li, know that revolution is not a game, and I know that the discipline of the party organization cannot tolerate any sand, that I have resigned from my position as regiment commander."
"If the brigade commander thinks that Lao Li is still useful, let me stay in the regiment as a soldier."
"If the brigade commander thinks that I, Li Yunlong, am only fit to take the blame, then let me go to the brigade headquarters and be a cook."
"Take the blame? When have I ever let my subordinates take the blame?" The brigade commander said unhappily, "Li Yunlong, don't use such nonsense to stab me. I'm going to make this clear today. This batch of heavy equipment must be handed over in full. Otherwise, I'll really make you carry the big pot in the brigade's kitchen and tire you to death."
Li Yunlong sighed and said, "What can we do? If the brigade commander asks us to take the blame, then we have to take it."
Seeing that Li Yunlong was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, the brigade commander was at a loss.
We can't really withdraw Li Yunlong, right? Then the soldiers of the independent regiment will be in chaos, right?
At this moment, the brigade commander could only turn to Kong Jie for breakthrough, but it was not so easy to talk to Brigade Commander Kong Jie.
The brigade commander said, "Kong Jie, if I remember correctly, you are still a criminal, right?"
"Yes." Kong Jie said, "Our independent regiment suffered a great defeat in the battle of Yangcun. The headquarters gave us a demotion and retention punishment. I, Kong Jie, accept it."