The brigade commander asked, "You know what it means to be a criminal, right?"
"I know." Kong Jie said seriously, "You have made great contributions during your time in prison, so you will be reinstated. If you lose again, you will be sent to the headquarters to feed horses."
"As long as you know."
The brigade commander said with a dark face: "Let me ask you again, was it Li Yunlong's idea to attack the Black Island Brigade alone, or was it a decision made after discussion by your regiment's party committee?"
This is a really powerful move.
This is to split the offensive and defensive alliance between Li Yunlong and Kong Jie.
As long as Kong Jie said that it was the result of the discussion of the regiment party committee, he would be considered to have made meritorious command and would be immediately reinstated as the regiment commander. However, this would give the brigade commander another excuse, which was that the independent regiment party committee had arbitrarily mobilized troops to launch combat operations without the permission of its superiors, causing heavy casualties to the troops.
The difference is that Li Yunlong became the Party Committee of the Independent Regiment, but the result is the same.
The chief of staff also reminded: "Kong Jie, I might as well remind you."
"With the approval of the headquarters, our 386th Brigade will soon expand to form a new main force regiment."
"At the moment, the leader of this main group has not been decided yet, so you must think it through before answering."
Li Yunlong immediately felt that something was wrong. Was the brigade commander and the chief of staff trying to bribe Kong Jie? Was they trying to use the position of the main regiment leader to lure Kong Jie into making a mistake? Wasn't this just playing rogue?
Li Yunlong said anxiously: "Old Kong, you can't be a traitor."
"Shut up, what traitor?" The brigade commander said unhappily, "Have I become your enemy?"
"No, Brigade Commander, that's not what I meant." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "What I meant is that Lao Kong must keep his word and not betray his comrades, haha."
"Stop talking nonsense to me." The brigade commander waved his hand unhappily.
He turned around and asked Kong Jie: "Deputy Captain Kong, have you thought it through?"
Kong Jie gritted his teeth and said, "Brigade Commander, there is nothing to consider. The plan to attack the Black Island Brigade was drawn up by Xiao Wang and the command was given by Lao Li. I was just executing it and I dare not take credit for it."
The brigade commander was furious when he heard this: "OK, Kong Jie, you are really good."
Li Yunlong breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Brigade Commander, I am the only one who made a mistake. This matter has nothing to do with Lao Kong. You must not dismiss him as the deputy regiment commander."
"Dismissal? How dare I dismiss you?"
The brigade commander said, "If I really dismiss you from your posts, the soldiers will dare to shoot me in the back."
"No, with your prestige, no one would dare to do that." Li Yunlong said no, but he looked very proud. You are robbing me, you bastard. Now I have no other options, right? Haha!
You have to obey me and return to your original position later. So cool!
The brigade commander said angrily: "Li Yunlong, do you really think I have no way to deal with you?"
"No, no, absolutely not." Li Yunlong grinned and said, "With your ability, it would be a piece of cake for you to deal with Old Li, right?"
"You are right."
The brigade commander groaned, then turned to Kong Jie and said, "Deputy Regiment Commander Kong, do you think that by putting the blame on Li Yunlong, you can keep the captured equipment, huh?"
Kong Jie said with a stiff upper lip: "Commander, I am just telling the truth."
"Tell the truth, right?" the brigade commander said angrily, "Okay, then I'll tell you the truth too."
" In fact, we have already decided to expand the 386th Brigade to form a main force regiment. The number has been determined. It will be called the New Second Regiment. The commander has also been decided. It is you, Deputy Commander Kong Jie."
"Ah?" Kong Jie thought to himself, I really didn't expect this.
The brigade commander then asked, "Do you know that the weapons and equipment you just saved for the independent regiment are intended to be given to your new second regiment?"
"Ah?" Kong Jie thought to himself, I never expected this.
The brigade commander added, "Because your New Second Regiment has just been formed and has a weak foundation, I shamelessly robbed the Independent Regiment and Ding Weixin's First Regiment, hoping to get as many weapons and equipment as possible for your New Second Regiment. Now that you, Kong Jie, don't appreciate this favor, forget it. Just be like Li Yunlong and prepare to get your own guns and equipment."
Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately felt that something was wrong.
As expected, Kong Jie said repeatedly: "Brigade Commander, I have something to say."
The brigade commander said unhappily, "What else do you have to say? Didn't you already say you were just following orders?"
"That's not the case, Brigade Commander. I reported Li Yunlong. This was an excuse he and Xiao Wang had discussed to retreat in order to advance. The purpose was to stop you, Brigade Commander, from robbing." Kong Jie said directly.
"In fact, he has no right to be dismissed. He has the final say in the group."
We used to be a family, brothers in the same trench, and we had to advance and retreat together.
But now that we've separated into two families, there's no need to be polite.
Kong Jie must take away the share of the property that belongs to him, not a single penny less.
"Kong Erlangzi, how could you turn against me so easily?" Li Yunlong was also anxious. He was still a brother and an old comrade-in-arms of the Fourth Front Army. He was really a piece of shit.
"Li Yunlong, I'm going to say this today."
Kong Jie got angry and glared at him, "I also have a share of the property of the Independent Regiment. Whether it was the last attack on the Huting stronghold or the ambush on the Hei Dao Brigade this time, I, Kong Jie, had a share. Now that we are splitting up, I, Kong Jie, must take away the share that belongs to me. Don't try to stop me, you bastard."
"How dare you, you bastard." Li Yunlong snorted, "As long as I am still the head of the independent regiment, you bastard, don't even think about taking a gun or a bullet from the independent regiment!"
Kong Jie cursed: "You are no longer the leader of an independent group."
"Bullshit!" Li Yunlong cursed, "Why am I not the head of the independent regiment anymore?"
Kong Jie said: "You have to ask yourself, didn't you lose your position as the head of the group?"
"That's to block the way..." Li Yunlong paused, glanced at the brigade commander and said, "That was just a joke, why did you take it so seriously?"
"I don't care, I just want my share."
"Your share? There's no share for you in the Independent Regiment!"
Seeing Li Yunlong and Kong Jie quarreling,
The brigade commander was no longer in a hurry. He sat down with a smile and watched the joke.
Zhao Gang also looked helpless, and said to the brigade commander and the chief of staff: "Brigade commander, chief of staff, I made a fool of myself for you."
"It's okay, let them argue." The brigade commander waved his hand and turned his gaze to Wang Ye and said, "Xiao Wang, Deputy Regiment Commander Kong just said that you were the one who drew up the entire battle plan?"
Wang Ye said: "It was just luck."
The brigade commander said, "Why don't you come to the brigade and be my operations chief? With your resume and ability, it would be a waste of your talent to stay in the independent regiment and be a small captain. Only in the brigade's operations department can you show your strengths."
"Commander, I don't think so." Wang Ye declined, "I still prefer to stay in the front-line troops."
This damn system only allows you to get rewards if you capture and kill the Japanese. If you go to the brigade's combat department, you will have no chance of capturing , so how can you get rewards?
He was looking forward to accumulating enough silver treasure chests to combine into gold treasure chests.
Maybe the golden treasure chest can be synthesized, but I don’t know what kind of treasure chest it will be?
Besides, the brigade commander has so many advisers under him. Whether it is the 386th Brigade or the Chen Xie Corps during the Liberation War, they are all well-known for their ability to fight and their skills in fighting. Why would they need him to wave a feather fan? Isn't this nonsense?
So it is impossible to go to the brigade headquarters, it is impossible to go there in this lifetime.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie quarreled for a long time, but finally they got tired of each other and stopped talking.
After all, they are old comrades in the Fourth Front Army, and we can't fight in front of the brigade commander and the chief of staff, right?
"Why don't you quarrel anymore? Do you admit that you are the regiment commander again?" The brigade commander said with a smile, "Do you want to continue quarreling?"
"Brigade Commander, stop arguing." Li Yunlong said with a smile, "I accept the punishment. I don't want the four heavy machine guns and four 75mm mountain cannons, but can you at least leave us two small steel cannons?"
Li Yunlong finally figured it out. With the traitor Kong Jie inside, there was no hope of keeping these mountain cannons. He should first think about how to keep the other half of his belongings.
It would be a huge loss if Kong Jie really took away half of the property.
This little bit of property was saved up with great difficulty.
"This can be considered." The brigade commander snorted.
"Commander, this won't work." Kong Jie said anxiously, "I don't agree with this plan."
Kong Jie would definitely disagree. The brigade commander only asked for heavy machine guns, horses and mountain cannons, so what would be allocated to their New Second Regiment would at most be a cavalry company's horse equipment plus two heavy machine guns.
As for the mountain artillery, it is impossible to give it to their New Second Regiment.
This is far different from what Kong Jie expected.
What Kong Jie wanted was half of the independent regiment’s weapons and equipment.
The brigade commander said, "Then tell me, how much should I ask for?"
Kong Jie said without hesitation: "1,000 rifles, 25 light machine guns, 5 heavy machine guns, 5 mortars, 60,000 rounds of ammunition, and oh, those 4 75mm mountain guns."
"Forget about the remaining pistols, grenades, and so on."
"But the equipment I just listed must be obtained."
The brigade commander and the chief of staff were stunned after hearing this, my God!
It has only been a few days since Li Yunlong was transferred to the independent regiment, but he has already accumulated such a huge fortune?
What Kong Jie meant was that the independent regiment's current equipment includes at least 2,000 rifles, 50 light machine guns, 10 heavy machine guns, and 10 mortars?
That’s almost enough to equip a whole fucking brigade!
Li Yunlong has now really become a local rich man, extremely wealthy!
Li Yunlong was furious after hearing this and cursed: "Kong Erlangzi, what are you thinking? I'm telling you, I don't have any guns, and I won't give you my life either."
"If you piss me off, I'll beat you to death, you son of a bitch."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, as if he was ready to start a fight if there was any disagreement.
"Li Yunlong, you bastard, you have only practiced Baguazhang for a few days?" Kong Jie said angrily, "But I have practiced Tongbiquan for many years and I am not a pushover. Today, let's practice well in front of the brigade commander and the chief of staff. If I lose, I promise not to mention equipment again. But if you lose, you bastard, just give me my share."
"Ah, you son of a bitch, do you really think you're a big shot?" Li Yunlong said, "Why are you pretending to be so great with a green onion stuck in your pig's nose? I can beat ten people like you by myself."
"Enough!" The brigade commander couldn't bear it anymore.
"Look at the two of you. How the hell do you look like a group leader?"
"If you don't know, you might think they are two street thugs."
"Everyone knows how to fight, but can this solve the problem?"
Wang Ye almost died of laughter after hearing this. Well, after all this time, the brigade commander turned from a robber into a referee. Li Yunlong and Kong Jie clearly suffered losses, but they still had to thank the brigade commander for his kindness.
I have to say, the brigade commander’s tactics are very sophisticated.
No wonder the boss lamented that the longest road he had ever walked in his life was the brigade commander’s routine.
The brigade commander added: "Li Yunlong, what Kong Jie said is not without reason. No matter what, he is the deputy commander of the independent regiment. You can't blame others for this."
"The boss asked him to go to the headquarters to feed the horses. Who told you to beg and plead to keep him here?"
"Since you kept him here, you must show some appreciation for him today. It's like when a girl gets married, her parents have to give her some dowry, right? Don't you think so?"
"When you transferred from the New First Regiment to the Independent Regiment, didn't you also bring Zhang Dabiao with you?"
"Did I say anything at the time? I didn't say anything, and I even helped Ding Wei with his thoughts. Otherwise, with Ding Wei's character, would he give it to you?"
"Okay, okay, you are the higher-ranking officer, so whatever you say is right." Li Yunlong said unhappily, "Then I will hand over the 1st Battalion Commander Guan Dashan to Lao Kong to take away. Isn't that good enough?"
"Guan Dashan is a fierce warrior."
"I'm ready to recommend him as the regiment's chief of staff."
Kong Jie said angrily: "You want to get rid of me just because of Guan Dashan? How can such a good thing happen!"
"Then what do you want?" Li Yunlong said angrily, "If you provoke me, I won't give you a single hair."
The brigade commander advised: "How about this, in addition to Guan Dashan, let Kong Jie take away another company from the 1st Battalion?"
"No, no, this is absolutely not possible." Li Yunlong flatly refused, "Let Lao Kong take away a company from the 1st Battalion? What a joke, this is absolutely not possible."
"Then there's no way."
The brigade commander snorted, "Li Yunlong, we have to talk about this. You used an entire regiment without telling your superiors..."
"Stop it, Commander, stop talking." Li Yunlong said helplessly, "I can see that you are deliberately taking sides and are on Kong's side."
"Alas, a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death."
"I admit it, isn't it okay if I admit it?"
"One company, but only one company."
Kong Jie wanted to say more but was interrupted by the brigade commander.
"Alright, Captain Kong, that's enough."
Kong Jie snorted lightly and said nothing more.
Kong Jie actually knew that it was good enough to achieve this.
Li Yunlong has always taken advantage of others. When has he ever suffered any loss?
Li Yunlong suffered a loss and was in a bad mood, so he simply didn't even treat him to lunch.
The brigade commander was not angry. He left happily with the chief of staff. What he cared about were the four mountain cannons.
Kong Jie also followed, and leaving with him were the 1st Battalion Commander Guan Dashan and more than one hundred elite veterans of the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion who had experienced many battles.
Then there is the batch of weapons and equipment that were handed over.
Among them, there are more than a thousand horses.
The independent regiment really does not have the ability to feed so many horses.
Watching Kong Jie leave, Li Yunlong sighed, "So we should be afraid of traitors in everything."
"Now that there is a traitor, we will definitely suffer a great loss. This time our independent regiment has really suffered a great loss."
"Damn it, I originally thought that I could have a happy Lantern Festival after destroying the Black Island League, but I didn't expect it to end up like this. Oh, I really can't live like this anymore."
"Okay, Lao Li." Zhao Gang persuaded.
"Our independent regiment suffered a little this time, but for the entire 386th Brigade, the armed forces have been strengthened, and this has increased our hope of winning the war of resistance."
"Okay, here are the big ideas again."
Li Yunlong said angrily: "My ears are callused from listening to you so much."
Wang Ye said, "Captain, let me tell you the truth. Heavy weapons can only be used to their maximum effectiveness if they are used in a concentrated manner. If they are used in a dispersed manner, their lethality will be greatly weakened. Therefore, the three mountain cannons of the brigade's artillery battalion and the four mountain cannons we captured should indeed be used in a concentrated manner. This is better than dispersing them."
Zhao Gang said: "This is not the most important thing."
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued, "The most important thing is that our independent regiment does not have sufficient logistical support capabilities. With the limited funds and supplies allocated by the higher authorities, plus the supplies captured on the battlefield, it is already very difficult to support more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, more than 100 war horses, and more than 200 mules and horses."
"We really can't afford an artillery battalion right now."
"I know." Li Yunlong said, "I just feel a little upset."
Wang Ye smiled and said, "Let's divide the troops. Once the troops are divided, the logistic support capability will be enhanced."
"Wait for the troops to be divided?" Li Yunlong said, "If that day really comes, I will wake up laughing in my dreams."
Wang Ye said seriously: "Commander, I am not talking nonsense. Within a year at most, the Japanese army in Shanxi will definitely launch a large-scale retaliatory action. By then, our 129th Division will definitely have to split up."
"Is that so?" Li Yunlong said, "Then I'd rather not divide the troops."
Because such passive division of troops would mean heavy losses.
Wang Ye said: "I'm afraid this is not up to us."
…
On the way back to the brigade.
The brigade commander happily hummed the flower drum opera from his hometown.
"I would like to compare Brother Hai to you, Sister Hu..."
The Chief of Staff was annoyed and said quickly: "Brigade Commander, you originally planned to withdraw the entire 1st Battalion from the Independent Regiment, but why did you only withdraw one company in the end?"
"Isn't this a problem?"
The brigade commander looked back at the mountain artillery parts carried by mules and horses.
He added: "Li Yunlong has always been a man who only takes advantage of others and never suffers any loss. This time, I robbed him of four 75mm mountain cannons and four Type 92 heavy machine guns. If I withdraw the 1st Battalion from the independent regiment as a whole, he will definitely rebel."
"That's true." The chief of staff laughed, "Li Yunlong is really crazy when he gets angry."
The chief of staff is also a veteran of the Fourth Front Army, so he doesn’t know too much about Li Yunlong’s background.
"Back in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, we had a dispute with friendly forces over weapons and equipment. Even the division commander and army commander couldn't suppress it. In the end, it was Commander-in-Chief Xu who stepped in personally to suppress it."
The brigade commander said: "So there should be a limit to taking advantage of others."
The Chief of Staff said, "It is you, the Brigade Commander, who has a way to control Li Yunlong."
"Chief of Staff, you are wrong. There is nothing I can do." The brigade commander said, "It is our cadres who are good."