Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

The next morning, Xue Changkun and Li Yunlong started the negotiations early. This time, they didn't say any nonsense and went straight to the point.

Xue Changkun lit the cigar in his hand and asked calmly, "I wonder what Captain Li thinks. Are you willing to do this big business with me?"

Li Yunlong did not hesitate at all and replied directly: "Captain Xue, it's not that I, Li Yunlong, am ignorant. I don't have any goods on hand right now. I can't just make some out of thin air for you. If I make you a batch of fake goods, you will definitely make trouble for me. I have already told you very clearly. If you want the goods, wait half a year. As long as Captain Xue can afford the price, I can still give some to Captain Xue!"

Xue Changkun snorted. He didn't expect Li Yunlong to be so tactless. There was nothing to talk about. He said threateningly, "Captain Li, be careful on your way back. Don't lose your life because you took the wrong road!"

Li Yunlong didn't care about Xue Changkun's threat. Instead, he asked casually, "Captain Xue, you are short of our money. Can you settle it today?"

"Xue Kai, pay the remaining money to Captain Li. I don't even owe a beggar money, and I won't be interested in Captain Li's money. I have something else to do, so I'll leave you now!" Xue Changkun said this heavily, then stood up and left the reception room.

Li Yunlong was not embarrassed at all. Instead, he asked Xue Kai to quickly cash in the 6000 oceans that had not been redeemed. Seeing Li Yunlong's indifferent expression, Xue Kai sighed helplessly in his heart. He really didn't want the two of them to end up in this situation. It would not be good for anyone, but would allow the Japanese to take advantage.

Li Yunlong and Xue Kai got the money smoothly. He didn't plan to keep the 6000 yuan, so he used it all to buy crude tungsten ore. This was what the college students strongly demanded. He had to buy some back even at a higher price. He also needed it to make hard cutting tools.

Li Yunlong remembered the college student's request and bought 30 kilograms of tungsten ore. Seeing the stall owner's expression of making a fortune, he asked with a smile: "Brother, how much stock do you have? Our independent regiment will take as much as you can. If you have any extra crude tungsten ore, you can send it directly to our independent regiment. The price is what you want. I will never let you suffer a loss!"

Qian Sanduo didn't expect there would be such a good thing. Li Yunlong's words aroused his interest. He hurriedly asked, "Brother, are you serious? Your independent regiment really accepts this. How much do you want?"

Li Yunlong showed an honest and reliable smile on his face and nodded, "That's right. Our independent regiment buys a large amount of crude tungsten ore. We will pay you back and we will not accept credit!"

Qian Sanduo didn't expect to find such a big customer, but he only has this much now. After returning, he plans to use his connections to get more. This time he took it out just to test the waters. Unexpectedly, someone really bought this thing. He only spent less than 1000 yuan and sold it for 6000. Excluding the loss in the middle, he can get 4000 yuan. This profit is already not low. If he does well, he may be able to earn tens of thousands of yuan a month. Where can you find such a lucrative business?

"Brother, would you mind telling me the location of your independent regiment's base? I came from somewhere else and I don't know much about the situation here!"

When Li Yunlong heard that there was a way, he hurriedly introduced it to Qian Sanduo in detail. After listening to Li Yunlong's introduction, Qian Sanduo quickly wrote down the address in a notebook, asked some more questions, and then reluctantly parted with Li Yunlong.

By noon, all supplies had been purchased and the troops were ready to set off. At Li Yunlong's order, two armored vehicles led the way and left the Yushugou market in a mighty manner.

Xue Changkun watched Li Yunlong's back as he left through a telescope, and ordered the telegraph operator beside him: "Send a telegram to Xue Laosan immediately, Li Yunlong has led the team to leave, and is expected to arrive at the ambush site tomorrow morning. Tell them to get there before tonight. Li Yunlong's life can be spared this time, but the goods must be left behind. I was so angry, Li Yunlong must leave something behind to make amends!"

Li Yunlong didn't know that Xue Changkun had invested a huge amount of money this time. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. After all, he really didn't believe that the people sent by Xue Changkun could withstand the attack of his two battalions.

On the small road at the foot of Heiyunzhai Mountain, Deputy Commander Xing was leading his men back. Xiao Ma, the communicator sent by Zhao Gang, happened to meet Xing Zhiguo here. Xiao Ma quickly got off his horse, stood at attention and saluted Xing Zhiguo, saying, "Report to Deputy Commander Xing, the political commissar has issued an order for the two of you to return to the base immediately. The Japanese army is gathering in Taiyuan City and is likely to launch a large-scale sweep of the entire Shanxi Province. The situation is extremely urgent. Our base is now in great danger. The political commissar wants Deputy Commander Xing to return before dawn the day after tomorrow at all costs after receiving the order!"

Xing Zhiguo had not expected this change. He told Xiao Ma, "Xiao Ma, go and inform the college student immediately. He is only a day and a half away from me. The regiment commander is still in Yushugou and will probably not be back until tomorrow morning! I will lead my men back now and will definitely be back at the base by tomorrow night!"

In fact, Xing Zhiguo could have marched during the day tomorrow, but considering the safety of these weapons and equipment, he had to suppress his inner anxiety and continue to advance according to the established marching method.

Lin Zhenhua led the armored battalion and traveled along a small road for another day, finally arriving at Yushugou before lunch. He arranged for the troops to stop outside Yushugou and asked Wang Chengzhu to take people to look for Li Yunlong.

An hour later, Lin Zhenhua saw Wang Chengzhu and Xue Kai coming over. He went up to them and asked, "Zhuzi, who is this person? I asked you to go find the head of the group. Why did you bring someone else here?"

Before Wang Chengzhu could reply, Xue Kai took the initiative to answer: "Hello, I'm Xue Kai. Captain Li had already left with his men yesterday at noon. If you chase them now, you should be able to catch up the day after tomorrow!"

Lin Zhenhua didn't expect that he would miss Li Yunlong. He was worried about Li Yunlong's safety before, so he took a shortcut. He didn't expect that the two would miss each other. This made Lin Zhenhua even more anxious. He said a word of thanks and immediately took the team away. He had an intuition that Li Yunlong was in a very dangerous situation and he had to take people to rescue him quickly.

Xue Kai looked at Lin Zhenhua's back as he left. He wanted to help but was powerless. He hoped that Lin Zhenhua would meet up with Li Yunlong tomorrow night so that Li Yunlong would have a chance of survival. This time, Xue Changkun had set up a fatal kill plan. Except for Li Yunlong, the possibility of the remaining 800 people surviving was very small. He could only secretly wish them well and hope they could escape this life-and-death crisis.

Lin Zhenhua marched forward for more than four hours and arrived at the foot of Qingfengzhai. He did not let the armored battalion continue to march forward, but stationed at the foot of the mountain and started cooking.

"Zhu Zi, immediately send out a reconnaissance company to investigate the surrounding mountain strongholds. I always feel that there are some tricks hidden in these mountain strongholds. It's too quiet. Logically speaking, the mountain strongholds are so close to the market, they shouldn't be so quiet. Not to mention setting up checkpoints, at least we should see a few people standing guard. As a result, we have passed two mountain strongholds and didn't see anyone. I suspect that these mountain strongholds are all empty. I need to confirm my guess before deciding on the next course of action!"

After walking for nearly a day and a night, the soldiers of the armored battalion were very tired, especially since they were carrying two 75mm mountain cannons, which were very inconvenient to move. Fortunately, after they were disassembled into parts, they were installed on horseback, which solved the problem of transportation.

In fact, what worried Lin Zhenhua the most were the shells. Mortar shells were relatively light, and a soldier could easily carry a box of mortar shells. However, 75mm mountain artillery shells were too heavy and could only be transported by horses. Lin Zhenhua used all the horses he had to carry two basic loads of mountain artillery shells.

The reason why he asked Wang Chengzhu to take a look at the bandits' strongholds was not only to take advantage of the opportunity to capture these strongholds, but more importantly to obtain the horses in the strongholds and solve the problem of transporting personnel and ammunition.

Wang Chengzhu personally led the sharp knife company to check several nearby mountain strongholds and found that there were no people left behind in some of the strongholds. The total number of bandits in the six strongholds was less than 70. Hundreds of war horses were also found in several of the strongholds. They should be used to be taken to the market for trading. Wang Chengzhu learned this after interrogation.

In this case, Lin Zhenhua certainly couldn't be polite. He gave the order directly: "Order the first and second companies to arrest all the people in the six mountain strongholds. If they resist, kill them. In addition, bring all the horses that can be used in the mountain strongholds, whether they are war horses or not."

"We use horses to transport ammunition. This will greatly reduce the burden on the soldiers and increase the marching speed of the troops. We will try to meet up with the commander before midnight tomorrow!"

Wang Chengzhu felt that if Lin Zhenhua did this, it would cause big problems, because these six mountain strongholds were the eyes and ears arranged by Xue Changkun. If they really attacked these six mountain strongholds, the consequences would be very serious. He immediately advised: "College student, calm down first. These bandits might be Xue Changkun's spies. If we kill Xue Changkun's watchdogs, it will make Xue Changkun angry, and he might really fight with us. We can't afford this responsibility at all!"

Lin Zhenhua pointed at Wang Chengzhu's nose and cursed: "Zhuzi, use your pig brain to think carefully. So many bandits suddenly disappeared. Don't you realize that something is wrong? At this time, you are still worried about this and that. Do you know that the commander is in danger now and may be trapped?"