Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Li Yunlong glanced at Political Commissar Zhao, who stood like a wooden man at the door, and replied with a smile: "Brigade Commander, what are you talking about? How can I be rich? I'm so poor that I'm almost begging for food."

The brigade commander naturally wouldn't believe his lies and said, "How could this be hidden from my eyes? I tell you, I knew it the day you set out! If you don't believe me, ask Lao Zhao why he didn't call you these past two days?"

"Tell me the truth, how much benefit did you get this time?"

Li Yunlong knew that he could no longer hide it, so he might as well admit it and save some money: "Oh, not much, just a few trucks of weapons and ammunition, two Type 92 infantry guns, and some canned flour and other things, all given to us by that kid Lin Qiang."

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander began to dig holes and said, "What do you need so much equipment for? Don't think I don't know, that's the weapons and equipment of an entire regiment."

Li Yunlong spoke frankly: "Brigade Commander, I recently received reports from various units. Our independent regiment has sufficient manpower. I plan to form a reinforced battalion."

The brigade commander laughed and said, "Look at you! You want to set up a reinforced battalion for your regiment. Then shouldn't I set up a reinforced regiment for my brigade?"

Li Yunlong didn't dare to say a word of objection, and replied with a smile: "That's what I should do. Just for your title as brigade commander, it's not too much to add a few more reinforcement regiments!"

Seeing that Li Yunlong had already fallen into the trap, the brigade commander was too lazy to waste time and said directly: "Stop talking nonsense. You leave the equipment of one battalion, and the rest, send it all to the brigade headquarters."

"What are you doing, Brigadier General? Robbery?"

Li Yunlong kept saying, "No, no, no, absolutely not!"

He had finally made a big profit, but if the brigade commander took away most of it with just two words, it would be even more painful than Li Yunlong losing his wife.

"No? Fine then!"

The brigade commander smiled and said, "Then we must have a good talk."

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong felt something was wrong. He had made many mistakes, big and small, over the years, but they were all blocked by the brigade commander. To be honest, shooting him, Li Yunlong, for ten minutes was considered a mercy.

"As a military commander, you left the command post without permission. If an emergency occurs and you can't be found, delaying the battle, wouldn't that be a serious offense?"

Li Yunlong panicked when he heard this and said hurriedly, "Brigade Commander, you agreed not to put a tight ring on us!"

Even if Li Yunlong was a scoundrel, he still had to call the brigade commander "Master." After hearing Li Yunlong's words, the brigade commander responded calmly, "I agreed to it? When did it happen? How come I don't remember? Who can prove it to you?"

Four questions in a row completely made Li Yunlong lose his temper, and his dead heart was finally shattered into powder.

"You're so good at denying what you've said, how can you deny it?"

The brigade commander issued a final ultimatum: "Stop bullshitting me! I have two options. Either you do as I ask and send the weapons and equipment to the brigade, or I will report you to headquarters and hold you accountable for your recent mistakes!"

"Li Yunlong, what are you going to do?"

How to do?

Li Yunlong sighed. What else could he do?

There seemed to be two paths, but in fact the brigade commander only gave him one path.

"Alas, a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death!"

Li Yunlong said helplessly, "Okay, okay, Brigade Commander, I admit it. If you want to rob, just say so. Why are you making up all these excuses?"

The brigade commander's hearty laughter came from the phone, his previous aggressive attitude gone. He smiled smugly and said, "Hey, Li Yunlong, if I don't say this, can you give it to me? I say, you kid, how come you are just like the local rich people, with only a few walnuts and two dates, and you are still stingy with me? Are you still the soldier I trained?"

Li Yunlong chuckled, still thinking of making a final struggle: "Aren't we afraid of poverty? We've been hungry and cold since childhood. We can't compare with you, Brigade Commander. You can get everything you want with just one mouth. But we can't do that. We have to seize everything we want ourselves."

"Li Yunlong, even if you keep talking today, you still have to deliver this batch of equipment to the brigade headquarters!"

"I can give it to you, but I have a condition."

Li Yunlong was worried about being rejected, so he added, "The conditions aren't excessive. You can't refuse, right, Commander? I can't let you take all the benefits!"

"If you don't put forward any conditions, you wouldn't be Li Yunlong!"

The brigade commander smiled and said, "Tell me, what are the conditions?"

"Brigade Commander, I have to keep the food."

Li Yunlong said, "I fought with it... I begged for a long time before Lin Qiang was willing to give me this. There are also infantry guns and mortars. Let's make it clear first, I can't give them to you!"

After some debate, the deal was finally concluded with Li Yunlong keeping the mortars, infantry guns, light and heavy machine guns, and weapons and ammunition for a battalion, and the rest would be delivered to the brigade headquarters on the same day.

"Li Yunlong, don't feel like you've suffered a big loss. No matter how powerful your independent regiment is, it's still isolated and helpless."

The brigade commander explained, "You've gained a lot from riding on Lin Qiang, right? It's time to contribute to the other brother troops!"

"Don't feel wronged. We've received accurate intelligence from above. The Japanese intend to launch a second sweep, attempting to strike our base from all sides. This batch of weapons and ammunition is extremely important."

Li Yunlong was a man with a broad perspective, and of course he knew what the brigade commander meant. However, it was never Li Yunlong's character to just suffer losses, even when facing the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, weapons and ammunition are easy to talk about, but I also have a request."

"explain."

"Kong Erlangzi is trying to get some benefits again. We are jealous."

"Just wait, kid. This time, not only him, but also the New 1st Regiment and your independent regiment will have to join the battle."

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When Kong Jie learned that this time the spoils were twice as much as the last time, and that there were also mortars and infantry guns, his back teeth were almost broken.

I wanted to slap myself twice for wasting time waiting for the Second Battalion to gather.

It was also his own fault. He insisted on bringing the Second Battalion along, hoping that they could move the spoils faster.

Now that all the Japanese corpses have been moved, the biggest gain is the few bullets picked up from the ground.

"That bastard Li Yunlong is really taking advantage of others!"

Kong Jie was helpless but had to accept it.

Lin Qiang chuckled and said, "Captain Kong, do you think he can keep all this equipment?"

Hearing this, Kong Jie also thought of the equipment of the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town. He didn't get it, and in the end Li Yunlong only got the horse equipment of a company.

"Brother Lin, are you saying that the brigade commander knows about this?"

"Northwest Shanxi is such a small place. Can we hide our actions from the eyes of the brigade commander?"

While the two were talking, news came from the front line that the fleeing Japanese had returned to the county town. In addition, Anhua County began to send reinforcements to the Huting stronghold.

The troops also carried heavy weapons, including more than a dozen infantry guns.

After hearing the news, Lin Qiang pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that the Japanese are really angry!"

Kong Jie looked a little worried. "Brother Lin, tell me the truth, how many rounds of artillery shells does the independent battalion have left?"

"Which one do you mean?"

Lin Qiang laughed and said, "I can't say how many shells the mortars and infantry guns have, but we have dozens of them. As for the howitzers, I'll make one for every one they fire."

Seeing Kong Jie standing there in a daze, Lin Qiang smiled and said, "In short, just two words..."

Kong Jie asked, "Which two words?"

"Enough!"