Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

"Ha ha!"

Watching the boxes of weapons and ammunition being unloaded from the truck, Li Yunlong was grinning from ear to ear: "Let's just say that the dream of getting rich last night wasn't fake, but you, Old Zhao, still don't believe it!"

Hearing this, Political Commissar Zhao Gang said helplessly: "I say, Lao Li, how can you be so shameless? Is this the thing you're talking about getting rich?"

"Then why is it not?"

Li Yunlong defended himself, "Oh, then my team is growing and I'm making money, but if someone sends me supplies, then that's not making money, right?"

During the time he was in the independent regiment, Political Commissar Zhao Gang had made little progress in military command and the political ideology of the soldiers. However, he had made considerable progress in arguing, and sometimes he could make Li Yunlong shut up with just one sentence.

However, when faced with the rogue Li Yunlong, Political Commissar Zhao Gang was completely helpless: "You have a point, is this okay?"

"Old Zhao, come and see!"

Li Yunlong exclaimed, "Wow, that kid Lin Qiang even sent us so much food!"

Political Commissar Zhao Gang carefully counted and said in shock, "What a victory this platoon has won! Fifteen bags of rice and ten bags of flour!"

When Political Commissar Zhao Gang wanted to ask Hu Zi and the other two, he turned around and found that the two guys were hiding far away, with an expression as if they were guarding against thieves.

"Those two bastards!"

Li Yunlong cursed with a smile, saying, "This is damned, it's as if Old Li is a bandit!"

"never mind!"

"I'm too lazy to ask!"

Li Yunlong was very satisfied with the supplies in this truck, especially the food, which was like timely help.

The current situation in Zhaojiayu is not optimistic. Some people can hardly afford to eat. With this batch of grain, they should have no problem surviving the winter.

The regiment headquarters currently only has the visible and hidden sentries within the defense zone, as well as the guard platoon left behind at the regiment headquarters. There are not many people, and the food consumption is not high.

Ordinary people still have some food stored at home, which, when mixed and matched, is enough to last for a while.

"You two, come here!"

Li Yunlong shouted at Hu Zi and the other man, "What are you afraid of? I, Old Li, don't eat people!"

"Captain."

Hu Zi smiled and said, "You misunderstood."

"What a bullshit misunderstanding."

Li Yunlong said, "It must be that kid Lin Qiang who ordered it, right?"

"No no!"

"fart!"

Without waiting for Hu Zi to explain, Li Yunlong continued, "That guy was a soldier I personally brought in. Don't I know what kind of person he is? In my opinion, that guy must have made great progress. He's afraid that if Old Li finds out, he'll go and eat for free, right?"

"Captain, you can't think of our platoon leader like that!"

Hu Zi hurriedly explained: "When we came here, the platoon leader also said that if the regiment commander and the political commissar wanted to go and see how the team was developing, they should let the regiment commander go back with us."

After hearing this, Xu Lang widened his eyes. When did the platoon leader say this? How come I didn’t know it?

The platoon leader repeatedly emphasized that nothing about the first platoon should be said, let alone the team. If the regimental commander wanted to inspect the team, he should say that the first platoon was currently being transferred.

In short, just find all kinds of excuses to cover it up, and it is best not to let the regiment know about the situation of the first platoon in a short period of time.

Xu Lang could understand this point very well. The team he had worked so hard to build up was transferred away by an order before he could even get comfortable with it. Anyone would be heartbroken for a while.

The supplies on the vehicle were all emptied. Hu Zi glanced at Xu Lang, then walked up to Li Yunlong and said, "Captain, everything has been unloaded. We're leaving now!"

"Wait a minute!"

Li Yunlong showed a cunning smile, pulled Hu Zi aside, and said, "Go back and tell Lin Qiang that we, Old Li, asked him to do a favor. Next time when we send supplies, please send us more wine."

"I just took a look and there wasn't much wine delivered. I only dared to hide a few bottles. If there were more, the political commissar would easily find it. Remember this!"

Hu Zi nodded dazedly: "Remember, Captain, I will tell the platoon leader when I get back."

"Well!"

Li Yunlong said loudly: "Since it is inconvenient to go in a row, let's wait until next time. Next time, we will go and see how your team develops."

Hu Zi saluted the two and said, "Commander, Political Commissar, we will go back first!"

"be careful on the road!"

"Yes!"

Before leaving, Li Yunlong came to the car window and whispered again: "Don't forget what I said!"

"Don't worry, Captain, I will never forget it!"

Under Li Yunlong's gaze, the truck returned along the same route, much faster than when it came, and soon arrived at the regiment headquarters.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang walked over to Li Yunlong and said with a smile, "I'm becoming increasingly curious about Lin Qiang. Not only can he seize enemy trucks, but he can also teach his men how to drive them. Hey, Old Li, why haven't you seized a single enemy truck?"

Li Yunlong glanced at him and said unhappily, "You think that thing is easy to get? Every time I'm in an ambush, I want to get one back, but I can't. If we want to defeat the Japanese, we have to use all our weapons on them. Throwing grenades at them, how can a truck be any good?"

"But you're right. I'm also curious about how Lin Qiang got the truck and how he taught the soldiers to drive it!"

"Next time, next time I must go and take a look."

Zhao Gang thought for a moment and asked, "We don't know the exact status of the team's current development. We need to ask the company and platoon leaders to report on it."

The independent regiment developed in a scattered manner, and the regimental headquarters did not know the direction in which all the teams were going. It would be very difficult to find them one by one.

Li Yunlong immediately came up with an idea and said with a smile, "That's easy to do. Tomorrow I'll have someone spread the news that Lin Qiang has delivered the supplies."

Zhao Gang asked doubtfully, "Will this work?"

"Just watch it!"

Li Yunlong said confidently, "I dare not say anything else, but as for the group of people under our command, it is impossible to ask them to voluntarily hand over the supplies. But if we let them compete, none of them will surrender."

…………

During these two days, Zhang Yuntian made a simple record of the names and addresses of all the soldiers. As soon as he finished, he found Lin Qiang with the roster.

"Platoon leader, guess how many troops we have now?"

Seeing Zhang Yuntian's mysterious expression, Lin Qiang replied, "Just tell me directly. A thousand or several hundred people?"

Zhang Yuntian placed the roster on the table and said exaggeratedly, "A total of 1,247 people!"

"Another thirty people have been assigned to the reserve force to ensure sufficient defensive manpower for the base."

"so much?"

Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Lin Qiang was still shocked when he heard this number.

There is a team of 1,247 people, and a reserve team of nearly 100 people.

"Platoon leader, you can be the regiment commander!"

Indeed, except for the lack of formal organization and number, in terms of personnel and weapons and equipment, the first platoon has already entered the ranks of the regiment level.

Before they could be happy for long, the sentry responsible for observing the movements of the Japanese in Xiaowangzhuang sent back a message: "Platoon leader, according to the observation post report, all the Japanese in Xiaowangzhuang have been dispatched today, lightly armed, and appear to be searching for something."

"Have all the devils in Xiaowangzhuang been dispatched?"

Lin Qiang immediately came to the map and said, "It looks like we've really pissed off the Japanese this time!"

Zhang Yuntian looked at the location of Xiaowangzhuang on the map and said boldly, "Platoon Leader, we have guns and artillery now. In my opinion, we should just take Xiaowangzhuang so that we don't have to be on guard every time we move."

"There's no need to rush at Xiaowangzhuang."

Lin Qiang pointed at the map and said coldly, "Once the base's defenses are fully established, Xiaowangzhuang will be a piece of fat meat right before our mouths. We can eat it whenever we want!"