Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

"Old Zhao, stop talking nonsense!"

Li Yunlong stepped between the two men and urged, "I want to see what that kid brought."

At this time, Zhao Gang would not bother with Li Yunlong. After being interrupted, he had to signal to do as Li Yunlong said and then talk slowly after it was done.

Lin Qiang nodded in response, then went to the back of the carriage. He and the monk opened the curtain and shouted to Li Yunlong, "Captain, if you want to know what I brought, why don't you take a look for yourself?"

"You're still keeping me in suspense!"

Li Yunlong walked slowly to the back of the carriage. When he looked inside the carriage, two words were written on his calm face: shock!

Only a very small portion of the weapons transported this time were packed in wooden boxes, and the vast majority were directly stacked in the carriages.

They were originally arranged neatly, but after the bumpy ride, the guns in the carriage were scattered all over the place, as if they had been tangled together.

"Old Li?"

It was the first time that Political Commissar Zhao Gang saw Li Yunlong with such an expression. After shouting but getting no response, he couldn't help but come over to see what it was.

"What on earth could make you, Old Li..."

After taking a look, Political Commissar Zhao Gang was also shocked.

Compared to Li Yunlong, he reacted first and asked excitedly, "Is this car loaded with weapons? How many are there?"

Lin Qiang was very satisfied with the two people's reactions and smiled and raised a finger.

"A thousand guns!"

Political Commissar Zhao Gang lost his composure. He finally understood why Li Yunlong had such an expression: "This is enough to equip an entire regiment!"

"Over 1,200 guns to be exact."

Lin Qiang explained the origin of the weapons: "These weapons were brought back from Dagu Town, Captain, you can't blame me now, right?"

Thousands of guns, which is the number that Li Yunlong could get by leading the independent regiment for a whole year. Regardless of whether he would use them or not, he was very happy just looking at them.

The independent regiment suffered heavy losses due to a surprise attack by the Japanese. Although the team developed rapidly after Li Yunlong took over and a lot of weapons and equipment were seized.

But the most important thing is the replenishment of personnel. No matter how many weapons there are, if no one uses them, they will just be left in the warehouse gathering dust.

If he had obtained such a batch of weapons in the past, Li Yunlong would definitely send a portion of it to the brigade headquarters, and he would also give the brigade commander a few packs of good cigarettes and a few bottles of good wine.

But it is absolutely impossible now. Not only will it not be sent, but we will also find ways to conceal this matter and will never let the brigade commander know about it.

The last time Lin Qiang sent people to deliver supplies, Li Yunlong passed the news to the battalion commanders and company commanders under him, and even exaggerated the content.

When the battalion commanders and company commanders who were developing outside heard that Lin Qiang, a platoon leader, had delivered a large amount of supplies to the regiment headquarters, they could no longer sit still.

Everyone rushed to deliver supplies and report on the team's current development.

Especially the battalion commander Zhang Dabiao and several company and platoon leaders of the first battalion, they were so proactive that they wanted to report everything they had eaten.

The team is still developing. Zhao Gang made a simple statistics based on the reported data. Currently, the total strength of the team directly under the regiment has reached more than 3,000 people!

This does not include the county brigade, district squad, militia guerrillas and other teams. If all of them are added together, the independent regiment currently has more than 4,000 troops, close to 5,000!

With so many troops, Li Yunlong naturally had to accept all the weapons, so that when the troops were assembled in the future, there would be no soldiers holding broadswords and red tasseled spears.

Li Yunlong came to his senses and asked the two men to lower the curtain. He then ordered the guards beside him, "Go, call everyone who can move from the regiment headquarters to come to me!"

"Yes!"

In order to avoid any further complications, Li Yunlong would feel at ease sooner if he could put these guns into storage as soon as possible.

He didn't know why, but ever since he saw this batch of weapons, his right eyelid had been twitching non-stop, and he always felt that something bad was going to happen.

"You have a conscience!"

Li Yunlong rubbed his right eyelid with one hand and said to Lin Qiang, "I didn't take the blame for nothing."

In fact, Lin Qiang was also gambling that Li Yunlong would take the blame for him.

In the original novel, Li Yunlong took away the equipment of a battalion in Dagu Town. Chu Yunfei asked for it many times but to no avail, which is enough to prove that Li Yunlong is deeply loved by his superiors.

If it were someone else, they would have been charged with destroying relations with friendly forces, had their weapons and equipment confiscated, and been transferred away with a transfer order.

Facts proved that his bet was right, and he used this batch of weapons to successfully prevent Li Yunlong from punishing him for his actions.

Even Zhang Dabiao didn't dare let Li Yunlong take the blame for him until he had enough bargaining chips.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang laughed and said, "In our independent regiment, you, Lin Qiang, are the first one who dares to let the regiment commander take the blame for him!"

Li Yunlong was unconvinced by this and said, "Bullshit! I've been the regiment commander for so many years, who dares to let me take the blame for him?"

Before Lin Qiang, the only people who could make Li Yunlong take the blame were the brigade commander and the general manager.

……

All the soldiers in the regiment came to move the weapons from the vehicle. As the number of guns decreased, Li Yunlong's face became darker and darker.

Ignoring the political commissar Zhao Gang, who was currently speaking with him, Li Yunlong dragged Lin Qiang into the carriage, pointed inside, and asked, "Explain to me, son, why are there only rifles and not a single machine gun? And you didn't deliver a single round of ammunition for a whole battalion?"

Li Yunlong knew Qian Bojun's First Battalion in Dagu Town very well. They had mortars, light and heavy machine guns, but now he couldn't see any of them.

That’s not all, there are thousands of guns, but not a single bullet was delivered!

The anger in my heart, which had finally subsided, was ignited and burned again.

Knowing that Li Yunlong would be furious about the ammunition issue, Lin Qiang had already thought of a countermeasure before he arrived: "Captain, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's that I don't have any!"

Then Lin Qiang recounted the entire story of Dagu Town from beginning to end. All the previous parts were told truthfully, except for the part about the final meeting with Chu Yunfei, in which he lied.

"Captain, can Chu Yunfei just watch me take away all the weapons and ammunition in Dagu Town?"

Lin Qiang acted very aggrieved and put all the blame on Chu Yunfei: "I thought that since I helped Chu Yunfei so much, I should get some benefits. But who knew that he would come to me in person to ask for these weapons? If I hadn't been smart and used you as a cover, he would have taken these equipment back long ago."

These words calmed Li Yunlong down a lot. This batch of equipment did belong to the 358th Regiment. It would be reasonable for Chu Yunfei to take it away. It would be useless to report it anywhere.

Seeing that Li Yunlong didn't say anything, Lin Qiang continued, "Captain, please forgive me. I will never dare to use you as a shield again. I won't dare let you take the blame for me again!"

"no!"

This was a rare opportunity to make money, so Li Yunlong wouldn't let it go easily. He said to Lin Qiang, "If there's such a good opportunity again in the future, remember to come find me!"