Chapter 19: Commander: Come, I'll buy you a drink
"Where did you get this medicine?"
"On my way back from Shiquan County, I saw a group of Japanese soldiers escorting these things.
I took people to rob it.
I found a whole truck just filled with these things.
It was also stuffed with a lot of cotton and other things.
I guess it must be something very important.
But I don’t know how to read.
I just happened to pass by Uncle Chen.
I just wanted to come and see you."
"Uncle Chen, how is it?
Is it something good? "
"Well, it's not a good thing. It's useless."
I originally wanted to wait for the Grand Brigadier to say the word penicillin.
Qin Yangming, who then put on a surprised face, was really shocked at this moment.
"Good fellow,
Uncle Chen, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes.
You even cheated your nephew out of his things."
"Okay, waste my time.
If you have nothing to do, go and have a rest.
I'll arrange a room for you.
I'll treat you to a drink tomorrow at noon.
I'll ask someone to take these things away later.
You don’t have to worry about it.”
The brigade commander put on an indifferent face and raised his hand to pull Qin Yangming away.
But the brigade commander couldn't suppress the curled corners of his mouth.
"Uncle Chen, that must be a good thing.
This was the expression you made when you cheated me out of my lucky money when I was a kid!"
"Okay, okay, if you think it's a good thing,
Then you take it away.
I will never stop you."
The brigade commander turned sideways and acted as if it was up to you.
If Qin Yangming really didn't know that thing was penicillin,
I'm afraid some people would really think it's not a good thing.
"Huh, you don't tell me.
Then I'll go find Uncle Zuo.
He also knows foreign languages.”
"Okay, okay, but you have to wait until dawn.
Okay, follow me and take a rest first."
"Hey, Brigadier General, who is this?"
"What is that in your arms, young man?"
Just as the brigade commander and Qin Yangming were arguing with each other,
The political commissar entered the reception room wearing his coat.
When the brigade commander saw the political commissar coming, he quickly winked at him.
But the political commissar's attention had been attracted by the box in Qin Yangming's hand.
"penicillin!"
It is obvious that the political commissar also knows some English.
As the political commissar's words came out, the brigade commander closed his eyes helplessly.
Penicillin is not actually a household name.
But ordinary brigade-level officers definitely know something.
Qin Yangming, who was still in Yan'an half a year ago, must have known about this thing.
"Uncle Chen?
Since penicillin is useless,
Then I’ll take it away.”
"Since it's of no use to you, I'll send it to the headquarters. Maybe it will be useful."
Listening to Qin Yangming's address,
The political commissar also understood Qin Yangming's identity.
He leaned against the gate happily and started watching the fun.
"Ahem, little comrade,
I just heard you say that you just came back from Shiquan County.
Yeah? "
Listening to the brigade commander's question, Qin Yangming nodded with some surprise.
"Yeah, so what?"
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Let me ask you, what is your current position?"
The Grand Brigadier was not in a hurry at the moment.
While walking around Qin Yangming, he looked at the remaining boxes of medicine.
"Commander of the New First Regiment's Pioneer Battalion"
The more Qin Yangming spoke, the weaker his tone became. He had already guessed what the brigade commander was going to say next.
"You know you are the battalion commander,
Let me ask you, if a battalion commander secretly abandons his troops and runs to another place,
What kind of behavior is this? "
"The boss asked me about your situation yesterday."
"Boy, how should I report this?
You must know the boss's temper."
"Uncle, uncle, just tell me how much you want, don't play tricks on me."
"Hahaha, that's right.
Do you think I can't guess what you are thinking?"
"You definitely know what this is.
Otherwise you wouldn't have sent it to me overnight."
"Okay, take a quarter of the box of sulfa.
I can only give you twenty penicillins.
I only kept 100 of them in my brigade.
The rest will be sent to headquarters.
We also need to send some over from Yan'an."
"Go and have a rest. I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow.
I will pay for you to eat meat out of my own pocket."
After returning from the brigade headquarters, Qin Yangming also began to reorganize the troops according to plan.
But because he had more than 300,000 points,
Therefore, he no longer needs to use several equipment of different calibers to increase the logistical pressure of the troops.
Considering that the Maxim heavy machine gun is not easy to use in the water-scarce north, the Type 92 heavy machine gun has poor endurance.
So he planned to replace all the heavy machine guns with the Russian's Kulyunov heavy machine guns.
The Russians' heavy machine guns are not only air-cooled, but also have the ability to quickly replace barrels.
There are also two small wheels, which allow the machine gunner to quickly move positions.
When marching long distances, the vehicle can be dragged along as long as it is not in mountainous or forested areas, which greatly reduces the burden on the troops.
Originally he planned to replace all weapons with Soviet weapons, so that the ammunition for light and heavy machine guns and rifles could be standardized.
But the Russian Depp machine gun does not have the function of quick-detaching the barrel.
It takes seven or eight minutes to replace the barrel when it is heated up.
After all, the temperature in the area where the Russians live is not high.
It is even colder in winter, and it is quite difficult to heat up the gun barrel.
The firepower sustainability is not as strong as the Czech type.
Therefore, the main weapons are still the Zhongzheng rifle and the Czech light machine gun.
As for the Type 38 rifles, Type 99 light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns, Qin Yangming did not waste them and directly gave them to the recruit company for use.
In order to train the combat effectiveness of the new recruits and find a reason to bring the weapons they exchanged back to the army.
During the recruit training,
Qin Yangming would take them to cause trouble for bandits, puppet troops, and artillery towers every now and then.
Even Qin Yangming's base was replaced by a bandit's den that they had captured.
Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
When the deputy commander-in-chief heard from Brigade Commander Chen that his nephew had given him a gift, he was also curious about what the other party had given him.
"This brat, when did he learn how to give gifts?"
"Hahaha, Boss, this little guy cares about you."
"I heard that you are involved as well. Our Brigade Commander Chen has even sent a company to escort you."
"I don't know what could have caused such a commotion."
"It can't be Shinozuka Yoshio's head."
"Hahaha"
While everyone was waiting, a team of Eighth Route Army cavalrymen escorted several ordinary wooden boxes to the headquarters and stopped in front of the place.
"Report, my cavalry company has been ordered to escort supplies to arrive, please check."
The boss and the deputy chief of staff saw a dozen boxes and went forward to open them.
After seeing what was in the box, the chief of staff spoke first.
"The little guy really gave us a big gift."
"Well, go back and tell your brigade commander,
Ask him to tell that boy that I like the gift very much."
After counting the number,
The boss immediately gave a distribution plan.
"Sulfamethoxazole was separated into three boxes
(The Grand Brigade Commander has repacked them into ammunition boxes, one thousand per box)
Two hundred doses of penicillin were sent to Yan'an."
"All others were sent to the headquarters hospital."
(End of this chapter)
