Chapter 54: News of the League Flag Leaked
In the past, Qin Yangming had seized a lot of good stuff by accident.
Now the goal is clear. With so many troops, either there are a lot of things or the things are valuable.
So I started chatting with Zhangye, and asked him some questions while chatting.
Although Zhangye was good at talking, he was still too young. He was no match for Li Yunlong, the old fox. Li Yunlong tricked him into revealing the truth in just a few words.
Upon learning that Qin Yangming had discovered a cavalry battalion and was taking his troops to capture horses, he simply stayed.
After seeing Qin Yangming coming back and listening to the neighing of horses outside, Li Yunlong felt like he was being pawed by a cat.
In order to make Qin Yangming willingly hand over a batch of war horses, he simply learned the tactics used by the brigade commander to deal with him.
He planned to take unauthorized action against Qin Yangming first.
But unexpectedly, Qin Yangming said that the brigade commander had not left yet, which trapped Li Yunlong in an instant.
Qin Yangming's meaning was very clear. If Li Yunlong dared to accuse him of acting on his own, then don't blame him for reporting to the brigade commander.
It will be hard to say whether the cavalry battalion will be named Li or Cheng by then.
Li Yunlong also figured this out, and his serious expression quickly turned into a smile: "Hahaha, Xiao Qin, you've become more capable.
"Captain, I was just joking. Don't think too much about it. It's better not to let the brigade commander know about this little thing."
Li Yunlong smiled and pulled Qin Yangming to sit down, but he was already cursing in his heart.
"This little Qin has learned a lot. He even uses the brigade commander's skin to put pressure on me."
"Damn, did Li Yunlong learn how to change his face in Sichuan? His expression changed so quickly that I didn't even react."
"Xiao Qin, why do you need so many horses for your battalion? Do you want to form a cavalry battalion?"
"No, I just want to form two cavalry companies of 200 men."
"You need two companies of cavalry for one battalion? What about my regiment?"
"Just for your reputation, Captain, I can even give you a cavalry regiment."
"Hahaha, alright, alright, you keep two hundred horses and I'll take the rest."
"No, Commander, the Brigade Commander hasn't left yet."
"You brat, you're never going to stop, are you? Are you still using the brigade commander to pressure me?"
"Captain, think about it. When you return to the regiment with a bunch of troops and horses, do you think the brigade commander will know about this?"
"When the brigade commander learns about this, will he think that Wanjia Town was attacked by the New 1st Regiment? By then, these horses..."
"Are you sure you've cleaned it up?"
"Captain, don't worry about me doing this. I guarantee that no one will know that it was done by our New 1st Regiment."
"Well, take good care of my horse. If you need anything, ask Old Wu for it."
"do not worry."
……
"Check, check for me!"
At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the general's anger, which had originally subsided due to the Li Yunlong incident, now rose again.
Even more angry than the Li Yunlong incident!
Even the usually good-tempered deputy chief of staff had a gloomy face.
"There are so many people who have seen the regiment flag. Tell the commander of the special forces regiment at headquarters to investigate them one by one. If anyone is found, execute them immediately!"
Just now, the boss received a telegram from the commander of the Second War Zone, Yan Laoxi, congratulating them on the capture of two regiment flags!
Then he ordered them to hand over the regiment flag to the Second War Zone Headquarters for publicity to boost the national anti-Japanese morale.
Their Eighth Route Army units had just begun to recuperate and restore their strength after a large-scale mop-up operation.
The original plan was to wait two weeks until the troops had established a firm foothold before launching the propaganda.
On the one hand, it can boost the morale of the army and civilians across the country.
On the other hand, it tells everyone that the Eighth Route Army is not just roaming around in the rear battlefield without fighting as the propaganda in Chongqing said.
As a result, the news leaked and the regiment flag was known by the person in Chongqing, who directly asked the Second War Zone Command to take the regiment flag away.
That sounds good, but the newspapers will definitely not claim that it was the regiment flag captured by the Eighth Route Army.
They will only publicize that under the leadership of someone and under the command of the Second War Zone, a certain unit in the Second War Zone defeated the Japanese army and seized two regiment flags!
When the time comes, when the common people see the newspaper, they will subconsciously think that it was the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army that seized the two regiment flags.
Instead of thinking about the Eighth Route Army.
But the Japanese knew who captured the two regiments. In order to retaliate for the capture of the regiment flags, they would definitely take crazy revenge on the Eighth Route Army.
It can be said that the Eighth Route Army did not get any benefits at all, and also had to bear the crazy revenge of the Japanese devils!
"Boss, should we quickly transfer Li Yunlong back to the headquarters? I'm afraid the Japanese will launch an assassination operation specifically targeting him."
"Well, transfer him back to the headquarters first. While we are teaching him a lesson, we should also protect him for a while."
"I remember that Ding Wei, the commander of the 28th Regiment of the Third Division of the Yizhong Military Region, was about to go to Yan'an to study, right?"
"Well, they should be on the way now, and probably have entered Shanxi."
"Tell him to stop studying and report to the headquarters first to prepare to take over the new regiment."
"what?
Boss, what about Li Yunlong?
Do you really want him to embroider in the bedding factory?"
"Isn't Li Yunlong very capable?"
"I plan to establish a new second regiment and let Li Yunlong be the commander of the new second regiment."
"Ding Wei is Li Yunlong's old comrade. If he takes over the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong will not have so many emotional problems."
"Well, that's fine. Let Li Yunlong embroider two moon flowers for two months.
Then let him form a new second regiment. Oh, and what about the vanguard battalion?"
"The Vanguard Battalion can be used as a regiment."
"Well, Xiao Qin's contribution this time is great enough, so it's no problem to promote him to the head of the group."
Hearing the deputy chief of staff mention the vanguard battalion, the boss thought for a moment and then continued, “Let Xiao Qin come to the headquarters as well.
Isn't the New 1st Regiment going to send military equipment over? Let Xiao Qin lead the team to escort the equipment over.
I'll see what his abilities are. If he's capable, his vanguard battalion will be expanded into a vanguard regiment, with him as the head."
The deputy chief of staff smiled and nodded: "I have to say this little guy is quite well named. Vanguard, Vanguard of defeating the enemy."
The boss nodded to show that he agreed with the deputy chief of staff's statement, and then talked again about how to deal with the squadron flag.
"Or maybe we can just get some benefits from Old Man Yan."
"Otherwise, let's start the propaganda now and cut off their ideas directly."
"I'm afraid it won't be a good idea. If we start the publicity right away, the people in Chongqing will already know about this.
He will definitely order the secret agents to keep a close eye on this matter, and it will be impossible for us to call in reporters.
By then, maybe Chongqing will shut down all our newspapers to cut off our publicity efforts."
"He would rather not boost morale, and he would definitely not enhance the reputation of our Eighth Route Army."
"The guy in Chongqing is indeed capable of doing such a thing. The Japanese invaders have already invaded his home, but he is still talking about pacifying the country before fighting against foreign enemies."
The boss thought about it and finally decided to exchange some benefits from Yan Laoxi.
"Let's get something from Old Man Yan. Think about it, what should we order?"
The deputy chief of staff spoke without thinking, "Weapons, ammunition, food, medicine, and if possible, it would be best to ask Yan Laoxi to provide some mountain artillery."
"The mountain artillery company of the 129th Brigade of the 386th Division played a very important role in this breakout. Many troops broke out because the artillery fire blew up the Japanese blockade."
"I just don't know if Yan Laoxi is willing to give it to us. The Taiyuan Arsenal is gone, and Yan Laoxi doesn't have many guns left."
"A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if Yan Laoxi has no more artillery, Chongqing still has some. They just bought a batch of artillery from the Russians and another batch from the United States."
"Well, it's just a bonus anyway. It's best to have it, but it's not a loss if you don't have it."
"Well, then, Boss, how much stuff should we have?"
"As for weapons, we need 10,000 rifles, 1 million rifle bullets, 100,000 Gong-made grenades, 100 light machine guns, 20 heavy machine guns, and some other military supplies such as explosives... and 3 million kilograms of food."
Listening to the figures reported by the boss, the deputy chief of staff hurriedly asked: "Boss, with so many things, are you sure Yan Laoxi will give them?"
"Everyone knows he's stingy."
The boss shook his head: “I don’t know if he will give it to us.
In business, you just ask for a high price and pay it back on the spot.
He is from Shanxi, and Shanxi people are good at doing business, so he naturally understands this principle.
Since they want us to make a request anyway, why don't we ask for a high price this time?
The bottom line is that we need at least 5,000 rifles, the rifles must be at least 50% new, and the corresponding bullets must be 500,000."
"Yeah, that's right. If we don't ask for more, Mr. Yan may not give us these things."
(End of this chapter)
