Chapter 72: Li Yunlong
After everyone talked for a while, they felt that this was not something they should worry about, so they decisively sent the things to the brigade commander.
Let the brigade commander have a headache.
As for the person responsible for delivering the things, it was naturally Li Yunlong.
The Independent Regiment brought back so many copper blocks from the mine, but they were useless, so they had to send them to the arsenal to make bullets.
Qin Yangming cut off a portion of the chromium blocks and used them for chrome plating gun barrels after he set up his own arsenal.
……
At the brigade headquarters, the brigade commander was currently testing the new guns that had just been delivered from the arsenal at a training ground.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I have to say, Qin Yangming is a smart guy."
The brigade commander looked at the rifle in his hand, which was smaller than a normal rifle and about one meter long, and praised it.
"I don't know how he came up with the idea of shortening the bullet casing by half and making the bullet slightly smaller."
"What do you call this..."
The political commissar at the side quickly added: "Intermediate-power rifle bullet."
"Yes, yes, yes. Although the rifle cannot shoot as far due to lack of gunpowder, we don't need the rifle to shoot for a thousand meters."
"Nowadays, it is quite suitable for a rifle to hit a target over 200 meters away. If you are a good shooter, you can also hit a target over 300 meters away.
Within 300 meters, the power of this bullet is sufficient."
The brigade commander took out two bullets that were shorter than normal and said, "With less gunpowder, the recoil will be lower, and our soldiers will be more accurate."
"It's a pity that Xiao Qin's method of being able to shoot by pulling the trigger without pulling the bolt can't be realized.
Otherwise, the firepower in our soldiers' hands could be even stronger."
"Even if it is possible, it is difficult. This bullet is a redesigned *39mm bullet. Our bullet production capacity is limited. We can only produce one or two thousand bullets a day, which means only ten to twenty guns. We can only replace a small number of them first."
"It's still because of limited materials. The Arsenal also said that it's because of material limitations.
So we can’t make a semi-automatic rifle, we can only produce this bolt-action rifle.”
"Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong is here with a lot of supplies."
"Li Yunlong?"
"Is this kid starting a side job so soon?"
"Humph, Political Commissar, Li Yunlong is doing a side job faster than you think. He sent Qin Yangming to do a side job the same day he left."
"When I left the independent regiment that day, Qin Yangming should have just returned. Although he changed his clothes and washed his face, he still smelled of blood."
"Let's go and see what goodies Li Yunlong has brought to the brigade headquarters.
I bet he got into some trouble again and sent me something to clean up his mess."
"Yes, he is very courageous. The headquarters has just moved away, but he went out to cause trouble."
The political commissar and the brigade commander had surprisingly similar ideas in this regard.
If Li Yunlong hadn't caused any serious trouble, how could he have sent things to the brigade headquarters?
……
As soon as the brigade commander walked to the outskirts of the brigade headquarters, a soldier handed him a report.
"Oh, Li Yunlong is really good. He defeated Chiyang Town. Political Commissar, let me use the old method. I'll cheat first."
"The intelligence didn't say how much was seized, but given Li Yunlong's personality, he would definitely hand over a batch of useless but valuable items, and then secretly keep the real good stuff."
"Well, for this kind of thing, we still have to make Li Yunlong hand over the things willingly. The method used last time doesn't work anymore. Let's try it this time. Political Commissar, you should prepare first and be ready to play the good guy."
"No problem, I'll go prepare some food and drinks first."
"Well, prepare some sweet potato cakes and a few corn tortillas."
After the brigade commander finished speaking, he handed the report to the political commissar. After discussing how to deceive Li Yunlong, he quickly walked towards the brigade headquarters.
When the brigade commander walked into the yard of the brigade headquarters, he was stunned when he saw the copper blocks placed outside.
……
"Just now I was chatting with the political commissar about the lack of materials, and you, Li Yunlong, sent over so many copper ingots.
And there is so much gold.
Tell me, what did you do, where did these things come from, and what trouble did you get into?"
The brigade commander sat calmly in the chair, drinking hot tea, looking at Li Yunlong who was standing in front of him with a smile and spoke.
"Li Yunlong, you never come to the temple for no reason. Don't play tricks on me."
"Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander, I am here to hand over the spoils of war in accordance with the regulations of our Eighth Route Army."
The brigade commander glanced at the copper block at the door and the gold on the table, and then looked at Li Yunlong who was grinning in front of him.
"Li Yunlong, it looks like I have to congratulate you."
"No, Brigadier General, what are you congratulating me for?"
"Congratulations on getting rich."
"Commander, can we not talk about this? I'm scared."
"Tell me the truth, how much benefit did you get? Why did you, the head of the group, come to give gifts in person?"
Li Yunlong chuckled.
If the copper ingot was not useless to him, he would not have sent it to the brigade headquarters.
"We didn't get anything. We just attacked a prisoner-of-war camp of the Japanese and rescued the comrades inside. Then we seized a batch of ore that the Japanese were digging there."
The brigade commander listened to Li Yunlong's words and immediately stopped drinking.
"Chiyang Town Prisoner of War Camp?"
"Brigade Commander, do you know?"
"How could I not know? We have more than 500 comrades imprisoned over there. I'm still thinking about how to rescue them."
"How many casualties?"
"Not many. Seven were killed in the battle, eight were seriously injured, and the unlucky guys over there got their feet smashed while moving copper blocks. They are still waiting for the medical staff to bandage them."
Li Yunlong pointed at the soldier sitting on the ground outside the brigade headquarters, hugging his foot and said, "We told them to exercise more but they didn't listen. Now they hurt their feet while moving something. They deserve it."
"Li Yunlong, how come your troops have such low casualties? There are quite a few Japanese soldiers in Chiyang Town."
"No, Commander, listen to me, this is it."
Li Yunlong then told the brigade commander what Qin Yangming had told him, and then took out the radio.
"Brigade Commander, our independent regiment cannot make a decision on this matter, so I'll leave it to you."
"Well, put it down. I know what's going on. Your independent regiment has done a great job this time. I'll recommend you for the honor when the time comes."
"Thank you, Brigadier General. Thank you, Brigadier General."
"By the way, are these the only ores and gold the Japanese have in their mines in Chiyang Town?
Is there nothing else?"
Li Yunlong, who was excited, heard the brigade commander's question and answered before the brigade commander finished speaking.
"Report to the brigade commander, brigade commander, it is like this, there are many of our comrades among those prisoners of war. I asked, and most of them are willing to stay in our independent regiment."
"How much money was seized?"
"pay……"
"No, Brigadier General, I have handed over all the gold I seized!"
"Okay, captured equipment or dollars, take your pick.
Either hand over the money and I will redistribute it.
Or just hand over the captured equipment."
"Commander, you can't do this!"
"Li Yunlong, those captured comrades need to recover a little, but they are elite troops..."
"Brigade Commander, I will hand over all the money."
"How many oceans?"
"one thousand……"
"Ok?"
"We seized two thousand dollars in total. Commander, leave the rest to the Independent Regiment. They are also short of money."
"Hiss, Li Yunlong, you are really good. Just by talking, you can earn a thousand dollars. That's quite expensive."
“Where are the seized gold bars?
I heard that you also wiped out all the puppet soldiers and traitors in Chiyang Town. The ground is cleaned up three feet!"
Li Yunlong was also stunned when he heard the brigade commander's question.
He didn't know anything about gold bars.
"Xiao Qin also shaved off the traitor? Why didn't he tell me?"
"No, Xiao Qin will not hide these things."
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong hurriedly explained to the brigade commander, fearing that the brigade commander would suspect that he had hidden gold.
“Brigade Commander, no, we didn’t attack the traitors in Chiyang Town.
It was Xiao Hun, no, it was Xiao Qin who led the team. If you don't trust me, can you trust him too?"
The brigade commander and the political commissar looked at each other after hearing what Li Yunlong said, and then handed Li Yunlong a piece of intelligence that had just been delivered.
"The intelligence said that you fought until three o'clock this morning before leaving, and you killed all the traitors in Chiyang Town.
Even some traitors who were not on our records were all killed, and there were many hidden traitors."
"It can be said that they killed them one by one according to the list registered by the Japanese, and did not let any one go.
I was just about to ask who among you did this, this is a complete annihilation of the entire family!"
"No, Brigade Commander, I assure you that this could not have been done by our independent regiment. Our independent regiment would never do something like exterminating an entire family."
"At most, the soldiers below got so angry that they killed some Japanese prisoners. You know, this is unavoidable.
Some soldiers’ entire families were killed by the Japanese devils… As for the puppet troops, we usually only kill the ringleaders and don’t punish the entire family.”
"That's not right, Brigade Commander. Xiao Qin had already led the team back at three o'clock in the morning. He can't still be in Chiyang Town."
The brigade commander and the political commissar also found it strange. It was impossible for Li Yunlong to deliberately conceal such a thing, and the team leader was Qin Yangming.
Although Qin Yangming was considered incompetent in leading troops, he had a profound political insight.
Especially since Li Yunlong swore that Qin Yangming had returned to the independent regiment at three o'clock in the morning, this could not be faked.
"But why did the intelligence say those people were members of the Eighth Route Army?"
"Brigade Commander, could it be that the Japanese are wearing the uniforms of our Eighth Route Army?"
"Xiao Qin said that he left about a hundred of their military uniforms for the Japanese to use as a traitor."
"Those little devils wore our military uniforms and killed those traitors.
In addition, ordinary people were not harmed. This is indeed the style of our Eighth Route Army.
It’s just that the Japanese were more ruthless towards the traitors.”
"This will indeed lead to misjudgment by intelligence personnel."
"Yes, our troops had all returned at about 3 o'clock last night. There was no way we would go looking for trouble with any traitors."
"Okay, I got it. I'll call someone to send the money over later. I'll treat you to a drink at noon."
"No, Brigadier General, your wine is too expensive. Last time you drank it, I spent several cannons. This time it's two thousand dollars. I can't afford it. I can't afford it."
After hearing what the brigade commander said, Li Yunlong ran away.
“Hey, where are your trucks?
Bastard, remember to send the truck over to me!
How can I deliver so many copper ingots to the arsenal without a truck?!"
"Brigade Commander, all the trucks are broken down!"
"You figure it out yourself."
"Hey!"
"Hahaha, Brigade Commander, there is always something better."
(End of this chapter)
