NCCnovel Chapter 179: Lao Li is right, Chu Yunfei is the most suitable person to take the blame! 3-word chapt
Chapter 179: Lao Li is right, Chu Yunfei is the most suitable person to take the blame! 3-word chapt
Li Yunlong signaled to Lin Zhenhua. After all, it was Lin Zhenhua who initiated this matter. Li Yunlong was just playing a supporting role, cooperating with Lin Zhenhua to give his full performance. The real inside story was only known by Lin Zhenhua himself.
Lin Zhenhua cleared his throat, drew their attention to himself, and then said slowly: "Old Li, Old Zhao, the story Xue Kai and Xue Changkun told earlier does sound very credible, but if you listen to it the other way around, don't you think it also makes sense?"
"Now that the real-life version of the Monkey King has been released, we can't just choose sides right now. Instead, we have to wait and see. After all, what if there's another twist? We have no way of telling who's real and who's fake. What if Xue Changkun has always been pretended by Xue Changming, and Xue Changming has always been pretended by Xue Changkun? This is all possible."
"Of course, it's also possible that the two of them are acting out a big drama and have implicated all of us. I think we should try to get as little involved as possible in this matter. Don't make a hasty decision before we figure out who is the enemy and who is the friend!"
Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong at this time. He finally understood why Xue Changkun was placed near Xiaobaozhuang. There was only one way to enter the base from there, and more than one battalion of troops were needed on that road. Even if Xue Changkun had bad intentions, he could be directly blocked and would not cause great harm to the base.
Li Yunlong certainly understood the meaning of Zhao Gang's look. He said with a serious face, "The struggle situation in northwest Shanxi is very complicated now. The Japanese have been keeping a close eye on our independent regiment. For a while, we have become the focus of all forces. In addition, we sold penicillin before and obtained a lot of food. I am afraid that we have become a thorn in the eyes of many people. They can't wait to divide our independent regiment up!"
"I really have to be careful at this time. The reason why I thought of Chu Yunfei is to make Xue Changkun leave as soon as possible. After all, if we drive them away now, it will be bad for the reputation of our independent group. So we can only let Xue Changkun leave on his own initiative!"
"The head of the 358th Regiment, Chu Yunfei, is not an easy person to deal with. We can't tell who is real and who is fake. This problem can be completely handed over to Chu Yunfei to solve. Let's get rid of this blame first."
Lin Zhenhua then said: "Old Li also forgot to mention one thing, that is, the Fifth Battalion under Xue Changkun is very well equipped. Any battalion of our independent regiment will not be able to get any good results against it. But what Old Li said is quite right. We have to throw the blame to Chu Yunfei, only he can bear it!"
Lin Zhenhua's last sentence was the finishing touch, which made Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang break out in cold sweats. At the beginning, they didn't pay much attention to this battalion, but now they think that the equipment of this battalion is really damn good. If they really use it as a spearhead to attack the independent regiment's base, it will really catch them off guard. If there are large forces cooperating from behind, the independent regiment will be in real danger.
"College student, no matter what you plan to do next, Lao Zhao and I will fully support you!" Li Yunlong stated directly.
Zhao Gang followed suit and said, "College student, you are very alert. Although the probability of your conjecture happening is extremely low, if it really becomes a reality as you guessed, our independent regiment will definitely suffer a big setback this time, and the current good situation will be ruined in an instant. At that time, there is only one way to break through, and all our efforts these days will be wasted!"
Lin Zhenhua rolled his eyes, and a plan emerged in his mind. He whispered to the two of them, "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, we planned to use four battalions to attack the Xiaozhang Village stronghold. Now is a good opportunity to test it. We can invite Xue Changkun to help. After all, Xue Changkun is not clear about our strength. In addition, we lost a battalion before. Under normal circumstances, our independent regiment will have at most four battalions."
"We can tell Xue Changkun that we lost a battalion before and have to leave another battalion behind. There is no way for two battalions to capture the Xiaozhang Village stronghold, not to mention that there is a large group of Japanese troops stationed there. We need their help to take down the Xiaozhang Village stronghold. This is mainly for the safety of both sides."
"Then we will make a new judgment based on Xue Changkun's attitude. What do you think of my method?"
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang felt that this method was just average and there was nothing eye-opening about it. However, when they saw Lin Zhenhua's bright eyes in the dark, they knew that Lin Zhenhua must have a backup plan. The reason why he didn't say it out loud was probably because he was afraid that the two of them wouldn't perform well, so they didn't continue asking.
"Lao Li, tomorrow the two of us will lead the Fourth Battalion and the Artillery Battalion to attack the Japanese Xiaozhang Village stronghold. Lao Zhao will be responsible for staying behind at the regiment headquarters, and Lao Xing will be responsible for the defense of the base. We must first deal with the Shimada Battalion. In another half a month, most of the division's equipment will be delivered. With the Shimada Battalion watching over us, it will be too difficult for us to pull the equipment back!"
When Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong heard Lin Zhenhua talking about the equipment, they immediately lost all their concerns and agreed to Lin Zhenhua's arrangement.
The next morning, Lin Zhenhua left the base with the Fourth Battalion and the Artillery Battalion in a grand manner. After Lin Zhenhua left, Li Yunlong immediately went to find Xue Changkun and told him his request, hoping that Xue Changkun could accompany him to attack the Shimada Battalion.
Xue Changkun didn't know whether this was a test from Li Yunlong. In order to gain Li Yunlong's trust and to regain control of the 726th Regiment, he decided to help Li Yunlong in this matter and also to serve as a token of his loyalty.
"Captain Li, it's not possible to transfer all my five battalions to attack the Xiaozhang Village stronghold, but I can transfer half of my troops to help you attack the Xiaozhang Village stronghold. What do you think of this arrangement?"
Li Yunlong immediately tested Xue Changkun's bottom line and happily agreed. In order to facilitate command, Xue Changkun appointed Xue Kai as the deputy battalion commander of the 5th Battalion, which made command much easier.
Luo Jinbao wanted to stop Xue Changkun from doing this just now, but at Xue Changkun's signal, he retreated. After Li Yunlong and Xue Kai left, he angrily questioned: "Captain, you are so confused, aren't you afraid that Li Yunlong will use this to consume our strength and make us cannon fodder for him? That is our old foundation. I feel sad to lose one of them. You are too cruel to lose half a battalion!"
Xue Changkun poured Luo Jinbao a glass of water and replied in a calm tone: "As for this man, you have to sacrifice in order to gain. If we want to gain Li Yunlong's trust, we have to pay a price. Otherwise, why would Li Yunlong help us? Our relationship with Li Yunlong is actually not much different from that of strangers. We have only done a few business deals in the middle. The business was voluntary. What kind of relationship can there be? Besides, we also made a lot of money from that business. Do you still expect Li Yunlong to be grateful to us?"
"Even my backers may have abandoned me at this time. If we can't find external help, have you thought about what the final result will be? Are you really planning to go up the mountain and become a bandit? We have experienced so many life and death to get to this position. Are you willing to give up easily?"
Luo Jinbao knew that Xue Changkun was right, but he just couldn't swallow this anger. Xue Changkun was actually very aggrieved in his heart, but he had to endure it no matter how aggrieved he was. The situation was stronger than the person, and the most important thing at the moment was to survive first and take back his territory, otherwise those people he had offended in the past would tear him to pieces!
Xue Changkun explained the whole matter to Luo Jinbao for an hour before he realized the seriousness of the matter. Luo Jinbao sulked and said, "Commander, I'll listen to you this time. At worst, we can give up that half of the battalion and give it to Li Yunlong. As long as we can return to the 726th Regiment, it will take at most one year for our 726th Regiment to be fully staffed. The commander is right. We should look at the big picture and not the small details. Only in this way can we live a better life!"
Lin Zhenhua was not at all confident about Xue Changkun, so he specially assigned Duan Peng to secretly monitor him. Xue Changkun was not a fool, and he knew very well that Li Yunlong would not trust him so easily, so he was very careful in what he said and did, so as not to reveal any flaws that would affect the relationship between the two parties.
In order to facilitate command, Li Yunlong specially gave it a reserve battalion number. Xue Kai did not object. After all, he was now the battalion commander of the reserve battalion, which sounded much better than the deputy battalion commander.
"Old Xue, we have to hurry and meet up with the main force. We need to launch an attack on the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold this afternoon!" Li Yunlong urged hurriedly.
Xue Kai smiled and replied: "Captain Li, don't worry too much. I specially asked the commander for some trucks. We can go there by trucks, so that we can march faster. We can catch up with the main force by noon at the latest. I will order the troops to set off now. The two of us will meet at the entrance of the village. I will go there first!"
Li Yunlong waved to Xue Kai and went back to the independent regiment headquarters. He told Zhao Gang to dispatch two companies of troops to recruit new soldiers. The team must be expanded quickly. There should not be a situation where equipment and people are waiting. According to his idea, the number of people in the independent regiment must be expanded to about 10,000 to have the strength to protect the arsenal.
A quarter of an hour after Lin Zhenhua led his troops to set off, the Japanese in the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold had already received the news. This made the battalion commander Shimada Jiro wonder if there was something wrong with his ears. After all, the two battalions of the independent regiment had only 1500 people in total, attacking the Shimada Battalion with a total strength of 1062. If the Yamamoto special forces team was included, the number would be exactly 1100. He even wondered if the commander of the independent regiment had something wrong with his brain and couldn't even do such a simple arithmetic.
"Damn it! This is an insult to our Shimada Battalion. You want to capture our Xiaozhang Village stronghold with only two battalions of troops? It's simply a pipe dream! Yamamoto-kun, Hirata-kun, I have decided to lead two infantry squadrons and an artillery squadron to launch an offensive. You two just wait for the good news of my victory!"