Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Hey, do you think Li Jin can make a gun?!" Zhao Gang said, Li Jin also has an arsenal there now. Although it is still under construction, once a few technicians get there, they might be able to make a gun. Get it out.

"I think it's a bit doubtful. This is making guns, not fighting." Li Yunlong was not optimistic. If he said it was a fight, Li Jin would definitely be able to do it, but this was making guns, it couldn't be that simple.

"That's true." Zhao Gang nodded.

"What are you talking about?! I just heard from the soldiers outside that Li Jin is back?! Where are the others?!" Staff Officer Zhong and Deputy Commander Qian walked in.

"This kid just left not long ago." Li Yunlong said. The two came back from the end of the village, while Li Jin left from the exit direction, and the two parties did not meet.

"Why is he here? Is there a war to be fought?!" Deputy Commander Qian said. He was feeling a little bored and wanted to fight the Japanese.

"You're so beautiful, he just came over to tell me something." Li Yunlong rolled his eyes. If there was a war, he would have gathered his troops and prepared for action.

"What's the matter?!" Staff Officer Zhong asked. Li Jin actually came back from Taiyuan to talk about something. It must be a very important matter.

Li Yunlong took Li Jin back to the brigade headquarters and told them about the machine tool.

"Damn it, does this mean we can make guns?!" Deputy Commander Qian was a little happy.

"Well, the probability of making a gun is very high, but I don't know if Li Jin can get the gun out." Zhao Gang nodded and said.

"This may not work." Deputy Captain Qian was also not optimistic about this.

Only Staff Officer Zhong was silent for a while.

"Old Zhong, do you have any other opinions?!" Li Yunlong saw this and asked. I am afraid that Staff Zhong's opinions are different from theirs.

"I think it's really possible for Li Jin to build it." Staff Officer Zhong said seriously. Thinking of Li Jin's original conversation with the brigade commander, he felt that Li Jin knew a lot.

So, maybe it’s actually possible to build a gun.

"You kid, are you so optimistic about him?!" Li Yunlong asked doubtfully. This was making guns, not fighting. Lao Zhong actually thought that Li Jin could get things out.

"Captain, there are some things I can't tell you. I can only say that this kid Li Jin knows far more than you think." Staff Officer Zhong said.

What Li Jin said to the brigade commander back then, he was given a military order and could not tell what he knew, otherwise the brigade commander would really kill him.

.........

After Li Jin left the conference room and walked toward the entrance of the village, he met Monk Wei who was exercising in a small yard lifting small stone piers.

"Monk, why are you here?!" Li Jin asked, and the monk just left the conference room.

"I'll exercise." Monk Wei smiled and put down the things.

"By the way, do you have any combat missions when you come to the regiment headquarters? The new regiment has not had any missions recently, but it's frustrating me. I want to kill a few more Japanese." Monk Wei said.

Since returning from Taiyuan last time, the new group has been quite peaceful and has not troubled the Japanese, so it seems a bit quiet.

"There is no combat mission. You are overthinking it. By the way, has the regiment leader been practicing calligraphy recently?!" Li Jin asked.

"Well, the regiment leader was recently being watched by the political commissar while he was practicing calligraphy. I was also watching. But just now the regiment leader stopped practicing and asked the political commissar to teach me how to write. I ran away quickly." Monk Wei nodded. Then he said, luckily he ran fast, otherwise he might have been arrested by the political commissar for writing.

"You kid, it's okay to learn more. If you know how to read, it will be easier for you to carry your clothes in the future." Li Jin chuckled and said with some helplessness.

The promotion of the Eighth Route Army still requires the candidates to know a certain number of words, and even the squad leader and deputy squad leader must be literate.

"I'm not interested in this, as long as I can follow the regiment leader." Monk Wei said. He had no intention of becoming an officer. He just wanted to be a guard for the regiment leader.

Besides, if the regiment leader could keep him as a guard, it would be to give him face, and he had to take over.

"Then just follow the leader and protect him. I'll leave first." Li Jin said.

"Why are you leaving right after you came here? Are you in such a hurry?! You can just have a meal before leaving." Monk Wei was puzzled. Li Jin had only been here for a few minutes and he was already in a hurry to leave? !

"No, I'm in a hurry." Li Jin shook his head and left immediately.

"Okay." Monk Wei looked at Li Jin and murmured: "Is there really no mission?? You came all the way back, what are you talking about?!"

If I had known, he should have stayed in the conference room just now. Listen to what Li Jin said to the team leader.

Li Jin came to the entrance of the village and called the soldiers from the special operations battalion who were following him.

"Let's go, let's meet them." Li Jin shouted.

"Here we come." Upon hearing this, the soldier ran over quickly.

Ten minutes later, Li Jin came to the woods to meet Tian Xiaoqi and the others.

"Batalion Commander." Tian Xiaoqi came over to greet him.

"It's time to set off." Li Jin glanced at several technicians and then ordered.

The group set out again.

Around six o'clock in the evening.

Li Jin and the others were taking a break and eating.

Each special operations battalion soldier carries a lot of canned beef.

And also distributed among several technical staff.

"Your food is quite good. Is this the canned beef from the Japanese side?!" Liu Hexuan glanced at the Japanese on the can and said.

"It's not bad. I'm just on the road and I'm a little short on food. When we get to the base, I'll let you have a good meal." Li Jin said with a smile.

This canned beef is relatively poor food, not as good as the food in the base area.

"You make it sound like your special operations camp eats meat every day." Liu Hexuan said. Li Jin's words really sound a bit like those big landowners.

Technicians like them could only eat three meals a day before, without meat, but later I heard that a lot of money and supplies were seized during the war, and their food was much better, and they could eat one meal of meat in two or three days. , much better than before.

"That's true. The amount of training in our special operations camp is too large. If we don't supplement our nutrition, we can easily wear people out. Therefore, the consumption of the special operations camp is very high." Li Jin nodded.

"To be honest, if someone else said this, I'd probably think he was bragging, but I believe what you said." Liu Hexuan also looked at the soldiers who were eating as he spoke.

"Hahaha, you will know when we get there." Li Jin said with a smile. "Can I ask, how do you train your troops on weekdays?! How many Japanese or puppet soldiers have you killed?!" Liu Hexuan was a little curious.

He didn't know about Li Jin's achievements, but it must be very powerful for the special operations battalion to be so valued by the brigade commander.

"The Japanese and puppet troops killed a lot, maybe a few thousand, but I killed a lot of bandits, at least twenty or thirty thousand," Li Jin said.

Over the past year or so, the total number of Japanese killed by the special operations battalion is estimated to be only a few thousand, not including those who acted with the New Regiment.

If you count, it's more.

Especially in Wuhan, the largest number of Japanese were killed. One brigade was wiped out, and there were also a few scattered Japanese who numbered hundreds or even thousands. There should be more than 10,000 Japanese.

However, the ones he killed the most were bandits. In two bandit campaigns, he annihilated 20,000 to 30,000 bandits. It can be said that he helped the villagers eliminate a big disaster.

Liu Hexuan didn't know what to say for a moment. Listen, this is human language. There are only a few thousand of them. Many troops combined, not one special operations battalion can kill more Japanese.

He also killed 20,000 to 30,000 bandits. No wonder he saw that all these soldiers were full of murderous intent. He felt that he was right. He indeed had a lot of lives in his hands.

"Wait a minute, you said that you killed 20,000 to 30,000 bandits, but why didn't you mention that you received prisoners?! Don't tell me, every one of those bandits surrendered, I don't believe it." Liu Hexuan asked.

With so many bandits, many must have surrendered, but he had never heard of any prisoners.

"Prisoner?! Then I have to accept it before I can be called a prisoner." Li Jin said with a smile. It was a joke. A group of bandits who robbed homes, raped and killed people still wanted to be prisoners. They were so beautiful.

"You...you killed them all?!" Liu Hexuan felt a little numb. It was easy to kill the Japanese without taking any prisoners. After all, it was quite difficult to get the Japanese to surrender.

But there were so many bandits, and Li Jin killed them all without even blinking? !

"Is there any problem?? Before attacking those bandits, I sent people to find out their details.

For example, those who entered the village to rob and kill the villagers at will were considered good. What was even more abominable were the bandits who massacred the villages. There were hundreds of people in each village, and no one was left alive. They were all slaughtered.

What is the difference between this kind of behavior and that of the devils! Even if they want to be prisoners of such beasts, they deserve it! "Li Jin's face was cold.

Thinking of the information he found, he felt that the bandits died too easily and they should be executed one by one.

"You're right, these bandits really don't deserve to live." Liu Hexuan nodded after hearing this.

They can do such things as massacre of villages, and those bandits really deserve to die. Sometimes, puppet soldiers and bandits are even more annoying.

Especially those puppet troops. If they hadn't helped manage the county, how could the Japanese have gained a foothold so easily.

In some small towns, there are only two or three Japs, while there are dozens or hundreds of puppet troops, although many of them are composed of hooligans.

It is precisely because of those puppet troops who help manage it that it is so difficult.

The Japanese were originally stronger than them, but there were still people who helped them, which made their resistance even more difficult.

"However, there is also a group of bandits that I did not kill." Li Jin said, he was talking about the group of national soldiers who went up the mountain to become bandits and are now soldiers in the fourth battalion of the New Regiment.

"Oh?! You actually let that group of bandits go?!" Liu Hexuan said in surprise. He thought Li Jin would kill all the bandits he saw, but he didn't expect to let a group go.

"Well, they used to be soldiers from the national army, but because of some things, the leading officer left with a group of soldiers..." Li Jin told the story.

"Fortunately, they were able to maintain their original intention and did not kill ordinary people indiscriminately. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't have let them live." Liu Hexuan said.

"Of course, if you don't kill the people and don't rob the women, then you can still be saved and you can give them a chance. If other bandits do the same, they won't die," Li Jin said.

He would not kill people indiscriminately, but after investigating and finding out that what those bandits had done was enough to kill them, there was no need to say more and he would just give them a ride.

"Those who were captured, where are they now?! Aren't they in the special operations camp?!" Liu Hexuan asked.

"In the Fourth Battalion of the New Regiment!" Li Jin said with a smile. At that time, the New Regiment happened to be forming the Fourth Battalion and was missing a lot of people and officers. Therefore, after Li Yunlong learned of the situation, he directly recruited the people into the Fourth Battalion.

After all, those were former soldiers and had a certain degree of combat effectiveness after training, so it was just right to be organized into the fourth battalion.

Facts have proved that Li Yunlong's decision was very wise. At least that unit was very brave when fighting the Japanese.

"New group?! I thought you accepted it." Liu Hexuan laughed.

"I was just a company commander at the time, and I already had 300 men on hand. If I were recruiting hundreds of people, it wouldn't be justified." Li Jin said that he didn't want to bring too many soldiers at that time.

"So that's it." Liu Hexuan nodded. At that time, Li Jin was already in charge of 300 people.

"How many people are there in the special operations camp now?!" Liu Hexuan asked.

"More than two thousand people." Li Jin replied.

"What?! Two thousand people?!" Liu Hexuan was stunned after hearing this. This is not a battalion, this is a regiment.

"The 772nd Regiment doesn't have as many people as you!" Liu Hexuan took a deep breath. No wonder he felt a little strange before setting off. What kind of arsenal did the battalion have, but he didn't ask at the time.

"The 772nd Regiment may not have had as many troops as me before, but not necessarily now. The brigade commander should allow the 771st and 772nd Regiments to expand," Li Jin said.

The current development situation of the 386th Brigade is good, and the brigade commander is unlikely to let this opportunity pass.

Although the expansion is not recognized by the national army and no more supplies will be given, the brigade commander doesn't really care about those supplies now.

"I don't know about that." Liu Hexuan shook his head. He had been working in the arsenal, and his understanding of other matters in the brigade was still at the previous level.

Anyway, the 772nd Regiment at that time only had 1,500 people, not as many as the special operations battalion.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Have you prepared all the things in the arsenal?!" Liu Hexuan listed all the things needed to build the arsenal.

"Don't worry, I'm ready. Even if I don't have a machine tool, I can still make bullets and grenades.

Now that we have machine tools, it is more important to think about how to make the gun. "Li Jin said.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. He plans to get more ammunition when the time comes. As for the gun, he will wait for a few technicians to understand the machine tool and then start trial manufacturing.

"As for the gun, you still shouldn't be too hasty." Liu Hexuan said. He could understand Li Jin's mood. He wanted to make the gun as soon as he got the machine tool, but making a new gun was not that easy.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded.

"Also, when the arsenal is built, I need to have enough autonomy.

You don’t have to worry about what I do, I will get out the ammunition that needs to be made and deliver it to you, and I will report the specific situation to you every once in a while. What do you think? ! Liu Hexuan said.

(End of this chapter)