Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 782

Chu Yunfei looked at Li Yunlong's back, and was a little curious. What gift was Li Yunlong going to give him? !

Soon, Li Yunlong came back with a command knife in his hand.

"Brother Yunfei, this is the command knife of the Japanese regiment commander. I'm giving it to you as a souvenir!" Li Yunlong handed the command knife to Li Yunlong generously.

"Brother Yunlong, this is not possible. These are the spoils of war you won. How can I take them?" Chu Yunfei quickly refused.

After all, this is the command sword of the Japanese regiment commander, which is a very good trophy. He is embarrassed to accept it.

"Brother Yunfei, what you said means you don't consider me, Old Li, as your friend. How can a mere command knife compare to the friendship between you and me?" Li Yunlong said with a serious face.

"In that case, Yunfei will accept it!" Seeing this, Chu Yunfei had no choice but to take it.

"Haha, that's right! We are all family, fighting the Japanese together. It's just a knife, it's nothing!" Li Yunlong laughed twice.

To be honest, he liked Chu Yunfei very much, so he gave the Japanese regiment commander's command knife to Chu Yunfei.

"Brother Yunlong is really generous. Since Brother Yunlong gave me a gift,

I can't be stingy, Brother Yunlong, this pistol is made in Germany, and I always carry it with me for self-defense.
I'll give it to Brother Yunlong as a souvenir. I hope we can cooperate well in the future!" Chu Yunfei was not a stingy person. He took out a pistol from his waist and handed it to Li Yunlong.

"Brother Yunfei, you're too polite." Li Yunlong said this, but still took the pistol. He was not the kind of person who would beat around the bush.

When Chu Yunfei saw Li Yunlong accept his pistol, a smile appeared on his face. Now he could accept the Japanese command knife with peace of mind.

"Brother Yunlong, why don't we find a place to talk?!" Chu Yunfei suggested. He also wanted to have a good chat with Li Yunlong!

"No problem, that's what I was just about to say." Li Yunlong also smiled. He also wanted to chat with Chu Yunfei.

The two of them found an open space and sat down.

Zhao Gang and Chief of Staff Fang were sitting next to the two men.

"Brother Yunlong's New Regalia is truly remarkable. It has developed so rapidly in such a short period of time." As soon as Chu Yunfei sat down, he began to praise Li Yunlong's New Regalia.

Because when he came here, Fang Ligong had already told him that the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment were a level higher in combat effectiveness than their 358th Regiment.

"Alas, there is no other way. I can only rely on myself for everything. If I were Old Li, I would have a wealthy backer, so I wouldn't have to work so hard." Li Yunlong said with a sigh.

Sometimes he was quite envious of Chu Yunfei, who had both guns and cannons. When he first took over the New 1st Regiment, there wasn't even a single heavy machine gun, let alone a cannon. All of them had to be seized by his subordinates before the regiment could develop!
I went to ask the brigade commander for a gun, but when he received it, he didn't get a single gun.

Fortunately, they had Li Jin in their regiment, and they were able to seize a large amount of supplies every time. Even if most of them were handed over, the rest could allow the new regiment to develop.

Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment is different. Whatever they want, they will be given by their superiors. How can Li Yunlong not be envious?

"Brother Yunlong, how about you bring your men to our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?! I promise that when you come here, you will be a brigade commander at least, and you will have guns and cannons when you need them!" Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfei immediately started to win over Li Yunlong.

He felt that Li Yunlong had a temper that suited his, and it would probably be a good thing if they could work together.

"Haha, thank you for your kindness, Brother Chu. I feel that I am very good here. I won't go to Brother Yunfei's place." Li Yunlong laughed twice and decisively declined.

Are you kidding? How could he possibly go to Chu Yunfei's side?

"Besides, what I said about having no guns and no cannons was in the past. The current New 1st Regiment has firepower that is no worse than Brother Yunfei's 358th Regiment." Li Yunlong continued.

He was still being modest when he said this. The firepower of the New 1st Regiment was much stronger than that of the 358th Regiment.

"That's true." Chu Yunfei also nodded in agreement. Although he had not finished looking at the situation of the New 1st Regiment, what he had seen so far was similar to what Li Yunlong said.

"Brother Yunlong has made many great contributions in recent years. Last year, he went to Wuhan and killed a Japanese brigade commander. I admire you so much!" Chu Yunfei talked about how Li Yunlong killed a Japanese brigade commander in Wuhan last year.

"This is not entirely my credit. Mu Jin helped me at that time. If it weren't for Mu Jin, I might not have been able to capture the Japanese brigade commander." Li Yunlong pushed the credit onto Li Jin.

Anyway, Chu Yunfei was also trying to test whether Li Jin had any relationship with them, so he just said some irrelevant things to confuse Chu Yunfei.

"That means that the New 1st Troupe had already cooperated with Mu Jin last year?!" Chu Yunfei asked back, and it seemed that his guess was indeed correct.

Mu Jin had already been in contact with Li Yunlong.

"Yes, Mu Jin's troops are really powerful. Each of their soldiers is several times stronger than the Japanese. Especially in terms of marksmanship, the Japanese can't compare with them at all!" Li Yunlong praised seriously.

"That's true. This is the first time I've seen such a powerful army." Chu Yunfei nodded and said. Before seeing the strength of Mu Jin's army, he didn't quite believe that they could train a force more powerful than the Japanese.

It was not until he saw Mu Jin and the others that he realized how short-sighted he was and how he was only looking at the world from a narrow perspective!
"Come to think of it, Han Mingyuan has fought in Fengling before, right?!" Li Yunlong asked again.

"Yes, that's true. Their division defended Fengling and not only held the position, but also annihilated the Japanese brigade. The commander of the Japanese brigade was even killed." Chu Yunfei nodded.

"If I'm not mistaken, Mu Jin also went over to help, right?!" Li Yunlong asked tentatively, as if he had no idea and was just guessing.

"Brother Yunlong is indeed a wise man. I heard from my seniors that Mu Jin did go to help at that time. Without Mu Jin, they might not have been able to defend Fengling!" After hesitating for a moment, Chu Yunfei chose to say it.

After all, if Li Yunlong wanted to know the truth of the matter, he could just ask Mu Jin directly.

"I knew it, this kid really runs to wherever there's a fight." Li Yunlong's face was full of smiles, as if he had just learned about this and guessed it right.

Zhao Gang standing by couldn't help but admire Li Yunlong in his heart. The acting was so real. If it were someone else, they would have been fooled.

"Mu Jin's current strength is much stronger than it was back then. Brother Yunlong, don't you have any other ideas?!" Chu Yunfei began to test.

"You mean to recruit them in?!" Li Yunlong asked back.

"Yeah!" Chu Yunfei nodded.

"I thought about it. When I first came into contact with them and saw their fighting ability, I wanted to win them over.
But Mu Jin disagreed, saying that he liked freedom and didn't like being controlled, so he rejected us directly. "Li Yunlong sighed at the end, as if he was regretting not recruiting Mu Jin.

"That's a pity. I also want to win them over, but like you, they don't care about high positions or generous salaries.
Although he likes money, he won't join us for money. Besides, if he wants to join us, no one can afford the price he offers! "Chu Yunfei's tone was somewhat helpless. Just for cooperating with Mu Jin once, Mu Jin received 70,000 or 80,000 yuan from them, as well as gold bars.

If you want the other party to join, you will probably have to pay dozens of times the price. This price is too high. It is not worth it just to win over Mu Jin and others.

However, it can now be confirmed that although Mu Jin rejected him, he also did not join the new group. This is good news.

Otherwise, if Mu Jin joined the New 1st Regiment and their 358th Regiment fought with the New 1st Regiment, there would be no need to fight and they could just surrender directly.

This is not a joke. Mu Jin's troops almost crushed the Japanese, so it was even easier to defeat them.

Moreover, the enemy's artillery can accurately calculate their artillery positions and destroy them immediately, so their proud firepower support becomes a decoration.

Once they started fighting, they were almost like paper. It was difficult to even get close to them, let alone win. It was completely impossible.

Therefore, it is best for Mu Jin not to help either side. Otherwise, the pressure will be too great and this army is too terrifying.

"Alas... what a pity." Li Yunlong also sighed, as if he felt sorry for not being able to win over Mu Jin.

When Zhao Gang saw Li Yunlong's look, he really wanted to laugh out loud. Li Yunlong was so damn good at pretending that even he almost believed it.

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On the other side, Li Jinzheng led Han Mingyuan and others to quickly support Liu Changshun.

"Battalion Commander, there's a telegram from Commander Li!" A telegraph operator caught up and handed the telegram to Li Jin.

"What did Captain Li say?!" Han Mingyuan was also curious and asked.

"Captain Li said that they have wiped out the Japanese in the south and asked us about our current situation and whether we have gone to the west for support. If not, they will go to the west." Li Jin did not hide anything and told the contents of the telegram.

"What?! Are they going west?! Hurry up and telegram back and say that we are going there, so they don't have to make a wasted trip!" Han Mingyuan became anxious when he heard this and said quickly.

They are almost there now, and they can't let Li Yunlong interfere or else the credit will be taken away from him.

"Old Xu, go reply to the telegram to Captain Li." Li Jin instructed Xu Qingfeng.

"Yes!" Xu Qingfeng nodded, turned and left.

"I didn't expect that Li Yunlong's side was so fast. He came to support so quickly and annihilated the Japanese in the south!" Han Mingyuan really admired Li Yunlong.

Not long after they eliminated the Japanese, good news came from Li Yunlong.

"Well, the combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment is still very strong." Li Jin nodded.

During this period, the combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment has indeed made great progress, but there is still a big gap compared with the Japanese, but the gap is not particularly large.

If we really fight with the Japanese of the same number, the casualty ratio would probably be two to one.

Don't underestimate this 2:1 casualty ratio. It's still in the early stages and the Japanese's combat effectiveness is still very strong. When the Japanese attacked Songhu, they fought with the National Army at a 1:7 casualty ratio.

Of course, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties when attacking Wuhan. If the Japanese had not launched a sneak attack on Guangzhou and cut off the Guangdong-Hankou Railway, making Wuhan's geographical location unimportant and meaningless to defend it, Wuhan would not have been lost so quickly.

"Brother Namu, what do you think, are these veterans I lead better, or are the soldiers from the New 1st Regiment better?!" Han Mingyuan couldn't help asking.

He has not yet witnessed the combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment with his own eyes, but he can see that the combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment should be strong.

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?!" Li Jin asked back.

"Let's listen to the lie first." Han Mingyuan thought for a while and said, let's see what Mu Jin's lie is about first.

"If it's a lie, it means we are just as good as you! And the truth is, you can't beat the New 1st Regiment soldiers of the same number!" Li Jin said seriously. He would not say these things because Chu Yunfei would also know about it.

"It seems that the New 1st Regiment is really not simple." Han Mingyuan took a breath. He thought that the veterans he brought with him were already very powerful, but he didn't expect that they were still no match for the New 1st Regiment.

He also did not suspect that Mu Jin was lying to him. After all, Mu Jin would not joke about this.

"After all, I have cooperated with the New 1st Regiment several times, and I am very clear about their combat effectiveness." Li Jin smiled and said.

"Then Brother Mu, we must cooperate more in the future." Han Mingyuan said hurriedly upon hearing this. Fighting with Mu Jin can improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under him.

The key is that it can reduce casualties, so why not do it?

"Okay, okay, as long as you pay enough." Li Jin said with a smile.

Cooperation is possible, but you have to pay for it. How can you cooperate without paying?

"Brother Mu, you are really realistic." Han Mingyuan did not know whether to laugh or cry. Mu Jin was really obsessed with money and talked about money all the time.

"Alas... There's no other way. Being the head of the family alone is too stressful. I can only feel at ease if I can get more money!" Li Jin said with a sigh.

People like Han Mingyuan don't understand the high cost of daily necessities.

Han Mingyuan stopped talking immediately. He and Chu Yunfei had already given Mu Jin a lot of money, but Mu Jin seemed like a bottomless pit and always needed more money.

Li Jin and his team continued to move forward quickly. After more than half an hour, they were only less than five or six miles away from Liu Changshun.

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At this time, Fujiyama Kinichiro was looking at the enemy's defense line that could not be broken and he was completely unable to sit still.

"Damn it, how can this group of enemies defend so well? In such a short time, we have already lost thousands of soldiers!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel cursed. He could never have imagined that their entire regiment would be blocked here by thousands of people, making it impossible to move forward!

"The enemy's sharpshooters are too accurate. Our machine guns can't be fired at all, and there is no artillery support. It is really difficult to fight against them!" said another Japanese lieutenant colonel.

Their artillery positions were gone and their machine guns couldn't be fired, so it was naturally difficult to break through the defense line.