Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 165 Friendship from the United States
“Brothers, don’t look at me like that, this is all thanks to the brothers, everyone fought well;
The difficulty of defense and attack is different. In addition to the solid fortress complex of the headquarters building, this result is also inseparable from the unity of the soldiers and their desperate fighting.

You all did a great job, I will report to the division headquarters and commend the brothers for their contributions."

Everyone applauded and cheered again. This was the captain's affirmation of them. They didn't care whether they had made any achievements or not. In the face of national crisis, destroying the devils was the most important thing.
Then Yue Qianli announced that they would rest in place for three days. Each battalion was reorganized into a 1200-man frame battalion, the artillery battalion was reduced to 1 people, and the rest were all placed in the supplementary battalion. The entire regiment, including the lightly and seriously wounded, still had 8 people, of which more than 1200 were seriously wounded.

Most of these seriously injured soldiers recovered after treatment, but hundreds of them would become disabled even if they were cured and could not return to the battlefield.
Therefore, these people were sent to the concession according to previous practice, and then Smith helped transfer them to the Yue Group.

The troops were resting these days, but Yue Qianli was not idle. He secretly went to the concession. Now Zhabei, which borders the concession, is in the control area of ​​​​the 527th Regiment, so it is very convenient for him to go there.

He was about to leave Shanghai, and he had to take out all the supplies that had been stored in Smith's warehouse. Now they had enough men and mules to carry these supplies.

After getting them back, it would only take some time to produce enough rockets. Six rocket launchers were still a bit too few, so he planned to increase it to 12, and organize them into a company, with 4 rockets in each platoon, and the shells would be carried by mules and horses.

In the International Settlement, when Custer saw Yue Qianli again, he couldn't help but give him a tight bear hug, and then said in a very exaggerated tone:
"Yue, I'm so happy to see you again. I was really worried that you would be caught by those damn Japanese.
The Ninth Division is a top-notch division of the Japanese. How did you escape from their encirclement?"

Yue Qianli knew that Custer was really worried about him, but this had nothing to do with the friendship he mentioned, it was more about interests;

The Robert family is now tied to the Yue Group, and Yue Qianli is the soul of the Yue Group. What's more, there is now an additional layer of government involved.

Custer did not expect the military to find him. After a secret talk, he became the military's spokesperson in China, acting as a bridge between the military and Yue Qianli.
Sometimes he really admired Yue Qianli's good luck. He didn't know when he was kissed by God. The White House and the military were willing to help him and even sent a contact person who was so beautiful that he was jealous.

When Yue Qianli saw Monica Morgan, he was also very surprised and almost blinded by her beauty. Custer protested immediately:

"Yue, you are an Oriental. Monica doesn't fit your Oriental aesthetics at all. You should not hit someone you shouldn't hit."

Custer really wronged him, he was just simply admiring her, Monica seemed to have gotten used to the greedy looks men gave her;

As a member of the Morgan family, she has always been surrounded by this kind of gaze since she was a child, and the Oriental man in front of her is no exception.

Originally it was not her turn to be the contact person as it was too dangerous, but she had read reports about Yue Qianli, so she was very excited about this Oriental man, although of course she was just curious.

Just as she was waiting for Yue Qianli's compliments, she heard the words that made her want to beat him up the most:
"Castor, can we find a man? We have to fight all the time and we can't take care of her at all."

Custer naturally had no objection, and was about to agree when he was stopped by Monica. This Oriental man had already offended her.

"Colonel Yue, you are discriminating against ladies. I will give you a chance to apologize."

After Monica finished speaking, she was waiting for Yue Qianli's apology. This was the demeanor that a gentleman should have.

Yue Qianli had not expected that the naive girl in front of him would be so arrogant. This seemed to be a common problem among Westerners, not to mention that they were facing the Chinese people who looked down upon them.

He was not used to these people's bad habits. Even if her last name was Morgan, he just said coldly:
"Ms. Monica, I don't mean to discriminate against women. My country is now invaded by bandits and we have to fight wars every day. Your beautiful dress is not suitable for playing on the battlefield.

I'm doing this for your own good. Let's change someone. Even if he's not a soldier, he should at least be a smart man. Your outfit is suitable for attending Mr. Custer's ball!" Monica finally understood what was going on. In her opinion, this was definitely Yue Qianli's excuse, but she was always strong-willed and would never give anyone a chance to reject him, not even this Oriental man!

"Castor, do you have a place to change clothes here?"

Custer nodded and said yes, they held dances every week, had a dressing room specifically for ladies, and provided some clothes.

"Yue, give me half an hour."

"Sorry, half an hour is enough for a unit to run several kilometers away. 15 minutes!"

"Yue, don't go too far!"

Yue Qianli said coldly:
"10 minutes. It's better to give up than to spend that time negotiating the price."

Monica wanted to protest, but suddenly realized something. She gave Yue Qianli a warning look and left while picking up her skirt. Her skirt was indeed not suitable for going to the battlefield.

"Yue, it seems that you have offended her. She is not someone that ordinary people can afford to offend."

Custer said with a gloating look, he was in a much better mood now and he looked at Yue Qianli with more favor.

The two continued to talk about business. Yue Qianli rarely came here, so he had to make some money from him. Before he could say anything, Yue Qianli handed him a list;
Inside were the supplies he needed to purchase, including 5 radios, which would be hard to come by in the future so he had to stockpile more; 10 long-handled grenades, 3 million Mauser bullets, 5 81mm steel-cased mortar rounds, $100 million worth of anti-inflammatory drugs, etc., with a total value of more than $500 million.

After reading it, Custer said:

"That's no problem. We happen to have a batch of bullets in stock. The number is more than this. The military will pay for it. This is friendship from the United States. Just sign for it."

Yue Qianli knew better than anyone that the friendship of the Americans was the most valuable. If possible, he would rather spend money. He was not short of money now, and it was difficult to repay the debt of favor, so he said in a businesslike manner:
"Castor, what do you need me to give you in exchange?"

Custer looked at his watch and said meaningfully:

"Give Monica another 15 minutes."

Yue Qianli immediately understood that he could not refuse this contact, even if he had to pay for it himself. The Eagle Sauce can be very overbearing sometimes.

China now needs all the assistance it can get, even if it is conditional. Driving out the Japanese is the most important thing.

"Just give her another 15 minutes, not even 1 minute more!"

This was Yue Qianli's last stubbornness. Custer shrugged his shoulders. He finally understood what it meant to be stubborn.

(End of this chapter)