Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

Chapter 41 Li Yunlong gives Chu Yunfei bad advice, moral blackmails Chu Yunfei

Zhang Dabiao understood what he meant. He took out a notebook from his pocket and said, "Report to the commander. The statistics have been compiled. In this battle, our regiment suffered a total of 2188 casualties, including 1503 killed and 685 wounded, including 223 seriously injured and 462 slightly injured.

Two 75mm mountain cannons, five 83mm mortars, two Type 5 heavy machine guns, and five Type 5 heavy machine guns were destroyed...."

After hearing the battle damage report that Zhang Dabiao came up with, the expressions of Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and others were extremely exciting.

Fang Ligong couldn't listen any longer and interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Wait, Captain Li, how many soldiers do you have in your independent regiment, and how many weapons and equipment do you have?

With so many casualties alone, wouldn’t the total force be around four or five thousand?
And the weapons and equipment configuration is even better than our 358th Regiment. Can your battle damage report be more reliable?"

"I see you are not asking us for wages, but are trying to blackmail us."

Li Yunlong frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Fang Ligong: "I am Fang Ligong, the chief of staff of the 358th Regiment."

Li Yunlong: "So it's Chief of Staff Fang. I've heard a lot about you. But I don't like what you said. What do you mean by blackmailing you? We did suffer so many casualties, and we did suffer from the enemy's artillery fire, which destroyed so many weapons and equipment."

Fang Ligong was quick-witted and stepped forward to snatch the notebook from Zhang Dabiao's hand. His face darkened instantly: "Captain Li...you, you...there is nothing recorded in this notebook. Aren't you lying with your eyes open?

Even if we were to ask for wages, it wouldn't be as much as you ask, right?"

Li Yunlong glared at Zhang Dabiao for his ineffective work, smiled awkwardly, and said without blushing or beating his heart: "I believe you have already experienced how strong the Japanese devils are. Our regiment did suffer a large number of casualties, and the data will only be more than what the battalion commander reported, not less.

Isn't this just to prepare you mentally, so I'll introduce some approximate data first?

How about I compile the specific data and give it to you later?"

Fang Ligong obviously didn't believe the other party's nonsense, and looked like he was going to listen to you continue bragging.

Chu Yunfei did not expect that Li Yunlong would be such a rogue. This was completely different from the image of the disciplined Eighth Route Army commander he knew.

He said: "Brother Yunlong, to be honest, our 358th Regiment had a large amount of supplies robbed by the bandits from the Black Cloud Village a few days ago. For a long time to come, our 358th Regiment will have to starve.

So, don’t say that your requests are unreasonable. Even if they are reasonable, Yun Fei is powerless. "

Li Yunlong: "Brother Chu, you are joking. Your 358th Regiment is Commander Yan's direct line of troops, his own son. You have guns and cannons if you want them. Just open your mouth and the supplies will be allocated to you immediately.

Unlike our Eighth Route Army, which was raised by a stepmother, although nominally the same as the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and under the leadership of Commander Yan of the Second War Zone, we have never been paid a single day's salary, let alone material supplies.

So, this time in order to save Commander Yan's own son, our Eighth Route Army sacrificed so many soldiers and consumed so many weapons and ammunition. It is reasonable to ask you to reimburse them, right?"

After a pause, Li Yunlong changed the subject and continued, "As for the fact that you lost a batch of supplies and are temporarily unable to reimburse us, this matter cannot be simpler.

Aren’t the Japanese here to settle accounts with you today?
You only need to polish up the damaged materials a bit, and it won't be difficult to make a fortune from the lost materials."

Fang Ligong's heart moved. Although Li Yunlong's idea sounded bad, it seemed to be useful.

Moreover, other friendly forces had done the same thing before, so even if their 358th Regiment really lied about the battle losses, he would not have any psychological burden.

Chu Yunfei's expression was a little unnatural: "Brother Yunlong, you are joking. As a soldier, how can you lie about the results of a battle? Isn't that knowingly breaking the law and knowingly committing a crime?"

Of course, Li Yunlong didn't really want Chu Yunfei to reimburse him for casualty compensation and ammunition loss. He said this just to pave the way for the subsequent negotiations.

Giving the other party bad advice was just to disgust him. Seeing that the time was almost ripe, he said, "Brother Yunfei is open-minded. Old Li admires him! If all the officers of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army were like this, there would be no problem in defeating Shinozuka Yoshio's First Army and retaking Taiyuan!

But no matter what, my Independent Regiment and the New 358st Regiment suffered so many casualties and lost so many weapons and ammunition in order to rescue your th Regiment. Brother Yunfei, you don't deny this fact, right?"

Chu Yunfei nodded. This could not be denied.

Li Yunlong added: "Those soldiers sacrificed their lives to save your 358th Regiment, and their weapons and ammunition were also lost in the process of saving your 358th Regiment.

Considering that your 358th Regiment really cannot come up with the money right now.

So, let's take a step back and let the spoils of war belong to us, and we can consider it as your wages. Is that okay?"

Fang Ligong was unhappy: "Captain Li, this time it is our 358th Regiment, your Independent Regiment and the New 358st Regiment that are fighting together. Besides, our th Regiment has been fighting the Japanese directly. Even if we have to divide the spoils, it should be divided equally among the three of us, right?"

Li Yunlong's face suddenly darkened: "Chief of Staff Fang, I don't like what you said. What do you mean by a three-party joint operation?

Can we, the Eighth Route Army, put aside our past grudges and come to reinforce you?

In fact, we can just wait until your 358th Regiment is eaten up by the Japanese before taking action, just like we did in the last battle of Cangyunling. By then, we can also defeat the Japanese, and there will be less resistance, and we will get more spoils.

But we, the Eighth Route Army, are not your 358th Regiment. We cannot just sit and watch our friendly troops being devoured by the Japanese.

If your regiment had been willing to lend a helping hand during the last battle at Cangyun Ridge, we, the Eighth Route Army, would have given you not only all the spoils of war, but also all the weapons in our hands.

It's nothing, we in the Eighth Route Army have always been grateful and repaying kindness."

Despite Li Yunlong's high-sounding words, Fang Ligong didn't hear a word he said. What did he mean by reinforcing their 358th Regiment? It was obvious that they were coming at the right time to get the spoils.

If the 358th Regiment was completely wiped out and could no longer contain the Japanese, the Japanese would not be attacked from both sides. The Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment and the New st Regiment alone might not be able to defeat the Japanese.

Even if we can defeat them, the price to pay will be incredibly high. It won't be as easy as it is now.

He was about to open his mouth to refute, but Chu Yunfei, who felt guilty, took the lead and said, "Okay, Brother Yunlong, these spoils will belong to your army. Just think of it as our 358th Regiment supporting you in the war of resistance."

Chu Yunfei is a man who cares a lot about his reputation. Compared with the battle of Cangyunling, their 358th Regiment did not act fairly in this battle.

Therefore, even though he knew that Li Yunlong was setting a trap to morally blackmail him, he had to jump into it.

Of course, he also sincerely loved and admired Li Yunlong, a capable commander who could win battles.

Li Yunlong grinned and said, "In that case, let me thank Brother Chu on behalf of our brothers in the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment.

I, Old Li, am not the kind of person who doesn't know how to repay a favor. To express my gratitude, I, the Eighth Route Army, don't want any credit for this victory. Brother Yunfei, when you report to Commander Yan, you don't have to mention me. Just pretend that I have never been here. All the credit belongs to your 358th Regiment."

Li Yunlong is not generous, but he is very clear-headed. Even if Chu Yunfei mentioned the Eighth Route Army and even gave all the merits to the Eighth Route Army, Yan Laoxi would not give them any commendation, not even a verbal commendation.

In that case, you might as well do a favor.

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(End of this chapter)