Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 117 The Brigade Commander Robs
386th Brigade Headquarters
"What's wrong with Ding Wei? I told him to go and bring Li Yunlong back to me, but instead of bringing him back, he's made things even worse!"

When the brigade commander learned that there was intense fighting coming from the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army, and that he had not seen Ding Wei bring Li Yunlong back, he concluded that the fighting in the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army was related to Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.

The deputy brigade commander said from the side, "Didn't Ding Wei say earlier that Li Yunlong brought Chu Yunfei along? Now it seems that Chu Yunfei was instigated by Li Yunlong."

“Even if Chu Yunfei was persuaded, that’s three Japanese regiments! Even if Chu Yunfei had five thousand men, it doesn’t seem reasonable for him to choose to fight the Japanese regiments head-on.” The brigade commander shook his head.

The brigade commander was puzzled by the fact that Chu Yunfei did not have the ability to confront three Japanese regiments head-on.

No matter how good Li Yunlong is at bluffing, does Chu Yunfei not know the difference in strength between the two sides?
"We can only find out the specifics when Li Yunlong and Ding Wei return." The deputy brigade commander shook his head and said to the brigade commander, "Brigade commander, judging from the current situation, Ding Wei still can't control Li Yunlong. In the future..."

Before the deputy brigade commander could finish speaking, the brigade commander shook his head and interrupted, "It's a bit early for you to say that now."

The brigade commander knew what the deputy brigade commander meant: Ding Wei still couldn't sway Li Yunlong, that stubborn mule.

The brigade commander, however, did not think so.

Ding Wei had a strong sense of the big picture. He must have seen that there was an opportunity to severely damage the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces, which is why he went with Li Yunlong. Otherwise, he would have risked his life to drag Li Yunlong back.

We're about to attack the Japanese army's main force and seize their military trains.

Now that we have severely damaged the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces, the pressure on our army will be greatly reduced when facing Japanese reinforcements.

Chu Yunfei must have also seen the opportunity to severely damage the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces; otherwise, he would not have easily engaged in a head-on battle with them.

"Brigade Commander, Sun Desheng, the cavalry company commander of the Independent Regiment, is here and urgently wants to see you." At this moment, someone ran up to report to the brigade commander.

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander couldn't help but pause for a moment.

Li Yunlong sent his cavalry company commander to the brigade headquarters. Could it be that Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Chu Yunfei couldn't handle the situation and something went wrong?

After all, it was three Japanese regiments; there's no such thing as an absolute victory on the battlefield.

"Let him in." The brigade commander suppressed his suspicions.

Soon, Sun Desheng rushed in and saluted the brigade commander: "Reporting to the brigade commander, our Independent Regiment's First Battalion has returned with the ironworks equipment. The battalion commander wants you to personally take over the equipment at the ironworks immediately."

Li Yunlong instructed Zhang Dabiao to secretly send someone back to the brigade headquarters to report the news. Sun Desheng was a cavalryman and the fastest runner, so Zhang Dabiao had Sun Desheng ride back to the brigade headquarters to report the news.

Did the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment bring back the ironworks?

The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander were completely dumbfounded when they heard this.

What does this mean?

Didn't Li Yunlong's side join forces with Chu Yunfei to fight against the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces? How did they get involved with the ironworks again?
However, upon hearing that Li Yunlong had set up an ironworks, the brigade commander's expression remained solemn: "Sun Desheng, what is this ironworks? What's going on here?"

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the ironworks was discovered in the territory of the Japanese Third Regiment," Sun Desheng explained.

Was there an ironworks in the territory of the Japanese Third Regiment?
The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander were dumbfounded once again.

Based on intelligence, wasn't Gao Liujin attacking the Third Regiment? How come Li Yunlong took over the ironworks?

It can't be that Li Yunlong skimmed off the profits from the 22nd Regiment's territory and then ran off to the 3rd Regiment's territory to compete with Gao Liujin for food, can it?

In that case, wouldn't Gao Liujin and Li Yunlong start fighting?

"Isn't Gao Liujin leading the Third Regiment? How did your regimental commander, Li Yunlong, acquire the ironworks?" the deputy brigade commander asked.

“Commander Gao didn’t carry any assault shells, so he couldn’t take it down,” Sun Desheng explained. “Our commander did carry assault shells, which blasted open a gap in the Japanese defenses, and that’s how we took the ironworks.”

"Even if Li Yunlong helps to open up the ironworks' defenses, would Gao Liujin be willing to give up the entire ironworks to Li Yunlong?" the brigade commander questioned.

"Of course he didn't want to! He almost got into a fight with our regimental commander," Sun Desheng quickly explained. "Right now, the equipment and supplies at the ironworks are being held by Regimental Commander Gao and our First Battalion Commander. Our First Battalion Commander asked me to inform you, Brigade Commander, that this ironworks was captured by our regiment; it's our spoils. Gao Liujin was just helping to transport the equipment. Brigade Commander, you'd better hurry over there and deal with this matter, otherwise, Regimental Commander Gao will deny everything later..."

"Hahaha." Before Zhang Dabiao could finish speaking, the brigade commander interrupted him with a loud laugh: "What do you mean he's denying it? He didn't take it himself, Li Yunlong did. So this is Li Yunlong's spoils, what does it have to do with Gao Liujin? I'm going over there right now, let's see if Gao Liujin dares not give it to me!"

The brigade commander exchanged a few words with the deputy brigade commander, and then hurriedly left the brigade headquarters with Sun Desheng.

Halfway there, the brigade commander still had doubts about Sun Desheng: "Sun Desheng, your regimental commander took over the ironworks, so why did he join forces with Chu Yunfei to fight against the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops?"

“Brigade Commander, I’m not entirely sure about the specifics either.” Sun Desheng shook his head and said, “I think the regimental commander probably wanted to tie down the Japanese encirclement troops and provide cover for Battalion Commander Gao and Regimental Commander to transport equipment back.”

"Hmph, providing cover, huh? What a cover!" The brigade commander snorted twice and didn't ask any more questions.

First, quickly take control of the ironworks, and then deal with Li Yunlong.

……

"Commander, is Li Yunlong out of his mind? He only allowed a battalion commander to escort the ironworks equipment."

Halfway there, someone next to Gao Liujin said to him, "No matter what, you're the regimental commander, and Zhang Dabiao is the battalion commander. If you insist that this batch of equipment and supplies belongs to our regiment, do you think Zhang Dabiao's skinny arm can twist your..." Before the person could finish speaking, Gao Liujin angrily interrupted him: "How dare you talk like that, you son of a bitch! What do you mean by insisting that this ironworks material belongs to our regiment? This is our regiment's material, okay?!"

"Commander, what I meant was..."

"Shut up, you don't need to say anything more." Gao Liujin interrupted the other party again.

He knew what the other party meant. Even if Li Yunlong went to deal with the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces, at least he could have a deputy regimental commander escort the goods.

Sending Zhang Dabiao, a battalion commander, to guard the prison was a oversight by Li Yunlong.

Even the most meticulous plans can have a flaw.

He transported the goods to the arsenal himself, and after a quick handover, no matter how much trouble Li Yunlong caused, he was helpless.

Got it!

Before Gao could fully bask in his smugness, a scout came running up to report: "Reporting, Commander, the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade is coming quickly."

The brigade commander of the 386th Brigade has arrived?

Upon hearing this, Gao Liujin was instantly dumbfounded: "Did you see the person clearly?"

Gao Liujin immediately tensed up and even began to curse Li Yunlong as a despicable and treacherous bastard.

He thought that Li Yunlong's decision to send Zhang Dabiao, a battalion commander, to escort the goods was a mistake made by Li Yunlong despite his meticulous planning.

Unexpectedly, this kid pulled a stunt like this, calling over his brigade commander.

Now, how are we supposed to play?
That's our old brigade commander, we can't exactly fight with him again, can we?

“Commander, how could I be mistaken? He really is the commander of the 386th Brigade,” the scout said with certainty.

"Damn it, what am I going to do?" Gao Liujin paced anxiously after confirming the situation again.

"Commander, it will take some time to transport the supplies from here to our arsenal. Should we send someone back to fetch more troops immediately?" someone suggested.

"Are you kidding me? This place is so far from our brigade and division headquarters. By the time we call our men over, it'll be too late!" Gao Liujin was now a little regretful. If he had been able to guard against Li Yunlong's move earlier, and if he had called for reinforcements in advance, he wouldn't be in such a passive position now.

This is an ironworks! It can definitely replace all the remaining Hell Cannons. How can we just hand it over to someone else like this?
The man continued, "Commander, how could you be so clever all your life but so foolish this time? Don't you think that if you secretly smuggled sugar to the arsenal to exchange for equipment behind the backs of the brigade and division headquarters, wouldn't the division and brigade headquarters send people to look for you?"

This person meant that, if things went wrong, the logistics department might have spies from the division and brigade headquarters.

We don't need to go as far as the division or brigade headquarters; we can definitely find people in the logistics department.

"How dare you speak like that? How is it that I secretly hauled sugar to the arsenal to exchange for equipment behind the backs of the division and brigade headquarters!" Gao Liujin glared and shouted. "The final result of this batch of sugar was also to be hauled to the arsenal to exchange for equipment. I was just helping the brigade and division headquarters finish this matter sooner. How is that 'hauling it behind their backs'? Besides, you know how urgent the situation was at the time. We couldn't haul the goods back to the division and brigade headquarters, so I had no choice but to haul them to the arsenal. Is that wrong?"

However, what the other party said is not without merit.
First, keep the brigade commander calm, and then wait for your own people to come over. Then there will still be room for maneuver.

So Gao Liujin quickly sent someone away secretly, and then greeted the brigade commander with a smile: "Old brigade commander, what brings you here?"

"Gao Liujin, you son of a bitch, you've got some nerve coming here to cause trouble!" Even though Gao Liujin was no longer his subordinate, the brigade commander still had a stern face.

I have to be ruthless; otherwise, this ironworks won't be so easy to take over.

“Old brigade commander, what are you saying? These Japanese devils aren’t yours to fight, so why can’t I fight them?” Gao Liujin retorted seriously.

"Enough with the nonsense, you and your troops get out of here right now, I don't want to see you!" The brigade commander waved his hand, clearly not wanting to argue or waste time with Gao Liujin.

"Old brigade commander, don't worry, after I transport this stuff to the arsenal, I'll get out of here immediately and won't cause you any trouble..." Gao Liujin didn't finish his sentence.

The brigade commander glared at him: "Gao Liujin, what nonsense are you talking about? This is my stuff!"

“Old brigade commander, you can’t just spout nonsense with your red lips and white teeth,” Gao Liujin argued. “This was clearly captured by my troops from the Third Regiment’s territory. How can it be yours?”

“Gao Liujin, the information I received is not like that.” The brigade commander shook his head and questioned, “It’s true that you led your troops into the Third Regiment’s territory. But the ironworks was captured by Li Yunlong, so this should belong to our 386th Brigade as spoils!”

"That was Li Yunlong shamelessly taking advantage of the situation. If I hadn't stormed into the Third Regiment's territory and beheaded the new regimental commander of the Third Regiment, Taro Mita, then Li Yunlong wouldn't have..."

“That doesn’t change the fact that Li Yunlong captured the ironworks,” the brigade commander interrupted Gao Liujin, and then said, “Of course, I haven’t denied your merit in beheading Mita Taro, nor have I questioned your achievement in infiltrating the Third Regiment. These are all things you deserve, but it is a fact that Li Yunlong did capture the ironworks, isn’t that right?”

The brigade commander was still somewhat surprised.

Gao Liujin is quite capable; he actually managed to behead the new commander of the Third Regiment, Mita Taro.

No wonder he was able to beat the Third Division; this factor played a big part.

On Cangyun Ridge, Li Yunlong was able to defeat the Third Regiment because he destroyed the Third Regiment's command post.

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