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

Chapter 139 Being Beaten with a Bag Put on His Hand

"Commander, that's a bit of a shame."

Qian Bojun, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army, said to the regimental commander Chu Yunfei, "In the territory of the Third Regiment, there are no factories as valuable as the ironworks. The spoils we captured in the territory of the Third Regiment after driving away Kuroshima Morita are not as valuable as the hundreds of horses we captured from Kuroshima Morita."

"If it weren't for Kuroshima Morita's eagerness to disengage from the battle to reinforce Zhangjia Village, we wouldn't have had the chance to capture hundreds of warhorses." Chu Yunfei was quite open-minded. "With hundreds of warhorses captured, our 358th Regiment can also form a cavalry unit. We should be content."

Although the biggest source of profit in the Third Regiment's territory was the ironworks, which the Eighth Route Army had previously taken.

However, the 358th Regiment did not yet have a cavalry unit; a few hundred warhorses would be enough to form a cavalry battalion.

On the battlefield, cavalry can use their rapid mobility to outflank the enemy from behind, and at crucial moments, they can turn the tide of battle.

Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment only had one cavalry company under his command, but he used it well; the cavalry company was really effective.

What's more, we can now field a cavalry battalion.

"We salvaged several hundred warhorses, but I wonder how many other friendly units salvaged," Qian Bojun added.

Not only the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army, but also other friendly units, joined in this mess.

"We've definitely all gained something. This time, the Japanese suffered heavy losses," Chu Yunfei said with a smile. "For the time being, neither the Eighth Route Army nor we need to worry about any retaliation from the Japanese."

The Japanese invaders, in their attempt to retaliate against the encirclement and suppression campaign, needed not more troops, but more logistical supplies.

The Eighth Route Army sabotaged the Japanese Zhengtai Railway, which must have involved tearing up a long section of the railway.

It will take time for the Japanese to restore transportation on the Zhengtai Railway.

Furthermore, this time, various units took the opportunity to plunder the Japanese army's logistical supplies, which made the Japanese army even more short of supplies.

Therefore, the Japanese retaliatory encirclement and suppression operation will definitely be postponed.

“That’s true. The Japanese have run out of supplies, so what can they use to retaliate?” Qian Bojun nodded and continued, “In the past, the thing we were most reluctant to do was to join forces with the Eighth Route Army because their equipment was too poor. But now, we’ve benefited a lot from joining forces with the Eighth Route Army. Regimental Commander, Gao Liujin from the Eighth Route Army said he has a job for you to do. When you get back, hurry up and ask him what kind of job it is.”

Clearly, Qian Bojun had tasted the benefits and was no longer opposed to the Eighth Route Army.

"No rush, no rush," Chu Yunfei said calmly. "Good things come to those who wait, he's six jin tall..."

Before Chu Yunfei could finish speaking, someone ran up to report: "Reporting to the commander, the Eighth Route Army is passing by ahead. They are returning laden with spoils and have captured a great deal."

Chu Yunfei was still a little surprised when he heard this.

Eighth Route Army soldiers passed by ahead and captured a lot of spoils. Could it be Li Yunlong and his men?
This is not right either.

After Li Yunlong and his men successfully attacked the Zhangjiacun railway, shouldn't they have immediately disappeared into the mountains?
Are they going to come out and cause more trouble?
Chu Yunfei walked over with suspicion in his eyes.

……

Li Yunlong and Gao Liujin were still arguing.

"Gao Liujin, let me tell you, I took Yuehua Station by force! You just came in to help carry things!" Li Yunlong roared at Gao Liujin. "This time, just like at the ironworks, when we get to the arsenal, you son of a bitch dared to take my spoils. Don't blame me for being impolite!"

Gao Liujin retorted sharply, "Li Yunlong, I admit that you captured Yuehua Station, but you can't take everything. Anything extra doesn't belong to you. If I take it, it belongs to me! You shamelessly interfered with the ironworks. This time, you dare to take it all for yourself! If you piss me off, I'll take care of your Independent Regiment too."

"Gao Liujin, you bastard, you really need to be taught a lesson..." Li Yunlong was furious. If he hadn't been holding something and it wasn't inconvenient for him to fight, he would have really punched and kicked Gao Liujin.

Ding Wei said to Gao Liujin, "If Li Yunlong and I hadn't helped you at the crucial moment, you would still be confronting the Japanese troop transport vehicles. Gao Liujin, you can't be so heartless. You didn't repay a small favor, but you expect a huge return. Don't you have any shame?"

"What's a face anyway? How much is it worth!" Gao Liujin glared at Ding Wei. "How about this, I'll give you my face, and twelve cannonballs will settle the score. Do you want it?"

"Gao Liujin, you son of a bitch, you dare not return my shells? I'll kill you!" Li Yunlong spat in Gao Liujin's face, not even bothering to find out who dared to keep his things!
You bastard, I was just trying to help you out, and you treat me like this, you donkey liver and gracious wretch!

Gao Liujin retorted, "Didn't Ding Wei say that this face is very important? I'm giving you my very important face, and you're still not happy?"

"Who wants your ugly face? You're so hunched over, women have nightmares every night when they see you!" Li Yunlong cursed.

"Li Yunlong, you're handsome, but look at your head, it's as big as a pot lid. Even a three-year-old would stop crying at night if they saw you..."

A shout came from ahead: "Commander, Commander Chu of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army is coming."

Chu Yunfei's arrival temporarily halted the verbal sparring between Li Yunlong and his two companions.

"Brother Yunlong, where did you go to plunder so many spoils of war?" Chu Yunfei walked up to Li Yunlong, his face full of surprise.

These items appear to be mostly military supplies!
“Where else can we steal from? He and Ding Wei crossed the line into our 120th Division's territory and attacked Yuehua Station. This should have been mine in the first place!” Gao Liujin shouted from the side.

"Gao Liujin, this originally belonged to you, how can you be so shameless?" Li Yunlong cursed again, "There are also a lot of Japanese women over there, why don't you say they belong to you too?"

"Li Yunlong, stop disgusting me! You can have the Japanese women, I don't want them..." Gao Liujin roared again.

Chu Yunfei interrupted, "Gentlemen, I was in a hurry to return to my post. I just wanted to say hello. Now I'm heading back. Goodbye."

Chu Yunfei was still very shocked.

I didn't expect them to attack Yuehua Station. There seems to be a Japanese brigade stationed there, right? These Eighth Route Army soldiers are amazing. They managed to snatch food from a brigade. That's impressive.

However, it seemed they were arguing about the unfair division of spoils. So Chu Yunfei wisely decided not to get involved. It was almost dawn, so he should hurry back.

"Brother Chu, what kind of fortune did you make?" Li Yunlong pressed on with the question.

"What kind of fortune did we make? There's not much to gain in the Third Regiment's territory. We just happened to see that Kuroshima Morita's cavalry regiment was being sent over, so we took a few hundred warhorses from them," Chu Yunfei said casually.

"Good heavens, Brother Chu, you've struck it rich!" Li Yunlong's eyes widened considerably. Chu Yunfei was quite lucky to have managed to acquire several hundred warhorses from Kuroshima Morita.

That little devil, Kuroshima Morita, must be so angry he'd vomit blood.

"Brother Chu, would you be interested in selling me your hundreds of warhorses?" Gao Liujin immediately shouted.

Although Gao Liujin's troops numbered two thousand, twice as many as Li Yunlong's, they had no cavalry.

Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment has cavalry, while we don't, so we're being suppressed by Li Yunlong.

"Commander Gao, I'm sorry, but I have no intention of selling," Chu Yunfei said to Gao Liujin before quickly leaving.

"That Chu Yunfei is incredibly lucky. Why didn't I run into Kuroshima Morita?" Gao Liujin cursed.

Li Yunlong said from the side, "Gao Liujin, you know where Kuroshima Morita's base is. You can try to rob it."

"Li Yunlong, stop trying to provoke me, I'm not stupid!" Gao Liujin immediately glared at him.

Kuroshima Morita's cavalry is stationed in the Ninth Brigade. I don't consider myself any less daring than Li Yunlong, but I also know my own limitations. Trying to take warhorses from a brigade? I'm tired of living!
Moreover, Kuroshima Morita is not someone to be trifled with.

"I don't need to provoke you, you're just an idiot." Li Yunlong mocked, "Going to the outhouse and getting a bag over your head and beaten up, hahaha."

"Li Yunlong, this is what you and Ding Wei did, isn't it? You two bastards, you finally admitted it!" Gao Liujin jumped up again, his sore spot hit.

Ding Wei said seriously, "Gao Liujin, you didn't see anyone, how can you say it was me and Li Yunlong!"

"If it wasn't you, how did you know I was beaten with a sack over my head?"

"Isn't what we see acceptable?"

"Who tricked me?" Gao Liujin gritted his teeth.

"Why should I tell you?"

"Pah! I think it's you two..." Gao Liujin started arguing with Li Yunlong and Ding Wei again.

The group reached the foot of the mountain, where they encountered another Eighth Route Army team.

This team has nearly three thousand people, and they have taken a lot of supplies. They even had several litters of puppies with them.

That's right, even puppies that were only a few weeks old were taken back as trophies by the other party.

"Hmm, why does this look a bit like a group of scholars?" Li Yunlong said with suspicion.

The "scholar" that Li Yunlong was referring to was Commander Liu of the 115th Division.

Commander Liu's original name was not Liu Shusheng, but Liu Weidong.

Before joining the revolution, Liu Weidong was a scholar.

While he couldn't be described as erudite, he was certainly more cultured than roughnecks like Li Yunlong and Gao Liujin.

Since ancient times, there has been a hierarchy of contempt between the uncouth and the intellectual, with each of them finding the other displeasing.

People like Li Yunlong and Gao Liujin are uncultured; they always use the phrase "scholars are useless" to look down on intellectuals, and they themselves disdain learning.

For example, when Zhao Gang first arrived at the Independent Regiment, didn't he also face difficulties from Li Yunlong?

Moreover, Liu Weidong has never personally killed a single Japanese soldier since the Japanese invaded.

This made Li Yunlong, Gao Liujin, and others look down on them even more.

You, Liu Weidong, didn't even personally kill a single Japanese soldier, yet you dare to be a regimental commander?

It's better to be a cook. Oh no, the cooks in our Independent Regiment have all fought on the battlefield against the Japanese.

Don't insult his husband.

There is an old saying: "A scholar who cannot even truss a chicken is useless in a hundred ways!"

So Li Yunlong, Gao Liujin, and others gave Liu Weidong a derogatory nickname: Scholar!

(End of this chapter)