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

Chapter 189 Stop grinning at me
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Blind Cheng were just pretending.

Now that they've stopped pretending and have brought out their ample ammunition, their combat effectiveness has skyrocketed.

They just bombarded the ground with artillery shells and pushed straight through.

The commander of the Japanese reinforcements was immediately stunned.

In addition, the Jin-Sui Army dispatched a large number of troops to launch a fierce attack from behind the Japanese reinforcements.

Li Yunlong broke out effortlessly.

"Brother Chu, what brings you here?" Li Yunlong pretended to be surprised when he saw Chu Yunfei.

"Brother Yunlong, where is Special Envoy Yan?" Chu Yunfei asked directly about Yan Kai's whereabouts.

"Brother Chu, don't worry, he's perfectly fine, not a single hair on his head is missing." Li Yunlong immediately had Yan Kai brought over to Chu Yunfei.

Seeing that Yan Kai was indeed alright, Chu Yunfei breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yan Kai, "Special Envoy Yan, Commander Yan has given the order that you must come back with us immediately."

"This mission isn't finished yet, I'm not going back!" Yan Kai shook his head.

The moment the cannonballs from the hell cannon made contact, Yan Kai was shocked by their power on the battlefield, and he couldn't take a step.

Not to mention, he hadn't even seen a glimpse of the Eighth Route Army's rocket launchers yet, so why would he want to go back?

"Special Envoy Yan, this is an order personally issued by Commander Yan. Please don't put me in a difficult position," Chu Yunfei said tactfully.

"Chu Yunfei, try touching me!" Yan Kai glared.

Chu Yunfei didn't waste any more words with Yan Kai and directly ordered the guard company: "Take Special Envoy Yan back."

"Yes, Commander." Company Commander Huang immediately carried out Chu Yunfei's order.

"Chu Yunfei, are you tired of living? You dare to force me..." Yan Kai struggled, but was still forcibly taken away by Chu Yunfei's guard company.

Chu Yunfei let out a long breath, then said to Li Yunlong in a still unpleasant tone, "Brother Yunlong, you clearly know that Special Envoy Yan's identity is not simple, yet you stay in Heyuan County and deliberately let the Japanese surround you. What exactly are you trying to do?"

Li Yunlong said in a serious tone, "Brother Yunfei, just tell me, is your Special Envoy Yan missing even a single hair?"

“No hairs are missing, but Commander Yan is very angry about what you did.”

"Fine, since Commander Yan is angry, then I'm not giving you the credit right now." Li Yunlong pretended to be angry, pointing at the retreating Japanese reinforcements, and said, "These Japanese soldiers are all mine, you Jin-Sui Army can't steal the credit!"

Li Yunlong's words indeed diverted Chu Yunfei's attention: "Brother Yunlong, these Japanese soldiers aren't yours, so why should they all be yours? Please forgive me for being impolite."

The Japanese reinforcements were already short of ammunition, and were attacked from both sides, suffering heavy losses.

It's fair to say that these Japanese reinforcements are now a bunch of drowning dogs.

If we don't seize the opportunity to strike while they're down, are we going to wait until they've recovered their logistical support and their combat strength has returned to its peak before we attack?

After saying that, Chu Yunfei ignored Li Yunlong and led his troops to deal with the Japanese reinforcements.

Other Jin-Sui Army units also rushed off to kill the Japanese.

Li Yunlong pretended to curse loudly: "You Jin-Sui Army soldiers really don't make any sense at all! This is clearly my food, but you're fighting so fiercely for it."

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Blind Cheng pretended to join in the snatching, acting as if they had lost to the Jin-Sui Army, and then they left.

Seeing that Li Yunlong's side had retreated, someone couldn't help but ask Chu Yunfei, "Commander Chu, have the Eighth Route Army really just withdrawn like that?"

"Isn't it good that they're gone? Now we can focus all our efforts on dealing with these Japanese devils. We can't let such a great achievement slip by." Chu Yunfei shrugged. "Don't you see how many of us there are? If the Eighth Route Army can't win, why would they stay and be spectators?"
Of course, Chu Yunfei knew what kind of person Li Yunlong was.

For him to abandon the Japanese soldiers in front of him, he must have something else on his mind.

Perhaps he will take advantage of our presence to keep the Japanese occupied, and then lead his troops to dismantle the Japanese railway.

fair enough.

The more the Eighth Route Army dismantles the Japanese railways, the longer it delays the Japanese's logistical recovery, which is beneficial to everyone.

……

"Brigade Commander, a large number of Jin-Sui troops have joined the battle, and they are fiercely attacking the Japanese reinforcements," the guard company commander reported to the brigade commander. "Commander Li and his troops have successfully broken through the encirclement and are now heading this way."

"Go, bring him here. I want to see what trouble this bastard has gotten me into this time!" Although the brigade commander was cursing, he was still looking forward to it.

The Japanese reinforcements were a piece of fat meat. The Jin-Sui Army sent out a large number of troops, but Li Yunlong didn't go to compete with the Jin-Sui Army for it. What does that mean?
This means that Li Yunlong is definitely trying to make an even bigger profit.

The brigade commander wanted to see what this lucrative opportunity was all about.

Also, no matter what trouble Li Yunlong caused, the Jin-Sui Army got the Japanese reinforcements and benefited from it, so there shouldn't be any more disputes later.

After all, once you've tasted the benefits, you'll be less inclined to keep eating.

"Yes, Brigadier."

……

"Li Yunlong, what exactly is our main dish?"

Blind Cheng happily approached Li Yunlong and asked.

A large number of Jin-Sui troops came out, and they tied down the Japanese, giving us too much freedom of movement.

This was the first time Blind Cheng had come out with someone, so he didn't know much about the situation outside, but he knew that their chance to make a fortune had come.

Before Li Yunlong could answer, the scout ran up quickly and reported: "Reporting, Commander, the brigade commander is waiting for you up ahead."

The brigade commander has arrived?

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong paused immediately: "What's the brigade commander doing out here?"

Blind Cheng laughed and said, "The brigade commander definitely wants to see your main course."

Ding Wei reminded him: "Old Li, the brigade commander has most likely been alarmed by a large number of Jin-Sui troops."

Ding Wei meant that the brigade commander definitely thought you had caused trouble again, so you should be careful.

"It's alright, it's alright. Let's bring the main course to the brigade commander. There's nothing wrong with it." Li Yunlong said calmly.

Soon, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Blind Cheng stood before the brigade commander and saluted him.

"Brigade Commander!" "Brigade Commander!"

"brigadier!"

The brigade commander seemed not to have heard Li Yunlong and the other two at all, and instead focused his gaze on the troops in their hands.

The brigade commander was astonished. Not to mention the light and heavy machine guns, there must be at least two hundred grenade launchers and mortars, and twelve Type 92 infantry guns as well.

Although the brigade commander realized that Li Yunlong had made a fortune by robbing the Japanese military train, he was still greatly surprised when he actually saw the weapons!

All the artillery in the entire army combined doesn't even have as much as you three.

Of course, the brigade commander quickly regained his composure and glared at Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, what the hell did you do to offend the Jin-Sui Army again? They've mobilized so many troops!"

Of course, because he was in such a good mood, the brigade commander's words were full of excitement, without a trace of anger.

It can't get angry.

"Brigade Commander, how did I offend the Jin-Sui Army? I had no idea." Li Yunlong dared not say that he had used Commander Yan's close relatives as pawns.

"You son of a bitch, don't think that just because you made a fortune attacking the Japanese military train, I won't punish you." The brigade commander kicked Li Yunlong and then turned to Ding Wei: "Ding Wei, you tell me."

"Brigade Commander, it's like this, a Yan Kai has come from the Jin-Sui Army..." Ding Wei then gave a complete report in detail.

The brigade commander turned around and kicked Li Yunlong again, cursing, "You son of a bitch, how dare you be so bold? Do you even know who Yan Kai is? You dare to use him as a gun!"

The brigade commander was still startled.

That bastard Li Yunlong is incredibly audacious. Yan Kai is the deputy director of Commander Yan's arsenal, and also Commander Yan's treasurer. Although he is a deputy, he is a person with real financial power.

Even though Yan Kai is safe now, the headquarters will still be furious with you for doing this.

However, since Yan Kai has personally intervened, we still need to discuss the rocket launcher issue with Li Muzhi.

The fact that this business could be directly handled by Yan Kai must be of great significance to the border region's arsenal.

Although Commander Yan doesn't have many machines left, he still has some.

"Hehe." Li Yunlong smiled ingratiatingly, "Brigade Commander, nothing's wrong, what could possibly happen..."

"Stop grinning at me!" the brigade commander interrupted. "Tell me, what the hell are you trying to do by sending this large number of Jin-Sui troops to tie down the Japanese reinforcements? If you don't explain yourself clearly, you're coming back with me."

The brigade commander didn't believe that Li Yunlong had ordered a large number of Jin-Sui troops to hold back the Japanese reinforcements; he wanted to continue tearing down the railway.

They also didn't believe that Li Yunlong was going to Kuroshima Morita's base to steal horse feed.

While there was a fair amount of profit involved, it didn't justify Li Yunlong's ambitious scheme.

"Hehe." Li Yunlong chuckled again and said truthfully, "Over at the Cui Village arsenal, wasn't it determined that there was a Japanese copper smelter? Our scouts are searching cautiously there, but it'll take forever to find it. That little devil Sato Haruno isn't someone to be trifled with either; he might have even secretly used some underhanded tactics to try and capture our scouts. Now that the Japanese reinforcements are tied down, why should we continue searching stealthily? Let's just take the troops there and search openly. Once we've got it sorted, we can bring the copper smelter back today."

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander was immediately surprised and delighted: "Hey, that's a good idea of ​​yours!"

The arsenal started producing ammunition. Although they had copper billets before, they were running out of resources eventually.

Therefore, the arsenal urgently needed to smelt copper itself.

The brigade commander was eager to find the Japanese copper smelter.

Due to limitations, the search for informants can only be done cautiously, resulting in a limited search area and slow efficiency.

With the Japanese reinforcements tied down, we have no further restrictions.

Just bring the troops over there; with more people comes more strength. They'll find the copper smelter right away!
That Li Yunlong guy, his mind works damn fast.

Cheng the Blind Man, standing nearby, exclaimed in shock, "Li Yunlong, so you've been holding back this much...!"

"Blind Cheng, what are you yelling about!" Li Yunlong interrupted Blind Cheng, saying disdainfully, "It's just a mere copper smelting plant, why are you so happy about it?"

Then, Li Yunlong turned to the brigade commander with a grin and said, "Brigade Commander, you're not angry anymore, are you?"

"Judging from your tone, you didn't kill that little Japanese devil Sato Haruno?" the brigade commander asked suspiciously.

If Li Yunlong had killed Sato Haruno in Heyuan County, he wouldn't have said that Sato Haruno secretly plotted to capture our spies.

"Brigadier, that little devil Sato Haruno isn't in Heyuan County. We came up empty-handed. What damn bad luck!" Li Yunlong cursed first, then promised, "Next time, I'll definitely kill him for you."

"Hmm." The brigade commander nodded and asked, "What about Fujita Ichiji? You didn't do anything to him, did you?"

"No, we didn't touch him," Li Yunlong said immediately. "We're keeping him alive; he's going to give us a big surprise later."

"That's fine then." The brigade commander was relieved to hear that.

In fact, to some extent, the problem wasn't so serious if Li Yunlong hadn't killed Sato Haruno.

As long as that idiot Fujita Ichiji comes up with a clever idea every now and then to sabotage Sato Haruno, even if Sato Haruno is a reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, his strength will be greatly reduced with a burden by his side.

"Go, find the copper smelter and move it back to me." The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong with a smile. "The Japanese reinforcements have been tied down. Even if you cause a major upheaval, I won't have any objections."

"Brigade Commander, you said it yourself!" Li Yunlong immediately took advantage of the situation. "If I really cause trouble later, you'd better cover for me."

The brigade commander yelled, "When have you ever caused trouble and I didn't cover for you? Get out of here and get back to work!"

"Yes, Brigade Commander." Li Yunlong quickly saluted the brigade commander and led Ding Wei and Blind Cheng to the old site of the Cui Village Arsenal.

"Brigade Commander, aren't you afraid that Li Yunlong will cause a major upheaval?" the guard company commander asked, leaning close to the brigade commander.

Although it was important to send Li Yunlong and his men to find the Japanese copper smelter.

However, the company commander of the guard company was also familiar with Li Yunlong and felt that the brigade commander giving Li Yunlong such great power was probably going to cause trouble.

"Now that we've taken over the copper smelter, what trouble can Li Yunlong cause me besides taking the opportunity to steal a section of railway and rob some horse feed from Morita's camp on Kuroshima Island?" the brigade commander said.

"That's true, but I still don't feel at ease."

"It's alright, Ding Wei is here, there's nothing to fear," the brigade commander said calmly.

This is not what it used to be.

As long as Ding Wei is around, wherever Li Yunlong, this wild horse, wants to run, Ding Wei will keep him in check.

(End of this chapter)