Courtyard House: Home Alone

Lin Yifan nodded and tapped the table lightly with his fingertips: "Well done. Remember, when the main force reaches the walls of Shanhaiguan, you must seize the ammunition depot and radio station as soon as possible."

I will personally go to Lushunkou. At that time, Qi Haishan and the others will cooperate in clearing out and receiving the main force of the Red Army.

The brothers have trained enough in the Northeast. After this operation, you'll take them to Hong Kong Island. Before August this year, you must wipe out the Japanese forces in Hong Kong and establish a firm foothold there.

Those who are younger will be sent to the University of Hong Kong or to the United States to study hard. The days of fighting and killing won't last long; afterwards, it will be time for us to reap the rewards of the global economy and enjoy life.

Upon hearing this, Chen Gongshu immediately straightened his back and nodded in response, "Don't worry, I'll make the arrangements as soon as I get back. I guarantee that the task will be completed on time and there will be no delays."

However, as you know, we're only good at fighting and killing. Asking us to do business... I'm afraid I wouldn't be up to the task! Young master, what about you? Are you staying in the country, or...?"

"My situation is a bit special, so I won't be leaving the country for the time being. As for the future... I will definitely go abroad. Actually, doing business isn't that difficult. Before I leave, I'll make you a five-year plan, and you can just follow it when the time comes."

In addition, there's a profession called professional manager abroad. Those people are all elites in their respective industries. You just need to control a few key departments. I'll go with you to take a look at it in the early stages.

Chen Gongshu was relieved and rubbed his hands together, saying with a smile, "Then I'm at ease. As long as you give us the right directions, we'll definitely do our best and won't let you down."

Then, as if remembering something, he took out a document from his pocket and handed it over. "By the way, this is what you asked me to investigate before. There are eighteen Kuomintang agents lurking inside us, and they have all been verified."

Three of them are in textile factories, five in steel mills, and the rest are in logistics and transportation teams. When do you think it would be a good time to make a move?

Lin Yifan took the document, flipped through a couple of pages, folded it, and placed it on the coffee table next to him. He said calmly, "No need to rush. Let's wait until we take over the Northeast before making any moves. For now, just keep a close eye on them and make sure they don't leak any information. After this battle, we'll clean up our internal affairs and start a new life with a clean slate."

Chen Gongshu nodded and wrote it down. He then talked to Lin Yifan about some details of the defense deployment in Northeast China. The atmosphere at the dinner table became more and more relaxed. By the time they finished eating and saw Chen Gongshu off, it was completely dark.

Lin Yifan stood on the steps for a while in the cold wind before turning around and going back inside. Thinking about meeting Commander Chen tomorrow, he didn't dwell on anything else and got ready to rest early.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Lin Yifan drove to Nanyuan Airport. Upon arriving at the airport entrance, he was led by security personnel to Commander Chen's office.

Upon hearing the news, Commander Chen, who was in the operations room, rushed back to his office, grabbed Lin Yifan's hand, and laughed heartily: "Xiao Fan, you've finally arrived! I figured you should be here by now. We've taken Shicheng for so many days, and we've been waiting for you to come and discuss the next steps for entering the Northeast. Please sit down, please sit down, have some tea."

As she spoke, she poured Lin Yifan a cup of hot tea, pulled up a chair and sat down opposite him, and said directly: "Now the entire North China region is stable, only the Northeast is still in the hands of the Japanese. The central government's order to us is to take over the entire Northeast region in the first half of this year."

Our main force has almost assembled, but we lack heavy artillery for siege and sufficient food and ammunition supplies.

In addition, I know that 'Ghost' has sent a lot of its men to the Northeast. I was wondering if we could have them provide support and cooperation there...

Lin Yifan took a sip of tea, smiled, and put the cup down, saying, "Commander, rest assured, 'Ghost' has already considered these issues of yours."

I've already arranged the supplies. Food, medicine, and bullets are all in the warehouse. Just give me the paperwork and you can collect them.

The heavy artillery you're missing is all in the depot, a total of seventy-two 105mm howitzers. The tractors and shells are also ready. You can split into two groups, each with thirty-six large-caliber howitzers.

Regarding personnel coordination, we have already made arrangements. Our personnel have already assembled in Shanhaiguan and Lushunkou and are ready to cooperate with your operations at any time.

Upon hearing this, Commander Chen immediately stood up, his hands trembling with excitement: "Really? Xiao Fan, you've really solved our big problem! I'll give you the credit right away!"

Lin Yifan waved his hand and said with a smile, "I am also Chinese. Fighting the Japanese is what I should do. By the way, I plan to go to Lushunkou myself."

There are Japanese coastal defense batteries over there. Taking them head-on would result in too many losses. I'll lead a group to sneak in at a suitable opportunity, take out the batteries first, and then the main force can land directly.

As for your main force's transport ships, "Ghost" is ready. Someone will hand them over to you in Tanggu tomorrow. Please arrange for someone to receive them.

By the way, who are you planning to send in the vanguard at Lushunkou?

"Haha, after taking Shicheng and establishing a connection between North China and Shanxi, the entire North China region is now completely connected. The higher-ups have sent several of my old subordinates over here."

"I'm planning to send Li Yunlong over to Lushunkou. They were just given new uniforms these past couple of days and are getting used to their equipment."

Commander Chen lit a cigarette as he spoke. "As for Lushun, since you want to go in and take over the forts yourself, I'll have them set off later and wait at sea. Once you take over the forts and control the port, they can land directly at sea and enter Lushun. It won't delay things."

Lin Yifan nodded. Li Yunlong was brave and daring, and was indeed suitable to be the vanguard. Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "It's good that Li Yunlong is going. That guy has always been good at taking on tough challenges. This arrangement is quite suitable."

"Oh, by the way, I'll head straight to Tianjin after I leave. I should be able to reach Lushun Port by tomorrow night. Tell Li Yunlong and the others to prepare for landing in advance, just make sure they're on time."

Commander Chen stubbed out his cigarette, stood up, and personally escorted Lin Yifan to the door, holding his hand and repeatedly instructing him: "Don't worry, I'll call Li Yunlong right now and tell him to be on standby at any time."

Be extremely careful when you go in alone. Don't push yourself too hard. Signal immediately if anything happens, and our fleet at sea is ready to assist you.

Lin Yifan smiled and waved, then turned and followed the guard out of the airport.

Back in Nanluoguxiang, I saw a black sedan parked by the east gate of the courtyard from afar.

Lin Yifan used his spiritual power to "see" and found that the people waiting in his courtyard were actually Lou Zhenhua and his wife. His concubine, Tan Yali, was holding Wenxiu's hand and talking in the courtyard. It seemed that they had been there for a while.