Holding the original shares, they fought all the way to the Korean War!

It was already afternoon when Li Yunlong returned to Shinian Village with his men and weapons.

Li Yunlong followed behind the car, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, his eyes squinting.

He looked smug and self-satisfied.

The sentry at the village entrance spotted the group from afar and quickly came to greet them.

The sentry's eyes lit up when he saw the wooden crates on the vehicle.

"Commander! You're back!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand and strode towards the village.

He took two steps, then turned back and shouted at the soldier driving the cart.

"Move the weapons to the warehouse!"

"yes!"

The soldiers responded and drove the vehicle toward the warehouse.

Li Yunlong then turned around and strode towards the regimental headquarters.

In the courtyard of the regimental headquarters, several company commanders were squatting against the wall, smoking and chatting.

Upon seeing Li Yunlong enter, they all stood up, stood at attention, and saluted.

"Commander!"

Li Yunlong nodded, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the group before he spoke.

"Go and summon all the platoon leaders from each company to the regimental headquarters for a meeting."

"yes!"

Several people responded immediately, turned around and ran out of the yard.

Li Yunlong walked into the room, threw his hat on the table, plopped down in a chair, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip of water.

A smile that he couldn't suppress always lingered on the corners of his mouth.

He looked like he'd gotten some incredible bargain.

Within fifteen minutes, people began to arrive in the courtyard.

The company commanders walked at the very front.

The platoon leaders followed behind, and the dozen or so people crowded the inside and outside of the regimental headquarters.

Li Yunlong's gaze swept across the faces of those people.

"Is everyone here?"

"Everyone's here!"

Li Yunlong nodded, cleared his throat, and began to speak.

His voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear and distinct, carrying an undeniable air of confidence.

"I've called you here today because I have something to announce."

The courtyard fell silent.

All eyes were on Li Yunlong.

"This morning, I went to the Second Regiment."

"We made a deal with Commander Zhou, exchanging men for equipment."

"In return, we received 130 M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, 30 submachine guns, and a batch of ammunition."

The courtyard was quiet for a moment.

Then suddenly the pot exploded.

Li Yunlong raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

The discussion gradually subsided.

But the company and platoon leaders still had an undisguised excitement in their eyes.

Li Yunlong didn't rush to speak.

Instead, he turned and pointed towards the warehouse, then continued:

"The goods are already in the warehouse."

"You can go see it later, but that's the property of our New First Regiment, and no one is allowed to touch it."

"Now I have something else to tell you."

His tone became more serious, and his gaze swept around the courtyard.

"Commander Zhou still needs more people."

"He talked to me about a second deal."

"Within a month, I will send him another 500 new recruits, and he will give me 400 rifles and 30,000 rounds of ammunition."

The courtyard was quiet again.

This time, it wasn't shock, but a silence tinged with pressure.

Five hundred new recruits were recruited within a month.

This number is not easy for anyone to grasp.

Li Yunlong's gaze swept across the faces of the company commanders and platoon leaders, and he continued speaking in a calm and unhurried tone.

"I know, five hundred new recruits, one month, time is tight, and the task is heavy."

"But this is an opportunity for our new regiment."

"Just think about it, four hundred rifles and thirty thousand rounds of ammunition, what does that mean?"

"Our new regiment only has about three hundred people left now."

"If everyone can use this kind of weapon, when the new regiment goes out to fight the Japanese, they can stand taller than anyone else."

He paused, then raised his voice a few decibels.

"So, starting today, all of you, platoons and companies, get moving!"

"Go back to the villages you are responsible for and recruit soldiers, recruit as many as you can."

"Don't worry about a large number of people, we can afford to support them."

"Don't worry about the new recruits not having any basic skills. When they get to the Second New Regiment, Regiment Commander Zhou will train them."

"What we need to do is recruit the right people, send them to the new Second Regiment, and exchange them for the equipment we need."

The company commanders looked at each other.

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone in the courtyard again, his voice a few decibels louder than before.

"Alright, stop standing there."

"I'll take you to see those guns."

He turned and walked toward the warehouse, and the company and platoon leaders immediately followed, walking much faster than usual.

The warehouse door is already open.

Li Yunlong walked into the warehouse and reached out to lift the lid of the top box.

Ten brand-new M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles were exposed inside.

He picked one up, weighed it in his hand, and then handed it to a company commander next to him.

"Take a look."

The company commander took the gun and examined it over and over again, his eyes wide with amazement.

He pulled the bolt back and then smelled the gun.

Then he raised his head, his voice trembling slightly.

"Commander, this gun is so advanced!"

Several platoon leaders nearby also came over.

One by one, they took the gun, touching it and examining it, their expressions more and more interesting than the last.

Standing to the side, Li Yunlong looked at their naive and unsophisticated expressions and felt extremely smug.

He walked to another wooden crate, opened the lid, and revealed an MP40 submachine gun inside.

"You haven't seen this before."

"This is called a submachine gun, used for close combat. It has a high rate of fire and powerful firepower."

"Thirty of them, they're all here."

Several platoon leaders immediately surrounded them.

He picked up the submachine gun, examined it over and over, and made clicking noises with his mouth.

Li Yunlong looked at them, and only spoke slowly after his excitement had subsided a little.

His voice wasn't loud, but his tone was very firm.

"As you can see, this is the equipment our new regiment will be using from now on."

The courtyard fell silent.

All eyes were on him.

"These guns we received today are the first batch."

"Next time, we need you to recruit soldiers."

"The more people you recruit, the more equipment we'll get in return."

"The faster you recruit soldiers, the sooner we will receive our equipment."

He paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

"Whether our new regiment can all use this kind of gun in the future depends on how hard you work in the next month."

There was a few seconds of silence in the courtyard.

Then, a company commander spoke first, his voice carrying a fierce edge.

"Commander, don't worry!"

"I'll go back and recruit soldiers right away!"

"right!"

"It's just five hundred new recruits, isn't it?"

"If we visit a few more villages, we're sure we can recruit enough!"

"Commander, just you wait and see!"

Li Yunlong was extremely satisfied with the excited expressions on the faces of the company commanders and platoon leaders.

He waved his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down, and then his tone softened a bit.