Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

It’s a pity that the forging technology of the arsenal is not up to standard, otherwise Li Yunlong would not have to purchase it from Zhongming Daxiang and could make it himself.

After Zhang Dabiao left, Li Yunlong winked at Zhao Gang, who immediately understood and took out the photo: "I just developed it. How do you think it is?"

These photos were taken in Datong.

The scene of the "National Army" soldiers occupying Datong was filmed from various angles.

On the Datong city wall, at the Datong devils’ headquarters.

In the photo, you can clearly see soldiers wearing national army uniforms holding their weapons high and celebrating their victory, with a blue sky, white sun flag fluttering behind them.

Li Yunlong also saw several of his team leaders in the photo, who had changed their clothes and joined the group.

"This is my backup plan. If anyone uses this photo as a national army victory, we comrades can stand up and testify."

Listening to Zhao Gang's introduction, Li Yunlong couldn't help but give Zhao Gang a thumbs up. He was indeed a scholar, and he was much smarter than an honest man like himself.

"Have you found the bottom price yet?"

"Not yet. I'm waiting for you to make a decision."

"I've already made an agreement with Yang Xingru, but we still have to put on a show. We'll call both of them over to bid together. Whoever bids the highest will get the photo."

These two people refer to Yang Xingru and Chief He. The purpose of their coming to Ping'an County is to purchase the credit of Datong.

As the warlord of Shanxi Province, the Jinsui Army naturally wanted to take credit for this achievement. It could carry out a wave of publicity to enhance the Jinsui Army's presence in Shanxi Province. After all, after the battles of Xinkou and Taiyuan, the Jinsui Army's presence had been very low, and people in Shanxi Province almost forgot about the Jinsui Army.

As for the mountain city, it also needs a big victory to boost morale. The adverse effects of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain are still continuing, and many people have surrendered to the Japanese. If the decline cannot be stopped, the road ahead will be even more difficult.

Soon, Yang Xingru and Commander He arrived at Li Yunlong's temporary command center.

The army commander and the division commander were discussing the future changes in the battle situation, the brigade commander was changing the gauze on his fist, and Zhao Gang was whispering about something with Lao Xing. When the two entered the command center, only Li Yunlong was playing with a Japanese general's sword.

After seeing the two men enter, Li Yunlong immediately put down his officer's sword, with a warm smile on his face: "Hello, two commanders, please come in, please come in."

As he spoke, he shouted outside the door, "Tiejun, Tiejun, quickly bring two stools over for the two leaders."

Then he wiped his hands, shook Commander He's hand warmly and said, "Commander He, I'm sorry. I was commanding the battle before and I didn't entertain you well. It's all my fault. You came to visit me and I got you injured!"

At this time, Commander He had a bandage wrapped around his head, and his injury was not serious. After all, the brigade commander was just venting his anger and did not really kill him.

Commander He looked at Li Yunlong in surprise. The Li Yunlong in front of him was completely different from the Li Yunlong he met yesterday. The previous Li Yunlong was sarcastic and mocking to him, and he wanted to hang the words "Welcome to our department" on his face.

Li Yunlong's enthusiasm now made Commander He a little uncomfortable, but he still stretched out his hand and shook hands with Li Yunlong.

Then Li Yunlong turned to look at Yang Xingru: "Captain Yang, I know you like taking photos. After we finish talking, don't worry, I will take you to take photos all over Yu County. You can take whatever photos you want. Don't worry, there will be no charge this time!"

After saying that, he shook hands with Yang Xingru enthusiastically.

Yang Xingru had seen Li Yunlong's changing expressions, so she was no longer surprised by Li Yunlong's enthusiasm. She also understood Li Yunlong's temper. If anything could bring benefits to Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong would definitely greet you with a smile. He would not change his expression even if you scolded him or kicked him.

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong's appearance and glanced at Lao Xing. After the two looked at each other, Li Yunlong's face was now written with two words: profiteer.

Helplessly, he lowered his head and continued to look at the lists, which were lists of soldiers who died in battle and soldiers who made meritorious service. Li Yunlong ordered that each unit must report the names and hometowns of all the sacrificed personnel.

Those who have made significant contributions must also be reported together, and after verification by the headquarters, they will be commended.

"Zhang Yingcai from the Third Detachment, alone with three soldiers, wiped out the Japanese regiment's headquarters?"

Zhao Gang circled a name, and Xing Zhiguo nodded. "Xizi and I have confirmed it, and there are other soldiers around who can corroborate it. The battlefield observer also saw them circling back and rushing into the enemy headquarters. There's no mistake."

Zhao Gang nodded and circled Zhang Yingcai's name in red, which was a major contribution.

"This Xiao Wanshi from the 772nd Regiment captured over 30 Japanese soldiers by himself?"

"It's confirmed, yes, but these Japanese prisoners are..."

After hearing this, Zhao Gang didn't say much. He knew about this matter and there was no need to say it openly.

He simply circled Xiao Wanshi’s name.

The army commanders, division commanders and others had long been accustomed to Li Yunlong's changing expressions.

After looking at each other, he pulled the brigade commander, who had changed the gauze, out of the temporary command post, allowing Li Yunlong to act freely.

After all, every time Li Yunlong shows a foxy smile, someone will be in trouble. The nickname "fox" given to Li Yunlong by the Japanese is not for nothing.

After Li Yunlong returned to his position, he quietly wiped his left hand that had shaken hands with Commander He, took out a pair of glasses frames that the brigade commander had replaced and no longer had lenses, put them on, took out a photo and placed it in front of Commander He and Yang Xingru.

"Commanders, what do you think of these photos? Are you satisfied?"

Chapter 272 What do you think of this title?

Chief He and Yang Xingru picked up the photos and examined them one by one.

These photos were taken at good angles, and the Blue Sky, White Sun flag can be clearly seen. At the same time, the time is thoughtfully added to further confirm the authenticity of these photos. In this era, it is generally recognized that photos cannot be faked.

"Not bad!"

Commander He nodded in satisfaction: "These photos are indeed good. You have done a great job."

"It's not us, it's the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army or the Nationalist Army."

Li Yunlong still had a smile on his face and was indifferent to Chief He's praise. It was impossible for him to take away the photos just by saying a few nice words and giving him a few medals.

"General Li, we offer this price!"

Yang Xingru wrote a number on a piece of paper, pushed it in front of Li Yunlong, and said with a smile.

Li Yunlong glanced at it, shook his head and said, "General Yang, this is Datong, a key city under Commander Yan's jurisdiction. I'm afraid this little bit of sincerity isn't enough."

Yang Xingru looked at Chief He unmoved. However, Chief He did not make an offer at this time. Instead, he looked at Li Yunlong with a smile. It seemed that the two of them had already discussed it and would only offer this little bit. If they wanted it, they could take it or not. If they didn't want it, they wouldn't buy it.

"General Li, you don't know that our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is also in trouble. These things are already all we have. We really don't have any more."

Yang Xingru started to cry poor, but Li Yunlong scoffed at Yang Xingru's crying poor behavior. The Jinsui Army was poor? Although the Jinsui Army lost a lot of territory, they took away a lot of property when they fled.

In addition, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army collected protection fees in the areas they currently controlled. In some areas, the money collected forced the people to flee to the occupied areas.

Another thing is the sale of various mineral resources. There is not much in Shanxi Province, but there are many mines. There are many mines in the area currently controlled by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The mines here are produced every day. As for where the produced minerals go, who knows.

The lower-class soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army might be poor, but Commander Yan and his group of officers were definitely not. They drank and chatted with the Japanese at the table, and made a fortune by reselling supplies. Poor? So poor that they had no place to spend their money, right?

"Since you two have no idea about Datong's military achievements, then forget it. Datong has been reoccupied by the Japanese anyway. Let's talk about the Sixth Division."

Seeing Yang Xingru acting, Li Yunlong also cooperated. After all, he was his big client, so Li Yunlong simply took Datong's photo back.

"General Li, let's talk about Datong first. After all, we came to Ping'an County for Datong. What you did makes it very difficult for us."

Yang Xingru looked at Li Yunlong and said tactfully, "He didn't even talk about it anymore."

"It's difficult, so don't do it. If you don't want us, the Eighth Route Army, just keep it for yourselves. Staff Officer Liu, Staff Officer Liu, prepare a telegram to the whole country, tell them..."

As soon as these words came out, Yang Xingru immediately grabbed Li Yunlong and said, "General Li, that's not what I meant. How about this, I'll add some more!"

After he finished speaking, he wrote out a bunch of numbers. When Li Yunlong saw them, he immediately looked at Yang Xingru with a smile: "General Yang, this is more reasonable!"

Yang Xingru sighed. Although the increase was not much, according to the agreement between him and Li Yunlong, the number needed to be multiplied five times.

Yang Xingru and Chief He did indeed reach an agreement not to bid against each other to avoid vicious competition. When the time comes, the credit will be split in half, and everyone will take half of the photos for their own promotional purposes.

But Yang Xingru knew that it absolutely could not be split in half. Once Shancheng took half of the credit, according to Shancheng's nature, Jin Province would not get any benefit at all.

So he found Li Yunlong privately and was willing to buy Datong's military merits at a price five times his own. This seemed like a loss, but it was actually a profit. In case Li Yunlong did something and asked him to compete with Commander He, the price might not be five times. Compared with the wealth of Shancheng, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was just a local warlord and could not compete.

After Chief He watched Li Yunlong and Yang Xingru reach an agreement, he glanced at Yang Xingru's asking price and couldn't help but feel tempted. This price was very low, lower than the price given to him by his superiors. If he raised the price.

However, without giving Commander He time to react, Li Yunlong directly shook hands with Yang Xingru. The credit for retaking Datong became the credit of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. As for the verbal agreement between Commander He and Yang Xingru, Li Yunlong did not know about it, and Yang Xingru would certainly not admit it, after all, it was not written down in black and white.

"Commander He, you've come all the way to Ping'an County, and I, Li Yunlong, can't let you go back empty-handed. How do you think about this?"

Li Yunlong took out a news headline he had written long ago and asked, "What do you think of this headline?"

When Chief He saw the title, his eyes widened and he was very excited, but he was trying hard to control his inner impulse and remain restrained as much as possible. There was no change in his expression, but the corners of his mouth were still raised.

Commander He inspected the Second War Zone, personally visited Yu County to supervise the battle, and commanded the troops to annihilate the Japanese Sixth Division.

Li Yunlong lit a cigarette and said casually, "Commander He, what do you think if I take a photo of you and me at the foot of Yu County, and you take back a general's sword?"

Chief He was very excited at this time. The Datong matter was assigned to him by Shancheng. If it was done well, it would be the credit of the person in Shancheng and it had nothing to do with him.

But the news headline in front of me has nothing to do with the person in Shancheng. It is entirely my own credit.

A group of people scold me for being a figurehead every day, isn't it because I don't have any military achievements? If I bring out my military achievements, will anyone still dare to gossip about me?

As for the truth, it's not important. Do you really think that the achievements of those outstanding warriors are all their own? It's nothing more than picking some fruits at the end of the battle, adding their names when writing the battle report, taking some photos, etc. It's no different from Li Yunlong's case. After a long time, people will naturally believe it.

What good is being able to fight? Can General Xue fight? But what's his position? How many soldiers does he have? After the battle, he'll be held high up like a mascot, and when he can't hold on any longer, he'll be dragged out to fight one or two more battles.

You deserve to win, but you have to take the blame if you lose.

For those in the Nationalist Army, being able to fight is useless. You need influence and connections. Are you from Huangpu or Baoding? Are you from Fenghua or somewhere else? Do you have the support of the Four Great Families? None? None at all? Sorry, go fill in the gaps. The Japanese are attacking fiercely, so you go hold them back.

It was blocked, the fight was good, it was because of my proper command. If it couldn't be blocked, it was because of an incompetent general who killed the entire army. Kill him, kill him!

"What do you think, Commander He?"

Li Yunlong consulted the brigade commander for this newspaper headline and studied Commander He's psychology. It was tailor-made for Commander He. How could Commander He not be tempted?

"Not bad!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong pretended to be a little embarrassed and said, "But Commander He, taking a photo with me is not cheap. This title was actually thought up by our army commander. And this officer's sword and other things are not cheap either. Commander He, it should be okay for you to support our Eighth Route Army with some supplies, right?"

"It should, it should!"

"Hahaha, Commander He, let's go. We've prepared some Japanese canned beef and potato stew for lunch. Thanks to Commander He, we can have some meat today. General Yang, let's go too!"

Although Li Yunlong hated Commander He from the bottom of his heart, now that someone had become a money-giving boy, Li Yunlong had no choice but to put himself in a difficult position.

After all, he gave too much.

Nowadays, as long as you can give Li Yunlong money, guns, and supplies and make him call you dad, hesitating for even a second is disrespectful to these supplies.

In one wave, they used up all their resources and wiped out an entire Japanese division. It looked great, but their bodies were drained and they felt very weak.

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Chapter 273 Li Yunlong: Sorry I spoke a little loudly

"Report, Captain, the knife has been sold!"