PFC Chapter 198: Bandit Battle
Chapter 198: Bandit Battle
Black Cloud Village.
Looking at the soldiers of the Imperial Army being sent out with courtesy, the second in command Sanmaozi looked at the first in command Xie Baoqing in confusion.
"Brother, what a great opportunity!"
"If we join the Imperial Army, you will be the brigade commander, and you will be in charge of all the bandits within a hundred miles. How powerful that would be!"
"Impressive? Huh..."
Xie Baoqing snorted coldly: "Do you think it's so easy to be the brigade commander of the Imperial Army?"
"what!"
Shanmaozi scratched his head and said, "Isn't it easy to be the brigade commander given to me for free?"
"good?"
Xie Baoqing looked at the brainless Shanmaozi and said, "Why don't you take a look at what they said?"
"The Black Cloud Village is very powerful and can come and go like the wind. Do you think this is about us?"
"That's the guy who pretended to be us!"
"If they knew that we joined the Imperial Army based on their military achievements and became brigade commanders."
"Do you think they will come and take us away overnight?"
"But, didn't that group of heroes pretend to be us just to hide their identities?"
Shanmaozi asked in confusion: "Now they are attacking the Japanese to gain benefits, and we are taking the blame to gain fame."
"If they take us down, won't they be exposed?"
"Hey...are you really stupid, or are you just pretending to be stupid?"
Xie Baoqing rubbed his brows and said, "That group of guys has pretended to be us three or four times."
"But every time we fight, it's the Japanese or bandits and bullies. What does this mean?"
Shanmaozi was confused: "What does that mean?"
"It means that they are heroes who uphold justice just like us!"
Xie Baoqing spread his hands and said, "If these heroes knew that we joined the Imperial Army under their name, they would skin us alive!"
"What are you afraid of!"
Shanmaozi said unwillingly: "We have joined the Imperial Army and have the support of the Imperial Army. Why should we be afraid of a few bandits?"
"Imperial Army, hehe."
Xie Baoqing sneered a few times and waved his hand: "Forget it, you go down first. Shanxi is getting more and more chaotic now. I need to think carefully about the way out for my brothers."
"yes, Sir."
Seeing that Xie Baoqing had made up his mind, Shanmaozi left the Juyi Hall with a gloomy face.
Changzhi, Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
"Report, the 358th Brigade reported that the bandits near the base have been a bit restless recently, and they are very close to the Japanese army."
After hearing the information, the commander-in-chief waved his hand and asked the signalman to go down.
"Commander-in-chief, it seems that the Japanese army is a little too active!"
The Chief of Staff looked at the commander-in-chief and said.
"What do you think?"
The commander-in-chief did not reply, but looked at the director of the political department beside him.
"According to the intelligence reports from our comrades who have infiltrated the bandits in various places, the Japanese army is trying to subdue all the bandits in Shanxi."
The director of the political department said solemnly: "There are about 20,000 bandits in Shanxi at present. If they are all recruited by the Japanese army, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"Haha, you overestimate them!"
The commander-in-chief smiled nonchalantly: "There are hundreds of people of all kinds, not to mention more than 20,000 bandits!"
"But it's not good to just let the Japanese army proceed like this."
The commander-in-chief thought for a moment and ordered: "Let's do this. Send the order to each military zone and try to influence the bandits in various defense zones."
"This is not easy!"
The director of the political department worriedly said, "Those who become bandits are already unruly and unruly. It is difficult to reform them!"
"Isn't this simple?"
The commander-in-chief smiled and said, "If they can't be persuaded, we will evaluate whether they will join the Japanese army."
"If they fail the assessment, we will surrender them and eliminate the evil for the people. The army just happened to recruit so many new soldiers, so it's time to let them see blood."
"good idea."
The chief of staff stood up and said, "I will send telegrams to all military regions right away."
For a time, the bandits in Shanxi became popular and were the focus of attention of both the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army.
A happy life full of ups and downs began.
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Yan'an.
"What do you want from me, Chief?"
Looking at the elegant man in front of him, Zhao Tianyang asked in confusion.
"It's like this. Recently our intelligence personnel have discovered that the contacts between the Kuomintang, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and the Japanese Army have become more frequent again."
"Are they trying to cause trouble again?"
Hearing the elegant man's explanation, Zhao Tianyang was a little puzzled: "It's only been a short time, have these people forgotten the pain after their wounds healed?"
"hehe."
The elegant man smiled faintly: "No matter what they think, we can't just sit there and wait for death this time."
"Yes."
Zhao Tianyang nodded bitterly: "How many of our comrades died last time, this time we might as well strike first."
"I understand your mood."
The elegant man consoled her, "But our policy is not to strike first. However, not striking first does not mean not making preparations."
The elegant man handed a plan to Zhao Tianyang and said, "We have decided to hold a military exercise and invite people from the Kuomintang and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to watch."
"deterrence?"
Zhao Tianyang immediately understood what the leaders meant.
"Yes."
The elegant man nodded: "In order to make them feel hesitant, we hope you can speed up the development of some powerful weapons."
"It would be best to have things like submachine guns, pistols, cannons, and tanks."
"The military exercise will begin on March 1st. Commander Lin will be in charge of the command. There is still enough time."
Zhao Tianyang looked at the plan and assured: "The leader is under a tight schedule and has a heavy task. I will go down and prepare now."
"it is good."
The elegant man stood up and held Zhao Tianyang's hand: "Please."
"Leave it to me, don't worry."
Feeling the warmth in his palms, Zhao Tianyang suddenly felt a great sense of responsibility and secretly vowed in his heart that he must devote all his energy to handling this matter.
"Send a telegram to Liu Peng and tell him that he will be fully responsible for the Ministry of Industry's affairs in the next two months."
"Unless it's something extremely urgent, don't look for me."
Zhao Tianyang sat on the tractor heading to the Pagoda District and gave instructions to Li Yuncai who was standing beside him.
"Okay, I'll send the message right away."
Li Yuncai closed the notebook and immediately made arrangements for the communications soldier beside him.
As his business grows, Zhao Tianyang now carries a radio with him so he can send messages to his subordinates in various locations at any time.
Two hours later, Zhao Tianyang brought Li Yuncai to the light weapons research and development factory.
"Minister, what's the urgent matter? Do you want me to gather all the backbones of the factory?"
As soon as I reached the door, Liu Guifu came to greet me hurriedly.
Hearing this, Zhao Tianyang glanced at the many workers behind him and smiled.
"Hey, I haven't seen you for a long time. There are so many new members, and quite a few young people too!"
"Hehe, these are all assigned by the leader."
Liu Guifu smiled embarrassedly: "The factory has just opened and there are not many people. I wanted to ask you for it."
"As a result, you disappeared every day, so I went directly to Yan'an to find the leader."
"The leader transferred some workers to me from various places, and also assigned me some college graduates from Lanzhou University last year."
“Lanzhou University?”
Zhao Tianyang suddenly realized.
I almost forgot, since they recovered Ningxia and Xinjiang, they have two more universities. It seems that I will have to ask the leaders for some college students in the future.