PFC Chapter 495: There is no news from the brigade commander at all. I am really worried!
Chapter 495: There is no news from the brigade commander at all. I am really worried!
After careful consideration, Lin Zhenhua agreed to Li Yunlong's advice and said solemnly, "What Lao Li said makes a lot of sense. If it really comes to a critical moment, these abandoned engines can really change the situation. I will contact Lao Kong in a while and talk to him about this matter. We will work out a complete action plan to transport all these abandoned engines back to the base."
"But I have to say in advance that if the risk is too great, we will have to give up. We are now in enemy territory, and it has been raining all day, so the transport plane cannot land at all. For safety reasons, we can only wait two days."
"Lao Zhao, have the soldiers cut more trees at night to use for cooking. We have to arrange our food properly and make sure it doesn't get wet, otherwise we won't be able to store it. Prepare the food better these days, and make fried cakes and steamed buns in different ways. Let the soldiers take advantage of these days to have a good rest."
Li Yunlong slapped his thigh and said with a look of regret: "I suddenly remembered something just now. There must be our intelligence personnel in Shuiquan County. We were so busy fighting that we completely forgot to contact the brigade. We don't have any good solutions right now. The last time we sent fighter planes to the border area, we didn't find anything, and we don't know where the brigade commander is hiding. Logically, they should have sent someone to contact us a long time ago, but it has been almost a year, and we still haven't received any news. This is totally unreasonable!"
"Could it be that the brigade commander has already left Jin Province? Otherwise, it is impossible that there has been no news for such a long time. Without the brigade commander as a backbone nearby, I am always constrained in what I do."
Zhao Gang was also very troubled by this matter. He could not contact the brigade and the headquarters, which made them suffer a lot at the intelligence station. The independent regiment tried many times to establish its own intelligence network, but the final result was very limited. The only good news was that with the help of reconnaissance aircraft, the enemy's troop movements were no longer a secret during the day, but once it was night, they became deaf and blind again.
"Old Li, let's talk about this later. Let's repel the enemy's attack first, and then we will have plenty of time to find the brigade headquarters. It's already 6:30 in the evening, and I have to arrange for the kitchen team to cook. I'm going to make canned beef and vermicelli tonight. Let the soldiers recover their strength during the rest time."
Zhao Gang left the communications command vehicle, and Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua also became busy. They arranged for the telegraph operator to continue contacting Chu Yunfei to inquire when the drug transaction would take place.
Matouling, the base of Chu Yunfei's squad.
"Captain Chu, I think there is really no need to discuss this matter any further. We will never sell any information to you. We were going to conduct the supply transaction on the 22nd, but today is already the 24th, and it has been postponed for two days. I'm afraid Li Yunlong has been waiting anxiously. Our meeting this time was very secretive, and has not been discovered by anyone so far. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. We haven't had any external contact for four or five days, which is very unfavorable for our future transactions." Hirata Kojiro said in a low voice.
Both parties had been testing each other for a long time for this meeting, and they took huge risks for it. Originally, Hirata Kojiro and Nakamura Ichiro did not plan to come, but Chu Yunfei said that he had a big business to do with them, and they had to meet to discuss it, and this matter had to be kept secret from the outside world and must not be known by anyone, otherwise the future transactions would be canceled directly.
It was in this context that they arrived at Matouling two days in advance, and encountered this rain. After confirming that the other party had no ambush, they actually met today. But they did not expect that the conditions proposed by Chu Yunfei when they met were unacceptable to them.
Nakamura Ichiro followed up and said, "Captain Chu, we really don't intend to do intelligence trading. No matter how much you offer, we will not betray our ancestors. We have the supplies you urgently need, and you have the medicines we need. We can be said to be mutually beneficial. Don't mention the intelligence trading anymore. Hirata-kun and I will never agree to it."
"I think Captain Chu really doesn't need to waste his time on the two of us. We have made it very clear that we will never buy or sell intelligence. No matter how much profit is involved, we don't want to get involved. We just want to be honest businessmen."
Chu Yunfei didn't believe the two devils in front of him and really didn't want to do intelligence business. There were two main reasons why he was unwilling to agree. One was that the price offered was not enough, and the other was that he couldn't get over it in his heart.
Chu Yunfei had already come up with a countermeasure for this. He said with a smile on his face: "You two should have some understanding of the current international situation. This time you have offended the wrong people. We have received a lot of assistance from our allies. Although your operations in the Nanyang region are progressing very smoothly, your industrial production capacity cannot match your ambitions."
"In the short term, you will indeed have the advantage, but once the time stretches to more than two years, then you will be doomed to fail. I, Chu Yunfei, am not exaggerating. What I said is the truth. I think you two should plan for your future, earn more money, and then settle down abroad and continue to live a carefree life."
"I hope you two will think about it carefully. We will talk about the material transaction later. Let's talk about the intelligence trading first. I, Chu Yunfei, will not force you two. As long as you sell me some information that is not too important, I will buy it at a high price."
"Once we have established mutual trust, we can do a bigger deal on intelligence. At the beginning, we can just do a small deal. I'll give you two an hour to think about it. You can discuss it carefully. We can talk again at 8 o'clock tonight."
Chu Yunfei took Fang Ligong out of the cave, leaving Nakamura Ichiro and Hirata Kojiro enough time to think. After Chu Yunfei left, Hirata Kojiro couldn't help but speak first: "Nakamura-kun, Chu Yunfei has made it clear that he wants to trade intelligence with us. On the one hand, he really wants to buy intelligence from the two of us, and on the other hand, he wants to hold something against us, fearing that we will do something shady."
"Chu Yunfei's attitude is very clear. The drug transaction with Li Yunlong has been directly changed to a drug transaction with the 358th Regiment. It can be said that there is a circle in the middle. It can indeed effectively reduce our risks, but we can't sell out our country just to make money. I strongly disagree with this and plan to cancel the cooperation with Chu Yunfei."
Ichiro Nakamura persuaded earnestly: "Hirata-kun, we have to think about this matter in the long run. Chu Yunfei was right just now, that is, the future of the empire is worrying, and we really have to make some plans for the future. The empire has been fighting against China for more than four years. The empire is exhausted now. There are problems with the food supply on the mainland. The action to the north has completely failed. The action to the south is relatively smooth, but you and I know that the production areas of these raw materials are far away from the empire. The transportation of raw materials by transport ships will be very dangerous in the process."
"The Empire's navy does have the upper hand right now. In the last surprise attack, it completely destroyed Pearl Harbor and luckily absorbed an enemy aircraft carrier, which is a great victory. Most importantly, the Navy Air Force successfully blew up the oil depot in Pearl Harbor. In the next year and a half, Pearl Harbor will be difficult to use again. The Empire has an absolute advantage in the Pacific battlefield."
"But there is one problem that has not been solved. That is, our military production capacity has basically reached its limit. The ships produced by the naval shipyard cannot meet the consumption on the battlefield. It takes at least several months to build a naval warship, and due to the empire's insufficient industrial production capacity, the number of ships will be far less than that of the enemy. At the beginning, we can defeat the strong with the weak, but if we really fall into a long-term war of attrition, can we really win this war?"
"Once the empire fails, I'm afraid that surrender will become a luxury, and the empire is likely to be occupied by the enemy. We really need to make some plans in advance. If we want to live a good life abroad, we can't do it without money. We have to earn more money and send our families abroad. In this way, no matter whether the empire wins or loses, our families will not suffer."
"We can temporarily agree to the intelligence sale. We can sell some specious intelligence to Chu Yunfei in the early stage. In order to play the long game and catch the big fish, Chu Yunfei will definitely be willing to pay a huge price in the early stage. As for the future, we will talk about it later. Let's make the money first. When the time comes, we will have money to pave the way. Even if there are some minor problems, we can use money to smooth them out. Not to mention that both you and I are not rootless water. We have a lot of backers behind us. No one will suspect us of this matter."
Hirata Kojiro pondered for ten minutes before he replied, "Nakamura-kun, what you said makes a lot of sense. We do need to live for ourselves and our families. We should first earn enough money so that they can go abroad. Whether the empire wins or loses in the future, it will not have much impact on us. Money is really important to us. I am becoming more and more pessimistic about the empire's war against China. Those good-for-nothings in the headquarters are really afraid of death!"