When Li Yunlong accepted his gift of thanks, Chu Yunfei was overjoyed, and his heart immediately dropped.
Although he has been teasing himself openly and secretly for being too stingy and for sending too few thank-you gifts, as long as Li Yunlong accepts them, the next thing will be much easier to handle.
Looking at Li Yunlong, he said bluntly: "Brother Yunlong... Speaking of which, Chu needs your help with something else!"
"If Brother Yunlong helps me solve this problem, Mr. Chu will give your group 5,000 kilograms of pork, 50,000 oceans, and 500 cannonballs as a thank you gift!"
As soon as Li Yunlong heard this, he realized that today's real drama was coming, but he still pretended to be very happy and said: "We are all friendly forces... If friendly forces are in trouble, our Eighth Route Army will definitely help..."
"I believe what Brother Yunlong said!" Chu Yunfei immediately put a high hat on Li Yunlong's head and continued, as if he was afraid that Li Yunlong would regret it.
"The situation is like this. After Chu led the guard platoon to kill Qian Bojun and returned to Lijia Town, although the soldiers of the first battalion stationed in Lijia Town were alive and well, the equipment in their hands was gone!"
"After asking, I found out that all their equipment had been disarmed by your army!"
"If these are dozens of guns, they will be gone if they are gone. I will definitely not be so shameless as to come to you!"
"The problem is that there are more than a thousand guns involved, as well as a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars..."
"If Shangfeng knew that the 358th Regiment had lost so many weapons and ammunition, I would no longer be able to be the commander of the regiment!"
"Brother Yunlong, please give Chu some face and help Chu return the equipment and ammunition that your army took from Lijia Town to the 358th Regiment. Chu will definitely be grateful!"
After Chu Yunfei finished speaking, he was prepared to be rejected by Li Yunlong, and then he could use the thank you gift just now to make an argument...
As a result, Li Yunlong showed a confused expression full of confusion, looked at Chu Yunfei and said inexplicably: "There is something? Why didn't I know!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, when we raided Lijia Town, didn't I tell the troops... that they could only rescue Captain Chu, but couldn't take away a gun from the 358th Regiment?"
"What does Zhang Dabiao do? He actually disarmed Commander Chu's battalion..."
Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect his partner to be so shameless and refused to admit it.
Seeing Li Yunlong keep winking at him, he could only bite the bullet and said: "I remember that you asked Zhang Dabiao to lock up all the first battalion stationed in Lijia Town, and then we retreated to Zhaojiayu!"
"As for whether Zhang Dabiao surrendered the first battalion's firearms, I don't know!"
Li Yunlong nodded, and then turned his attention to Chu Yunfei: "Brother Yunfei, there must be a misunderstanding here..."
Chu Yunfei looked confused!
The first subconscious reaction was that Li Yunlong was deceiving him.
But the conversation between him and Zhao Gang was so natural that he couldn't find any loopholes, so he could only ask with a puzzled look on his face: "Brother Yunlong, do you really not know that the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment was disarmed?"
"I really don't know!" Li Yunlong shook his head with determination.
"We are friendly forces. How could I ask my troops to hand over friendly weapons? Isn't this undermining the united front?"
"I will send someone to find Zhang Dabiao now and ask him to find out about this matter..."
"If Zhang Dabiao really surrenders the firearms of the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment, I will definitely give them back to you!"
"I just don't know if the thank you gift that Brother Yunfei just promised me is still counted!"
Hearing Li Yunlong's promise, Chu Yunfei was so happy that he almost laughed out loud. He didn't expect that today's trip to Zhaojiayu would go so smoothly, so he quickly answered.
"As long as Commander Li delivers the equipment and ammunition of the first battalion to Lijia Town... Chu will add 50,000 rounds of ammunition, 5,000 kilograms of pork, and 500 rounds of artillery shells!"
"Thank you, brother Yunfei!" Li Yunlong immediately showed a greedy expression.
Staring at Chu Yunfei, he continued: "Why don't you send some ammunition and pork as a deposit... Of course, brother Yunfei's family has a great business, and I, Li Yunlong, am not worried about your army going back on its word!"
"It's just that I, Li Yunlong, am afraid of poverty. After seeing ammunition and pork, I will be more energetic than usual in doing things!"
Chu Yunfei thought about it and answered: "No problem... I will first send you 20,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,000 kilograms of pork, and 200 shells as a deposit!"
"In the following days, Brother Yunlong returns some equipment and ammunition to Lijia Town, and Mr. Chu will give a thank you gift!"
Chu Yunfei left Zhaojiayu with a smile...
That night, 20,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,000 kilograms of pork, and 200 artillery shells were sent into Zhaojiayu by Chu Yunfei.
Early the next morning, the phone rang at the headquarters of the 358th Regiment.
"Brother Yunfei, I am Li Yunlong, the leader of the new second regiment!" Chu Yunfei grabbed the microphone and heard Li Yunlong's voice.
"I have found out the fact that the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment was disarmed!"
"Zhang Dabiao didn't do this!"
Chu Yunfei felt that he had been tricked, and his anger suddenly surged up. He suppressed his anger and asked: "Where did the equipment of that battalion go? It can't disappear out of thin air!"
"When I returned to Lijia Town, I specifically asked the soldiers of the First Battalion. Everyone told me that they were disarmed by your regiment... If Brother Yunlong doesn't believe it, we can go to the First Battalion to confront him!"
"Brother Yunfei, don't worry, just listen to what I have to say!" Li Yunlong's explanation soon came from the microphone.
"When you went to hunt down Qian Bojun, Zhang Dabiao was ordered to lock the soldiers of the first battalion into their respective barracks in order to prevent the first battalion from causing trouble!"
"Considering that there might be little Japanese spies hidden among these people, Zhang Dabiao took advantage of the situation and handed over their weapons, but did not take them away. They piled them all at the door, waiting for Brother Yunfei to return to Lijia Town and regain control of the first battalion. Give it back to them later!”
"As a result, after the main force retreated, the local troops and guerrillas who cooperated with the main force of the regiment actually targeted this batch of equipment and ammunition!"
"While Captain Chu hasn't come back yet, move them all back together!"
"I checked and found that this batch of weapons and equipment has been assigned to various guerrilla groups and local troops for use!"
"I'm thinking of ways to mobilize them to turn over these equipment!"
"But Brother Yunfei, you also know: our Eighth Route Army is poor!"
“The main force can’t even equip each man with a spear, let alone the local troops and guerrillas.
"The ones used before were basically old-fashioned Hanyang-made guns, gunpowder guns... There were even many soldiers fighting the Japanese and puppet troops with swords and spears."
"It was not easy to get a good gun, but each one was hidden like a treasure, which caused our mobilization effect to be very poor!"
"Only seventy or eighty guns were recovered in one night!"
Chu Yunfei was very angry when he heard this, and then he continued what Li Yunlong said: "Brother Yunlong, please stop joking with me!"
"I still know the rules of your Eighth Route Army!"
"As long as those local troops and guerrillas are in the base of the New Second Regiment, they are all under your control. As long as you give an order, there is no way these people will not execute it!"
Li Yunlong pretended to be aggrieved and replied: "I have already given the order...but their rebuttal reasons left me speechless!"
"They think that the equipment was captured by themselves. Even if the regiment headquarters seizes the equipment, they must exchange it for weapons. They must not be allowed to fight the Japanese with swords and spears again!"
"The New Second Regiment is too poor. The main members of the regiment can't even afford a spear per person. They certainly can't afford the extra equipment to exchange for the spears in the hands of the guerrillas!"
"No..." Chu Yunfei retorted loudly.
"Those equipment and ammunition were stolen by the guerrillas and local troops during the chaos, so they should not be counted as trophies!"
"Since it was something stolen, it must be returned to its original owner!"
Li Yunlong's voice full of reluctance came from the microphone again: "I said it... but their rebuttal reasons once again left me speechless!"
"What do you mean Qian Bojun has defected to the Japs... The first battalion of your regiment will naturally become the Imperial Alliance Army, a traitor team..."
"The weapons and ammunition equipped by the first battalion have nothing to do with the 358th Regiment!"
"They all think that the equipment and ammunition in their hands were seized from the enemy, not from friendly forces, and have nothing to do with the 358th Regiment!"
This sentence left Chu Yunfei speechless. It took him a long time to react, and he said anxiously into the microphone: "Brother Yunlong, you promised me to return the equipment of the first battalion... You can't keep your words." talk……"
"Only you can do this. You must help Chu!"
Li Yunlong on the other side of the microphone suddenly flashed a sneer. If the microphone hadn't been right next to his mouth, he would have shouted: "The fish finally took the bait!"
Then he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "I, Li Yunlong, spit and nail, and I will definitely do what I promised you!"
"But this is a bit troublesome and may take a lot of time!"
"The guerrillas and local troops below are all people who accept death. If we don't give them some benefits, they will definitely not hand over their equipment!"
"The New Second Regiment is too poor to satisfy the appetite of these local troops!"
"I hope Brother Yunfei will send some thank you gifts to Zhaojiayu in advance... I will exchange bullets and pork for the weapons in their hands..."
"When I collect 300 guns, I will send them to Lijia Town. Brother Yunfei will then give me part of the thank you gift!"
Chu Yunfei held the microphone and didn't say a word for a long time, his expression solemn and complicated.
He didn't know whether he was being tricked by Li Yunlong, or whether what Li Yunlong just said was completely true.
After a full minute, a firm expression appeared on his hesitant face, and he gritted his teeth and replied: "No problem... I will send you another 30,000 rounds of bullets, three thousand kilograms of pork, and three hundred cannonballs!"
"If you can collect 300 guns and send them to Lijia Town, I will give you 20,000 rounds of ammunition, 2,000 kilograms of pork, and 200 cannonballs!"
Li Yunlong stood on the other side of the microphone and was happy after hearing Chu Yunfei's answer.
Zhao Gang stood nearby and immediately gave a thumbs up to Li Yunlong.
When he put down the phone, he hurriedly asked: "You're not really planning to collect 300 guns and send them to Lijia Town, are you?"
"Hundreds of shells and tens of thousands of bullets are waiting for us, why not go!" Li Yunlong replied with a smile.
Zhao Gang was confused and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "No matter how good the bullets and cannonballs Chu Yunfei gave us, they can't compare to three hundred spears... Old Li, please don't make mistakes!"
Li Yunlong answered confidently: "When have you ever seen me make a loss-making business?"
