Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 80 The Second Son of the Rich Man

Lion Grove, Second Battalion Position
The Japanese attack was repelled again, with casualties on both sides. After being beaten several times in a row, the Japanese in the 11th Division became smarter and no longer launched group attacks, but changed to battalion-level and squadron-level attacks.
This was purely a waste of time. They placed their hopes on the Third Division in the south. As long as they captured Baoshan City, the Lion Grove would lose its value in holding on.

In their view, it would be easy for the 11rd Division to capture the small Baoshan City, and there was no need for the th Division to storm the Lion Grove Fort, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Yue Qianli was naturally happy to see that the Japs were dawdling. Although their casualties were not great, their consumption of ammunition, especially rockets, was too great. They now only had more than 500 rockets left.

It sounds like a lot, but a salvo from a platoon contains 72 missiles, which can be used up in just a few minutes.

Good steel should be used on the blade, and he will use these shells to save his life. The baggage train can currently produce about dozens of shells every day, which are not enough for a round of salvos.

So the battle on the third day looked quite lively, but it was not fierce. The Japanese attacked for a day with only a hundred casualties, and the second battalion only suffered more than 20 casualties.

Compared with the bloody first two days, the third day could only be described as "gentle breeze and drizzle". By dark, the 527th Regiment had completed its three-day mission.

At the 527th Regiment Headquarters, Li Jie, the commander of the first battalion, came to ask if they could retreat, but was scolded by Liao Lingqi. He felt aggrieved, so he could only vent his anger on his old brother. After scolding him, he started to act like a rogue:
"Why retreat? No matter where we retreat, we will still be fighting."

Li Jie was completely confused by the scolding. Seeing the captain, who usually spoke with a sharp tongue, was now playing tricks, he immediately understood what was going on and said unhappily:

"Captain, if you want to be a bit rude, please be nicer. How can you let people fight to their death and then curse them? At least give me a few dozen more people. The casualties among our brothers are too great."

"Li Jie, didn't we just give you 300 reinforcements before the war? Are you already thinking about the little things from the regiment headquarters?"

Li Jie immediately complained:
"Captain, that was a long time ago. The first battalion fought the Japanese for three days with planes and artillery. Not to mention reinforcements, more than half of our brothers were killed or wounded.
I'm not greedy, just give me a hundred!"

"Li Jie, you are not greedy. You just opened your mouth and took away half of it. Why don't you go and rob it?
I can give you 50 at most, but you don't have any soldiers, and you only have your life!"

Li Jie was tired of doing this and said lazily:
"Captain, that's impossible. You hit me directly on the waist with your sword. How can 50 reinforcements stop me? 80! No less."

Liao Lingqi waved his hand and said:
"Okay, 80 is 80! Do you still look like a Whampoa Military Academy soldier?

You are just a local rich man from the mountains. You should learn from Yue Qianli and be more generous! "

"Captain, I learned this from Yue Qianli. This guy is smarter than a ghost. Before the war, he took away Lao Deng's 300 reinforcements, and then he targeted me. If I hadn't been so vigilant, I would have been beaten into a company commander by the ghosts."

When mentioning Yue Qianli, who was smarter than a ghost, Liao Lingqi looked outside out of habit, and then said:

"You can't tell that kid Yue Qianli about this. I only have about a hundred people left here—"

"Captain, I heard it. You have to treat everyone equally. Lao Li's 80, I won't ask for more. 160 will be fine!"

Yue Qianli's men arrived before him, but his voice had arrived first. Liao Lingqi instantly felt a pain in his flesh. It seemed that the last reinforcement of troops could not be saved.

When Yue Qianli walked in with a smile, Li Jie immediately protested:
"Why do you take more than what you want? Even if we divide the family property, we should divide it equally between the two brothers. You get 120, and I get 120 too."

"Old Li, you seem to have forgotten that there is also Old Deng. There are three brothers, 1 each. I want Old Deng's share. Or I want to exchange it with the captured goods."

After hearing this, Li Jie's face immediately turned green. This was the bad thing about being with a local tyrant. He would always use money to bully people. His injured brothers still needed money. They had to rely on the spoils for medicine and nutritional supplements. Now everyone was receiving a national disaster salary. It was unrealistic to rely entirely on the government. They had to think of a solution themselves.

Yue Qianli is the second son of the landlord. Li Jie can't compare with him, so he can only smile awkwardly and say:

"It's said that the second son of a wealthy family gives money to everyone he meets. When will you give me some too? I don't want much, just two rocket launchers will do."

"Old Li, why don't you go and rob? The second son of a rich man is a hero, not a fool!
Don't even think about using the rocket launcher. I don't even have the shells to feed it. This thing without shells is almost like a blowgun.

Let me tell you this, a shell costs 50 dollars, that's a lot of money, even the second son of a rich man can't afford it."

Li Jie immediately gave up the idea and spread his hands:
"A shell costs 50 dollars. Sell me and see how many shells you can get."

After hearing this, the brothers laughed. When Liao Lingqi saw Deng Zhuxiu also coming over after smelling the fishy smell, he put away his smile and said:

"Since you are all eyeing the remaining 200 reinforcements at the regiment headquarters, I will treat them equally, 1 each!

The warehouse of the regiment is so poor that rats could starve to death. Don't worry about it anymore. The way you divide it, even the landlords and the rich people won't have any surplus food.

The division headquarters received a new order that Baoshan City was still holding out, asking us to hold out for a few more days to buy more time for Luodian.

Once Baoshan is lost, there is no need to defend the Lion Grove any longer, and the 527th Regiment will move out of the position immediately. "

When Yue Qianli heard about Baoshan City, he thought of the famous Yao Camp. They defended Baoshan for several days and showed the bloodiness of Chinese soldiers. Calculating the time, it has already begun;

Yaoying was on their right wing, and now they were supporting each other. He even thought of rescuing Yaoying, but then he gave up the idea.

They can hardly protect themselves now. Although the 11th Division is slacking off, no one knows that they will really come one day. The 527th Regiment is fighting against the 11th Division to the death. If it weren't for the geographical advantage, they would not be able to hold out for even a day.

After Liao Lingqi made the new deployment, Yue Qianli and others left the regiment headquarters. On the way, Yue Qianli waved the Jin Yuan stick and replaced Deng Zhuxiu's 80 reinforcements. Anyway, the Third Battalion had always been a reserve force and the casualties were not heavy.

Li Jie looked at Deng Zhuxiu with disdain and said:
"Old Deng, can't you be a little tougher? You can't always let Yue Qianli succeed."

Deng Zhuxiu smiled and said:

"Old Li, if you don't raise the price by 10%, I will firmly reject him and give you one battalion."

Li Jie's mind moved for a moment, but he immediately gave up the idea. How could he ever compete with the rich man Yue in terms of money?
Besides, his relationship with Yue Qianli is much closer than that with Old Deng, and the two brothers can't let Deng Zhuxiu take advantage of them, so he waved his hand and said:
"No thanks. A gentleman does not take away what others love. Besides, I am not as strong as him."

"Okay, Lao Li, I won't let you down. I'll give you another 30 40-round rockets for free. Tell Duan Yulin to use them sparingly. These days, landlords don't have overnight food."

Li Jie's eyes narrowed into slits with joy in an instant, and he looked at Yue Qianli with much more favor. It was really great to have a rich brother.

"Old Yue, you look so handsome when you throw money around!"

(End of this chapter)