Bright Sword: Technology is the primary productive force in war

Hearing that Little Leo was challenging him, Chen Yan prepared to teach him a lesson.

When you hit a snake, you have to hit it at its most vulnerable part. Where is this guy's weakness?

Chen Yan was thinking about it, when suddenly he noticed that the name space on Little Li's badge seemed to say: Li Xtian.

He asked Zhang Dabiao puzzledly, "This kid's name is 'Xtian'? Is he so domineering? Isn't he afraid that God will strike him to death?"

Zhang Dabiao leaned close to Chen Yan's ear and whispered, "His full name is Li Yitian. However, this kid is a complete illiterate and doesn't know a single word. Just this name, I had to teach him for half a year after he joined the army, and he only knew how to write two out of three characters."

After hearing this, Chen Yan felt relieved.

It’s good to be illiterate, this matter will be easy to handle.

Brother, you still want X days, your retribution has come.

Turning around, Chen Yan roared angrily:

"What's the matter? Your Regiment Commander Ding is higher in rank than the Brigade Commander. The Brigade Commander has his eyes on the Cavalry Battalion, so he asked our Independent Regiment to get it for him."

Chen Yan was trying to scare Little Li by using some tricks and pretending to be serious.

Hearing the reputation of the brigade commander, Little Leo couldn't help but shrink his neck, but on second thought he felt that something was not right.

"Captain Chen, words are not enough, don't try to fool me."

"As the saying goes, split it in half when you meet. Since everyone is eyeing the Cavalry Battalion, why don't each take half? That's fair and reasonable. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Chen Yan went up and slapped Little Leo in the face with great force.

"MD, I was buying vegetables from you at the vegetable market and still bargaining. Now you are so bold that you even dare to snatch things from the brigade commander."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yan threw the rejected telegram to his superiors in the morning requesting the appointment of Kong Jie as deputy head of the regiment at Xiao Lizi.

"Look for yourself. I have the brigade commander's orders. Do you want to show me what your New 1st Regiment has? Otherwise, I will sue you for mobilizing troops without permission when I get back. Let's see how your Regiment Commander Ding explains to the brigade commander."

At this moment, Little Leo was completely intimidated by Chen Yan's aura, and cold sweat ran down his neck.

If this is really the brigade commander's order, our New 1st Regiment is not good enough. I can still distinguish between the big and small kings.

Seeing how confident he was and how he took out the documents, this must be true.

If I really offend him, he will report me to Captain Ding. Since I am the person directly responsible for this matter, I can't escape.

He opened the telegram tremblingly, looked around for a long time, but couldn't figure out what it was.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao winked at Chen Yan, then turned around and cursed:

"What the hell are you looking at, kid? Don't I know you? Can you read?"

"You don't know that a carrying pole is a 'one' when it falls over, and you're still putting a green onion in your pig's nose to pretend."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Chen Yan continued to add fuel to the fire, "You little bastard, go out and ask around about me. How dare you compete with me? Get out of here now."

At this moment, Little Li was so frightened that his legs were numb and he couldn't move them. He kept saying:

"Captain Chen, don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you. You don't know how much respect I have for you..."

"That is...what is that?"

Little Leo has never been to school, so it's already pretty good that he can speak like this. He looked back at the group of illiterate people behind him and sighed helplessly.

"Captain Chen, you guys go ahead and do your work, we will withdraw first."

He shook his body for a long time, but his legs still didn't obey him. Finally, he cursed at his men:

"What are you looking at? Are you blind? Take him away quickly and don't delay the independent regiment's work."

Watching the new group gradually disappear, Chen Yan laughed and patted Zhang Dabiao on the shoulder:

"Brother Biao, that's great. We're on to it. Tell the brothers to start working quickly."

Zhang Dabiao touched his head embarrassedly:

"Captain, you are making fun of me. It's because you taught me well."

The independent regiment took down the cavalry battalion without much effort and returned home.

Chen Yan hummed a little tune and walked into the regiment headquarters proudly, then saw Zhao Gang's gloomy face. He was sitting in front of the door with his shoulders folded, looking angry.

Chen Yan thought, oh no, the sour spirit of old scholar Zhao is coming up.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yan walked over with a smile.

"Old Zhao, you got up quite early. You take a rest first. I'll go back to the room and take a nap. I'm exhausted from leading the troops in night training last night."

At this time, Zhao Gang shouted angrily:

"Chen Yan, you lied to me and said you were doing night training. What about the more than 300 military horses and equipment that the battalion brought back?"

"Don't tell me you picked it up on the way. If you don't tell me the truth, I will report it to the head of the headquarters."

Hearing this, Chen Yan quickly waved his hand and said:

"Don't worry, my great political commissar, that's really not nice of you. I just went out to do some side job."

Then, Chen Yan told the whole story of what happened in the Wanjia Town Cavalry Battalion and how he deceived the New 1st Regiment.

After hearing this, Zhao Gang said even more angrily:

"Chen Yan, this is a military operation. What right do you have to mobilize troops without authorization?"

"The army belongs to the team and the people. It's not the Chen family army from the previous Heiyun Village. What does that look like?"

Hearing this, Chen Yan also got angry.

"Zhao Gang, stop fussing at me. I've worked so hard to develop your team, but you don't even appreciate it. You're a wolf cub who can never be tamed."

At this moment, Zhao Gang realized that what he had said just now was a little inappropriate and he quickly calmed down.

"Captain, let's not quarrel. Quarreling won't solve the problem."

"As the military chief of the independent regiment, what you did was indeed inappropriate. Moreover, how could you deceive the brother troops? This not only has a bad impact, but also increases the conflicts between each other."

Chen Yan looked at Zhao Gang and his emotions calmed down.

"Old Zhao, there are some things that you literati don't understand. Let me tell you this, it was the brigade commander's intention to rob these military horses. Now you can rest assured, right?"

"The brigade commander's instructions? Then take out the order and show it to me."

Chen Yan said helplessly:

"Old Zhao, why are you so naive? How could the brigade commander write down such a thing in black and white?"

"This is the business between me and the brigade commander that cannot be discussed openly."

"What? You mobilized the troops to do business with the brigade commander. This is ridiculous."

Chen Yan shook his head, not knowing how to explain it to Zhao Gang.

I couldn't tell Zhao Gang that in order to become the commander of the independent regiment, I agreed to give the brigade commander weapons, ammunition and two cavalry companies.

If he knew that I had bought an official position in disguise, he would definitely report me to the leaders in Yan'an.

At this moment, the phone in the regiment headquarters kept ringing. Chen Yan's eyes lit up and he said:

"Old Zhao, I guess this call must be from the brigade commander. He knows I succeeded and is here to collect the debt. If you don't believe me, come and listen."

Zhao Gang followed Chen Yan into the regiment headquarters with half belief and half doubt.

Chen Yan picked up the phone and before the brigade commander could speak, he said with a smile:

"Brigade Commander, congratulations on your fortune."