Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

Yang Village.

A beaming Li Yunlong had just arrived at the village entrance.

"Li Yunlong, congratulations on your fortune!"

A familiar voice exploded like thunder beside Li Yunlong's ear, nearly scaring the wits out of the old Li!

"Commander... Brigade Commander, why have you come, sir?" Li Yunlong stammered, looking at a vague shadow in front of him.

"What? Am I not welcome?" The Brigade Commander asked, feigning seriousness.

Li Yunlong's face stiffened, and he, usually so eloquent, was at a loss for words.

"Haha, so there's a day when you, Li Yunlong, can't speak! Just kidding. I came to Yang Village this time and saw the changes in the Independent Regiment. Li Yunlong, I'm going to recommend you for commendation!" The Brigade Commander smiled, returning to a serious tone as he spoke to Li Yunlong.

"At the same time, I will also recommend the comrades of the Independent Regiment for commendation and celebration! Comrades, you've worked hard today. Thank you for displaying the might of our Eighth Route Army!"

"Thank you, Brigade Commander! The leaders have worked hard!" Seeing that it wasn't bad news, Li Yunlong felt a weight lift from his heart.

"Enough nonsense! Comrades, the comrades staying in the village have prepared hot meals for everyone. After you put away the spoils, let's all have a good meal together!" The Brigade Commander looked at the dark mass of people and said loudly. He vaguely saw that some were being carried back. The Brigade Commander's heart skipped a beat. He carefully scanned and was relieved to find that the wounded being carried were still able to move.

"Thank you, Commander!" From Zhang Dabiao down, everyone in the team had been working hard all day. Hearing these words, they immediately erupted in cheers!

It was even more exciting than hearing about the commendation!

"What about the casualties?" While Zhang Dabiao led the men to put away the spoils, the Brigade Commander pulled Li Yunlong aside and asked.

"Eight seriously wounded and more than a dozen slightly wounded, all injured in the Chen Village battle," Li Yunlong replied.

The puppet troops in Chen Village did not collectively decide to surrender like those in Lizhuang. This was because one part of the puppet troops lived separately in a barracks, while another part lived with a squad of Japanese soldiers. It was this squad of Japanese soldiers who were awakened when Zhang Dabiao and his men fired at the searchlights, alerting them and forcing a puppet army platoon living with them to organize a defense.

After the blockhouse was destroyed, this squad of Japanese soldiers engaged the First Company in a fierce battle!

Fortunately, the firepower of the First Company at this moment was far greater than when they faced the Yamamoto Special Forces. In addition to the Type 38 rifles, the assault squad also had five PPSh-41 submachine guns, and the machine gun platoon had just gathered six Type 11 light machine guns in Lizhuang!

The powerful firepower suppressed the squad of Japanese soldiers, allowing them to take down the resisting Japanese soldiers and a puppet army platoon at the cost of more than twenty injuries!

"Li Yunlong, the brigade headquarters will recommend you for commendation for this operation, but not because you destroyed two blockhouses, but because your Independent Regiment created the 'Conscience Cannon'!" After listening, the Brigade Commander patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder. "But the experience of destroying the Lizhuang and Chen Village blockhouses this time is also very worthy of summarizing and promoting. Next, you and Kong Jie must organize the battle process into writing and submit it to me for review. Then, we will issue it to the entire brigade, and even to all the main forces in our Taihang base area! Work hard. I won't divide the spoils this time. I'll leave them all to your Independent Regiment. Quickly build it into the shape of a main regiment."

"Yes! Brigade Commander! Thank you, Brigade Commander!" Li Yunlong had been wearing a bitter face, but after hearing the last part, his face immediately cleared up, and he saluted happily.

Little did he know that the Brigade Commander was only doing it for Ren Zhongren's sake.

It was just that due to information asymmetry, Li Yunlong didn't know that many things had already happened in Yang Village during the day that the Brigade Commander had been "stealing his home". Otherwise, he wouldn't be so happy.

The Brigade Commander rarely stayed in Yang Village. After Li Yunlong and the others had eaten their fill, the Brigade Commander called Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ren Zhong over.

"Li Yunlong, originally it's too late today, and it's not suitable to call you over for a meeting, but I have to leave early tomorrow morning, so I can only explain things to you clearly overnight." The Brigade Commander didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"Your achievements in military industry can be described as amazing. They are even more crucial for our next step. Therefore, tonight, I have called the three of you, including Boss Ren, to tell you that your main focus next is not to fight the Japanese, but to go all out to engage in military industrial production and increase the production of explosives, bullets, and 'Conscience Cannons' to the highest level!"

"Especially you, Li Yunlong. Even if you now have a powerful weapon for attacking blockhouses, from today onwards, without my order, you must not attack new blockhouses!"

The Brigade Commander's words made Li Yunlong and Kong Jie very puzzled, but Ren Zhong, who had already learned about the Eighth Route Army's history of resistance against Japan, understood.

This was the Brigade Commander paving the way for a major counterattack launched by the Eighth Route Army headquarters next.

"Brigade Commander, why? I'll just take a company out and knock out one blockhouse at a time. I can hand over the spoils to the brigade headquarters, right?" Li Yunlong, who didn't understand the Eighth Route Army headquarters' strategy, asked somewhat unwillingly.

"Don't ask why! The Independent Regiment is not allowed to dispatch any military operations above the platoon level until it receives my latest order!" The Brigade Commander interrupted Li Yunlong. "This is an order. Violating the order will result in direct dismissal and investigation!"

Li Yunlong wanted to say something, but Ren Zhong stopped him and said: "Old Li, next we should mine. Don't forget that the mine we found needs to be extracted. This will expand our production of sulfuric acid and steel. The steel factory in Yang Village will keep you busy next."

He knew that if he wanted to mine smoothly, he had to have the strong support of the Brigade Commander to ensure the safety of the area around Yang Village in the short term and resist the Japanese sweep.

After all, the current strength of the Independent Regiment was still not enough to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops in Yuping County.

Once the news leaked, the Japanese would inevitably covet the mine in Liujia Village.

"Li Yunlong! Listen to me carefully. I'm giving you three rules. First, this steel factory must be built as soon as possible, the sooner the better! If you don't do it well, I'll strip you of your position! Second, you must produce 20 'Conscience Cannons' and supporting ammunition. If you're short one, I'll strip you of your position! Third, unless it involves the safety of the steel factory and the military factory, you must not go to war under any circumstances. Whether you win or lose, I'll strip you of your position!" The Brigade Commander gave Li Yunlong a tight rein in a stern tone!

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