bookrandom Chapter 415: I really can’t guarantee whether I can buy a camera, I can only say that I will try my
Chapter 415: I really can’t guarantee whether I can buy a camera, I can only say that I will try my
At six o'clock in the evening, Li Yunlong returned to the headquarters of the independent regiment and happily ate dumplings with Lin Zhenhua and others. He then asked the artillery battalion to fire 12 shells to liven up the atmosphere. The entire base was filled with laughter and was immersed in a sea of joy.
Li Yunlong asked the kitchen staff to prepare a table of delicious food, which was made up of two months' allowance of several of them. Eight people happily sat around the table and toasted each other happily.
"College student, you don't like drinking, so I'll drink your wine tonight. There are delicious dishes on the table, so eat as much as you want. Over the past year, the independent regiment has been thriving with your help. I've become a real rich man. Even the brigade commander and the headquarters are not as well-off as me!"
"I, Li Yunlong, am not bragging. A year ago, who would have thought that we would have tanks, airplanes, and cannons? I'm afraid we could only dream about it. Now we not only have them, but more importantly, we produce them ourselves. Isn't this worth celebrating?"
Kong Jie was the first to respond, "Lao Li, the Independent Regiment is in your hands. I was not convinced at first, but later you defeated the Yamazaki Battalion and convinced me. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to toast you. The Independent Regiment is more suitable in your hands, Li Yunlong, than in my hands, Kong Jie!"
Kong Jie stuttered a little, which showed how much he was suffering. At that time, the independent regiment was called the dough. If Li Yunlong had not brought the independent regiment back, Kong Jie would have really become a sinner. But after all, the independent regiment was established by him personally, just like his child. It was very difficult to give it up, which made his feelings towards the independent regiment very complicated.
Ding Wei patted Kong Jie's shoulder to comfort him, and then he started to liven up the atmosphere, "If you ask me, none of us three owes anyone anything. Over the years, we have helped each other, and the friendship between us is incomprehensible. Li Yunlong, don't speak yet. Listen to me, Old Ding, first. Today is New Year's Eve. Let's not talk about those unhappy things, and talk more about happy things!"
"College student, you have seen a lot of things. Can you tell us about the customs and practices in foreign countries so that we, a bunch of uneducated people, can also broaden our horizons?"
Li Yunlong also looked at Lin Zhenhua curiously. He remembered that Lin Zhenhua had returned from abroad and there were still some issues with his identity. However, no one paid attention to it and thought there must be a misunderstanding.
Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, Lin Zhenhua didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, so he cleared his throat and started talking to everyone. He talked for a full hour before stopping. It was already 8:30 in the evening. Everyone stopped eating and drinking, and started to do business. They started to call various strongholds and inquire about the situation of the light and dark sentries of various troops. Li Yunlong even went out for a walk. It was not until 9:30 that everyone sat on the kang again and continued to eat and drink!
"We can't just chat at this opportunity, let's talk about setting up intelligence channels. Before, college students helped me build a temporary intelligence network, but it was destroyed by the devils. This means that our only external contact channel is Xu Zhongyi. The intelligence personnel lurking in Ping'an County can't get any useful information for various reasons, and the intelligence they send back is often delayed. This situation must be resolved as soon as possible!"
"Now that we have radios produced by college students, we are fully capable of equipping intelligence personnel with radios. This greatly improves the ability to transmit intelligence. But we don't have much experience in obtaining intelligence covertly. We haven't contacted the brigade and headquarters yet, so we can only rely on ourselves to figure everything out." Zhao Gang spoke first with a worried look on his face.
Li Yunlong put down the wine glass in his hand and replied solemnly: "We really can't give up on Xu Zhongyi's line at the moment. When we have built our own intelligence network, we can stop using Xu Zhongyi's intelligence channel. Xu Zhongyi is my old comrade-in-arms. Like Lao Zhang, he is from the Dabie Mountain area. I don't believe he betrayed the enemy, but what Xu Zhongyi did is too suspicious!"
Lin Zhenhua immediately interrupted and said, "I think Xu Zhongyi is very suspicious. There are two main reasons. The first is that he has not helped us contact the headquarters and the brigade. The second is that Xu Zhongyi always passes on accurate information to us when we have great doubts about him. This is really weird. I always feel that Xu Zhongyi did it on purpose!"
"We had captured a few devils before, and I wanted to develop them into our intelligence spies, but these devils actually sneaked away when we were not paying attention. If the soldiers hadn't found them in time, two fellow villagers would have been killed. We must never take the devil prisoners lightly and must reform them through labor."
"The labor reform of the puppet army has been very effective these days. We have found out the puppet army officers who were hiding deep inside. This trick also applies to the devils. We can't feed them for free every day. If they want to have enough food and warm clothes, they have to work honestly and earn it with their own hands!"
Lin Zhenhua's labor reform really caused quite a stir. Fortunately, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were both supportive of this matter, otherwise it would have been difficult to implement.
"College students, building an intelligence network is not an easy task. It often takes several years. It cannot use new faces. We have to use experienced faces, but we simply don't have such intelligence personnel. The daily reconnaissance work is handed over to the reconnaissance company. It's okay to let them investigate the deployment of the Japanese troops, but if you want to rely on them to obtain intelligence from the Japanese, you'd better forget it. You can dream of anything!" Ding Wei poured cold water on him.
"Lao Ding, I don't quite agree with what you said. If they don't know how to do it, they can learn. If they don't have the ability, we can train them, but it will take longer. I think we should set up a special counter-espionage department first, draw out the elite forces from the previous anti-espionage work and enrich the department. We can first solve our internal hidden dangers, and then let them learn from beginning to end according to the enemy's hidden routes. They will be able to start their own business in two or three months at most!" Kong Jie vowed.
Xing Zhiguo did not remain silent either, and took the initiative to express his opinion: "The intelligence station is sometimes directly related to the outcome of the war. Now that we have fighter jets in our hands, we must also find a way to develop a reconnaissance aircraft to take photos and conduct reconnaissance of the enemy's deployment. With reconnaissance aircraft patrolling in the sky, coupled with intelligence forces on the ground, the two can cooperate with each other, so that we can get intelligence one step ahead of the enemy and prepare for response in advance!"
After saying this, Xing Zhiguo turned his gaze to Lin Zhenhua. The matter of the reconnaissance plane had been brought up several times before, but it was delayed due to various things. The reason why Xing Zhiguo brought it up this time was to let Lin Zhenhua pay more attention to this aspect.
Lin Zhenhua knew that he could not shirk this matter again, and promised in a serious tone: "Deputy Commander Xing, the development of the reconnaissance aircraft will proceed immediately. I will find a way to produce several high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft for the troops to detect the enemy. However, due to the insufficient performance of our cameras, a lot of improvements need to be made. It is very difficult to improve them successfully in a short period of time. The only way at present is to purchase them from outside. I really can't guarantee whether I can purchase them in the end. I can only say that I will do my best!"
Monk Wei was not idle either, and took the initiative to join the conversation and said, "Captain, Xu Zhongyi has had many interactions with the Japanese, and his identity is likely to have been exposed. I don't think we need to worry about him at all. Our independent regiment has the medicine that Xu Zhongyi needs. As long as we can control this, the problem will be solved."
Duan Peng had a different opinion. Although he had only met Xu Zhongyi twice, he felt that Xu Zhongyi was not a bad person based on his intuition. He could not help but speak for him, "Captain, if Xu Zhongyi was a traitor, he would have betrayed us when we went to Ping'an County last time. We stayed safely in the county for two or three days without anyone causing trouble. From this alone, we can see that Xu Zhongyi is very trustworthy."
"If it weren't for another incident that happened later, we would have killed Zhu Ziming long ago. How could we allow him to remain at large until now?"
When Li Yunlong heard Duan Peng mention Zhu Ziming, he was filled with rage, but he knew it was useless to be angry. Zhu Ziming's whereabouts remained a mystery, and there was not even a little news about him. Li Yunlong also pretended that he did not exist. When he found the opportunity next time, he would definitely kill him.
It took everyone an entire hour to reach a consensus. The way to deal with Xu Zhongyi was very simple. They would continue to contact him as before and send people to investigate secretly. This was the only best solution they could think of at the moment.
"Okay, now that we've finished our business, let's get on with drinking. We have to finish all six bottles of Fenjiu on the table tonight. This is the good wine I got from Chu Yunfei. Drink it all up. Next time I see Chu Yunfei, I'll ask him for some more!"
"Don't think that we have a wealthy family now, but our life is still not as good as Chu Yunfei's. Chu Yunfei's life is so good that it's almost snotty. He has three or four dishes for a meal and can even have a pound of wine to drink at night. I wouldn't trade such a life for even a god. I don't know when I can live such a good life!" Li Yunlong imagined with some envy.
Seeing Li Yunlong's useless look, Zhao Gang poured half a bowl of wine into his bowl and said to him in a tone of disappointment: "Old Li, when will you change your drinking habit? You can't walk when you see good wine and good food. I heard that you drank a lot at noon today, and you wanted to drink more at night. If it wasn't New Year's Eve today, I would really take the wine away from you!"