in2ebook Chapter 260 Giving Gifts
Chapter 260 Giving Gifts
"You can't figure it out, right? Xiuqin is the platoon leader of the female militia company of our Pingshun Textile Factory. She can use your pistol and rifle, and her shooting skills are pretty good!"
Xiuqin raised her head proudly and showed off to Li Yunlong.
"Old Zhao, why didn't you say so earlier?"
"How would I know you wanted to make a bet with a little girl and cheat on her?"
Li Yunlong was so embarrassed that he couldn't utter a word and could only obediently hand the gun to Xiuqin.
"Comrade Xiuqin, if you are done with this gun, please remember to return it to me. It is not convenient for you female comrades to carry a gun."
Xiuqin happily took the gun and played with it again. She didn't take Li Yunlong's words to heart at all. Instead, she stretched out her hand.
"Commander Li, give it to me!"
"what?"
"Holster!"
Li Yunlong walked to Jia Guier's office with an empty waist.
As the top leader of Pingshun, Changzhi, Yuncheng and Jincheng, Jia Guier is now very busy.
Fortunately, Lin Shubing selected a large number of civil servants for him through examinations, especially a group of compound talents who had both experience in mass work and cultural knowledge, which relieved a lot of pressure for him.
"Old Jia, just hold on a little longer. After the graduates of Pingshun University graduate in two years, they will be given priority to fill government departments. Then you can just make a phone call in this room and get things done!"
Jia Guier touched his thinning hair. Although he was tired, he was still full of energy.
"Okay, I've been waiting for this day. By the way, Commander Li, Political Commissar Zhao, I have already implemented what you told me to do yesterday!"
As Jia Guier spoke, he took out a table and placed it in front of them.
At first glance, it looks like it's filled with words.
Live cattle 10 heads
100 sheep
Pigs 50
Chickens and ducks 200
Rice 1000 catties
Flour 1000 catties
Candles 2000
Radio 10
Bicycles 10
There were also some other supplies, totaling more than ten tons.
Li Yunlong looked at the heavy piece of paper, which embodied the goodwill of the people of southern Shanxi.
"Old Jia, we didn't force the distribution, did we?"
"How is that possible! As soon as they heard that they were sending New Year gifts to the Eighth Route Army, everyone rushed to deliver them to our government gate. Some were even afraid that we wouldn't accept them, so they threw them away and ran away. Our government workers were catching chickens and ducks all over the ground!"
Li Yunlong was relieved now. He originally thought that the independent column had no feelings for the Eighth Route Army after it separated from it.
It turns out that this kind of affection and trust is engraved in our bones and has nothing to do with this false reputation.
Even if the independent column was renamed "Shanxi South Security Corps", the people still believed that they were the Eighth Route Army.
"Lao Li, let's go! Mengzi and the others have already picked up the goods and are waiting for us outside the city!"
Li Yunlong nodded. The government workers had already loaded the car and then met up with the team outside the city and drove towards the location of the 386th Brigade Headquarters.
When they arrived at the outskirts of the 386th Brigade’s base, the brigade commander pushed his glasses and looked at a long line of vehicles approaching in the distance, his heart filled with relief.
"It seems that Li Yunlong still has some conscience. It's not in vain that he has been pleading for him all these years!"
In order to avoid being caught by Chongqing and Yan Xishan.
Li Yunlong was two or three miles away from the base, so he led the pigs, cattle and sheep down and tied them to the roadside with ropes. He also unloaded the supplies, weapons and ammunition, and threw them on the roadside like "throwing away garbage", waiting for the comrades of the 386th Brigade to pick them up.
Li Yunlong and his three companions looked at the familiar figure on the hillside, saluted from a distance, and then got into the car without looking back.
"Old Li, are you feeling better?"
"Oh, I was really upset when you mentioned that yesterday. I didn't expect you to think ahead of me and prepare everything in advance."
"The New Year is coming soon. The environment over there is not very good. There is a shortage of medical care and medicine. We have prepared some this time. At least we can have a good New Year!"
Units 386 and 771 of the 772th Brigade are now caught in the enemy's trap, with all roads in and out blocked and very little supplies.
This time they delivered the things to the brigade headquarters. As for how much of them could reach Blind Cheng's hands, it depended on their luck.
"Go back, we are still a family even if we are separated!"
The convoy started slowly and began its return journey.
The news that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army had picked up supplies, weapons and ammunition in the wild soon reached the ears of Chongqing and Yan Xishan.
Nowadays, although the existence of the independent column is not "legal", all parties have been forced to accept this reality after hitting a wall.
According to Chongqing’s strategic thinking, it is: do not touch core interests, never become enemies, and try to win them over.
Yan Xishan's little plan was to divide the Northwest equally with Li Yunlong.
Therefore, they must not allow Li Yunlong to have an ambiguous relationship with the Eighth Route Army and to revive their relationship.
So, on the eve of the Spring Festival in 1943, when the whole nation was celebrating the Spring Festival, an article was published in the Chongqing government’s mouthpiece, Ta Kung Pao:
"The Double-Dealing Independent Column"
This article explains in detail the fact that the independent column had separated from the Eighth Route Army, but it did not mention the reason. Instead, it focused on the matter of the 386th Brigade picking up equipment in the wild.
And, I don’t know where I got this photo from:
Countless soldiers of the 386th Brigade, dressed in dusty uniforms, jumped down the hillside in high spirits and ran towards the herds of cattle and sheep on the roadside and the weapons and equipment scattered on the ground.
And in the distance of the photo, there is indeed a long convoy.
Zhao Gang took the newspaper and walked to the combat meeting room of the military fortress with a smile.
"Old Li, just like Mengzi thought, the Chongqing Youth League has probably been keeping an eye on us! Look, these photos are all hot."
The Three Youth League was the "Three Principles of the People Youth League" run by the transport team leader, and was formed by the backbone of the Renaissance Society and the CC faction.
Originally, the Three Youth League was meant to encourage patriotic youth across the country to participate in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression and national salvation, but it gradually changed its nature, adhering to "one doctrine, one party, one leader", and gradually became a personal tool of the transport captain.
"Fortunately, we didn't make contact with the brigade commander, otherwise we would have really fallen into their trap! Respond immediately!"
Zhao Gang took the newspaper and quickly wrote an article titled "A Letter to All Fellow Countrymen."
The main idea of this article is very simple.
All the abandoned animals were sick, and leaving them in southern Shanxi might cause a large-scale plague, so they were tied up in the wild and left to fend for themselves.
The wooden boxes were filled with low-quality weapons and ammunition, which failed the quality inspection and were therefore thrown away.
The Independent Column will learn from its mistakes, strengthen animal husbandry management, and strictly control the circulation of diseased livestock.
At the same time, those responsible for arbitrarily discarding unqualified firearms and ammunition will be dealt with to avoid pollution to the environment.
Please supervise by the people of the whole country.
In a nutshell, I did it and I made up the reason. It’s up to you whether you believe it or not.