diymy Chapter 18 Visiting Relatives with the Regiment Commander
Chapter 18 Visiting Relatives with the Regiment Commander
It was April, and the weather was gradually getting warmer.
At the end of March, headquarters issued an order to launch an attack on the remnants of Shi Yousan's forces. The logistics department has been working overtime and around the clock to expedite production, sending large quantities of weapons and ammunition to the front lines.
Wang Yousheng had been working in the logistics department for almost a month and had witnessed the Eighth Route Army's efficiency in producing supplies.
One word: slow.
兵工厂有员工336人，机构分布包括技工车间、钳工车间、木工车间和锻工车间。主要加工生产75炮弹、82迫击炮弹、地雷、50小钢炮、60小钢炮和手榴弹，其中生产最多的是单响手枪、81式马步枪。
It appears to be a fairly large operation, but its monthly shell production is only a few hundred rounds.
Although we produce several thousand grenades every month, due to technical and other issues, their explosive effect is far inferior to that of the Japanese melon grenades.
Under such difficult conditions, the Eighth Route Army was able to defeat the arrogant Japanese invaders. How strong must their fighting spirit have been?
Whether on the front lines or in logistics, the soldiers were united as one, and their spirit of annihilating the Japanese invaders would never die.
In this environment, Wang Yousheng gave up the idea of saving up for a ten-pull.
He placed the bugle card from the package on the bugler in the logistics department. Every time it was blown, whether it was a reveille or a meeting call, it would increase productivity by 20%.
Originally, we could produce 20 shells a day. After improving efficiency, we produced 4 more. It's not just shells, but also other aspects. All of these combined result in a decent output value.
When Wang Yousheng ran out of bugles, he went to the Golden Finger Mall to exchange for more. After a few days, he had used up all his points.
Wang Yousheng hopes to make some contributions with his meager strength.
That day, in the logistics department office.
"Katsuko!"
Wang Yousheng was chatting with several comrades about their camaraderie when Li Yunlong's boisterous voice came from outside the door.
"Old Commander!"
Upon seeing Li Yunlong enter with his hands behind his back, Wang Yousheng immediately responded.
During this period, Li Yunlong had not yet been transferred back to the front line by headquarters. He spent his days making military uniforms with the female comrades at the clothing factory. In order to prevent some comrades from gossiping, Wang Yousheng specially changed his form of address.
The position of regimental commander has been removed, so calling him "regimental commander" now would be self-deception, since this is not a combat unit.
"You little brat, I'm only in my twenties. You'd better call me factory manager; it sounds better to you."
Although Li Yunlong was cursing on the surface, he was secretly delighted.
Li Yunlong then said, "Prepare three hundred sets of uniforms for the Independent Regiment. Come with me to the Independent Regiment."
"An independent regiment?!"
Wang Yousheng suddenly stood up. The Independent Regiment! That was the base where Li Yunlong would later make his fortune!
However, Kong Jie's unit had not yet been reassigned, and Li Yunlong was still the director of the clothing factory. Without orders from his superiors, he could not easily go to friendly forces.
Wang Yousheng asked疑惑地问道, "Commander, what are we going to the Independent Regiment for?"
Li Yunlong, completely ignoring the other comrades in the office, grinned and said, "Visiting relatives!"
Wang Yousheng was dumbfounded, grinning from ear to ear: "Visiting relatives? Isn't Commander Kong your comrade-in-arms? When did they become relatives?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."
[Congratulations on receiving your new mission: Escort supplies to the Independent Regiment!]
[Task Reward: 10000 points]
[Task Note: This task cannot be completed; no reward will be given.]
"Oh?" Wang Yousheng was slightly surprised; his cheat system had given him a new task.
For the past month or so, there have been tasks almost every few days, but they are mostly related to clothing factories, and each one only gives a thousand points. The biggest one was assisting the Women's Salvation Association comrades in transporting cotton, which gave three thousand points. This time, however, it gave a whopping ten thousand points.
This is the heartland of the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't 10,000 points be given away for free?
Overjoyed, Wang Yousheng added, "But you're the factory manager, you have so much to do every day..."
Li Yunlong glared at Wang Yousheng and said, "I told Lao Zhang to keep an eye on things for me these next few days. Hehe, I've noticed you're asking more and more questions lately. Are you getting too big for your britches?"
"No, I wouldn't dare."
Visiting relatives!
A new term invented by Li Yunlong.
When Li Yunlong was young, he encountered the great warlord war. In order to fight, the warlords requisitioned grain everywhere. In fact, it was almost like open robbery.
Later, due to a rice robbery, the family encountered famine, and both parents died.
27 years later, Li Yunlong joined the Huangma Uprising without hesitation...
Over the years, he and his comrades have become sworn brothers, closer than family.
Kong Jie, Ding Wei, Blind Cheng, and Xu Ji are all brothers who grew up together in the same class.
All three hundred sets of military uniforms were loaded onto oxcarts, and to ensure safety, Zhang Wanhe assigned several soldiers from the security team to escort them.
The Independent Regiment has not yet been redeployed to Yangcun, which is nearly 100 kilometers away from the Logistics Department via mountain roads.
If we're in a hurry, the journey will take about one or two days, based on the oxcarts donated by the villagers.
At the entrance of the ancient village, Zhang Shan was promoted to temporary squad leader, and by then he had already mobilized the soldiers of the security team.
Although Zhang Shan was only the temporary team leader, with Li Yunlong around, he very consciously handed over command to Li Yunlong.
All ready, the team sets off.
Along the way, Wang Yousheng kept an eye on his surroundings. Although this was the base of the Eighth Route Army, he had heard that there were many rampant bandits in the vicinity, so it was best to be cautious.
Li Yunlong had been feeling cooped up making military uniforms lately and had been wanting to get out and breathe some fresh air for a while. He joked and laughed with the soldiers along the way, having a great time.
For the past month, the soldiers have been training in the three moves of "European-style thrusting" taught by Wang Yousheng. Li Dahai found that it was indeed different from the previous offensive and defensive methods. Judging from the results of the soldiers' sparring, it was obviously better than that of the Japanese devils.
The soldiers benefited greatly and were overjoyed. Their respect for Wang Yousheng was no less than that for Li Yunlong.
"Director Li, Captain Zhang, the bridge ahead has been washed away by the flood, we can't cross it."
At this moment, the soldier in charge of scouting ahead rushed over to report.
Li Yunlong glanced at it and was observing.
Zhang Shan then said, "Ahead lies the Wanshui River. It's very deep and twenty meters wide. If we don't go across, we'll have to take a detour."
Li Yunlong had been living in Shanxi for several years and knew the map of Shanxi very well.
He pondered for a moment, then pointed to a forest behind him and said, "Go around that mountain range, there's a branch of the river there, and the water is shallow."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Shan said, "Director Li, if we go around the mountains, it will take us two more days to walk. Our dry rations will only last for two days. Besides, that area is also under Japanese control."
Li Yunlong's face darkened, and he said, "Don't be afraid, take off your military uniform and put on civilian clothes."
"Use food sparingly, and eat it in two meals instead of one."
"yes!"
Zhang Shan agreed without any hesitation.
The group changed clothes, changed direction, and headed straight for the mountain trails.
After bypassing the mountains and forests and traveling several dozen miles, they entered the territory of Mashun County, which was the Japanese border area. Although the Japanese had not made any moves recently, the soldiers remained vigilant at all times.
Mashun County is 70 kilometers away from the Pinghan Railway. The county seat is garrisoned by an infantry company and a military police unit. Checkpoints and blockhouses are set up within a radius of dozens of kilometers outside the county seat.
In other words, Li Yunlong's detour was somewhat dangerous.
The soldiers knew that they could definitely bypass the checkpoints, but they were afraid of encountering Japanese soldiers on their way to the countryside.
After all, the entire escort team consisted of only a few people. Although they had weapons, each person was only given five bullets when they left the logistics department.