noffsinger Chapter 336 A bolt from the blue
Chapter 336 A bolt from the blue
Yu Xiaoqing led a large group of people and drove several jeeps towards Jieqipo.
Long Wenjian touched the jeep and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how great it would be if the Sichuan Army could own a jeep.
It takes two hours to walk and half an hour by jeep.
The Sichuan Army on Jiqipo was preparing lunch, boiling tree bark in salt water. The pork and vermicelli bought a few days ago were all taken by Long Wenjian to the quartermaster.
The cannon fodder of the Sichuan Army on the Jieqi Slope had never seen such a big scene, so they all stayed where they were.
Yu Xiaoqing opened the car door, walked straight to Doubing, and took a look at the lunch box in his hand.
Then he took a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of bark, put it in his mouth and chewed it. It was hard and astringent.
After chewing it twice, he spat it out with a "Puh, Puh, Puh".
Yu Xiaoqing handed the lunch box to Tang Ji.
"My dear Deputy Commander Tang, what is this food? Even pigs...wouldn't eat it!"
Yu Xiaoqing looked at the Sichuan Army soldiers with dull eyes and swallowed back the more unpleasant words in his mouth.
Tang Ji took the lunch box, feeling "deeply saddened", and took out a pen and paper and quickly wrote down an order for 100 kilograms of rice.
"This is outrageous, outrageous! Someone come!"
Tang Ji tilted his head to signal Yu Xiaoqing to hurry up, otherwise it would be more than just a hundred kilograms of rice!
But Yu Xiaoqing still paced back and forth on this simple position. There were a dozen old soldiers, dozens of new recruits, and some abandoned foxholes. This was the appearance of the Jieqipo position.
Yu Xiaoqing had a feeling of helplessness. He was indeed optimistic about Long Wenjian, but he was not optimistic about Long Wenjian in the Sichuan Army.
"Just take care of yourself!"
After Yu Xiaoqing finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but just as he was about to leave, the sound of a car roaring came from under the small slope.
Tang Ji and Yu Xiaoqing looked at each other, and both thought it was the other's work. Could it be that they were secretly giving the Sichuan Army a surprise?
Tang Ji spread his hands and looked down the slope, only to see a long line of dozens of jeeps slowly approaching.
Yu Xiaoqing was furious. How could he not know that such a convoy appeared in his defense zone? If it was the Japanese army, wouldn't they all be annihilated at Jiqipo?
"Zhang Lixian, what are you doing for a meal?"
Zhang Lixian, He Shuguang, Yu Zhi, the elite among the elite, led Yu Xiaoqing's guard company to occupy the advantageous terrain, ready to stop the convoy.
The convoy stopped at the bottom of the slope, and a lieutenant colonel in a national army uniform came down and shouted from a distance:
"Please ask Master Yu Xiaoqing to come over!"
Yu Xiaoqing looked at the man in confusion, as if he had some impression of him.
"Which part is it from?"
"Expeditionary Force Headquarters!"
Yu Xiaoqing then remembered that this person was Wei Lihuang's adjutant. He had met him at a meeting before.
Yu Xiaoqing immediately asked Zhang Lixian to put away their weapons, and then led the team down the slope, including Long Wenjian and Meng Fanle.
A group of people walked to the third jeep, then the door slowly opened, and Wei Lihuang walked down with a smile on his face.
"Captain Yu, don't blame your subordinates. I told them not to report to you all the way because I wanted to see how your troops' combat effectiveness would be after they replaced their M-type equipment!"
Wei Lihuang's eyes swept over Zhang Lixian and other elite soldiers with approval, and finally fell on Long Wenjian and Meng Fanle with a frown.
"Are these two brothers from the Sichuan Army?"
Yu Xiaoqing looked at the tattered Long Wenjian and Meng Fanle with an embarrassed expression.
"Reporting to Commander Wei, it is our brothers from the Sichuan Army. Because they are slow in changing their equipment, it is not their turn yet!"
Wei Lihuang naturally didn't believe their lies, but he didn't care.
"Really? Now I am announcing an order. From now on, the Sichuan Army will no longer be part of the expeditionary army!"
Wei Lihuang's order was like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone stunned. For a moment, they didn't know how to deal with the news.
Cheerful? Relieved? Surprised? Terrified?
Long Wenjian's expression was particularly interesting. Had his impersonation of the head of the Sichuan Army been reported? Was he going to be executed?
Yu Xiaoqing was equally puzzled. One of the important roles of the Sichuan Army Corps was to strive for supplies from Country M, but didn’t Tang Ji guarantee that there would be no problems with this matter?
"Captain Wei, what is the reason?"
Wei Lihuang ignored Yu Xiaoqing, but walked up to Long Wenjian and Meng Fanle and patted them on the shoulders.
"You two are very valuable. A little Japanese lieutenant general, four fighter squadrons, and a reinforced bomber squadron. Let's exchange you!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. When did the cannon fodder group become so valuable? Long Wenjian and Meng Fanle were particularly shocked!
If these words had not come from Wei Lihuang's mouth, they would really have thought that it was another madman talking nonsense.
"Don't understand? I don't understand either. Let your new commander explain it to you!"
The door of the fourth jeep slowly opened, and Wang Meng, dressed in jungle camouflage, walked over with high spirits.
"Captain Long, Adjutant Meng, long time no see?"
Long Wenjian and Meng Fan took a look and wondered if this person was the one from the Independent Column.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Wang Meng, the chief of staff of the independent column. The purpose of my coming here today is to take over the Sichuan Army Corps. From today on, you are no longer part of the expeditionary army, but the independent column. However, you still have to work together with Master Yu to jointly defend the Nujiang River!"
Wang Meng's words put an end to the matter. Even though everyone was still confused, they could only accept this reality.
The Independent Column did not make a loss in this deal. They used Ishida Keiichiro, who was captured in Linfen, and the Flying Tigers that were originally planned to be deployed to the southwest battlefield in exchange for the control of Baoshan Airport and the Sichuan Army Corps of about 100 people.
With a bridgehead airport, we can use transport planes to transport supplies and personnel to the southwest in an unlimited quantity.
In addition, the command problem of this southwestern force was also solved.
Chongqing also felt that it had gotten the upper hand. Since you want the airport, we will give it to you, but you must provide air support.
Besides, it's hard to describe this ghost Sichuan Corps. It would be better to replace it with a Japanese lieutenant general and do some propaganda work.
"Look, the independent column has handed over all the captured lieutenant generals. It's self-evident who the regular government is, right?"
In short, both parties feel that they have made a lot of money from this deal!
Long Wenjian probably accepted the reality a little bit, but he was still not happy.
After all, it's nice to lean on a big tree for shade. Although Master Yu is stingy, he can still get some good stuff if he tries hard.
But the independent column is different. It is a newly emerging force and not very reliable.
"Master, can we discuss this further?"