Chapter 305: Intuition
Jin Sui Army 358th Regiment
“Finally came out.”
Chu Yunfei saw the vanguard of the surrounded main force troops break out and rendezvous with him, and he let out a big sigh of relief.
“Yeah, luckily the Japanese invaders didn’t use poison gas shells again, otherwise, there really wouldn’t have been a way to rescue the besieged main force.” Chief of Staff Fang Ligong also felt a wave of relief.
“Brother Ligong, let’s push harder and widen the opening a bit more to save time for the main force to get out…” Chu Yunfei’s words were not finished when someone came running to report: “Report to the Regimental Commander, Regimental Commander Li of the Eighth Route Army is here and wants to see you.”
“Regimental Commander, we’ve worked so hard to support the main force’s breakout, and we haven’t seen Li Yunlong come over to help. Now that the main force can get out with our support, what is Li Yunlong doing here at this critical moment?” Fang Ligong asked suspiciously.
“I don’t know either.” Chu Yunfei shook his head and said, “But since he’s come, we should still meet him.”
He had Fang Ligong pass down the order to widen the opening, and Chu Yunfei came alone to meet Li Yunlong.
As soon as they met, Li Yunlong congratulated him: “Brother Chu, congratulations to you, you’ve supported your main force out.”
“Brother Yunlong, you’ve come to see me, it’s probably not just to say this one sentence to me, right?” Chu Yunfei had an attitude of ‘Li Yunlong, if you have something to say, say it right away.’
“Brother Chu, brother here sees that your vanguard has already come out, and the main force behind is coming out one after another. I have something I want to remind your Jin Sui Army about.” Li Yunlong said sincerely.
“What is it?”
“Your Jin Sui Army was previously surrounded by the Japanese invaders, but mainly suppressed by the little Japanese invaders’ poison gas shells.” Li Yunlong pointed out, “But why, when you were breaking out, did the little Japanese invaders not use poison gas shells? Could it be they themselves don’t know that if they used poison gas shells, your Jin Sui Army wouldn’t be able to get out?”
“Brother Yunlong, what do you mean by that?” Chu Yunfei didn’t quite understand Li Yunlong’s meaning. “Our Jin Sui Army was able to get out, and the Japanese invaders didn’t use poison gas shells on us—are you very regretful about that?”
“Brother Chu, you and I are friendly forces, we are brothers—how could I be regretful!” Li Yunlong analyzed seriously, “Brother Chu, haven’t you thought about why the Japanese invaders stopped using poison gas shells when your Jin Sui Army was breaking out? Could it be you think the Japanese invaders really wanted to let your Jin Sui Army go?”
“Brother Yunlong means…” Chu Yunfei thought thoughtfully, looking at Li Yunlong, “The Japanese invaders have no poison gas shells left?”
Chu Yunfei had also thought about this problem—as long as the Japanese invaders used poison gas shells again, the Jin Sui Army’s large troops wouldn’t be able to get out.
Not to mention the large troops not getting out—even his Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment would be done for.
Now hearing Li Yunlong say this, Chu Yunfei immediately reacted.
Li Yunlong’s analysis was not wrong—most likely the Japanese invaders had no poison gas shells left.
Seeing that Chu Yunfei understood, Li Yunlong continued: “The Taiyuan rear is already empty, and the Japanese invaders using poison gas shells was just a trick. Now that the poison gas shells are gone, but your main force wants to go back—this isn’t missing an opportunity to get rich? Moreover, you’ve suffered such a big loss this time— are you just going to let it go and not settle the score with the Japanese invaders?”
Chu Yunfei listened, pondered for two seconds, then looked at Li Yunlong: “Brother Yunlong, I have one thing I don’t understand.”
“Brother Chu, speak freely.”
“Since the Japanese invaders’ rear is empty and they have no poison gas shells left, at this critical moment, isn’t this the best opportunity for you?” Chu Yunfei asked puzzledly. “You didn’t act immediately yourself, but came to remind me—are you really not worried that our Jin Sui Army will take all the profits, leaving you Li Yunlong with nothing in the end?”
Chu Yunfei knew Li Yunlong too well—this was a guy who could only take advantage and not suffer losses.
When there were benefits, this guy always wanted to swallow them all alone.
With the Jin Sui Army gone, the Japanese invaders’ rear empty and no poison gas shells left, wouldn’t the profits in the Taiyuan rear be up for Li Yunlong to take at will?
He not only didn’t take them, but came to remind our Jin Sui Army—this isn’t reasonable.
“Haha.” Facing Chu Yunfei’s doubts, Li Yunlong laughed heartily and said: “Brother Chu, to be honest with you, I really didn’t want to remind your Jin Sui Army. After all, with the Taiyuan rear empty and no poison gas shells in the Japanese invaders’ hands, I Li Yunlong could move on the profits in the Taiyuan rear right away. But the problem is!”
Li Yunlong paused, then continued: “The problem is I only have three regiments’ troops here—this troop strength is insufficient; how could I possibly take all the profits from the Taiyuan rear? Brother here is willing but lacking the strength, so that’s why I wanted to remind your Jin Sui Army—you have more people, we can get rich together and take all the profits from the Taiyuan rear.”
“You’re not worried that our Jin Sui Army will take all the profits, leaving you with nothing in the end?” Chu Yunfei questioned. “Aren’t you Eighth Route wanting to take the Taiyuan Arsenal? If we take the Taiyuan Arsenal, you won’t regret it?”
“Hahaha.” Li Yunlong laughed heartily again and said, “Brother Chu, we agreed from the start—each by our own ability. If I Li Yunlong can’t manage it and your Jin Sui Army takes the Taiyuan Arsenal, that’s my Li Yunlong lacking the ability—no one to blame.”
“Brother Yunlong, thank you for the reminder.” Chu Yunfei had a feeling that Li Yunlong this guy definitely still had a little scheme in mind.
It’s just that right now Chu Yunfei couldn’t figure out what Li Yunlong’s little scheme was.
But the other’s reminder was not without reason.
The Japanese invaders’ Taiyuan rear was empty, and they had no poison gas shells left.
Our Jin Sui Army has come out—if we withdraw right away, it seems we really would miss a major opportunity.
“Hahaha.” Li Yunlong laughed heartily again and said: “Brother Chu, since you’ve figured it out, brother here won’t delay you—I’m off first.”
“Wait a minute.” Chu Yunfei called out to Li Yunlong.
“Brother Chu, do you have anything else to say to brother here?” Li Yunlong looked at Chu Yunfei.
“Brother Yunlong, tell me the truth—I know you’ve got your eye on the Taiyuan Arsenal, but you really haven’t thought that if our Jin Sui Army takes the Taiyuan Arsenal, you’ll have no chance anymore?” Chu Yunfei asked solemnly.
“I’ve said it—if your forces can take the Taiyuan Arsenal, my Li Yunlong envying it won’t help.” Li Yunlong tossed this sentence to Chu Yunfei and took his leave.
Watching Li Yunlong’s departing back, Captain Sun Ming said to Chu Yunfei: “Regimental Commander, these Eighth Route definitely want to be the mantis stalking the cicada behind.”
After all, even if the Japanese soldiers’ strength in the Taiyuan rear is empty, and the Japanese invaders have no poison gas shells left.
But the Taiyuan Arsenal is too important—even if our Jin Sui Army wants to take it, it won’t be that easy.
This Li Yunlong is very likely to come out and pick up the bargain when we’re fighting the Japanese invaders to mutual destruction.
Otherwise, why has Li Yunlong’s troops shown no sign of acting up to now, always lurking.
“You’re right, most likely that’s it.” Chu Yunfei nodded. “After all, this is a guy who only takes advantage and won’t suffer losses—how could he be so kind as to remind us? This is to use our Jin Sui Army to test the defenses of the Taiyuan Arsenal first.”
Immediately after, Chu Yunfei said: “As long as we remind the superior and take corresponding measures to guard against him Li Yunlong, he won’t have a chance.”
Chu Yunfei didn’t waste time and immediately picked up the microphone to contact the superior right away.
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“Haha, Old Ding, Gao Liujin, I’m back.”
As soon as Li Yunlong returned, he laughed toward Gao Liujin and Ding Wei: “You watch—this Jin Sui Army will soon kill back.”
“Li Yunlong, if the Jin Sui Army kills back and really takes the Taiyuan Arsenal, what then?” Gao Liujin was still very worried about this issue.
For our Eighth Route, taking Taiyuan City doesn’t have that much value.
Even killing this little Japanese invader Shinozuka Yoshio wouldn’t have that much meaning.
But the equipment in the Taiyuan Arsenal—that has heaven-like significance for our arsenal!
Taking the Taiyuan Arsenal, there must be equipment inside for manufacturing seamless steel pipes.
Factory Director Li said that as long as there are seamless steel pipes, he can make anti-aircraft weapons.
We have rocket launchers to counter the Japanese invaders’ mechanized troops, anti-aircraft weapons to curb their airplanes—the combat power gap between enemy and us will shrink a lot.
So, this Taiyuan Arsenal, we must take it—how can we let the Jin Sui Army have it cheap.
Li Yunlong was confident: “Gao Liujin, don’t underestimate this little Japanese invader Shinozuka Yoshio—I have an intuition.”
“What intuition?” Gao Liujin asked.
“This little Japanese invader Shinozuka Yoshio definitely still has poison gas shells in hand, just not many—that’s for emergencies at key moments.” Li Yunlong pointed out. “You say, when the Jin Sui Army heads for the Taiyuan Arsenal then, what will this little Japanese invader Shinozuka Yoshio do?”
“What if your intuition is wrong?” Gao Liujin still asked.
If Shinozuka Yoshio really still has poison gas shells, the Jin Sui Army attacking the Taiyuan Arsenal will definitely suffer big losses.
But if not, won’t the Jin Sui Army succeed in stealing the chicken?
“You know why I never suffer losses in fighting wars?” Li Yunlong bragged.
Ding Wei said beside Gao Liujin: “Old Li’s battlefield intuition has never been wrong— that time taking out the Japanese invaders’ observer group, Li Yunlong dared to pull a battalion from the troops guarding headquarters safety—that’s proof.”
You know, that was guarding headquarters safety—who else has the guts for that.
But Li Yunlong’s intuition sniffed out the combat opportunity, and he just dared to do it.
“Seems like it.” Gao Liujin had nothing to say.
His Gao Liujin’s guts are big—big enough to use division headquarters as bait.
But if asked to pull some troops guarding headquarters leaders’ safety, Gao would dare do it, but definitely not as smoothly as Li Yunlong.
This battlefield intuition thing—Gao Liujin falls short of Li Yunlong in just this, otherwise always suppressed by Li Yunlong.
Immediately Gao Liujin asked: “Then when the Jin Sui Army kills back, what do we do?”
“Think about it—if we really get sufficient profits, which Japanese invaders’ troops would most hinder us transporting the stuff back?” Li Yunlong asked in return.
“I get it, we hit the airport.” Gao Liujin got it immediately.
We can curb the Japanese invaders’ mechanized troops, we’re not afraid of their cavalry troops, but these airplanes in the sky—we have no way to deal with them.
By then, we’ve taken the profits, and halfway the Japanese invaders’ airplanes come for fierce bombardment—wouldn’t that be all for nothing?
Knock out the Japanese invaders’ airport in advance, let their airplanes rest, and at the same time, indirectly support other battlefields.
After all, the airplanes at this airport are frequently supporting other battlefields.
Otherwise, Shinozuka Yoshio would have used these airplanes long ago.
