Chapter 282: The Emperor Is A Good Dog
Border Region Arsenal
Li Muzhi completed the timed self-destruct device in the flashbang and tested it; the effect was good.
The rest were some detail issues with the anti-disassembly device.
Stretching lazily, Li Muzhi walked out of the office.
He planned to rest for twenty or thirty minutes first, then handle the detail issues with the anti-disassembly device.
Woof woof woof!
Li Muzhi came to the dog kennel, and the Emperor immediately woofed warmly in greeting.
Although Li Muzhi had not kept the Emperor for long, the Emperor was already very dependent on him—in other words, loyal.
Besides the canteen lady who served food and Li Muzhi feeding it, if anyone else fed it food, it wouldn’t open its mouth and would even bare its teeth.
Li Muzhi squatted down, stroking the Emperor’s head while feeding it a bone.
The Emperor chewed the bone with crisp cracking sounds, eating very happily.
After the Emperor finished the bone, Li Muzhi held the rope and led the Emperor out of the Border Region Arsenal gate.
“Factory Director Li, you’re out walking the Emperor again.” The guard at the doorway greeted him respectfully and politely, and immediately sent someone to notify the Guard Captain.
Li Muzhi now took time every day to walk the Emperor and give his brain a rest.
Although there were guard detachments on alert around the Border Region Arsenal, as well as Regiment Commander Kong’s troops nearby.
But whenever Li Muzhi walked around outside the Border Region Arsenal, the Guard Captain would personally follow with his men every time.
“Emperor, come, bark once for the guard brother.” Li Muzhi said to the Emperor.
Woof!
The Emperor was very smart; it already knew some of Li Muzhi’s simple commands.
It immediately barked once at the guard.
“The Emperor is so good.” The guard smiled happily and said to Li Muzhi, “Factory Director Li, you’ve only been training the Emperor for a few days, but it learns so fast and is so smart.”
“Heh heh, this is a good dog.” Li Muzhi chuckled.
The Guard Captain soon came over and smiled, “Factory Director Li, out walking the Emperor again? Want me to hold the rope for you?”
“Sure.” Li Muzhi nodded and handed the rope to the Guard Captain.
Li Muzhi wanted the Emperor to get familiar with the Guard Captain too; later, once the Emperor was trained, he would have the Guard Captain lead it on patrols around the Border Region Arsenal.
The Emperor whined twice, not very willing, but still obediently cooperated.
The Guard Captain walked beside Li Muzhi, leading the Emperor, and said with a smile, “Factory Director Li, the Japanese Sweeping Army has already clashed with more than a dozen direct line armies. We’re also rapidly mobilizing troops here to strike hard at the Japanese rear at the key moment. If this strike succeeds, this raid can end ahead of schedule. That way, our Border Region Arsenal will have plenty of time to produce weapons and ammunition.”
“Is that so?” Li Muzhi paused upon hearing this, then said, “Sounds like good news, but after the Japanese suffer a big loss, they probably won’t give up easily.”
“Even if they don’t give up, their army has been badly damaged, troops are insufficient, and they probably can’t cause trouble in the short term,” the Guard Captain said. “The Japanese front line is stretched too long after all.”
“Mm.” Li Muzhi hummed and said, “As long as we give the Border Region Arsenal enough development time, later when the Japanese Navy clashes with the US Military and the Japanese are dragged into a bigger war quagmire, we can counterattack the Japanese.”
“Will the Japanese Navy clash with the US Military?” the Guard Captain asked. “The US Military’s military strength is number one in the world right now. The Japanese ants trying to swallow an elephant won’t be that stupid, right?”
“The essence of war is plundering resources. The Japanese homeland has very few resources and wants to plunder from our side but hasn’t found any; the US Military is also choking them, so the Japanese will find ways to grab from the US Military’s hands. This forces the Japanese and US Military to go to war,” Li Muzhi said.
“You’re talking about oil,” the Guard Captain said.
The Japanese oil exploration teams are now frantically searching for oil everywhere on our land.
Fortunately, heaven helps; the Japanese haven’t found a single hair so far.
“Not just oil, but other important supplies too,” Li Muzhi said.
“Factory Director Li, do you think the Japanese can find our oil? Or does the land under our feet have oil?” The Guard Captain was still very worried about this issue.
Oil is the blood of industry; if the Japanese find it, their military strength will definitely surge, making them even harder to deal with.
But that said, if there is no oil under our land.
In the future, if our industry develops without oil, won’t we also be choked?
“The Japanese have been searching this land for so many years without finding oil, so there’s only one explanation,” Li Muzhi said directly. “Their technology isn’t good enough.”
The Japanese actually found oil field locations in the northeast area, but due to technology issues, they were just a few hundred meters short of drilling down.
If the little Japanese had drilled those few hundred meters, this war would definitely have bigger variables.
Upon hearing this, the Guard Captain couldn’t help but look suspicious: “Factory Director, do you mean there’s oil under our feet?”
“Definitely there is; our territory is so vast, how could there be no oil. In our rear area, there’s already a Yanbian oil field,” Li Muzhi nodded.
“Mm, there must be oil under our feet.” The Guard Captain chose to believe Li Muzhi without hesitation.
Thinking of something, the Guard Captain smiled and said to Li Muzhi, “Factory Director Li, my younger sister wrote to me.”
“Oh, really? What did she say in the letter?” Li Muzhi asked.
The Guard Captain had a younger sister who was a Guerrilla Captain, sixteen years old, not yet betrothed; Li Muzhi had heard the Guard Captain mention it.
“She said she misses me a lot.” The Guard Captain’s expression was a bit unnatural when he said this.
“You miss her too,” Li Muzhi guessed from the Guard Captain’s expression that he might want to pull some strings to transfer his younger sister to the rear.
“Of course I do; she’s my only family now.” The Guard Captain nodded.
“How about this: later I’ll mention it to Minister Zhang and see if we can arrange something for your younger sister…” Li Muzhi didn’t finish.
The Guard Captain interrupted: “No, Factory Director Li, you misunderstood.”
“Then what is it?” Li Muzhi asked curiously.
“My younger sister said they lack a cultured partner over there. I know everywhere is short on cadres now; many regimental positions are vacant. A small guerrilla team like hers can’t get one,” the Guard Captain replied.
“You mean, you’re not applying to transfer there?” Li Muzhi said thoughtfully.
“Factory Director Li, I have to protect your safety, so I’m not applying to transfer. If you have time, just mention to Minister Zhang’s side that if possible, send a cultured partner to my younger sister’s side,” the Guard Captain said, his expression a bit awkward again, continuing, “Best if it’s someone who can handle my younger sister.”
“Oh oh oh, Guard Captain, I get it; you’re also solving your younger sister’s personal issue along the way,” Li Muzhi realized.
“She always says she won’t find a partner until the Japanese are driven out. If this war drags on ten or twenty years, she’ll be old; we can’t delay her,” the Guard Captain said in the posture of an elder brother as father.
“Even if we send a partner and your younger sister gets along with him in the future, they probably still can’t marry,” Li Muzhi said. “We Eighth Route Army have discipline; for marriage, one side’s position must reach regimental level. Minister Zhang definitely won’t directly find a regimental cadre for your younger sister.”
The Guard Captain nodded and said, “Normally, yes, they couldn’t. This still requires troubling you, Factory Director Li.”
“You want me to open a little leeway for your younger sister’s guerrilla team, give them extra support with weapons and ammunition usually?”
“As long as there are weapons and ammunition, my younger sister can develop the guerrilla team; once it gets regimental designation in the future, they can marry.” The Guard Captain’s expression was still a bit awkward. “Factory Director Li, I know the Logistics Arsenal has just developed and isn’t wealthy yet. If you think it’s inappropriate, just pretend I said nothing.”
“Heh heh.” Li Muzhi chuckled and said, “If your younger sister can develop the guerrilla team into a regimental troops, that’s a contribution to fighting the Japanese; how could it be inappropriate? Where is your younger sister operating now? Give me her location, and when I see Minister Zhang later, I’ll mention it to him.”
During the War of Resistance, the Eighth Route Army also had female military cadres at regimental level.
They were no less than men, making important contributions to the War of Resistance cause.
“Factory Director Li, better not trouble Minister Zhang.” The Guard Captain’s expression was unnatural again as he said, “Earlier, I actually went to Minister Zhang, and he looked very serious, saying so many troops below are waiting for weapons and ammunition; my younger sister’s small guerrilla team isn’t their turn.”
“When did you go to Minister Zhang?” Li Muzhi paused upon hearing this.
Logically, no matter how stingy Old Zhang Comrade is, the Guard Captain is from the Border Region Arsenal side; would Old Zhang Comrade be so stingy to comrades around him?
“Early last month,” the Guard Captain answered.
Upon hearing this, Li Muzhi said directly, “No problem, I’ll mention it to him later and have him prioritize your younger sister’s guerrilla team from now on.”
Early last month, Li Muzhi hadn’t transmigrated over yet.
Conditions were tough then; Old Zhang Comrade being stingy is understandable.
Now that I’m here, the Border Region Arsenal has developed, and logistics has improved too.
If comrades around have requests, Old Zhang Comrade definitely won’t be so stingy anymore.
Upon hearing this, the Guard Captain was about to say something, but Li Muzhi continued, “When we get back to the arsenal later, I’ll send two rocket launchers to your younger sister’s guerrilla team, plus one Hell Missile.”
The Guard Captain’s eyes widened upon hearing this: “Factory Director Li, isn’t that a bit too much? If Minister Zhang finds out, he probably won’t agree, right?”
