Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

Chapter 78 Li Yunlong's Abacus
At the dinner table, Li Yunlong greeted him enthusiastically: "We generally don't open a small stove in the Eighth Route Army. If we want to open it today, we don't have any other ingredients. I feel wronged by Brother Yunfei. Come on, come on, don't be polite, eat meat, eat meat."

The Eighth Route Army has always had officers and soldiers eat and live together, but Chu Yunfei was not the Eighth Route Army, so there was no such rule, and besides, he had something to talk about.Li Yunlong asked someone to load several dishes from the company's cauldron and bring them to the room alone.

Chu Yunfei was not polite at all. He picked up the pieces of meat and put them in his mouth to taste.Sun Ming is a martial arts practitioner. He has a large appetite and gets hungry easily. He even eats meat and eats it in his mouth.

"Brother Yunlong, do the soldiers of your army eat so well every day? The soldiers of my [-]th Regiment may not be able to eat two meals of meat a week." Chu Yunfei picked up another piece of meat unconsciously.Although it is canned meat, it is not as fresh as freshly slaughtered meat, but there are too many ingredients added to the canned meat, and the taste has been adjusted by the chef. It really tastes no worse than eating out in a restaurant in the county town.

Li Yunlong stopped the bowl and chopsticks and swallowed the food in his mouth: "Brother, I have become rich recently, so I can do this. If it were before, it would be good to have some meat in the month."

"But Brother Yunfei's [-]th Regiment can eat meat every week? Brother Chu, you really love soldiers as much as your own children. To tell you the truth, our regiment also has soldiers from the Jinsui Army and the Central Army. I cried on the first day, saying that I finally had a full meal after so many years.”

This sentence choked Chu Yunfei again.

What Li Yunlong said is indeed true.The Fruit Army has much better logistical supplies than the Eighth Route Army, but the lives of the soldiers are not as good as those of the Eighth Route Army.Leaving aside educational measures such as reading and literacy, it is quite difficult to just have a full stomach and pay the military salary.Those who can do these two are considered elite.

Reselling military rations is considered a basic operation in the military.As an officer, if you don't resell military rations or take free money, how can you maintain your comfortable life?How can you support several aunts and wives?What do you rely on to weave your own network of relationships?How do you cultivate your own confidants?
Do you rely on your monthly salary?Even if you can save a few months' salary to do things, you look down on the speed of the depreciation of legal currency...

Even he, Chu Yunfei, who was relatively clean and wanted to start a career, had sold a lot of military rations and used the money to manage many people.

"Alas, Brother Yunlong praised you so much that Chu deserves it."

In the end, Chu Yunfei sighed.People praise you for loving soldiers as much as a son, what else do you want to say?
"As expected of a cultured person, you speak with humility. No wonder even Advisor Meng praises you." Li Yunlong laughed.

Chu Yunfei looked at Meng Zhige, who had been silent all this time: "Praised me? Brother Yunlong, what is the identity of this Mr. Meng?"

Chu Yunfei was extremely curious about Meng Zhige.He originally thought that he would be able to meet the political commissar or chief of staff of the new regiment this time, but he did not expect that the person following Li Yunlong would be such a consultant Meng.

This is very interesting, a military adviser who came back from abroad, the brand-new Czech machine guns he saw along the way, and now this overly good meal.Chu Yunfei had reason to suspect that Consultant Meng was the big benefactor behind the scenes.

Meng Zhige and Li Yunlong looked at each other, and Li Yunlong raised an eyebrow: "Brother Meng, can you speak for yourself?"

Meng Zhige nodded and looked at Chu Yunfei: "I am just an ordinary Chinese who provides material assistance to the anti-Japanese army within my own ability."

"The machine guns in Brother Yunlong's hands were all supported by Mr. Meng?" Chu Yunfei asked.

Meng Zhige smiled and nodded.

There is no need to hide this matter. As long as the New Regiment fights more battles, all the forces in the entire second theater will be able to detect the existence of his military advisor.After all, his existence was not a secret in the Eighth Route Army. Many people in the [-]th Brigade knew about him.He even lived in Xinyi Regiment for a month, and many soldiers and people saw him with their own eyes.

Chu Yunfei's eyes lit up: "I wonder if Consultant Meng can help us with some guns and ammunition?"

"Our Jinsui Army is also having a hard time now. When Taiyuan fell, the arsenal only had time to transfer a small part of the machinery, and the raw materials were used up, and we lost most of our self-sufficiency capabilities. The materials given to us by the Ministry of Military Affairs were neither enough nor sufficient. It doesn’t quite match. For example, the bullets only have seven or nine bullets, causing many [-] rifles to become fire sticks..."

The Jinsui Army is different from the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army rarely has ammunition supplies. How many bullets an army has depends on the commander's ability.If you have the ability to seize them, you will naturally have more people in your hands; if you don't have the ability, you will have to live a hard life.If he only knew F2A, he would have died long ago.

In addition, when your superiors assign you a task, they find it to be a certain degree of difficulty and will strengthen some of your guns and ammunition.Or if you perform meritorious service, your superiors will reward you with bullets. However, there are many such individuals and rarely at the regiment level.

But the Jinsui Army is different. They really have a stable rear.Even if half of Shanxi is gone, people still have Luliang Mountain in western Shanxi; even if the arsenal doesn't save much, there are still more than 1000 small machine tools and more than 200 motors.With this family's wealth, can the Jinsui Army be like the Eighth Route Army, taking a few captured bullets and going up to fight the Japanese with their lives?
After the Jinsui Army's production of [-]-mm ammunition dropped, they immediately began to replace the [-]-mm rifles. The original Jin-made [-]-mm rifles should be withdrawn.Although life is hard, it depends on who you compare with. At least they don't live by confiscation.

"Of course, but I also have requirements. Commander Chu needs to inform me of the detailed combat plan and fill in the supplies required for the plan. I will evaluate the quantity of supplies you apply for based on your combat plan. If it is reasonable, Commander Chu only needs to sign again to receive this batch of supplies. In addition, if Commander Chu does not act as planned afterwards, unless greater results are achieved, I will regard it as a breach of contract and terminate the cooperation."

Meng Zhige smiled and said the conditions he had prepared long ago.

In Guo Zhu's eyes, he, Meng Zhige, wore the same pants as the Eighth Route Army. He reported to him the battle plan, applied for combat supplies, and even left documents and autographs... What do you think Yan Laoxi and the Chairman of the Committee will think?
Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely not loyal!
If Chu Yunfei is really willing to do it, then Meng Zhige will really give it to him.After all, after doing this, the [-]th Group might have to change their surname to [-]th. He won’t lose money on this deal!

"This...can the conditions be more relaxed? Submitting the battle plan is really..." Chu Yunfei still wanted to bargain, but his words were immediately interrupted by Meng Zhige.

"Captain Chu, it's not that I want to make things difficult for you. There is actually a lot of domestic assistance, but it has not played its due role. Corruption in preserved fruits is prevalent, and I have to guard against it."

Chu Yunfei nodded, knowing that there was nothing to discuss.

"Come, drink." Li Yunlong took out a bottle of Fenjiu from the box behind him: "No matter whether Brother Yunfei and Brother Meng can reach cooperation or not, we are all friendly forces on the anti-Japanese front."

Li Yunlong poured a bowl for Chu Yunfei: "If it doesn't work out, I, Li Yunlong, will use the [-] machine gun bullets in exchange for the [-] rifles you withdrew."

Shopkeeper Li started to make plans.Meng Zhige's face was shattered by the abacus.

(End of this chapter)