Taiyue Mountain, the brigade department of the 386th Brigade and the Taiyue Column headquarters.

The brigade commander said: "Chief of Staff, how is the site selection work of the factory going?"

The chief of staff who was reading the information hurriedly said, "Brig Commander, don't mention it. My legs were running thin for this matter. I really didn't notice it before. It was even more tiring to run a few factories than to fight."

"You have a specialty in your profession, and doing economics is not our major after all."

The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as you start, the subsequent advancement will be simple."

"Brig Commander, don't worry," said the Chief of Staff. "Anyway, there will be no major war in the past few months. I will take this as the main task of the General Staff."

While the two were talking, a correspondent rushed in.

After reading the telegram sent by the correspondent, the brigade commander's face changed instantly.

Looking at the Chief of Staff, the Brigade Commander said: "This is a call for inquiries from the Chief of the World War II."

"Question on the telephone?" said the Chief of Staff, "My God, what trouble did this kid Li Yunlong cause?"

The brigade commander said, "Chief of Staff, I didn't even say anything. Why did you guess that Li Yunlong was causing trouble?"

"Isn't this obvious?" said the Chief of Staff. "Recently, our 386th Brigade has not had a conflict with the Jinsui Army. Only Li Yunlong and the Jinsui Army and the Central Army have a conflict, so who else is not Li Yunlong?"

The brigade commander said, "Then you are wrong. This time it's not just Li Yunlong, but also Ding Wei and Kong Jie."

"Ah?" The Chief of Staff's face changed slightly, "Even Ding Wei and Kong Jie were involved in this matter?"

"At least that's what the commander of the Second World War Zone said." The brigade commander shook the telegram in his hand and said, "As for whether it is a fact, it needs to be verified."

He paused and said, "Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to Li Yunlong and the other three, asking them to explain the attack on the bandits in Heiyun Mountain to the only brigade of the Jinsui Army."

"Yes!" said the Chief of Staff.

...

In Wohu Town, the first battalion of the New Second Regiment.

Guan Dashan easily carried a M1917 Browning heavy machine gun into the command center.

"Captain, Commander Ding, Commander Li, look at it." Guan Dashan said, "This is the American M1917 Browning heavy machine gun just seized by the Independent Brigade."

"Let's take a look." Li Yunlong reached out to take it.

After weighing it for a while, he said, "This thing is much lighter than the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun..."

Guan Dashan said: "It is much lighter than the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. The Type 92 heavy machine gun weighs more than fifty kilograms, while the Bolanging heavy machine gun only has thirty kilograms."

"It's so much lighter, let's see." Ding Wei took the heavy machine gun over again.

After weighing it for a while, he said, "It's true that our troops must be able to equip such heavy machine guns. Without reducing firepower, their mobility can be greatly improved."

Wang Ye said: "As far as I know, this is already an eliminated product. It can be seen that the beautiful country is also a thief, and he helped the old antique weapons eliminated during World War I to the National Government."

"Don't care." Li Yunlong said, "As long as you can pull the pus, it's a good ointment."

"That's true." Wang Ye said, "Although M1917 is an old antique weapon from World War I, it still has obvious advantages compared to the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. Especially its metal chain supply, its firepower continuity is much stronger than the bullet-keeping plate of the Type 92 heavy machine gun."

Ding Wei said again: "Chief Staff Guan, where are those mountain cannons?"

Guan Dashan said: "The target of the mountain cannon is too big and too eye-catching, so I didn't dare to take it back to Wohu Town."

Kong Jie said: "Old Ding, this is what I ordered. We can do this, but we must not say it. At least we cannot show it out."

While he was talking, a correspondent soldier hurried in.

The correspondent soldier said: "Captain, the brigade headquarters just sent an emergency call."

"Give it to me." Guan Dashan received the telegram and glanced at it, "Regiment Commander, the brigade commander asked us to explain clearly the bandits in Heiyun Mountain ambush the Jinsui Army."

"The brigade commander sent a telegram to ask."

Kong Jie said: "Lao Ding, Lao Li, you probably have received the telegram too."

"What are you afraid of?" Li Yunlong said, "It was done by the bandits from Heiyun Village, and it has nothing to do with us."

Ding Wei also said: "That's right, Lao Kong, you'll tell the truth. This matter has nothing to do with us, but as a friendly army, we can come forward to mediate."

Kong Jie said to Guan Dashan: "Just reply to the brigade department like this."

"Yes." Guan Dashan agreed and turned around and left in a hurry.

Kong Jie said again: "Guardian, take another bottle of sweet potatoes and burn it."

The guard brought another bottle of sweet potatoes and a basket of peanuts.

...

Taiyue Military Region.

The Chief of Staff took the telegram to find the brigade commander and said, "Brig Commander, Li Yunlong and the others have replied."

The brigade commander asked without raising his head, "I won't read the telegram anymore, just tell me what they said?"

The Chief of Staff said: "They all called and said they were unaware of it in advance. Kong Jie even offered to express his willingness to mediate the conflict between the unique brigade of the Shanxi-Suizhou Army and the bandits in Heiyunzhai."

The brigade commander said, "Then let's reply to the war zone chief's office like this."

After pausing, the brigade commander said again: "If the chief officer still has questions, he can send an investigation team to investigate, or draw the main force of the Jinsui Army from western Shanxi to Heiyun Mountain to clear Xie Baoqing. Our 386th Brigade promises that it will not intervene, and will also let the new Second Regiment make way for the passage. If necessary, it can also provide some assistance."

"Okay, I'll call back to the War Zone Chief."

The chief of staff left with a smile.

...

Shaanxi, Qiulin Town, the head of the Second World War Zone.

Yan Xishan had just settled Chen Bulei and his party. Less than a minute after returning to the office and sat down, the intelligence director Yang Zhenji hurried in.

"General, the Eighth Route Army has replied." Yang Zhenji said respectfully.

"Oh, is that?" Yan Xishan put down the teacup and asked in a deep voice, "How did they reply?"

Yang Zhenji opened the folder and opened the telegram and said, "The Chief Officer of the World War II Zone: After careful verification by the Political Department of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the 18th Group Army, it was found that this matter was indeed done by Xie Baoqing, a bandit in Heiyunzhai."

"Although Xie Baoqing's bandit army briefly accepted the incorporation of the New Second Regiment of our 386th Brigade, it has now left the sequence of the New Second Regiment and has no relationship with our 386th Brigade."

"Only, if the chief officer needs it, the New Second Regiment of the 386th Brigade can come forward to mediate the conflict between the two sides."

"If the Chief Officer intends to attack Xie Baoqing's bandits, our 386th Brigade New Second Regiment can also make way for the passage to enter the mountain and provide necessary help."

"Bang!"

Yan Xishan slapped the teapot on the coffee table with a palm, and almost shot the teapot to the ground.

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!" Yan Xishan shouted angrily, "Is this a push for two or six? Is this a mockery of us being unable to deal with a group of bandits in northwestern Shanxi?"

Yang Zhenji was silent, what's the use of getting angry at me?

Yan Xishan quickly realized his incompetence and said, "Director Yang, I'm not aiming at you, don't mind."

"It's nothing." Yang Zhenji waved his hand and said, "But, the chief rank, the matter of the Unique Brigade is a bit troublesome. The 386th Brigade is clearly a lie to take revenge on the Unique Brigade and the Unique 94th Brigade, which had previously seized Heyuan County and Fu'an County, so I'm worried that this is just the first step, and there will be follow-up actions next."

"What do you mean?" Yan Xishan said, "The Eighth Route Army really has the courage to take action openly?"

"It will definitely not be possible to do it openly." Yang Zhenji shook his head, "but it is very likely that a soft knife will kill someone."

After pausing, Yang Zhenji said again: "Master, don't forget that the cause of the Heiyun Mountain incident is supplies. Now not only does the Unique Brigade suffer a great loss, but even this batch of supplies cannot be delivered to the officers and soldiers of the Unique Brigade. In other words, the officers and soldiers of the Unique Brigade are still facing the danger of food being cut off!"

Yan Xishan was stunned when he heard this.

Yang Zhenji sighed lightly and said, "If the supplies and raising food are not transported for a long time and there is no food in Heyuan County, how can the food problem of the Unique Brigade be solved?"

Yan Xishan said depressedly: "Is there no way we can do anything to the Eighth Route Army?"

"What can I do?" Yang Zhenji said, "The Eighth Route Army refused to admit it. We have no conclusive evidence, and the worst thing is that we lack the means to grasp the Eighth Route Army."

In the past, the Eighth Route Army's funds were distributed by the superiors, so you can also grasp them.

But now, the National Government has stopped issuing all the funds of the Eighth Route Army, so there is no way to get things done.

Yang Zhenji actually didn't say anything because he was afraid of hurting Yan Xishan's self-esteem and face.

Yang Zhenji actually wanted to say: If the Jinsui Army has enough strength, there is no need to talk nonsense to the Eighth Route Army. The 386th Brigade can open its eyes and tell lies. The Jinsui Army can also speak with strength. They directly dispatch heavy troops to wipe out Heiyunzhai and Xie Baoqing, so that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army can't say anything about the trouble of eating Huanglian.

Unfortunately, the Jinsui Army does not have this strength.

So now, no matter what you say, it is redundant.

After a while, Yan Xishan said, "Well, let's ask the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to mediate and ask them to warn the bandit leader Xie Baoqing of Heiyun Village to immediately unconditionally release all the captured officers and soldiers of the Unique Brigade, and return the 300 vehicles of supplies and captured weapons and equipment to the Unique Brigade."

After saying this, Yan Xishan said with a dark face again: "If we refuse to return, our Jinsui Army will mobilize three twelve brigades and 60,000 heavy troops to fight against each other. We advise Xie Baoqing to take care of himself."

"Yes." Yang Zhenji said respectfully.

...

The telegram from the chief officer was quickly sent to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

The headquarters forwarded the telegram to the brigade department of the 386th Brigade, and the brigade department transferred it to the independent regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment respectively.

Less than two hours ago, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, who were in Wohu Town, received a telegram from the superiors' department.

"If we refuse to return, our Jinsui Army will mobilize three twelve brigades of 60,000 troops to fight against each other? I advise Xie Baoqing to take care of himself? I'll bah!" Li Yunlong said disdainfully, "Not to mention whether the Jinsui Army still has 60,000 people, can we get through?"
To be continued...