Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 659: A Huge Black Pot

As our representative, the division commander welcomed von Karman and Qian Lin at the airport, which surprised the two men very much. They did not expect to receive such courtesy in Taiyuan.

"Hello, professors. You have worked hard on the journey. Please go to the accommodation we have arranged for you to rest. We will discuss relevant matters with you tomorrow."

The teacher spoke with a smile on his face, without any unnecessary greetings, but he also didn't make the two of them feel disrespected.

Von Karman and Qian Lin nodded, approving of their commander's behavior, which was much better than their experience in the southwest.

"Thank you for your careful preparations, Master. We will obey your orders. Please lead the way for us."

Qian Lin said with a smile.

"Okay, please get in the car."

The teacher took the two professors into the car, let them sit in the back seat, and sat in the passenger seat himself.

Qian Lin looked at the interior of the car and asked in confusion, "Commander, your car looks like a Japanese car."

“To be honest with you, Professor Qian, we have the ability to produce cars now, but our production capacity is all used to produce trucks and tanks. All the cars were captured from the Japanese.

When we recaptured Taiyuan City, we picked up a lot of spoils from the Japanese.

The devils left in a hurry and didn’t take many things with them.”

The teacher explained with a smile.

Qian Lin's eyes became more and more eager. Both the Eighth Route Army's achievements and their style were worthy of recognition. A small spark was ignited in his heart at this moment, and he had more practical ideas about staying.

Soon the car left the airport and drove onto the newly renovated avenue. At this time, we suddenly saw a huge crowd of people on the street. Everyone was wearing red and colorful clothes and beating gongs and drums, as if there was some happy event.

The soldier in front ran over to report: "Division Commander, Brigade Commander and their convoy are back, what do you see?"

"Then let's wait and let their convoy go first, and then we will stop by the roadside to watch them." The division commander gave the order to stop the car, and then stopped by the roadside to watch the brigade commander's returning convoy.

Qian Lin listened at the side and was confused. Why did the division commander give way to the brigade commander? What was going on?

He couldn't help himself, so he asked tentatively: "Master, what happened to us? Why do you all seem so happy?"

In fact, there was still half a sentence he hadn't dared to ask: Why would your division commander give way to the brigade commander?

"Why are you talking about this bustling scene now? Didn't we win a great victory in the attack on Taiyuan City before? We captured a large number of officers and soldiers of the Japanese invaders. Our Eighth Route Army treated the prisoners well, so we didn't kill them.

This time, I took this group of high-ranking Japanese officers and prisoners and exchanged them with the Japanese for a large amount of equipment from Old Yan's Taiyuan Arsenal that had been looted, as well as some gold and silver.

The people of Taiyuan and our comrades all feel very encouraged, so they are celebrating spontaneously."

The commander had a smile on his face when he said this, and it was obvious that he also felt that this was a very pleasant thing.

Back then, Old Yan failed to keep these things and they were snatched away by the Japanese. Now our Eighth Route Army has earned them back by using the Japanese prisoners, and also took back a large amount of gold and silver. This is really a gratifying thing.

This left Qian Lin and von Karman stunned, especially Qian Lin. Most of the news he heard in the United States were about China's defeat and loss of territory. Only in recent times had he heard about the battle reports of the Eighth Route Army's recovery of lost territory. He did not expect to witness such an exciting event in person as soon as he returned.

As a Chinese, his heart was filled with emotion. If it were not for the limitations of his current status, he really wanted to open the car door and share this gratifying thing with the people and soldiers of Taiyuan.

Knowing the situation, all the doubts in Qian Lin's heart disappeared. Not to mention that the division commander had to give way to the brigade commander who won such a victory, even the president had to give way to this team.

After the brigade commander's convoy left, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the division commander then ordered the convoy to continue moving forward.

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The chief of staff and the brigade commander entered the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Jin inside the city, loaded with various equipment, small yellow croakers and silver dollars recovered from the Japanese. The commander was already waiting for them there.

"Commander, we have brought back all the equipment and gold and silver according to the plan. We have already counted them. Please give us your instructions, Commander!"

The chief of staff and the brigade commander got out of the car, saluted the commander and reported.

The commander saluted in return and laughed loudly, "You have done a good job. This will greatly enhance the military's prestige. This is a great achievement for you!"

"Arrange someone to count and store, and you guys do a good job of handing over!"

"Yes!"

The chief of staff and the brigade commander responded and immediately arranged for their soldiers to carry out the mission to ensure that not a single silver dollar or screw was left behind.

"Okay, now that I've talked about the merits, I have one more thing to ask you."

The commander's smile instantly disappeared and his expression turned serious.

Ok?

The chief of staff and the brigade commander both felt a solemn and murderous atmosphere and didn't know what had happened.

"The train carrying Okamura Neiji and other prisoners was ambushed, and they suffered heavy casualties. All the senior officers died except Okamura Neiji and Shinozuka Yoshio.

According to intelligence, the Japanese special train was first hit by a huge explosion that destroyed the tracks, and then it was bombed using 155mm howitzers and 107mm rocket launchers.

Can you tell me what's going on?

I don't think I gave the order to ambush the train carrying prisoners of war, did I?"

The commander's tone gradually turned cold. Unauthorized mobilization of troops to ambush the Japanese special train was a serious crime. Once proven, he would be shot to death.

The brigade commander's mind raced. A huge amount of explosives was used to bomb the railroad tracks. 155mm howitzers? 107mm rocket launchers?

Let alone anything else, this is definitely our method. This was the idea used by the Independent Regiment to bomb the Shota line last year.

Independent group?

The brigade commander instantly cursed in his mind, could it be that this bastard Li Yunlong had caused him another big trouble?

155 grenade!

107 rocket launcher!

Now, the iconic equipment of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Shanxi area is equipped with the most in Li Yunlong's team.

It's most likely this bastard did it, there's no way around it!