My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 348 Hua Yong's Deception

There was no situation where everyone at all levels was collecting empty salaries, but how could this be possible? How could the guerrillas have so many people?

However, not only Jiang Li was confused, but also the various guerrillas who received Jiang's orders were confused. Among them, the most confused was the Liu Huaqiang group.

It's their fault for having such a weird name that Jiang Li remembered them. Now they are the ones who "falsely reported" the most people among all the guerrillas, so Jiang Li sent a telegram to reprimand them!

At this time, Liu Huaqiang and two other people, together with the political commissar and officers at all levels, were in a fairly large conference room in Hutou Mountain, passing around the letter of reprimand from Jiang Li.

After they read it, they were all at a loss, not understanding where they had gone wrong, to the point that Jiang Li sent a telegram to reprimand them personally.

Everyone discussed it for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.

At this time, Hua Yong, one of Liu Huaqiang's team, stood up, frowned, and walked to the middle of the conference room. "After reading the commander's letter, I seem to have some guesses, but I don't know if they are correct?"

When everyone heard someone had an idea, they immediately asked for his "brilliant opinion".

So Hua Yong did not hide anything and said, "I think the most important word in the commander's letter is 'elite'!"

After hearing this, everyone's minds were full of question marks, and they had no idea what was wrong with these two words.

So Hua Yong continued, "You should all know that a large part of the supplies for our guerrillas need to be transported by the commander."

"Based on the size of our guerrilla unit, the money, food and supplies we need every day can be called a massive amount. If the consumption of all other guerrilla units is added together, it must be an astronomical figure!"

"Although we have gathered some civilians and can barely guarantee basic food and vegetables, we are unable to produce military uniforms, canned goods, weapons and ammunition on our own. All of them need to be allocated by the commander."

"But in the past two years, we have only fought some bandits and have not achieved any other outstanding results. I think the commander must be quite dissatisfied with this."

After hearing this, everyone felt that it made a lot of sense. After all, even if you raise a donkey, if it only knows how to eat all day and doesn't work, the owner will be unhappy.

But the people present were all special talents with strong professionalism. When they encountered such a thing, although they understood it, they didn't know how to solve it.

So they all turned their eyes to Political Commissar Xie Miao.

Seeing everyone's attention on him, Xie Miao's face turned red, because although he was a political commissar, he had only been studying for a short time and had some experience in ideological education, appeasing the masses, and promoting policies.

But he had no original insights on this kind of thing, so he could only cough and throw the question to Hua Yong again.

"Captain Hua's analysis makes sense, but it doesn't seem to be related to the word elite you mentioned earlier!"

When everyone heard Xie Miao's words, they immediately remembered that Hua Yong had been talking for a long time and had not yet explained why the elite troops were the key point, so everyone started talking and urging him.

Seeing this, Hua Yong stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued to express his own opinions.

"I have said so much just to tell you that the commander's investment of time, energy, money, food and materials is totally disproportionate to the results we have achieved, so he sent a telegram to reprimand us."

"There is only one way to solve this problem, and that is to prove that our soldiers are elite and that we are worthy of the money, food and supplies we have consumed in the past two years!"

After hearing Hua Yong's words, everyone felt that it made sense, but they were stumped as to how to prove it.

They all knew that although the soldiers in the guerrilla brigade were not elite, they were all energetic and proficient in basic combat skills. Even if they were to screen them, there would not be many old, weak, sick or disabled people.

So everyone didn’t know what to do for a moment.

Seeing this, Hua Yong laughed and said, "I said before, the most important thing about the commander's telegram is the word elite."

"What is an elite? Our Liu Huaqiang trio is the elite recognized by the commander himself, because we have fought one battle after another, killed countless enemies and made countless contributions. Only in this way can we be considered elite!"

When everyone heard this, they thought it made sense, and a flash of inspiration seemed to come to their mind, but they couldn't figure it out for a moment.

At this time, Hua Yong continued to speak impassionedly, "In my opinion, the commander's telegram is not a criticism at all, but a provocation, asking us to prove that we are elite and worthy of his investment in materials in the past two years!"

When these words were spoken, everyone present couldn't believe it, but after thinking about it, they felt that there seemed to be some truth in it.

However, everyone had a question in their mind at this time, which was how to prove it. Should they send troops to attack the county town without any orders from their superiors?

If that happens, not to mention the huge casualties, if there is a misunderstanding of this telegram, the commander will definitely hold us accountable, and we will be in big trouble!

So everyone was hesitant for a while, and the one who reacted most strongly was Political Commissar Xie Miao.

"Captain Hua's guess is very bold, but there is no actual evidence to support your guess, so we might as well consult our superiors before making a decision!"

Although Xie Miao's words were not harsh, his determined look was unquestionable.

Seeing that Political Commissar Xie Miao had spoken, Hua Yong could not insist any further and could only agree with his suggestion. He then sighed and sat down.

However, at this moment, someone from an intelligence station outside delivered urgent information.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately asked someone to invite the man in. The man took a few breaths and immediately explained to everyone the reason for his visit.

"I don't know where Yang Tianci got the information from. He actually led his troops to arrest most of our intelligence personnel yesterday."

"If I hadn't hidden myself when I saw the situation was bad, I would have been imprisoned. Three captains and the political commissar, you must think of a way to rescue them!"

When everyone heard that the intelligence station had been taken over, they could not tolerate this and immediately prepared to lead troops to rescue them. However, they were stopped by Xie Miao.

Seeing everyone's unfriendly eyes, Xie Miao said loudly to everyone: "I am not trying to stop you from saving people. I want you to sit down and discuss it carefully, so as to avoid not only failing to save people, but also letting them know and kill them in advance!"

After hearing Xie Miao's explanation, everyone calmed down a little and sat down to discuss the details of the rescue.

But after discussing for a while, they could only come up with the idea of ​​attacking the county town by force, because they had caused a lot of trouble outside Xiushan County in the past two years.

Therefore, there are always people patrolling the top of the county city, and there are people checking and searching people at the city gate, so there is basically no loophole to exploit.