At the garrison of the Eighth Route Army, under the kerosene lamp, Division Commander Chen was reading a book of the Three Kingdoms. E Ω small "say".┡

"Lao Chen, I'm back."

"Lao Liu, you're back, Lao Tzu is worried about death." Senior Commander Chen put down the book in his hand and poured a cup of hot water for Political Commissar Liu, "How is the situation?" ”

This time he went to Yan'an for a meeting, and Mr. Zhu, who had never been temperamental, criticized himself by name in front of everyone because of the Soviet pilots, which made Division Commander Chen very embarrassed.

"I've met the Soviet pilots, and everything is fine, but ......" Political Commissar Liu deliberately spoke loudly, wanting to see Division Commander Chen's reaction.

"There's something you said." After Master Chen was approved by Mr. Zhu, he was particularly concerned about this matter, and after rushing back from Yan'an, he specially asked Political Commissar Liu to inquire about the situation.

"Haha, Lao Chen, you see that you are the commander of a division, and you are as anxious as a child. Rest assured, things are going well. Political Commissar Liu said.

"Tell me about the situation?"

"Lao Chen, do you think that if a Soviet pilot asks Chongqing for a division's equipment, will Chongqing give it to us?" Political Commissar Liu began to calculate.

"I've seen enough, according to Chairman Jiang's previous practice, it is difficult for a division to be equipped!" Division Commander Chen said, "But if you want half of it, you can still get four or five thousand rifles, and then you can talk to the Soviet side, you can still ask for five thousand rifles, why do you suddenly ask like that." ”

"That kid wants to pass through our hands and ask Chongqing for equipment, he only needs a thousand rifles and twenty machine guns."

"No, isn't this a deliberate attempt to give us good things?" Master Chen asked.

"Where is it so simple, the rifle he wants is a Soviet-made Mosina dry rifle."

"This kid is quite discerning, it seems that we can only tell the headquarters about this matter and let them decide." Master Chen decided to tell Mr. Zhu about this.

After Vice Chairman Zhou received the telegram from Taihang Mountain, he directly found Mr. Zhu: "The kid you like has a problem for you!" ”

Mr. Zhu looked at the telegram: "Ask the Soviets for equipment, this kid has called himself a bandit?" ”

"It seems that this kid has settled on the Soviets and the Chongqing government." Vice Chairman Zhou said, "This is an international issue, and if we don't have a rigid relationship with the Soviets, it will not be good for us when the time comes, and this kid will really cause trouble." ”

"It's really not good, let's say he's a bandit, isn't this a blatant robbery? A temper with the bandits. ”

"Mr. Zhu, don't you like this kid's temper?" Vice Chairman Zhou teased him, "Lao Chen and Lao Liu suggested that we can agree, on the grounds that our troops also need weapons and equipment, and that kid has already promised that he will not ask anything in between, only a thousand rifles and twenty machine guns." ”

Mr. Zhu looked at the telegram: "Five thousand rifles is a bit less. Mr. Zhu didn't listen to what Vice Chairman Zhou said at all.

"It's already a lot, if the pilot falls into our hands, we really have to return the original, don't want anything, and we will become the biggest beneficiaries of being messed up by this kid."

"Old Zhou, what do you think of my list?" While speaking, Mr. Zhu made another list, on which in addition to weapons and ammunition, there were also many more medicines.

"Mr. Zhu, I think you are more treacherous than that kid, one is a little fox, the other is a treacherous and cunning, if you let Chiang Kai-shek know that you cheated him like this, you must not be angry."

Mr. Zhu was finally satisfied with the list, and said happily: "I don't care if Chiang Kai-shek is angry or not, but we have to find a chance to thank this kid." Your Lao Zhou is an expert in diplomatic matters, and the success of business negotiation depends on your Lao Zhou's mouth. ”

It is not easy for each pilot to train, not to mention 5,000 rifles, even if you add 10 cannons, the Soviet Union will give them, but it takes time for guns to be shipped from the Soviet Union. Liao Fan didn't wait for the rifle, but waited for a heavy special inspector to ask to see the Soviet pilot before he could give him weapons and equipment, of course, this news was passed on to them by Political Commissar Liu.

Liao Fan finally decided to take the Soviet pilots to meet with the commissioner from Chongqing at the garrison of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain.

"Brother Fan, you should bring a few more people." Huang Changsheng and Lao Hu were not worried about Liao Fan.

"Why are you bringing so many people? Lao Tzu went to talk to others about things, not to fight in groups, at most in three or five days, and at least in two or three days. "Liao Fan really can't stand this group of people.

"Brother Fan, why don't I go with you too." Huang Changsheng said.

"No, it's enough to bring a spring knife alone, you all stay at home for me, train the newly recruited soldiers well, each battalion strives to have fifteen combat companies, and Sun Boyong Your logistics department must have at least three hundred soldiers, and when I come back, I want to see the reports of your various troops, during my absence, Huang Changsheng is in charge, and your three battalion commanders help Changsheng more." After Liao Fan explained, he and Liu Chundao left with the Soviet pilots.

Liao Fan and the three rode all the way to the garrison of the Eighth Route Army, where Division Commander Chen and Political Commissar Liu were already waiting for them in advance.

"Brother Liao, this is our Senior Commander Chen." Political Commissar Liu said, "Lao Chen, this is Liao Fan." ”

"It's better to be famous than to meet, bring out a tiger and wolf division at a young age, and beat the little devil to the point of embarrassment and escape, these days Lao Liu has praised you to the sky." Master Chen has an extraordinary bearing, and he speaks with great vigor.

"I'm just making a small fuss, if I talk about leading troops to fight, compared to Senior Commander Chen, it's really a class axe, a bit like playing with a big knife in front of Guan Gong." Liao Fan said modestly.

"Don't praise each other here, I have one thing to warn Brother Liao, the one who came is not good." Political Commissar Liu said.

Liao Fan smiled and said, "I don't really care if he comes." The main purpose of today's visit is to bring this Soviet pilot here, and it will save me an extra trip in the future, and I can still trust the Eighth Route Army to do things. ”

"Captain Liao is polite, we are here, you can come if you want, I welcome it very much." Master Chen said, "But we have to meet this commissioner first, the official authority is very strong, and our small temple can't afford to raise such a great god." ”

"Haha, Senior Commander Chen laughed, I'm afraid Senior Commander Chen really didn't take this little commissioner seriously." Liao Fan and Master Chen both laughed.

At the reception of the Eighth Route Army, Liao Fan met a commissioner from Chongqing, because Liao Fan's troops did not have special military uniforms, so Liao Fan and Liu Chundao were dressed as businessmen, and these two sets of clothes were specially made for the two of them by Liao Fan's fellow villagers.

"Come, let me introduce you, this is Commissioner Wu from Chongqing, this is Liao Fan" Political Commissar Liu introduced them to each other, "This is the person you want to go to the peak - the Soviet pilot." ”

"Now that I saw the Soviet pilot, it just so happened that I took him away this time." Commissioner Wu directly ignored Liao Fan and them.

"Commissioner Wu, the Soviet pilots were not rescued by our department, and we can't be the master of this." Political Commissar Liu said.

"Political Commissar Liu is still afraid that we won't be able to repay our debts? Since the chairman of the committee has promised to give you weapons and equipment, he will hand over a lot of them to you. ”

"Businessmen pay attention to handing over money with one hand and delivering goods with the other, and some people want to empty their gloves and white wolves, which can damage Chairman Chiang's reputation." Liao Fan stood in front of the Soviet pilot, "Without my consent, don't say that you are a small commissioner, it doesn't matter if Stalin comes." ”

"Noise, the Eighth Route Army belongs to the National Revolutionary Army, and they must all obey the dispatch of Chairman Chiang, not to mention your small guerrillas." It turned out that Commissioner Wu regarded Liao Fan and them as guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army.