"Let me just say, my brother, Lao Li, is awesome."
Hearing this, Li Yunlong was first happy for Gao Hongming, and then his eyes lit up, "Old Zhao, my friendship with Brother Gao is beyond words. Since he has now built a flying brigade, doesn't it mean that
In the future, our independent regiment can also enjoy the treatment of air support? Hey, I, Lao Li, have been fighting for so many years, but I have never tasted what air support is like."
Seeing that Li Yunlong was getting more and more excited as he talked, Zhao Gang couldn't help but throw some cold water at him, "Old Li... don't be too happy too soon. Do you know how much Yan Xishan paid to get the air support from the Liantai Flying Brigade?
According to reliable information, in order to request the Liantai Flying Group to dispatch, Yan Xishan offered the Liantai Flying Group a price of 30,000 oceans a day, which Commander Gao was not very happy with."
"What...30,000 oceans?"
Li Yunlong couldn't help but was shocked. When the Eighth Route Army was first established, the Nationalist Government promised to provide the Eighth Route Army with military expenses of 630,000 French currency every month. The legal currency at that time was quite valuable, and the exchange ratio was about 1:2. However, with the indiscriminate issuance of legal currency
, as of 1941, the exchange ratio between ocean and legal currency had reached about 1:10, but the funds issued by the National Government had not increased at all, and were even often in arrears.
In other words, the entire Eighth Route Army's current monthly budget is only enough to hire the Taiwan-Lianying Flying Group for two days.
"My dear... Brother Gao is going to get rich."
Seeing Li Yunlong's surprised look, Zhao Gang snorted, "What do you know? Do you think Captain Gao is making a fortune from this?"
"Isn't it?" Li Yunlong asked puzzledly.
"What is it?" Zhao Gang knew that although Li Yunlong had been in combat for a long time, he was not very familiar with high-tech things like airplanes. After all, he had never been exposed to them.
He explained patiently: "Do you know how much a fighter plane is worth now?"
Without waiting for Li Yunlong to answer, he said: "At least 150,000 to 200,000 yuan, plus the training of pilots, daily maintenance, and the fuel, ammunition and other materials consumed in combat, the price will have to go up to 100,000 yuan."
Twice. Just yesterday, the Lian-Taiwan Flying Group lost one fighter plane and two more were injured. Combined, Commander Gao lost three to four hundred thousand oceans. Now you still think that Commander Gao is going to get rich.
?"
"No way...doesn't this mean that Brother Gao not only didn't make any money, but also poured money in? What is he trying to do...Oh...I understand..." Li Yunlong was silent for a moment, and shook his head with a wry smile.
, "Brother Gao Yi... I, Li Yunlong, am ashamed of myself."
Zhao Gang quite agreed with this: "Yes... So, Commander Gao is indeed a person who does not care about fame and wealth, and is dedicated to resisting Japan. Although such a person is not a comrade of our Eighth Route Army, it does not hinder my admiration for him.
"
Li Yunlong scratched his head: "Old Zhao, originally I was wondering how to ask Brother Gao to send out his flying brigade when we fight in the future, so that our independent regiment can also enjoy what it feels like to have air support, but now I can't do this.
Thoughts came to mind.”
Zhao Gang sighed softly: "So, in the final analysis, the war is really about national strength. In these years of fighting against the Japanese, we have captured several airplanes, but they are all kept in Yan'an like treasures.
Don’t you dare to drive it out? In the final analysis, isn’t it because you are too poor and can’t afford to support it?”
"yes!"
The two were silent for a long time, and Zhao Gang suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Lao Li, just now you said that Xiu Qin came to you to report about the Women's Rescue Society, is that true?"
Li Yunlong blushed and nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"No!" Who is Zhao Gang? Although he is not as good as Li Yunlong in terms of military affairs, when it comes to political and ideological work or logistics work, Li Yunlong is at least several steps behind him.
"The Women's Rescue Society belongs to the category of logistics work. Even if Comrade Xiuqin wants to report work, she always comes to me. Why would she come to you? Besides, these trivial matters are what bothers you the most on weekdays, so how can you care about these things."
At this point, Zhao Gang's eyes flashed and he stared: "You are such a cowardly Li Yunlong, tell me, what did you do to Xiu Qin? I'm not done with you today."
When Li Yunlong heard this, he was frightened. He immediately beat his chest and shouted, "I have no conscience in heaven and earth. I haven't done anything."
Zhao Gang said: "You didn't do anything? Isn't that right? You didn't do anything and a lesbian would run to you out of fear? Tell me honestly, have you ever hugged her?"
Hearing this, Li Yunlong was discouraged and whispered: "It's true, but you didn't do anything else?"
"Well, Li Yunlong, you really hugged me!" Zhao Gang's eyes widened: "You are still the leader, so you don't consider the girl's self-esteem when you do this? Xiuqin is a hot-tempered girl, since
If you hugged someone, then she will be yours in life and your ghost in death. It’s up to you. Who asked you to have sex with someone else’s girl?”
"Is it that serious?" Li Yunlong panicked, grabbed Zhao Gang and said, "Old Zhao, you can't just ignore it. This time, you will be in big trouble."
Zhao Gang suppressed his laughter and pretended to think about it and said: "Well, it's time for you to marry a wife. Xiuqin is a good girl and she is sincere to you. I think, in terms of conditions, you are no worse than you. What's so great about you?
You are not a prince or aristocrat? You are a mud-legged person. What makes Xiuqin unworthy of you? You are like a pig with a green onion in its nose - pretending to be an elephant. In fact, you pretend to be serious on the surface, but your heart is like a cat scratching.
Yes or no?"
Li Yunlong smiled bitterly and said: "Old Zhao, don't make fun of me. Our whole group is all bachelors. As the group leader, I can't be the leader. Unless all the brothers in the group marry together or become monks together, I can't do this special thing."
"
"That's nonsense!" Zhao Gang couldn't laugh or cry: "You are also the leader of a regiment, so you are so enlightened? Do you think you are a hero from Liangshan? Even the heroes from Liangshan did not marry a wife together.
Wu Song and Lu Zhishen are bachelors. It is true that comrades share weal and woe, but marrying a wife cannot share weal and woe, otherwise it will be a mess? We are the Eighth Route Army, not the king of the mountain. The organization stipulates that as long as the age and position are up to standard, you can get married.
.It’s useless for anyone to look at her with greed. I only want to ask you one thing, do you like Xiuqin? "
"like!"
"That's alright. You've said it before, I'm in charge of everything in life. Marrying a wife is not a military matter, right? It's up to me. You can prepare yourself. You'll be ready to be the groom's official in a few days.