Chapter 26: Anti-Landmine Warfare

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  This time these local rascals have set up some inexplicable landmines, now even going to the countryside to "maintain law and order" is extremely difficult. You have Zhang Liang's strategy, I have climbed over walls! Let's see who's more powerful, you or me, Mei Huan Yu.

  Mei Huan Yu thought for a moment and decided to have a good discussion with his trusted subordinates. The last time the ghost squad was annihilated, his confidants secretly sent him a letter, so he knew about it early on. However, even so, he waited for three days before the Japanese search party discovered it, and then pretended to be deaf and dumb to wait for orders from the Japanese. After all, if he had gone to report it himself, this would have been difficult to get through.

  It seems that my younger brothers are still quite clever, since they can't stay with the devils, they might as well lead a team to resist Japan under the banner; after all, if one day the wind direction is not right, they can also use the excuse of being in Cao's camp but having their heart in Han to shirk responsibility. After all, it can be said that two battalions of puppet troops have risen up in revolt, haha, these tactics are naturally very familiar to Commander Mei Huan-yu.

  This time the Japanese have given themselves a good job, actually letting themselves lead people to fight against landmines, this is something that needs to be discussed thoroughly, with more people comes more opinions.

  At this point, Mei Huan-yu was quite able to listen to the opinions of his superiors, so for the puppet army, he was not a bad commander. At least when something happened, as long as it didn't provoke the Japanese, Commander Mei would take responsibility for himself, and in the city, he could be said to have been walking sideways.

  Although Li Cun was scolded by many people after the massacre, he was even more feared. Those who dared to point fingers at his back before were nowhere to be seen. Instead, they all respectfully addressed him as "Old General". This Old General is really comfortable, every day except for going to work, watching plays, listening to music, and hanging out in tea houses, how comfortable is that? Not a single person dares to come asking for money.

  Of course, apart from the fact that Mei Huan-yu had to pay half of the shares for De Sheng Building, it was a free meal. Anyway, eating and drinking at someone else's expense made Officer Mei happy. Naturally, there were others who came to offer him money, not having to take it out of his own pocket. This way, he got to ride Mei's horse without spending his own money and also had a full stomach. Such good things, how could people not rush to be the first?

  After Mei Changguan entered the dry stock, business became more prosperous. Anyone who had done something wrong and came to apologize to Mei Changguan would naturally come to De Sheng Lou. Others, in order to prepare for future troubles, also followed suit. As a result, De Sheng Lou was hailed as the number one gathering place in Tongcheng, and its reputation spread throughout the surrounding nine towns and eighteen counties. Even local rascals boasted about De Sheng Lou, and villagers considered it an honor to pass by its gate.

  Today, Mei Huan-yu specially found a few trusted confidants and came to the elegant lounge of De Sheng Building to discuss matters. The boss hurriedly welcomed them out, although he had been forced by Director Mei to take away half of his shares, but the remaining half was still much stronger than before. Although he also knew that not all of it had been taken away, but rather because he had seen his own management skills, yet in his heart he was more grateful than resentful. Who made himself powerless? This Director Mei, apart from being ruthless and black-hearted, was actually a good discoverer of talent. The boss, filled with gratitude, naturally served them with extra warmth.

  Mei Huan Yu secretly smiled in her heart: "If this wasn't a clever business move, I would have been buried long ago. But it seems that sparing his life was the right decision after all. Running a wine shop really can't do without someone capable. Although my influence is great enough, I still need to be careful when it comes to managing restaurants and inns. It looks like my skills in using people are becoming more and more refined. I've taken over their business, and they're still grateful to me - isn't that much stronger than my old master who would often force people to death? Just for the sake of a little girl, he had to force her father to death and even sue him, although it was eventually settled. But after all, it's not as smooth as my methods! I'll have to chat with my old master more when I get back."

  Soon, several subordinates invited by Director Mei rushed over to receive the news. The superior asked who dared to be late? In a twinkling of an eye, everyone was present, and after three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes.

  Mei Huan-yu picked up his chopsticks and pointed to the dishes on the table, saying: "This afternoon, the master said that our security team should deal with those bastards who are playing with landmines. I've gathered you all here to discuss how we can find all the landmines or prevent our people from stepping on them. You'd better take it seriously, otherwise, it might be your lives at stake, haha, don't blame me for not reminding you today."

  In a twinkling of an eye, everyone was making mountain-and-sea vows, slapping their chests with a loud "pa" sound: "No problem, we brothers will definitely catch those country bumpkins."

  "Yes, as the superiors have said, who dares not to work hard."

  "That's right, we'll get rid of those restless guys once and for all."

  Mei Huan Yu furrowed his brow, and several of his subordinates hastily sat up straight, determined to come up with a plan first and outdo others.

  "Or should we find some sappers and have them dig up all the landmines?"

  "Want to use a stick to stir?"

  "Just find a few scapegoats and let them walk in front, we'll tie them up with ropes so they can't run away, and they can also clear the way"

  "We don't have to walk on the road, as long as we enter the village, can't we do whatever we want? They can't possibly lay landmines in the village too, right?"

  "Yes, that's a good idea. We can also launch a surprise attack at night, so their sentries won't discover us. We'll sneak in quietly and capture them all."

  Several fake army leaders racked their brains to think of a plan, and Mei Huan-yu nodded: "That's right, everyone go prepare, bring all the equipment, we'll sneak out tomorrow night. Today's matter, no one is allowed to mention it. It will be announced at departure time. Brothers, keep your mouths tight, if because of loose lips, some brothers are sacrificed, then cut off their own heads."

  The crowd dispersed after they all swore and vowed that they would never gamble again.

  The nights in Kuai Shi Village were also restless. Since the location of the iron foundry was confirmed a few days ago, there has been a constant commotion here, with machines and raw materials being secretly transported in by horse teams. One by one, the components were assembled by several technical personnel who had been recruited.

  Yan Ju Fan was used to seeing modern equipment, but these natural things were not in his eyes. However, he had never seen a machine in the mountains before, and it was really fresh. It turned out that everyone had only seen iron pots and iron scoops, and later steel guns were considered the most powerful thing, but they didn't expect that today would be an eye-opener. Iron things could be made into such complex toys, and each one could be assembled piece by piece. This was a rare thing, so after work, everyone gathered around the field to watch how the machine was installed, with wide eyes staring in wonder. "Wow, it's amazing!" The mountain people kept exclaiming, while several busy technicians were installing on the side, occasionally smiling kindly at the surrounding mountain people.