Chapter 22: Grandma's Logic

  Although Gao Zhiyuan had left early, Meng Yao still sat stably in that chair, scratching his head and thinking about something. This action was not good news for others. Several people looked at each other, grabbed their helmets and were about to leave, but were stopped by Meng Yao.

  "Stay still for me," Meng Yao hummed with his nose, "Want to make me worry alone, but you have to accompany me."

  What kind of logic is this, grandma?

  Lu Tao had no choice but to sit down again, staring at Meng Yao and asking: "Now that everything is developing along the trajectory of our ideals, what are you still worried about? The ideal base has been established and construction has begun. Small teams have been dispatched from the nearest county town and township, and everything is under control. The most delightful thing is that we have added three more aircraft, including the mighty J-20 fighter jet and the versatile Il transport plane, which is like adding wings to a tiger. Moreover, Gaodah School has even taken the initiative to return, doesn't this acknowledge the leadership of the Assault Regiment... no, I mean, your leadership position? What are you still pretending to be a wolf in sheep's clothing?"

  Meng Yao listened and rolled her eyes at Lu Tao: "So that's your level, really just a housewife level. I'll ask you, what season is approaching soon?"

  "This isn't nonsense, is it?" Lu Tao also hummed, "Winter, what's up with that?"

  Meng Yao turned his head and stared at Ji Xu, "Then you continue to speak, since letting you be the head of the military supplies department, the account in your heart is publicized for us."

  Ji Xu flipped through the book, looking at it for a long time before scratching his ears and cheeks, saying: "This... if you don't manage the household, you really don't know the severity of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. Anyway, Lieutenant, you can just harm me. I'm not trying to scare everyone, but if we just sit around and eat without making any progress, after winter is over and spring arrives, my camp will definitely have to reduce supplies, especially for food, fruits, canned goods, etc. However..."

  He deliberately looked around and said with regret, "We should ask Wu Meijuan from the medical detachment to come over and say something. Like our regiment's first battalion, they only eat field rations for several months, even if supplies are sufficient, soldiers' bodies will still have problems, lacking vitamins."

  The cow suddenly slapped the back of his head, "All day thinking about Wu Mei Juan, do more serious things, and less of your grandma's nonsense."

  Lu Tao tapped the table and said, "Don't we have a budget? Let's purchase it immediately."

  The words had barely fallen when they were met with a burst of hisses. Lu Tao soon came to his senses as well, shaking his head in self-mockery. How could he have forgotten that here and now, only gold, silver, and yuan notes are recognized.

  Upon hearing this, Meng Yao let out a loud sigh and exclaimed: "Now everyone knows, there's not a single thing that can be done with ease. Fortunately, Li Jiankun is still on an even higher mountain, if he were standing here right now, it would be even more of a headache."

  This time, no one dared to continue.

  Building a base, money is not the most important thing. Population, taxes, and buffer zones with neighboring areas, large amounts of building materials, equipment materials, various production lines, etc. And most importantly, how to make the J-20 take off, logistical support, maintenance and maintenance of their existing advanced weapons and equipment, if they don't have these, they will be begging for food with a golden rice bowl, or even being chased around by others.

  "I don't know how Biaozi is doing in the county town?" Meng Yao muttered, her eyes slowly fixed on Lu Tao's face. "Tao, why don't I go there myself?"

  "No way, this is non-negotiable." Lu Tao said resolutely.

  As the most important fist in the current stage, Cao Feibiao's reconnaissance team has been strengthened to an unstoppable 80 people, but he still feels that there are not enough hands and feet. Meng Yao and Lu Tao also followed suit, worrying that further strengthening would make it a company-sized unit. It seems that the upgrade of the reconnaissance team is only a matter of time.

  After arranging the intelligence work in Yangweizhen, Cao Feibiao received another order from Meng Yao: to monitor Long Xiaotian until he returned to Niutou Mountain on his own initiative.

  For this new order, Cao Feibiao did not dare to be careless. He was very clear in his mind that since Meng Yao had let the tiger return to the mountain, it must have been confirmed that Long Xiao Tian's identity was genuine. If so, then every move of Long Xiao Tian would likely involve variables for the future of the Shock Troops in this era. It is worth noting that although the GMD is currently being squeezed by the Northern Warlords' regime and relegated to a corner in Guangzhou, as soon as the Northern Expedition begins, they will quickly regain their military and political victories, making Nanjing the true capital of the Republic of China, and by 1927, they will complete the geographical unification. And Long Xiao Tian was the only link and bridge between the Shock Troops and this truly ruling group that was about to come.

  Following the historical trajectory, it is now November. Sun Yat-sen will return to Guangzhou via Hong Kong from Shanghai because after handing over the position of President of the Republic of China to Yuan Shikai, he did not get what he wanted, and after Yuan Shikai's death, his remaining party members Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong took advantage of the situation and seized all military and political power. Therefore, Sun Yat-sen must declare the reorganization of his military government in Guangzhou by the end of this month.

  Meng Yao's task for Cao Fei Biao was to verify whether this historical event would occur as scheduled. Because he couldn't be certain how much of a butterfly effect their small team would have on history.

  This issue is neither too big nor too small.

  If the butterfly effect is negligible, then that's a huge piece of good news. If so, they can develop themselves entirely based on history textbooks and complete all their plans and strategic goals with foresight.

  Of course, as a Red Army, Meng Yang could not help but pay more attention to the development of the Party during this period. At that time, although the Party had not yet been established, the first communist group had already been born. Moreover, our great Mao would soon write "On the Chinese Revolution - Letter to Comrade Cai Hesen and others", elaborating on his understanding and conception of party-building thought at that time.

  As for Mr. Chiang Kai-shek, the Whampoa Military Academy was not established until May 1924, so at this time he was not yet a top heavyweight figure.

  Meng Yao told Cao Fei Biao after giving orders: Listen more, watch more, remember more, ask more, and don't speak.

  The "four more and one not" policy was a headache for Cao Feibiao. The four more were easy to say, but the one not was really going to cost him his life. Isn't this like putting a muzzle on a fine horse and making it dumb? However, apart from this main task, Meng Yao also gave him another special task - to learn how to do business, make friends, especially with the big landlords and merchants in neighboring towns. This additional task was somewhat comforting for him. At least, he could still talk nonsense in social gatherings. Anyway, their stories were so unbelievable that even if a storyteller told them, no one would believe it.

  Meng Yao finally gave Cao Fei Biao a death order: he must bring back no less than 30,000 silver dollars when returning to the camp, otherwise he would not be allowed to come back.

  Cao Feibiao looked at his own empty hands, apart from a short gun and a radio for each of them, what could he use to earn back the 30,000 yuan? But he quickly burst out laughing, no money, can't rob without money? Grandma's, the battalion commander only said he wanted money, didn't say anything else. Isn't this a hint at something? Whatever, using dirty money to exchange for a brand new world, so what if I rob it.