Chapter 71: Linqing County Flying Warehouse Web

  Xiao Li directly aimed the box at Zhang Yiming, a military uniform agent. Luo Changbing, who was standing on the side, did not intervene, and Liu Feng had to stretch out his hand to stop Xiao Li: "Wait, I still have something to ask." Then he asked Zhang Yiming: "Special Operations Brigade? What is the concept, how many people, what equipment?"

  Zhang was originally already scared by Little Li, but when he heard Liu Feng's words, he thought Liu Feng had changed his mind and hurriedly said: "The Special Warfare Brigade is a Class A brigade, three regiments, nine battalions. The equipment has not been fully equipped yet, but the Military Affairs Department has approved it to be resolved."

  In fact, the so-called Special Warfare Division was just a false promise made by Dai Li to win over Liu Feng. The current National Government is holed up in the southwest region, where does it have the strength to establish a special warfare division? This division is nothing but a few security regiments cobbled together to deceive Liu Feng.

  Liu Feng knew at once that the Military Commission was fooling him, they didn't even understand what special operations were about, let alone a special operations division. If there were as many special forces as a division, would they still be called special forces? Moreover, every single special force soldier was trained with a huge amount of money, not to mention establishing a special operations division, even setting up a special operations brigade would have bankrupted the National Government. It was complete nonsense.

  But Liu Feng didn't reveal anything, and just smiled and said: "So when will the $100,000 arrive?"

  Zhang Yi's face lit up with joy: "So Director Liu has agreed?"

  Liu Feng smiled and said: "It depends on when the money arrives."

  Zhang Yi immediately bowed his head and bid farewell, wanting to return and report back.

  Luo Changbing stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yiming's arm, instantly locking it behind his back.

  Zhang Yi hastily turned his head and said: "Liu Feng, what do you mean by this?"

  Liu Feng also asked: "Lu Kezhang, what do you mean by this?"

  Luo Changbing said: "Liu Feng, you want to betray and surrender to the enemy, don't you need to ask me if I agree or not?"

  Liu Feng made Luo Changbing laugh and cry at the same time, so he had to say: "Little Li, please find Chen Zhengwei and Lin Team Leader, let's discuss it."

  Soon, Chen Zhengwei and Lin Dui arrived. On the way, they also asked Xiao Li about the situation. When they saw this scene, Lin Dui asked: "Liu Feng, do you really plan to betray?"

  Chen Zhengwei said to Luo Changbing: "First, let's send Mr. Zhang downstairs to rest for a while."

  Then Luo Changbing ordered two warriors from the Security Department to lock up Zhang Yiming first and then returned to the house.

  Liu Feng sat in the middle chair, slowly drinking tea and not answering everyone's questions until Luo Changbing also entered the room. He then said: "Since everyone is here, I'll say something. Zhang Yiming is a military uniform agent and also came to win me over. The reason I didn't talk to him alone was to leave a witness. Otherwise, you would always say that I betrayed and surrendered! What he said about the special warfare regiment is completely nonsense, but the $100,000 might be true. Our special forces have been established for so long and now expanded to 500 people. The money I got from the little devils has almost all been spent. Now, if we don't accept the money that the military uniform big shots came to offer us, wouldn't that be stupid?"

  Lin asked: "Colonel, aren't you going to betray and surrender to the enemy? Is it a trick to get their 100,000 taels?"

  "Director Chen also said: 'Colonel Liu used his own money to supplement the nutrition of our special forces team members, he is not a person who loves money at all, how could he betray us for money? Colonel Luo, your suspicion is too excessive!'"

  Luo Changbing and Little Li both looked embarrassed. Little Li said: "Sorry, Chief of Staff, I shouldn't have doubted you!"

  Lu Changbing was a man of few words and after being stifled for half a day, he only said one sentence: "Sorry." He couldn't say anything more.

  Liu Feng waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. But with this commotion, the 100,000 yuan that we could have swindled is probably gone now. Zhang Yiming won't be foolish enough to send the money first."

  Luo Changbing and Little Li both looked down in shame upon hearing this.

  Liu Feng said, "In the struggle against the enemy, we can't be so rigid. Especially now, during the period of cooperation between the Nationalists and Communists. We should take advantage of every opportunity. When dealing with outsiders, our words are naturally a mix of truth and falsehood. How could you two... in front of Zhang Yi Ming..."

  "We were wrong, punish us." Little Li said with his head down.

  "It's not possible to get the 100,000 dollars from GMD, so we have to think of a way to get it from the Japanese. Otherwise, our special training will be cut off. I'll go and release Zhang Yiming first, saying that our internal thoughts are not unified, and for now, I'm also hesitant. This way, Military Bureau will think that I'm still wavering and may defect, so they won't come up with other plans to make us defenseless." Liu Feng said.

  Liu Feng went to see Zhang Yiming alone and said, "Mr. Zhang, I'm really sorry. Since I didn't participate in GCD, they don't trust me much. You also saw that it's basically impossible to pull the whole team over. For now, I can't leave either. Let's talk about this later when we have a chance."

  Zhang was so scared that he lost six and a half souls, thinking the Eighth Route Army would shoot him. When he heard Liu Feng personally came to release him and even apologized, he immediately became excited. He repeatedly said it's okay, it's okay. Then he ran away with his pants wet. The mission wasn't completed, but it's not worth losing one's life over.

  Liu Feng then came back and said, "Lu Ke Chang, Little Li, both of you have responsibility for this matter. How about this, the two of you follow me to find money. Try to raise half a year's training expenses for the special warfare battalion in a short period of time. Do neither of you have any objections?"

  "No objection, but I'd like to ask, where did the Chief of Staff think of getting the money?" Luo Changbing asked.

  "Nature is a county town occupied by little devils. For example, Handan, for example Shijiazhuang, for example Dezhou." Liu Feng said casually.

  "Ah?" Chen Zhengwei immediately said, "Handan is the headquarters of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, Shijiazhuang is the headquarters of the 110th Division, and Dezhou is the headquarters of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade. The defenses are tight, it's too dangerous, I disagree!"

  Liu Feng said, "Only these few big cities around here have Japanese banks where we can get money. The banks in other counties seem to have strengthened their defenses or even closed down since I robbed the Quzhou County United Preparation Bank."

  Luo Changbing suddenly said: "I know that there is a Japanese bank in Linqing called the Linqing branch of Shinkin Bank. Linqing belongs to the jurisdiction of the Independent Mixed 7th Brigade stationed in Dezhou, Shandong Province. However, it is located at the intersection of the jurisdictions of the 1st Brigade, the 110th Division, and the 7th Brigade. There are only a few Japanese devils and three pseudo-military brigades defending Linqing County. It's several hundred miles away from Dezhou, so even if the 7th Brigade wants to rescue Linqing County, it will take at least a few days. After receiving intelligence that Linqing was attacked, the commander of the 7th Brigade, Wu Shengzheng, would not ask for help from the 1st Brigade and the 110th Division because of face-saving issues. He must have troops transferred from other counties to rescue them. This way, we will have time to empty out Linqing County."