HCB Chapter 253: Xiao Shanling Returns
Chapter 253: Xiao Shanling Returns
253 Xiao Shan Ling Returns
"Your wound hasn't even healed yet, and you're already thinking about being discharged from the hospital?
Why don't you go to heaven? You're going to die."
Ye Qingshan looked at Wang Dachuan, who was eager to be discharged from the hospital, and scolded him angrily.
“No, Chief of Staff.
You don’t know, I’m feeling very uncomfortable lying here!”
Wang Dachuan felt like crying but had no tears.
"You have to lie down no matter how uncomfortable you feel. You can leave only when the doctor agrees to discharge you.
This is an order."
"Yes!"
Just at this time, Han Qiaoqian came in, changed the bandage for Wang Dachuan, and greeted Ye Qingshan with a smile.
Ye Qingshan asked Han Qiaoqian: "How long will it take for him to be discharged from the hospital?"
"Discharged?"
Han Qiaoqian was also confused, pointing at the wound on Wang Dachuan's abdomen, and said, "It normally takes a hundred days for a person to recover from a broken bone.
The bullet pierced his abdomen. He was lucky to survive.
How can I be discharged from the hospital before my wounds are completely healed?"
Ye Qingshan nodded and looked at Wang Dachuan: "Did you hear that? Take good care of your injuries.
Once you have recovered from your wounds, you can fight the devils better."
At night, Ye Qingshan left the hospital and returned to the air-raid shelter headquarters.
As soon as Ye Qingshan came back, Ning Yongchen came to him in a hurry.
"What, is something wrong?"
When Ye Qingshan saw Ning Yongchen’s anxious look, he guessed that something happened to him.
"Something happened."
Ning Yongchen nodded, handed Ye Qingshan a telegram, and then said: "The headquarters sent a telegram.
I hope we can send the devil prince to the other side of the river.
Then, the troops on the other side of the river will escort them to the mountain city."
"And this telegram was sent by Commander Chen Cheng."
Ning Yongchen handed over the second telegram and continued, "Chief Chen said.
The Japanese sent a negotiator who said that if we could hand over the Japanese prince, they could negotiate a ceasefire.
This condition is too tempting.
Therefore, many people in the headquarters were tempted.
That's why we were asked to send the devil prince over there.
Chief of Staff, your previous guesses were all correct."
Ye Qingshan had told Ning Yongchen before that the headquarters might fall into the Japanese trap.
Use the Japanese prince to exchange for the Japanese ceasefire.
This is simply a ridiculous idea.
"Humph, a bunch of daydreamers.
Ignore them.
Call the headquarters back and tell them that we cannot send the Japanese prince over.
Now, we are still hoping to hold the devil prince in our hands to deter the old devil Matsui Iwane and prevent him from launching any vicious offensive means again."
Ye Qingshan snorted coldly.
He had anticipated this result and was mentally prepared.
He would not obey such an order.
"Just reject it directly?"
Ning Yongchen was a little worried.
"certainly.
However, please remember to send the rejection telegram in the name of Commander Tang."
Ye Qingshan added with a smile.
"Okay, got it."
Ning Yongchen nodded after hearing this, then turned and left.
As for the high command, they were furious when they received the telegram refusing to hand over the Japanese prince.
Then let’s put all the blame on Commander Tang.
A day later, Ye Qingshan and his men came to Xiaguan Ferry again.
In the morning, Ye Qingshan looked at the fleet appearing from upstream, escorted by two torpedo boats, and immediately smiled.
Xiao Shanling is back!
After the fleet docked, Xiao Shanling led his men down from the boat, and Ye Qingshan hurried to meet them.
"Captain Xiao, you are finally back."
Ye Qingshan shouted excitedly.
The arms worth more than 5 million US dollars that he had been longing for and purchased from the Pitt family were finally delivered.
"Hey, I'm finally back.
This journey has been really difficult!"
Xiao Shanling also said with emotion.
Hearing Xiao Shanling's sigh, Ye Qingshan knew that they must have encountered a lot of trouble along the way.
Fortunately, judging from the current results, they should have all been resolved by Deputy Commander Xiao.
Soon, teams of Kuomintang soldiers began to carry boxes containing large amounts of ammunition off the ship.
Ye Qingshan and Xiao Shanling were standing not far away, chatting.
"Qingshan, your decision to let me go to Hong Kong to personally receive this batch of arms is absolutely correct.
Along the way, I have seen all kinds of monsters and demons.
Fortunately, I have my identity, the soldiers from the two battalions behind me, and Commander Chen’s order.
For many people, it is a great deterrent.
This way, nothing could go wrong along the way.
But along the way, I still compromised with some people.
In Guangzhou, I used one hundred submachine guns to exchange for five hundred old cartridges from the Guangdong Army.
Before boarding the ship, I left ten 60mm mortars with the local troops.
This resulted in a smooth journey.
I made these decisions on the spur of the moment without consulting you."
Xiao Shanling explained to Ye Qingshan.
“It doesn’t matter, just a hundred submachine guns and ten mortars.
Compared to our batch of arms, it is just a drop in the bucket, it doesn’t matter.”
Hearing what Xiao Shanling said, Ye Qingshan didn't care and understood Xiao Shanling's approach.
It is estimated that this is the only reason that Deputy Commander Xiao had to personally escort this batch of arms, so he only had to make such a small compromise.
If it were any other officer, the ammunition they were escorting would probably have been snatched away halfway through the journey.
Ye Qingshan picked up a Thompson submachine gun from the box and checked it. They were all brand new guns and of very good quality.
Xiao Shanling, who was standing next to him, also picked up a submachine gun and said admiringly, "The weapons of the Americans are really good.
It just takes too much bullets.”
Xiao Shanling shook his head.
He had already experienced the advantages of this submachine gun on the battlefield.
But at this time, Xiao Shanling also understood.
At this time, apart from Ye Qingshan, there would be no other unit in the National Army that could afford to equip itself with submachine guns on a large scale.
Just because this thing consumes too many bullets.
"Qingshan, the 60mm mortars from the Americans are truly great stuff.
With this 60mm mortar, we can make up for the shortcoming of our army's insufficient firepower.
Moreover, this 60mm mortar is too light.
Two soldiers can operate and fire the artillery shells.
On the battlefield, it will be very useful as a supporting firepower unit.
It can provide sufficient fire support with our 82mm heavy mortars and the rockets we have."
Xiao Shanling touched an American 60mm mortar next to him and said with great admiration.
Deputy Commander Xiao saw at a glance the huge advantages of this 60mm mortar.
Although the 82mm heavy mortar has more powerful firepower, it is also relatively bulky and inconvenient to move on the battlefield.
The 60mm mortar is much more flexible.
When Ye Qingshan heard Xiao Shanling praising the Americans' 60mm mortar, he also laughed.
Sure enough, great minds think alike!
Ye Qingshan knew very well that this 60mm mortar would play a huge role in the future battlefield of the War of Resistance.
Therefore, when purchasing arms from the Americans this time, we specifically added this new American 60mm mortar to the purchase list.