"Qi Yue, you've got it, let's go."

Lan Wufeng walked out of the gate of the Swiss Bank in Bangkok and said to Qi Yue, who was waiting outside. The two men looked warily to the left and right, and then hurried back to the hotel where they were staying. Lan Wufeng didn't notice that a bus carrying members of Shin Shin's delegation passed by him.

In the room of the hotel, Song Qiyuan, the deputy company commander of the Educated Youth Company, was waiting anxiously with several educated youth soldiers, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lan Wufeng and Qi Yue coming in.

"How?" Song Qiyuan asked.

"The money was withdrawn, a total of 50,000." Lan Wufeng replied. He opened the bag he was carrying and took out a thick five-stack of dollar bills from it, which made the onlookers couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

Previously, the Educated Youth Company had been fighting in the jungle all year round, relying on seizures and taxes from wealthy landlords to maintain their livelihood. If you don't count the old five or six semi-automatic rifles in their hands, the assets of one of their companies are not even worth $100. Now that I got $50,000 in cash all of a sudden, how can I not make people's hearts shake.

"The account you gave you Brother Lin gave you turned out to be real?" Song Qiyuan said in surprise.

Lan Wufeng glanced at him dissatisfied, and said, "Old Song, what are you talking about, Brother Lin and I are brothers, how could he lie to me." ”

Just now, Lan Wufeng had already checked the accounts in the bank, and Lin Zhenhua told him that there were actually $100,000 in this account. He didn't take all the money, but only took out half of it, and the money was to be used to update the equipment of the Educated Youth Company.

In the past year or so, Lan Wufeng has gradually integrated into the Educated Youth Company, and has formed a deep combat friendship with these brothers who are nearly 10 years older than him, and has also developed some unexplained male and female private affairs with the young lady who is 4 years older than him.

The Educated Youth Company was constantly engaged in battles with the Burmese army in northern Burma, and skirmishes continued one after another. However, the lack of equipment made it known that the Qinglian had always been at a disadvantage when fighting against the Burmese army, and if it were not for the bravery and tenacity of the intellectuals, I am afraid that they would have been completely defeated by the Burmese army.

In view of this situation, Lan Wufeng suggested to Qi Yue whether he could consider contacting the ubiquitous black market arms dealers in Southeast Asia to purchase a batch of advanced equipment to improve the combat effectiveness of the Educated Youth Company. Qi Yue sighed lightly, where did she not think about this road, but if she wanted to buy equipment, where would the money come from?

At this time, Lan Wufeng remembered the account and password that he treasured by his side, which was given to him by Lin Zhenhua before he fled and let him use it freely.

Lan Wufeng told Qi Yue, Song Qiyuan and several other cadres about the account. The views of the cadres are not quite unanimous, some people believe what Lan Wufeng said, and some people think that it is completely impossible. Qi Yue now has a very close relationship with Lan Wufeng, and knows a lot about his past in China, so he has eighty percent faith in this matter.

In this way, with the mentality of believing in what they have and not believing in what they don't, Qi Yue and others disguised themselves and crossed the Myanmar-Thai border and came to Bangkok with the help of [***] guerrillas in northern Thailand. Lan Wufeng and Qi Yue went to a Swiss bank to withdraw money, while Song Qiyuan and others were in charge of contacting arms dealers. Everyone has always had some doubts about whether Lan Wufeng can get the money, and now, seeing these five stacks of green and shining dollar bills, the doubts in everyone's hearts have completely dissipated.

"How is it, Old Song, is the matter of equipment here connected?" Qi Yue asked.

Song Qiyuan's face was full of excitement: "I've been contacted, we've already gone to see it, AK47, 40 bazooka, grenade, walkie-talkie, it's really everything." There's a lot of stuff that we haven't seen in movies before. ”

"How's the price?" Qi Yue asked.

"Very cheap." Song Qiyuan said, "AK47 is only 200 US dollars, 40 bazooka is 300 US dollars, ammunition and the like are not expensive, I have copied the price list back, we can plan it later, see how to purchase more appropriate." ”

"These weapons are all from the military of Southeast Asian countries, and they are stolen goods, so the price is not expensive." A young man named Xiao Renwu interjected.

Song Qiyuan said embarrassedly: "Actually, it can't be said that it is not expensive, this has to be placed in China, an AK47 is a cadre's salary for a year." However, when I saw the $50,000 that Fengzi brought back just now, my heart was reassured. With this $50,000, we can equip a battalion. ”

Xiao Renwu sighed: "Alas, our money is still not enough, if the money is a little more, I see that the arms dealer still has Stinger missiles there, 20,000 US dollars a piece, I heard that it is from Afghanistan." ”

Although these intellectuals nest in the jungle every day, they are not unaware of the world's major events, and the Stinger missile became famous in the Afghan war, and its fame has also reached the ears of the intellectuals. Many of these educated youths belonged to the big courtyard back then, and they were well-informed, and they could understand the reason for anything as long as they heard one or two sentences.

"Stinger missiles are used against the Burmese reactionaries, what a waste." Qi Yue said disdainfully, "The combat effectiveness of the Burmese reactionaries, if put into our country, cannot even compare with the militia of a suburban commune." We're going to beat them to the ground with four fires. ”

"Okay, let's do it right away." Song Qiyuan said.

Half a month later, a truckload full of arms and other equipment crossed the Thai-Burmese border and arrived at the camp of the Educated Youth Company. The educated youths cheered, threw the tattered grass-green military uniforms on their bodies to the ground, changed into a full set of American-style camouflage uniforms, and put on dark green steel helmets. The weapons in his hands were Soviet-style equipment such as AK47 and RPG7, and they became a team of American GIs.

"Company commander, have we lost our revolutionary nature?" Song Qiyuan asked Qi Yue worriedly.

Qi Yue said: "What is this, aren't our old-timers all wearing captured enemy uniforms?" My dad has a picture of him wearing an American devil's uniform, which he captured on the battlefield in Korea. ”

"Really?" Xiao Renwu asked enviously, his father was an intellectual and had nothing to do with the battlefield.

Qi Yue said: "My father's bad luck fell on this photo, and the Red Guards relied on this photo to determine that he was a special suspect and beat him half to death." ”

Song Qiyuan was a Red Guard, and he didn't do this kind of beating when he was young, he smiled awkwardly: "Qi Yue, you were still young at that time and didn't know anything. We were ...... Ahem, actually, we weren't sensible at the time. ”

"Alas, what's the use of saying this now, if I can do it again, I won't be disrespectful to those seniors if I am killed." Xiao Renwu also sighed, "No matter, after all, we are also guarding the southwest border for the motherland now, which can be regarded as a crime." It's a pity that I didn't buy a camera this time, or I would have taken a picture of us armed to the teeth. ”

Everyone was making a fuss there, Qi Yue walked to Lan Wufeng's side and said softly to him, "Fengzi, thank you." ”

Lan Wufeng smiled slightly: "What is this, we are all comrades-in-arms, and we can even give each other's lives, not to mention this money." ”

"Your Brother Lin, I won't blame you." Qi Yue asked.

"No, it won't. Besides, I also have some money in the country, and if I can go back, I will use that money to pay him back. ”

Qi Yue hesitated for a moment and continued: "Fengzi, actually, I don't thank you because you paid for it. ”

"Because of what?"

"Because you didn't take the opportunity to break away from our ranks." Qi Yue said.

Lan Wufeng was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Qi Yue meant. This time, they traveled from northern Myanmar to Bangkok, and if Lan Wufeng wanted to leave the team, there was a chance. He has dollars in his hand, unlike the rest of the company who have nothing, if he leaves the army and holds those dollars, he should be able to live a very comfortable life.

However, Lan Wufeng did not have the slightest idea of leaving the team, he took out the dollars and handed them to the company, used them to buy weapons, and followed him back to the jungle to continue to live this life in the rain of bullets. It is indeed very rare to be able to do this.

Lan Wufeng smiled and said, "Qi Yue, don't worry, my Fengzi is not very capable, but I am not the kind of person who has no responsibility. I ran out because I was afraid that I would injure the geese for no reason. By the way, Qi Yue, when I was in Bangkok, I wanted to send a letter to my family or Brother Lin to report that I was safe, why don't you agree? ”

Qi Yue said: "I'm afraid that if you do this, it will really affect them." Think about it, if our relatives are in China, if they receive a letter from overseas, and our identity is this kind of person who has been smuggled out of the country, can they not be implicated? ”

Lan Wufeng nodded and said, "You're right, I'm also worried about this. However, I have been out for so long without news, and there are geese at home, and I will really be worried. ”

Qi Yue said gloomily: "Fengzi, since we have chosen this kind of life, we must be prepared for bloodshed and sacrifice." Don't think about things at home. ”

"Qi Yue, don't you want your father and your brother?" Lan Wufeng asked.

"I don't want to!" Qi Yue said resolutely, she turned her head to look at the lively scene of receiving a gun, and said: "Let's go, Fengzi, let's go pick a good gun, let's let the Burmese reactionaries taste our iron fist!" ”

Three months later, the main force of the Chinese Educated Youth Brigade in northern Burma was broken up in the battle against the Burmese army, and the Yan'an Company contained a large number of routed troops, rearmed with equipment purchased from the black market, formed a powerful force, and began to launch a counteroffensive against the Burmese army.

After fierce fighting, the well-armed Yan'an Company defeated two battalions of the Burmese army, recaptured five county towns including Menggu, began to establish local power, formed a posture of armed secession, and constantly harassed neighboring Burmese towns.

After several failed attempts to encircle and suppress the Burmese government, it was forced to negotiate with the Educated Youth Company to reach a ceasefire. Qi Yue merged five county towns such as Menggu into a Yan'an State of Reading Power, with himself as the chairman, Song Qiyuan and Lan Wufeng as the vice chairmen, and other educated youths also served as the heads of various key departments of the political axe.

The local economy was quickly restored by carrying out land reform in An'an Bang and establishing small-scale industries such as machinery and textiles, as well as strictly banning drug production. Many Chinese intellectuals living in northern Myanmar have come to join the company one after another, and the strength of the company has been further strengthened, and the base area has been further consolidated. An enclave in northern Myanmar was formed.

(To be continued)