Rise from the sword

Chapter 444 Rebar and Cement!
The third day after Operation 'Steelmaking' ended.

Zhao Jiayu.

Ding Kong and Ding Kong drove the three-speed car and stopped at the gate of the independent regiment at the same time, turned off the engine, got out of the car, pulled out the car key, and the two walked into the independent regiment headquarters together.

In the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong had already prepared tea and waited.

"Where's Old Zhao?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong was alone, Ding Wei asked.

"Go to build the brigade."

Li Yunlong beckoned them to sit down.

After a meal of daily bragging, the atmosphere among the three was very pleasant, and the friendship between the old comrades who had been in arms for more than ten years was sublimated again, and Ding Wei also took the opportunity to turn the topic to the main topic.

"Let's take this opportunity to discuss, what should we do next?"

Ding Wei skillfully pulled out a map of Northwest Shanxi.

It was impossible to divide supplies. In order to avoid problems, the three of them had already discussed among the three groups that all three regiments would be equipped with conventional weapons that Li Yunlong could obtain in large quantities from Boss Chen.

However, rare weapons such as cars, trucks, and multi-mounted 40 anti-aircraft guns are only equipped with independent regiments.

Distributing supplies at will will cause problems instead. The saying that brothers and sisters settle accounts can be widely spread, not casually.

Ding Wei had already guessed the purpose of Li Yunlong summoning three people.

"What should we do? Of course, we should continue to attack and destroy the Devil Zhengtai Railway, so that the Devil Zhengtai Railway will never be able to open to traffic."

Kong Jie was a little excited.

This attack on Panxian County was the most exciting battle that Kong Jie fought. The troops were powerful and fought against the devils from the beginning to the end. It was an unprecedented feeling and experience.

"Continuously attack and cut off the Zhengtai Railway?"

Ding Wei rolled his eyes at Kong Jie.

Li Yunlong also looked at Kong Jie with the same eyes.

"how?"

The eyes of the two made Kong Jie frown:
"We have this strength now. The combined combat strength of the three regiments has reached 1 people. Backed by the mountainous area in northwestern Shanxi, there is a solid large and deep fortification group. It can be attacked in advance and defended in retreat."

"It's not a question of whether it can be done."

Ding Wei rolled his eyes.

Among the three of them, Kong Jie is very good at being a man and is good at managing base areas, but his long-term vision is really not good.

"The Zhengtai Railway, together with Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan, is an important transportation line for the little devil in North China. The coal mines occupied by the devil are all transported by this railway."

Ding Wei continued:

"Let's cut it off for a few days, or even a month, and it will only be a headache for the First Army. Now the First Army in Shanxi has nothing to do with us, but if it's cut off for two months, the devil's North China Front Army will pay attention to this matter. Cut it off for half a year. Hmph, the entire Chinese dispatched army will pay attention."

"Old Kong, how many devil attacks do you think we can block?"

Ding Wei's words immediately calmed down Kong Jie's surging mind.

"Indeed, with our current strength, it would be enough for the devil to come to two divisions."

Kong Jie sighed.

Beating devils is very exciting, but you have to look at the situation, see clearly, and you can't hit blindly.

"Old Ding is right."

Li Yunlong said:

"We have a bit of wealth now, but it is far from enough to fight the devils head-on. The Zhengtai Railway is the lifeline of the Shanxi First Army. If it is cut off for a long time, the little devils will definitely fight us desperately."

"Hey hey..."

"Now is not the time to fight devils desperately."

Now? ····· Kong Jie fell into deep thought.

Ding Wei smiled and took over the topic:
"In the previous battle, the three regiments of us dispatched together and gave the devil a ruthless blow. The devil has also figured out our strength, so he dare not attack rashly if he is not sure."

"But our threat to Zhengtai Railway is real."

"I estimate that in the near future, the little devils should strengthen the defense of the county, block important lines of communication, and continue small-scale conflicts to deal with us, and then slowly mobilize the prepared troops to launch an attack and completely wipe out our three regiments."

"This gives us a window period. We can take advantage of this opportunity to recruit troops and develop base areas."

"Old Li has channels to get enough weapons and ammunition, we can continue to expand the army, as long as there are enough soldiers and grassroots cadres, even if the army expands to 10 people, there will be no problem."

"Old Kong, your coal mine, my breeding factory, and Lao Li's side needless to say, all kinds of factories have erected a lot, and the cigarettes from the cigarette factory are sold to the enemy-occupied areas. The population of the base area is also high. It is growing rapidly, and more and more people in the enemy-occupied areas are coming to our side.”

"Beside the road, in the core area of ​​the base area, a large piece of wasteland has been reclaimed and planted with grain. By the end of this year, there will be a bumper harvest. Whether it is the tax revenue of the base area or the output of various grain materials, it will be several times higher than it is now."

"In another six months to a year, our strength will be stronger than now, even several times stronger. The materials we produce will also drive other bases to become stronger. Why fight the devil now?"

"Once the devils are driven into a hurry, regardless of other places to mobilize heavy troops to attack, the base we have finally established will be ruined."

"This is something I didn't expect."

For the first time, Kong Jie began to reflect on his dumb temper.

"Hey hey, that's the saying."

Leader Li Da laughed:
"The little devil obviously wrongly estimated our growth rate before, but our next development speed will be even more beyond the little devil's expectations."

He had already received a telegram yesterday that Zhuang Benfan was dead, and he also killed two lieutenant generals by the way. Then Brother Chen will have new equipment and more supplies. The development speed of the base area can be greatly improved. Increase.

By the way, there can be two new masters, and the machinery factory can develop three times faster.

"Oh?"

Li Yunlong's words immediately made Ding Wei Kongjie's eyes light up.

However, Li Yunlong did not continue to chat on this topic, but changed the subject: "We have also exposed many problems in this battle. The expansion of the army is really too fast, and the recruits are seriously lacking in combat experience."

"really."

Ding Wei and Kong Jie nodded at the same time.

In half a year, their two regiments have doubled in size, and the independent regiment has more than doubled in size. The overall strength has indeed risen, but it is inevitable that the combat level of the fighters has declined.

The most obvious thing is that in this battle, [-]% of the casualties were new fighters, and there were quite a few of them, some of which were beyond the expectations of the two of them.

"So I thought, let's also engage in actual combat, that little devil is training soldiers."

Li Yunlong revealed his plan:

"The effect of training all day is too slow and poor, we have to get something real."

"I agree."

Ding Wei nodded.

"I agree."

Kong Jie also nodded.

Afterwards, the three discussed specific details together, such as how to deal with the devil's next move, and how to train soldiers in actual combat.

Not long after Ding and Kong left, the metal communicator on Li Yunlong's waist rang.

"Monk, go and call the political commissar back."

Li Yunlong had just finished shouting when he remembered that the monk hadn't come back yet, and then he called a guard company soldier to call Zhao Gang.

Ten minutes later, Li Yunlong took a group of people to the scheduled delivery location.

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at the intended place of delivery.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were chatting with Chen Fan, while the transport company and other independent regiment fighters were in charge of transporting supplies.

"Why is the price for shooting down the Devil's plane so high? Six hundred tons of weapons and ammunition? Ten thousand tons of food?"

Seeing Chen Fan handing over the list, Captain Li was a little surprised.

After the last handover, he only killed two reconnaissance planes, why such a high price?

"There are two devils on those two reconnaissance planes."

Chen Fan reminded.

"Two devils on the plane?"

"Two devils..."

Who are Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong?Naturally, I heard the implication of this sentence at once.

"Yes, two devils."

Chen Fan repeated it.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong looked at each other, and the two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

The meaning of this is obvious. Regardless of whether it is a pilot or not, as long as it is a devil plane shot down in the sky, the price will be calculated as many times as there are devils on the plane.

"Four masters?"

The subsequent price tag also made Li Yunlong's eyes light up.

"The Bofors Mountain Cannon can be exchanged at will. The general-purpose machine gun has been upgraded! There are reinforced concrete, and careful machine tools and parts, alloy ore..."

"There's a big mule too."

Leader Li is already very familiar with Chen Fan, and he is not polite. Looking at the list in his hand, Leader Li was pleasantly surprised. When he saw the last item, his voice raised to the highest level:
"160 mortar?"

"Yes, 160 mortars."

Chen Fan pointed to a cannon covered with a cannon coat beside him:
"Brother Yunlong, I will give you a sample cannon, plus two hundred shells, you can try it later."

"Haha, thank you Brother Chen."

Li Datuan was delighted.

There is data on the list. The 160 heavy force plus spare parts weighs several tons, and each shell weighs more than 40 kilograms. Li Yunlong is even more happy to be able to carry a prostitute for nothing and carry more than 200 shells.

In the evening, Chen Fan left.

Huang Baowang commanded the soldiers to carry supplies to various warehouses. Now this has become a standard procedure, and they are very familiar with it. Li Yunlong took Yan Sheng and Wang Chengzhu to look at the 160 heavy-duty door, feel the barrel, and work together to move it. When the artillery shell weighing more than 40 kilograms was moved, the commanders of the two artillery companies drool all over the place.

Holding the list in his hand, Zhao Gang was delighted that the base area would usher in another big wave of development, and he also knew the full name of the master.

"Master of metal machinery, master of chemical materials."

This time the three regiments cooperated in the "steelmaking" operation. The independent regiment destroyed a total of one train, [-] kilometers of railroad tracks, and killed Zhuang Ben Shigeru and other devils, plus two devils' reconnaissance planes. The total amount of food alone was as high as several tons,

Even if the deliveries were made in batches, even if there were ten rounds of big trucks and a large number of big mules, and even if the road was directly connected to the delivery location, the independent group worked until late at night to initially complete the transportation and statistics of the materials.

In the middle of the night, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, tired but excited, were at the regiment headquarters, looking at the list on the table.

Li Yunlong spoke first:
"What supplies should we exchange?"

Although the harvest this time was quite fruitful, the amount of weapons and ammunition was not small, and the total production exceeded one thousand tons again, but this stuff would never be enough and would always be scarce.

The machinery factory needs it, the explosives factory needs it, and the troops also need it. Now that the big mules are coming out, they also need to exchange weapons and ammunition quotas.

"Leave the bulk to the troops."

Zhao Gang spoke first, and his tone was affirmative:
"Seventy percent is allocated to the troops, and the rest is allocated to the machinery factory, explosives factory, etc. We must first ensure the combat effectiveness of our troops."

With the growing scale, the name of the repair shop has been abandoned, and now the full name is Zhao Jiayu Machinery Factory.

"Ah."

Li Yunlong nodded in agreement.

The two have worked together for so long, although they often quarrel over trivial matters, but the relationship is getting better and better, because the two are almost in agreement on major issues.

Zhao Gang went on to say:

"Most of the rest are replaced with alloy additives and some machine tools. The machinery factory is manufacturing new electric furnaces. We have to produce some high-quality steel."

"The machinery factory is working with Zhang Wanhe to produce the Czech style. With the three new masters and high-quality steel, it is estimated that the products will be produced by the end of this year, and the output is not low."

"Unfortunately, we have too few skilled workers, otherwise..."

Commissar Zhao said with emotion.

The master is simply invincible, one person is a team of technicians.

In a few days, still using free time, according to the current level of the troops, a Czech-style production line was designed, as well as a production line construction plan.

Because the equipment can only be made by ourselves, there is still a lack of qualified steel and skilled workers. According to the original plan, a small amount of production will not be able to be put into production until the second half of next year, but with three new master mechanics, the progress can be greatly increased.

If it weren't for the lack of skilled workers, I'm afraid it will be put into production in the second half of this year.

"Then, a new chemical master came in. The master said that as long as there are enough materials, we will be able to produce more than [-] tons of potassium tungsten explosives per day early next year, and we will also save some for the chemical plant."

Zhao Gang has a completed base area development plan in mind.

"Okay, as you said."

Li Yunlong nodded:

"You make a detailed list tomorrow, and I'll try that heavy mortar."

"Um···"

Zhao Gang thought for a while and said:

"Call me when you go, I'll go and have a look too."

The machinery factory and the explosives factory are already on the right track, and they all have dedicated persons in charge. The machinery factory is Sun Desheng, and the explosives factory is a chemical technician from the headquarters, and the management level of the master is also top-notch. Answer all questions.

Zhao Gang has relaxed a lot recently.

"42 kilograms of shells, one filled with 8.8 kilograms of RDX."

Commissar Zhao couldn't help being excited when he thought of the new 160-degree data.

This is a heavy artillery, a real heavy artillery, a heavy artillery that can attack fortifications.

It was also the army's first heavy artillery.

"If this thing has enough attacking ability, then change a few more doors."

Li Yunlong rubbed his hands together and smiled.

Since the army had the Type 120, the ammunition has become abundant, and there are 120 heavy pressures, the devil's artillery towers have become thicker and thicker, especially the artillery towers, and a [-] mortar shell will not have much effect.

Fortunately, it is not easy to build this gun tower, and there are not many devils.

"Speaking of which more than 700 tons of reinforced concrete..."

At the end of the topic, Li Yunlong's tone was very strange.

"A little..."

Zhao Gang also didn't know how to say this for a while, tsk tsk tsk, he didn't know what to say for a while.

I saw it written in large font on the list:

Every time a Japanese soldier is killed, one ton of reinforced concrete supplies will be obtained, with steel bars accounting for [-]% and cement accounting for [-]%.The diameter, length and shape of steel bars can be customized at will, and there are fifteen types of cement labels.

"It seems that we have to step up our efforts."

Li Yunlong licked his lips.

"Correct."

There was a sharp flash in Zhao Gang's eyes:
"The reinforced concrete shell is a good thing."

"One catty of cement mixed with sand, the stone can make four catties of concrete, and then add steel bars inside, the defense is ten times that of sandbags."

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　　Master, this setting is not poisonous.

　　There is really no way, there is no other way to get around. o(╥﹏╥)o
　　
　
(End of this chapter)