Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 70 Development Plan (1)

"Brother Ren, don't say anything nonsense. Our independent regiment is the main force. It's okay to find time to engage in production, but we can't do this all the time." Li Yunlong was shocked and quickly jumped out to object.

"Yes, yes, Lao Li is right. The independent regiment is a combat regiment, and the focus is still on fighting the Japanese." Kong Jie echoed.

"Since the brigade commander has said that we need to train snipers and torpedo gunners, and considering that all the artillery towers near the independent regiment have been taken down, I suggest that Lao Li and I separately lead people to attack the Heyuan area. On the one hand, we can train the team, and on the other hand, we can develop our armed forces locally. Currently, only the Shanxi Suiyuan 358th Regiment is active in this area. It will not be easy for us to attract their attention if we go there to fight the Japanese." Kong Jie rarely came up with an idea. It seemed that he had been thinking about it a lot while leading the team in training recently.

The brigade commander saw that Kong Jie and Li Yunlong did not avoid Ren Zhong when discussing these things, and knew that although Ren Zhong looked like a businessman, he was actually deeply involved in the core level of the independent regiment.

He raised his eyebrows, then returned to calm.

This is somewhat against the rules, but in the current situation, Ren Zhong is basically the actual leader of Yangcun Military Industry, and can be said to be a core member of the independent regiment.

"In principle, I agree to move out of the vicinity of the headquarters to promote training through fighting. However, Heyuan is more than a hundred miles away from Yangcun, the terrain is complex, and the Japanese have several blockades. You have to consider supply. You can neither move too much and alert the enemy, nor fight a reckless battle that deviates from the purpose of promoting training through fighting. You will come up with a combat plan later." The brigade commander said after thinking for a while.

"Smelting iron and steel in the base area is a big thing now, but also a difficult thing. With this thing, we have more bottles and jars. Facing the Japanese raids, we have more things to worry about. You should make contingency plans for various extreme situations. In general, in the face of danger, we still have to preserve our manpower as the main thing."

The brigade commander's words set the tone for responding to Yangcun's development risks.

When they were making great progress, a bucket of cold water was poured on Li Yunlong and his team to wake them up.

Ren Zhong deeply agreed with this. It was only the spring of 1940, and the hard days were far from over. The Japanese still had an absolute advantage in the north and in Shanxi. This was one of the important reasons why the business that Ren Zhong opened up was basically built using simple methods of using local materials.

On the one hand, it was certainly the limitations of the times that did not provide Ren Zhong with the foundation to build a modern industry. On the other hand, Ren Zhong was prepared to break down the jars and pots and move things at any time. When danger came, he could just blow these things up and find a new place to rebuild.

I will never stay in one place.

And in the end, it couldn't be defended at all.

"Old Li, Old Kong, since you all trust me and let me offer suggestions for the future development of the independent regiment, then I will be frank and share some of my immature ideas for everyone to discuss together." After seeing off the brigade commander, at the independent regiment's internal combat planning meeting, the two commanders Li Yunlong and Kong Jie, together with the three battalion commanders Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao and Ren Zhong began to formulate the combat plan.

Ren Zhong spoke first. After all, no one present understood how future history would evolve better than him.

"Now that the brigade commander has approved our limited combat and outward expansion, our first goal is to wipe out the puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town!" Ren Zhong's first suggestion made everyone's eyes light up.

"There are three reasons. First, the combat effectiveness of the puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town is not strong, so we can eat them up. Second, we need the cavalry's ability to move quickly. The brigade commander asked us to pay attention to the problem of long-range combat. With these horses, it will be very convenient to move. The third and most important reason is that our arsenal now has a lot of things to move. Once an extreme situation occurs, we will really need these horses as a means of transportation and transfer."

Ren Zhong's three reasons made Li Yunlong and Kong Jie both pale with fear.

When Ding Wei told Li Yunlong the news about the puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town, Li Yunlong kept it in mind. But he didn't expect Ren Zhong also knew the news.

But on second thought, Ren Zhong knew everything about the Japanese special forces, so knowing the information of a mere cavalry battalion was nothing.

But these are not the main points.

It's about being prepared for danger in times of peace.

Although the brigade commander pointed out the risks, to be honest, no one takes it seriously now.

No one expected that Ren Zhong would be the first to bring up this matter.

"Brother Ren, I have no objection to attacking the cavalry battalion. Let's do it!" Li Yunlong continued Ren Zhong's words, "But do we really have to consider evacuating the arsenal so early now?"

"We must think ahead. In fact, when we were building, we had already made arrangements for evacuation at any time." Ren Zhong said seriously, "Lao Li, Lao Kong, let me ask you, if the Japanese gathered more than two brigades and cooperated with 10,000 or 20,000 puppet troops to attack, can we withstand it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong shook his head. Although he dared to break out towards the Sakata regiment head-on, to be honest, a variety of factors accumulated at that time, plus he was lucky enough to kill Sakata, he was able to break out successfully.

When really facing a regiment, whether it is the Independent Regiment or the New 1st Regiment, they really cannot defeat the enemy even though they are fully equipped and have all the artillery.

"It's normal that we can't hold on. When a brigade enters the mountain, we have no choice but to move. If nothing unexpected happens, after the headquarters' big operation, the Japanese will inevitably launch a round of mopping-up operations in retaliation." Ren Zhong said with certainty.

This is also the history that Ren Zhong learned. The famous Hundred Regiments Campaign had not yet ended when the Japanese launched a retaliatory sweep.

This made everyone serious all of a sudden.

According to Ren Zhong, transfer is almost inevitable and it will happen within the year.

"Taking down the cavalry camp is the first step. Next, we need to find a new location for development." Ren Zhong saw that everyone was serious, and then he talked about the second problem he was considering. "We need to develop now. We can do the military industry in another place. We must choose the right place. At least there must be mountains and water, as well as coal mines and iron ore resources."

"Brother Ren, does your organization know something about the mineral resources in this area?" Li Yunlong's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Yes, we have obtained some secret mineral resource distribution maps, and we have some understanding of the resource distribution situation in Jin." Ren Zhong had to bite the bullet and brag about his "organization" at this time.

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