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Chapter 186 Chapter 185, Want to increase production, build machines

As the deputy captain, Xing Weiguo was the first to say, "I agree with the captain's opinion and agree to form a guard platoon! That is, we only have one idle Czech-style and two crooked handle rifles, should we unify the weapons? There is also the issue of grenade launchers. We have two idle grenade launchers, should we arrange two grenade launcher groups in the guard platoon?"

Hearing Xing Weiguo's opinion, Zhao Danian nodded and said, "The main task of the guard platoon is to operate in the village and fight in the tunnels. Occasionally, they will follow the main force to fight outside, so it is enough to arrange a grenade launcher group! After all, grenade launchers cannot be used in tunnels. On the contrary, our latest Type 81 carbine rifle is more suitable for use in tunnels."

"One is fine, but what about the machine gun?" Xing Weiguo asked.

"As for machine guns, let's exchange them with the 1st Company or the New st Regiment! At the very least, we need to standardize the machine guns of the Guards Platoon into Czech-style ones!" Zhao Danian said.

"Captain, I have something to ask!" Li Yuexuan said, "First of all, I agree to set up a guard platoon, but you just said a lot, but you forgot to arrange a few special telephone soldiers for the team! We now have a hand-cranked phone, but it can only get in touch with the independent detachment, and cannot achieve real-time communication on the battlefield."

"So I suggest that we arrange for telephone soldiers in advance, and then ask the headquarters or brother units for two hand-cranked phones and some telephone lines. With a full-time telephone soldier, at least battlefield command will be faster!"

"Well... this is also a problem, but it's all small matters. At least we don't have a telephone or a phone, right? We'll talk about it when we have one. Anyway, you're going to replenish the platoon, so just add a few people to the team headquarters when the time comes!"

"Haha..." Everyone laughed when they heard Zhao Danian's half-joking words.

"Okay then, I have no objection. But we need to choose some reliable people as the squad leader! After all, the job is to protect the soldiers' workshop nearby, and people with poor abilities cannot do this job!" Li Yuexuan did not explain his words, but everyone knew that what he was worried about was that once the main force went out, it would be very difficult for the squad leaders of the guards platoon to run into problems.

"I have thought about this problem! It would be most appropriate to let Huyan Long, Zhu Dantong and Meng Dayong serve as squad leaders of squads 3, 8 and 9. Then let Sun Tie take over as squad leader of squad 10, and the rest of the personnel will remain unchanged! But in this way, we have to train more machine gunners! But this is not a problem, there is time for training!" said Zhao Danian.

"Then there will be no problem. I agree to let Comrade Guo Liandong take the lead in establishing a guard platoon. The three squad leaders will then select some veterans from each squad to serve as the backbone and select the best recruits to complete the establishment. The remaining recruits will be placed in the supplementary platoon!" Zhu Xingyu made the final summary speech.

"If everyone has no objection, the organization will be decided! As for the issue of drawing on veteran backbones, we must ensure that each squad of the Guards platoon has more than 4 veteran backbones, so that 5 can lead 4, and the old can lead the new, and quickly form combat effectiveness!" Zhao Danian said.

"We have no objection..." The platoon leaders present at the meeting expressed their no objection. After all, all this was for the development of the guerrillas.

After discussing the problems of the new recruits, the remaining things are some trivial matters. For example, the training of the kitchen team should be appropriately reduced to ensure that 191 people can eat hot meals in time. For example, the temperature is now very warm, and winter clothes have become single clothes. The Japanese's Zhaowu military boots are really stuffy to wear on the feet. Should we make a batch of single shoes? In addition, the wheat in the field is getting taller and taller. It is the season for watering, and people need to be arranged to water the fields manually. For example, two donkeys have just given birth to baby donkeys, which requires more concentrated feed. For example, the hens in Mrs. Zhang's house in the village are brooding, should the team also raise some chicks? Then there will be eggs to eat in winter. In addition, the manure in the cattle pen is full, and it also needs to be composted...

In short, all kinds of small problems need to be solved in a timely manner. These problems are related to the development of people's livelihood and are closely related to improving combat effectiveness.

"Well...should we raise some piglets? Although the training intensity will be lower in the future and less meat will be needed, we still need a stable source of meat, right?" Li Yuexuan suggested.

"Well... just now you were talking about raising chickens, and now you're raising pigs..." Zhao Danian pondered for a moment, then said, "We are a guerrilla force. Having too many things will affect our mobility. However, let's catch a few piglets to raise! As long as the Japanese don't carry out a large-scale raid this year, we can still keep them!"

"Okay, we have finished talking about the organization and the miscellaneous things. Now, the things that need everyone to understand are more important!" Zhao Danian paused and continued, "Didn't the superiors name our new rifle the Type 81 Cavalry Rifle? At the same time, they also gave us a task, which is to do our best to ensure the production progress of the rifle."

"As for this full support? We have now given the best rations to the ordnance workshop, and have specially set up a guard platoon. We even have soldiers volunteering to help with the work. Is there any other way?"

Facing Zhao Danian's question, everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. It's no use asking us about this, we don't understand! Then, everyone turned their eyes to Li Yuexuan.

"Why are you all looking at me?" Li Yuexuan saw everyone's eyes and said, "We have done our best to ensure the supply. There is no need to do anything else! As for the issue of ensuring the supply of raw materials, we are not far from the railway line, but we can't dig up the railway tracks and bring them back under the eyes of the Japanese, right? With so few people, it is easy to destroy the railway, but it is difficult to bring it back!"

"No one will let us dig the railroad tracks, I can guarantee that! Even if we have the right to fight independently, our superiors will not let us go!" Xiao Fengyun said on the side.

"So, we need to ensure the workers' nutrition, urge them to work, improve their enthusiasm and production skills, and increase their proficiency. Didn't the oil seller say that practice makes perfect? ​​We need skilled workers! Of course, if conditions permit, we can also add more equipment! I think our rifling cutting machine is good if one worker can produce five qualified gun barrels per day."

"A rifling cutting machine works day and night. How many gun barrels do we have in stock now? Only 200. This reserve will be consumed very quickly. Therefore, we can appropriately increase the number of rifling cutting machines to ensure a stable output of at least 20 gun barrels a day, and then we can talk about expanding production." Li Yuexuan said.

"Well, this issue is very important, so let's build a few more rifling cutting machines next!" said Zhao Danian.

(End of this chapter)