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Chapter 187 Chapter 186 Minister Zhang is here, and the Brigade Commander is here too

"Is that right? Our wooden rifling machine is now mainly driven by a connected steam boiler. This small boiler has already reached its limit in driving three machines. So, we can combine human and animal power appropriately and use the donkey to pull the mill to drive the capstan and turn the barrel. Is that also possible? And the water mill by the river is driven by a waterwheel. Can we refer to it?"

"Of course, I can only talk about it on paper. The specific implementation should be led by Comrade Xiao Fengyun and let several fitters work together! In the past, these technicians have been busy producing rifles. Now it is time to consider adding equipment!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Well, Comrade Xiao Fengyun, the task of production falls on you!" Zhao Danian turned to Xiao Fengyun and said.

"Don't worry, captain! Comrades, my comrades and I can feel your care, so please rest assured that with our efforts, the ordnance workshop will get better and better!" Xiao Fengyun said.

"Okay..." Everyone remained optimistic about Xiao Fengyun's statement. After all, from nothing to something has been achieved, so how difficult is it to go from little to more?

The guerrilla cadre meeting was over. In the following days, veterans were transferred from the first and second platoons to the guard platoon, and some soldiers who had participated in machine gun training were also transferred. Three selected squad leaders also handed over their work to the guard platoon. In just two days, the guard platoon was formed and ready for training.

As for why it took two days, it was because during these two days, Zhao Danian and Captain Guo exchanged their Type 99 rifles for two Czech-style rifles in order to standardize the firearms for the guards platoon.

Although the weapons used by the guards platoon were also the previously captured Type 38 rifles, which were not compatible with the Czech-style bullets, everyone just couldn't fall in love with the Type 99 rifle. Of course, no one could say whether it was influenced by Li Yuexuan. After all, in other troops, having a machine gun with sustained firepower was great, so why would they be so picky?
In other words, the guerrillas had to be "rich" to get two Type 200 rifles plus 200 rounds of ammunition in exchange for two Czech-style rifles. Of course, the Czech-style rifles came with rounds of ammunition, Lao Guo was not stingy. Then, Lao Guo felt that he was too righteous, so when the new recruits of the company returned that night, Lao Zhao gave each of them two grenades to take back, which was considered to be the completion of the transaction.

Well, this is the "arrogance" of having an ordnance workshop in hand. Of course, the ordnance workshop is no longer under the control of the guerrillas, the headquarters has taken it over, but a part of the production capacity will be allocated to the guerrillas in return for their contribution.

Don't underestimate this part of the return. Even if you give the guerrillas 10 rifles a month, it is a huge "wealth"! Do you think everyone can capture more than ten or twenty rifles in a casual battle like the guerrillas? That is a lucky achievement when the time, place and people are right.

"Peregrine, what do you think about the headquarters receiving soldiers' workshop?" When the guards platoon was formed, Zhu Xingyu suddenly found Li Yuexuan and asked.

"What's your opinion? My opinion is: we must move the ordnance workshop to another location. It cannot be in the hands of our guerrillas. After all, we do not have the ability to deal with the Japanese battalion-level troops! Therefore, it is best to find a location for the ordnance workshop that is strategically located, concealed, easy to defend and difficult to attack! Find such a place, and then expand the equipment, personnel, and production capacity!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Then, how about letting you go to this new arsenal with the arsenal workshop? It's really inappropriate to put your ability in a front-line combat unit!" Zhu Xingyu said his purpose. "No, don't transfer me away! I can meet the captain in the wilderness, that's fate! Then fight together, kill the enemy together, that's more affection! Although I know that everything must be obeyed, I still hope to stay in the old unit, fight with familiar comrades, and experience the baptism of war together! At least, the guerrillas still need me now!"

"If you must transfer me, at least wait until our guerrillas are strong enough to deal with a battalion of Japanese troops! I have seen too many sacrifices, too many killings, too many innocent deaths of people I know and don't know in Nanjing! I am afraid that if I leave you, I will never see my comrades again!"

"Moreover, only when I stayed on the front line and directly participated in the battle against the Japanese devils, stabbed the bayonet in my hand into the devil's chest, shot the bullet in the gun into the devil's head, and saw with my own eyes that the explosion I arranged blew the devil into pieces, did I feel that I was alive, a living person, not a body with its soul extracted!" said Li Yuexuan.

"...Okay, I will report your idea! Haha, don't worry, comrades will not sacrifice easily. Even if they sacrifice, they will sacrifice in the most meaningful place!" After listening to Li Yuexuan's ideological report, Zhu Xingyu patted him on the shoulder and went to the east wing to write a report.

"Alas... I am just an ordinary retired soldier from later generations. I really don't want to face those star-studded generals! In front of them, I feel insignificant! So, I will stay in the guerrillas and kill the devils when I find a chance. This is the best thing to do!" After Zhu Xingyu left and Cai Xiaotian was no longer around, Li Yuexuan revealed his innermost thoughts to himself.

While Li Yuexuan was talking to Zhu Xingyu, in the east of Xiyang County, more than 40 miles away from Liangjia Village, Li Yunlong led a battalion, a special agent company and a guard company to protect a group of people marching north quickly. In the team, Zhang Wan and Minister Zhang walked anxiously, and their military uniforms on their backs were soaked, but he didn't care about it at all and continued to walk quickly.

In the middle of the team, the brigade commander had taken off his iconic leather jacket, but still wore his glasses. At this time, he was riding on a warhorse, with his comrades from the brigade's cavalry company by his side.

"Stop and take a rest!" The brigade commander raised the whip and stopped the team. Then he led the horse to Minister Zhang and said with a smile, "Minister Zhang, I asked you to ride the horse and hurry up, but you just didn't listen. You are sweating all over. Are you tired?"

"What? You know I can't ride a horse, so you're laughing at me? Haha... Even though I can't ride a horse, I can still run fast with my strong legs!" Minister Zhang wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and said, "But your brigade has made a name for itself this time! Not only did you fight so hard that the Japanese wrote "Special Attack Brigade 386" on their tanks, but you also quietly set up a small weapons workshop and even made a horse rifle!"

After that, Minister Zhang took off the Type 81 Carabiner that he had been carrying on his back, wiped the sweat off it, and said, "I've been carrying it all the way, and this rifle is really light and suitable for carrying in mountain warfare!"

(End of this chapter)