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Chapter 340 Chapter 339, Production Training
The guerrillas began training, the hunting team was dispatched as appropriate, and Li Yuexuan also started working in the ordnance workshop.

As mentioned before, although Li Yuexuan spent half a year at the headquarters arsenal, the Liangjia Village Arsenal still had some equipment and skilled workers, so production had never stopped. As mentioned before, the reason why the Liangjia Village Arsenal was able to keep these equipment and personnel was that Minister Zhang wanted to leave them to the First Division as a supplement to weapons production.

While providing weapons and ammunition to Division 1, it also ensures that Li Yuexuan has equipment and personnel around him to deal with any strange weapons he suddenly wants to make.

However, because Li Yuexuan was away for a few months, the ordnance workshop did not develop much, only adding a steam engine, a lathe, and a deep hole drill. Of course, there is also good news, that is, the production equipment such as the vise and the hanging hammer have been restored to the level before the move, and the forging technology of the ordnance workshop has returned to its original level.

Now, after sorting out the issues regarding the training of new recruits, Li Yuexuan focused his work on the soldiers' workshop.

"Can the call still be connected?" Li Yuexuan asked Xiao Fengyun in the yard of the military workshop.

"It's possible. What do you want?" Xiao Fengyun asked.

"It's good that it can be opened. I don't have anything else I want here. The current situation is good enough. However, it would be great if we could get more pig iron!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Pig iron? You mean to increase the production of grenades?" Xiao Fengyun asked.

"It's not just the production of hand grenades, my idea is to resume the production of grenade launcher grenades! It would be a pity to use so much high explosives to make hand grenades. Grenade launchers are more practical! You also know that when we used the high-explosive version of grenade launchers, we could destroy an infantry artillery position in one go." Li Yuexuan said.

"Okay, then I'll apply for some pig iron to be allocated to you, and then we'll restore the grenade launcher grenades. Do you want to restore the grenade launcher as well?" Xiao Fengyun asked.

"Sure, isn't the hammer here? I see there are still dozens of steel rails stored in the warehouse. How long will it take to make these into gun barrels? Why not resume the production of grenade launchers? By the way, I have a question. We belong to the 386th Brigade now, right? Liangjia Village belongs to the 386st Division, and I heard that the th Brigade recently went to the Taiyue District. Which part do we belong to?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"This question? The 386th Brigade is directly commanded by the Central Committee; the 344th Brigade is directly commanded by the headquarters, and the 343rd Brigade has been disbanded. Our division has added so many detachments, and the Taihang District has been divided into several military sub-districts... I don’t understand which part we belong to! After all, the number of the Beishan Guerrillas is still with Minister Zhang." Zhao Danian said.

"I think so. Administratively speaking, we belong to the First Division of Taihang District. Militarily speaking, we are under the command of the 386th Brigade. In terms of combat objectives, we are a special mobile team of the headquarters. After all, the fact that we were asked to travel more than 200 miles to fight speaks volumes," said Zhu Xingyu.

"Well, no matter what, we are the Beishan guerrillas, the anti-Japanese armed forces under the leadership of the Party. As long as the organization needs us, we will fight without hesitation and solve any enemy that stands in our way!" Zhao Danian made the most pertinent summary. Since it was decided to resume the production of grenade launchers and grenades, Li Yuexuan stayed in the ordnance workshop for the next ten days, and worked with Huang Tianyang and Chen Mo to bring up the necessary processes to complete the production process. As for the manufacture of grenade launchers, there are still technicians here, and they can start production after getting familiar with it.

The grenade of the grenade launcher is a small mortar shell because of its teardrop shape. All that is needed is to cast the projectile body and tail fins with cast iron, then drill holes in the projectile body, lathe the outer circle and shell shape, carve out space for explosives in the inner hole, and turn threads on the warhead to install the fuse.

Then there is the tail fin. It is necessary to drill a tube for the propellant in the middle cylinder, and the depth and size of the tube must be guaranteed to ensure the fixed charge of the propellant. Of course, some injection holes must be drilled around the tail fin to quickly discharge the gas after the propellant burns, forming enough pressure in the launch tube of the grenade launcher.

At this time, if they wanted to save trouble or the fuze was not made up to standard, they could drill a small hole between the propellant tube and the projectile body, and then plug in the detonating cord and detonator to make a delayed fuze. To put it bluntly, it was just a firecracker made of pig iron. The difference was that the firecracker was made for fun during the New Year, but this one was meant to fly out and blow up the Japanese.

It took about 20 days, and the ordnance workshop finally resumed the production of grenade launchers and grenade launcher grenades. This was also the gain that Li Yuexuan brought to the First Division after his return.

Why is it Division 1? The guerrillas already have enough grenade launchers, and there are hundreds of grenade launcher grenades in stock, which is enough for a large-scale battle. So, who will use these grenade launchers and grenade launcher grenades in the end? Of course, Division 1, which is close to the water tower, will use them!
Therefore, during this period of time, Captain Qin sent a lot of things to the guerrillas. For example, tons of pig iron were sent here, and food was also brought here by truckloads. The Japanese soldiers huddled in three strongholds, allowing the Eighth Route Army's transport team to pass by nearby, and did not dare to come out to cause trouble.

Are the Japanese scared? That's not the case, because the Japanese came out here to cause trouble, but were ambushed by the troops hiding nearby, so they dared not come out again.

After all, the Japanese couldn't figure out whether the transport teams they saw now were the Eighth Route Army specifically out for fishing.

The days passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, 39 years had passed. The anti-communist climax of Guo Su became more and more intense, and the Japanese simply sat on the Diaoyutai and watched the excitement. The Japanese even contacted Yan Laoxi secretly, hoping to lure the King of Shanxi to surrender. Sometimes, it is not a good thing for old classmates to come to your door...

January 1940, 1 was not a special day. It was just a day when the guerrilla recruits had been training for about a month.

Because the guerrillas provided the best food and the most meat to the new recruits and militiamen in the training team, the high-intensity training did not wear down the new recruits and militiamen's bodies. What can be seen with the naked eye is that the new recruits' morning jogging speed is getting faster and faster, their breathing is getting more and more stable, and the militiamen are also quietly growing taller.

(End of this chapter)