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Chapter 352 Chapter 351, New Soldiers Join the Company, New Guns Are Off the Line

Li Yuexuan thought he was just a small fry, but others didn't think so. Whose small fry had hundreds of Japanese lives on his hands? Not to mention the Japanese killed by Li Yuexuan's grenade launcher, there were more than a hundred Japanese killed by poisoning in the Liangjia Village defense battle alone.

Of course, what they said, that Minister Zhang didn't have time at this time, was true. Not only Minister Zhang didn't have time, but the head of the headquarters and the brigade commander would also be very busy during this period!
That's right, from December last year when Yan Laoxi launched the Shanxi-West Incident to now, the stubborn army has repeatedly invaded and committed several bloody incidents. Not to mention the heavy troops in northern Shaanxi, just in the Taihang area, the 12th Army repeatedly colluded with the Japanese army, sabotaged the war of resistance, and launched multiple attacks on our base areas, committing several bloody incidents.

Fortunately, the headquarters was prepared and mobilized troops from southern Hebei, northern Henan and other places, inflicting heavy damage on various units of the 39th Army Group, thus curbing the arrogance of the stubborn troops.

Under the unfavorable situation of the anti-communist military offensive, the stubborn army mobilized its forces to launch a larger-scale attack on the anti-Japanese bases in Taihang and southern Hebei. The 97th Army of the Kuomintang Army in western Hebei (with Zhu Huaibing as its commander) took the lead in attacking Wu'an, attacking the advance detachment of the 129th Division and the Youth Column, causing more than 100 casualties in the two units, and the attacked troops withdrew from their original station.

Zhu Huaibing took the initiative to provoke trouble, but the head of the headquarters did not tolerate him and divided the previously mobilized troops into three attacking teams, preparing to give the 97th Army a good fight.

That's right, the Ciwu Shelin Campaign against Zhu Huaibing's troops has begun! Therefore, the headquarters will be very busy during this period, and Minister Zhang will be even busier, so he will have no time to pay attention to Li Yuexuan.

This was just what happened in southeastern Shanxi. There were also things happening in northwestern Shanxi. Chiang Kai-shek had placed his most elite 34th Army in Xi'an and was planning to attack northern Shaanxi. The central government had no choice but to transfer the 120th Division back to northwestern Shanxi to ensure the safety of northern Shaanxi.

When the Japanese learned about the mobilization of the 120th Division, they wanted to test how many Eighth Route Army troops there were in Northwest Shanxi. In order to cooperate with the actions of the 34th Army, they mobilized 1.2 troops and launched the 9th sweep of Northwest Shanxi. In other words, the situation of the Eighth Route Army was very tense at this time. At the same time, they faced a two-way attack from the Japanese and the stubborn army, and also faced a two-way blockade.

What’s even more infuriating? Although they are both red, the huge amount of aid given to China by the northern bear was not given to the Eighth Route Army, but all given to a certain bald man.

So there is a saying that is really true: It is better to have it yourself than to rely on heaven or earth!

"So, the headquarters is so busy, what should we do if we need things?" Xing Weiguo asked.

"Let's go find the military sub-district. As long as we can make a light machine gun, Commander Qin will be happy to find materials for us! After all, we have access to good resources, right?" Zhao Danian was very open-minded.

"Okay then, I'll get busy. You guys take care of the troops and I'll take care of production!" After Li Yuexuan finished speaking, he went out to the west wing where he had been living, then took out a pen and paper and began to think about the problem.

Li Yuexuan went out, and the people in the room had nothing to discuss, so they got up and left the room, each going about their own business.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye it was March of 40, when the Ciwu Shelin Campaign began. A total of 3 regiments were divided into three columns, launching a fierce attack on the 13th Army. Then, it went very smoothly, annihilating more than 97 soldiers of the 97th Army and capturing a large number of prisoners. If it hadn't been for the final order to stop the pursuit, Zhu Huaibing would have become a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army! And through this battle, everyone also felt that the combat effectiveness of the Central Army was just that, and it really couldn't withstand a fight! Of course, what everyone was even happier about were the supplies seized from the 97th Army. That was the equipment and reserves of an army that the bald man prepared for the attack on the Eighth Route Army! As a result, Lao Zhu was chased all the way and basically gave up what he could give up, and it fell into our hands.

Therefore, Lao Zhu is doing a very competent job as the transport captain!

The outside world was full of disturbances, but it did not affect the guerrillas' training process. After three months of training in December, January and February, the guerrillas' recruits had completed the recruit training period. Then, after more than 12 days of supplementary training, they finally completed the final training on March 1.

Then, these 400-odd recruits were incorporated into the team by the company commanders of the three reinforced companies, completing the organization of three companies. At the same time, the guard platoon with Niu Sihai as the platoon leader was also formed, and the guerrilla team headquarters had a special guard force. At the same time, the duty squad dedicated to serving as bodyguards for Li Yuexuan was also reorganized.

In order to make Li Yuexuan safer and ensure that there would be someone around him to use during combat, Zhao Danian pulled out Song Changsheng and Li Qingyun who were training in the special operations team in early March, and brought in four veterans and two new recruits who were also pulled out at the same time, to form an eight-person service squad to stay with Li Yuexuan full-time and ensure his safety.

Therefore, before the second phase of the special forces training was completed, 8 soldiers were withdrawn again, leaving only 52 soldiers in the special training team to train with Tianchuan.

Will this affect the results of the special training team? Are the soldiers selected qualified? The loss of 8 people will not affect the final result. In the service class, 6 veterans training two new recruits can only make these two new recruits become better, which is no worse than training in the special forces.

"So, after training with the special forces for so long, we two brothers will continue to follow the captain, right?" Li Qingyun said to Song Changsheng outside the guerrillas' small workshop.

"What's wrong with this? If we stay in the special operations team, we can only be ordinary team members! Following the captain, we will be the squad leader and deputy squad leader. Although, I also want to stay in the special operations team, the captain's safety cannot be compromised, because the captain alone is worth an entire regiment! The instructor specifically told us about this matter!" Song Changsheng said.

"What do you think the captain has been busy with in the past half month? There has been a lot of noise all day long, and he has added two guard posts in the ordnance workshop. Including us, there are three sets of guard posts in total. What important things are there?" Li Qingyun asked curiously.

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Don't you understand any discipline?" Song Changsheng glared at Li Qingyun and stopped talking.

While the two were talking, Li Yuexuan, who had been busy in the small workshop for more than half a month, finally saw the results of his hard work.

This achievement is nothing special, really nothing special! When designing the guerrillas' existing semi-automatic rifles, Li Yuexuan mainly referred to the SKS semi-automatic rifle and abandoned the existing SVT40 model. So the question is, now the guerrillas need a light machine gun, which gun model should they refer to for design?
There are many references, such as the fully automatic model of SVT40, AVT40, Dapanji and its variant RP46, 56 light machine gun, etc.

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