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Chapter 391 Chapter 390, Following the Independent Regiment

The 100 militiamen in the grenade workshop are responsible for standing guard, ensuring external security, supervising production safety and other duties, and do not need to be counted in productivity.

100 strong men were divided into groups of 5, responsible for cooperating with the original workers to burn fire and smelt pig iron, cast grenade shells, and polish burrs. On average, one group could cast 600 shells a day. On average, this is a daily production capacity of 12000 shells.

The 200 women were divided into 5 groups of five, some were responsible for charging the shell, some were responsible for adding fuses to the handles, some were responsible for nailing the fused handles to the shells, some were responsible for applying wax to the nailed shells to seal the gaps, and some were responsible for covering the pull ring of the back cover with oil paper and closing the back cover.

In short, it is not a problem for a team to assemble 10 grenades in 250 hours, and it is easy work. And this is 10000 grenades. Don't forget that there are a group of production staff in the workshop. It is no problem to meet the production and assembly of 12000 grenades in a day. Well, it just takes up a lot of manpower.

12000 grenades. The militia grenades are loaded with 100 grams of black powder, so 1200 kilograms of black powder can be used up in one day. 20 tons of black powder will not take long to use up, right?

Then there are the military grenades, which are loaded with 70 grams of explosives. It won't take long for the 10 tons to be used up. Of course, if the military sub-district sends more explosives, the time has to be calculated leniently.

It was the end of July at this time, but the actual battle would not begin until August 7, so the guerrillas still had more than 8 days to produce.

As the guerrillas' production accelerated, people from all walks of life gradually gathered towards Liangjia Village. Of course, they were not there to fight, but to transport things.

"Are you from the 3rd Regiment of the 5000st Death Column? You want 1000 militia grenades and military bullets, right? Bring me the order!" At the foot of Mantou Mountain in the west of the village, a long transport team was formed. The soldiers of the guard platoon were protecting truckloads of grenades, and Zhu Xingyu was personally in charge of the shipment.

As the teams arrived one by one, the grenades that had just come off the production line yesterday were quickly distributed to the troops that came to collect the grenades. Needless to say, this arrangement was quite reasonable, because Liangjia Village was about 20 miles north of the Zhengtai Railway Line, and these troops came all the way here, and they could prepare to go to the front line after getting the grenades.

Of course, the leaders of these troops were not unreasonable people, and they would not come empty-handed. For example, the two regiments of the First Column of the Decisive Death Army, who didn't know which mine they had dug, directly sent several tons of various production tools. There were hundreds of steel drills alone, which were good materials for making firing pins!
The days passed one by one, and finally on August 8th, the guerrillas completed all production tasks, and the two military sub-districts no longer sent things here, nor did they come to collect things.

The guerrillas finally received the orders they deserved - leaving a part to garrison the base, mobilizing three companies of troops, waiting for the arrival of the independent regiment, and cooperating with the independent regiment to participate in the raid on the Zhengtai Line.

"Let us fight with the independent regiment?" After receiving the order, the guerrilla cadres gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"This allows us to continue fighting with Li Yunlong!" Li Yuexuan sighed inwardly at the protagonist's strength. Even with a half-crippled independent regiment, he still had a strong army like the guerrillas to help fight.

"That's fine. Old Xing is in the independent regiment and happens to be fighting with us. We all know him and it'll be easy to work with him!" Zhao Danian was very happy. As long as he could fight, he didn't care about anything else.

"Okay, let's not talk about the independent regiment for now. How do we mobilize the troops this time? The order given by the brigade is to mobilize the forces of three companies. The purpose is naturally to leave one company to protect the safety of the arsenal. So, how do we mobilize the troops?" After Zhu Xingyu finished speaking, he looked at Li Yuexuan and asked, "Comrade Peregrine, how about you take the first company and stay?" "Don't even think about it! I suggest that the first company and the cavalry platoon stay, and the rest of the troops follow the main regiment to fight! This time, with so many main forces in action, it's a good time to train soldiers. The first company is already very strong, and it's time to let the comrades from the second, third, fourth and third reinforced companies fight! Without the baptism of battle, no matter how hard they train, they are still recruits!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Okay... I agree to stay!" Zheng Changfeng looked at Li Yuexuan, then at the other three company commanders, and made this decision.

"Because our troops are stationed in dispersed areas and we can't all leave at once, so we'll leave a squad in each of the three companies' bases to be responsible for guarding the base! Of course, the Second Company doesn't need it and can just hand over Baijing Town to the First Battalion of the Independent Detachment. Hehe, Captain Guo and his men didn't participate in the battle this time. They're helping us look after the house!" Zhao Danian grinned.

"Then it's decided. Let's mobilize the troops quickly! Platoon Leader Hu, during this period of time, you will be responsible for patrolling back and forth. Set up a temporary station in the direction of Qigeng Village and be responsible for dispatching the surrounding militia!"

"Yes, Captain, I will move the cavalry platoon to Qigeng Village immediately! But when can my cavalry platoon have a good fight with the Japanese?" Hu Lanzhou said unwillingly.

"This time it's a siege, and the goal is to destroy the railway line. What can a group of cavalry like you do? Don't worry, there will be battles for you!" Zhu Xingyu comforted.

"Captain, organize a transport team from the militia around Liangjia Village. This time we are going to destroy the railway, and we must not let go of the rails or anything else!" Li Yuexuan reminded.

"Of course I will personally dispatch them. We need at least 3000 young and strong people to serve as our transport team!" Zhu Xingyu took over the job.

After the discussion, the three company commanders returned to their bases on horseback and brought the three fully equipped but not fully staffed companies to Liangjia Village that day. In this way, the guerrillas were basically concentrated in Liangjia Village, making the village lively all of a sudden.

"Artillery platoon, assemble!" At the artillery platoon's base, Platoon Leader Wang Zixian gave the order in high spirits.

Soon, the three artillery squads of the artillery platoon, together with the guerrilla transport team, a total of 60 people, gathered together to listen to Wang Zixian's speech. Don't ask why the transport team would be with the artillery platoon. Without the transport team to help transport the shells, the artillery squad of more than people would not be able to withstand many shells even if they died of exhaustion.

"Ahem..." Wang Zixian looked at the neatly-lined team and said loudly, "The order has come. It's time to fight. We need to go! This time, all members will be dispatched, but you don't need to bring too many shells. Each artillery group only needs to carry 40 shells! Ahem, I really hope these shells can be used, but I don't want to use them all, but no matter what, this is it!"

The artillery platoon was dispatched, and the special operations team was also fully equipped and ready for battle, but they were operating around Li Yuexuan. There was no other way, whether it was Zhao Danian or Zhu Xingyu, they didn't want Li Yuexuan to make any mistakes, so they could only put the most capable special operations team to fight beside Li Yuexuan.

(End of this chapter)