Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

As time went by, Li Yuexuan was no longer so eager to kill the Japanese with his own hands. After all, he had killed quite a few Japanese, so he had to leave some for his comrades, right?
The guerrillas were promoted, but this matter had nothing to do with Li Yuexuan. At most, he attended the meeting and then went back to work in the arsenal. And what about the guerrillas? The original organizational structure did not change much. The first, second and third squads were all turned into battalion-level squads, and the personnel composition would not change much for the time being.

Then the newly formed security regiment actually integrated the scattered combat and non-combat units of the guerrillas and formed a unified command. Of course, if new units are needed in the future, they can be stuffed into this regiment. The main feature is mobility and flexibility.

Therefore, the special operations team still followed Li Yuexuan to provide peripheral patrol and support for the arsenal, and the special service squad still worked with Li Yuexuan, and when they had time, they would train the two new recruits.

Well, nothing has changed. Even Captain Guo’s core third regiment has temporarily just removed the number three and become a core regiment.

Of course, these are only temporary. For example, the first brigade needs to complete the transformation of the situation with the basic regiment. After the assembly and reorganization, a regiment-level unit focusing on attack and a regiment-level unit focusing on defense will be formed. Zheng Changfeng is also the head of the regiment, so he wants to build a regiment with the strongest attack power in the entire army.

The guerrillas all supported this, even Captain Guo! Li Yuexuan supported it most directly, and the newly produced six 6 mortars were placed directly on the training ground, which was prepared for the new attack regiment. At the same time, Zhao Danian also decided to keep the newly built 82 19mm heavy mortars and incorporated them into the artillery battalion.

That's right, a detachment like mine has a 27-gun mortar battalion, isn't that too much? Not at all! And I equip each regiment with an 82 mortar company, isn't that too much?
As for the fact that every company has an 82 mortar squad? Ignore it for now!

Of course, these are just the final plans for this year, because both heavy mortars and 82 mortars are easy to make, but artillery cannot be trained quickly. This is very restrictive, because the entire army is short of artillery, whether it is heavy mortars or 82 mortars.

Therefore, while reserving a sufficient number of mortars for development, the guerrillas also quietly opened an artillery training class to specifically train gunners for the two types of mortars.

Only after the new artillerymen have been trained can the artillery of the Beishan Detachment be said to be fully formed and ready to be put into the battlefield.

In order to achieve these goals, there is another issue that needs to be resolved - yes, the issue of soldiers. Once the unit is established, the base is expanded, and there is enough food, the training of new soldiers must also keep up in order to improve these structures.

Therefore, after the organizational structure was determined, the assembly and grouping of the First Battalion and the Core Regiment were completed, and the Beishan Detachment Mobile Battalion and the First Battalion were established respectively, the recruitment of new soldiers was also put on the agenda.

The plan could not keep up with the changes, and Lao Zhao had to swallow back what he said at the meeting before the New Year. However, the main area for this conscription was not Pingdong District, but Xidong District, which was not a breach of promise to some extent.

Everyone was busy, including Li Yuexuan, but they were all busy with different things. On Li Yuexuan's side, 1000 sniper scopes needed to be matched with suitable guns, which was a lot of work. While modifying sniper rifles and precision marksman rifles, Li Yuexuan suddenly thought of a problem, which was the problem of weapons for the armed work team behind enemy lines.

The armed work team behind enemy lines is being formed. This is not something that can be done overnight. It takes time and training! According to the historical data that Li Yuexuan has, the armed work team behind enemy lines is divided into three different directions.

One is the armed work team that takes the position and mainly advances from the front; one is the secret armed work team that penetrates deep into the enemy and conducts legal struggle; and one is the armed work team that penetrates into the enemy-occupied area, wins over the masses to gain positions, and gradually develops into a semi-public armed work team behind enemy lines. The composition of these three armed work teams is similar, but because of the different work content, the requirements for weapons will be different.

The first type of frontal advance is easy to say, the existing weapons are enough to support their battle! But the second and third types require changes in weapons.

The armed work team behind enemy lines went deep into enemy-occupied areas in the early stage, riding bicycles and carrying rifles, which was actually easy to be discovered by the enemy. Therefore, long guns were not suitable for them to use, and the most common weapons were close combat weapons such as box guns. And what Li Yuexuan considered was whether he could make some submachine guns for them to use.

The first thing to do in the armed work team behind enemy lines is to select good members! No matter their personal strength or political awareness, they are all top-notch! Comrades, it is not enough to fight behind enemy lines with only a box gun. Even with a weapon like the Type 38 rifle, it is not very ideal. Semi-automatic and assault rifles? It is best not to use these two guns behind enemy lines. It is hard to say what the Japanese will do after they capture them.

Therefore, considering the factors such as short length, easy maintenance, strong firepower, easy to obtain bullets, and the fact that the Japanese will not copy them after capturing them, the submachine gun is a very suitable weapon.

When he had some free time, Li Yuexuan drew up a slightly modified imitation PPS-43 blueprint, and then arranged for trial production. Now that he was the factory director, he had the power to arrange the production of new weapons without having to report to his superiors.

Why choose this gun? It has a simple structure and convenient process. The bullets can be the same as those of the box gun. Comrades only need to carry the same bullets to fight. Moreover, the folding stock makes it easier to carry concealed, and the 35-round magazine can also ensure the time and intensity of firepower output.

When it comes to going deep behind enemy lines to eliminate traitors, conduct reconnaissance, mobilize the masses, and so on, comrades have a submachine gun in hand, and coupled with a box gun, the firepower is amazing. We must not let our comrades suffer a loss in firepower!

Days passed by, from early March to April, in a month, the guerrillas completed the transition from the brigade to the detachment level, and also trained the militia in the base area on a large scale. The arsenal also produced a large number of weapons for the troops. During this period of time, the technicians brought from the headquarters arsenal last year finally made a hydraulic bullet production machine.

Well, mainly the shell production machine, which is the same model as the machine on the Qingzhang River in Matan. Then, in April, these machines began to be installed and debugged together with the water truck, waiting to see the results. In mid-April, the technicians of the arsenal finally made the first batch of 4 submachine gun prototypes. (End of this chapter)