Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

After daydreaming for an unknown amount of time, Li Yuexuan finally fell asleep. After sleeping for a few hours, the sun rose and his morning exercises began. His daily routine returned to normal.

Nothing happened overnight, and nothing major happened on the battlefield around the southern headquarters. This was a good thing! According to the telegram received by Zhu Xingyu, after the independent regiment and the new regiment completed the annihilation of the Heshun devils, they immediately turned south and went directly to the Cross Ridge east of Matan, and went south to the Nanming River to meet the devils coming from Wuan.

The Japanese were originally blocked by the local regiment of the third division, and they fought well, preventing the Japanese from advancing. But when the headquarters saw that the independent regiment and the new regiment had fought another annihilation battle, they thought that this group of Japanese should not be kept alive and should be destroyed directly! For this reason, the artillery regiment of the headquarters also added another artillery platoon to help the independent regiment.

In Liangjia Village, after inspecting the assembly line by the river, Li Yuexuan returned to the village. The first thing he did was to go to the telecommunications room to inquire if there were any new battle reports.

"Comrade Youshun seems to be more and more concerned about the war situation!" Outside the telecommunications room, Li Yuexuan saw Zhu Xingyu and was teased by him.

"The situation outside is not peaceful, so we who are engaged in production cannot concentrate either! By the way, is there any new news from the Independent Regiment?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"No! Even if there are new developments, they will not be sent to us! Unless there is any major victory or change, we will not receive any news. You, just focus on production. Even if the Japanese attack, without a brigade's head-on attack, they can't reach our Liangjia Village!" Zhu Xingyu is very confident now.

"A brigade? It's still unclear whether the Japanese can produce it. Even if they can, they probably won't look down on our second-line base!" Zhao Danian walked over, sweat dripping from his forehead, looking like he had just finished training.

"Captain, how is the team deployment going?" Li Yuexuan asked about the business.

"The team has been mobilized. The Third Battalion has withdrawn three companies from Jiulong Pass and returned to Ceyu Town, leaving only the 5th Company and the Heavy Armor Company to stabilize the situation. The First Battalion has already started the summer harvest in Weijia Village and other places. The Second Battalion has taken on the full responsibility for our defense in the northwest and south directions." Zhao Danian said.

"For the rest of the time, comrades in the first team should wield sickles and hoes and work in the fields! This means that you can fight when you pick up your guns, and you can farm when you put them down!" Zhu Xingyu took over the conversation.

"Where is the main regiment? Is it still in Dongyetou?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Well, they are still in the Gantao River Valley, but one company went west and directly blocked the road from Xiyang to the east. The rest of the troops went deep into the village burned by the Japanese and helped the people repair their houses! This time, the people along the way suffered a lot, but fortunately there were no casualties, which is a blessing!" said Zhao Danian.

"The banks of the Gantao River are the few irrigated lands in our base. It seems that the wheat fields have been saved and there will be no problem with the wheat harvest! This is the basic foundation for development!" said Li Yuexuan.

"After the summer harvest, the equipment given to the first division should be handed over to them! Then, we should train vigorously!" Zhao Danian wiped the sweat off his face and said with emotion.

"I hope the anti-mopping-up operation at the headquarters will end soon! By the way, the submachine guns are ready. When will they be sent to the division headquarters?" Li Yuexuan suddenly asked. "Division headquarters? The division headquarters is fighting everywhere. Where can you send them to? But the new production line you opened recently should be ready for production, right?" Zhu Xingyu asked.

"Well, it's done! We've been testing it these days, and it will be stable in about seven days! I estimated that we can produce about 3000 7.63mm Mauser pistol bullets a day! Now that we have the ability to produce this bullet, it won't be difficult to manufacture submachine guns. Should we make a comprehensive change to the weapon structure? Include submachine guns in the equipment sequence?" Li Yuexuan suggested.

"Two submachine guns per squad?" Zhao Danian's eyes lit up, and then he said, "Before, due to the bullet limit, we dared not equip too many. But if your pistol bullet production can be stabilized at 3000 rounds per day, then you can really add one or two submachine guns to each squad for the assault team to use!"

"I think it's feasible! I've checked the range of the submachine gun. 200 meters is still quite lethal. It can penetrate the enemy's steel helmet and make a deep hole in the wooden lumps inside, with the bullet embedded inside. If there are enough bullets, we can equip the combat troops with this! Our ordinary soldiers, with rifle shooting, can only achieve a 200% hit rate within meters, which is not as good as before."

"In that case, let's give more submachine guns to veterans with good marksmanship to make up for the firepower!" Zhu Xingyu said.

"That's settled then. I should make 300 submachine guns first. I can use this thing anytime I want!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Speaking of submachine guns, actually when we just crossed the Yellow River, Yan Laoxi gave us some, but he didn't give us many bullets, so in the end they became just firewood sticks! Yan Laoxi's submachine gun had very strong firepower, but his bullets were hard to get! Ours is different. We can make bullets ourselves, and we can also use captured pistol bullets!" Zhao Danian began to recall the past.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. It's time for you to go and make rounds, right? Go quickly! After the rounds, don't just focus on work. If you have time, take a stroll by the river to relax and visit the people in the base!" After Zhu Xingyu finished speaking, he turned and walked into the telecommunications room. He also wanted to know how the battle was going.

Zhao Danian didn't say anything, but patted Li Yuexuan on the shoulder and went to work! As for Lu Xiaoran, another cadre of the detachment? He went to the countryside after the meeting yesterday, intending to complete the equipment reorganization of the militia teams in each village, and then train them...

Everyone was very busy, including Li Yuexuan. She checked each bed one by one, then instructing the new doctors to change the dressings for the wounded, and that was all there was to do.

It has to be said that bacteria in this era have not experienced the tempering of various antibiotics, and they really have no resistance to penicillin! Of course, the human body has not been baptized by antibiotics, and its resistance is not high, which makes the most dangerous infection barrier for the wounded extremely safe.

Outside the village, by the river, the waterwheel was creaking, and while bringing the river water to a higher place, it also drove the rotation of the transmission shaft, causing the entire workshop by the river to be filled with constant clanging sounds.

On the other side of the stream, the women and girls in the village each carried a huge wooden basin, added a piece of soap, and began to work. In the basin were bloody clothes stripped from the Japanese and puppet soldiers, which needed to be cleaned by the women before they could be used elsewhere.

At this time, nurses in white coats came to the river with basins of white blood-stained bandages to wash them. As the bandages were poured into the river to soak, the smell of blood mixed with the fragrance of flowers spread. (End of this chapter)