Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

When Li Yunlong and Ding Wei left, they took away 400 semi-automatic rifles, 40 light machine guns, 60 grenade launchers, 2 military high-explosive grenades, and 600 grenade launcher grenades.

In just one move, the finished product warehouse of Liangjia Village Arsenal was completely cleared, leaving the warehouse, which was originally full, completely empty. Of course, the raw material warehouse, which was originally half empty, was also filled up with the supplies brought by the two regiments. For example, 6 cm thick shade-dried catalpa wood boards directly filled up a room, which were all good materials for gun stocks.

There were also cut rails piled up in the yard. There was no 20-ton pile that couldn't be removed! Although most of the rails were light rails from the Zhengtai Line and Tongpu Railway, the material was very good. Whether it was used as a gun barrel or a grenade launcher, it was a very good material! Even if it was thinned and used as a steel plate, it was still a very good steel plate.

To make a gun, you need steel plates! The receiver, magazine, trigger guard, barrel casing (such as the heat sink of a submachine gun), etc. all require steel plates.

In addition to wood and steel plates, the two regiments also brought some copper plates, which were exactly 5 tons in size. Most of these copper plates, rails and wood were brought by the headquarters. So, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei got a great bargain this time! Of course, the two regiments did not get it for free. They spent a lot of effort to deliver it all the way here, and also brought some food and other supplies to the Beishan Detachment.

Therefore, although the independent regiment took away some finished weapons, it also solved the problem of raw materials for the small arsenal. According to the current production capacity, these materials will not be used up at least until the end of the year.

Of course, production capacity cannot remain unchanged. Work to expand production capacity is ongoing and will not stop! For example, a new batch of water wheels are being manufactured, and the base of the water wheel and the small house connected are also being built. Then a new shell + warhead production line powered by water will be completed and put into operation by the end of August.

The shell and bullet model manufactured this time are 6.5mm Arisaka bullets, which are used more and are the general ammunition of the Kitayama Detachment and most of the main forces. Although the Japanese are now popularizing the 99-type weapons in their main forces, and the bullets have become 7.7mm caliber, the Japanese have not yet completed the replacement of the main forces, let alone the mixed brigades.

Even the clever Japanese headquarters transported the retired weapons that were supposed to be stored in the warehouse to the rear of their occupied areas intact and distributed them to the independent mixed brigade and those Type C divisions! What did you say? New weapons? They must be supplied to the Southeast Asian and Pacific battlefields first, and the battlefields in China must be put on the back burner.

In fact, the resources of the devils were already in danger of exhaustion, and their strategic intention to expand the battlefield in Southeast Asia and find new energy and raw material growth points was obvious. It was also because of this that the miners captured by the devils in coal-producing areas such as Huainan and Datong were whipped and exploited every day. Many people died of exhaustion in the mines, or were thrown into mass graves to die because of weakness and illness...

This world is a world of swords, but the devils in this world will not change! In other words, with the failure of this sweep, the devils have no way to obtain strategic materials from the bases of Jizhong, Jinan, Jidong, Beiyue, etc., and will instead squeeze the resources in the occupied areas even more!
It must be said here that the mines that the Japanese explored in the Northeast were really protected by the heavens, and they were unable to find that large oil field! The Japanese were only 200 meters away from finding it!

If they are really found, then the entire process of the war and the regional division after the war will become uncontrollable...

In northern Shaanxi, Yanchang, as the equipment exchanged from the Mao Bears moved in, the oil production was gradually increasing. After a small oil refinery was put into operation, the Eighth Route Army also had its own source of fuel. However, the Eighth Route Army did not seem to have much need for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel. However, this did not prevent the leaders from continuing to exchange these things with the Mao Bears! Besides, our tractors are already in mass production. Even if the output is limited, it is also the beginning of an industrial system!

"So, we must have our own complete industrial system! We are still very weak now, but since we are weak, we should develop industry even more! If agriculture is the foundation of our stability and can ensure that people have enough food and survive, then industry is another foundation for our development and growth! Only when the industry is strong can we have better weapons, a stronger army, and better equipment!"

At a meeting at the headquarters, Minister Zhang sighed and continued, "According to our information, the trial production of that tank has already begun in northern Shaanxi! Even though it is a model that the Russians no longer want, we need it! We need a tank that can fight the bandits even if it cannot cross the Yellow River and fight the devils! Blood debt must be paid with blood!"

"This is good news. Unfortunately, we can't return to northern Shaanxi to personally command our tanks to sweep away the bandits! However, the Japs have retreated, and we can't sit idle here. The next development plan is still to streamline the military! The work of streamlining the government is almost done, so let's focus on the elite troops!"

"Elite soldiers do not mean streamlining the force, but making the soldiers more elite and improving their combat effectiveness! Through the battle between the Independent Regiment and the New 5st Regiment, we have also seen how important semi-automatic weapons are to the firepower bonus on the battlefield! A good soldier with a semi-automatic rifle is more than enough to deal with five enemies with bolt-action rifles! Three semi-automatic rifles can fight against the Japanese's Type light machine gun group!"

"So, the next step is to strengthen training, continue to increase the number of arsenals, and gradually increase the number of semi-automatic products in the arsenals! Similarly, we must also increase the production of bullets!"

"Here is some good news for everyone. The bullet production in northern Shaanxi has entered the final test run. After it starts, 3 rounds will be produced every day! Although this output is not enough to meet our needs, it can make up for the shortfall! Of course, due to the distance and blockade, the bullets there can only be supplied to Beiyue District at most, and have little to do with our Taihang District."

"But then again, the Beiyue District doesn't need our management anymore, so our products will be concentrated on supplying the Taihang District, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military District, etc..."

Minister Zhang said this, glanced at everyone in the meeting and said: "I am afraid that by then our equipment will be too good, and then our old comrades in northwest Shanxi will envy us!"

"Hahaha..." Everyone present laughed. How should I put it? Although the products there have industrial support, they are obsolete products of the Russian bear. At least there are no semi-automatic and assault rifles in the firearms. This is a bit out of date for the Eighth Route Army, which is mainly composed of infantry... (End of this chapter)