Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

"The sun in the west is about to set, Weishan Lake is quiet, and I play my beloved earthen pipa..." In the reed marshes of Weishan Lake, the Railway Guerrillas who had made a fortune were happily enjoying the fruits of victory and singing a song that was said to be specially written for them. They were all very excited.

In the reed marshes of Baiyangdian, the soldiers who had won the battle were also very happy, but they could only sing "In 1937, the devils entered the Central Plains..."

Well, Li Yuexuan said that the early appearance of these songs had nothing to do with him. He just hummed them while working and they were spread out.

In Shouyang County, Xing Weiguo moved a chair and sat on the gate tower of the east gate of the city, flipping through an ancient book in his hand. Today was the afternoon of the second day of Shouyang, and there was still no trace of the Japanese, not even a plane flying overhead, as if the Japanese had forgotten that there was a county town here and Yangquan in the east.

At this time, in Yangquan, the soldiers, militia, county brigade, district squad and even the young and strong people organized by the district committee were still busy! The road checkpoints from Yangquan to Ping'an County have been set up. These people only need to follow the road taken by the people in front and deliver these supplies to Ping'an County!
Now they are working for the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army will not let the people help for nothing! A 200-jin load of food was sent from Yangquan to Ping'an County. After the Eighth Route Army took over, the porters could get 2 jin and a meal.

If you have a wheelbarrow at home and you push it yourself to deliver 800 kilograms of grain to Ping'an County, then you are also providing one meal, giving 8 kilograms of grain, no ambiguity at all! The key is that the meal is the kind that fills the people up, with pancakes made of sweet potato flour and cornmeal, pickles made of last year's radish and cherry, and wild vegetable soup cooked by the kitchen team, which is the food for the people. Well, filling the people up, this is the key!
Of course, some people don't send food, but other kinds of supplies. But no matter what, according to the weight, you can get food according to the weight of the supplies you send!
Creak, gurgle... On the two-wheeled lever cart, the long steel rails were supported, pushed and pulled by several militiamen... While the people were helping to transport supplies, the railways near Yangquan were being dismantled one by one, then sent to Ping'an County, and finally transferred to the base.

From Yangquan to Ping'an County, and followed the immortal group from Ping'an County to the base, because only the people in the base can enter the Pingdong base!

Therefore, Zhao Danian, who went to Ping'an County in person, learned some rough data from Zhu Xingyu.

"Captain, I've collected some statistics from the various districts and counties. Guess what? There are 3000 civilians working in Yangquan right now. They are from the base of the independent regiment. There are about 5000 civilian militiamen responsible for transporting supplies from Yangquan to Ping'an County, mainly from Mafang. And there are more than 6000 civilians and militiamen working in our base."

"The New 1st Regiment has taken Xiyang, but they are busy moving things, so they have no time to help us! The New 2nd Regiment also emptied Shouyang overnight, and started dismantling the railway today!"

"Haha, in this way, the people around us will be able to benefit! The key is the railway line. With this, even if the Japanese retook these counties, it would take time to repair and lay the railway line! But we have enough raw materials!" said Zhao Danian.

"By the way, Minister Zhang just sent us a telegram asking us to adjust the direction of production capacity!" Zhu Xingyu took a telegram and said, "By mid-June, stop the production of heavy mortars and assault rifles, stabilize the production of 6 mortars, Qi Lali light machine guns, and semi-automatic rifles, increase the production of submachine guns, increase the production of Type 82 rifles, and expand the production of artillery shells and bullets..." Zhao Danian looked at the content of the order, frowning slightly and then relaxing his brows.

"You have also read the order. Did you figure out what it is?" Zhao Danian returned the order to Zhu Xingyu and asked with a smile.

"The functions of the assault rifle and the Qilali light machine gun are somewhat overlapping, and the headquarters also has a dedicated production line, so it is understandable that we stopped production. As for the heavy mortar? It is likely that they have accumulated enough of them, enough to equip each main regiment with at least 4 heavy mortars, so we stopped production! Of course, the headquarters arsenal will most likely continue production! Therefore, we are asked to expand the production capacity of artillery shells!"

"Submachine guns, because we have a special bullet production line, and the maximum engagement distance of submachine guns can reach 200 meters, which is not much different from the Type rifle, so it is good to stabilize the current production capacity! Maybe in the future, submachine guns will be equipped in large quantities to front-line units! Semi-automatic is good, but if they are equipped in large quantities, the bullet consumption will rise sharply, so it is not suitable for full deployment!"

"As for re-producing the Type 81 Carabiner, there can only be one situation!" Zhu Xingyu said this with excitement: "That is, the headquarters believes that our strength has accumulated enough, and it is time to continue to expand the number of troops from the elite troops to the streamlined administration! Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why we still need to produce so many Type 81 Carabiner rifles?"

"Your guess is similar to mine! In recent years, natural disasters have continued, and food production in many of our bases has decreased, military quotas have been reduced, and our military strength has been compressed to the extreme! But now, with the completion of the construction of some water conservancy facilities, the situation has improved, and there is a foundation for development! In addition, through the liberation of Yangquan and the surrounding counties, the headquarters realized that the devils are no longer as difficult to defeat as before!"

"Now that we have obtained a large amount of food, supplies and production materials, we can increase the production of some bolt-action rifles to provide them to the troops to expand the army! It just so happens that the barrels produced with steel rails do not have a very long lifespan. When these bolt-action rifles are scrapped, it will be time for us to fully switch to semi-automatic! The barrel steel produced by the Russian technology is chrome-plated! Hey..."

Zhao Danian and Zhu Xingyu are familiar with the existing military-industrial system, so it is easy for them to infer the future planning content and direction of the headquarters from the orders!

In fact, their guess was not wrong. Through the battles in the past few days, the deputy commander-in-chief and his men also realized that the Japanese were strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and knew that it was time to prepare for expansion! Under the policy of streamlining the military, the number of troops was reduced, and coupled with combat casualties, the Eighth Route Army had even fewer troops. But what was condensed was the essence. These Eighth Route Army soldiers had grown up after two years of combat experience!
With these grown-up Eighth Route Army as the backbone, plus the support of the Baixin, it is possible to expand the troops three times! One veteran can lead two new recruits quickly, and it will not affect the combat effectiveness! Of course, the headquarters is likely to use the one-to-one method to directly expand the troops to twice the original.

Well, this is just a hypothesis, and it cannot be implemented in real time because the Japanese are still conducting raids and Hu Zongnan is also gathering troops and preparing to take action... (End of this chapter)