Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Busy, busy, very busy, busy as hell, busy as hell without stopping, busy as hell without knowing what was going on, busy as hell so much that I forgot about time, it was all in a flash from mid-April to early May.

Until this time, the resources obtained from Yangquan and Ping'an counties were sorted out and the accounts were counted! During this period of time, the troops of the Beishan Detachment returned one after another, and the devils did not come out to make trouble again. Therefore, the battle around the Beishan base finally came to an end, and everyone re-demarcated their territory.

First of all, we have to send troops to garrison the two newly acquired counties, because the Japanese have no ability to fight for them, and we have no intention of giving them up! Xiyang in the south is easy to deal with, because the New 1st Regiment took it by itself, and there is no need to discuss it. Commander Ding directly sent troops to guard Xiyang County.

As for Ping'an County, since the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment were involved, and Ping'an County was close to Yangquan, it was necessary to discuss it carefully. The final result was that Ping'an County was handed over to the First Battalion of the Beishan Detachment for garrison, and then Ping'an County went east and north, all the way to Baijing Town - to Guguan and Changshengkou, and the Jingxing line was handed over to the Independent Regiment as a base for development.

At the same time, the base of the New Second Regiment also expanded eastward, directly adjacent to Ping'an County and Xiyang County, giving Lao Kong more manpower and more grain-producing areas.

In order to consolidate the newly occupied areas, the Beishan Detachment's main force, the First Regiment, which had returned from the New Second Regiment, was stationed in Zhangzhuang between Ping'an County and Xiyang County, serving as a reserve between the two counties to support both sides at any time. At the same time, because Xiyang County was liberated, the Second Battalion stationed in Dongyetou was no longer that important, so the Second Battalion returned to Liangjia Village.

The defense gap left by the Second Battalion was completely handed over to the Third Battalion! From Changshengkou in the north to Dongyetou, and then all the way south to the area where it meets Heshun, the Third Battalion could keep watch. In fact, the Third Battalion mainly guarded Jiulongguan and prevented the Japanese from breaking in from here, and everything else was easy to deal with.

The second brigade that returned to Liangjia Village was the general reserve. They needed to be stationed around the detachment to serve as the outer defense line for the arsenal and to consolidate the stability of the base.

The quick reaction company, which had made great contributions in this battle but also suffered heavy casualties, returned to its base in Huidong Village, and then drew veterans from the Second Battalion to make up for their losses in the battle.

To sum up, the base expanded a large area when the number of troops did not increase, which made the troops more dispersed, leaving fewer troops in the base and the defense nodes further out.

Of course, the advantage is that the more places you occupy, the more places you can collect taxes from, the more food you can collect, the more troops you can support, and even more resource points...

There is no need to consider resource points now, even if there are mines, because they are not available for the time being! That's right, they are not available! Unless they are precious metal mines such as gold, silver and copper, they are not available! Because Yangquan has obtained too many things, enough to keep the arsenal running normally for two years! In this way, there is no need to use those minerals!

As far as the current situation is concerned, the place with the most copper mines is actually Taiyue District, which is where our brigade commander is! Well, strictly speaking, it is the south of Taiyue District, Zhongtiao Mountain, where the most copper is found. Many landlords have become rich by mining. Therefore, the brigade commander can get some copper mines, and then send them to the headquarters, and finally turn them into bullet shells... Well, these things are a bit far away. The biggest relationship with the Beishan Detachment is that after a period of time, the transportation team of the headquarters will send enough copper plates for the production of bullet shells. Don't ask why you don't use copper-clad steel to make bullet shells or paint steel bullet shells with copper paint. The reason is that the process technology is not up to the standard, and it is also easier to reload copper bullet shells.

After the battle, the Japanese still occupied Heshun and Liaoxian, like two nails stuck in the base, which was very annoying! On the other hand, the Japanese stationed in these two counties were actually completely divided and surrounded by the base, and had lost the opportunity to join the main force! So the next step is to besiege for a long time, or to find an opportunity to liberate the county, that is up to us.

In early May, the weather was already very hot, and it was time for the arsenal's industrial transformation to take place! That's right, when Ping'an County was captured, Minister Zhang gave the Beishan Detachment an order to adjust the industry, requiring that by mid-June, the production of heavy mortars and assault rifles be stopped, the production of 5 mortars, Qi Lali light machine guns, and semi-automatic rifles be stabilized, the production of submachine guns, the production of Type 6 rifles, and the production of artillery shells and bullets be increased.

At that time, everyone was busy fighting and transporting supplies, and had no time to pay attention to industrial adjustments. Now that everything is done, it is time to adjust.

Of course, Zhao Danian and Zhu Xingyu could not help with the adjustment of the industry. It was mainly Li Yuexuan who discussed and decided with Xiao Fengyun and others.

"Zhongpu, these rough pieces are the last quantity we have. Don't continue production after processing them! We don't need to wait until mid-June, we need to stop the production of Zhongpu at the end of this month!"

"As for the assault rifles, we will complete the assembly of the last one by the end of this month, and then the technology will be sealed. All the workers will switch to the production of the Type 500 Carabiner rifles! However, starting from tomorrow, we need to prepare wood for the stocks of the Type Carabiner rifles! Wood processing takes time, so we need to start now! As for the production volume, we will prepare materials based on rifles per month!"

"For the production of 82 mortars, we will temporarily follow the current production capacity. Do not increase or decrease it! Then we can find a way to add some lathes, or simple lathes, to process the shells of mortar shells. This is how we can increase the production of shells! As for submachine guns, my plan is to maintain the production of 6 in June. After all, our bullet production is limited."

"Well, these are the adjustments we need to make right now! As for other things like mines and grenades, we can continue to produce them the same way as before, no adjustments are needed!"

The person who was speaking was Li Yuexuan, and the people who were in the meeting with him were Xiao Fengyun and the leaders of the arsenal. Because it was an industrial adjustment and a meeting of various work sections, Zhu Xingyu also attended the meeting to listen to everyone's adjustment opinions.

"Well, what I want to ask is, when we forge here, do we still need to use 120 weight when cutting materials?" asked Meng Xiangdong, who was in charge of forging. (End of this chapter)