Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The Second Battalion set out to deliver weapons, and on their return they would bring back 10 tons of brass... Nothing changed in the arsenal, in Liangjia Village, or among the common people because of the departure of the Second Battalion.

The detachment headquarters in Liangjia Village continued to operate as usual, and the arsenal continued to produce as usual. The people only knew that their children had followed the main team out to deliver things, but they didn't know where they were going.

Of course, it is the busy farming season now. The people are busy with autumn harvest and planting, and have no time to care about the army. Finally, the Japanese didn't come in, and it didn't affect our farming, so there was nothing to worry about! The people are very practical. Isn't it just for the little food produced in the fields that they work hard for a year? Now that the sky has fallen, the food must be stored in the warehouse!

In Liangjia Village, the scale of the arsenal is so large that the shooting range is right next to the factory wall. But this is also a good thing, when the new products off the factory need to be tested by live ammunition shooting, they can be carried out at the shooting range! For example, the Type 81 rifle, although assembled, still needs to be tested by shooting before leaving the factory to ensure the accuracy of the sight.

Minister Zhang's phone call actually confirmed that the Liangjia Village Arsenal would produce 60mm mortars, so Li Yuexuan also personally determined the production scale of the 60mm mortars - 120 per month, with 12000 shells. That's right, for every 60mm mortar shipped out of the factory, a base number of shells would be shipped out of the factory and put into storage along with the mortars.

In order to ensure the production capacity of 60 mortar shells, Li Yuexuan even adjusted the equipment and reduced the production capacity of 120 heavy mortars, 82 mortars and grenade launchers.

How can I say this? Since the 82 mortar and 120 heavy mortar were put into production, the production of shells has been continuous. Although the Beishan Detachment has fought several battles, the consumption of these two shells is not very large! Therefore, now the Beishan Detachment, the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment have a basic amount of supplementary ammunition in the warehouse.

What does it mean? In these troops, each mortar has a base amount of ammunition that follows the artillerymen, and a base amount of shells that are stored in the warehouse.

In fact, since last autumn, the mortar shells produced by the Liangjia Village Arsenal have been mostly sent to Beiyue District, Taihang District 1, District 2, and even various districts on the Jizhong Plain. After replenishing their own inventory, all the shells produced were sent out.

As for the 50mm grenade launcher grenades? The grenades made by the Liangjia Village Arsenal will not go to Beiyue District or Jizhong, because there are small ammunition factories there. The grenade launcher grenades made by the Liangjia Village Arsenal are just to meet the daily needs of the Beishan Detachment and the surrounding troops. Now, Li Yuexuan is fully producing 60mm mortar shells, which naturally takes up some production resources.

Therefore, when Minister Zhang asked for 210 mortars and 1000 shells, he was actually leaving a fighting foundation for the Beishan Detachment. Well, just store more shells so that they will be enough for the battle, and don't run out of ammunition when fighting!

Anyway, the ammunition factory of the headquarters arsenal has more equipment. As long as Minister Zhang is willing, enough shells can be produced for those mortars at any time!

Starting from October, Li Yuexuan finally made the final specifications for the new type of 10 mortar shells: the first is the standard 60g TNT charge blasting shell, which is produced in the largest quantity and has the largest use, accounting for 110% of all production capacity; the second is the indispensable red pepper shell, which accounts for 80% of the production capacity; the third is the equal weight training shell filled with black powder and lime powder, accounting for 5%. Training shells are very important. After all, a new artillery unit cannot survive without sufficient training, so in the early stage, the proportion of training shells should be higher!
In fact, there are also high-explosive bombs with a charge of 150 grams of TNT equivalent, which are not included in the proportion of production capacity, because high-explosive bombs will not be equipped for infantry companies, but only a batch of them will be produced in batches for special operations teams and quick reaction companies. They are considered special bombs. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of these two units, Li Yuexuan does not mind consuming more explosives stocks.

Of course, we have to mention the production of bullets. This year, two more hydraulic forged shell production lines were added, which increased the daily output by another 3000 rounds. So far, Liangjia Village's bullet production capacity has been guaranteed to be at the level of 6.5 rounds of 11000mm rifle bullets and 7.63 rounds of 3500mm Mauser pistol bullets per day.

Today, production has entered a stable period, grain is being stored, people are smiling happily, and the entire base area seems quiet and peaceful. However, the detachment headquarters in Liangjia Village received the latest situation report - the Japanese army has gathered the 62nd Division, 69th Division, 37th Division and puppet troops, a total of 2 troops, to sweep our Taiyue Military Region!

Because of the Japanese raids, the transportation of supplies was blocked, so the Taiyue District was unable to transport 10 tons of brass.

Upon hearing the news, Li Yuexuan was surprised for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face. Although this matter was a raid by the Japanese, from another perspective, as long as Guo Liandong's brain was not rusty, he had already arrived at the headquarters, even if he was throwing a tantrum, he would have to ask for a fight!
The Eighth Route Army has divided so many military divisions, each with its own troops, but most of these troops are local troops, and even some main forces have become localized! This makes it difficult to draw troops to reinforce the Taiyue District. Although the Taiyue District probably doesn't need reinforcements, since there is a ready-made infantry battalion asking for battle, this should be considered, right?

Do you think that only the 2nd Infantry Battalion of Beishan Detachment went there? Well, actually it was them, but there were also two cavalry squads of the Quick Reaction Company and a detachment of the Special Operations Team!

Look, there are special forces, their own reconnaissance company, cavalry reconnaissance, sufficient ammunition, excellent weapons, and an extreme desire to fight... all the conditions are stacked up!
"Deputy Captain, what are you laughing at?" Lu Xiaoran, who was in a meeting, asked Li Yuexuan while looking at his face.

"What is there to laugh about? Comrade Guo Liandong brought over 1500 fresh troops, all of whom are capable of fighting. If Comrade Guo volunteers to fight, then wouldn't there be a chance to fight? There are only over 2 Japanese and puppet troops. How many of them are real devils? I think the puppet troops account for at least three-fifths! So, isn't this the best chance to fight?" Li Yuexuan said.

"Don't tell me, don't tell me..." Zhu Xingyu took out a small notebook and flipped through the supplies and ammunition brought by the second battalion: "They brought enough fried noodles to last for half a month. If we divide the ammunition we brought, there are enough bullets for three bases! So, if we don't find an opportunity to fight now, we will really be sorry for all the things we brought!"

"No, I'll send a telegram to the Second Battalion, saying that we'll go to the Taiyue District to reinforce them no matter how hard we try! What do you think? " (End of this chapter)