Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The army is a strong place, and the combat effectiveness of the special forces is here. Everyone thinks it is feasible to let the special forces help train the team!
Tian Chuan didn't dare to make the decision on his own, so he reported it to Li Yuexuan immediately. Li Yuexuan thought about the arrangements for the special operations team, and agreed to the request of the first division, asking the comrades of the special operations team to help.

Now that the matter has come to an end, the Eighth Route Army throughout North China is either expanding its ranks, breaking the blockade, squeezing out the devil's occupied areas, or removing bunkers... In short, the situation is very good!
At this point in time, Li Yuexuan felt that there were fewer and fewer things he could do! On this platform, he really couldn't play arbitrarily. Sometimes he could only observe from a position between a witness and a bystander. In an era without clear standards, some things were really not good to do too much, unless he changed the track.

It was already May of 44, and the production capacity of the Liangjia Village Arsenal had been increasing. Now, one month's output was enough to equip two main regiments and there was still some left. According to the data he got from Minister Zhang, the arsenal in Taihang District alone could meet the equipment needs of six main regiments in one month!
To have such a large output, it is naturally not possible for one or two arsenals to achieve it. This is the result of the joint efforts of the first-level arsenals such as the headquarters arsenal, the second-level arsenals such as Liangjiacun and Naogou, and many arsenal workshops. As for ammunition, from the rows of water wheels beside the Qingzhang River, it can be seen that the production capacity is definitely not small.

Although this kind of production consumes too much labor, labor is the cheapest cost at this time, so it doesn’t matter how much it consumes!

Of course, these things are just scattered things. The real big deal is the development in northern Shaanxi. Because the confidentiality is good, no one knows how much production capacity there is for tanks, armored vehicles, ammunition, etc. Even the number of armored troops secretly trained there is unknown. There are also oil fields. After receiving new technical support, the production capacity has increased, and there is also an oil refinery.

Anyway, from Li Yuexuan's perspective, the Eighth Route Army in North China is now at the level of the World War II period, with weapons that are a little bit over the standard. But when the troops in northern Shaanxi are released, they will be at the mechanized level.

Therefore, the 16th Regiment of Beiyue District was transferred to northern Shaanxi last year, most likely not to farm, but to train new soldiers. Of course, this is just speculation. Anyway, there are old troops such as the 359th Brigade there, as well as troops in northwestern Shanxi, so there should be no shortage of veterans with rich combat experience.

In addition to the Eighth Route Army's own affairs, the most noteworthy thing during this period is the Battle of Central Henan! That's right, it is the Battle of Central Henan during the Henan, Hunan and Guangxi Great Rout!

In this battle, the Japanese mobilized 15 troops to attack the 40 troops in central Henan. The result was that they captured 37 cities in 38 days, and large tracts of territory in central and western Henan were lost.

This result shocked the whole of China, because no one expected such a result! Not to mention the generals and officials, even the Japanese didn't expect it to be so smooth, so smooth that it didn't feel like a war, but just a simple walk where all the troops pushed forward!
Regarding the defeat in this battle, there were various analyses at the time when Li Yuexuan came. There were objective reasons as well as subjective reasons. In short, there were various opinions.

But the most fundamental reason is the corruption of preserved fruits, the deterioration of military discipline, corruption, eating empty salaries, and drinking the blood of soldiers... How much combat effectiveness can such an army have? Anyway, that's what Li Yuexuan thinks. To use a phrase often said by teachers in later generations, it is to find the reasons objectively if you don't work hard subjectively.

As for the great defeat in the Battle of Central Henan, the comrades of the Ninth District held several meetings to discuss it, analyze the various situations involved, and then think about how to deal with such situations in the future.

For example, this time, the Japanese mobilized 691 tanks and armored vehicles, including 225 tanks, which can be said to be all the armored forces that can be mobilized. Faced with such an armored force, the Central Army obviously did not have a good way to deal with it. Especially in the plains of central Henan, which are still dry land, it is more conducive to mechanized advancement. However, when discussing this issue, everyone looked at Li Yuexuan, then silently lowered his head and wrote the three words "bazooka" heavily on his notebook.

That’s right, although the rocket launcher is rarely used, everyone knows that it is very good at hitting armored vehicles! If the Central Army had a large number of rocket launchers in the Battle of Central Henan, they would not be chased by armored vehicles. But then again, if the Central Army was really given rocket launchers, it might not reach the hands of the frontline soldiers. Maybe they were transferred and sold halfway.

Because of the stimulation of this battle, the rocket launcher production line of Liangjia Village Arsenal, which had not been paid attention to for a long time, has been noticed again! As a result, Minister Zhang personally gave Li Yuexuan an order to let Liangjia Village Arsenal adjust its structure. By May next year, a total of 5 rocket launchers need to be produced. At the same time, at least 5000 rocket shells must be produced.

Faced with such a request, Li Yuexuan would have no objection except to adjust the production capacity. Although the rocket launcher was not used much during the Anti-Japanese War, it would be useful in a few years when fighting the Eagle Sauce! Anyway, Li Yuexuan did not want his comrades to throw anti-tank grenades with a 20-meter explosion radius when fighting the Eagle Sauce at a distance of 10 meters!

With rocket launchers and a period of specialized training, we will have troops that specialize in attacking tanks, thus reducing some casualties.

It is worth mentioning that in the Battle of Central Henan, the performance of the Japanese 62nd Division was very impressive, and there was no decline in North China at all, which made the Japanese high-level officials praise it. The consequence of this praise is that the 62nd Division will be transferred after this battle and go to an island in the Pacific Ocean, so that the Eagle Sauce can also understand what the mysterious underground warfare is.

When it was June, Li Yuexuan received news of a big event that was not a big deal - the headquarters decided to hold the first gathering of heroes in Taihang District in Nanweiquan!

This is a real anti-Japanese hero conference, not a random meeting. Those who can participate are all experts in killing enemies and fighting against the Japanese on the battlefield! Such a conference naturally cannot be prepared in a day or two. It takes a lot of time! Because you have to prepare the venue, prepare prizes, prepare supplies, etc.

Of course, the most crucial point is that these anti-Japanese heroes need to be withdrawn from various battlefields, and then travel thousands of miles to come here before the conference can be held.

Logically, Li Yuexuan should have a place in such a conference. After all, he is qualified enough no matter the number of enemies killed or other factors!
However, considering Li Yuexuan's safety, the headquarters gave up this idea. Comrade Xiao Li is very important, so don't expose him.

"So, I am just a spectator again?" Li Yuexuan thought silently in his heart after receiving the news, but there was a smile on his face. (End of this chapter)