Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

In July, the Eighth Route Army in North China became stronger because they had a lot of land and people. Similarly, because there were many cities, the development of the arsenal had new impetus.

For example, resources, including human resources, have become more abundant. Coupled with the convenience of transportation, equipment from some port cities can be transported to inland arsenals through the road and rail network, increasing the scale of the arsenal's machinery. Of course, the most critical point is that the support from the Russians is stronger, because the little mustache has surrendered, and the Russians have the strength to move eastward.

However, at this time, the Mao family also became ambitious. After all, their desire for land was engraved in their bones. Of course, the three northeastern provinces were still occupied by the devils at this time, and the Mao family had to think twice before sending troops. The powerful Eighth Route Army was no longer looked down upon, and its voice in these major events became louder.

Of course, I can’t write about this matter in detail, or I’ll be locked in a dark room.

In fact, at this time, the Eighth Route Army could completely rely on its superior manpower and equipment to destroy the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and liberate Taiyuan. However, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army was still fighting against Japan, which the Eighth Route Army could not do. If they could not fight the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, there was no need to fight for Taiyuan. After the fight, they would come to ask for it. Would you give it back? It was really hard to say with the name of righteousness.

Since they could not defeat the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the remaining large cities were not easy to attack, the Eighth Route Army reorganized a team from northern Shaanxi and headed towards the three northeastern provinces. The special operations team had reported back on the topography, transportation conditions, and garrison conditions of the three northeastern provinces, so this detachment did not go blindly, but had a specific direction.

In Liangjia Village, Li Yuexuan, who was still in charge of the arsenal, suddenly received a notice from the headquarters, asking him to report to the headquarters with his guard platoon.

There was no specific content, just a report, but Li Yuexuan felt that the matter was not simple. At this time, if he was transferred to the headquarters, there would definitely be some changes.

In fact, in the past few months, the Ninth Division's team has been constantly adjusting. Because two local regiments have been added, and there are many main regiments in the Ninth Division, it is very normal to be transferred! The first one to be transferred was Li Yunlong. The independent detachment has more than 10,000 troops, which is a powerful force no matter where it is placed. So the headquarters transferred him to Matan for training.

Because of Li Yuexuan, Monk Wei is still alive and well. There is even no decent bandit armed forces in southeastern Shanxi. As soon as they appeared, they were wiped out by the guerrillas.

In addition, Sister Xiuqin is alive and well, and gave Li Yunlong a big fat boy. Now Old Li is living a good life with a wife and children, and Sister Xiuqin is pregnant again, and the second child of Old Li's family will be born soon. Well, his eldest child can run around everywhere.

Li Yunlong's independent detachment was transferred to the headquarters, and Ding Wei's detachment was also transferred to the Jidong base area. This was the force prepared for the northward march. After this period of development, Ding Wei's detachment also had nearly 10,000 troops, including infantry and artillery regiments, and its combat effectiveness was also very strong.

Even though more than 20,000 troops from two detachments were transferred, the Ninth Division still had a lot of troops! For example, the Beishan Detachment had one more main force regiment, and now had four main infantry regiments and an artillery regiment, which was equivalent to an infantry division. Similarly, Lao Kong's Second Detachment had also developed and had nearly 10,000 troops.

The Second Detachment was not transferred away. Instead, it became the garrison force from Yangquan to Shouyang, specifically to prevent the Japanese from Taiyuan from advancing eastward.

In short, the Ninth District is still strong in manpower and has sufficient ammunition reserves.

But at this time, Li Yuexuan was transferred to the headquarters, so it was impossible that nothing happened there.

Five trucks went south along the Pingliao Highway, then headed east to Liao County. Along the road along the Zhanghe River Valley, Li Yuexuan and his team arrived at the headquarters.

The person who received Li Yuexuan was Minister Zhang, his direct superior, and it was also he who talked to Li Yuexuan.

"Comrade Xiao Li, the reason you were transferred here is because we have a more important task for you! Come, take a look. This is a document. You will understand after reading it." Minister Zhang handed Li Yuexuan a file bag with a thick stack of documents inside.

Li Yuexuan opened the file bag, took out the documents, and read them one by one. The more he read, the more shocked he became, and the more excited he became. In the end, his whole face was filled with smiles.

"Ha, this is the situation of our arsenal in northern Shaanxi! We can now build light tanks, 75mm mountain cannons, and tractors. The key is that we already have 10 bullet production lines in northern Shaanxi, with a daily output of 20 rounds of bullets. This was unimaginable before! And the firearms production lines over there are also incomparable to our arsenals." "Look at the current domestic and international situation! In foreign countries, Germany surrendered, the Allies won, and the Eagle Sauce also fought to the gate of the devils. And domestically, we have a red in North China, and we also have large bases in Central China. The Japanese army also has bases behind enemy lines in South China. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before we can deal with the Japanese devils."

"As for the matter of building a new country after defeating the Japanese devils, it is not convenient to talk about these now. The purpose of calling you here is to let you go to northern Shaanxi to manage the production of the arsenal there and serve as the chief engineer there. The task assigned to you by the organization is to develop new firearms and individual combat weapons. The requirements are that they are light and unified!"

"We have too many types of guns in the Eighth Route Army, and the bullet types have never been standardized. As it stands now, the three mainstream calibers of 6.5mm, 7.92mm, and 7.62mm are equally matched. It's time to unify the standards! So, your job is to select one of the calibers as the main bullet type for research and development, and finally equip the entire army with new weapons."

Listening to Minister Zhang's words, Li Yuexuan was a little dazed. Is this unified caliber thing going to be carried out now? But it doesn't seem too early to do it now. The sooner it is done, the sooner it will be unified. This is necessary for logistics! The key is where he is going. There are too many minefields there. How can I continue this book... But think about it, it's more than two million words, and it's time to finish it.

"Minister Zhang, I actually have another idea. That is to completely abandon the 7.92 and 6.5mm calibers of these three types of ammunition and only keep the 7.62mm bullets for heavy machine guns! I thought, doesn't the Russians have a new type of intermediate-power bullet? I will use that bullet as a blueprint to redesign semi-automatic, assault rifles, and light machine guns to replace our existing weapon system."

"If we do this, all our bullets will be standardized into new models of intermediate-power bullets, and the ammunition will be unified in the infantry squads and platoons, and new bullets will be added to the heavy machine guns. By the way, the new sniper rifles I made use 7.62mm full-power bullets, which also happens to be unified with the new weapon system. What do you think about this?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Good boy, you are very courageous! If you really succeed, then all the weapons of our Eighth Route Army will have to be replaced! However, the general trend is that changing equipment is inevitable. After we defeat the Japanese devils, we will have time to change equipment... Well, I will report your idea and hold a meeting to discuss it. But you should prepare to go to northern Shaanxi first, even if it is to develop new weapons. How about transferring you from the army and sending you directly to the rear? You won't have any objections, right? You are a sharpshooter, but you can't show your prowess on the battlefield. What do you think?"

"I have no objection, because I know that the guns and bullets I make can kill more enemies, which is much more than the enemies I can kill with just one gun! Therefore, I am very willing to accept the opinions of the headquarters and contribute my insignificant strength to the military construction of our Eighth Route Army." Li Yuexuan quickly expressed his opinion.

"Haha, I'm glad you figured it out! But your military position is reserved for you. When you go to the arsenal, you still have the military position of detachment leader. You will get double the allowance, one for detachment leader and one for chief engineer! Our Eighth Route Army gives preferential treatment to technical talents. Your allowance is not small. You are not young anymore. Isn't it time to get married?"

"Ah? Why are you talking about starting a family?" Li Yuexuan was startled by Minister Zhang's sudden turn.

"Ha, men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. You are already a grown man in your twenties, how can you not get married? Li Yunlong's family is about to have their second child, but you haven't yet. So, would you consider it?"

"Okay, I'll follow the organization's arrangements..." Li Yuexuan thought about it and agreed.

Originally, he thought that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he would most likely be able to return to his original world, but he still didn't feel anything. So, most likely he couldn't go back... Since he couldn't go back, he would build his motherland better in this world and try to avoid some things from happening, such as the ice sculpture company, the lack of effective anti-tank weapons, etc...

After putting these things aside, Li Yuexuan quickly planned the new weapons so that Minister Zhang would have something to discuss during the meeting.

The weapon with the intermediate power bullet that Li Yuexuan chose was also very simple and common. For the semi-automatic, he directly used the current semi-automatic and changed the caliber back to its original state. After all, the 6.5mm semi-automatic rifle used by the entire army was originally modified from the 56 semi-automatic rifle. Now it is just a matter of changing the structure of the buttstock and adding a small grip to facilitate pulling the trigger.

Of course, magazines are still used for ammunition supply. There is nothing to say about this. It is convenient to change bullets on the battlefield!
Assault rifle, the most classic 81-bar, this is a must, we must let the Central Army and the United Nations Army feel the cordial greetings from the 81-bar in advance! If nothing unexpected happens, the 81-bar and 56-and-a-half will be the weapons for solo Wuchang copies. As for light machine guns? There are too many to choose from, just pull a light machine gun from later generations, there is nothing to say about it.

He could even pull out the Type 58 company machine gun between the light and heavy machine guns to increase the firepower of the machine guns.

A few days later, Li Yuexuan's weapons plan was approved by the headquarters, and Li Yuexuan himself set out for northern Shaanxi...As for the matter of getting married? Is this important?
Well, let's end this chapter. There is nothing more to write within this scope. See you in the next book, dear readers. (End of this chapter)