Sword: Heart of Iron

Chapter 84 This is the order!
The next day.

11 o'clock in the morning.

The reconnaissance battalion was composed of elite soldiers selected from various corps. They were very efficient and in just 20 hours, they had clearly identified the distribution of the arsenals in the city.

Some soldiers even climbed over the high wall under the cover of night and searched the factory map thoroughly.

Looking at the detailed materials submitted by Sergei, Wang Feng was very satisfied: "Well done, pass the order down, everyone assemble!"

In 1936, the Taiyuan Arsenal was restructured and renamed the Northwest Industrial Company, which had branches under its jurisdiction, most of which were located in Taiyuan City.

It just so happens that the battle group consists of four corps and sixteen battalions.

One brigade corresponds to one factory.

Song Wenjie collected more than 440 camels, more than 150 mules and horses, more than 200 carts, and some fodder from the city.

More than a hundred mules and horses were also requisitioned from rural areas on the outskirts of the city.

In total, nearly 700 animals were involved in the transportation.

The number of carts was a little small, but it was not a big problem. Two or three animals could pull a cart together, and a few more were prepared in case of accidents on the road.

In addition, a large number of civilian laborers were also dispatched.

noon.

The battle group came out in full force, and even the newly formed reservists took part in the operation.

The huge team lined up on the road, and looked like a long snake from above. The wheels rolled up clouds of yellow sand that floated in the air.

The large army slowly moved towards Taiyuan City.

Northeast of the city, Taiyuan Beiguan Arsenal.

This place is close to Houtang Village. Wang Feng rode a white horse and personally led a mountain brigade here.

At this critical moment, all the troops are like frightened birds. An operation of such a large scale cannot be hidden from the eyes of the garrison troops.

Two kilometers outside the Arsenal.

At this point, we have entered the warning area.

The chief military officer of the garrison had heard the news and was waiting here with a platoon of soldiers.

Li Siwen stretched out his hand to stop the advancing team.

"stop!"

After the team stopped, he saluted and said, "I am Li Siwen, the commander of the 218th Regiment of the 420th Independent Brigade. What is the number of your unit?"

Wang Feng glanced at him indifferently and returned the gift casually while holding the horsewhip.

Colonel
The Independent 218th Brigade was the ace unit in Fu Zuoyi's hands.

The vigilance is indeed strong enough.

Zhao Fangyuan rode forward quickly; "The 14th Army Group is under the command of the North China Battle Group."

Hearing the familiar number, Li Siwen's brows were almost twisted into knots. He looked up and down at the leading officer.

Central Army uniform, with two general stars on the collar, riding a white horse.
"Are you the commander?" After basically confirming his identity, his tone became softer when he spoke.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

With these three elements, there would be basically no one else except the famous and victorious general.

Wang Feng raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised that he was so famous.

"Correct."

After learning of his identity, Li Siwen did not let him go, but continued to ask: "What is your purpose in coming here?"

"It's just a routine procedure. Please forgive me, sir."

Wang Feng was prepared in his heart, and said in a cold voice: "My department is ordered by the chairman to take over the industrial equipment of the Beiguan Arsenal."

Li Siwen frowned even more tightly and turned to look at the adjutant.

The adjutant shook his head.

Li Siwen took a deep breath and said, "Sir, our unit has not received any orders!"

Wang Feng frowned and took out a small notebook from his pocket.

Salsa!
The tip of the pen moved across the straw paper, quickly writing down two large characters - 'Command'.

He tore off the straw paper, folded it and then threw it to Li Siwen.

"That's the order!"

After saying that, no matter what the other party said, he waved forward.

Zhao Fangyuan understood instantly and shouted: "Forward!"

The soldiers obeyed their orders and the troops behind them took action immediately, regardless of how the adjutant of the 420th Regiment tried to stop them.

The horse was running rampant in the middle of the road. Li Siwen dodged by turning sideways and looked down at the straw paper in his hand.

He opened it and looked at it, and his eyes widened.

The adjutant saw it clearly: "This..."

Li Siwen sighed and said, "Quick, pass the message directly to Commander Fu."

After saying this, he hesitated again and again: "Hey, tell the brothers inside not to clash with the Central Army."

After crossing the checkpoint, the team continued to move forward.

Soon they arrived at the Beiguan Arsenal.

Similar things happened everywhere in Taiyuan City.

Wang Feng had a good temper and did not cause any conflict with the garrison troops.

The brigade led by Zhang Hu was almost on the verge of an accidental discharge of gunfire and forced their way into the arsenal.

City defense headquarters.

Telegrams were delivered to Fu Zuoyi's desk one after another as if they were free.

Ye Qijie, deputy commander of the 35th Army, stood aside with a very gloomy expression.

"Sir, this is a blatant rebellion!"

"Give me a brigade of troops and I will personally suppress the rebellion!"

Fu Zuoyi's face also looked unhappy, but he did not say anything.

Ye Qijie urged from the side: "Sir!"

"With a powerful enemy at hand, we absolutely cannot allow this to happen. If we allow this to happen, then the various tribes in the city will rush to follow suit, and Taiyuan City will be in chaos, right?"

Dong Qiwu, commander of the 218th Independent Brigade, walked in and said indignantly, "Sir, this Wang Feng is really too arrogant. The theater headquarters has just moved away for one day, and he dared to loot the arsenal equipment."

"That's right, too."

Seeing that someone had the same idea as him, Ye Qijie was interrupted by a muffled sound as he opened his mouth.

Fu Zuoyi slammed the table, stood up and walked to the window.

"Order the gendarmerie and special agent companies to block the streets around each factory to prevent the news from leaking out."

After hearing the first half, Mr. Ye and the others thought that Fu Zuoyi was going to send troops to suppress the rebellion, but after hearing the latter part, they realized that this was not what he meant.

Just block the street.
Isn't that equivalent to tacitly approving this behavior?

Dong Qiwu was dissatisfied. Wang Feng had humiliated his commander at Beiguan. No matter what, the boss had to vent his anger on his younger brother: "Sir, this is probably not appropriate."

Ye Qijie also wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Fu Zuoyi again.

"Want to suppress it? Well, which of your troops can guarantee to me that this incident can be resolved within three hours?"

Hearing this, the two men suddenly became depressed. The 35th Army suffered heavy losses in the Xinkou battlefield, while the North China Battle Group was famous and its reputation as an ever-victorious division spread beyond Shanxi.

In terms of strength, there is no other army in the entire Taiyuan city that can match it.

Fu Zuoyi frowned. He was the city defense commander, and all military and political affairs in Taiyuan were under his command.

No one would feel comfortable when something like this happened suddenly right under their noses.

"How is the equipment transportation work at the Arsenal going?"

Fu Zuoyi was not referring to Wang Feng, but the equipment transportation assigned by Commander Yan.

Ye Qijie: "At present, a large number of equipment has been transported to Fenglingdu."

He visited the arsenal yesterday and has a clearer understanding of the situation there.

Fu Zuoyi asked sternly, "How much exactly?"

Ye Qijie scratched his head: "More than 30 machine tools and 10 motors were shipped out yesterday."

Fu Zuoyi continued to ask: "I don't want to know how much you have transported away, I want to know how much is left?"

Ye Qijie hesitated: "There are still many. Only a very small part has been transported away so far."

Fu Zuoyi looked out the window, feeling extremely conflicted.

After much hesitation, I decided to let it go and pretend to be blind.

"Well, continue to follow the order. The military police will block the news."

"The Japanese army is about to besiege the city. Rather than handing over the arsenal to the Japanese, it is better to keep it as a spark of resistance."

In modern times, warlords have been in power, various forces have come and gone, and political power has changed frequently. The reason why the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was able to occupy Shanxi for more than 30 years was inseparable from the support of the Taiyuan Arsenal.

The real veterans of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army all have an inexplicable feeling for the Taiyuan Arsenal.

Fu Zuoyi really couldn't bear to see that the decades of hard work of the people of Shanxi were wiped out by the Japanese and turned into a war machine to invade China.

The various tactical battalions under the North China Battle Group swept through all the arsenals in Taiyuan City like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Before the action began, Wang Feng specifically reiterated the goals and objectives.

Priority is given to dismantling and transporting machine tool motors, collecting drawings and recruiting scientific and technological talents.

The second is various precious raw materials.

Don't waste time on unnecessary equipment.

Inside the Beiguan Arsenal.

This arsenal is mainly responsible for the production of bullets, grenades and other light weapons.

It was a large company with more than 2,000 employees and more than a dozen production lines at its peak.

If there are sufficient raw materials to ensure stable production, we can produce 300,000 bullets and 50,000 grenades per month.

However, in the second half of the Xinkou Campaign, the Japanese army organized strategic bombings on Taiyuan several times.

All arsenals were key targets, and after several rounds of bombing, none of them were spared and all were paralyzed.

Under Li Siwen's policy of non-resistance, Wang Feng has completely taken control of the arsenal.

Zhao Fangyuan walked over, followed by a middle-aged man wearing glasses.

"Sir, he is the director of the Beiguan Arsenal. What's his name?"

Zhao Fangyuan turned his head and looked at the factory director.

The factory manager shuddered and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

Wow!

The soldier at the side pulled the bolt of his rifle and said fiercely: "Be quiet, the chief of staff is asking you a question!"

"My name is Huai Hanpeng"

Wang Feng looked at the people in front of him and asked, "Where are the workers in the factory?"

Huai Hanpeng glanced at the black muzzle of the gun beside him and said tremblingly: "Everyone has gone home."

The Beiguan Arsenal has been shut down for nearly half a month. The workers' inability to work means they can't get paid, so they have no choice but to transfer their children to him.

Some workers and engineers chose to follow the arrangements and follow the equipment to southwest Shanxi or Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Some people still choose to stay in the city and make a living by doing odd jobs.

Wang Feng frowned: "Are they all going home?"

"Are you the only one in the factory?"

This was a problem. I was not a science student in my previous life, and I only had a vague understanding of the structure of machine tools. The people around me were a bunch of rough guys who only knew how to fight and kill. It was difficult to put the machine tool on a cart for transportation without disassembling it.

Huai Hanpeng hurriedly corrected him, "There are still more than a dozen workers on duty."

Wang Feng was overjoyed: "Call them out, quickly!"

"You guys, go with him." He signaled to the soldiers beside him with his eyes.

Huai Hanpeng nodded hurriedly: "Let's go right away."

After they left, Wang Feng asked, "What's going on at the city defense headquarters?"

This was an extremely risky military action. If Fu Zuoyi sent troops to stop it, things would be difficult.

If it is not handled properly, it may even become a separate page in the history books of future generations.

It is known in history as the "Taiyuan Incident."

Zhao Fangyuan shook his head: "The military police and the special forces company surrounded the streets near the arsenal, but they did not stop our people."

Hearing this, Wang Feng also breathed a sigh of relief.

So good
"Notify all troops to speed up their operations and make sure they get out of the city before dark."

Under the threat of force, within a few minutes, Huai Hanpeng came quickly with a dozen workers.

"Master Jun, I have brought all the people to you. I have only been the factory director for a few days and I don't know anything."

Wang Feng: "What do you mean?"

Huai Hanpeng almost fell to his knees, and kept begging: "The old factory manager went to another place with the company. I was just a squad leader before, and I don't know how I became the factory manager."

He was taking a nap in the office just now and was having a sweet dream when suddenly several soldiers rushed into the room and the muzzle of a gun was pointed directly at his forehead while he was half asleep and half awake.

The cold touch forced my brain to wake up instantly. After I saw the situation clearly, I was so scared that my legs were shaking.

After all, he was just an ordinary worker and had never seen such a scene.

Wang Feng seemed to be thinking: "Then why are you still staying here?"

Huai Hanpeng replied hesitantly: "Produce weapons for the troops defending the city."

Wang Feng frowned and pointed at the cold machine in front of him: "Producing weapons?"

"Are you guys not stopping production?"

Huai Hanpeng stopped talking and kept his head down in silence.

Wang Feng reacted instantly.

It turned out to be a plan to appease the troops.
Although the 420th Regiment was stationed at the Beiguan Arsenal, it only camped one mile outside the factory area and had no idea of the situation inside.

This is the case for the factory defenders, not to mention other troops.

In fact, infrastructure such as power transmission lines had been destroyed and the machines could not operate at all.

Without further ado, Wang Feng immediately arranged for workers to dismantle the machine tool.

(End of this chapter)