Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Although the Battle of Northwest Shanxi lasted for half a month, it ended with a great victory for the Eighth Route Army.

However, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao and others did not have much time to rest.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Li Yunlong flew to southeastern Shanxi and got off the plane at Yangcun Airport. The head of the headquarters and the staff personally went to Yangcun Airport to greet him.

Commander Li bowed his head and felt a little flattered. Only the leaders in Yan'an could enjoy such treatment.

At the Liao County headquarters, Li Yunlong reported the progress of the Northwest Shanxi Campaign to the headquarters chief.

After listening to this, the head of the headquarters not only nodded frequently with satisfaction, but also praised Li Yunlong for his quick thinking and large-scale military combat thinking.

The leader also pointed out Li Yunlong's shortcomings in command, and asked Li Yunlong to have not only tactical thinking but also strategic thinking.

Those who do not consider the overall situation are not qualified to plan for a specific area, which has benefited Li Yunlong a lot.

At the same time, Li Yunlong was asked to be humble and not to be impatient, and to do a good job in ideological work among the soldiers.

Then, Li Yunlong reported the idea of ​​reorganizing the new regiment to the head of the headquarters.

After discussion at the headquarters, they naturally agreed with Li Yunlong's idea. The column was a flexible organization of the Eighth Route Army during special periods. Some guerrillas and local armed forces were named columns, with troops ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people.

However, in terms of personnel appointments in the column, the column commander was recommended by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, but the political commissar was appointed by the headquarters.

In addition, the battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders and political instructors under each column can be recommended by Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, or appointed by the headquarters.

In terms of personnel appointments, the headquarters has great trust in Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang. After all, their achievements are obvious to all.

It can be said that most of the credit for the Eighth Route Army's current size comes from Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

Two days later, Li Yunlong left southeastern Shanxi by plane, taking Zhang Wanhe with him.

Zhang Wanhe officially transferred from the logistics chief of the 129th Division to the logistics chief of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region.

As soon as they got off the plane at Dagu Town Airport, they took a jeep and returned to Ping'an County under the protection of a guard platoon.

On the way back to Ping'an County, Zhang Wanhe was shocked to find that the roads around Ping'an County had been hardened.

Riding in a jeep is not only very comfortable, but also very fast.

Dagu Town Airport is 15 kilometers away from Ping'an County, and the convoy arrived in less than 20 minutes.

"Fuck me!"

In the parking lot outside Ping'an County, Zhang Wanhe exclaimed as soon as he got out of the jeep.

"What's wrong, Lao Zhang?"

Li Yunlong walked over quickly, looked at Zhang Wanhe and asked.

"Old Li, what is that?"

Zhang Wanhe pointed at the large bunker that was taller than the city wall of Ping'an County and widened his eyes.

Li Yunlong laughed and said:

"This thing is called an air defense tower."

"The length, width and height are 43 meters, 43 meters and 39 meters respectively."

"The top platform is equipped with four quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft guns and a certain number of twin 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft guns. It can not only defend against air attacks, but also strike ground targets attacking Ping'an County."

Although the air defense towers built around Ping'an County cannot be compared with Germany's first and second generation air defense towers, they are comparable to Germany's third generation air defense towers.

The city wall of Ping'an County is only about 15 meters high, and the air defense tower is much higher than the city wall.

"Don't underestimate this thing."

"During the last Northwest Shanxi Campaign, the Japanese bombarded Ping'an County and the industrial zone. This thing shot down five Japanese planes and damaged another four." "That's because the Japanese paratroopers didn't dare attack Ping'an County, otherwise they would have mowed them down to pieces."

Zhang Wanhe was suddenly startled and narrowed his eyes: "Is this thing so powerful?"

"Haha, not bad!"

Li Yunlong nodded.

Li Yunlong wanted Zhang Wanhe to go to his residence to rest for a while, but Zhang Wanhe wanted to understand the work immediately.

After understanding the situation, Zhang Wanhe couldn't wait to get to work.

So the two of them took a car to Ping'an County Industrial Zone, but two days later, Ping'an County Industrial Zone would be officially renamed Northwest Shanxi Arsenal.

Zhang Wanhe served as the factory director and also served as the logistics minister of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region.

Soon, the two arrived at an industrial zone not far from the county town. At that time, there were only three steel mills and three cement plants in the industrial zone. The workers were busy there, and one large truck after another was transporting the produced cement and steel to the surrounding construction sites.

"These buildings under construction are all factories of the arsenal. This is the smokeless gunpowder factory, this is the bullet factory, that area is specialized in producing grenades, and there are also workers' dormitories." Li Yunlong introduced while pointing to the factory buildings under construction.

"The scale of this arsenal is really huge, no smaller than the Huangyadong Arsenal." Looking at the densely packed factory buildings, Zhang Wanhe's face was full of surprise.

Although the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal has not yet started, it has already begun to take shape.

"After it goes into production and develops further, the scale of our arsenal will not be smaller than Yan Laoxi's Taiyuan Arsenal." Li Yunlong said with a smile.

"How is the defense situation?" Zhang Wanhe asked, looking at the sky.

Li Yunlong knew what Lao Zhang was worried about and smiled slightly. "All the factory buildings and workers' dormitories are built with concrete, which can withstand some of the Japanese bombs. Some important equipment is mainly stored in the underground air-raid shelters. We have special excavators working underground."

"In addition, I also plan to build four large air defense towers and eight small air defense towers around the arsenal. They should be enough to deal with the Japanese planes."

"Very good!" Zhang Wanhe nodded with satisfaction. He had to say that Li Yunlong was very thoughtful.

At this time, Wang Shoujin, the logistics staff officer who was supervising the construction, walked over quickly.

Li Yunlong introduced him, "Xiao Wang, this is Zhang Wanhe, the new logistics chief of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region. You will be under his command from now on."

"Lao Zhang, this is Staff Officer Wang from the Logistics Department, and he's also the Deputy Director of the Northwest Shanxi Military Region Arsenal. You can ask him about the rest of the work."

"Okay!" Zhang Wanhe then started to discuss the work with Wang Shoujin, and Li Yunlong left the industrial zone and headed for the regiment headquarters.

Zhang Wanhe had just arrived and had to understand the current situation and the background of the new regiment before he could start working.

"The first batch of arsenal equipment and raw materials, including cutting machine tools, steam generators and boilers, will not be delivered to us by Boss Lin until the factory building is repaired," Wang Shoujin introduced.

"After the first batch of equipment goes into production, what will be the monthly output?" Zhang Wanhe asked.

Wang Shoujin said: "The monthly output is 12 mountain cannons, 50 mortars, 1500 rifles, 20 machine guns, 300 submachine guns, 5000 artillery shells, and 150 million rounds of bullets."

Zhang Wanhe smiled broadly: "Haha, that's great!"

This is only the monthly output. The annual output must be multiplied by 12. The annual output of the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal is more than enough to equip 20 regiments.

And this is just the beginning. Li Yunlong will definitely earn more and more advanced military production line equipment in the future.

In the future, the size of the Eighth Route Army's main force will probably reach more than one million, or even two million.

The daily food and necessities for so many main forces, as well as the consumption of combat supplies during battle, are definitely not a small amount.

At that time, the logistics pressure was huge...

There is motivation only when there is pressure. Zhang Wanhe's eyes gradually became firm. No matter how many main forces the Eighth Route Army has, our goal is to ensure that every soldier does not go hungry, to ensure that every infantryman has sufficient bullets, and to ensure that every artilleryman has sufficient artillery shells.

Looking at the factory building under construction, although the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal has just started, the future is promising! (End of this chapter)