Wang Chengzhu looked at Zhao Hong, commander of the reserve company, and said: "Old Zhao, the task of training the militia will be left to you."

Zhao Hong stood up and promised: "No problem, I promise to complete the task!"

Wang Chengzhu: "In addition to forming a militia, I have one more thing to announce, and that is my plan to build an arsenal."

"Building an arsenal?"

Hearing this news, the cadres of the independent battalion were both surprised and happy. If an army wants to develop and grow, it must have its own military industry.

Otherwise, if we simply rely on fighting to support fighting, there will always be an upper limit to the combat effectiveness of this unit, no matter how strong it is.

For example, the current independent battalion seems to be very powerful and can easily destroy a Japanese infantry brigade in a frontal battle.

But this strength is still not worth mentioning in front of the powerful Japanese army.

However, the development of independent camps has reached a bottleneck, and it will only become more and more difficult to continue to develop.

Why is the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness so weak? It's because it doesn't have its own military industry.

It is true that the Eighth Route Army also has its own arsenal, such as the Huangyadong Arsenal.

However, the Eighth Route Army's arsenal was far inferior to Yan Laoxi's arsenal, let alone the Japanese arsenal. It could not even be called an arsenal, but could only be regarded as a small workshop.

Moreover, it is still a small workshop that can only reload bullets and make wooden handle grenades. It cannot even produce bullets and guns, but can only repair them.

The so-called repair is to disassemble the parts of several damaged guns and then assemble them again.

If the barrel of the gun is broken, it can only be declared scrapped.

In addition, the quality of hand grenades produced by the Eighth Route Army in the border area is also extremely worrying. The explosive lethality is negligible; it can be blown into two halves, and the sound is heard, and the smoke stops thickening. It is not as good as a hand grenade.

Calling it a smoke bomb, Li Yunlong felt disgusted.

Of course, although he said he disliked it, Li Yunlong was very honest. If there were hand grenades made in the border area, he would still accept them all without hesitation, even if they were too little.

Precisely because the conditions were so difficult, even if the rifling of the weapons in the hands of the Eighth Route Army was almost worn out, they were still considered treasures and were reluctant to throw them away.

After the surprise, everyone quickly regained their composure. Zhao Hong said: "Battal Commander, building an arsenal is not as simple as you say. You first need to have production equipment, such as lathes, production lines, generators, and various raw materials, etc."

"I wonder, battalion commander, what weapons and equipment do you plan to produce when you build the arsenal?"

Wang Chengzhu smiled and said: "I plan to build an arsenal. Of course it's not because I have a fever. I know an overseas Chinese. He helped me purchase a production line for Bobosa submachine gun bullets in the Soviet Union, as well as a diesel generator and 200 tons of bullets.

The raw materials needed.”

"Of course, Bobosha submachine gun bullets are only the first product of our independent battalion arsenal. We will also increase equipment procurement in the future to produce bullets of various calibers such as 7.92mm and 6.5mm, as well as various weapons and equipment, etc."

"However, this will take some time!"

Zhao Hong couldn't wait to say: "Oh? That's great. With the production equipment and raw materials, the arsenal can be put into production immediately."

"By the way, battalion commander, when will these equipment arrive?"

Wang Chengzhu: "It should be these days."

With that said, Wang Chengzhu looked at Shi Yichuan, the commander of the baggage company, and said: "Old Shi, I plan to build the arsenal in the cave in the mountain behind our village. That way, even if the Japanese send out planes to bomb, we won't be afraid.

Starting tomorrow, your baggage company will be responsible for clearing out the cave and building it into a production workshop."

"yes!"

Shi Yichuan stood up and agreed with a bang.

Wang Chengzhu said again: "By the way, our independent battalion's construction of the arsenal must be kept strictly confidential, do you understand?"

"clear!"

Everyone agreed in unison.

After a pause, Tian Shuisheng asked again: "Battal Commander, don't you even report to the regimental commander?"

Wang Chengzhu: "Yes!"

"But……"

Tian Shuisheng was about to say something more, but was interrupted sharply by Wang Chengzhu: "Nothing! Shuisheng, you should know very well that the Japanese have planted many spies within our Eighth Route Army. That is to say, our independent battalion has just been established.

Maybe no Japanese spies have penetrated in yet."

"But there are no Japanese spies in our independent battalion, which does not mean that there are no Japanese spies in other battalions. If the news that we are building an arsenal is exposed, the Japanese will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress us."

"And with the current combat effectiveness of our independent battalion, it can at most compete with one regiment of Japanese soldiers, but no more will be enough."

"So, for safety reasons, this matter must be kept strictly confidential!"

"Of course, when the time is right, I will report to the group in person, do you understand?"

"Understood."

After Wang Chengzhu explained this, Tian Shuisheng was relieved.

Then, Wang Chengzhu looked at Xu Hailang and said: "Deputy Battalion Commander, count the number of guns seized in Lijiapo today, and then divide them into half. Each rifle will be equipped with two bullets, and the light machine gun will be equipped with 30 bullets. Tomorrow morning

I want to hand these guns over to the regiment headquarters."

"yes!"

Xu Hailang stood up and agreed with a bang.

"Okay! Today's meeting ends here!"

Wang Chengzhu announced the end of the meeting, and immediately everyone stood up, saluted Wang Chengzhu, and left.

Wang Chengzhu, on the other hand, returned to his residence, burned the midnight oil, and wrote out in detail the training methods for the three-by-three tactics.

…

Nothing happened all night, and early the next morning, Wang Chengzhu led the guard platoon and a platoon from the baggage company and rushed towards the regiment headquarters with weapons and equipment.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Liujiacun, the new regiment headquarters.

"Oh my! Zhuzi, you came just in time!"

"By the way, where are those weapons and equipment?"

As soon as Wang Chengzhu arrived at the regiment headquarters, he was immediately warmly received by Li Yunlong like a distinguished guest. It was not Wang Chengzhu who had such a great reputation, but the batch of weapons and equipment.

However, when he thought that half of this batch of equipment would soon be collected by the brigade commander, the smile that appeared on Li Yunlong immediately dissipated a lot.

Wang Chengzhu said angrily: "Captain, I have come all the way to deliver equipment to you, and you don't even ask if we are thirsty or hungry. You only care about the equipment. Isn't it too kind?"

"Hey hey hey!"

Li Yunlong chuckled: "As long as the equipment is not discounted, the sweet potatoes will be enough!"

As he said that, Li Yunlong turned to look at the guard Huzi on the side: "Huzi, lead the guard platoon to count these guns carefully. Half of the Japanese brigade's equipment is missing a gun. You are the only one I ask."

!”

"Right? Pillar!"

Li Yunlong seemed to be threatening Wang Chengzhu, but he was actually warning Wang Chengzhu that this kid had tricked him last time, so he must be careful this time.

Wang Chengzhu smiled and said: "Of course, no matter who we fool, he won't dare to fool you!"

Wang Chengzhu did not discount weapons and equipment, but he did discount bullets.

Li Yunlong saw that Wang Chengzhu's face was sincere, and it didn't seem like he was lying, and he couldn't run away even if he lied, so he put his arm around his shoulders and said: "Okay! Let's go, come into the house and say, I know you are coming, I will prepare it for you."

I cooked a few kilograms of sweet potatoes."

Wang Chengzhu: "Then these soldiers from my independent battalion..."

Li Yunlong: "They brought equipment to us, how can we treat them badly? Don't worry, we have asked the cooking team to steam two sweet potatoes for each of them to ensure that they are full..."
Chapter completed!