In the newly built stables of more than 100 square meters at the Independent Regiment's station, the sound of horse whips rang out.
The person who took action was Kong Jie, the leader of the independent regiment. He held a riding crop and whipped it hard on the buttocks of the still tall and majestic but somewhat languid war horse tied in the stable in front of him.
"What a hateful little devil. He is clearly an aggressor, but he still refuses to surrender. Why are you pretending to have integrity? Why, when it comes to your devil's war horse, do you want to imitate the little devil who would rather die than surrender?"
Snap——
The whip was whipped hard again, and the horse's butt was slightly bruised, but Kong Jie didn't even blink, letting the horse in front of him keep neighing in pain.
He hasn't eaten any decent food in three days. Even if this white horse's temperament is strong, it's almost tortured.
The key is that he had to be beaten severely by Kong Jie with a whip every three days.
Chen Dalian has never seen such a tame horse. The Eighth Route Army has always been short of war horses. When encountering a war horse, who wouldn't hold it like a treasure?
War horses with such a strong temperament are rare, and Chen Dalian knows very well that if such a fierce horse is not completely tamed, it will even do bad things on the battlefield.
While feeding the horses next to the stables, Chen Dalian muttered to himself to the horses: "Have you seen it? This is Commander Kong of our independent regiment. Let me tell you, people are so cruel that even your master
You little devils, they all had their heads chopped off one by one. If you don’t obey, you will suffer the same fate.”
Ma Tong's human nature may be true.
He didn't know if it was an illusion. Looking at the independent white horse on the far left of the stable, howling weakly and with scars, Chen Dalian noticed that the other horses seemed to be evading their gazes, and even the horse's body was trembling slightly.
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"Well, I guess it's all because of our captain's fright!"
Repair shop.
In other words, it is a grocery store.
I have to say that Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao did a really good job keeping secrets.
Li Yunlong has been with the Independent Group for almost a week, but he has never noticed the existence of this grocery store.
The method used by Wang Huaibao was also very simple. In addition to the general yard, there was also a yard not far from the general yard that was used to hide from others. It was a warehouse where the damaged firearms of the independent regiment were temporarily stored. After the battle on weekdays, there would be damage.
The guns are all piled there.
Then Wang Huaibao secretly sent someone to transfer the guns in the warehouse to the general store (armoury) for repair.
This time, the cavalry squadron that destroyed the Japs had a lot of damage to the firearms seized from the Japs. They were sent to the warehouse again and then transferred to the general store.
Kong Jie was also free and could not go to the grocery store to see the situation.
"Captain!"
There was a sentry at the door of the grocery yard. When he saw Kong Jie, he quickly put down his gun and saluted.
Kong Jie returned the favor and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Watch carefully and don't let anyone come in casually. I'll go in and take a look."
"Yes."
Kong Jie entered the inner courtyard, there was a cave inside, and the sounds of various machines continued to come out.
At a glance, there were only eleven or two workers. These workers were sent here by Wang An from the enemy's Ministry of Industry during this period. Some were old craftsmen who knew how to make firecrackers in the countryside, and some had helped in some small arsenals.
Busy, even though they were doing odd jobs, they were regarded as talents by Wang An and put into the independent group.
There are even blacksmiths and carpenters from the village. In short, these talents come to the repair shop, where everything is put to good use and everyone has a place to display their abilities.
Dong San, the temporary head of the repair shop, was busy with the workers back and forth.
Kong Jie can actually name some of the various machines inside, such as rocker drills, ovens, and some old machine tools, electric motors, etc.
Various damaged firearms and parts are scattered everywhere. Several workers are reassembling some damaged firearms with usable parts that were transferred from other damaged firearms.
"Captain, why are you here?"
Turning around and seeing Kong Jie, Dong San quickly ran over and gave him a military salute.
When the other workers were about to say hello, Kong Jie said with a smile: "Everyone should be busy with their own business! I just came to take a look. If we delay the work, we will become sinners."
After calling Dong San, Kong Jie asked: "How is the situation in the repair shop now? Are there any difficulties?"
Dong San smiled bitterly and said, "Captain, if you ask that, there are too many difficulties. I guess I can talk to you until tomorrow morning."
"At first I guessed that the conditions of our Eighth Route Army's armory were difficult, but I really didn't expect it to be so difficult."
"You kid, you're still complaining. If there were no difficulties, what would I want you to do?" Kong Jie scolded with a smile.
Dong Sandao: "Commander, no matter how talented I am, I can't conjure guns and ammunition out of thin air for you!"
"The conditions in our repair shop are really bad. Let's talk about the tools. There are all kinds of equipment. The equipment is also miscellaneous. It's not an assembly line process at all. It's like a hodgepodge of things put together. At first glance, it seems
We have everything, but in the end it’s difficult to even produce a bullet.”
Kong Jie said: "We have so much equipment that we can't put it to use? Didn't we seize a lot of equipment when we took down the mine? Didn't you say that it might be useful in the repair shop after modification?" p>
Dong Sandao: "Captain, we have a lot of equipment, but we need tools to transform it! In addition, our independent group does not have power supply at all, electric drills, electric planers, electric welders, these are usually with the word "electricity"
All the equipment cannot be used at all."
"So until now, our repair shop can only barely repair some firearms. That's it. Many damaged parts have to be disassembled from other firearms."
"In addition, even if it is the repair of firearms, if we want to keep up with the efficiency, our repair shop still lacks manpower."
Kong Jie nodded and said clearly: "I probably understand a little bit. In other words, what you are most lacking now is power supply, or power generation equipment."
Dong Sandao: "Yes, leader, if we have electricity, many problems can be solved immediately."
"The generator was not seized from the mine?"
"No, the electricity in the mine is taken from the county town."
Kong Jie said: "I know, I will find a way to deal with the generator. If there is a shortage of manpower, I can pick some veterans from the team to help."
"Thank you, captain!" Dong Sandao.
"During this period, you still focus on assembling and repairing the damaged firearms, and also preserving some firearms with missing parts. In the future, we will have the conditions to produce parts, and these firearms will come in handy sooner or later."
"In addition, we have seized a few trucks. I have already ordered one to be distributed to the repair shop. There is not much gasoline anyway, so it is useless to keep it. You can disassemble it yourself and bring all the equipment that can be used to the repair shop.
Come."
"Yes!" Dong San was overjoyed, that truck was full of treasures.
When leaving the grocery yard, Kong Jie was wondering where to get a generator.
After thinking about it, Kong Jie finally placed his target on some permanent Japs strongholds. There must be generators in such strongholds. The Japs were also afraid that the power lines would be cut off by the Eighth Route Army, so they would prepare power generation equipment in advance.
In addition, once the equipment conditions of the repair shop are reached, it may not be able to produce guns and ammunition quickly.
However, it is not difficult to modify some weapons that are more practical. The key lies in innovative thinking. Kong Jie thought that after returning home, he would take the time to draw some weapons modification diagrams, which might be of great use.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Kong Jie had heard of a lot of various modified weapons devised by the Eighth Route Army.
The repair shop just used it for experiments.
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Back at the regiment headquarters, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong were chatting. As they were talking, Li Yunlong somehow changed the subject and said, "Old Kong, I discovered that there is a courtyard at the Third Battalion station. Every time I pass by, I can always hear something inside.
There was a lot of noise, that was..."
"That's a grocery yard! It's for stacking some groceries!"
Kong Jie said categorically.
"Really?" Li Yunlong expressed doubts.
Kong Jie hurriedly said: "It really can't be true anymore, Lao Li, let's talk about the training of the cavalry company!"