354 I don’t care about women or anything like that.
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Four days.
Kong Jie got up early in the morning, and snowflakes started to fall outside at some point.
It is said that auspicious snow heralds a good year, but these days, with wars everywhere, there is no talk of a good year or not. When it snows, both the poor people and the soldiers who hold on will only feel the cold that pierces their bones.
The conditions of the independent regiment are much better. Kong Jie personally inspected and compared the heating conditions of the regiment headquarters and the heating conditions of the bunks where the soldiers slept.
There is no difference, it’s just a matter of more people and fewer people.
There were many soldiers, so they crowded into a common bunk, which made them feel even warmer.
The residual heat of the heated kang in the cooking class dispelled the cold in the first half of the night, and the cold in the second half of the night was dispelled by the coal stove.
The repair shop modified the coal stove and extended a small chimney from the joint of the coal stove, and then drilled a chimney hole from the earthen house to the outside, which can ensure indoor heating without sacrificing energy.
Affected by gas.
Kong Jie woke up early in the morning and woke up the monk. Taking advantage of his enthusiasm, he practiced with the monk for a while in the snowflakes flying in the sky.
In this winter, it’s better to move around. After practicing for a while, Kong Jie felt hot all over, and his hands and feet were warm and he didn’t feel cold anymore.
After sparring with the monk, the effect was good. Kong Jie felt that his martial arts had improved again.
The monk looked depressed as usual. No one wanted to be beaten without fighting back. "Captain, when can I fight back?"
"Wait until I defeat Li Datou." Kong Jie said seriously.
Seeing the monk dumbfounded, Kong Jie smiled and scolded: "Monk, what's your look like? Let me tell you, he, Li Yunlong, has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and I, Kong Jie, have also practiced martial arts since I was a child.
He, Li Yunlong, practices Baguazhang, and I practice Tongjiquan.
When we first met, Li Yunlong and I had a lot of arguments and fights, and our level was only half-matched.
Right now, that kid is shivering in the kang all day long. I have you, a warrior monk from the Shaolin Temple, practicing here every day. Just wait and see, in a few days, I will definitely be able to beat Li Datou."
The monk smiled and nodded quickly: "Hey!"
In my mind, I was thinking that if the regiment leader defeated Captain Li, I would be able to fight back now!
Kong Jie: "Don't think too much, kid. After defeating Li Datou, we will stop competing for the time being."
Monk: "..."
"Okay, don't be so sad and get ready. Let's go to the logistics department of the headquarters in the morning." Kong Jie said.
"Hey!"
The monk responded and went to fetch the horse.
Kong Jie rode his own war horse Dabai, and the monk rode another carefully selected war horse. They rode side by side, stepping on a layer of white snow that had lightly accumulated on the ground, leaving a series of horse hoof prints.
Heading towards the headquarters arsenal.
Logistics Department of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.
Before Kong Jie and the monk's horses arrived, the sentry noticed the situation from a distance, and the news immediately reached the ears of Zhang Wanhe, the head of the Logistics Department.
"Minister, Commander Kong is here."
Zhang Wanhe, who was living a comfortable life in the logistics department and warming a pot of charcoal fire, heard the news and hurriedly stood up from the bench. He looked around at the place where he could escape and said: "Just say I'm not here, remember."
Okay, don’t let it slip!"
"Minister, what reason should I make up?"
"Just say that I went to the headquarters to report the situation to the boss."
With that said, Zhang Wanhe found a place and simply hid in the factory building of the logistics department.
As soon as I heard that Kong Jie was coming, Wanhe looked like a mouse meeting a cat.
There is no way, I have a headache, the big creditor is coming, who dares not to hide?
The Logistics Department has received too many benefits from the Independent Regiment in the past six months.
Since the beginning of the raid, the independent regiment has sent a large amount of cloth, steel, iron, wire and other resources.
After the Independent Regiment captured the North China Security Army's light arsenal, it sent a large amount of ordnance production equipment to the Shuiyaozi Arsenal of the Logistics Department.
Not long ago, another hundred thousand copper coins were sent, which are all good materials for producing bullets.
But the Logistics Department took away the Independent Group and took so many benefits from Kong Jie. As the head of the Logistics Department, Zhang Wanhe must show some expression, right?
During this period of time, as the head of the Logistics Department, Zhang Wanhe has straightened his back. Isn’t it all because of Kong Jie’s credit?
But all these cadres who have some relationship with Li Yunlong have some common characteristics.
As the head of the Logistics Department, Zhang Wanhe is known as an iron rooster. Without orders from above, he has always done nothing.
Now Lao Zhang wants to make a move, so just hide if you can!
What if Lao Kong comes and the lion opens his mouth, how can I still be the head of the logistics department?
In addition, Zhang Wanhe has heard that not long ago, the three regiments of his Iron Triangle fought a great victory and seized a lot of equipment, ammunition and supplies. The independent regiment is now so rich that it is almost dripping with oil. As for worrying about it
Do you think the logistics department is so messy?
Just as I was thinking about it, Kong Jie's loud voice came over.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang——"
Hearing the sound getting closer and closer, Zhang Wanhe, who was hiding in the factory, almost broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart, why did this old Kong seem to know that I was here, so he went straight to the factory and came over?
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"Captain Kong, why are you here?"
"I'm here to see Lao Zhang. Where is your Minister Zhang?"
"Oh, our minister happened to be away from the logistics department these days and went to the headquarters to report the situation to the boss."
Xiao Liu from the Logistics Department explained.
Zhang Wanhe, who was hiding in the factory, breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought to himself that he was lucky to have asked Xiao Liu to block him in advance. Now you are out of trouble, right?
Hahaha——
Zhang Wanhe was laughing silently, and then he heard Kong Jie in the yard outside asking abruptly:
"Is that what Zhang Wanhe and that boy told you?"
"Um...ah, no, no, it was our minister who told me to say so. No, it was our minister who asked me to tell Commander Kong that he was not here. No, no, no, no, it was our minister and he was... not there.
Logistics Department!"
Zhang Wanhe: "..."
Kong Jie: "..."
Monk: "..."
"Oh——, it turns out that guy Lao Zhang is not here!"
Xiao Liu's incoherent words immediately revealed the truth.
Kong Jie, however, pretended not to know and deliberately made his voice longer.
Zhang Wanhe, who was hiding in the factory, secretly thought it was over, but it turned out to be a turn of events, and he immediately felt happy again.
"Fortunately, fortunately!"
Kong Jie: "Since your Minister Zhang is not here, it will be easier to say. Your Minister Zhang and I have made an agreement in black and white. I have brought all the IOUs. When I come here this time, I plan to bring a thousand sets of military uniforms first."
, In addition, get me a hundred boxes of grenades, fifty thousand rounds of bullets, and two hundred of the shell guns that Lao Zhang and I mentioned last time, and..."
Xiao Liu: "..."
"Haha, Lao Kong, why are you here? You are such a rare visitor!"
Zhang Wanhe's loud laughter came from the factory, interrupting what Kong Jie was about to continue.
Seeing Zhang Wanhe striding out of the factory, Kong Jie said happily: "Hey, isn't this our Minister Zhang? Xiao Liu, didn't you say that Lao Zhang went to the headquarters to report the situation to the boss? What's going on in front of you?
Son?"
Xiao Liu: "..."
Zhang Wanhe said with a smile: "Lao Kong, please don't make things difficult for Xiao Liu. I asked him to help me say that. Every time your kid comes to my logistics department, he always makes our logistics department lose a lot of supplies. I can't help it."
Are you trying to avoid me? But if you don’t come out now, I’m afraid you’re going to empty out my logistics department.”
Kong Jie cursed: "Old Zhang, you are so unkind. The wool comes from the sheep. I have sent you the sheep, so I just came to gather some wool. Isn't this too much?"
Amid laughter, Zhang Wanhe invited Kong Jie into the room, and the two continued their discussion around the brazier.
After entering the house, Kong Jie didn't waste much time and said straight to the point: "Old Zhang, I won't beat around the bush with you. What I just told Xiao Liu was not a joke. This time I'm here and I have to take away the equipment."
of."
"One thousand sets of military uniforms, one hundred boxes of grenades, fifty thousand rounds of ammunition, plus two hundred rifles?"
"Yes, we can't lack anything." Kong Jie nodded.
Zhang Wanhe was dumbfounded, and then he took out a look of generosity that the strong man would never return, pointed at himself and said: "Old Kong, look at how many kilograms I, Old Zhang, still have, you
If you can take it and sell it, I'll leave it here. It depends on whether you have the equipment or not, and your life.
The lion opens his mouth wide, so he won't be so exaggerated as you, right?"
Kong Jie began to count the accounts with his fingers: "More than a dozen machine tools and equipment of various types, technicians plus skilled workers, Director Yuan, the production process of fertilized field powder explosives, and a large number of steel materials sent to you by my independent group, more than a dozen
Ten thousand copper coins..."
Kong Jie said one by one, the implication being that you, Lao Zhang, owe me a lot.
Zhang Wanhe was frightened and quickly begged for mercy: "Okay, Lao Kong, please stop talking. I'm afraid of you. You are just like that boy Li Yunlong. You are a boss who can push you hard. If I don't agree to you today,
, I’m afraid you won’t leave just because you have to stay here with me, but it’s impossible to provide all the weapons you mentioned.
In this way, I will take a step back and give you a hundred sets of military uniforms, ten boxes of hand grenades, five thousand rounds of bullets produced by Tongyuan, and twenty shell guns. What do you think?"
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"Not very good." Kong Jie scolded with a dark face: "No wonder people say that Zhang Wanhe, the head of the Logistics Department, is an iron rooster who never pulls out a dime. Today I have seen it.
You are not taking one step back. You are clearly taking ten steps back.
The equipment I want, my dear, have you reduced it to one-tenth for me in one fell swoop?"
Zhang Wanhe naturally understands that the creditor is the boss.
More importantly, the person in front of me is not only a creditor, but also a financial owner.
Zhang Wanhe was able to become the head of the logistics department of the headquarters, and his vision is not limited. He can't just fish in the lake. If he doesn't take care of Uncle Kong now, if the independent group gets supplies in the future, will Zhang Wanhe still get his turn?
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Not to mention, how much materials has the Independence Regiment seized from the Japanese and puppet troops in just the past six months?
Kong Jie's independent regiment made the first contribution to the logistics department.
"Haha, just kidding, just kidding, Lao Kong, we are fellow villagers in the Dabie Mountains, and we are old comrades who have known each other for so many years. Aren't these things easy to discuss?"
"Besides, if others don't know the situation of your independent group, how can I, Lao Zhang, still be ignorant? Some time ago, your independent group made another fortune. Now I'm afraid everyone in the group is extremely rich! There's still a lot to be done.
Are these three melons and two dates in my logistics department?"
Kong Jie said: "Old Zhang, you are standing and talking without pain in your back. My independent regiment now has more than 2,500 soldiers, which is more than 2,500 mouths, more than 2,500 bodies, and food.
Which one does not need to be provided by logistics?
Most of these frontline materials and equipment can only be obtained by seizure.
As the leader of the regiment, if I don’t plan my life carefully and don’t use little devils to do anything, the whole regiment will starve to death.”
Hahahaha——
Zhang Wanhe laughed and said, "Okay, Lao Kong, since you have talked about this, don't be too loud and give me the actual price."
"Five hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes. It's getting colder and colder now. Last time, I sent a lot of fabrics to your logistics department. I also bought a lot of cotton from enemy-occupied counties and counties, which is enough for your logistics department.
The Ministry has rushed to produce one or two thousand sets of military uniforms. I want 500 sets. Isn’t that too much?"
"No problem." Zhang Wanhe said.
"One hundred boxes of grenades, Lao Zhang, don't be stingy. Our arsenal has the production technology for Feitian powder explosives.
This fertile field powder is also easy to buy. Now the scale of our Shuiyaozi Arsenal has also expanded a lot. Once your grenades are produced, they will only become moldy in the logistics department. Why not give them to our frontline combat troops, and we will support them with war.
If we fight, we can send you back more supplies and equipment."
Zhang Wanhe gritted his teeth: "Okay!"
"In addition, prepare 20,000 rounds of red-tipped bullets produced by Tongyuan for me."
"Twenty thousand rounds! No, no, no, this absolutely won't work, Lao Kong, 20,000 rounds is too many bullets."
Kong Jie said: "Is that much? I have sent you Lao Zhang hundreds of thousands of copper coins, which is hundreds of thousands of bullets. I only need 20,000 rounds. This should be very reasonable, right?" p>
"In addition, prepare a hundred shell guns for me, preferably all with twenty shots."
"Forget it, just sell me." Zhang Wanhe shouted, immediately giving up his choice and saying nothing.
Kong Jie said: "One hundred thousand copper coins will be sent to you tomorrow."
Zhang Wanhe, who originally looked determined, was stunned, "Seriously?"
"Don't worry, I'll hand you the copper coins in one hand, and I'll get the equipment in the other. If you don't believe me, I'll ask the monk to bring the copper coins over tomorrow, and you, Lao Zhang, will order some of them yourself."
Zhang Wanhe immediately turned his sorrow into joy and laughed: "I still believe in your character, Lao Kong. Besides, if I really count one hundred thousand copper coins, I will have to count them until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?"
"It's just that, Lao Kong, one hundred rifles is indeed too much. It's too difficult for you to do this to me."
Kong Jie said: "Lao Zhang, don't worry, we Lao Kong are always honest in doing things and will never let you suffer.
According to the current production process of our headquarters arsenal, there is absolutely no problem in producing this shell gun. The most difficult process is the barrel, right?"
Zhang Wanhe nodded and said: "That is indeed the case. When Factory Director Yuan and I talked about this last time, Director Yuan said that using the original materials of the North China Security Army, the production equipment of the arsenal and the technology mastered
, it is not difficult to produce some guns and the like.
But once the materials brought back from the arsenal are used up, it is basically impossible for us to produce firearms independently, especially gun barrels with higher technological difficulties."
Kong Jie said: "That's right, I'll ask the monk to send you some more long gun barrels in a few days.
The arsenal can use these barrels to transform and produce a batch of shell guns.
For example, a long barrel of about 600 mm is used to produce three boxes with a barrel length of 99 mm. One long barrel can produce six three boxes.
For the two boxes in the shell gun, the barrel length is 140 mm or 132 mm. Four to five can be produced with this long barrel.
With the current technology and resources of our arsenal, the production of light machine guns and the like is too expensive and we simply cannot afford it. It is better to transform these long barrels and use them to produce shell guns, increasing the number of firearms and making them more practical."<
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Zhang Wanhe said: "Old Kong, do you really have a way to get a long barrel?"
Kong Jie nodded. Last time he asked Jiang Dao to communicate with Qian Shoucai of the 57th Regiment. Qian Shoucai said that he could indeed get a batch of long barrels like this.
After all, the light and heavy machine guns used by the Jinsui Army often need to replace the barrels, and there are still barrel reserves.
It is not too difficult to transform the long barrel used in light and heavy machine guns into the short barrel used in shell guns.
Zhang Wanhe immediately made the decision, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, if you, Mr. Kong, can provide long barrels, I will agree to these one hundred shell guns."
Kong Jie then asked about the ammunition situation of other combat groups during this period.
Zhang Wanhe smiled bitterly and said: "It's not optimistic. If other regiments can be like your independent regiment, then my logistics department will not be difficult to manage.
The large-scale raid we launched a few months ago was basically a tough battle.
For most of the combat troops, after a battle, the strongholds are captured, and the amount of ammunition that can be consumed is even much greater than the amount of ammunition captured.
The number of bullets this unit has on hand is getting less and less as it fights.
Our team doesn’t even dare to fight a war of attrition.
For example, the red-headed bullet in front of you is also produced by your independent group. You should also know the specific situation, Lao Kong.
The performance of this kind of bullet is not as good as the bullets captured by the Japanese.
It's easy to go wrong if you hit it close, and the hit rate is not high.
But even so, many regiment leaders have been coming to me these days, begging for more of these red-tipped bullets.
There is no way, it is said that the regiment is short of bullets, and there is not much ammunition seized during this period.
As a regular combat force, how can we fight this war if we can't fire five bullets per person?
Even the hand grenades I made in the border area that exploded in half are now in hot demand."
Kong Jie also sighed and said: "Our Eighth Route Army is basically isolated and helpless now. Generally speaking, the equipment is backward and the ammunition is lacking. This is a fact that cannot be changed.
Lao Zhang, what we can do now is to speed up the arsenal. If we can make one more bullet, it is a bullet, and if we can make one more gun, it is a gun.
I, Kong Jie, have limited abilities. On the premise of taking care of my independent regiment, if I can help other combat troops, I will definitely not hesitate.
In this way, I will give you another 50,000 copper coins, and the headquarters arsenal will have to step up production to increase the ammunition reserves of our troops."
Really human beings!
Zhang Wanhe was moved and said: "Lao Kong, on behalf of all the soldiers in the Logistics Department and on behalf of the combat troops who received ammunition from the Logistics Department, thank you!"
Kong Jie said: "Why do you want to thank me? After I send you the copper coins, just get me 20,000 red-tipped bullets."
Zhang Wanhe: "..."
"You kid, you really don't let go of the rabbit before you see it!"
Kong Jie said matter-of-factly: "Those are the bullets of my independent regiment, and they were not blown by the strong wind."
Zhang Wanhe had no choice but to say: "Okay, 20,000 rounds is 20,000 rounds. I can't pester you... In addition, I heard that your independent regiment's repair shop recently produced some briquette stoves. Our logistics department will use them this winter."
It’s not good either, especially when dealing with cold machinery. Many workers’ hands are swollen from the cold.
Lao Kong, I don’t want more, just give me fifty.”
Kong Jile said: "That's easy to say. How about you pack me another five hundred sets of cotton-padded clothes, and I'll bring you two more carts of briquettes later?"
Zhang Wanhe said: "Fuck you, you just want to exchange your few pieces of broken coal for my cotton clothes?"
Kong Jie was puzzled and said: "What's wrong with this? I heard that Li Yunlong can use Japanese women to exchange grenades from your Lao Zhang. Why can't I use honeycomb briquettes to exchange for cotton-padded clothes?"
"Is it possible that this is what you, Lao Zhang, like?"
Zhang Wanhe: "..."
He stared wide-eyed and cursed, "Don't listen to that kid Li Yunlong's nonsense, it's ruining my innocence!"
"I don't... care about Japanese girls!"
Hahahaha——
The two old comrades couldn't help laughing as they talked, and the deal was concluded.
Kong Jie and Zhang Wanhe agreed to send transportation troops to pull equipment the next day.