After all, most of these new soldiers are veterans who are good at fighting. A considerable number of them still use the previous equipment and require little training.
What is relatively unfamiliar is changing tactics to the Eighth Route Army's "three-three system", but it is not difficult for them.
If there is anything difficult, it is the issue of discipline and funding.
Zhao Gang is responsible for discipline, which is easier said than done because some of the Jinsui Army are "double-gun soldiers."
These soldiers can't solve their problems by doing a few ideological work. To join the Eighth Route Army, you have to completely give up their bad habits.
But it’s almost impossible to quit like this all at once.
Sun Ming also talked to Zhao Gang several times about this.
What Sun Ming meant was that this phenomenon seemed to be common among stubborn armies. Many of the "Double Spear Soldiers" were his old subordinates. He trusted them and hoped that they could be relieved for a while.
But Zhao Gang was very determined on this point.
"Comrade Sun Ming!" Zhao Gang said: "I hope you understand one thing. First of all, the conditions of the Eighth Route Army are very difficult. What we eat, use, etc. are all public food and taxes paid by the people. They come from the people. We are
To serve as the people's army, every bit of public food and every penny of tax money must be used wisely, and of course it cannot be used to smoke cigarettes!"
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued: "The more important point is that once you contract this bad habit, it will be difficult to adapt to the harsh environment of the Eighth Route Army, and it will also be difficult to resist the intimidation and inducement of the Japanese. In other words, it will be easier to become a traitor.
, this is a threat to our entire army, especially the independent regiment is still performing a very important secret mission!"
Sun Ming thought about it for a while, then nodded in agreement.
He had already heard from Li Yunlong that the mission of the Independent Regiment was to establish and protect the Sixth Branch Factory... an arsenal capable of producing official Citizen rifles.
This is no small matter.
Five rifle production lines, with a monthly output of more than 10,000 Citi rifles... Taiyuan Arsenal did not have such production capacity during its heyday, nor did it have such advanced rifles. Even the stubborn army was jealous of this production line.
(Note: In its heyday, Taiyuan Arsenal produced 3,000 rifles per month, but it also had production lines for submachine guns, machine guns, pistols, etc.)
When he heard this, Sun Ming felt that he had made the right move by joining the Eighth Route Army.
Because if the superiors had doubts about him and his troops, it would be impossible for the troops to agree to join the independent regiment to perform such an important task.
And what Zhao Gang said makes sense. Those "double-gun soldiers" may be able to fight, because they just go to the battlefield with guns in hand. The Japanese can kill them with one bullet or one shell. There is no negotiation or temptation at all.
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If one day they are captured by the Japanese or come into contact with spies, and if they take some property or smoke to tempt them, they will reveal all their secrets.
Thinking of this, Sun Ming became cruel and stood up and said: "Resolutely obey the superior's arrangements, I have no objection!"
So all the "two-gun soldiers" were transferred.
They still have a choice. They can return to the Jinsui Army or they can quit their addiction in the Eighth Route Army. Only if they succeed can they join the army to fight. Otherwise, they can only work in the rear.
In terms of funding, it is because an independent group of more than a thousand people exceeds the burden of three stores.
In fact, if we really talk about this issue... it is nothing to Wang Xuexin.
The system can exchange millions of dollars, and it is no small feat to support more than a thousand people!
The problem is that these are foreign exchange. If you ask Sun Erwei to buy hundreds of tons of grain next time, the cost plus freight will definitely not be cost-effective.
Fortunately, the independent group still had some confidence... Li Yunlong had organized a horse team to go to Dingbian to collect salt and made some money, which came in handy now.
In addition, if you make some preparations yourself to save money, you can barely deal with it.
For example, when building a factory on Qiling Mountain, we cleared wasteland to grow grain and sweet potatoes.
Another example is buying cloth and dyeing it yourself to make military uniforms...
In fact, the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army were all homemade.
The military uniforms of the Eighth Route Army are usually gray-white and khaki. They use gray-white in winter and khaki in summer. However, due to the lack of military uniforms, they often wear them together.
The gray military uniforms are dyed with plant ash.
Spread the white cloth and spread it evenly with the ashes from the people's kang, then pour water and step on it with your feet, or crush it with a roller. After the white cloth fully absorbs the gray and black color, remove the impurities, wash it and dry it in the sun.
It became gray cloth.
The khaki color is the same operation done with red clay.
Therefore, the military uniforms of the Eighth Route Army are often more and more white, and sometimes uneven here and there. This is because the original dyeing method is easy to fade.
But the advantage of this thing is that it is cheap, a military uniform costs more than three yuan.
However, for Sun Ming and more than a thousand people to change their clothes, including shoes, it would cost four to five thousand, which is not a small amount for an independent group.
Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and felt distressed. Half of the savings left by the cavalry team to collect salt was gone in an instant.
But he also knew that he couldn't part with the money, otherwise two different uniforms in the same army would be easily misunderstood by friendly forces during a battle, which would be a matter of life and death and would also affect morale, so he gritted his teeth and got rid of them all.
Wang Xuexin also contacted Sun Erwei to talk about the acid making equipment.
Sun Erwei was a little embarrassed at this time: "Wang, the Japanese have made representations to us. They said that our actions are forcing them to go to war!"
"What do you mean?" Wang Xuexin asked.
"That's right!" Sun Erwei said: "We don't want to join this war, so we don't want to overly stimulate the Japanese. Do you understand?"
Of course Wang Xuexin understood, but he didn't think Yingjiang could escape this war.
But of course, Wang Xuexin was not suitable to discuss this issue with Sun Erwei, because no matter what Wang Xuexin said, he would be considered to have ulterior motives to drag Yingjiang into trouble.
So Wang Xuexin asked simply: "You mean, the deal between us is over?"
"No, no!" Sun Erwei replied: "Our transaction part will continue as usual, but other things include cooperation..."
"No problem!" Wang Xuexin replied: "But if you can't provide it, you know what we will choose!"
Sun Erwei was silent for a moment, he knew what Wang Xuexin meant.
If Eagle Sauce cannot be provided, Wang Xuexin can only go to Mao Xiong to seek cooperation.
But Mao Xiong has no such worries. When the time comes, the ideas in Wang Xuexin's head...
After a while, Sun Erwei replied: "Okay! Wang, we will continue to cooperate, but it will be done in a more secretive way, and you must keep this secret too!"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin agreed without thinking.
Wang Xuexin believes that there is no need to worry about this, because in more than two months...the Japanese will attack Pearl Harbor. By then, Yingjiang will not only have no scruples in this regard, but will also do everything possible to seek cooperation.