When the fire started to burn, Wang Xuexin was more free. Su Xin and the old master were mainly responsible for watching the fire. Zhang Wanhe asked Wang Xuexin to stay here, not to let Wang Xuexin watch the fire, but to hope that Wang Xuexin could remember some details.
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During this period, Wang Xuexin went to the headquarters. Anyway, the headquarters is in the village. Walking to the end of the village is the arsenal, and walking to the head of the village is the headquarters, which is a few hundred meters away.
However, before Wang Xuexin arrived at the headquarters, the security guard stopped him: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, are you here to participate in process 035?"
"035...return to the project?" Wang Xuexin looked confused.
Perhaps because of discipline, the guard did not explain much. He just made a gesture of invitation and said: "The chief of staff has told me that if you come, I will take you to the 035 office!"
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that 035 was actually a department specially set up to study tunnel warfare. Such a code name was given out of necessity for confidentiality. The office was the chief of staff's office.
As soon as the chief of staff saw Wang Xuexin, he waved his hands happily: "Come on, Comrade Xiao Wang, let's see what's wrong with the work I'm doing!"
With that said, he handed Wang Xuexin a document.
Wang Xuexin originally thought it was an authentic sketch, but when he opened it, it turned out to be a roster.
The chief of staff explained earnestly in the side: "We have to do a good job of confidentiality in our work! If the information such as the internal structure of the tunnel is leaked, the Japanese will most likely destroy it in a targeted manner. Therefore, all
All personnel involved in this work must be carefully screened, and the guards are no exception!"
After a pause, the chief of staff added: "Comrade Xiao Wang, you should also pay attention to your tone outside! It's not that you can't trust your comrades, but it's to reduce unnecessary risks!"
"Understood!" Wang Xuexin responded.
Wang Xuexin did not expect this, and at the same time he felt that it was indeed necessary to do so.
Although tunnel warfare will spread to every township and county sooner or later, it will be difficult to keep it secret.
But it could be kept secret as long as it could. By the time the Japanese really understood its internal structure, they no longer knew how many troops were trapped inside.
"Come on, let me introduce someone to you!" The chief of staff said, waving towards the corner of the office.
Only then did Wang Xuexin realize that there was someone sitting there...
I hadn't noticed it before because this man was all black, with black hair, a black face, and black clothes. He sat in the shadows and seemed to be invisible, so he couldn't tell that he was a person.
The chief of staff introduced: "Zhang Fugui, who worked as a miner for more than ten years before joining the guerrillas, was just transferred from the county brigade, along with more than a dozen mining experts."
Zhang Fugui stood up timidly, and wanted to stretch out his hand, but he retracted it halfway, rubbed it hard on his clothes, and then stretched it out again, and said awkwardly: "Hello, comrade! Comrades,
Call me Lao Hei!"
The nickname Lao Hei is quite descriptive, even his hands are black.
However, Wang Xuexin didn't hesitate at all. He held Zhang Fugui's hand and said, "Uncle Zhang, please sit down. Don't be polite to us. We are all family members!"
Zhang Fugui said "Hey..." twice, smiled dullly and sat back without saying a word.
After a while, he took out the cigarette rod and started smoking.
This made Wang Xuexin a little doubtful. This old black guy might be able to dig tunnels, but what about communication, cooperation, and experiments?
Perhaps seeing through Wang Xuexin's thoughts, the chief of staff pulled Wang Xuexin aside and said: "Comrade Zhang Fugui has been imprisoned in the mine by the Japanese for many years. He has not seen the light of day for many years. There may be some communication problems, but the technology is fine.
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Wang Xuexin nodded, sighing in his heart, there are many people who have had such painful experiences in this chaotic war.
Then the chief of staff handed the tunnel sketch to Wang Xuexin and said, "This was drawn by the chief, the political commissar, and several of our staff based on your idea. Do you think there is anything that needs to be added?"
After he finished, he added: "If you have any ideas, just say it, don't be afraid to speak because we are the chiefs, it will be bad!"
Wang Xuexin looked at the sketch, then at the roster, and said: "Chief of Staff, then... I'll say it!"
"Say it, say it boldly!" The chief of staff nodded heavily.
At the same time, I was a little curious. This was done by the leaders based on years of combat experience. Among them, I was the one who contributed the most... I was thinking about this all night long without closing my eyes. I changed it several times. Xiao Dongbei
Can you see the problem with just one glance? And looking at it like this... there are a lot of problems?
Wang Xuexin first took the roster and said: "Here I only see those who dig tunnels, those who record data, those who cook, and even those who keep secrets... Why isn't there a combat force?"
The chief of staff asked in confusion: "Why do we need combat troops?"
"Chief of Staff!" Wang Xuexin said: "Our tunnels are used to fight the Japanese. In the end, whether the tunnels are good or not is ultimately decided by the combat troops. So we have to prepare a combat troops... No, it should be two, one.
Inside the tunnel, we pretend to be the Eighth Route Army and are responsible for defending, while the other team pretends to be Japanese soldiers outside the tunnel and are responsible for attacking. Only after attacking and defending are fought back and forth can we know what's wrong with this tunnel!"
The chief of staff was stunned when he heard this. It makes sense, such a big thing has been missed!
"This matter is easy to handle!" the chief of staff said with a somewhat unnatural look on his face: "The guard battalions are all veterans who have fought in the war. Just let them come. Is it enough to transfer one company?"
The chief of staff will consider deploying troops from the guard camp, partly from the perspective of confidentiality.
"Enough!" Wang Xuexin nodded: "Usually they don't have much to do. They just stay in and hide and practice when necessary. It won't affect their usual tasks."
"That's right!" the chief of staff agreed, and then asked: "Is there anything wrong with this... tunnel sketch?"
By this time, the chief of staff no longer had much confidence in the sketch.
Sure enough, Wang Xuexin commented without thinking: "This tunnel cannot be straight, it must be dug in a curved way."
"What...why?" the chief of staff asked.
"If this tunnel is straight, wouldn't it be possible to see the enemy at a glance as soon as they get in?" Wang Xuexin explained: "Then the rifle can hit our people with a 'bang' sound, but if it is dug into a curve..."
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The chief of staff said "Oh" and nodded repeatedly: "That makes sense. The tunnels are dug and curved. Once the enemy can't see the person and the bullets can't hit the person, it will be difficult for the gun to be effective!"
"There are also grenades!" Wang Xuexin added: "The grenades can't be thrown far!"
"Yes, yes..." The chief of staff looked at what he and his chief had worked hard all night with a grimace.
What's all this about?
It's all wasted!
Even Lao Hei, who had been squatting next to him silently, took away the cigarette rod from his mouth and cast a curious look at Wang Xuexin.
He thought this tunnel was just a mining tunnel, but he didn't expect that there was so much knowledge!