Wang Ping did not expect that the experience he summarized in making and using landmines would be widely promoted throughout the Eighth Route Army in just one month.
Throughout North China, wherever the Eighth Route Army existed, there were landmines, and the Eighth Route Army's large-scale use of landmines was nearly a year earlier than in history.
Faced with ceramic mines and stone mines that were extremely powerful and numerous, and which did not respond to mine detectors at all, the Japanese and puppet troops complained endlessly and suffered heavy casualties. After a short time, the small-scale Japanese and puppet troops in the entire North China region did not dare to leave their strongholds.
Go out for a sweep.
Of course, these are all things for later. Back at the temporary base of the arsenal, Zhang Ding had already led more than a hundred people selected from those who were absent from work. They used explosives to start digging mountains, building roads, and then building a huge underground structure on the mountainside of a stone mountain.
Factory building!
The twelve students brought back by Professor Li Xuebin were indeed majoring in mechanics. They had never touched a gun before. After seeing the workers using spare parts to arm their rifles several times, they understood the principles of the 38 cap and the Chinese formal rifle.
Then, together with the workers, they assemble the weapons that were damaged on the battlefield.
The reactions of these students made Wang Ping realize that they were all a group of passionate young people who had loved each other, and also gave Wang Ping more confidence to keep them in the arsenal.
"Professor Li, the students you taught are truly extraordinary. If there hadn't been this damn war, they would all have been pillars of the country!" Wang Ping sighed sincerely as he walked up to Li Xuebin, who was studying a heavy machine gun!
"Director Wang is right, they are all pillars. If a country wants to develop and grow, it cannot do without strong industrial strength. If it wants to develop industry, it cannot do without them!" When he said the last sentence, Li Xuebin
He is particularly proud. After all, these students were all educated by him.
But this kind of pride from the heart only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing, and then he said with a helpless look!
"It's just that now that the Japanese are coming, there are wars everywhere. These students have all their skills but they have no use for them!"
"No, they have their place!" Wang Ping retorted firmly.
"War is inseparable from weapons and equipment, and weapons and equipment require talents like them to produce them. Without good weapons and equipment, our Chinese army would not have been able to resist the Japanese invaders for such a long time!"
"Easier said than done!" Li Xuebin still had a helpless expression.
"The government has a lot of arsenals, but many arsenals are controlled by bureaucrats. Even if they are sent in, they will have no use. And in the eyes of the government, making weapons yourself is far inferior to buying them directly.
It counts!"
"There's something going on!" Wang Ping thought to himself.
An unnoticed smile quickly flashed across his face, and he looked at Li Xuebin with a longing look, and then asked: "If Professor Li doesn't dislike it, you can stay in our Eighth Route Army, but the conditions are a bit worse!"
"To be honest, although I am the director of the military region's arsenal, I am actually a polished commander. I have only dozens of workers under me, and I can only assemble weapons and ammunition from scrap parts, and then produce some home-made landmines, among other things.
None, otherwise I wouldn’t have robbed the equipment of the Japanese coal mine!”
"But our Eighth Route Army is really serious about fighting the Japanese and we really want to set up an arsenal to produce our own weapons and ammunition!"
"Professor Li should know that our Eighth Route Army is notorious for its poor equipment, but even so, our Eighth Route Army has wiped out tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops in nearly a year, including not less than 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops!"
"The equipment is poor, and so many Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out. The soldiers paid for it with their lives. Many times, several soldiers sacrificed to wipe out one Japanese. In order to change this unfavorable situation, we decided to start from scratch.
Yes, set up an arsenal and produce your own weapons and ammunition!"
"You Eighth Route Army soldiers didn't fight the Japanese, but this is it. I've been caught by the Japanese in the coal mine and have heard of many of your deeds in fighting the Japanese!" Li Xuebin, who had a hint of emotion on his face, couldn't help but sigh, and once again said to Wang Ping
Thumbs up.
But it didn’t take long for this trace of emotion to turn into helplessness!
"However, it is not easy to create an arsenal and produce weapons and ammunition yourself."
"If nothing else, you can't even get the equipment to produce weapons and ammunition. Director Wang, it's not me, Li Xuebin, who wants to hit you. Your idea is good, but it's almost impossible to achieve it!"
Wang Ping replied firmly: "It must be done even if it is impossible. Only by doing it can there be hope. If we don't do it, the arsenal will never be established."
"As for the equipment, we can buy it if it is not available. If we can't buy it, we will make it ourselves!"
Speaking of this, Wang Pingyi pointedly asked: "Professor Li is a stickler and expert in machinery. He should know that the principles of many mechanical equipment are well understood. As long as he can get a few of the most primitive equipment, many metal parts can be
It can be processed!”
"Take the equipment we seized from Bald Ridge, for example. There should be no problem in converting it into a stamping machine, a cutting equipment, and a drilling equipment. The only thing missing is technology, experienced engineers and technicians!"
At this time, Li Xuebin looked at Wang Ping as if he were seeing a monster, with disbelief and shock on his face.
It took a full minute before he answered: "Director Wang, you are right. The equipment you brought back from Guangtouling Coal Mine can indeed be disassembled to assemble three of the equipment you just mentioned. However, those who do not have enough experience
Mechanical engineers definitely can’t do it.”
"I have no talent, I can do it!"
"Based on what you just said, there is hope only if you do it. I, Li Xuebin, decided to stay and help you assemble the three sets of equipment before leaving!"
"Thank you, Professor Li. On behalf of the Eighth Route Army, I thank you!" Wang Ping felt more confident in keeping Li Xuebin.
He continued to ask: "Professor Li, since you are interested in our Eighth Route Army setting up an arsenal, why can't you stay?"
Wang Ping could see the troubled expression on Li Xuebin's face at a glance.
As a patriotic intellectual, he would not let go of such a good opportunity to serve the country. The reason why he disagreed must be that there was something unspeakable.
Because Li Xuebin didn't say anything, Wang Ping didn't dare to guess and just continued to encourage.
"It must be that our Eighth Route Army is poor and cannot afford the government's high salary. You help our Eighth Route Army do things, so you can't starve yourself and make your family hungry!"
Li Xuebin still didn't speak, but Wang Ping clearly saw that he frowned.
Wang Ping immediately understood that this Li Xuebin was worried about his family and worried that his treatment in the military arsenal would not be able to support his family.
His eyes lit up and he immediately replied: "Professor Li, if this is really the reason, don't worry, it won't take long before our Eighth Route Army will issue a document targeting the treatment of intellectuals. I guarantee that if you join the arsenal, even if you are a leading cadre
Even if I’m hungry, I won’t let you go hungry!”
Having said this, Wang Ping did not hesitate and directly explained the hierarchical system of technicians that the headquarters had already agreed to and was waiting for the documents to be issued by Yan'an.
Then he did not forget to add: "Professor Li, although our Eighth Route Army is poor, it is just like the current arsenal, which is as poor as everything. However, we are working hard to change, and we have produced results. If nothing else, the living conditions of many of our troops are worse than
The Central Army is all better. For example, in the independent regiment I led, the soldiers can eat one egg in two days and three ounces of meat in three days. This is not possible in the Central Army!"
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