After confirming it through the intelligence office, Wang Ping was surprised to find that the copper mine Li Xuebin mentioned was less than fifty kilometers away from the independent regiment, no, it had now been expanded into an independent brigade, which was exactly a day's journey.
Then, a bold idea came directly to Wang Ping's mind.
"Chief, this person named Zhou Wu is a professor just like Li Xuebin, but Zhou Wu majors in chemistry. If he can be rescued from the devils and persuaded to join the arsenal, then the bullet primers, including the future artillery shells, will
And primers for grenades, or even directly producing yellow explosives is not a problem!"
Commander Nie frowned and replied: "I know Zhou Wu is a talent, but going to the Guizi Copper Mine to rob people is too risky!"
"Copper mines are not iron mines. The copper from copper mines can be directly produced into bullets. The Japanese attach more importance to it than iron ore or coal mines. Not only did they send a reinforced infantry squadron to guard it, they also formed a team of more than 500 people.
mine protection team!”
"Later, I specially asked someone to check it. The information you provided was very accurate. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese mine protection team is no worse than that of the army."
"The mine protection team of more than 500 people is well-equipped and its combat effectiveness will definitely exceed that of an ordinary infantry brigade of the Japanese army!"
"What's more important is that they are defending on the mountain and equipped with a lot of artillery. Unless they launch a strong attack, they will definitely not be able to save people!"
"Another point is that in order to ensure the safety of the copper mines, a steady stream of copper ingots are provided to the Northeast and their country. The Imperial Association Army, which is not trusted by the Japanese, has no mines and nearly two thousand people are absent from work. It is directly carried out by the Japanese mine protection team.
manage!"
With the current strength of the arsenal, even if the battalion is strengthened to form a combat effectiveness, it cannot be an opponent of the copper mine defenders.
But what Commander Nie didn't expect was that Wang Ping had no intention of using the arsenal's troops.
Now that the arsenal is about to be established, every place needs troop protection to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from causing trouble. Even if Wang Ping wants to mobilize troops, there will be no troops to mobilize.
"Commander, please don't forget that the newly expanded independent brigade of the first division is located near the coal mine. You can reach the coal mine by marching overnight!" Wang Ping reminded mysteriously.
"Independence Brigade, your old unit!" Commander Nie reacted immediately.
Then he said with a look of realization: "If we let the Independent Brigade go up, it is really possible to capture the copper mine. After all, the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Independent Brigade are there!"
"Okay, I agree with you to borrow troops from the Independent Brigade. But there is one requirement. The noise cannot be too big, and it is best not to send more than one regiment. Nowadays, all the troops in the military region are recharging their strength. If at this time
If you attract the devils, you will lose more than you gain!"
"Please rest assured, chief, and promise to complete the task." Wang Ping answered confidently.
Today, in Laiyuan, except for the county seat and several important transportation routes, which are still controlled by the Ono Brigade, all other areas have become independent brigade base areas.
When Wang Ping returned to the Independence Brigade station again, he could clearly feel that the morale of the troops was stronger than when he just left, and there were more smiles on the faces of the people nearby.
Cheng Xiao was the director of the division's political department during the Red Army, but was demoted to the deputy regiment level due to reorganization. This time the independent regiment was expanded, and he became the commander of the independent brigade. As for the political commissar, he was a regiment political commissar who was promoted from other units. The same
He is an old Red Army cadre.
Zeng Quan, the regiment chief of staff, was not directly promoted to brigade chief of staff due to various reasons. After all, his abilities and qualifications were there. However, Zeng Quan concurrently served as the commander of the first regiment of the independent brigade.
Wang Ping believes that as long as Zeng Quan has experienced the position of regimental commander, his future achievements will definitely be more than brigade chief of staff.
Zhang Qing, former commander of the first battalion of the Independent Regiment, was promoted to chief of staff of the first regiment, Zhang Yunshan, former commander of the second battalion of the independent regiment, was promoted to commander of the second regiment! Yan Song, commander of the third battalion, was promoted to chief of staff of the third regiment!
The brigade chief of staff, the commander of the third regiment, and the political commissar of the three regiments were all transferred from other units.
It can be said that after this round of expansion and adjustment, the Independent Brigade has many faces that Wang Ping is not familiar with.
However, Wang Ping is sure that such adjustments are not to suppress Zhang Qing and Yan Song, but because they, like Zeng Quan, have been promoted too fast this year, and their ability improvement has not kept up with the promotion speed of their positions.
.We must put pressure on them, let them immerse themselves in learning more, and improve their abilities, so that their future will be longer.
Wang Ping is also confident that as long as they learn and understand everything he has given them, their future achievements will definitely not be low.
Wang Ping learned about these personnel adjustments when he passed by the First Division Headquarters.
Therefore, Cheng Xiao had no idea when Wang Ping was rushing all the way to the Independence Brigade station.
Just as Wang Ping and his guards jumped off their horses and continued walking forward, a dozen soldiers carrying rifles rushed out of the roadside.
"Who are you, and what do you want to do inside?" A platoon leader asked Wang Ping as he walked out from a distance.
After seeing Wang Ping's face clearly, he shouted with surprise: "Old leader, why are you here!"
Seeing his subordinate pointing a gun at Wang Ping, he directly cursed: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you put down the gun? This is the old leader of our independent group. Without the old leader, there would be no independent group!"
Wang Ping waved his hand and asked: "Why are you ambushing so many people here? I remember there should be a lot of light and dark sentries and checkpoints along the way into the mountain!"
"It's not the Japanese who are causing trouble, old regiment leader!" the platoon leader replied quickly.
"After the Japanese suffered heavy losses at our hands on the battlefield, they came to us to take advantage of them!"
"More than half a month ago, a small team was sent to pretend to be our Eighth Route Army and went all the way to the headquarters. If Company Commander Chen of the Investigation Company hadn't happened to come to the brigade headquarters for business and discovered something was wrong, the consequences would have been absolutely disastrous."
"But even so, these dozen Japs have caused at least one platoon casualties to the brigade headquarters!"
"The brigade commander and political commissar were very angry and ordered our guard battalion and reconnaissance company to ensure the safety of the brigade headquarters. Not to mention, in half a month, we actually killed two Japanese soldiers here who also pretended to be our Eighth Route Army.
Detachment!"
After the report, the platoon leader asked directly: "By the way, old regiment commander, are you going back to the Independent Brigade? Do you want me to send someone to inform the brigade commander now that the political commissar is not here and that he has gone out to inspect the troops. Only the brigade commander is at home!"
He came to the Independent Brigade for help, not a surprise inspection from his superiors. Therefore, out of courtesy and respect for his old partner Cheng Xiao, Wang Ping did not make a surprise attack.
"Okay, you go and inform your brigade commander that I'm coming!"
It didn't take long for Cheng Xiao to rush over, his face full of excitement.
You know, if it weren't for Wang Ping and the independent regiment, I would still be the deputy commander of other troops. Even if he had military exploits, he would be the commander of a regiment. How could he be like now, directly becoming a brigade commander, a mid-level and senior cadre of a military region, and the head of a company headquarters?
Everyone knows themselves.
To put it more directly, all of this was brought about by Wang Ping in front of him.
Although Wang Ping is still only a regiment-level cadre, two levels lower than himself, but from the bottom of his heart, Cheng Xiao already regards Wang Ping as his benefactor, brother!
So, when he heard that Wang Ping was coming and was at the brigade headquarters, Cheng Xiao rushed out without saying a word, causing many people in the brigade headquarters to think that the commander was here!
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