Three hundred and sixtieth chapters frightened chief
"One move affects the whole body..." Upon hearing these words, Commander Nie's already frowning brows deepened.
Then suddenly I thought of the last counter-encirclement and suppression campaign.
If Wang Ping had not sent three to four thousand repaired rifles to the military region in time, he would have quickly formed three new regiments and replaced the three main regiments on the front line as mobile troops. The military region wanted to concentrate its forces to annihilate the Japanese and puppets.
It is almost impossible for the army to sweep away the troops all the way.
Because at that time, the entire military region was full of Japanese and puppet troops mopping up troops, and every regiment was fighting, and it was impossible to escape.
Under such circumstances, if the military region wanted to win the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, there was only one way to use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to drag down the Japanese and puppet troops.
In the process of dragging down the Japanese and puppet troops, both military region troops and ordinary people paid an unprecedentedly huge price.
This shows how important the mobile force is to the entire military region.
Commander Nie has not thought about this situation. From the day the military region was established, he wanted to form a mobile force in the military region. However, he did not have the conditions to form a mobile force at all. This is why the military region guard camp was delayed until last time.
It was only during the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign that the guard regiment was expanded, and its equipment level was not as good as the newly expanded main regiment on the front line.
Although he was very moved, Commander Nie still shook his head helplessly and replied: "It's easier said than done!"
"Wang Ping, our Eighth Route Army is poor!"
"The following military divisions do not have enough equipment or supplies themselves. How can they support the military divisions in forming mobile troops?"
"Of course, as long as I give an order, the following commanders will definitely rather starve themselves and fight the Japanese with swords and spears. I will send up the best equipment. However, I cannot give an order. With this order,
The combat effectiveness of the frontline combat troops will be affected, and the gains outweigh the losses!"
Wang Ping doesn't want to give up this idea yet and is ready to try again one last time!
Although doing this would be a bit overstepping his limits, Wang Ping couldn't care less and continued to insist in the face of Commander Nie's gaze.
"But, Chief, it is really important to form mobile troops. If the Japanese and puppet troops carry out an encirclement and suppression campaign of the same scale as last time, and the military region does not have mobile troops, and several military subdivisions do not have mobile troops, then they will not have to be passively beaten!"
Commander Nie's frown moved, but he was not angry.
After taking a deep breath, he asked Wang Ping: "Mobile troops, to put it lightly, where do the food and wages come from? Where do the equipment come from? Where do the ammunition come from? It can be said that now we have nothing but soldiers!"
Wang Ping, who was anxious, was completely prepared. In order to solve the loophole in the military region, he blurted out: "Chief, the equipment and ammunition arsenal can solve it!"
"As for food and salary, the arsenal can also help the military region solve part of the problem, but it won't be very stable!"
"You handle it, Wang Ping, stop joking!" Commander Nie's frown suddenly relaxed, and he stared at Wang Ping and asked.
"The arsenal doesn't even have a factory building now, how do you solve it? I know you are doing it for the good of the military region, and I also know that this matter is very important. Don't worry, as long as the time is right, the military region will definitely form at least one brigade of mobile troops. As for now,
The conditions are not yet mature!”
Surprisingly, Wang Ping still did not give up this idea and affirmed in the eyes of Commander Nie.
"Chief, I got news this morning. In five days, the arsenal will be able to reload bullets. This is all due to Professor Li Xuebin, Zhou Wu, and dozens of their students."
"In the morning, I saw the bullet stamping equipment armed by Professor Li at the temporary station of the arsenal. It is very fast. As long as there are enough copper rods, it can press 15,000 bullets a day!"
"Professor Li promised me to build a bullet reloading machine within five days, and if conditions permit, build a bullet stamping machine!"
"Professor Zhou, who just joined the arsenal, also promised to produce the bullet primer within three days."
"When the bullet heads are available, the bullet casings can be collected by the front-line troops. There will be no problem. The bullet primers will also be available. The propellant will be high explosives. There will be no problem. As long as there are sufficient raw materials and 24-hour overtime production, the arsenal will last a month.
It can reload at least 400,000 rounds of ammunition!"
"Are you sure this is not a joke?" Commander Nie asked, staring at Wang Ping with his eyes shining.
"I'm sure, and I also invite the leader to go to the arsenal in five days to witness the production of the first batch of reloaded bullets!" Wang Ping invited with a confident look.
"Go, definitely go!" Commander Nie affirmed without hesitation.
No one knows the importance of these bullets to the military region better than Commander Nie.
According to statistics, due to the large-scale expansion of the troops, except for the annihilation battles where some were captured, the other battles only involved trenches without replenishment.
Over a period of time, the seizures from the military region's last counter-encirclement and suppression victory have been almost consumed.
Not surprisingly, most combat troops now have five rounds of ammunition per capita, which is already very good.
If the arsenal can produce 400,000 rounds of ammunition a month, for the military region, it directly means that the average number of rounds of ammunition per capita can be increased from five to ten rounds, which is doubled, and will be replenished every month. This has a great impact on the entire military region.
The improvement of the combat effectiveness of all troops will definitely be of great benefit.
Fortunately, Commander Nie has not forgotten another issue in forming a mobile force! Weapons and equipment!
"Wang Ping, even if we have ammunition, what about the equipment? Now that the front-line troops don't have enough equipment, how can they hand over equipment to the military region and form mobile troops? Don't tell me that arsenals can now make their own equipment! If that's true, I
I’ll go to Yan’an in person to ask for your credit!”
"Not yet!" Wang Ping readily admitted.
Seeing the fleeting expression of disappointment on Commander Nie's face, Wang Ping changed the topic and continued: "However, because Professor Li and the others have modified a complete set of cutting machine tools, stamping machine tools, milling machines, grinders, and drilling machines...
In addition to the barrel and some basic accessories of the rifle, the arsenal can already produce it in small batches. However, we currently lack skilled technicians. Those who currently operate these equipment are Professor Li's students, and the output is not very high."
"But this is already an amazing achievement for the arsenal."
"As long as the barrel of a rifle is in good condition, our arsenal can repair it!"
"Several military regions are now able to use scrapped rifle parts to reassemble armed rifles. The repair rate of broken guns is only 50% to 60%, and the residual fire is no more than 70%. The remaining rifles, due to the lack of spare parts, can only be disposed of as scrap metal.
!,"
"But it's different now. The arsenal can process spare parts on its own. As long as the rifles they can't repair are sent to the military region, the arsenal can repair them. There are four military regions in total, and they can easily collect two to three thousand rifles that everyone thinks are scraps.
Iron rifle!"
"Using the barrels of scrapped rifles, our arsenal produces other parts ourselves and has successfully armed five rifles without any problems!"
There is no doubt that Commander Nie was frightened again.
After confirming that Wang Ping was not telling lies, a look of determination quickly appeared on his face.
"We have the guns, we have the bullets, we have the soldiers, but now we are short of food and wages. The military region is so big, there is no problem in feeding a few thousand more people. If it doesn't work, just leave the base area and go outside to grab it from the Japanese and puppet troops ~ Staff
Long, I think something is wrong!"
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