Four hundred and twentieth chapters do not withdraw
The Taiyuan Arsenal, located at the small north gate of Taiyuan City, had its limited garrison deployed by Yoshio Shinozuka to defend the county town. Originally there was an infantry squadron guarding the arsenal, but when the guard regiment rushed over, there was only a Japanese army and a guard composed of Japanese workers.
Factory team.
In front of the guard group, dozens of Japanese who were not soldiers were completely vulnerable and were eliminated within a few minutes.
"Captain, we found the underground party leader lurking in the Taiyuan Arsenal!" Yang Xiong shouted excitedly as soon as Wang Ping rushed into the Arsenal.
Then a middle-aged man in his forties with a face full of vicissitudes of life was brought to Wang Ping.
"Reporting to the head, Zhou Zihang, the person in charge of the Taiyuan Arsenal Ammunition Branch, has been ordered to report. Please give instructions!"
Seeing the excitement on the other party's face, Wang Ping was not polite and said directly: "Director Zhou, we were ordered to attack Taiyuan City just for the arsenal in front of us!"
"Now, with Taiyuan City as the center, there are still tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army troops fighting bloody battles with the Japanese. In order to reduce the casualties of the frontline combat troops, we must move the equipment in the arsenal as soon as possible. Director Zhou, are you familiar with the arsenal?
I need your help!"
"No problem!" Director Zhou replied readily.
But there was a clear hesitation on his face, not knowing whether to say it or not.
Wang Ping noticed it at a glance and asked quickly: "Director Zhou, are you having any difficulties?"
"They are workers in the arsenal, chief! Many workers in the arsenal rely on the arsenal for their livelihood, and they are also our targets. If the arsenal is emptied, they will not be able to support their families in the future!" Zhou Zihang answered hesitantly.
Wang Ping answered readily: "There is no problem. Since they are workers and technicians in the arsenal, they are talents. As long as they agree, they can go with us to the base area. We can give him better compensation in the base area, and we will definitely let him and
Their families have no worries about food and clothing!”
"Thank you, chief. On behalf of the more than a thousand workers in the arsenal, I would like to thank the chief!" Zhou Zihang replied quickly, with a relaxed expression finally appearing on his hesitant face.
Wang Ping was stunned and quickly asked: "Wait a minute, how many people did you just say there were?"
"There are more than 1,200 workers. We usually work together to win over them. As long as the leader agrees, they will definitely follow us and are not willing to stay in Taiyuan City and work for the devils! Including their families, there will definitely be 4,000 people.
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"Hiss..." Wang Ping, who originally thought there were only a few dozen people, couldn't help but take a breath!
He quickly asked Zhou Zihang: "There are so many people, Director Zhou, there are less than five hours until dark, which means we must retreat within four hours. Are we sure we can mobilize within four hours?"
They go with us."
Zhou Zihang's brows furrowed immediately, he shook his head and replied: "Chief, do you really want to retreat within four hours?"
"Well, every minute we delay here, dozens of soldiers may die on the front line. We can't afford to wait!"
"But! In this case, we won't be able to move even half of the arsenal's equipment. It's such a pity!" Zhou Zihang reluctantly answered.
"Impossible!" Wang Ping replied firmly.
"There are two thousand baggage transport troops behind me, and I also brought hundreds of technicians to help dismantle the arsenal!"
Zhou Zihang's face showed an expression of sudden realization, and he quickly replied: "Chief, you have underestimated the arsenal in front of you!"
"Although the arsenal can only produce rifles, light and heavy machine guns, various bullets, grenades, artillery shells, and gunpowder on a small scale now. However, the arsenal warehouse also stocks equipment for the production of artillery, which the Japanese have packed and prepared for delivery.
Equipment going to the Northeast. With the number of people and equipment you have, Chief, there is no way you can transport all this equipment back within a few hours!"
"Also, there are many schools and patriotic intellectuals in Taiyuan City. As long as you, chief, can stay here for one more day, I guarantee that at least thousands of students and thousands of young people can be mobilized to join our Eighth Route Army!"
Facing Zhou Zihang's expectant gaze, Wang Ping did not answer immediately, but frowned and asked.
"Tell me, what kind of weapons can the equipment the Japanese plan to transport to Northeast China produce?"
"Two rifle production lines, one light and heavy machine gun production line, one mortar production line, one mountain gun production line, and one day's 75mm caliber artillery shell production line!"
"The Japanese believe that the Taiyuan Arsenal does not need so much equipment to produce weapons. They only left one rifle production line and one light and heavy machine gun production line for the arsenal. The rest are all ammunition production lines, mainly producing ammunition to supplement the needs of the first round of battle.
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"If all these equipments are installed and the raw materials are sufficient, what will the production capacity be like?" Wang Ping was already excited, staring at Zhou Zihang and asked.
"Reporting to the chief, before the Japanese invaded North China, the Taiyuan Arsenal's monthly production capacity had reached 3,000 rifles, 1,000 submachine guns, 600 light and heavy machine guns, 120 imitation Japanese 81mm command mortars, and 120mm heavy-duty mortars.
Fifteen mortars, fifteen mountain guns, and three field guns!"
"In addition, the arsenal can produce 40 tons of nitamine explosives, 4.5 million rounds of various bullets, 9,000 artillery shells, and 50,000 grenades!"
"Because before the start of the Taiyuan Defense War, Yan Xishan transferred nearly one-third of the equipment, mainly equipment for manufacturing light weapons and ammunition. Now, if all the remaining equipment in the arsenal is activated and the forgiveness is sufficient, it can
The monthly production capacity has reached 2,000 rifles, 300 submachine guns, 200 light and heavy machine guns, 30 imitation Japanese mortars, 15 120mm heavy mortars, 15 mountain guns, and 3 field guns!"
"More than half of the various equipment for ammunition production was transported away by Yan Xishan, but the Japanese later added some equipment. Now the monthly production can reach 3 million rounds of ammunition, 5,000 artillery shells, and 30,000 hand grenades!"
"If there are sufficient raw materials and people and machines do not rest, the production of various weapons and ammunition can be increased by at least 70%!"
Wang Ping did not speak, but quickly fell into deep thought.
If all the equipment is completed, the equipment produced in one month can arm an Eighth Route Army brigade. This brigade is not an ordinary infantry brigade. The 20th battalion is equipped with heavy machine guns, the regiment is equipped with mortars, and the brigade is equipped with heavy mortars.
A reinforced brigade of heavy artillery battalions.
At this moment, the communications platoon leader suddenly rushed over!
"Captain, the other three regiment leaders telegraphed: They found many Japanese and puppet army material warehouses in the outer city, as well as Japanese warehouses, foreign companies, banks, and hospitals, which stocked a large amount of supplies, medicines, and medicines that our army urgently needed.
Funds. Only one guard company has too few troops to clean the battlefield. We require more troops, at least one battalion!"
"In addition, they also said that they only have four hours to clean the battlefield, which is too short. They hope to add at least ten more hours!"
"Also, transportation tools, they don't have enough transportation tools!"
After hearing the news, Wang Ping, who already had ideas in mind, became more determined to stay one more day outside Taiyuan City.
However, such a big matter cannot be decided by oneself. You may have to report to the headquarters or Yan'an for approval.
He frowned and immediately ordered: "Call back the three captains immediately and report their harvest in Taiyuan City in ten minutes. I don't need a specific number, just a rough number!"
If you want to persuade the headquarters to change the combat plan, you must have enough reasons. And the huge gains you made in the outer city of Taiyuan City are probably the best reason to persuade your superiors to change the combat plan.
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