No matter what, the Eighth Route Army is our real opponent.
After hearing the answer from the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, Lao Jiang's gloomy face suddenly became much better.
He frowned and ordered: "I'll do what you want. Tomorrow morning, I want to see unfavorable news about the Eighth Route Army appearing in the newspapers. We want the people to believe that only the National Government can defeat the Japanese. They are unreliable!"
"Yes, Chairman!" What Lao Jiang did not expect was that as soon as the unfavorable news about the Eighth Route Army was reported, the Eighth Route Army headquarters sent a clear telegram.
"After a bloody battle, the Eighth Route Army destroyed the Japanese Taiyuan Arsenal at a heavy cost of more than 40,000 casualties, cutting off the Japanese North China Front's way of being self-sufficient in weapons and ammunition, greatly reducing the pressure on the entire North China Anti-Japanese Army, and at the same time annihilating the Japanese Army.
The puppet army had nearly 20,000 people, including six Japanese officers above the rank of Major, and eight officers above the Imperial Army Corps. They achieved an unprecedented victory."
Lao Jiang, who had been in a good mood for several hours, was irritated again.
Ordinary people don't know how important the Taiyuan Arsenal is to the Japanese North China Front. Chiang Kai-shek knew it very well.
If the Taiyuan Arsenal is lost, the Japanese North China Front will lose at least 50% of its equipment and ammunition supplies. This will definitely have a great impact on the Japanese army's combat effectiveness and even affect the combat morale and objectives of the Japanese North China Front.
Of course, some people may say that there are no weapons and ammunition that can be transferred from the northeast.
However, if you want to deliver weapons and ammunition from Northeast China to the Japanese Army in North China, you have to pass through the Eighth Route Army-controlled area, whether by road or railway.
The Eighth Route Army, which is good at fighting guerrilla warfare, will certainly not watch the Japanese transport equipment and ammunition under their noses.
As a result, in a short period of time, the Japanese army in North China will be in a dangerous situation of shortage of equipment and ammunition. In a short period of time, it will be impossible to actively attack the Eighth Route Army and can only be passively beaten! This is indeed of great benefit to the anti-Japanese situation in North China!
"Nang Xipi, with such great results, why didn't the Eighth Route Army report it to the Ministry of Military Affairs last night? Now it's sending it directly in a clear telegram, which is obviously embarrassing to the government! The Eighth Route Army is too cunning!" Old Jiang shouted in anger.
, not caring about his status as chairman of the committee at all.
Perhaps in order to vent his anger, Lao Jiang ordered on the spot: "The Ministry of Military Affairs will temporarily withhold the military funds given to them! Yunong, immediately find evidence that the Eighth Route Army secretly expanded the army. I will detain the Eighth Route Army on the grounds of privately expanding the army."
Military spending. Without military spending, I wonder how they can support their troops and continue to expand them!"
In the next few days, the Japanese North China Front seemed to be going crazy. Reconnaissance troops, aircraft, spies, and intelligence personnel were all looking for the lost equipment in the Taiyuan Arsenal.
However, the Japanese clearly underestimated the ability of the Eighth Route Army ants to move.
Except for important equipment that cannot be dismantled, all other equipment was dismantled into its most primitive parts, and then numbered, carried on people's shoulders, transported by mules and horses, walked on mountain roads, and transported to the base bit by bit.
During this period, the Japanese also dispatched several bomber groups to bomb the suspicious targets they found, and also destroyed a lot of equipment.
However, after nearly ten days of day and night transportation, most of the equipment was intact at the transportation base.
"Director, a rifle production line has been set up. Because we have shipped back a lot of raw materials from Taiyuan Arsenal, including the steel for making gun barrels. As long as you agree, director, we can make guns now!" Zhou, political commissar of the arsenal, said.
Yong rushed to Wang Ping's room with excitement and reported.
"So fast!" Wang Ping asked with a look of shock.
You know, the equipment and technicians from the Taiyuan Arsenal only arrived at the Arsenal three days ago.
More importantly, the equipment that comes back are piles of parts, which need to be assembled into equipment piece by piece before they can be assembled into a production line.
In Wang Ping's opinion, if it hadn't been for ten days and a half, there would have been no results.
"It's all the work of those technicians!" Political Commissar Zhou Yong replied with excitement.
"Director, you don't know that the technicians we brought back from the arsenal are all talents. According to our current technician level evaluation standards, at least 200 people can get company-level treatment, and the lowest level is technician level 4, which can enjoy
To the political treatment of a squad leader in the army!"
"With their participation, all the equipment for a rifle production line can be assembled in less than two days."
"We conducted a one-day trial operation yesterday, and the results were good. As long as you give the order, director, we will be able to build the first rifle in the arsenal right away!"
"Where are the raw materials? Are there enough raw materials for making guns?" Wang Ping asked immediately with a flash of surprise on his face.
Zhou Yong immediately replied: "I asked a senior technician who used to make guns at the Taiyuan Arsenal. The raw materials we moved back from the Taiyuan Arsenal can make at least a thousand guns. Also, I asked specifically, we brought them back from the railway.
Although the performance of the rails is not as good as that of the special steel used to make guns, it is not much worse. The lifespan of a rifle made of rails is shorter than that of the special steel, but it does not affect its use."
"My idea is to use the raw materials brought back from the Taiyuan Arsenal to make guns, and at the same time ask the Arsenal to make rails for us and prepare to use the rails to make guns!"
"I asked the technician to do the math, because making a gun, especially a gun barrel, wastes a lot of materials. Making a gun requires about 25 to 30 kilograms of rail steel. I plan to ask the entire Eighth Route Army through the Military Region Logistics Office
Find us rails, send us a hundred pounds of rails, and we will give you a gun!"
Wang Ping thought about it and replied: "Yes, in this case, each gun can bring us three guns' profit. At that time, we can discuss with the headquarters, two of the guns will be handed over, and the headquarters will divide it among themselves, leaving one gun
Selling it to the headquarters will not only bring income to the arsenal, but also support more and more workers in the arsenal. If the income is more, it can also earn some military expenses for the headquarters!"
"In this case, I will report this matter to the headquarters and ask the headquarters to make a decision. However, although the first rifle produced by the arsenal is an imitation of the 38-inch cover of the Little Devil, it is also a historical moment for us, and we must ask the superiors to
Come and witness!”
"I will report it to the headquarters immediately and invite the chief to come and witness. You must seize the time and try to take advantage of the fact that the chief is not here to build the submachine gun and machine gun production line and give the chief a few more surprises then!"
"Yes, director!" Zhou Yong replied confidently.
With people, equipment, and materials at hand, Zhou Yong is very confident in whatever he does.
As long as he has time, Zhou Yong is confident that he can create any tone!
At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Deputy Chief of Staff had just read a telegram from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. He was enveloped in excitement. Then, with all his subordinates looking at him in surprise, he rushed into the war room.
"Boss, good news, it's just from old Nie!"
The deputy commander-in-chief took the telegram and began to browse it. Soon, the deputy commander-in-chief also showed an unprecedented smile on his face and shouted very happily.
"Okay, okay! It seems that we made the right decision to keep Wang Ping in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei as the director of the arsenal!"
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