After finishing speaking, Zhou Yong looked at Wang Ping and suggested: "Director, do you want to report it to the military region and ask the nearby troops to collect materials for us?"
Wang Ping refused without thinking: "No!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops are burning, killing and looting in the base area, and every unit has a combat mission. We must not distract the frontline troops because of these things, nor can we cause trouble to the military region! We will solve these problems ourselves!"
"How to solve it? The raw materials needed to produce weapons and ammunition are not just a few, but the quantity required is very huge!" Zhou Yong reminded with a worried look on his face.
Despite the difficulties, Wang Ping still made a firm decision: "I will solve all these problems!"
"Political Commissar, you organize all the workers in the arsenal who have no production tasks for the time being. The Japanese Army's Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade's station at the foot of the mountain was bombed with a lot of weapons and ammunition. There were millions of rounds of bullets of various calibers, not to mention
It was said that tens of thousands of shells were fired!"
"Although these ammunition were bombed, there is still a lot of scrap copper and iron to collect. As soon as dawn tomorrow, we will send all the workers who have no production tasks there!"
The worried expression on Zhou Yong's face did not fade away, and he continued: "Even if we can collect a lot of scrap copper and iron, it will only be a drop in the bucket and cannot sustain the production of the arsenal for several days! The fundamental problem of the arsenal's lack of raw materials has not yet been solved.
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Wang Ping did not answer immediately. He frowned and hesitated for almost half a minute before saying: "Political Commissar, can the raw materials in our inventory plus the scrap copper and iron collected from the Japanese and puppet army garrison and battlefield at the foot of the mountain guarantee the production time of the arsenal for six days!"
"Including what was collected on the battlefield, it can last for eight days. The weapons and ammunition that the Japanese bombed in the trenches on the battlefield some time ago are no less than those blown up in the garrison. If they are all collected, there should be no problem in producing one million rounds of ammunition."
"That's good. I will deliver the relevant raw materials to you, the political commissar, in eight days!"
In the entire North China, and in Shanxi, which is closest to the arsenal, the only person who can produce large quantities of raw materials for weapons and ammunition at once, apart from the Japanese, is the commander of the Second Theater Yan Xishan.
It is not impossible to obtain raw materials from the Japanese, but it takes time, a lot of time.
Therefore, Wang Ping subconsciously thought of Yan Xishan.
When Yan Xishan withdrew from Taiyuan City, he not only moved a large amount of arsenal equipment, but also almost all raw materials and semi-finished products in the arsenal's inventory.
But there is a problem. The equipment Yan Xishan moved can only produce ordinary light infantry weapons.
As for heavy weapons, even mortars are difficult to produce.
Although the Jinsui Army in hand is well-equipped, the heavy weapons that have been lost in continuous battles and battlefields mean that the Jinsui Army is now equipped with not only a small number of heavy weapons, but also very few.
As the commander of the Second War Zone, Yan Xishan could ask the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to allocate weapons and ammunition to him, but the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs and Lao Jiang were not fools. Lao Jiang, who was good at borrowing swords to kill people, would never give Yan Xishan the heavy weapons that the Central Army lacked.
As a result, Yan Xishan had to find another way to obtain heavy weapons.
Seeing that the Jinsui Army was being suppressed in front of the Japanese army because it lacked heavy weapons, and its ability to attack and counterattack was getting worse and worse. Yan Xishan saw this and was anxious in his heart. After all, Jinsui Army
The Sui Army was the foundation for his survival in this troubled world. If the Jin-Sui Army did not support him, Yan Xishan was sure that Chiang Kai-shek would be the commander of his second theater in just a few minutes.
"Commander, the main divisions of the Central Army in our World War II area have acquired a lot of mountain artillery from nowhere. Now, each of those main divisions has a directly subordinate mortar company and a mountain artillery battalion. But what about us?
, many newly formed main divisions can’t even get together a mountain artillery company! I have reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs many times, but they all replied that they don’t have it. When it comes time to equip their own Central Army, they have everything!” The chief of staff walked to Yan.
Xishan frowned and shouted with dissatisfaction.
"Who said they are direct descendants, but we are a miscellaneous army!" Yan Xishan replied with a look of helplessness.
"Old Chiang Kai-shek's idea of killing people with a borrowed knife can be seen by any fool. I wish that our Jinsui Army would be completely consumed by the Japanese, so that his Central Army could reap the benefits and directly capture Shanxi, which I have developed for decades.
How is it possible to replenish our weapons and ammunition!"
"However, without heavy weapons, the combat effectiveness of the troops will definitely be greatly weakened. We can't be like the Eighth Route Army and send troops out to fight guerrillas with the Japanese!"
"No! We don't have the political system of the Eighth Route Army. As long as the troops are dispersed, the troops will disperse!" Yan Xishan shook his head and refused. He was very clear about the difference between the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, and knew that the Jinsui Army did not have the capital to fight guerrillas.
and confidence.
The chief of staff's frown deepened and he continued to insist: "If we can't fight guerrillas, we can only fight positional warfare with the Japanese to defend southwestern Shanxi. However, the troops do not have heavy weapons. Facing the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, we can only be passively beaten.
There is no room for fighting back! Commander, no matter what, you have to get some heavy weapons for the troops. Without further ado, a division must at least ensure that one artillery battalion is fully staffed and reaches the equipment level of the Jinsui Army before the war."
Yan Xishan now regrets very much. He regrets that he did not listen to the advice of the Eighth Route Army and move the Taiyuan Arsenal to southwest Shanxi earlier. If the Taiyuan Arsenal was there, all the problems here would not be a problem.
But he didn't stop. He waited until the Japanese were about to approach the city before thinking of moving the equipment.
Because time was too short, even though I invested a lot of manpower and material resources, I was able to move less than 40% of the equipment in the arsenal.
More importantly, I didn't move even a single piece of equipment that could produce heavy weapons.
Just when Yan Xishan was frowning and thinking about a solution, a staff officer suddenly walked in.
Seeing Yan Xishan and the chief of staff, who looked unhappy, they hesitated for a moment before reporting: "Sir, a representative from the Eighth Route Army Liaison Office has come over and said he has something important to see you!"
"They must have come to ask us for weapons and ammunition again. Now we don't have enough weapons and ammunition of our own. Where can we get weapons and ammunition for them! Commander, I will go out and send them away directly!" The chief of staff frowned and scolded without thinking.
road.
"Wait a minute!" Yan Xishan was obviously much more wily and calculating.
"Chief of Staff, the Eighth Route Army cannot be offended. Now the Eighth Route Army has held back the main force of the Japanese North China Front. Without them, the Japanese North China Front would be able to concentrate all its strength on attacking us in southwest Shanxi. Do you think that just by being optimistic about the more than 200,000 troops in my hand?
Will they be a match for the Japanese in positional warfare?"
"No matter what, since the other party is here, I must meet him."
"Now the North China Front is heavily encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army must not be eliminated, at least not yet. Otherwise, we will be finished. So, if they want weapons and ammunition, give them some of the equipment we have eliminated!"
"Commander is wise! Why are you still standing there? Call their representatives in!" the chief of staff reacted immediately.
Soon, a middle-aged man wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform was brought to Yan Xishan and the chief of staff.
The chief of staff who believed that the Eighth Route Army was asking for help from the Jinsui Army was very direct. He asked bluntly: "Tell me! What difficulties did your Eighth Route Army encounter again? What kind of support is needed? Make a list. As long as our Second Theater Commander
Whatever I have, I will definitely give it to you!"
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