"Sir, I misunderstood!" The middle-aged man who was called Director Wang was not angry because of the cold look from the Chief of Staff of the World War II Zone. He had a half-smiling expression from beginning to end.
Since becoming a representative of the Eighth Route Army Representative Office in the Second War Zone, Director Wang has received such cold looks more than once, and he has become accustomed to such cold looks for a long time.
Who made the Eighth Route Army poor? A little thing picked out from the fingernails in the World War II zone would be a huge benefit to the Eighth Route Army?
For these benefits, Director Wang would rather be looked down upon!
"Misunderstanding! Didn't you, Director Wang, come here to ask for support from the World War II area? As far as I know, your Eighth Route Army is being heavily encircled and suppressed by hundreds of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops. Don't you need weapons and ammunition support?" continued the chief of staff!
He said coldly, not saving face for Director Wang at all.
Director Wang answered without hesitation: "Our Eighth Route Army is poor, and the commander should know it very well. Whether it is weapons or ammunition, our Eighth Route Army is short of it. However, our commander also knows that life in the World War II zone is difficult, so he does not intend to ask this time
The World War II zone wanted the equipment and ammunition urgently needed by the Eighth Route Army for nothing.”
"Are you planning to use the money to buy weapons and ammunition?" The chief of staff was about to continue speaking, but Yan Xishan raised his hand to make him swallow his words, and then stared at Director Wang and asked.
As the former King of Shanxi, Yan Xishan learned nothing else but his business acumen and acumen.
If the Eighth Route Army is willing to use money to buy weapons and equipment from itself, Yan Xishan would not mind selling some good equipment to the Eighth Route Army.
To feed the 200,000 Jin-Sui Army by yourself, in addition to a sufficient amount of equipment and supplies, you also need a lot of money.
Military pay, pensions, purchasing medicines...you need to invest a lot of money every year.
Even if he was the king of Shanxi and accumulated wealth that many people could not imagine when he was in charge of Shanxi, he still could not withstand such a huge consumption.
Therefore, Yan Xishan is not only short of heavy weapons, but also short of money!
As Yan Xishan watched, Director Wang shook his head and replied: "Commander, we don't have the money, but we have the artillery!"
"During this ongoing counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, we have captured a large number of artillery pieces. As you know, Commander, our Eighth Route Army is good at fighting guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare. Equipping these artillery pieces with the troops will not only not bring much benefit, but will also become a burden!
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"So, we decided to use these artillery pieces from the World War II zone in exchange for some supplies that our Eighth Route Army can use!"
The expression of contempt and disdain on the chief of staff's face suddenly disappeared, and his eyes shot out two rays of light.
Then he stared at the other person and asked: "Director Wang, what kind of artillery do you have?"
"There are only twelve field cannons and twelve mountain cannons at the moment. They are all captured from the Japanese. They are at least 80% new!" Director Wang replied as calmly as possible.
In fact, he was very reluctant to give up. These artillery pieces were enough to form an artillery regiment. If he hadn't confirmed it repeatedly, Director Wang almost thought that the headquarters had given him the wrong order.
Although the Eighth Route Army mainly engages in guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, these artillery are not useless. If used properly, many larger-scale battles can completely determine the outcome of the battle.
Of course, this was Director Wang's idea that he did not know that the Eighth Route Army arsenal could already produce heavy mortars.
If he had known that the Eighth Route Army had replaced the so-called useless mountain artillery and field artillery with heavy mortars that were more powerful, lighter, and more suitable for the Eighth Route Army's mobile warfare, Director Wang would not have such an idea.
Already.
The chief of staff with shining eyes across from him didn't know Director Wang's inner changes.
He directly exclaimed: "There are two entire artillery battalions of equipment! One mountain artillery battalion and one field artillery battalion. Once used, you can easily fight against a Japanese artillery brigade!"
Although the expression of Yan Xishan next to him did not change, he was as excited as the chief of staff.
With these artillery, at least two new main divisions under his command can immediately form combat effectiveness. Therefore, as soon as the chief of staff finished speaking, Yan Xishan took action.
But as a qualified businessman, he still needs to be punished for the fact that he can't express his emotions or anger during negotiations.
He frowned and stared at Director Wang and asked: "I don't know what equipment your Eighth Route Army needs. If it is rifles, bullets, light and heavy machine guns, there is still a lot of inventory in the warehouse in the World War II area, and I should be able to allocate some of it to your army."
"We don't want any of this!" Director Wang didn't say anything, but when he did, he made a big splash.
"As far as I know, Commander, when you withdrew from Taiyuan City, you almost emptied the raw material warehouse of Taiyuan Arsenal. There must be a lot of copper ingots and propellant for ammunition production. I want these things!"
"To be honest, our Eighth Route Army has also set up an arsenal and is now able to reload bullets. However, due to the heavy encirclement and suppression by the Japanese army, the copper ingots, propellants, and primers needed to reload bullets have all been exhausted. After much deliberation, in the end
I thought of the Commander, and I hope the Commander can allocate a batch to us!"
Yan Xishan had long known about the Eighth Route Army's arsenal from his intelligence network.
He also knew that many of the equipment in the Eighth Route Army Arsenal were stolen from his former Taiyuan Arsenal.
Therefore, Yan Xishan was not too surprised.
But after hearing that the other party wanted to produce raw materials for bullets instead of finished bullets, Yan Xishan hesitated and couldn't help feeling that the Eighth Route Army was so calculating.
If raw materials of the same value are used to produce bullets by oneself, the quantity will be at least three times that of bullets of the same value. If used to reload bullets, the quantity can be five to six times.
There are a total of twenty-four mountain cannons. Even if they were used by the Japanese, they would cost at least 1.5 million bullets.
If the Eighth Route Army was given raw materials and reloaded bullets, it would be able to produce at least seven to eight million rounds.
Even if bullets were produced directly, there would still be nearly 5 million rounds.
Although Yan Xishan wanted the Eighth Route Army to hold back the main force of the Japanese North China Front in North China, he did not want them to be wiped out immediately. However, Yan Xishan also did not want to see the Eighth Route Army develop and grow.
After all, he is the real king of Shanxi. If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to grow and eventually occupy Shanxi, then he and his 200,000 Shanxi-Sui army will have nowhere to go.
Therefore, Yan Xishan, who was good at calculations, hesitated because he did not want the Eighth Route Army to obtain so much ammunition at once.
Just when he was about to refuse, he saw the firm expression on Director Wang's face and the two fiery glances from the Chief of Staff's eyes.
The rejection I was about to say out loud immediately swallowed it back.
Director Wang on the opposite side must have calculated that the Jinsui Army lacked heavy weapons and came to exchange them. They knew their own weakness.
If he refuses, it will definitely dishearten the chief of staff and his 200,000 Shanxi-Sui army.
They will think that they don’t want the heavy weapons they send to their door, and they will not take their lives seriously, and plan to send them to the battlefield as cannon fodder!
However, just giving raw materials to the Eighth Route Army and letting them use these raw materials to produce ammunition and continue to grow and develop was not the result Yan Xishan wanted to see.
After much deliberation, Yan Xishan decided to bargain with Director Wang opposite!
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