The problem of short-sightedness is visible to many people, especially the Japanese. They know that brass is an important military material, but the casualties are also huge. Military use is still military in the end. If brass is really opened to the Eighth Route Army
If important materials such as copper are used, the casualties will only be greater.
"We strongly protest against the Eighth Route Army's use of firearms that violate international law, and we will appeal to the international community!"
At least that's what the commander stationed in Shanxi said. Protests became a weapon for the Japanese, but not many in the Eighth Route Army read newspapers, let alone those who were literate. The North China Daily interview did not reach Shanxi until a month later.
By that time, all bullets had been made of glass bullets, and the bullets produced had been distributed throughout northwestern Shanxi.
If a brass production line is established, it may be possible to reduce the scale of the Eighth Route Army's bullet production, because some machines need to be adjusted. But the real situation is that the Japanese do not want to open up the brass trade at all. There is no other way, so they can only
I continued to make glass bullets because the Eighth Route Army was too poor after all.
"Hey, look at what the Japanese think of you. They say you violate international conventions."
"Where is it? Oh, really, how can a devil who has never respected international conventions say such shameless things?"
The political commissar of the Third Regiment came to have dinner with Han Cheng with a newspaper. The political commissar could not control the war, so interpersonal relationships in the rear area depended on the political commissar. Fighting a war cannot just rely on open warfare. Many people have begun to taste the benefits of production.
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"The troops have been consuming a lot of ammunition these days, so I wanted to come to you for some ammunition."
"How much do you want? This thing is distributed equally among the various units. If you want more, you have to ask the brigade commander. I can't control it here."
Han Cheng actually didn't want to give it at all. In the repair shop, there were actually two places to store ammunition, one was the warehouse and the other was the underground warehouse. The underground warehouse was used by Han Cheng and the brigade commander for emergency use, so the ammunition inside was not
Among other things, it must be able to be used at any time. Therefore, the replacement of ammunition is very important. It is now stipulated that one round of ammunition should be replaced every three months to prevent quality problems with the ammunition.
So, someone has set their sights on this batch of ammunition. Logically speaking, they should be given, but you have to give something. If you ask for it, I will give it to you. Who do you think I am?
"If you can agree with the brigade commander, can I still come to you? Please give me something accurate quickly, can you give it to me?"
"I can give it if I can, but you have to make sure you get as much stuff back as possible. My ammunition production here has encountered a bottleneck. Japan doesn't plan to give brass as a material, but the bullet cases still need to be made."
The purpose of Hancheng's side is also very clear. If I give you enough ammunition, you can get me as many brass shells as possible, not to mention whether they are brass shells or not, even brass shells will do.
After all, it is also a key material. Without this thing, it would be a joke to make more bullets. To maintain production, we still need to collect various bullet casings. The reassembly work has basically stopped completely because the dangers involved are too high and there are explosives.
The risk of gunfire.
"We can only get back two hundred kilograms of brass from you now. This is accumulated over a period of time. The next one will be bronze."
The political commissar is also very helpless. It’s not that bronze cannot be used in production. Taiyuan’s arsenal uses mixed copper, which is copper mixed with bronze and brass. But in this case, the strength of copper will be very high, and processing may be a little difficult.
, not too big.
"Yes, why not?"
The Japanese stepped up their blockade of the base area, and both bronze and brass were important resources. There was really no other way, so the two coppers were mixed together for use, but it only just met the demand.
"You ask someone to transport the stuff over. For one pound of brass, I will give you two pounds of bullets."
"That won't work, at least ten pounds!"
"5 pounds."
"8 pounds."
"4 pounds."
"make a deal."
The two of them decided on the exchange price as if they were joking. Each bullet in the leisure house has a relatively accurate weight, so can we roughly estimate how much each pound of bullets costs?
"As a capitalist, you can imagine that one pound of copper can be exchanged for two pounds of bullets."
The political commissar cursed Han Cheng here, making Han Cheng look like he had no conscience.
"I didn't say here that you can exchange it for bronze. I didn't stipulate that it must be brass."
Han Cheng was very happy that the business was done. Several hundred kilograms of copper material could last for a long time. The production of unrecyclable ammunition continued for a while, but as time went by, it became a bit unbearable. Although
There is a lot of ammunition produced, but it is all a waste.
There is no way, production is just trial and error, and if it is not suitable, change it. No one can think of a long-term solution. The lack of copper materials like this will continue for a long time in the future.
"You are a rich man now. You have food and guns. I want to unite with several group leaders to divide your property!"
"I am now the butler of you guys. If I give you so much ammunition at one time, you can probably take over the Taiyuan headquarters."
Now the granary stores food rations that can supply several surrounding troops for three months. Such a huge amount of food is enough to start a fierce battle. This is actually Hancheng's reserve plan. A new round of food will be carried out based on interests and inventory.
Expansion, if we expand the army again in the future, these grains will be the foundation of our foundation.
"You don't dare to do that. Yan Xishan is richer than us. Did you see him attacking Taiyuan?"
Now the overall quality of the troops has been improved. It used to be a joke to say that we would attack the county town, but now we can attack the county town at will. Of course, this is from a general perspective. With the improvement of weapons, ammunition and training, the characteristics of each unit have also changed.
gradually revealed.
In the past, most of the troops were engaged in guerrilla warfare because there were few supplies and insufficient troops. However, as the struggle became increasingly fierce, the strength of the troops also continued to rise. If we wanted to wait for the troops to undergo complete changes, we could only wait until the Japanese surrendered.
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But now the combat level in the region has changed. Some people focus on special operations, starting intelligence operations first and then attacking the situation with heavy troops later. Some are used to fighting guerrilla warfare, and still prefer this small but large attack mode.
.It is said to be guerrilla warfare, but it is nothing like what he used to be.
"Then thank you political commissar for the reward, and tell the troops to go down and prepare."
Han Cheng waved his hand. Basically, this matter is over. The ammunition will be reported whereabouts, and then treated as normal ammunition consumption. Some things are easy to talk about, such as replenishing ammunition, and the brigade commander usually agrees.
, once a month, directly request the ammunition from the armory, and the size of the ammunition should not exceed one-third of the army.
And Han Cheng gave them only one-third of the amount. Why did the combat troops dare not report to the brigade commander? It can only be said that they were doing private work. The brigade commander ignored the private work, but
You can't do too much, lest you cause trouble.
Private work included robbing homes (traitors), robberies (mainly by Japanese troops), and regular revenge actions.