"Captain, all the battalion and company commanders who have been notified are here!" the deputy commander came over and reported.
"Let's go to the conference room now!" Chen Qingyu strode into the conference room and looked at everyone before speaking: "Comrades, in the last counter-mopping operation, everyone lost a lot of troops, equipment and ammunition."
"Now that ten days have passed, I would like to know how your recovery is going?"
"First battalion commander, you say it first!"
"Yes, commander!" A battalion commander stood up first and reported seriously.
"Commander, the first battalion has been restored to full strength by replenishing captured soldiers and recruiting new soldiers. The whole battalion now has 500 people, but the lost equipment and ammunition have not yet been replaced."
"In addition, there is still a shortage of one heavy machine gun, three light machine guns, 98 rifles, 30,000 rounds of rifle bullets, 500 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, and nearly a thousand grenades, grenades, and special grenades."
"Because of the lack of weapons, the new recruits who have just joined the army have to carry out training with wooden guns and swords."
As soon as the first battalion commander sat down, the second battalion commander stood up, then the third battalion commander, the guard company commander, the artillery company commander, the cavalry company commander...
After everyone finished reporting, the chief of staff also completed the statistics, and finally stood up and reported: "Regiment Commander, the entire regiment's troop shortage has been filled, and there is still a shortage of one mountain gun, three mortars, four heavy machine guns, and 13 light machine guns.
418 rifles, 100,000 rounds of various bullets, 300 artillery shells, grenades, special grenades for grenades, and grenades, totaling nearly 2,000."
"As long as these equipment and ammunition are replenished, the independent regiment can return to the state before the counter-mopping up."
With the source of equipment, Chen Qingyu's appetite also increased. He shook his head and interrupted: "What I want is not to return to the state before the war, but to be stronger than before the war."
"Within three months, each main battalion must establish its own firepower platoon and recruit company."
"The regiment will set up a new battalion, and if conditions permit, it will expand to a main battalion."
"When encountering an attack by the Japanese and puppet troops in the future, the main force will be continuously replenished with new soldiers to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the force is not affected."
The first battalion commander stood up and said: "Captain, I also want to expand the heavy machine gun squad into a fire platoon. But we don't have the equipment!"
"There are not enough rifles, let alone heavy machine guns and mortars?"
The other battalion commanders all showed expressions of approval and looked at the regiment commander, hoping that he would have a solution.
Chen Qingyu did not disappoint everyone and answered in front of everyone's gaze: "I do have a channel to obtain a large amount of weapons and ammunition here."
After speaking, Chen Qingyu distributed the list of supplies that he had just arranged for someone to copy.
Seeing that everyone was holding the list and looking confused, he quickly explained: "Everyone should know the things on the list. Even if there is someone you don't know, you can ask someone."
"After you return, in addition to training the troops and preventing the Japanese and puppet troops from invading the base area, the third most important thing is to collect the supplies on the list and send them to the regiment headquarters."
"Ordinary supplies, such as scrap copper and scrap iron, can be exchanged for machine guns, matching bullets, grenades, and grenades from the regiment headquarters."
"Take bullet casings as an example: four bullet casings can be exchanged for one bullet,"
"The same weight of scrap copper can be exchanged for a bullet."
"Three damaged rifles can be exchanged for one that is 80% new, and three times the weight of scrap metal can be exchanged for a grenade or grenade..."
"The key point is that the supplies marked on the list can be exchanged not only for rifles and matching bullets, but also for heavy machine guns and mortars. As for heavy machine gun bullets and artillery shells, that's not a problem, as long as you can get the supplies
, I will exchange it for the equipment and ammunition you need at the price on the list."
"Captain, are you telling the truth?" The first battalion commander spoke first, staring closely at the commander, fearing that he had heard wrongly.
Chen Qingyu affirmed: "Every spit is a nail. As long as you send your things to the regiment headquarters and register the weapons and ammunition you need, you can send someone to the regiment headquarters in five days to ask for the equipment. I guarantee that you will not miss a bullet."
"Great!" The second battalion commander was so excited that he almost jumped up.
"Every time we fight, we collect damaged weapons and bullet casings, some from the Japanese and some from our own."
"If I remember correctly, there are at least 150 damaged rifles, nearly ten damaged machine guns, and more than 40,000 bullet casings piled in the Second Battalion warehouse. I will send someone to the regiment headquarters when I get back."
"At least three of the important materials marked on the list can be found in the second battalion defense area. When I get back, I will mobilize the guerrillas and ordinary people to collect them, and then send them to the regiment headquarters to exchange for heavy machine guns and mortars."
"The second battalion only has one heavy machine gun. If you want to set up a fire platoon, you need at least one heavy machine gun and two mortars."
Chen Qingyu affirmed: "As long as you can get the things on the list, I have no objection to replacing them with three heavy machine guns and three mortars."
Yan Youjin took two days to reach the headquarters of the garrison regiment via a small road.
After a brief exchange of greetings, he got straight to the point and asked: "Captain Li, what kind of business do you want to discuss with me?"
"Four heavy artillery, six hundred rounds of artillery shells!" Yan Youjin asked readily, and Li Hao answered easily.
Upon hearing the word "heavy artillery", Yan Youjin's eyes shot out two rays of light on the spot.
For me to be trusted by Commander Yan and become the logistics manager of a main force, the heavy artillery deal with the garrison last time was crucial.
It can be said that without that transaction and without obtaining the heavy artillery that the Jinsui Army urgently needed, he would not be in his current position.
So he is particularly sensitive to the word "heavy artillery".
Although four heavy cannons are not many, they are better than nothing.
With them, Commander Yan's heavy artillery regiment can be expanded by another battalion, and then become stronger and stronger.
And those six hundred heavy artillery shells, they are treasures that even money cannot buy.
The artillery shells in stock of the heavy artillery regiment are limited, and each shot is missing. If these 600 artillery shells can be bought back, they will be enough to support the heavy artillery regiment in two tough battles.
Thinking of this, Yan Youjin was already moved.
He secretly made up his mind that as long as the price offered by the garrison was right, he would definitely get these heavy artillery and artillery shells back and make another great contribution.
Looking at Li Hao, he asked: "At what price does Captain Li plan to sell it to us?"
Li Hao replied readily: "I won't hide it from you. These four heavy guns were all captured by the Japs. They are only 50% new. If each gun fires two hundred more shells, the barrel will be scrapped."
"But I believe Director Yan knows that the steel used in the production of heavy artillery is special gun steel, which is very expensive. Even if the gun barrel is scrapped, we can use the scrapped gun body to produce other weapons, even ordinary mountain guns."
"So I sold four heavy cannons at a 40% discount on the original price, and the price of the shells was the same as before."
The price of 60% was not high, and Yan Youjin knew it well.
Heavy artillery is no ordinary artillery. Each cannon weighs more than a thousand kilograms of gun steel.
Even if it is damaged, the gun steel of one cannon can be refurbished to produce at least three mountain cannons, which adds up to twelve mountain cannons. It is definitely a good business with profit and no loss.
He immediately agreed: "I accept this price."
"I will contact Chief Yan now, and we will pay and deliver the goods."
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