Tupo Village is a village at the junction of Yixian County and Laishui.
On one side of the village is the garrison camp defense area, which is ostensibly Japanese territory but is actually controlled by the garrison.
On the other side of the village is the Laishui Independent Regiment base area.
As for the village, because the area was too small, the population was too small, and there was no interest at all, the Japanese did not bother to occupy it, and it was finally controlled by the Laishui Independent Regiment.
Five days ago, the Laishui Independent Regiment transported ten truckloads of supplies and broken weapons to the village.
That night, a company from the security battalion entered the village and pulled away ten trucks of supplies and weapons.
According to the agreement, the Laishui Independent Regiment and the Garrison Battalion will conduct a second transaction tonight, and the location will still be Tupo Village.
At one o'clock in the morning, nearly twenty vehicles loaded with supplies and damaged weapon parts were pulled into the village by the independent regiment.
A company of the Eighth Route Army surrounded the village tightly, and there were guard posts and scouts everywhere within two kilometers to ensure that no outsider came near the village.
Near the security camp area, the security posts were placed five kilometers away along the road.
"Regiment leader, the reconnaissance platoon reports: The security battalion has pulled five large vehicles and has arrived five kilometers away. They will be here in another hour." The security company commander responsible for the security of the village reported.
Chen Qingyu gave a solemn order: "The reconnaissance platoon will first meet the escorting troops of the guard battalion to find out the identity of the other party, and then expand the search scope with the guard battalion reconnaissance troops to ensure that there is no tail behind the guard battalion."
An hour later, Chen Qingyu saw Luo Yun, the leader of the garrison battalion, a representative of the garrison regiment who specialized in trading with the independent regiment.
"Hello, Captain Chen, I have been ordered to come and conduct a second transaction with the garrison." Luo Yun was the first to speak.
He took out the list he had prepared and handed it over, and continued: "This is the list of weapons and ammunition that the Independent Group wanted to exchange for the last transaction: a total of one mortar, one heavy machine gun, five light machine guns, and 198 rifles.
Articles, 30 artillery shells, 500 heavy machine gun bullets, 30,000 rifle machine gun bullets, 300 hand grenades and 300 hand grenades each.”
"Everything is on five large trucks. Please send someone over, Captain Chen, to check."
Chen Qingyu forced himself to calm down, but his heart was already filled with joy.
He never dreamed that bullet casings and weapon parts that he regarded as scrap metal could be exchanged from the garrison for rifles that were in short supply, yellow bullets, and even more difficult-to-get mortars and
Light and heavy machine guns...
He strode around Luo Yun and walked to the cart.
The guard company commander followed closely behind him. Without waiting for the commander's order, he took out his dagger and pried open a long wooden box.
The first thing that catches the eye is wheat straw.
After opening the wheat straw, ten rifles exuding a strong smell of gun oil were placed in the box.
The guard company commander grabbed a rifle, loaded the bullet, took aim, and pulled the trigger.
The crisp sound of empty gunfire rang in his ears, and the corners of the guard company commander's mouth quickly turned up, flashing a heartfelt smile.
After checking the rifle in his hand again, he excitedly reported: "Captain, there are good guns in the box. Most of them are 80% new, and a few are 60 to 70% new. As long as they are well maintained, there will be no problems after two or three years of use."
No."
After saying this, the guard company commander put down his rifle and took out his dagger to pry open another box.
Two machine guns are placed inside.
Next is the ammunition box: a box of bullets is neatly placed inside, and you can tell at a glance that it is a good thing.
Chen Qingyu finally recovered from his excitement and gave a serious order: "Pull out two platoons from the guards to protect these weapons and ammunition, and send them back to the regiment headquarters first, and then distribute them. The extra weapons and ammunition will be kept at the regiment headquarters. I want to organize
Fourth Battalion and Recruitment Battalion.”
After finishing speaking, he returned to Luo Yun: "Deputy Commander Luo, thank you very much for your defense team."
"With these weapons and ammunition, the equipment gap of the garrison has been reduced by one-fifth."
Luo Yun quickly replied: "We are all from the Eighth Route Army, so we can definitely help each other."
"And these weapons are not given for free."
"Although the materials you raised are not of much use in the independent regiment, in the eyes of our garrison regiment, they are of great use, so we are not at a loss."
"And the last counter-mopping up. If it weren't for the help of the independent group, the counter-mopping up wouldn't have ended so quickly!"
Chen Qingyu agreed: "Deputy Commander Luo is right. We are all members of the Eighth Route Army, and we should help each other."
After finishing speaking, he took out another list and handed it to Luo Yun while introducing: "This is the material collected by the independent regiment during this period. Most of it was collected by the troops in the base area, and a small part was collected by the troops through the guerrillas in the enemy's base."
Three of the trucks purchased by the occupation area are the supplies you are looking for."
"According to the price on the list, this time we want to exchange for two mortars, two heavy machine guns, four light machine guns, two hundred rifles, fifty rounds of artillery shells, one thousand rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, and thirty thousand rifle bullets.
500 grenades and 500 hand grenades each."
Luo Yun took the list and thought for a moment before replying: "There are a lot of materials, weapons and ammunition exchanged this time, and the transportation will be more troublesome. Five days is definitely not enough."
"Ten days is okay!"
"If Captain Chen agrees, we will conduct the third transaction in ten days."
"Twenty days is fine!" Chen Qingyu answered without hesitation.
"After I return, I will continue to order the troops to collect the supplies you need, and strive to prepare twenty cartloads of supplies for you in ten days."
At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, political commissar Wang Hong finally showed a long-lost smile on his face.
Since the Laishui Independent Regiment and the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment began to send supplies to the garrison, the arsenal's supply of raw materials has finally been replenished.
Ammunition rehabilitation factory, weapons repair factory, assembly factory...several branches have begun to operate at full capacity.
Although these raw materials require the garrison to exchange weapons and ammunition, the garrison will make a lot of money every time they exchange them.
Therefore, the more frequent such exchanges, the more weapons and ammunition the independent group has left.
Especially those scarce raw materials that cannot be bought with money.
Those are all necessary for the production of gun barrels, barrels, and even cannonballs.
With them, the arsenal can produce more artillery shells, mortars...
"The regimental commander, political commissar, and Director Yan of the Jinsui Army are here. We are very anxious!" Sun Jiawu, the guard company commander, walked in and reported.
"There must be news about our deal with the Jinsui Army." Li Hao said with eyes lighting up.
He looked at Sun Jiawu and ordered: "Take it to the conference room. Security will be tightened outside the conference room. The political commissar and I will go there immediately."
When Li Hao and Wang Hong walked into the conference room, Yan Youjin said with a smile on his face.
"Commander Li, Political Commissar Wang, we, Commander Yan, agree to exchange supplies for the artillery and shells in your hands, but do you have a small request?"
"The subsequent transaction of one thousand heavy artillery shells was increased to fifteen hundred rounds."
"As long as Commander Li agrees, Commander Yan will immediately send people to the arsenal to load the raw materials you need and deliver them here overnight."
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