"Wait a moment, Comrade Li Hao!" Commander Chen suddenly interrupted.
"I know about the rocket launchers. Your Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng brought two of them when he came to Chongqing this time. Although he hasn't used them yet, I can tell from his introduction that the rocket launchers are definitely useful for hitting tanks and bunkers on the battlefield.
A powerful tool for attacking difficult situations. If you sell the production drawings to the Americans, we won’t be able to produce it ourselves."
"Don't worry, chief!"
Li Hao first gave Commander Chen a calm and comforting look, and then answered.
"Although the production drawings are sold, it does not affect our own production."
"If I remember correctly, we have already started collecting raw materials for small-scale production and installation of this equipment."
Commander Chen took a long breath and replied: "That's good."
"Such a good weapon is specially prepared for our Eighth Route Army. It would be a pity if it is not equipped with troops."
Then he stared at Li Hao and asked with gleaming eyes: "Sending so many troops to Chongqing to protect and transport the weapons and ammunition you mentioned must be quite a lot!"
Li Hao did not hide anything: "Reporting to the leader, there are not many, only 500 anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns and 3 million rounds of supporting ammunition, and medicines worth 100,000 US dollars."
Commander Chen's eyes immediately widened, he stared at Li Hao and asked: "Tell me what you just said again, what weapons do you have?"
"Five hundred anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns and three million rounds of matching ammunition." Li Hao didn't understand why the leader's reaction was so big, so he quickly answered.
The shocked expression on Commander Chen's face was even more exaggerated. He asked with a look of disbelief: "Are you sure these are five hundred anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns, not ordinary heavy machine guns?"
"I'm sure!" Li Hao affirmed.
"I originally asked for a thousand guns for an anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine gun that is designed to target aircraft, but the Americans thought it was too much. In order not to collapse the deal, I reduced the price to five hundred guns."
"Great!" Commander Chen jumped up from his seat.
With an excited look on his face, he shouted: "With this anti-aircraft machine gun, I won't have to be passively beaten by planes when I fight against the Japs in the future."
"The feeling of being stared at and bombed by planes on the battlefield is really painful."
"If a heavy bomb hits, at least half of my infantry company will be wiped out."
"Many battles had to be ended temporarily just because the Japanese planes arrived on the battlefield. The fat that had been eaten in the mouth had to be vomited out in the end. It was too frustrating to lose my wife and lose the troops."
"At that time, I was thinking that if the troops were equipped with anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns, even just a few, it would have some deterrent effect. The Japanese planes would not be so arrogant, and the soldiers would not fight so badly. Soldiers
There will definitely be fewer deaths."
"Now this dream has finally come true."
"Let me think about it: a total of 500 anti-aircraft machine guns can form more than thirty air defense battalions. If they are divided evenly into each base area, the strength and scope of the Etaiyue base area can be divided into at least three air defense battalions."
"With these three air defense battalions, I am absolutely confident that we can severely damage Japanese aircraft on the battlefield so that they will never dare to act arrogantly over our Taiyue base again."
"Comrade Li Hao, I want to thank you. I want to thank you on behalf of the soldiers on the front line. It is you who have solved our biggest threat on the battlefield and reduced our casualties."
Having said this, Commander Chen directly gave Li Hao a military salute with a serious look on his face.
Li Hao quickly replied: "Chief, you don't have to do this."
"I am also leading troops, and I have encountered Japanese planes more than once on the battlefield."
"I even once witnessed with my own eyes the tragic scene of half of my company being wiped out by a Japanese aerial bomb."
"I swore at that time that if I had the chance, I would get an air release weapon, shoot down all the arrogant Japanese planes overhead, and avenge the fallen soldiers."
"When I came to Chongqing for medical treatment this time, I happened to have this opportunity, so I thought of anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns."
"However, the anti-aircraft machine guns are still in the hands of the Americans. What I am worried about now is how to ensure the safety of the entire transaction."
"Then how to safely transport those weapons, ammunition and supplies from the dock here, and then transfer them to you, and then transport them smoothly out of Chongqing and all the way back to the base area."
"If anyone makes a mistake in this process, all our previous efforts will be in vain."
"The dream of equipping troops with large quantities of anti-aircraft weapons will also be shattered."
Commander Chen's brows quickly knitted into the Chinese character "Sichuan" and he hesitated for a long time before answering: "It's very difficult."
"The situation here is too complicated, a mixture of good and bad, and all forces are intertwined with each other."
"Five hundred anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns and three million rounds of supporting ammunition are too many, and the target is huge."
"The slightest accident may cause the Japanese and puppet army spies to take action, just like hungry wolves smelling the smell of blood, and pounce on those weapons and ammunition."
"The Japanese have planes, and they have to pass through their occupied areas and blockades along the way."
"Once these weapons and ammunition are targeted by them, they will definitely not be able to be transported back to the base area."
Commander Chen's frown deepened and he finally uttered two words.
"Keep it secret!"
Then he explained: "Comrade Li Hao, the whole matter must be kept absolutely confidential, especially the weapons and ammunition. No information can be leaked out."
"This is the only way we can ensure the safety of this batch of weapons and ammunition."
Commander Chen is worthy of being an old man who has worked on the intelligence line.
He has a sharp eye and can see the key points of the whole thing at a glance.
He immediately replied: "Chief, I think so too."
"In order to keep it secret and confuse the public, I started preparing and building momentum a few days ago."
"We announced to the outside world that we are cooperating with the Americans to build a large pharmaceutical factory here. The relevant equipment and all pharmaceutical raw materials will be in place in two days."
"We just rented this land yesterday afternoon, and we rented it for five years at a time."
"I plan to use equipment and raw materials as a cover, mix those weapons and ammunition, and send them here together."
"But now there is a problem. This is still a wasteland. There is not even a wall. There must be no secrets after the things are delivered."
"If you are targeted by Japanese and puppet agents, you will definitely be exposed."
"So we must build the walls and warehouses of the pharmaceutical factory within two days, that is, before the weapons and ammunition are in place!"
"As soon as the weapons and ammunition are received, they are all put into the warehouse, remodeled in the warehouse, packaged into ordinary supplies, and sent back to the base area."
Commander Chen responded quickly: "Comrade Li Hao, I understand what you mean. Don't you just want our troops to be engineers for a while? It's no big deal."
"Don't talk about being an engineer. As long as we can ensure that these weapons and ammunition are safely returned to the base area, the sacrifice of all the more than 2,000 people I brought will be worthwhile."
"With these weapons and ammunition, we will definitely have more soldiers survive on the battlefield against the Japanese in the future because they do not need to be bombed by planes."
"I will still settle this account."
"From now on, nearly 2,500 soldiers, including me, will all obey your command. Dai Jie will do whatever it takes to ensure the safety of weapons and ammunition."
Li Hao responded gratefully: "Thank you, Chief, for your support."
"But the whole thing still needs your help, chief, to help me find and fill in the gaps."
"You are a master of intelligence. There are so many things I need to learn from you. There must be many things that I haven't thought of or thought through."