That night, a joint operation between Chongqing's security forces and intelligence agencies began.
Troops took to the streets one after another and, under the guidance of intelligence personnel, went straight to their targets.
Yesterday, he was the arrogant shopkeeper and boss of a foreign company, and he suddenly became a prisoner.
In the pharmaceutical factory, Li Hao was also paying attention to the arrest operation.
The heavier the losses of Japanese spies and intelligence personnel lurking in Chongqing, the safer the pharmaceutical factory's subsequent production environment will be, and the more energy it will have to build branch factories and build transportation lines connecting Chongqing and Xi'an.
"Captain, the office just sent a piece of information that Chongqing's actions tonight did not achieve the expected results,"
"Many places are deserted. The little devils obviously knew the news in advance and temporarily retreated."
"Chongqing is too big, with a huge population and a mixed bag of fish and dragons. As long as those latent spies escape by chance, catching them will definitely be more difficult than climbing to the sky."
Li Hao sighed and replied: "This is expected. If the little Japanese spies were killed so easily, they would not have been lurking in Chongqing for so long and become more and more entrenched."
"However, even if this operation did not cause them any injuries, the total losses will certainly be considerable."
"So they will definitely stop for a while, but this time will be shorter than I expected."
"You have one task now. While ensuring the safety of the pharmaceutical factory, expand the garrison camp to 500 people. No, only 400 people will be enough. For the remaining 100 places, I will ask the political commissar to select 100 absolutely loyal Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Come here and be responsible for protecting the core location of the pharmaceutical factory. Just bring whatever weapons and ammunition you need, and I'll figure it out."
"In addition, after the restricted area of the pharmaceutical factory was expanded to three kilometers, half of the mountains behind the pharmaceutical factory were within the restricted area."
"I ask you to find favorable terrain and dig several air raid shelters."
"Remember, this matter must be hidden. Only you and I know the specific location of the air raid shelter, and it must be built concealed and strong enough."
"Our pharmaceutical factory should not only produce penicillin, but also become a material transfer station."
"Bang bang bang..."
A knock sounded suddenly at the door.
"Come in!" Li Hao blurted out, and then saw Zhou Liang pushing open the door and entering, holding a telegram in his hand.
"Head of the regiment, telegram from political commissar."
"Report on the results and battle losses of the garrison during this counter-mopping operation."
"In this counter-mopping operation, all troops from the base area participated. The greatest results were achieved by the mobile battalions, cavalry battalions, heavy artillery battalions, and air defense battalions of the reinforced military divisions."
"According to statistics, we destroyed more than 1,500 Japanese and puppet troops in this battle, excluding the results of the joint division of reinforcements, including more than 600 Japanese troops, more than 900 puppet troops, and seized more than 1,100 long and short guns.
There are 29 light and heavy machine guns, four mortars, one mountain gun, and one infantry gun."
"Because our garrison was not the main offensive force of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese and puppet troops retreated not long after the battle began, so the troops had no chance to expand their results."
"The biggest losses were the reinforcements, and then the troops left behind in the base area."
"A total of 486 cadres and soldiers died, and 198 cadres and soldiers were seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness."
"Due to the division of reinforcements, ammunition reserves have been exhausted."
"Currently, the base area is increasing ammunition reserves through reassembly and production. However, we are not yet capable of producing heavy artillery shells, large-caliber mortar shells, mountain artillery shells, and infantry artillery shells, and we have not captured them on the battlefield."
"Currently, the heavy artillery shells in stock can only average an average of ten rounds. The average heavy mortar shells are fifteen rounds per gun. The mountain artillery shells have the most shells, but they can only average an average of twenty rounds. They cannot even support a large-scale battle.
, urgently needed to be replenished.”
"In addition, during this battle, the troops also discovered a problem."
"The front-line Japanese and puppet troops confronting us, including the troops stationed in strongholds, have less than half of their original ammunition reserves."
"After the battle, even if we wipe out all our opponents, we will only be able to capture only a handful of ammunition."
"The political commissar judged that this was probably done intentionally by the Japanese army to prevent us from developing and growing through war."
Li Hao replied solemnly: "There is no doubt about it."
"The Japanese are not stupid. They will definitely be prepared when they see us using captured weapons and ammunition to expand our troops time and time again, and then attack them in turn."
"I'm sure that in the future, in addition to attacking large strongholds and county towns, we can capture some ammunition. When we attack ordinary small and medium-sized strongholds and field troops, we will definitely be able to capture only a handful of trophies."
"If you want to make large-scale seizures, there is only one way to attack large cities heavily defended by Japanese and puppet troops."
"But the cost is too high, so I definitely can't do it unless it's absolutely necessary."
"So, if you want your troops to have ammunition available for the next battle, the most direct and simple way is to produce it yourself."
"Call back to the political commissar: From now on, gather all manpower and material resources in the base area to produce bullets, grenades, and mortar shells."
"At the same time, report to the military division and ask them to collect bullet casings, scrap metal, and artillery shell casings."
"As long as they are sent to our garrison, they can be replaced with new bullets, grenades, and artillery shells."
"Last point, let him tell the arsenal to break the mountain cannon warhead production technology at all costs."
"Using the shell casings used on the battlefield to reassemble and produce artillery shells."
"As for heavy mortar shells and heavy artillery shells, I'll figure it out."
"In addition, please ask the political commissar to select a hundred absolutely loyal and highly combat-literate soldiers from the entire regiment to come to Chongqing. I will be useful."
As soon as Zhou Liang left with the telegram signed by Li Hao, Xiao Yuan asked anxiously.
"It's too difficult for the leader to solve this problem."
"I just thought about it. Only Chongqing and the Japanese have these two kinds of artillery shells in China. Moreover, the number of artillery shells in Chongqing's hands must be very small, and they are hidden like treasures and must not be touched unless absolutely necessary."
"Getting these shells from them is definitely harder than climbing to the sky. Even if we threaten them with penicillin, it may not be effective. Instead, it will make them worry about our pharmaceutical factory."
"As for the little devil, there's no need to think about it."
"They want to cut off our way of obtaining weapons and ammunition through war. They must be very careful about heavy artillery and shells. At the very least, they must be heavily defended."
"Even if we send heavy troops to attack the ammunition depot, they may detonate the ammunition depot at the last moment, leaving us with nothing."
"Besides Chongqing and Xiaoguizi, I can't think of where else I can get these two kinds of artillery shells."
Li Hao frowned and remained silent.
I don’t know how long it took, but a smile suddenly appeared at the corner of my mouth, and then I answered.
"No, we have another way."
"The Americans were able to transport 500 anti-aircraft machine guns and 3 million rounds of ammunition to Chongqing through the Japanese army's layer-by-layer blockade. They must also have a way to send artillery shells to Chongqing."
"Since Chongqing and the Japanese can't find a solution, then we can find a solution from the Americans."
