In March 1941, winter passed, and as spring began, the temperature in the base area rose considerably.

In the past few months in the arsenal, Liu Gen has not forgotten to practice Bajiquan, unless he is too busy to spare time, Liu Gen will definitely practice Bajiquan every day. Liu Gen knows that no matter what he wants to do, he needs to have a good enough body. Staying in the arsenal and wanting to train professionally is naturally a little impossible, and the only thing Liu Gen can do is to keep practicing Bajiquan to improve his physical fitness.

The more he practiced Bajiquan, the more Liu Gen felt that Bajiquan was broad and profound, and it would take a long time to really practice this boxing method to the bones.

In order to avoid the recurrence of the situation where a devil touches the arsenal, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army specially sent a regiment to protect the safety of the arsenal. Liu Gen didn't have much contact with them, but he also knew that the strength of these practitioners was good, and with Liu Gen's achievements, as long as he wanted to, then he would definitely be able to learn all kinds of boxing techniques from these fighters.

But Liu Gen didn't choose to do this, he chose to concentrate on practicing Bajiquan, when he can engrave Bajiquan into his bones, it's not too late to learn other boxing techniques.

After a few months of studying, Liu Gen has improved a lot and has become proficient in all aspects. In every department where Liu Gen has stayed, their evaluation of Liu Gen is quite good, patient, serious, and able to endure hardships, coupled with Liu Gen's strong learning ability, how can it not be improved? It's just that in these departments, Liu Gen didn't come up with much.

After staying in various departments in the arsenal, Liu Gen found that there were still many problems in the arsenal, such as the division of various departments was too rough, and it could be more detailed. However, Liu Gen also knows that there is no way in this situation, the arsenal is so large, and if you want to be more detailed, you undoubtedly need to expand the scale of the arsenal.

For the arsenal, expanding the scale also means that the probability of being discovered by the devil will increase a lot, which is an important factor restricting the development of the arsenal.

It is as easy to defend and difficult to attack as the Yellow Cliff Cave, and there are not many places that are difficult for devils to find, not to mention that the establishment of the arsenal also needs to take into account various factors such as transportation, water sources, resources, etc., and if you want to expand the arsenal, you need to find a suitable location. Even though Shanxi is mountainous and hilly, it is too difficult to find a suitable place.

During this time, the workers in the lathe department were not idle, they were busy manufacturing various machine tools, after Liu Gen left the lathe department, Kong Jue and Qi foreman each came up with a machine tool designed by themselves. Liu Gen also returned to the lathe department to inspect, the machine tool designed by the two is a little simple, but it has all the functions that it should have, and it can also be directly put into production.

The machine tools designed by Foreman Qi and Kong Jue make up for the shortcomings of some lathe departments and provide more convenience for workers to manufacture and produce machine tools. However, due to the increase of machine tools in the lathe department and the high motivation of the workers, the steel reserves in the arsenal were rapidly reduced.

If Director Cheng hadn't discovered this incident in time and stopped the idea of the lathe department from wanting to build machine tools, then the steel stored in the arsenal might have been used up directly. You must know that the amount of steel stored in the arsenal is not a small amount, these steels were sent to the arsenal after the troops dismantled the devil's railroad in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and steel was sent from time to time.

According to the previous production efficiency of the arsenal, this steel was enough for the arsenal to last half a year, but now, in just a few months, all this steel has been used.

For this reason, Director Cheng could only report to the headquarters, hoping that the headquarters could get some steel from the troops and send it to the arsenal. The headquarters knows the demand for steel in the arsenal, but at present, the headquarters does not have much way to solve the steel needs of the arsenal, and they only have two methods, one is to buy from the masses, and the other is to dismantle the devil's railway to make steel.

There is not much risk in buying from the masses, but there is not much steel in the hands of the masses, and there is not much steel that can be purchased.

As for the demolition of the devil's railway, it required the soldiers to take a lot of risks, since the Eighth Route Army organized a large-scale force to attack the railway, the devil increased the patrol near the railway line. It's okay to attack the devil's railway, but it's not easy to tear down the railroad built by the devil and transport it away.

The steel in the arsenal could not be replenished, and the workers finally had free time, and it was good to let the workers rest now after such a busy work. During the Chinese New Year, because there was too much work to be done in the arsenal, the workers did not take a holiday, and they insisted on working at work during the New Year.

Maybe the difference between the New Year and the usual is that you can eat dumplings during the New Year, and you can also eat dumplings during the New Year in the arsenal, three per person, and there will be no more. There is no way, there are devil troops sweeping in the base area, and the materials of the various units of the Eighth Route Army are not very sufficient, and the same is true for the arsenal.

During the Chinese New Year, if Director Cheng hadn't deliberately used the reserve grain from the arsenal, the workers might not have been able to eat dumplings? And Director Cheng did this, naturally, so that everyone could eat a little good during the New Year, even if there were only three dumplings per person, at least it would be regarded as a good New Year.

In just one year, Liu Gen has experienced too many things, and his busy work in the arsenal has left Liu Gen with no leisure to pay attention to the passage of time.

"Genzi, Director Cheng is looking for you." A worker came to inform Liu Gen, and there was obvious respect in his eyes when he looked at Liu Gen.

Liu Gen's performance in the arsenal is clear to the workers in all departments, and they have a lot of respect for Liu Gen, a young man. In addition, Liu Gen will answer everyone's questions carefully on weekdays to help everyone continue to improve themselves, which naturally makes Liu Gen the most popular figure among the workers in the arsenal.

"Okay, I'll polish this part and go." Liu Gen raised his head and said with a smile.

The parts in his hand were about to be polished, and it took less than two minutes, Liu Gen naturally wanted to finish polishing the parts and then go to Director Cheng. Of course, this is also due to the fact that Liu Gen can't see too much nervousness on the worker's face, and knows that it shouldn't be a matter for Director Cheng to find himself in a hurry, otherwise Liu Gen would not be so unhurried.

Liu Gen lowered his head and continued to polish the parts in his hands, he had a lot of calluses on his hands, and the green tendons on his arms were exposed, which made him look extremely powerful.