"Genzi, how much do you know about our arsenal?" Liu Lao took Liu Gen to wander around the arsenal, and the speed was not fast.

Liu Gen shook his head a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, Old Liu, I don't know much about the arsenal, but I just know that our arsenal seems to be the largest arsenal in the base area, and a large number of weapons and ammunition are produced from our arsenal, which relieves the pressure on the front-line soldiers." ”

Liu Gen is not very clear about the specific information of the arsenal, he has been fighting devils on the front line before, so naturally he doesn't know much about the arsenal. Coupled with the Eighth Route Army's protection of the arsenal, the information is naturally very well leaked, and it is still very difficult for Liu Gen to learn enough information. Unless Liu Gen reaches a certain level, he will come into contact with information about the arsenal.

Liu Gen didn't expect to enter the arsenal before, so he naturally didn't have much interest in learning about the specific information of the arsenal. What's more, when Liu Gen was in the artillery team, he was quite busy, and most of the time was spent on the training of the soldiers, so he naturally would not be distracted from paying attention to the factory.

Liu Gen can be sure that for most of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, they know about the existence of the arsenal, but they don't know much about the specific location of the arsenal and the specific information of the arsenal.

"Don't be sorry, the headquarters has a high degree of secrecy about our arsenal, and there are not many people who know the specific information of the arsenal except for the headquarters." Liu Lao said with a smile.

After a moment of silence, Liu Lao explained in detail to Liu Gen the origin of the arsenal and the development of the arsenal.

After Liu Gen listened to Liu Lao's explanation, he had a certain understanding of the arsenal, and was able to develop from a small arsenal when it was first established to the current scale, and the hardships can be imagined. From Liu Lao's mouth, Liu Gen knew that the arsenal had made great progress.

The predecessor of the Huangyadong Arsenal was the repair shop of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and the main figures at that time were repairing damaged weapons and making some improvised mine grenades and rifles. However, in 39 years, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Shinozuka, organized devil troops to carry out encirclement and suppression against the Japanese base area many times.

In July 39, the scope of the devil's sweep in the anti-Japanese base area expanded, threatening the Eighth Route Army's Military Industry Department, that is, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Repair Institute! Considering the increasingly intensified sweep of the devils against the Japanese base areas, coupled with the fact that the weapons captured by the devils in the front-line battles are not enough for the soldiers to use, the demand for rifles made by the headquarters repair office has increased!

As a result, Mr. Zhu of the headquarters decided to expand the headquarters repair institute and establish an arsenal. Due to the importance of the arsenal and the urgency of time, Mr. Zhu entrusted the important task of establishing the arsenal to General Zuo Quan.

At that time, General Zuo Quan traveled almost all over the vast 800 miles of Taihang Mountains, and finally discovered the Huangya Cave in Licheng County, Shanxi Province.

The Yellow Cliff Cave is located on a cliff in the middle of a mountain with an altitude of 2,000 meters, which is halfway up the mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack. More than ten kilometers around Huangya Cave, the dangerous peak is towering, the mountain is steep, and there is only a narrow passage to enter the mountain. On both sides of the passage is a cliff of about 1.5 kilometers long and only a few feet wide, which is an 'S'-shaped natural corridor.

After carefully observing the surrounding terrain of Huangya Cave, General Zuo Quan decided to build an arsenal in Huangya Cave, with the terrain here, unless it is several times more troops, even if the devil finds out here, it will be difficult to attack it!

In addition, the space in the Yellow Cliff Cave is large enough, which is most suitable for the storage of guns and ammunition, and it is a natural warehouse. This made Huangyadong the most suitable place to establish an arsenal, and finally at the end of 39, the first arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, the Huangyadong Arsenal, was established and started.

When the Huangyadong Arsenal was just established, the conditions were very simple, not only in terms of manpower, but also in terms of materials.

At that time, Yoshio Shinozuka continued to organize devil troops to carry out encirclement and suppression against the Japanese base area, although several encirclement and suppression organized by Yoshio Shinozuka failed, but it still inevitably had a certain impact on the troops of the Eighth Route Army. In such a harsh external environment, the Huangyadong Arsenal started with difficulty.

In the early days of the establishment of the Huangyadong Arsenal, the technicians of the arsenal were highly skilled, but because there were not too many machine lathes in the arsenal, the technicians could only rely on the hammers and files in their hands to work hard. In order to solve the lack of equipment in the arsenal, General Zuo Quan kept trying to raise equipment for the Huangyadong Arsenal, and soon, the Huangyadong Arsenal had forty Thai lathes!

With the lathe, the efficiency of the soldiers in producing guns and ammunition has been greatly improved, and some experts and high-achieving students from various colleges and universities have joined the arsenal, and the Huangyadong arsenal has developed rapidly.

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After Liu Lao knew about the development process of the Huangyadong Arsenal, Liu Gen was a little excited, and he found that joining the Arsenal seemed to be a pretty good choice! There are many experts in the Huangyadong Arsenal, and there are also many skilled workers, and it is difficult to imagine that everyone will mix together on weekdays.

But in the Huangyadong Arsenal, this situation is very common, in the arsenal, everyone is for the front line of the war of resistance, in order to drive the devils out of China, for the freedom of the nation! Here, experts and skilled workers are united to find ways to produce better guns and ammunition to help the fighters on the front lines.

Liu Lao didn't talk too much about the hardships in the development of the arsenal, nor did he say what role he played in it, but Liu Gen could fully imagine the hardships.

In the wandering around the various units in the arsenal, Liu Gen could clearly see that everyone's eyes were full of respect when they looked at Liu Lao. To be able to get the respect of so many people in the arsenal, Liu Lao must have contributed great strength to the development of the arsenal.

It is worth mentioning that the Huangyadong Arsenal has a general affairs department, an equipment department, a public works department, a lathe department, a fitter department, a fitter department, a fitter department, and a forging department.

With the leadership of Liu Lao, Liu Gen has carefully observed every unit, and he can see that every department is busy, whether it is experts or workers, they are all busy. Seeing everyone so busy, Liu Gen was a little ashamed, he was a young man, and it was probably not too good to be idle like this.

However, Liu Gen also knew that his injuries had not yet healed, and he had just arrived at the arsenal and did not know his specific position in the arsenal, so naturally he did not need to be too anxious.

Perhaps Liu Lao noticed the change in Liu Gen's expression, and he took Liu Gen towards the office of the director of the arsenal, for others, it was appropriate to enter the factory director's office rashly, but for Liu Lao, he would not have any problems doing so. Of course, before Liu Lao was in the factory director's office, there was still a knock on the door.

I followed Mr. Liu into the factory director's office, saying that it was an office, but it was actually a slightly cramped room, a dilapidated desk and a chair that had been repaired I don't know how many times.

"Old Liu, why are you here?" Seeing that it was Liu Lao who arrived, Director Cheng hurriedly got up.