"Lao Chen, what's going on with our arsenal? When did we get out of the arsenal? ”

Here Lehi was busy reorganizing all the troops, and then he heard that an arsenal had been drilled under him, which made him a little puzzled.

At present, the reorganization of the troops of the Eighth Regiment has not been completed, but after the completion of the reorganization, the Eighth Regiment of the Decisive Death can be described as a strong army, with six infantry battalions, one to six battalions, in addition to cavalry companies, guard companies and artillery companies, plus other regiments directly under the troops, the entire regiment has 2,700 people.

Although there are various weapons, if they really fight, they are really not afraid of a regiment of the Kuomintang army.

Here we are talking about large regiments, not infantry regiments of a thousand people.

As for facing the Japanese army, it is estimated that it is still a little reluctant to face the Japanese brigade, but it is not a big problem to bully the Japanese squadron.

"There's an arsenal, but it's not what you think." Chen Shiping explained.

"How is it different?" Lehi asked curiously.

"That's the repair factory set up by the special area and the column in Qinshui, but many people like to call it an arsenal, but in fact, they can only repair guns, they can't make guns, and they can't make bullets." Chen Shiping explained.

Hearing Chen Shiping's explanation, Li Hai probably knew what was going on.

The Third Column of the Decisive Death had an armament repair factory in Qinshui, which was composed of some workers from the Taiyuan Arsenal and workers from the Jin Suijun and the Northwest Army Gun Repair Factory.

Not only the Northwest Army, but also the Central Army and the Sichuan Army also have their own firearms repair shops, which are generally to repair weapons that are not highly damaged on the battlefield, and do not have the conditions to produce weapons.

When the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan, Shanxi, southeast of Shanxi and other places, some technicians and workers of the firearms repair shops of the Jin Sui Army and the Northwest Army took refuge in the Death Column and the Eighth Route Army.

The repair shop of the Third Column was not large, with a total of only 6 machine tools, 1 steam engine, and 1 low-power generator, and a total of more than 100 technicians and workers.

Such repair factories are everywhere in Shanxi, and there are more than a dozen of them in the Eighth Route Army, but they are not large-scale.

The largest is the Huangyadong Arsenal, but there are only a few dozen machines, which can produce rifles and bullets, but the output is not high, and it is barely said that the arsenal is reluctant.

"Can only fix guns?" Lehi was a little disappointed, he was short of guns, otherwise the army could have been expanded more, "Can it be reloaded?" ”

Lehi suddenly thought of one, if you can't make a gun, it's no problem, you just need to be able to reload bullets.

In fact, for troops like them, which are not recognized by the central government, they will not be supplied with weapons and ammunition from the national government, but they will also have to be caught between the national government and the Japanese puppet army.

If it can solve the problem of bullet reloading, it can alleviate the problem of bullet reloading, although there are a lot of problems after bullet reloading.

Reloaded bullets will increase the defective rate.

The most common is stink bombs, or delayed firing, that is, after the trigger is pulled, it will sound in 1-2 seconds, and the accuracy will be seriously affected, and the process of shell recovery has bumps and deformations, so it is generally not reused.

But for Lehi, something is better than nothing, don't look at the headquarters that ended Sun Chu before, a lot of bullets were captured, for his mistakes, it would be no problem to use it for a year or two.

But if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, you have to take precautions.

Besides, he plans to do the little devil and expand the troops, what if there are not enough bullets?

There are not many battles like this that can cut off Sun Chu's headquarters, and the Jin Sui Army is only this time, and the next time it is estimated that the War of Resistance will end.

It would be nice if we could rob Taiyuan at the end of the Anti-Japanese War, although the good things were carried away by the little devils, but there are still some machines there, and it is no problem to produce rifles, bullets, and shells.

"Reload? Can bullets still be reloaded? Hearing this, Chen Shiping obviously didn't understand.

It seems that people who have not experienced the Long March have been reloaded with bullets since the Red Army.

"Where is the arsenal? I'll take a look, if we use it well, our troops will not be short of ammunition! ”

Lehi didn't lie about it, although the scale of this arsenal was not large, but his troops were not many.

It's hard to say what meets the others, but it's okay to satisfy his troops.

"In Huangzhuang, it's two kilometers to the northwest."

"Then what are you doing in a daze, go see this arsenal right away!" Lehi commanded.

Since he remembered this, Lehi would definitely not drag it, but came directly outside, led the horse and rode towards Huangzhuang.

Chen Shiping and Li Daniu and several guards also followed.

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"Your Excellency, Commander, the situation is not good!" Yuyoshi Tsuchihashi came to Toshiyoshi Ando with a solemn expression.

"Tuqiao-kun, the sky can't fall, you speak slowly!" Toshiyoshi Ando also knew that there would be no good news, because the performance of the 104th Division gave him an urge to pull his division commander to be shot.

He ordered Nishiyama Fukutaro to go and recapture Jitou and Fogang, but the result was good, and he was repulsed as he had counterattacked Yingde before.

Moreover, the situation on the left flank was also deteriorating, and Ando Toshiyoshi thought that the main force of the Chinese army was on the front line of Fogang and Jitou, but in the morning, the 104th Division came to report that the Chinese army had been found twenty kilometers north of Qingyuan.

And it is the Cantonese army, and the strength is not small, it is estimated that it is the size of a division.

Obviously, the Chinese army did not want the imperial army to calmly withdraw from northern Guangdong.

If the Chinese army attacked Qingyuan, Ando Toshiyoshi had to divide his forces to defend Qingyuan.

Qingyuan is only fifty or sixty kilometers away from Guangzhou City, and it is located in the lower reaches of the Beijiang River, the terrain is flat, and there is no danger to defend.

At that time, even if the Chinese army cannot reach Guangzhou, as long as it appears in Guangzhou, the impact on the empire will not be small, at least the resistance in the occupied areas will be rekindled.

"Your Excellency, I just got the news that the Chinese army has captured Liangkou, and they want to cut off the retreat of the imperial army!" Tsuchihashi Yongyi said in a deep voice.

"Want to cut off the retreat of the Imperial army? Could it be that the people of China are sure that they will not be able to eat tens of thousands of imperial troops? Toshikichi Ando scoffed.

"Your Excellency, with the strength of the Chinese army, it is true that it is not capable of eating tens of thousands of imperial troops, but this will drag our army into the abyss of war.

The situation in the Guangxi campaign no longer allows us to continue the battle with the Chinese army in northern Guangdong, and according to the orders of the sending army, we need to send reinforcements.

If we are pinned down in northern Guangdong, the dispatch army can only draw troops from other places, and then the arrival time in Guangxi will be delayed, and the situation of the war will also change unpredictably. "As a chief of staff, Yuyi Tsuchihashi is still relatively competent.

"Then you mean that the Imperial Army is going to end the battle in northern Guangdong? You know that's going to be a shame for the Empire. Ando Toshikichi said angrily.

"Your Excellency, compared to the success or failure of the war situation in Guangxi, my subordinates think that losing some face in northern Guangdong can ensure that the army can withdraw to Guangzhou intact, and it is worth it.

As long as the imperial army won the battle in Guangxi, it would not be too late to attack northern Guangdong later! "Tsuchihashi Yongyi's attitude is very resolute, that is, the fighting in northern Guangdong must be ended as soon as possible.

Ando Toshikichi's face was gloomy, and he hesitated for a while and said, "Give the order to the 18th Division and the Guards Mixed Brigade, immediately retreat to Longmen and Zengcheng, and quickly retreat to Guangzhou!" ”