The several raw materials that he asked Chief Yan for were scarce materials that could not be bought with money, could not be produced by themselves in the base area, and could not be obtained by smuggling.

With them, the arsenal was able to mass-produce artillery shells, mortars, light and heavy machine gun barrels.

For the value of four heavy guns and more than 2,000 rounds of heavy artillery shells, the raw materials returned were enough for the arsenal to consume for two years.

Under normal circumstances, the arsenal can produce 10,000 rounds of various artillery shells in two seconds.

In two shifts, at full capacity, fifteen thousand rounds are possible.

As for the mortars and light and heavy machine guns produced, they can also be equipped with at least two main brigades.

The value of these equipment ammunition is definitely more than five hundred heavy artillery shells, so there is no reason for me to disagree.

Seeing Yan Youjin staring at him expectantly, Li Hao didn't talk nonsense, and quickly nodded: "It's just 1,500 shells, but I also have a request, the heavy artillery and 2,100 shells are all purchased with the materials on the list, and I don't accept a piece of the ocean." ”

"No problem!" Yan Youjin hurriedly agreed, afraid that Li Hao would regret it.

With Lingqiu as the center, dozens of surrounding counties have all taken action.

The Eighth Route Army, guerrillas, and underground parties collected materials through various means, and then sent them to the base area of the Lingqiu Garrison Regiment in a steady stream with carts, mules and horses, and even human backs.

It is impossible to be silent with such a big movement.

In less than half a month, the devil's military headquarters in Taiyuan sensed that something was wrong.

"Your Excellency, the intelligence shows that the Eighth Route Army centered on Lingqiu is collecting strategic materials such as scrap copper, saltpeter, and sulfur everywhere, and then send them to Lingqiu." The person in charge of the intelligence of the Japanese garrison in Shanxi stood in front of the commander and reported with a respectful face.

"The intelligence officers who are lurking in the base area of the garrison regiment have checked it: in the past half a month, more than two hundred carts of various materials have entered Lingqiu."

"This is not counting the materials sent to Lingqiu through manpower and animal power."

"After losing several intelligence officers in a row, the intelligence department finally found out the purpose of the garrison regiment to collect these materials."

"All the supplies were sent to the mountains southeast of Lingqiu."

"The garrison regiment arsenal is hidden right in this mountain."

"Therefore, it is judged that these materials collected by the garrison must be used to produce weapons and ammunition."

"There is also intelligence that shows that the Eighth Route Army around the garrison regiment has obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition out of thin air in the past half month."

"According to the humble understanding: in the past half a month, there have not been too large-scale battles in dozens of county towns around Lingqiu, the losses of the imperial army and the imperial alliance army are very small, and it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army operating in this area to obtain a large amount of weapons and ammunition by seizing them."

"Thinking of the materials that the garrison regiment is collecting in large quantities, I think of another possibility: after the garrison regiment arsenal obtains a large amount of materials, it is working at full speed to produce a large amount of equipment and ammunition, and in return for collecting materials, a large amount of equipment and ammunition is given by the garrison regiment to the Eighth Route Army active in these counties."

"Eight Tooth Road!" The commander clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and cursed.

"A garrison regiment is difficult enough, if the other surrounding Eighth Route Army also becomes stronger and stronger, with higher and higher equipment and sufficient ammunition, it will definitely be a disaster for the Imperial Japanese Army."

"I don't think that's allowed to happen."

"I agree with your judgment that the main culprit for all this disaster is the garrison regiment arsenal."

"Without it, the Eighth Route Army around the garrison regiment would have no source of weapons, and the garrison regiment itself would not have sophisticated equipment to fight the imperial army."

Speaking of which, the commander's whole person was suddenly shrouded in murderous aura.

Looking at his subordinates, his face sank and he scolded: "We must find a way to destroy this culprit." ”

The acting chief of staff had not directly faced the garrison regiment, but the records of the garrison regiment were there, and the generals of the imperial army who had been defeated in their hands one after another were still vivid, and no matter how arrogant they were, they did not dare to underestimate this strong opponent.

Hesitantly reminded: "Your Excellency, if you remember correctly, the Imperial Army has wanted to destroy the garrison arsenal more than once. ”

"The last time I swept the garrison base area, there was a special sweep force that went all the way into the mountain where the arsenal was located, trying to find and destroy it, but it all failed."

"The sweeping troops didn't even find the shadow of the garrison regiment arsenal in the mountains, and they suffered heavy casualties."

"This is still under the cover of the other two sweeping troops entering the mountain, if there is no cooperation of the troops, the garrison regiment is fully besieging the sweeping troops in the mountain, they are likely to not even be able to get out of the mountain where the arsenal is located."

"So if we want to go into the mountains again to destroy the garrison arsenal, the probability of success is too low, and it is likely that we will lose our wife and lose our troops, please think twice!"

The thick killing intent on the commander's body did not dissipate, and after thinking for two minutes with a calm face, he ordered with a murderous aura: "No, we still have a way!" ”

Compared with more than half a month ago, the atmosphere of the Lingqiu Garrison Regiment was obviously much more relaxed.

The arsenal is already operating at full capacity because of the abundance of raw materials.

Most of the weapons and ammunition produced were sent to the surrounding Eighth Route Army, and a small part was left in the base area for their own use.

Despite this, the ammunition in the garrison's stockpile is still rising.

The main forces, local troops, and guerrillas were all replaced with the same color.

All light machine guns were converted into magazines by the arsenal.

The heavy machine gun was replaced with a Type 92 heavy machine gun, and the mortars were all 81 mm caliber, mountain artillery, field artillery, infantry artillery...... All of them were captured by the Japanese.

Hong Linfeng stood in front of Li Hao and reported the results of his efforts in the past half a month with a smile.

"Regiment commander, all the main forces in the base area are fully equipped and are undergoing recovery training."

"I calculated, at most three months, the troops will be able to return to the combat effectiveness before the counter-sweep."

"If you can reach this goal in two months, you can reach this goal quickly."

"The recruit unit has also been formed."

"The independent battalion and the main battalion all formed their own recruit companies, and the regimental headquarters formed recruit battalions, adding up to a total of 1,500 recruits."

"Using the equipment that the main forces have been replaced, the training of recruits is underway."

"The recruitment points in the base area also reported one thing: After the recruits were recruited, a large number of ordinary people ran to the recruitment points to ask to join our Eighth Route Army, and some people directly relied on the recruitment points in order to join the army."

"Most of them are refugees who have been driven to the base areas by the Japanese, and I think we should consider taking them in."

"I counted that before the anti-sweep, more than 700,000 refugees had entered the base areas."

"The ratio of the main force in the base area to the total population of the base area is 100 to 1, and there are also a large number of part-time guerrilla units and local troops, which add up to almost 50 to 1."

"For more than 700,000 refugees, a main force of 7,000 and a guerrilla and local units of 7,000 can be formed according to this ratio."

"We've recruited less than 7,000 recruits from among the refugees right now."

"Since the villagers support us so much, why don't we continue to recruit them, and if the main force is not enough, let them join the local troops and supplement them to the guerrillas."

Political Commissar Wang Hong suddenly opened his mouth and replied very approvingly: "Regiment commander, I agree with the chief of staff, we can't let the villagers have no way to serve the country and discourage their enthusiasm. ”

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