The garrison headquarters of the Japanese army in Datong has now become the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi!

The commander led his troops into the city an hour ago and arrived to command the encirclement and annihilation battle in Datong that had not yet ended!

"Commander, the three regiments report: the more than 400 puppet troops they surrounded have been completely annihilated, and we have captured 268 rifles, 12 light and heavy machine guns, four mortars, and a lot of ammunition!" The chief of staff rushed into the command headquarters and reported with excitement!

Unexpectedly, hearing this news, the commander did not have much smile on his face!

The chief of staff continued to report: "Commander, get rid of this little devil! In Datong, except for the little devils surrounded and annihilated by the Jin Sui Army, they have not been killed, and the little devils surrounded by our Eighth Route Army have been completely wiped out! ”

There was still not much smile on the commander's face!

The chief of staff looked puzzled, and just wanted to ask a reason!

The combat staff officer suddenly rushed in, with a smile on his face!

"Good news, Chief......"

"All the weapons and ammunition we have seized in the city have been counted!"

"The large arsenal plus the scattered small ammunition depots in the city, plus the weapons and ammunition we captured inside and outside Datong City, there are more than 11,500 rifles, 185 light and heavy machine guns, 54 mortars, mountain artillery, and infantry guns, a total of 16 guns!"

Seeing that the commander's face quickly regained his composure with just a flash of surprise, the chief of staff couldn't help it!

Even if only half of this equipment is left in the base area in the northwest of Shanxi, it will be enough for everyone to form three or four main regiments!

If an army wants to form combat effectiveness, it is not enough to have weapons, but also ammunition!

Since the formation of the Eighth Route Army, the problem that has not been solved is the lack of ammunition!

Staring at the combat staff officer, he asked, "What about the ammunition?" How much ammunition we have captured! ”

"The large arsenal plus the scattered small arsenals, plus the battlefields captured from the Japanese puppet army, there are more than 8.5 million rifle machine gun bullets!" The combat staff officer hastened to answer!

"More than half a million rounds of heavy machine gun bullets!"

"There are more than 31,200 mortar shells and mountain artillery shells of various calibers!"

"And food: the seizure of all the material warehouses in the city adds up to a total of 10.5 million catties! There are also nearly 500,000 cans and 10,000 sets of quilts! ”

"These are bulk supplies, so they can be counted! Small items and our captured Japanese-controlled trading houses in the city are still in the process of being counted! ”

"Enough!" The chief of staff didn't suppress the excitement in his heart and shouted loudly!

"Commander, with so many weapons and ammunition, even if we only take half of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi, it will be enough for the whole army for more than half a year!"

"There is also grain, the grain output of our land in the northwest of Shanxi is already very low, and we have to support Yan'an, food has always been a fatal factor that has plagued our development and growth!"

"With this more than 10 million catties of grain, we will not only not be short of food this year, but we will also be able to feed several more main regiments!"

The commander still had an indifferent expression, and he was happy for only a few seconds before he regained his composure!

At this time, the chief of staff was even more puzzled!

couldn't help but ask: "Commander, this is a pie-in-the-sky thing, I see how unhappy you are!" ”

"Happy, of course happy!" The commander affirmed!

"With these weapons and ammunition, we can at least form four more main regiments, and the overall strength of the military region can also be increased by at least thirty percent!"

"However, no matter how much ammunition is captured, there will be a time when it will run out!"

"When we run out of ammunition captured in Datong tonight, and the troops have not captured other ammunition, the troops will still run out of ammunition!"

"The grain is gone, we can eat coarse grains, eat wild vegetables, and hold on and pass!"

"But once the ammunition is gone, the guns in the hands of the soldiers will become burning sticks, and in the face of the attack of the Japanese puppet army, they can only be beaten passively, and they will not even have a chance to return the phone, and in the end it is the people in the base area who suffer!"

The chief of staff followed the commander's old partner, saw his inner thoughts at a glance, and asked thoughtfully: "I understand, commander, you also have a fancy for the ammunition factory and repair shop established by the devil in Datong!" ”

The commander did not deny: "Not bad! ”

"The base area in the northwest of Shanxi is so large, the raw materials for the production of bullets can basically be gathered!"

"As long as we have equipment, we will immediately be able to set up an arsenal and produce weapons and ammunition ourselves!"

"As long as we can ensure that some weapons and ammunition are self-sufficient, and the rest depends on capture, then the base area will no longer worry about the problem of ammunition!"

"Even if the base area is blocked by devils and heavy troops, the troops will not be without ammunition!"

A look of embarrassment flashed on the chief of staff's face: "Commander, according to the order of the headquarters: all the equipment of the ammunition factory and the repair station belong to the garrison regiment, and all the weapons, ammunition and food belong to us!" ”

"Relatively speaking, we have taken a big advantage!"

"Ask them for equipment again, divide the ammunition factory and the repair station, I'm embarrassed to open this mouth anyway!"

"Report to the chief!" The communications staff officer suddenly rushed in and interrupted!

"Telegram from the garrison: Let's verify the identity of Comrade Li Yunshan, an underground party member of the Japanese Army Ammunition Factory in Datong! At the same time, I hope we will approve: transfer Comrade Li Yunshan to the garrison regiment! ”

The commander's eyes lit up and he shouted: "There is a way!" ”

"Just now I was thinking about how to get some military equipment from the garrison regiment, and God will send us a chance right away!"

"Breaking through from Lingqiu, the garrison regiment has been directly reduced to two or three hundred people!"

"Fighting coal mines in the mountains has lost a lot of people!"

"Although we have taken the coal mine and obtained a large number of absenteeism from prisoners, it must be very difficult to completely restore combat effectiveness because of the small number of veterans in the army!"

"And our base in the northwest of Jin is just the opposite!"

"Because of the harsh environment, the severe blockade of the Japanese puppet army, and the expansion of the troops has been very slow, so the proportion of veterans in the army has always been very high!"

"My idea is to transfer some grassroots veterans and garrison regiments to change equipment!"

"The garrison regiment lacks veterans, we lack equipment, contact the garrison regiment directly, take what they need, and then report to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army for the record, and the garrison regiment will definitely agree!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately contact Comrade Li Hao, the head of the garrison regiment, and invite him to come to us, I have something important to discuss with him!"

The Chief of Staff also has a long-term vision!

Compared with the mountains of ammunition piled up in Datong City, he also values those machinery and equipment more!

Weapons and ammunition are only short-term interests, and machinery and equipment can be long-term!

He immediately replied: "I will leave a telegram to the garrison regiment now, asking Regiment Commander Li to come to the headquarters to talk about it!" ”

"No!"

The commander seemed to think of something, and suddenly refused!

"If I'm not mistaken, the headquarters of the garrison regiment has also entered the city, you go in person, please Comrade Li Hao come here!"

"Okay! I'll go for myself! The chief of staff hastened to answer!