Xuzhou, Zhou Wen received an order, the troops were rebuilt, but they could not assemble with the large forces of their own division, and they were organized in the 59th Army, and the equipment in their hands was ......

In August 1937, the Kuomintang Military Committee revoked the number of Song Zheyuan's 29th Army and expanded its division into the 1st Group Army, under the jurisdiction of 3 infantry corps and 1 cavalry corps. Among them, the 29th Army was formed by combining the original 38th Division and the Special Service Brigade of the 59th Army. In other words, the 59th Army is just a local army.

"Brigade, this equipment!" Tie Zhu looked at the equipment he received from the quartermaster department, and was speechless, "When did our regiment get such equipment!" ”

Zhou Wen was silent, he knew that this was not a problem of the Quartermaster Department, but a problem of the country's industry. The country's industry is weak and its weapons and equipment are poor, but they are already much better than the Sichuan army.

"Say no more!" Zhou Wen opened his mouth lightly and looked at Tang Hu, "Brigade Commander Tang, are you not surprised at all?" ”

"Hahaha!" Tang Hu shook his head and smiled, "What's this, this equipment is already much better than when I first went to Songhu!" ”

"Isn't it?"

"Otherwise, how could I, Tang Hu's 15th Brigade, be disabled by the devil once! I lost this arm too? Tang Hu shook his head with a smile, "Brigade Commander Zhou, since ancient times, Xuzhou has been the land of four wars, belonging to Jiangsu, adjacent to Shandong and Anhui, and the Jinpu line passes by, the devil will definitely take Xuzhou." ”

"What does Brigadier Tang mean?"

"Xuzhou, I'm afraid it's not easy to keep!" Tang Hu sighed, "All we can do is to slow down the devil's southward pace." ”

Zhou Wen was silent again, because, Tang Hu was right, now the general trend is like this, from Songhu to Nanjing, he has a deep understanding, especially the gap in equipment, which makes them distressed.

But even if there is a gap in equipment, they still fight hard, constantly resist, no guns, they can hold knives, no knives, they can take hoes! Nothing, they can only use flesh and blood!

"Only now did I know the reason for the development of the military industry!" Zhou Wen sighed, "The lack of weapons in the Chinese army is really ashamed. ”

"There's no way, I can only guard it."

"Tuanza, telegram from Hanzhong!" A fighter came with a telegram.

"Take a look." Tang Hu was also excited, and now, his contact with Tang Ning and them could only be through Zhou Wen's troops.

Zhou Wen took it and looked at it quickly, this was sent by Chen Xiu, "Brigade Commander Tang, their arsenal can already produce guns!" ”

"What!" Tang Hu was surprised and delighted! You know, they've only been apart for just over a month! "Great! That's great! ”

"Katsumi has now been promoted to colonel and is in charge of all affairs in the arsenal!" Zhou Wen said again, and then saw the next few sentences, which were Xiao Wan's words, telling Zhou Wen to pay attention to safety, she was waiting for him in Han.

"Okay!" Tang Hu was pleased, then took the telegram from Zhou Wen's hand and looked at it carefully. "Great!"

"yes!" Zhou Wen was also pleased, not long after the separation, this production line actually had production capacity! This is truly a pleasant surprise! Moreover, he knew Chen Xiu's ambition, and this rifle was probably just the starting point. In the future, there will be a steady stream of weapons, and even cannons!

"Head Zhou, can you send a telegram back, let Katsumi and Little Tiger have a child as soon as possible, so that I can be a grandfather!" Tang Hu said with a smile, he has been looking forward to this for a long time.

Zhou Wen smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll help Brigade Commander Tang urge me." ”

……

Therefore, when Chen Xiu received the callback, his whole face was very exciting, we are worried about your safety, you are actually worried about whether I will have a child or not?

Song Ying had been following Chen Xiu's side, and when she saw the telegram and Chen Xiu's face, she burst out laughing.

Tang Ning also happened to be next to him at this time, after all, it was his father. When he saw this telegram, his face turned red, "My father is really!" ”

"No wonder father-in-law, no wonder father-in-law!" Chen Xiu hurriedly said until Tang Ning's face was thin.

Xiao Wan laughed, "I really envy you to be together." ”

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, Brother Zhou will be back soon! We're all working on it! They're fighting hard in front, we're fighting in the rear! They are desperately fighting devils, we are desperately building weapons! One day, the devils will definitely be driven away! Tang Ning comforted Xiao Wan, "By then, Brother Zhou may already be the division commander!" You will definitely be in harmony with each other! Get a big fat boy again! ”

"You mouth!" Xiao Wan was blushed by Tang Ning's words, but she was also looking forward to it.

"Okay, Chief Chen, I'll go and prepare to send a telegram back to tell Shangfeng about my situation here." Song Ying spoke first.

"Okay, by the way, tell Shangfeng, if you are in a hurry to use weapons and equipment, I can directly let the workers work in three shifts and start working overtime!"

"Great!" Song Ying nodded, "I'll contact Shangfeng now." ”

"However, Liaison Song will tell Shangfeng again that the machine gun production line on my side will also start construction in the near future, but in the early stage, the output should not be too high, and Shangfeng should be ready."

"It's inevitable! A worker still needs to go from raw to familiar! To tell the truth, the output reported by Chief Chen has been pleasantly surprised. ”

"That's good, it lived up to everyone's expectations." Chen Xiu nodded, in the past few days, there has been a trial production of machine guns, but the power is not up to par, if you want to produce machine guns, you must stop a production line, for now, he doesn't want to stop the hidden rifle production line for the time being.

The battle on the front line is in full swing, and he has already planned to arrange three shifts to start work 24 hours a day, but the raw materials are not yet fully prepared, and this plan is only a plan at present. What's more, the bullet production line has not yet started, not to mention others, the bullets of this period are mostly made of copper, but in later generations, bullets can long be made of lead, steel or lead core steel shell. Chen Xiu looked at the bullet production line and thought about whether it was possible to replace copper with steel. Of course, this has to be tested with Will and others.

……

On January 25, Will happily found Chen Xiu, "Chen! We did it! ”

"What?" Chen Xiu's eyes widened, did he succeed?

"I said, we made it!" Will put his hands on Chen Xiu's shoulders and said excitedly, "We use the recovered low-calorific gas to combine gas turbines and steam turbines, and now we can produce electricity!" ”

"Great! Let's go, let's see! Chen Xiu hurriedly said, if this can be successful, then the electricity of the machine gun production line and the bullet production line will also be lost!

It's been more than a month! It worked!

When he came to the steel factory, Chen Xiu saw several small pieces of equipment, "Chen, look, this is our new research and development!" ”

Will pointed to the small machines and said excitedly.