Although he was reluctant, Zhang Cheng knew that as long as the Type 56 rifle appeared on the battlefield, it would be easy to be copied by the opponent due to its simple structure, coupled with the weak industrial capacity of the base area, maybe the Type 56 produced by himself would not be as many as others. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A thousand birds are not as good as a bird in the forest, Zhang Cheng made up his mind and decided to exchange the design drawings of the Type 56 with the Soviet Union, asking the Soviet Union to design a production line for the Type 56 rifle and complete the installation at the Yulin Arsenal.

After inspecting the arsenal, Zhang Cheng immediately got in touch with Comrade Chen Yun in Moscow, and after a period of operation by Comrade Chen Yun, Zhang Cheng and the Soviet side quickly reached an agreement on exchanging the design drawings of the Type 56 rifle production line.

Two months later, the production line exchanged by the Soviet Union was installed and debugged at the Yulin Arsenal, and the very mature Type 56 was immediately put into production, which can produce about 3,000 rifles per month.

The mass-produced Type 56 rifle was immediately distributed to the various departments of the Shaozong, and the soldiers were still a little unaccustomed to it at the beginning, but after a little time of adaptation, the soldiers immediately fell in love with this classic gun and reached the level of falling in love with it.

After the effect of the Type 56 was fully verified, Zhang Cheng sent 1,000 Type 56 support to the Central Guard Regiment of the Red Army Headquarters, and this famous gun soon became popular in Yan'an, and was unanimously loved by all officers and soldiers.

Seeing that the commander so admired the 56 type, Zhang Cheng took the opportunity to ask the commander to name this rifle, the commander has never liked to name the gun after a person, so he named this rifle the Chinese style, and Chang Kaishen's official singing of the stage, and because this rifle was born in 1937, so the full name of this semi-automatic rifle is - China 37 type semi-automatic rifle.

After the Type 37 semi-automatic rifle was put on track, the arsenal also made a key breakthrough in the development of the Bayi bar, and it was finally developed in May.

Zhang Cheng would not share this automatic rifle with the Soviet Union, and a strict secrecy system was implemented for this rifle. Zhang Cheng ordered the arsenal to secretly purchase machinery and equipment, and the arsenal itself to assemble the production line of the Bayi Bar, and make every effort to solve the problem of mass production of the Bayi Bar.

By the beginning of July, the production line of the Bayi Bar had been initially assembled, with an energy output of about 20 Bayi Bars per day, and Zhang Cheng sent the Bayi Bar to the special forces of various departments of the Red Army, and the feedback sent back was very good, and the members of the special forces praised the Bayi Bar as much more powerful than the Type 37.

Zhang Cheng had already expected this, because the Bayi Bar was developed on the basis of the AK-47 and Type 56, and the effect was fully verified by the Vietnam War, and its power was not much worse than that of the AK-47, and it was more suitable for the body type of the yellow race.

In order to distinguish it from the 37 type, and combined with the characteristics of the 81 bar, the commander officially named the 81 bar the Chinese 37 bar automatic rifle.

So far, the two classic guns developed and produced by China in later generations, the 56 type and the Bayi bar, were all plagiarized by Zhang Cheng in advance, and named the 37 type and 37 bar, these two famous guns shined in the later all-out war of resistance, won the love of all the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, after the outbreak of World War II, it was exported to Europe and the United States in large quantities, and earned a lot of foreign exchange for the embarrassed Workers' and Peasants' Party.

At the same time, the agricultural production in the base areas of the Soviet area once again ushered in a bumper harvest of the summer harvest, the industrial development was changing with each passing day, the living standards of the masses of the people were constantly improving, and the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's own construction of farms and breeding farms did not drag down the common people, so the common people's support for the Soviet Government came to a new level.

In addition, the renminbi issued by the People's Bank of Northwest China has also been recognized by the common people, and it has a smooth circulation in the Soviet area, and its purchasing power is not bad, and it is very strong.

In terms of culture and education, due to the approaching crisis in North China, more and more college students from the Pingjin area came to Yan'an to join the revolution, and the cultural figures who were invited by Zhang Cheng to come to Yan'an to collect style wrote a commentary on "China's Hope in Yan'an", which led to the flock to Yan'an from a progressive youth at home and abroad, and Yan'an suddenly transformed from a barren ancient city into a famous cultural city.

Just when the situation in the Soviet base area was very good, the Qiqilugou Bridge Incident, which shocked the world, suddenly broke out.

On July 7, 1937, when the Japanese army was exercising near the Lugou Bridge in the southwest of Beiping, the Japanese army asked to enter Wanping County for investigation at night under the pretext that their own soldiers were missing.

After being refused, the Japanese army launched an attack on Wanping County and Lugou Bridge in the early morning of July 8, and the 29th Army of the Kuomintang fiercely resisted. Only four people from a company stationed on the north side of the Lugou Bridge survived, and all the rest died heroically.

After the Japanese army provoked the July 7 Incident, it caused strong repercussions throughout the country. On the second day of the July 7 Incident, the commander-in-chief who learned the news immediately made a speech on Xinhua Radio, shouting loudly: "Compatriots in all China, Pingjin is in danger!" North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger! Only when the whole nation carries out the war of resistance is our way out! ”

The commander-in-chief also proposed "not allowing Japanese imperialism to occupy an inch of China!" "Shed the last drop of blood to defend the homeland!" The loud slogan.

At the same time, Chang Kaishen of Nanjing also put forward the principles of "not yielding, not expanding" and "not seeking war, but fighting the war." He personally called Song Zheyuan, Qin Dechun and others: "Wanping City should be held and not retreated", "Lugou Bridge and Changxindian must not be lost".

On the afternoon of July 8, Chang Kaishen received a telegram from nine people, including the commander-in-chief, Mr. Zhu, and deputy commander-in-chief Zhou: "Standing Chairman Jun Jian: The Japanese invaders will attack the Lugou Bridge and carry out the steps set by their armed seizure of North China...... Under the leadership of the chairman, the officers and men of the Red Army are willing to serve the state and fight the enemy in order to achieve the goal of defending the land and the country. ”

On July 9, Chang Kaishen received a telegram from Mr. Peng, Lin Shuai, Liu Shuai, He Shuai, Zhang Cheng and others on behalf of the entire Red Army: "All my Red Army is willing to change its name to the Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China immediately, and please be named the Anti-Japanese Striker, and fight to the death against the Japanese invaders!" ”

On the morning of July 17, Chang Kaishen, dressed in military uniform, appeared in front of more than 100 representatives of various parties and celebrities from all walks of life, and officially issued the "Declaration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression", which is well-known at home and abroad...... We cannot afford not to fight. As for the start of the war, because we are a weak country, there is no chance of compromise, and if we give up our land and sovereignty, we will be the sinners of the Chinese nation through the ages!

We know that the situation after the war will be the only way for the whole country to sacrifice to the end, and there is no reason to get away with it. If the war starts, it will be that there is no distinction between the north and the south, the old and the young, no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war, and they should all have the determination to sacrifice everything. ”

Chang Kaishen has made countless speeches in his life, but this time the "Declaration of the War of Resistance" is undoubtedly the most correct and supported speech among all speeches, and the venue rang with warm applause from time to time.

At this point, the cries of 40,000,000 compatriots throughout the country to resist foreign aggression have finally been heard, and the "77 Incident" has been forever recorded in history as the starting point of the all-out war of resistance of the Chinese people.