It is naturally the best plan to quietly and without a trace to sneak into the branches of the Taiyuan Arsenal and smuggle out the equipment needed!

Although the Japanese army is launching a "pacification operation", the troops of the 20th Division in Taiyuan City are constantly being transferred away, and the troops are empty, but Taiyuan is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and separated by the Fen River in the west, the city wall is solid, and the commanding heights of Dongshan are in the hands of little devils.

Even if the Japanese army is disguised and infiltrated into Taiyuan City, it will not be possible to seize the commanding heights of Dongshan, and the troops entering Taiyuan City will be blocked by condescending Japanese firepower. Once the devil is in a stalemate, the outcome of the troops entering the city can be imagined.

At this time, the Japanese army was at the height of its strength. There is a big discrepancy between the strength of the field divisions and regiments and the open establishment of the Japanese army. Fronts, corps, and divisions all have supplementary units, and the supplementary teams of permanent divisions and regiments are either the strength of one infantry brigade, and some are even as high as four infantry brigades. And this part of the force is hidden and is not included in the open establishment. Because of this, after the Japanese army was damaged on the battlefield, it was able to quickly replenish it to ensure the integrity of the main force and brigade and the rapid recovery of combat effectiveness.

The 20th Division of the Japanese Army in Taiyuan City is a permanent division, originally subordinate to the Korean Army, after being transferred to North China to participate in the war of aggression against China, starting from the attack on Niangzi Pass, it was not less attacked by our army, but it still maintained a strong attack force, the main reason is that the division has a sufficient replenishment team, and it will be replenished with losses.

For example, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army was transferred to the First Army of the North China Front at this time, and was stationed in Linqing, Gaoyi, Anyang, Puxian and other places, but their supplementary team was stationed in Zhengding, north of Shijiazhuang. The 16th Division was later transferred to the Second Army to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Central China Dispatch Army was transferred to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, until the outbreak of the Pacific War and was transferred to the Pacific Theater. Until the 16th Division Replenishment Team was transferred, the Eighth Route Army did not have any information about this unit. It was not until the 21st century that a military history research enthusiast accidentally collected physical evidence that the 16th Division Supplementary Team had been stationed in Zhengding for a long time, and this Japanese army surfaced from the dust of history.

The replenishment of the permanent divisions and regiments of the Japanese army was also used to expand the new units. Then, in April, the Japanese army organized independent mixed brigades on a large scale for the first time, and the supplementary units of some permanent divisions and regiments with garrison tasks were incorporated into independent mixed brigades on the spot, thus ensuring the combat effectiveness of these independent mixed brigades.

That is to say, the main force of the 20th Division attacked to the west, south, and southwest of Jin, and most of the troops and supplementary teams directly under their divisions were still in Taiyuan City!

Because of this, when Xiao Siming designed the battle plan, he never considered leading an independent battalion to disguise the Japanese army and infiltrate the city of Taiyuan to give the little devil a black tiger heart. It's not that it can't be done, but that the troops can't be withdrawn after it is done!

The little devil occupies Dongshan, the core point of Taiyuan's city defense, and the Taiyuan city wall is so strong, no matter how bold Xiao Siming is, it is impossible to lead a battalion of troops to seek Taiyuan. If he really wanted to do that, he would be an anti-Japanese hero at best, not an excellent general who could lead the army to fight!

These reasons led to Xiao Siming's eyes lit up as soon as he heard Chen Mingbo, Chu Sicheng, and Wu Yushan say that they were sneaking into the factory to smuggle out a little equipment!

At this time, it is night, and it is easy to do things when it is dark, so just do it!

Xiao Siming personally led Chen Mingbo and others to carefully study the action plan, and decided to do it once tonight, to get a small machine tool with light weight and a small diesel and gasoline generator.

For the sake of safety, Xiao Siming strictly stipulated that he could not be greedy, and only got small machines that could be taken away.

The 12 technicians, plus Xiao Siming, Chen Desheng, Zhao Changshou, and Chen Mingbo, were exactly 16 people, divided into four groups, and under the cover of night, they left Chen Mingbo's house and started to act.

The Taiyuan Arsenal is so big, no matter how strict the Japanese army is, there are loopholes.

Chen Mingbo never dreamed that one day in his life he would go to drill a dog hole!

Watching Xiao Siming take the lead and get into the dog hole covered with withered grass in the corner of the courtyard wall of Renchen No. 2 Factory, which specializes in the production of shells and bombs, Chen Mingbo thought about Yunosuke Yamashita's ugly face, crossed his heart, bent down, climbed to the ground, moved step by step, and got into the dog hole.

It's really hard for Chen Mingbo, a military expert who came back from studying in Japan!

When I entered the courtyard wall, I found that the courtyard was very quiet, and there was no human figure, but there was a wild dog wandering around the yard!

The doors of the factory were locked and affixed with the seals of the Japanese army.

In this group was an engineer named Yu Jixian, 34 or 5 years old, from Zhejiang, who had also returned from studying in Japan, and was recruited by Yan Xishan to come to the Taiyuan Arsenal, where he had been working in the artillery shell factory and was particularly familiar with it.

Yu Jixian followed Chen Mingbo into the dog hole, entered the yard, walked in front to lead the way, led Xiao Siming and a few, and went around to an abandoned pot building behind the factory, where there was an inconspicuous small door, locked, but not sealed.

Yu Jixian took off a bunch of keys from his belt, looked for it, and found a key and opened the small side door!

Xiao Siming followed Yu Jixian into the factory!

Moonlight shines through the windows in the factory.

The No. 2 Renchen Factory, which specializes in the production of artillery shells and bombs, was a key relocation project during Yan Xishan's retreat. It's a pity that the Japanese army came too quickly, Yan Xishan started a little late, and there were too many units and things that needed to be relocated in Taiyuan City, and only a small part of the machinery and equipment of Renchen No. 2 Factory was moved, and most of them were lying in their original positions coldly.

When Xiao Siming saw so many machines and equipment, his eyes were green, and he couldn't wait to transport them all. It's a pity it can't be done!

Needless to say, a few people lightly touched the tool room where the tools were placed, found wrenches, screwdrivers and other tools that took advantage of them, and prepared to do it.

Xiao Siming reminded Yu Jixian in a low voice that he wanted to disassemble the machine tool that could make the machine, that is, the mother machine, and he could use the mother machine to manufacture various machine tools needed in the future.

Yu Jixian nodded, led Xiao Siming and them to a machine tool, reached out and touched it, his hands were full of putty, he sighed and began to move.

This is a machine tool, although it seems to be an old antique in later generations, but it is precision equipment in this era. Fortunately, Yu Jixian couldn't be more familiar with this machine, so he stuffed his head and led Xiao Siming to disassemble them, and finally completely disassembled the machine tool, found two long wooden boxes from the factory, and loaded the decomposed machine tool parts into it.

Yu Jixian wanted to disassemble another machine, Xiao Siming grabbed him, waved his hand, and signaled that he could not take it away.

Yu Jixian didn't give up, went to pick up the wires and sockets, and went to the tool room to pick up a few tools, got an old sack to put on his back.

When it was done, Xiao Siming and the four of them quietly carried the wooden box out of the factory, pried off a few more bricks from the dog hole, sent the wooden box out of the wall through the dog hole, and returned to Chen Mingbo's house the same way!

It's really done!

When the groups returned to Chen Mingbo's house, they were all fully loaded and returned with a small rifling machine tool and two diesel generators for making guns. Everyone also brought some gadgets with them.

Xiao Siming asked each team to report on the operation, and after judging that the guards guarding the factory tomorrow did not notice it, he looked at his watch and felt that he had enough time to do it again, Xiao Siming asked Chen Mingbo's wife Zhang Yun to take out the steamed buns in advance, and bring up the boiling kettle, so that everyone could take a bite, take a break, nourish their spirits, and do it again!

This time, he is familiar with the way and specializes in equipment around the reloading of artillery shells and bullets, and the goal is to get to the base area, and he can immediately reload ammunition!

The Taiyuan Arsenal has two sets of bullet machines, one purchased by Yan Xishan and the other copied by himself. These two sets of bullet machines were partially dismantled and transported by Yan Xishan, and the key equipment was also transported.

Xiao Siming needs a machine to process copper bullet shells, a machine to melt warheads, and a machine to assemble bullets and shells. It's just that time is limited, transportation is difficult, and you can get a little bit is a little bit, as long as you meet the basic requirements of clothing and ammunition!

The most important thing is to get the necessary equipment to make all kinds of explosives!

The bold Xiao Siming led Zhao Changshou and Chen Mingbo to secretly enter the factory again.

This time, even Chen Mingbo's wife Zhang Yun followed the battle, after all, one more person means more strength.

As a result, before dawn, Xiao Siming and the others entered the factory three times, and the necessary equipment for the independent construction of the arsenal was complete!

The six words "God knows the ghost" could not be more apt to describe the actions of this night!

The next step is to consider how to transfer these equipment out of Taiyuan City safely and quickly!

Xiao Siming told these technicians involved in the operation to go home and quietly prepare for a day and rest. The morning after tomorrow, with his family, don't bring extra luggage, take the certificate of good citizenship, go out of the city from the west gate separately, and rush to Sangshuping Village in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan to gather, he will take these equipment to meet everyone in Sangshuping Village.

As for where to get the vehicle to transport these equipment, Xiao Siming said that he would arrange it!

After dawn, the little devils guarding the Taiyuan Arsenal still didn't notice anything abnormal.

The devil patrol found a dog hole in the corner of the factory wall that seemed to be crawled, and after reporting to the top, the devil officer in charge of guarding the arsenal came to check. Looking at it, I didn't see anything wrong, but I thought that there must have been a thief who entered the factory through this dog hole and stole it. It's just that this dog hole is too small, and thieves can only steal some scrap copper and rotten iron to sell for money, and the machinery and equipment will definitely not be stolen.

The Japanese did things meticulously, and the devil officer was not at ease, so he took people to the factories to see it, and saw that the seals on the doors of the factories were intact, and there was no trace of passivity at all. ”