Since the Japanese army could not take care of the security in the rear for the time being, the Xia Dynasty seized the opportunity and took control of a large area. As of the end of May 38, www.biquge.info Huben Brigade controlled a large area of 7 counties, including Weishan County, Yutai County, Pei County, Tengzhou, Fei County, Lanling, and Pingyi County, and occupied 3 county seats, including Weishan County, Yutai County, and Hepei County.

In this region, a 1,000-member self-defense group has been set up in each county, a 200-member self-defense unit has been set up in each township, and the entire local armed forces have reached 12,000 people. Militia organizations have also been established in the villages, and military training is carried out during the slack period, and these are all reserve soldiers.

Because the Tiger Brigade was wealthy, it did not rely on the people for support like the armed forces in other places, and basically did not collect taxes from the people. Therefore, it has been supported by the general public.

The Tiger Brigade has also been greatly developed. On the basis of the original three regiments, one teaching regiment, two independent regiments, one recruit regiment, one engineer regiment, and one baggage regiment were expanded. The special combat team was expanded into a special combat team. The total strength of the brigade is 17,900 people.

Xia Chao knew that in order for the army to continue to develop, it was necessary to have its own arsenal, which is why he occupied the calf.

The calf is densely forested, and the hiding effect is very good. Arthur led the engineer regiment to use the original natural cave and process it into an arsenal building. The area is huge, with several thousand square meters of space inside, and it is still being excavated. Enough to meet the needs of a medium-sized arsenal site.

The location of the arsenal, with hundreds of meters of rock formations on it, is not at all afraid of the bombing of the devil's planes.

Xia Chao returned from Germany and brought back a large number of German and Soviet machine tools, electrical equipment, etc., which have been installed and debugged, and are now able to produce small weapons.

On this day, the summer dynasty came to the arsenal.

Zhang Hu was wounded in the right arm at the end of the last battle, leaving him disabled and unfit for the field army, so he was transferred to serve as the guard battalion commander of the arsenal by the summer court. When he saw the summer dynasty coming, he led him to the arsenal.

Along the way, we passed several hidden bunkers, and on the top of the hill were anti-aircraft machine gun positions, which were heavily guarded.

Xia Chao entered the arsenal and came to the factory office, but there was no one, so he continued to walk inside, entered a workshop, and saw several people tinkering in front of a machine tool. He walked over and patted a tall, lanky man on the back,

The man looked back and said in surprise, "General Xia, you're here." This person is none other than Lu Zhengxin, an engineer who went to Germany with the summer of Jinling Arsenal. Now he is the director of the arsenal of the Tiger Brigade.

In addition to Colonel Hans helping Xia Chao recruit a group of engineers and technicians from Germany, Lu Zhengxin brought some technicians from the Jinling Arsenal, and Xia Chao also recruited a group of mechanical students in Shanghai and Jinan, and the number of people in the arsenal has reached more than 300 people. The technical strength has surpassed that of the Jinling Arsenal.

The biggest technical force is Xia Chao, and he has a lot of weapon drawings in his head.

Before the arrival of the summer dynasty, the arsenal mainly produced ammunition for German-style equipment to meet the daily consumption of the Tiger Brigade. Xia Chao thought that German-style weapons were not easy to use, and the weapons of the Tiger Brigade were also relatively messy, so he wanted to produce new weapons, unify the equipment of the Tiger Brigade, and facilitate the supply of ammunition.

In the conference room of the arsenal, sit the backbone engineers of the factory. Many of them had never seen Xia Chao and were curious about this legend.

Xia Chao walked into the conference room accompanied by Lu Zhengxin, and people who knew him immediately applauded and welcomed. People who didn't know him applauded, but they all straightened their necks to see what he was looking like.

Lu Zhengxin introduced: "Workers, this is the brigade commander of our Tiger Brigade, General Xia Chao. ”

People who knew him greeted him one after another: "Hello Brigade Commander Xia." ”

People who didn't know were surprised, and although they were already mentally prepared, they were still shocked by his youth. What happened next shocked them even more.

Xia Chao greeted everyone a few words, and then asked: "Why do Japanese devils bully us in China, who can tell me?" ”

All of you here are intellectuals, and your IQ is very high, and Xia Chao asks questions on such an occasion, which is naturally related to the arsenal. So someone replied: "The devil's weapon is good." ”

Xia Chao said: "That's right, that's one of the main reasons. Therefore, the responsibility of our military workers is heavy and honorable. Chinese soldiers are not afraid of death, and if there are weapons that are more advanced than devils, it will not be long before little devils are rampant. Therefore, we must produce weapons that are better than the devils. ”

Xia Chao's words caused a lot of discussion. As everyone knows, the development of a new type of weapon requires an advanced industrial base, a large amount of manpower, material resources, and time, and these conditions are not available at the Baoqinggu base. Isn't that embarrassing for everyone?

Xia Chao said: "I now have the blueprints of several advanced weapons in my hand, and I can guarantee that these weapons are currently the most advanced in the world. The conditions of our arsenal can be produced. ”

Except for Lu Zhengxin and some people who were familiar with the Xia Dynasty, everyone was surprised. Brigade Commander Xia has the most advanced weapons in the world, how is this possible? Where did he get it?

Xia Chao said: "The first weapon is a submachine gun. With that, he asked Sun Guanghui to unfold a drawing and hang it on the wall. "You can come and have a look," he said. ”

The engineers gathered around and saw a blueprint of a gun that had never been seen before.

This gun is the familiar Type 56 submachine gun. The Type 56 submachine gun is an improved version of the AK47, which is convenient and leathery. It was one of the most produced weapons in later generations.

Xia Chao explained the various parameters of the gun, which made everyone extremely excited.

The second weapon was the Type 56-1 squad machine gun. The caliber is consistent with the Type 56 submachine gun. Facilitates the production of bullets.

The third weapon to be produced in the summer was a two-pack 37-mm anti-aircraft gun with a high rate of fire, which was very easy to deal with the current Japanese aircraft. Pillboxes and Japanese armored vehicles are also very good. If armor-piercing shells are used, it is also possible to penetrate Japanese-style thin-skinned tanks.

The three weapons selected by the Xia Dynasty were all weapons equipped by the People's Liberation Army in the sixties and seventies, and they were all characterized by fierce firepower and easy to carry. It is completely capable of dealing with the current Japanese-style weapons.

In the days that followed, Xia Chao basically stayed in the arsenal, directing the production of new weapons.

Because the drawings are ready-made, and the equipment is currently relatively advanced in the world, it has not been for a long time, and all three weapons have been trial-produced. After testing, all meet the design standards.

Xia Chao was very happy, he guided the arsenal to build a production line, after installation and commissioning, the arsenal has a high production capacity.

Soon, the arsenal had a monthly production capacity of 6,000 Type 56 submachine guns, 500 Type 56-1 squad machine guns, and 30 37-mm anti-aircraft guns.

Xia Chao said excitedly to Lu Zhengxin: "Old Lu, now that everything is ready, it's up to you, produce more weapons, I want to equip the troops as soon as possible and give the little devil a good look." ”

Lu Zhengxin shook his head one after another, saying that he could not complete the task.