"In addition to these, what are the deficiencies of the arsenal, and where funds are needed, you can tell me, and I will solve them for you when the time comes. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Li Han is now a little eager to see the arsenal put into production, and if the arsenal can produce rifles, he can increase his support for the Golden Tiger's anti-Japanese death team.

At the same time, Li Han also hoped that before the passage of the "Silver Act" in the United States, the anti-Japanese decisive corps would be expanded to 5,000 people, and then let them attack the silver purchased by the Japanese in the northeast region.

The Northeast is already the world of the Japanese, and even if the Golden Tiger makes a fuss in the Northeast, the Japanese will not have the opportunity to hold the charge on the head of the Nationalist Government, because the weapons they use, such as rifles, light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars, are all Japanese-made.

"I'll say a few words for Director Liao on this point, Junzuo, you know, if the arsenal wants to produce weapons and ammunition normally, the first thing is to provide raw materials.

At present, all our raw materials are purchased from outside, which will not only affect the speed of production of weapons, but also increase the cost of production, so steel plants are indispensable.

In addition, these machines consume a lot of electricity, and in order for these machines to operate normally, a power plant must be built. Wang Wei, who had been following Li Han, replied.

"Well, that's a big problem, so be it! You build the power plant first, and as for the steel plant, you can contract it to the merchants of Chahar.

In addition, in a few days I will give the provincial government another million silver dollars, which will be used to build a power plant for the arsenal. Li Han thought for a while and said.

It's not that Li Han doesn't want to build his own steel plant, but Chahar's monthly financial income is so much, and the provincial government's steps are so big, and every project such as resettlement, land reclamation, and road construction is a big money-swallower.

In addition, he also had to bear the military expenses of the security forces, plus the five million silver dollars that had been advanced by him, the provincial government was actually very poor, and the steel mill was not only forced to be contracted by businessmen, but also the provincial government could raise a lot of money.

After the steel plant is put into operation, the tax revenue brought to the government is also very considerable, and it can increase a large number of employment opportunities, which is also very helpful for the development of Chahar.

After watching the production line of bullets and shells, Li Han also greeted the workers of the arsenal cordially as he did on TV, shook hands with many workers, and took pictures.

This time, they had the opportunity to shake hands with the commander of the security army, the actual controller of Chahar, and take pictures together, and they were very excited, even happier than the Chinese New Year.

Li Han estimates that many of these workers may not be willing to wash their hands for a few days when they go back, but this is not surprising, just like the biggest official Li Han has ever seen in later generations, that is, the village head, of course, what he saw on TV does not count.

If a provincial governor suddenly wants to take pictures and shake hands with him, he will definitely be so excited that he can't sleep, although it looks a little vulgar, but I have to admit that this is human nature.

After visiting the arsenal, Li Han and his entourage of officers went straight back to the Zhangjiakou Security Army Headquarters.

"I summoned everyone this time, of course, not only to see the arsenal, but to talk about the next development of the security army." Li Han glanced at several high-ranking officers of the security army present and continued:

"As of the end of September last year, we have been in Chahar for almost half a year, and the strength of the security forces has expanded from 12,000 during the 145th Brigade to more than 35,000 now.

If we add the five local security regiments and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Death Corps, the total strength has reached more than 43,000 people. ”

Listening to Li Han's words, except for Gao Jian, who had been in the army headquarters, everyone else was more or less surprised. Although everyone knows in their hearts that the military seat has never been a person who follows the rules.

But they didn't expect that the security army would grow to 45,000 people in such a short period of time, and in terms of numbers alone, they had already surpassed the total strength of the 29th Army before the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War.

Li Han knew what everyone was thinking, so he said; "Don't think that the more people in the security army, the stronger the combat effectiveness. But in fact, except for the original several main regiments of the 145th Brigade, basically eighty percent of the other troops are new recruits.

We are all people who have fought in battles and know the combat effectiveness of the little devils, so you should know what the consequences of these recruits will be on the Japanese army. ”

"Commander, the officers and men of our 145th Brigade have never relaxed the intensity of their training, and although there has been no fighting in recent months, our brigade has conducted several large-scale exercises on its own.

Besides, now that we have our own arsenal, our brigade will conduct more live-fire training in the future.

In addition, our brigade also has nearly 2,000 veterans who have participated in the battlefield, and it will not be long before the 145th Brigade will become a sharp blade in the hands of the military seat. ”

Wang Dazhu stood up straight and said in a sonorous voice.

He also admitted that the murderous spirit of veterans who had never been on the battlefield was definitely not as good as that of veterans who had experienced war, but after rigorous training, their combat effectiveness was not much weaker than those veterans.

The most crucial thing in starting a war is to look at the equipment of the troops and their training at ordinary times; only when there is not much difference in the level of training and weaponry and when there is not a big gap in the battlefield, and these gaps will disappear rapidly over time.

The 145th Brigade also has nearly 2,000 veterans, the largest number of veterans among all units in the whole army, and as long as the training is in place, Wang Dazhu is confident that he can use the 145th Brigade to use a wing of several hundred Japanese troops.

"Wang Dazhu, what you said sounds okay in the front, but how harsh it sounds in the back, the feelings in the security army are the same as your 145th Brigade can fight.

Today, I will be the military seat, the division seat, and the chief of staff, as well as the face of all the people here, if I really start a fight with the devils, it is not for me to brag, my 155th Brigade is a wing of capable devils, if I can't win, I don't need to do it from the military seat, the 155th Brigade starts by itself, and no one will return alive. ”

Wang Dazhu's first few words, Zhang Tie also felt that what he said was quite reasonable, in any era, military training is very important for the army.

Eighty percent of a unit's combat effectiveness comes from peacetime training, especially in modern warfare.

With sophisticated weapons and strict training, even if they are suddenly surrounded, they can quickly turn into a counterattack state, just like the Japanese army is often surrounded by the national army, but there are few cases of the Japanese army being completely annihilated.

And the reason for this phenomenon is not because the soldiers of the national army are greedy for life and afraid of death, or because their commanders are incompetent, if it is the former, they will not come to ambush the devils, if it is the latter, they will not be able to ambush the devils' troops.

But why the devils were still able to break through is because their training time and training intensity are not comparable to the national army, even if they are surrounded, they can quickly turn into a combat state, and with the advantage they occupy in weapons, it is not difficult to understand that such a situation occurs.

But for what Wang Dazhu said later, Zhang Tie was not convinced, what is the 145th Brigade is a sharp blade in the hands of the military seat, is the 155th Brigade not a sharp blade in the hands of the military seat.

"You two are quite able to say, my independent brigade is stronger than your two brigades in terms of equipment and strength, Brigade Commander Zhang, your 155th brigade can defeat a devil wing, and my independent brigade will not brag, just beat a devil and a half wing!"

It is about the honor of the troops and soldiers, and at this time, Lin Youzhi inevitably joined in, and the three brigade commanders did not accept anyone, and they quarreled in front of Li Han, Gao Jian, and Shi Shi'an.

"Huh! Huh! Huh! I said how did the three of you get it, you quarrel when you mention the war, and bragging is not illegal, right, see if you can get it, you have blown the roof tiles of the headquarters to the sky. ”

Li Han smiled bitterly and said, if the security army can develop in such a stable state until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

He also believes that after three or four years of training, the security forces will definitely undergo changes from top to bottom, but the question is whether they can continue to develop like this.

But Li Han knew that this was difficult, and even if he could, he would rely on the security army to fight it themselves, and the Japanese were not blind, and they would definitely not be willing to give the security army a chance to develop.

"I've come to you for something to announce, Chief of Staff, come on." Seeing that the three of them were quiet, Li Han said.

"Yes! Throne!

1. According to the order of the military seat, the independent brigade will be transferred to Yanqing, focusing on the defense of Liu Guitang, and recently the military headquarters has had some operations in the Pingjin area, in order to maintain the stability of Chahar, it is time for Liu Guitang's bandit force to be cleared up.

2. From today onwards, each brigade will send a contingent of 100 men, half of whom will be officers and half of the men. However, the highest officer in each team shall not be lower than the company commander.

The military department plans to rotate a group of people every three months, and these people will be sent to the northeast region to assist the Golden Tiger's activities in the northeast region, and also let them adapt to the battlefield environment in advance.

3. On the premise of guaranteeing that they will not become prisoners, all the officers and men involved in this operation do not have to fight to the end with the devils, and should do their best to keep their useful lives.

This kind of experience in fighting behind enemy lines is very important for the security forces, because one day war may break out. If we fail to hold Chahar, we will inevitably find ourselves in the situation of fighting behind enemy lines, and if we are familiar with Japan's tactics in advance, we will have a few more years to find a way to restrain ourselves. ”

Since Li Han planned to do something to the Japanese, he naturally had to get rid of the Japanese minions first, lest the Japanese start crazy and let Liu Guitang's dog bite people in Chahar.

Moreover, in order to help Liu Guitang increase his strength, the Japanese not only sent a large number of light and heavy machine guns to Liu Guitang's troops.

In addition, the Japanese also sent hundreds of soldiers directly to his troops under various names to help him train the army, and because of Liu Guitang's cooperation, these people quickly integrated into his troops.

Liu Guitang and Li Han can not care, but these Japanese soldiers Li Han dare not underestimate them, if they know that they have built an arsenal in Shangdu, they will definitely do everything possible to sabotage, and even directly instigate Liu Guitang's troops to attack.