It is quite a common phenomenon to consider the level of combat effectiveness of troops by the number of soldiers.

Of course, there is some truth to this, and it cannot be said to be absolutely wrong. However www.biquge.info this method also has drawbacks, the good and bad troops need a lot of resources, and the elite are mixed in it, so they often cannot get special care, and it is easy to be dragged down by others when fighting.

Judging from the speed of expansion, training methods, organization, and equipment of the New Seventh Army, there will be a different feeling. Although the improvement of the overall combat power is the goal, Yang Tianfeng also tilts his resources towards the elite. Taking the special combat team as an example, in order to facilitate the disguise of surprise attacks, almost all of them are Japanese-style weapons, and they are also equipped with short guns, forming a long and short double drape, neat and mighty.

However, contrary to the thinking and judgment of most people, the special combat team is equipped with Japanese weapons for the convenience of combat, while the field elite of the New Seventh Army is equipped with all national weapons. Chinese official, Czech-made, and slaughtering chainsaws, plus shotguns, grenade launchers, 60, 120 mortars, and so on, at least the bullets have been unified, and the logistical support is relatively convenient and effective.

Of course, limited by the number of guns, it is impossible to standardize them all. Yang Tianfeng could only unify the caliber of weapons as much as possible within the battalion and regimental units. Units equipped with Japanese weapons could only use two or three types of ammunition, and Czech-made and slaughtering chainsaws were also distributed, which was more logistically cumbersome.

It is precisely because of the failure to achieve unification that even military production must have different bullet production lines. Mauser rounds, six-five rounds, barge gun rounds, plus the line of assault rifle ammunition that is being built. The logistical pressure is obvious, and if it is not possible to obtain weapons and ammunition from the war zone, I am afraid that the military industry will have to abandon other weapons and produce all ammunition.

In war, bullets are the most basic materials, and without bullets, guns are not as good as burning sticks. Yang Tianfeng attaches great importance to this, and has also received help from military technicians in the rear. For example, experts and engineers from the 25th and 20th Arsenals in Chongqing helped a lot in the construction of the bullet production line.

Of course, the machine drawings and processes adapted to the new process provided by Yang Tianfeng, as well as the improved enhanced ****** formula, not only increased the output of the production technology of the large rear arsenal, but also greatly improved the stability of the gun bullets, and greatly reduced the contamination and ablation of the barrel of the gun breech.

Technological progress, coupled with the enthusiasm for work during the Anti-Japanese War, had a noticeable effect. The 25th Arsenal in Chongqing has been relocated since 39 years and started production, with an annual output of more than 3,300 rounds of ammunition; The 20 arsenals reached more than 54 million rounds, all of which set the highest production record.

The production of bullets in the Yongcheng Arsenal is also steadily increasing, the process of copper-clad steel plate is becoming more and more mature, the expansion of the chemical industry, the continuous self-manufacture and purchase of machinery and equipment, and the recruitment of a large number of workers, including a large number of female workers, provide the basis for development.

Therefore, when Yang Tianfeng received the Eighth Route Army's intention to buy or exchange medical supplies, weapons and ammunition, he didn't think too much about it, so he wrote down the list of the first batch of supplies.

Although the Eighth Route Army also has military production and can also manufacture bullets, it is reloaded and the number is very small.

Because of this, the Eighth Route Army was extremely short of ammunition, and it really didn't have the capital to fight any major battles, and it was even unable to resist the cage policy of the devils.

For example, during the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, an infantry regiment was criticized for wasting 7,000 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition of most of the troops, spread evenly over each rifle, was only about three rounds. In the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, if a machine gun has 50 rounds and a rifle has 20 rounds, it is a very elite unit in the Eighth Route Army.

The bullets can still be reloaded, but the shells will not work, and it was not until 42 years that the Eighth Route Army Arsenal was able to manufacture mountain artillery shells, and the defective rate was still very high. The number of captures was of course so small that a single mountain artillery shell sometimes required the approval of an officer at the rank of brigade commander.

Yang Tianfeng not only agreed to exchange medicine and ammunition, but also promised to provide assistance on credit, generously giving the Eighth Route Army two Jin mountain cannons and one 92 infantry gun, each with 30 rounds of ammunition, and sending an artillery team of 20 people to assist in the battle and help train the artillerymen.

Although the Eighth Route Army had long had a record of using Type 92 infantry guns, due to the lack of professional artillery personnel, ammunition replenishment could not be guaranteed. Therefore, it is basically used as it is seized, and it is buried or destroyed when it is used up. The time and number of times of use are very limited, so naturally there are no big results.

Since they are all anti-Japanese teams, they are all fighting devils, and they still need the Eighth Route Army to resist the threat from the north, Yang Tianfeng is naturally not stingy.

What's more, some of the various industries in the base area are in the development period, and some have just been established, such as medicine, civil chemicals, cigarettes, etc., which really need a stable development environment and a period of reassuring development time.

Although the devil would not give Yang Tianfeng too much time, the intensity of the battle was less and the help of friendly troops was more, which was still beneficial to the overall development of the base area.

In addition to various industries, there are also various schools opened. Special training courses for officers, artillerymen, special forces, snipers, engineers, military doctors, and medical nurses, which are directly addressed to the army. Technical schools for turners, fitters, carpenters, maintenance workers, etc., are for industrial workers, including private workshops.

And it is only now that a comprehensive base area in Yang Tianfeng's mind can be regarded as a comprehensive construction. Being self-sufficient and self-reliant, his goal is not only to open up wasteland and farm, but also to feed the common people.

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The ancient city of Haozhou.

After excavation and expansion, the Cao Cao Troop Road located underground in the old city has been expanded to more than 2,000 meters, and the machinery and equipment of the shunted arsenal have been installed in the underground and above-ground workshops, and the production workers have been fully recruited and trained to begin production.

Inside the city, against the southern wall, is a steel mill under construction, and the road below leads directly to the transportation road. There are walls and troop transport roads to provide protection, and security is high.

The coal-chemical plant is located outside the city, relying on the exit of the troop transport road that extends to the outside of the city, and the troop transport road can be used as an air-raid shelter if necessary. Moreover, the factory is surrounded by woods, which provides good concealment and shelter.

In addition to relocation and diversion, military industry, coal chemical and other industries have also been refined and decomposed according to the process, and some simple production has been stripped out, separate factories have been built, and the number has been increased; Complex and advanced deep processing takes tighter protection measures to reduce unnecessary production and improve work efficiency.

In this way, the production of basic materials can be multiplied by more roughing plants to meet the increasing level of manufacturing production and lay the foundation for the introduction of new products.

For example, in the coal chemical plant in Maozhou, there are three crude factories planned to be built, mainly producing coal coke and coal tar. Two high-end processing plants are planned to be built, one of which is the second plant in the current Chengnan District, where most of the construction work has been completed.

Yang Tianfeng leaned back in his chair, kept running, stayed up late for a long time to write, design, and think exhaustively, coupled with this continuous day and night work, which made him look quite tired.

"Drink the egg water." Zhao Yurou brought a bowl of freshly brewed egg water, a little distressed, but she didn't want to show a caring look on her face.

Yang Tianfeng took it and drank it slowly, thoughtfully, or outside the spirit, anyway, his eyes were slightly stagnant.

Zhao Yurou was silent for a while, and broke the silence without words, "If the steam-heated reactor is successfully manufactured, synthetic rubber can be manufactured in large quantities, and the rubber-soled single shoes and cotton shoes you mentioned can be supplied to the troops." ”

Yang Tianfeng's eyes rounded, glanced at Zhao Yurou, pursed the corners of his mouth, nodded with a smile, and said: "Yes, this is a good start, in the future, it will be smoother to increase the reactor and increase the output." ”

Originally, there was a reactor in the laboratory of the coal chemical plant, but it was used for chemical experiments or teaching, and it was certainly not suitable for large-scale production. Therefore, according to the information in his mind, Yang Tianfeng designed a 10 cubic meter steam heating reactor, which can complete the chemical processes such as polymerization, condensation, sulfidation, alkylation, and hydrogenation.

The design was relatively easy for Yang Tianfeng, but the manufacturing was more troublesome, and it took nearly two months to complete the processing by the machinery and equipment of the arsenal. After being transported to Hao County, two days and two nights of assembly and commissioning, and the use of machinery and equipment that has been relocated to repair and process unsuitable parts, today is considered to be the final assembly, and the first trial production was carried out.

Although there are still some small problems that need to be solved and improved, they are generally considered successful. As Yang Tianfeng said, the first step is difficult, but after taking it, it will be smooth, and even be able to develop like a fly.

In the current state of the country, the effects of the war have led to material scarcity that is intensifying. Not only military supplies, but also civilian supplies are also lacking. On the one hand, Yang Tianfeng wants to use civilian use to support the military industry, on the one hand, he can also resist Japanese light industrial products and facilitate the people's lives, and on the other hand, he wants to improve the equipment of the troops.

For example, ethylene propylene rubber, which is about to be mass-produced, is not only advanced (synthesized by the Americans in 1955), but also uses ethylene and propylene, the two simplest monomers, and the structure is basically the same as that of natural rubber. Although the catalyst used (also known as Ziegler-Natta catalyst) for the polymerization of isoprene is complex, the small amount used is extremely advantageous for large-scale production.

Not to mention the manufacture of large rubber products such as tires, the soldiers did not have rubber shoes or raincoats, which made Yang Tianfeng a little unacceptable.

At that time, not to mention the poor eight roads, even the National X Army basically wore straw shoes and handmade cloth shoes. Even the elite of the National X Army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force, who went to Burma to fight, still wore straw sandals, and it was only later that the US military issued rubber shoes to replace them. (To be continued.) )