"For the time being, it's not good to promote anyone first, the position of commander of the first division will be held by you for the time being, and when the next two divisions pull people up one after another, and then appoint, you two will also stay up for a while." Jiang Li looked at Feng Zhanhai and said. The strength of the 15th Route Army seems to be quite large, but in fact, it is not very conspicuous when it is distributed to such a vast land in the northwest. The war with Japan will not stop at all, not to mention that the resources in the northwest will not be able to grow to the extent of fighting with the Japanese army in a few years, so it is necessary to expand the territory outward and include the resources of other places under the wing of the 15th Route Army. At this time, when the transportation was still imperfect, it was not possible to radiate too far for a while, but the expansion of the army was inevitable.

"I heard that the second batch of heavy artillery assembled by the arsenal has rolled off the assembly line? Our 15th Route Army does not have a heavy artillery establishment yet, and the 3rd Division is also the first divisional unit of the 15th Route Army. Feng Zhanhai nodded, and then hit the idea into the heavy artillery in the arsenal, the Northeast Army used to have heavy artillery, but it was Zhang Xueliang's heart, and it was not seen in ordinary times. Compared with the past, Feng Zhanhai can only be regarded as a peripheral member of the Northeast Army, but at this time he is the core figure of the 15th Route Army.

"It is not appropriate for heavy artillery to be incorporated into the division, and the artillery regiment under the division should still use 75MM mountain artillery and field artillery. HEAVY ARTILLERY, I PLAN TO USE THE HOKUROKU 105MM GANNON GUN, NUCLEAR CANNON, MEIJI 38 105MM CANNON CANNON. 150MM NUCLEAR ARTILLERY FORMED THREE SEPARATE HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENTS. They are all semi-finished products, and they are produced quickly. NOW THE ARSENAL IS TRIAL-PRODUCING A 105MM LIGHT HOWITZER. In the future, it will be the mainstream large-caliber artillery of the 15th Route Army. ”

Jiang Li said with a smile. The role and power of heavy artillery are as huge, but the production of heavy artillery takes up considerable resources, and even Japan cannot do both.

"The number of artillery in stock is insufficient, and the original artillery brigade can be dismantled to fill the establishment of the three divisional artillery regiments, and by the end of this year, the arsenal will be able to smoothly produce 75mm mountain guns, field guns and artillery of lower calibers?" Feng Zhanhai saw that Jiang Li already had an idea, so he no longer insisted. Rather, he was very concerned about the situation in the arsenal.

"The output of the steel mill is still too low, and after two or three months, the steel for guns and guns purchased from abroad will almost arrive, and next year, after the steel mill solves the problem, it will be easy to increase the production capacity of the arsenal." This account has been calculated several times, although the purchase of tens of thousands of tons of steel for guns and artillery made Jiang Li's bag nervous again, but it can be regarded as very fast to gradually put the military industry and heavy industry on the right track in a year.

"I heard that the scale of the iron mine in Tianshui is not bad, and so much money has been invested. Tens of thousands of people, can't they quickly increase production? Feng Zhanhai said.

"In the end, it's a matter of the road. If this kind of thing is not rushed, it's like giving you enough weapons, and you can't immediately turn a group of new recruits into a group of heroes in a hundred battles. Jiang Li waved his hand. It is still necessary to find a new iron ore, otherwise it is good to rely on the iron ore of Tianshui alone, and the steel output can reach more than 200,000 tons.

"Jingle Bell ......"

Jiang Li picked up the phone, and it was from the adjutant's office.

"Commander, Chairman Yang of Shaanxi Province has called and asked to speak to the commander." Adjutant's room, Xu Zicheng's voice sounded inside.

"Turn Chairman Yang's phone on." Jiang Li commanded, and it didn't take long for Yang Hucheng's voice to ring on the phone.

"Brother Jiang heard about Tianshui, right?"

"I heard that Ma Qingyuan handed me a post when I went to Tianshui before, but I didn't dump him at that time, but I didn't expect to betray Brother Yang. This was originally a family matter of the Seventeenth Route Army, and it was inconvenient for me to interfere, but Ma Qingyuan didn't seem to be able to endure Brother He Yang's cronies. Now Tianshui is still fighting, if Brother Yang doesn't make a move, in order to avoid causing panic among the people, I will kill the anti-bone boy. ”

Jiang Li said in a flat voice, Jiang Li naturally heard about such a big thing over there in Tianshui. Ma Qingyuan's side was also afraid of Zhao Yi's mixed brigade, and he didn't dare to make too much trouble, and the situation was still under control, but Jiang Li instructed Gao Zhihang to transfer two squads of bombers to Tianshui Airport. Be ready to put out this chaotic battle at any time.

"I have no way to make my brother laugh, but I do my own thing, I plan to lead a brigade of people to the west, and transfer Sun Weiru to Tianshui to destroy Ma Qingyuan, so I won't work for my brother. If Ma Qingyuan is solved, he will withdraw to Shaanxi with Sun Weiru, and the elder brother will be grateful for providing certain convenience on the way. Yang Hucheng said on the phone.

"Don't worry, brother, as long as I can help, I will never refuse, and when the time comes, you can just talk to me directly if you need anything. I don't like Ma Qingyuan, a person like Ma Qingyuan, and I am responsible for providing support for the ammunition and food supplies that Commander Sun needs. In addition, I happen to have some planes at Tianshui Airport, if my brother needs it, let Commander Sun say hello to Tianshui at that time. Jiang Li heard Yang Hucheng's plan to withdraw the Shaanxi army from Gansu, a smile appeared on his face, since Yang Hucheng is interesting enough, he will not be stingy, after all, the two are still in the stage of cooperation, in history, Zhang Yang joined forces to launch the Xi'an Incident, and later pointed out that the chairman of the oppressive Jiang Committee unanimously resisted Japan, but he could not make the relationship between each other.

"I'll talk about this later, it's good to have ammunition supplies from my brother." Yang Hucheng smiled heartily over there, and it didn't seem to be affected by Ma Qingyuan's emotions at all.

"It seems that this Chairman Yang is also quite a tough person." After hanging up the phone, Jiang Li sighed with emotion, no wonder he could make such a big event as the Xi'an Incident, and this spirit is not comparable to ordinary people.

"Yang Hucheng agreed to withdraw his troops from Lanzhou?" Feng Zhanhai said happily when he heard this.

"Well, if you don't withdraw, you won't be able to stay, Yang Hucheng is also borrowing the slope to get off the donkey, but the cooperation will be long in the future, and you can't hate this neighbor." Jiang Li nodded and said.

"That's right, as soon as Sun Weiru withdraws, this Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai will be completely the world of our 15th Route Army." Feng Zhanhai was overjoyed, "Although the northwest is poor, the 15th Route Army has already overshadowed the Northeast Army. ”

"Don't take it lightly, speaking of Nanjing, Chairman Jiang's methods are really unguardable, who can guarantee that there will not be a second Ma Qingyuan in our team?" Chairman Chiang in history was by no means as incompetent as the history books say, Shaanxi was separated by thousands of miles from Nanjing, and Chairman Chiang was able to cause a fire in the backyard of the 17th Route Army. Jiang Li had a feeling that Chairman Jiang's actions were by no means more than that, and this method of dividing and striking was really amazing.

"Yang Hucheng's subordinates are also a little miscellaneous, and they are indeed a little biased towards Ma Qingyuan's troops. However, our 17th Route Army all fought from a trench, and if anyone dared to betray the commander, he would personally lead the troops to pick his skin. Feng Zhanhai raised his eyebrows and said.

"Can't say that, didn't Jiang Xingcheng, who we sent to Songhu, also poached by Nanjing." Jiang Li smiled coldly, Chairman Jiang's methods are clever, but at this juncture, he still wants to spend his strength on internal friction, instead of preparing for war, after the Japanese army invades China on a large scale in a few years, Chairman Jiang will taste the bitter fruit. (To be continued.) )