"Brigade commander, what a good thing, I have to go to the headquarters to talk about it. Can't you say it here? The political commissar asked as he walked, but Liu Hua just didn't say. Laughing all the way and shaking his head.

When he came to the headquarters, Liu Hua handed over a piece of information with Woniu Cave to the political commissar.

"Brigade commander, what's the matter, isn't it just a cave, what's all the fuss?" The political commissar said to Liu Hua disdainfully.

"Hehe, political commissar, I went to the Woniu Cave in the morning to have a look, it is really a good place?" As he spoke, Liu Hua had a smile on his face.

The political commissar was stunned by Liu Hua's words. "Brigade commander, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Liu Hua picked up a piece of clean paper, came to the table and drew a sketch of the cow cave for the political commissar, and explained his idea to the political commissar while drawing. When he heard that Liu Hua was about to use the innermost caves to store grain, there was no change in his face. The knowledge symbol nodded, agreeing with Liu Hua's opinion. But when he heard the word "arsenal", the political commissar was obviously stunned, and looked at Liu Hua stupidly.

"Brigadier Commander, what did you just say, say it again!" The commissar asked incredulously. Because since Guan Xiangying became the Red Army, he has hardly seen an arsenal, and he has heard of knowledge, that is, there was an arsenal in the original Central Soviet District, but the equipment there was extremely simple, and the raw materials were often insufficient. It can only be used for simple reloading bullets, not even artillery shells, and can also be used to produce some home-made grenades. And with the strength of one of his brigades now, the brigade commander actually thought of building an arsenal

"But, brigade commander, I know that this place is very suitable for building an arsenal, but the arsenal needs a lot of raw materials, equipment, skilled workers and we don't have anything."

The political commissar looked at Liu Hua in disbelief.

"Commissar. I know that now we have nothing, but we must build an arsenal, no matter how difficult it may be! Liu Hua said resolutely.

"Why? Can't we rely on seizures as we did yesterday? You must know that when we were in the original Xiangxi base area, we didn't have an arsenal, but the ammunition for the soldiers was still sufficient? The commissar was even more confused. When he heard the words that the political commissar relied on seizure, Liu Hua was gloomy for a while. Thinking of the time when the devils specially dealt with the base areas behind the enemy lines led by [***] in the future, due to the strict blockade of the devils, food, and ammunition, it can be said that there was nothing to want, and the Eighth Route Army at that time was not the opponent of the devils except to avoid the devils, and there were no bullets, and they were not the opponents of the devils at all by fighting bayonets.

"Political commissar, how long do you expect our war of resistance to last?" Liu Hua asked.

The commissar shook his head.

"Political commissar, no matter how long the War of Resistance will last in the future, the headquarters and the Central Committee require us to take root here, establish a base area behind enemy lines, and strengthen our ranks and weapons. We can rely on capture, but what about ammunition? We can't have the same good luck as yesterday every time, the ammunition convoy that ambushed the devils, so to speak, we have one shot of ammunition and one less shot. If one day we run out of ammunition, will we let the soldiers fight desperately with bayonets and devils. You also know the bayonet skills of the devils, and besides, we can't afford such consumption. Looking at the silent political commissar, Liu Hua continued.

"Also, political commissar, do you remember when we were in the Xiangxi base area, except for our legion, after a long blockade by the Kuomintang, what do you say is left of our brother troops, if the devil blockades us in the future, then what should we do in our base area?"

After listening to Liu Hua's words, the political commissar's brows also rose. "Brigadier Commander, what should we do?"

"Political commissar, I know you have an idea in your heart, you are testing me. Commissar, do you remember what I said to the heads of their regiments at the end of yesterday's meeting? ”

"Accumulate grain! That's right, it's a lot of grain. The commissar said with a smile.

"Political commissar, my purpose is to accumulate grain, take advantage of such a good opportunity now, when the devils can't take care of us, reserve a large amount of grain, and strive to reserve the whole army that can be used for the previous year's food, and change it once a year, so that no matter if there is a catastrophe in the future, or the blockade of the devils, at least we will not go hungry, and we can even support the local people. I believe that as long as they do not go hungry, our fighters will not be afraid of devils. Liu Hua said excitedly, and the political commissar nodded again and again.

"No wonder your kid suddenly asked this question yesterday, I wanted to ask it yesterday, but I didn't have time, it turned out that you thought like this, but this is really a good way, which reminds me of what you did in Xiangxi at that time, no matter where you go, the first thing is to raise grain and grass. I was thinking, if you hadn't insisted on doing this despite the crowd, I really don't know what the Seventh Legion would have been like, and I firmly agree with this suggestion. The commissar was impressed.

"This is called the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." Liu Hua said jokingly.

"Brigade commander, the problem of food is solved, but the problem of the arsenal"

The political commissar was full of expectations when he thought of the arsenal that Liu Hua said, but the actual situation told him that this was an unattainable thing.

"Communicator, the map, it's the topographic map that the General Staff just drew today."

Soon, a hand-drawn map centered on Zhangjiazhuang was placed in front of the two of them, Liu Hua looked at the map and began to look for it, while the political commissar looked at his brigade commander for some reason.

"Found it, here, political commissar, you see that behind our Zhangjiazhuang is Woniu Mountain, but on the opposite side of Woniu Mountain, you see, it's here." Liu Hua's hand pointed to a place name.

"Jingcheng Coal Mine." The political commissar read silently.

"Yes, it's the Jingcheng Coal Mine, political commissar, you think, if the coal mine wants to mine coal, then it must have equipment, and if there is equipment, there must be skilled workers, I think as long as there are those skilled workers there, and all the equipment is transported back to the base area, they will definitely be able to assemble machine tools, maybe they will be able to produce bullets. As for the raw materials, we are guarding the Zhengtai Railway, how can we not forgive, you must know that those rails are the best steel! "L" yes, why didn't I think of it, it's really like this, brigade commander, this is really a good idea, whether it will succeed or not, if we take down the coal mine controlled by the devil, not only can we blow up the coal mine, but also liberate a lot of coal miners, you must know that those coal miners are the best soldiers, I think at the beginning, the first team led by the chairman was composed of coal miners. After listening to Liu Hua's explanation, the political commissar said happily.

"It's still the political commissar who thinks thoughtfully, I think it's very feasible, one surname solves a lot of our problems, or the political commissar thinks thoughtfully," Liu Hua said with a smile.

In this way, after another hour of discussion between the two, a document with the words "Arsenal Plan" was put away by the political commissar, and the Arsenal Plan was officially mentioned on the agenda of the Reading Brigade, and the final decision of the discussion between the two was that after a week, that is, after the three main regiments had all completed their tasks and returned to construction, in addition to leaving a certain number of troops to build the base areas that had been laid, all the remaining troops would be personally led by the brigade commander to lay down the Jingcheng Coal Mine, and all the things in the entire coal mine would be emptied. Of course, the reconnaissance mission in the early stage was still needed, and after the discussion was completed, the reconnaissance battalion company that had just rested set out again, with the purpose of reconnoitering all the situation in Jingcheng and finally waiting for the arrival of the main force.

Just after Liu Hua's political commissar and the two finished their discussion, Gao Yuan, the head of the second regiment, also came to his first destination, Xizhuang, according to a villager in Zhangjiazhuang who led the way for him, Gao Yuan had a full understanding of his first enemy. The landlord's nickname is Wang Mazi, and all the land in the periphery of Xizhuang is his, that is, almost all the people in Xizhuang are his tenants, and he is cunning and vicious, and he will force a lot of people to death when collecting rent every year, and the people of Xizhuang are miserable. Because Wang Mazi's son was originally a battalion commander in [***], and now he is a squadron leader in Guizi County, so he got a lot of weapons and ammunition for Wang Mazi. As he spoke, the villager's hand pointed at the light machine gun on the back of a machine gunner next to the plateau, as well as nearly 300 gunners, all of whom had guns, and even the bandits on Woniu Mountain did not dare to touch him.

Saying that, the face of the fellow was full of horror.

"Fellow, don't be afraid, this time we are here to eliminate Wang Mazi, a dog who recognizes the thief as his father, and to divide his property, you see, I brought so many troops today, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat the? Just wait and see the show! Gao Yuan patted the fellow on the shoulder and said comfortingly.

"By the way, fellow, do you know that those gunners are from there?" Gao Yuan asked with excitement on his face when he heard the 300-man gunner.

"Well, most of those gunners are the people of Xizhuang, because of the money Wang Mazi's rent, many people have sent their sons to the Wang family as gunners to pay off debts, after all, gunners can eat enough." The fellow said with a sympathetic face.

After listening to the words of the fellow, Gao Yuan was even more excited, and he was a recruit from two companies after simple training.

Immediately, with a few guards, put on the clothes of the common people, entered Xizhuang, and walked a long way until he saw a house with a single courtyard, the courtyard outside was four or five meters high, and the four captured turrets were built respectively, and the guns of several turrets revealed the muzzles of several light machine guns, and there seemed to be a marching passage on the wall.

"Comrade, I have seen that courtyard, I also went there when the wall was being built, the entire wall is more than a meter thick, and you can go up and down freely from it, it is said that Wang Mazi was built to prevent bandits." The fellow next to him hurriedly told the plateau next to him what he knew. Then Takahara looked at it for a while, counting the number of light machine guns and the intervals between patrols.

"Let's go, go back, and come back in the evening to observe." After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the hiding place of his troops. In this way, in the evening, Gao Yuan once again came to the periphery of the Wang family compound with several guards, recorded the interval between the patrol officers, and discussed with the political commissar Chen Daxiao for a while, then withdrew from Xizhuang and returned to the station.

(To be continued)