Yuanshi County, on the banks of the Heishui River. TapTapTap...... A hurried sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from a distance, and the sound grew louder and louder. Soon, a group of young knights in khaki cotton jackets appeared on the horizon, surrounded by a rather dignified middle-aged man in a fur coat. The man had a dark, dense beard on his lips, his left hand pressed against his waist, and his right hand did not hold a horsewhip, but he played with a swarthy pipe.

Lyric! The leading knight gently parted his horse's head, turned around and shouted: "Mr. He, there is Heishuihe Village in front, do you want to rest first?" ”

Mr. He waved his hand and said loudly: "No need, my body can still withstand it!" It's important to get to the village first, but don't let them take advantage of us. ”

The knights laughed and continued to gallop.

TapTapTap...... At the urging of Mr. He, everyone finally rushed to the entrance of Heishuihe Village. An extremely tall man wearing four gray military uniforms was already waiting at the entrance of the village with a platoon of soldiers, and when he saw the cavalry coming, he shouted from afar: "Is Mr. He here?" ”

The riders hurriedly answered, then slowed down and soon approached.

Mr. He grabbed the reins of the horse with one hand, picked up the pipe with the other, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Eldest son Luo, your life in Jinji and Luyu is good, and your face is shiny!" ”

Eldest son Luo wiped his face with his hand, and said with a smile: "I have only fought a few tooth sacrifices in the past few months, how can I compare to you, Mr. He!" I've heard that the noodles under your 120th division are all boiled in mutton soup! As soon as he finished speaking, the knights in their khaki padded jackets burst into laughter.

Mr. He smiled. Noncommittal, he picked up his pipe again and took a sip, comfortably spit out a smoke ring, and asked, "Mr. Nie, have they arrived?" ”

Eldest Son Luo hurriedly said, "Well, Elder Nie always arrived this morning. Mr. Peng, Chief of Staff Zuo, Division Commander Liu, and Political Commissar Deng came last night. Once you arrived, you are waiting for Mr. Lin and them now. He stretched out his hand again and said, "Mr. He, the village is windy, let's talk while walking!" ”

Mr. He nodded and said, "Okay!" So he jumped off his horse and handed the reins to his guard. The two groups of people formed a way and rushed towards the village together.

Eldest son Luo glanced behind Mr. He. See these cavalrymen all with ape arms and bee waists. With a sturdy figure, he couldn't help but say with some envy: "These are all recruits recruited by the boss in the northwest of Shanxi, they are really first-class good soldiers!" ”

Mr. He fluttered his pipe proudly and said with a smile: "That's it." I personally picked the soldiers. How could it be worse! Then he smashed his mouth and said, "Alas." It's a pity that the population base in the northwest of Shanxi is too thin, and only 30,000 people can be recruited when it is full! The weapons are just as bad, they can't compare to you! ”

Luo Changzi squinted his eyes and said, "No! I heard that Mr. He rolled up a brigade's equipment in Jizhong last time. Back in the northwest of Shanxi, several more patriotic gentry donated guns from three regiments. ”

Mr. He's face turned red, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "That's all in the past, our base area has expanded rapidly in the past few months, and we have to arm the militia, what can these guns do!" ”

Unlike Mr. He's vigorous complaints, the soldiers in gray military uniforms behind Luo's eldest son were very envious of the cavalry from the northwest of Jin. The big horses, the handsome fur hats, the shiny riding boots, and the long saber all made their eyes feel very hot. A little soldier secretly asked, "Comrade, do you have mutton to eat every day?" He sniffed as he spoke, as if he wanted to smell a little sheep's flesh.

The soldier in the khaki cotton jacket smiled and said, "Your chief coaxes you every day, where did you get so many sheep?" Sheep dung and eggs are pretty much the same! When the gray uniforms heard this, they also laughed.

Mr. He glared at the soldier and scolded, "Stone, have you forgotten the rules in the barracks again?" ”

Stone bowed his head in disagreement and hurriedly shrank back.

As soon as the team entered the village, there was a sudden commotion in front, and then a large group of cadres with four pockets came up. Eldest son Luo looked at it and said with a smile: "Yo, Mr. He, Mr. Peng, they welcome you!" ”

When Mr. He took a look, he saw that Mr. Peng, Chief of Staff Zuo, Division Commander Liu, Mr. Nie, and Political Commissar Deng were all there, and hurriedly said, "Hey, several CEOs, it's not too late for me to come!" ”

Mr. Peng raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, I'm just waiting for you and Lin Biao!" ”

Chief of Staff Zuo joked: "Mr. He will come two days late, and we will divide your share first!" ”

Mr. He smiled: "I'm afraid of suffering this loss, so I hurried overnight." I'm not afraid of your jokes, but my pants are worn out all the way. ”

Mr. Peng rarely joked back and said, "Well, it's really not easy for He Huzi to come all the way. In this way, let He Hu take off his pants and take a look, and make up a few rifles if there are a few holes. ”

Everyone laughed and bent down when they heard this, only Mr. He was still arguing: "How can a few rifles be enough, a hole top and a door cannon are about the same!" ”

After a while of jokes, everyone walked towards a compound. When settling the soldiers, Mr. Nie suddenly found that the soldiers from the northwest of Jin were all wearing earthy yellow cotton jackets, and he couldn't help but say with some surprise: "He Huzi, have you all changed into new clothes in the Jinsui Military Region?" ”

Historically, because of the difficult conditions, the Jinsui Military Region has not been able to solve the problem of being subdued for a long time. At the beginning, he received more than 10,000 sets of gray military uniforms allocated by the national government, and later obtained the blue-gray military uniforms of the Jin Suijun, and then there were various colors dyed with sulfur blue (boiled blue, also known as sulfur black) dye. It was not until after 1940 that the military uniforms were uniformly changed to yellow because cyan sulfide dye could not be purchased in enemy-occupied areas, and yellow dyes could only be extracted from plants such as locust seeds.

In this time and space, the Jinsui Military Region grew rapidly, coupled with more frequent battles and large material losses, so it was forced to embark on the road of self-dyeing cloth with locust seeds in advance. Of course, this is actually a good thing for the Jinsui Military Region.

Mr. He smiled: "You Jinchaji are ahead, we can't be too far behind, right?" He pointed to Mr. Nie's padded jacket and said, "Aren't you gray military uniforms, why did you make them yellow-green?" ”

In fact, Jin Chaji originally planned to engage in gray military uniforms, but the dyeing process has not been solved. Mr. Nie was forced to be helpless, so he had to mobilize the military and civilians in the whole base area to find a way together. Later, several women dyed cloth were found under the big locust tree on South Street in Fuping County. They heard that it was the soldiers who wanted to dye cloth to make uniforms. He took the initiative to offer the ancestral secret recipe: crush the locust flowers harvested in the spring, mix them with the dye and mix them thoroughly, so that the dyed cloth has a bright color and will never fade. They also taught them specific operating techniques in detail. After some hard work, the yellow-green cloth of the military uniform was finally dyed, and the troops were put on new clothes.

Of course, Mr. Nie had another explanation, he raised his head slightly and said, "Mr. He, this question is good!" Why do we choose yellow-green for our greens? Because yellow means that we are the descendants of the Yellow River and the backbone of the Chinese nation; Green is a symbol of evergreen life. ”

The crowd applauded, "Well said." You can say that again! The color is well chosen. The implication is better! ”

Only Mr. He glanced at him suspiciously, wondering if it was true? Seeing that Mr. Nie's face began to heat up, he turned away. When his gaze was removed, Mr. Nie thought with palpitations: It's dangerous, it's dangerous. This He beard. He almost saw the flaw! Hum. This is not the end of this matter, I have to ask for more supplies later!

Mr. Peng reached out and pinched a soldier's padded jacket and said approvingly: "Hmm." The fabric is good, the cotton is also very substantial, and it is a good military uniform! He asked again: "Can the soldiers of the entire Jinsui Military Region wear such uniforms?" ”

Mr. He said proudly: "Well, almost, there are some sheepskin jackets." ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd suddenly burst into bursts of exclamation.

Chief of Staff Zuo's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Mr. He, can you give a batch of sheepskin jackets to the headquarters to support?" On this cold day, the soldiers are standing guard and wearing good clothes! ”

Mr. He was embarrassed and said, "Well, I'm afraid this thing is not easy to do!" ”

Mr. Peng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's so bad?" Originally, it was a questioning tone, but it was hard to say from his mouth, quite a bit cold, no wonder the famous tiger general Liang Daya was frightened by his words.

Mr. He said with a bitter face: "Oh, Yan'an doesn't know how to know the Tao, saying that many comrades in the rear are old and frail, and there are still wounded who can't stand the cold, so let's transfer a batch of them." Mr. Peng, look, this? ”

Everyone can't help it when they hear it, they can't compete with Yan'an for supplies, right? Mr. Peng's cheeks were puffed out, and he was about to speak, but he didn't expect Mr. He to say again, saying: "However, it's not that there is no solution, as long as it ......."

Mr. Nie said: "Just give you an extra share of the materials this time, right!" As soon as I heard your tone, I knew what you wanted to do! ”

Everyone laughed.

Mr. Peng feigned anger and said: "Okay, you He beard, you actually blackmailed me, wait and see how I clean you up!" ”

Mr. He blushed and said, "How is this blackmail!" Give us more supplies, so that we can do the work of our comrades! ”

Chief of Staff Zuo smiled: "Mr. He, don't keep thinking about eating more and occupying more." Everyone is staring at this batch of supplies, who has more and who has less! ”

As he was talking, a correspondent hurriedly came to report and said, "Chief of Staff Zuo, Division Commander Lin is here!" ”

Everyone looked at each other in surprise and said in unison, "This is coming too fast!" So they went to the entrance of the village together to greet them, and before they had walked a few steps, Mr. Lin and his party had already arrived.

"Mr. Peng! Left Chief of Staff! Mr. He ...... "Mr. Lin jumped off the horse and shook hands with everyone one by one.

Mr. Peng said: "Lin Biao, the injury is good, right?" ”

Mr. Lin grinned and said, "It's good morning, I still fight on horseback, and I won't delay at all!" "In this time and space, because the 115th Division reinforced Linfen and did not garrison Luliang, Lin Biao was lucky to dodge a shot. Later, although he was also injured, he did not hurt his internal organs, and the medical information in Yan'an was stronger than in history, so he recovered after more than half a year. Now he is still the commander of the 115th Division, and led his troops to advance into Shandong.

Mr. He said: "Mr. Peng, since everyone is here, let's start distributing!" The sooner the troops are equipped the day, the sooner they are familiar with the equipment, and the sooner they can form their combat effectiveness. ”

At this point, several "leading brothers" all looked at Mr. Peng, and the scorching gaze made Mr. Peng a fierce general a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I have to wait for someone to come!" ”

Everyone wondered: "Who is this?" ”

Mr. He was puzzled: "Could it be that the New Fourth Army also has to share a share?" ”

Several other CEOs immediately objected: "How can this be done? This is the material of our Eighth Route Army, what do we do with the New Fourth Army? ”

"That's right! It doesn't make sense! ”

"Even if you have to give. It's too far to go! ”

"The little devil is looking at North China, and we are anxiously waiting to use it!"

Seeing that several CEOs instantly found a lot of reasons, Chief of Staff Zuo couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, a few CEOs, it's not the representative of the New Fourth Army, but the political commissar Cheng of Jizhong who is coming." ”

"Old Cheng?" Mr. He said curiously: "What is he doing here?" ”

Mr. Nie quipped: "Hey, He Huzi, what are you talking about?" We shouldn't have invited them to come and express our gratitude for such a gift! ”

Mr. He smiled: "It should, it should be!" Who would give so much equipment. It's just that you can live with me for ten or eight years. Lamb soup tube is enough! ”

Mr. Lin pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "I'm afraid that Political Commissar Cheng is here for another reason, right?" ”

Mr. Peng nodded and said, "Well, it is said that there is good news, but it is not clear in the telegram." You have to come in person. ”

Mr. Lin asked: "Something to do with materials?" ”

Mr. He's eyes lit up. said excitedly: "Will they not want this batch of supplies?" All to us? ”

Everyone said with disdain: "Greed is not enough! ”

Mr. He argued strongly: "Don't you want it for nothing? Don't be in vain! And we're not asking for nothing, we're here to fight devils. Let's fight from all sides, can we also reduce the pressure on Jizhong, right? ”

Everyone laughed and said: "Some time ago, the Japanese army besieged Jizhong. I haven't seen you relieve much pressure on others! ”

Mr. He blushed and said, "Then, isn't that the equipment bad, that's why we need to equip it!" ”

Mr. Peng waved his hand and said, "Don't make any noise!" Anyway, it won't be delayed for long, whatever the reason, it doesn't hurt if we wait. ”

Chief of Staff Zuo said: "Mr. Peng, let's not wait. We haven't been together for more than a year since we left last August. Why don't you take this opportunity to talk about military issues! ”

Everyone nodded their heads and said yes, so they first convened a military meeting, mainly to sum up the experience and lessons of the past year or so, and to discuss how to carry out the struggle and consolidate and develop the base areas in the future.

Mr. He said that the 120th Division's defense in the northwest of Shanxi Province was under great pressure, because the Japanese army had peeped into Hexi several times, where was Hexi? It's northern Shaanxi! It's Yan'an! Although the Japanese army only had one brigade or one wing for each attack, and the intensity of the attack was not large, it made the river defense troops very nervous. Therefore, Mr. He hopes to transfer a field artillery regiment to them in order to block the Japanese army from crossing the river and defend Yan'an at a critical moment.

Commander Nie said that the signs of the Japanese army's blockade of Jinchaji are becoming clearer, especially some of the newly built strongholds, which are built of reinforced concrete and are extremely strong. Their mountain artillery units could not bombard at all, and the troops failed to attack several times, and suffered a lot of losses, so they hoped to allocate more powerful artillery to them to break the enemy's blockade.

Division Commander Lin also talked about the difficulties of the 115th Division when it first entered Shandong, lacking rifles, machine guns, mortars, and ammunition, and there were only a few mountain artillery, let alone field artillery, heavy artillery, and cannons. However, the situation in Shandong is very complicated, and the enemy, China, stubborn, friends, bandits, and miscellaneous parties are in a state of flux, and if they cannot keep up with the equipment, they will not be able to open up the situation.

He also gave the example of a time when troops attacked a bandit who held a calf. Because of the dangerous terrain, the 115th Division specially sent a main regiment to attack with infantry artillery. But the firepower was insufficient, and it was not taken down for several days.

Division Commander Liu talked about the regularization of the troops, saying that the 129th Army is a pilot project for the whole army, and it is not easy to carry out this regularization, and it is to cross the river by feeling the stones. At present, the biggest problem is that the equipment is disorderly, and the most basic thing for the regular army is to have standard equipment, so that it can meet the needs of the troops in terms of logistics, management, and replenishment.

Political Commissar Deng immediately followed up, believing that absolute egalitarianism is unacceptable, and it is necessary to highlight the key points. How do you highlight the key points? He suggested that one by one, first do a good job in the pilot work of the 129th Division, and when there is experience and achievements, it is not too late to promote it!

Mr. Peng suddenly frowned, his cheeks puffed out, and he glared and said, "Why do you always feel that something is wrong, do you still want to discuss military issues!" ”

Chief of Staff Zuo hurriedly smiled: "Forget it, boss!" It's my negligence, and everyone is probably not in the mood to summarize anything at this time, so let's discuss the distribution of materials first! If there is any new situation on Lao Cheng's side, it will not be too late to adjust it when the time comes! ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "Okay, good! ”

Mr. Peng was helpless, so he had to say: "Okay, since the comrades have asked for discussion, we will discuss it first." Zuo Quan, you send the list of supplies to everyone to see. ”

The left chief of staff nodded and said, "Okay!" So he brought a stack of papers from the secretary, all of which were mimeographed lists of weapons, and a copy of them from the CEOs and several important officials at the headquarters.

The items to be distributed are as follows:

2000 9-mm barge guns

9 mm MP28 submachine gun 2000 pieces

30,000 horse four-ring rifles

Czech ZB30 light machine guns 2000 units

Czech ZB37 heavy machine guns, 300 pieces

54 Austrian 47-mm anti-aircraft guns

24 Swiss Surotong 20-mm anti-aircraft guns

The German-made 1913 75mm mountain gun (the performance is equivalent to the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun, equipped with a battalion level) 54 pieces

In 1908, there were 36 Krupp 75mm mountain guns (the performance is equivalent to the Japanese Type 41 mountain guns, equipped with regimental level).

Krupp 1903 75mm field guns (performance equivalent to the Japanese Type 38 field guns, equipped with division level) 72

FK16 75 mm field guns (the performance is equivalent to the Japanese Type 90 field guns, equipped with army level) 12 pieces

In 1916, 12 105mm light field howitzers (the performance was equivalent to the Japanese Type 91 field howitzer, equipped with the army level).

In addition, all kinds of individual equipment, maintenance equipment, auxiliary materials, spare barrels and other spare parts, as well as a number of ammunition.

Mr. He took it and said strangely: "Why are the shell guns this time all big red nine?" In order to avoid misuse of bullets, 9 mm barge guns are engraved with a red number 9 on the handle, so this pistol was called "Da Hong Jiu" at that time.

The left chief of staff explained: "It is to be used with submachine guns, because there are really not enough 7.63 mm submachine guns." ”

Mr. He sighed, and suddenly saw Commander Nie shaking the piece of paper excitedly and said, "There are 30,000 rifles?" Didn't you say that there was only one army of equipment? ”

At that time, the national army was about 30,000 per army, and basically half of the troops were armed with rifles, so there were only 15,000 or 6,000 rifles in an army. 30,000 rifles was definitely quite an unexpected surprise.

Mr. Peng said: "Oh, this is equipped with 50,000 people per army according to the three-three system, and considering the attrition, there is a surplus of all kinds of light weapons. ”

Several bosses glanced at each other, and a few invisible gazes quickly sparked in the air. The further back you looked, the heavier everyone's breath became, and the eyes of each other became more and more sharp, as if they wanted to scare each other away.

Seeing that the atmosphere was too tense, Chief of Staff Zuo smiled and said, "Don't be so serious, everyone!" Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, several "leading brothers" in the room stared at them together, and the chief of staff of the left hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Hehe, I'll just talk about it, you continue, you continue!" (To be continued......)

PS: An hour earlier than yesterday, Khan, strive for another hour tomorrow! Oh, I almost forgot, thank you very much Pei Bin for the two monthly tickets, and I also want to express my gratitude to all the friends who supported this book!