There is a grandmother temple in the southern suburbs of Lixian County, with a long history, and I don't know which fairy grandmother is offered to the road, and the incense is quite prosperous. The area around the temple is relatively empty and there are no other houses, which is convenient for secrecy, so the location of receiving materials this time was chosen here. The materials will be concentrated here and then diverted, so as not to attract the attention of the Japanese puppet agents.

Based on the distance, it is estimated that the convoy transporting the supplies will not arrive until about the afternoon. However, Zheng Weiguo and the others waited anxiously, and after lunch, they rushed to the grandmother's temple early to wait. Including Professor Yang, they all looked forward to it, and they couldn't wait to see through the autumn water. Of course, it is no wonder that they are anxious, mainly because the materials in the base area are too scarce.

Originally, the supply of materials for the 97th Army was still very sufficient, but the losses in successive battles were very large, especially in some battles, not only were not captured, but also a large amount of guns and ammunition were consumed.

This is true for the main forces, and the situation in the sub-districts is even worse. Some of the old units are fine, but the newly recruited soldiers can't even shoot each man, and there is no guarantee of live-fire training. It's a very dangerous thing to do.

Just as he was waiting, a messenger came running to report and said, "Report to the commander, the cavalry company has been connected with the large convoy transporting supplies. They estimated that they would arrive in an hour. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay, I know the way, let's go!" ”

Professor Yang asked with some excitement, "How many big cars are there in this big fleet?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou replied: "According to the report of the first division, there are a total of fifty-five vehicles. Fifty of the carts were loaded with munitions. The other five were personal belongings of the accompanying German specialists. ”

Political Commissar Cheng said in surprise: "There are so many arms? Didn't the commander say before that there were very few supplies? ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said: "It's really not much, don't look at the fifty carts, in fact, each cart only carries a little more than a ton, and the total amount of materials is only about sixty tons, which is only equivalent to a train wagon." ”

Political Commissar Cheng said happily: "Sixty tons is not a lot!" ”

"Yes, it's a lot! We never got so much when we were in Jinchaji. ”

"yes, quite a lot, quite a lot. If it is in the Taihang Mountains, it will be enough for a military subdivision to fight guerrilla warfare for several years. ”

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Chief of Staff Zhou said: "It's a pity that Chief Li Zongren stopped him and slaughtered him. Otherwise, there would be one hundred and twenty tons. ”

Political Commissar Cheng heard that it was half of it all at once. The flesh hurt, and said angrily: "There is still such a thing? Isn't this a roadblock? Can you find a way to get it back? Vice Chairman Zhou is in Wuhan right now, why don't you ask him to come forward and think of a way? ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head with a smile and said helplessly: "The battle of Wuhan is fierce. The supplies have long been divided among the troops. How is it possible to get it back? Besides, Chief Li didn't ask for it in vain. He helped us get a batch of military machinery, which was not shipped over in southern Hebei. "That batch of machinery is relatively large, so Zheng Weiguo plans to send it to the arsenal on Taihang Mountain. It was not transported to Jizhong.

Political Commissar Cheng nodded a little unwillingly, and said regretfully: "It's a pity! It's sixty tons, and even the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army hasn't fished a few times for such a good thing. ”

Historically, the Eighth Route Army has received three "big orders". The first time was during the Battle of Taiyuan, General Fu Zuoyi saw that Taiyuan was about to fall, and was worried that the materials would be plundered by the Japanese army, so he asked Zhou Gong to find a way to empty the warehouses around Taiyuan. This little thing is naturally difficult for his old man, so he immediately mobilized the people to carry it, and picked up a big bargain for nothing.

The second time was a large-scale attack by the Japanese army in Jinnan, and Wei Lihuang led his troops to resist and finally failed, so he ordered the "transfer" of the national army arms in Linfen and other places to the Eighth Road. Commander-in-Chief Zhu had only two companies around him at that time, but he was stunned to move all the supplies in front of the Japanese army.

The third time was when Wei Lihuang went to Yan'an to visit Commander Lin, who was recuperating from his wounds, and was deeply moved and ordered to replenish the Eighth Route Army with 1 million rounds of ammunition, as well as an unknown number of other military supplies.

Zheng Weiguo was naturally clear about these circumstances, so he joked: "How many times have you fished it out, you didn't open foreign meat when you were in Jinchaji?" ”

Political Commissar Cheng shook his head with a wry smile and said, "What about foreign meat, let me tell you the truth, since the division of the 115th Division, the total supply of the entire Jinchaji has not exceeded fifty carts. ”

Director Wang said even more pitifully: "How can the superiors have anything to add? Which battle didn't depend on us to capture it ourselves? It's not good, it's just waiting for the rice to go to the pot! ”

Zheng Weiguo said in surprise: "Is it so serious? "It's not surprising that history is so difficult, Nie Shuai wrote to Yan'an back then, saying that it was a miserable (interested students can take a look). But Zheng Huzi has issued a lot of benefits after crossing, why are the materials still so tight?

Political Commissar Cheng explained: "At present, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is focusing on the development of plain areas, and most of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei areas are mountainous areas, so the share will naturally be less. ”

In fact, there is another reason, that is, the expansion of the army is too fast. The more weapons Zheng Huzi helped to get, the faster the Eight Roads developed. You dare to pull as many people as you have as many guns, so no matter how much you replenish, you still lack weapons.

Zheng Weiguo nodded, thinking that this was the case, but after thinking about it again, he suddenly found that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What about us?" Jizhong is also a plain, how much share can you get? ”

Political Commissar Cheng smiled and said, "No! ”

When Chief of Staff Zhou heard this, he hurriedly blinked his eyes and said, "This can be had!" ”

Professor Yang also said fairly: "Yes, there should be, treat everyone equally!" ”

Political Commissar Cheng spread his hands and said with a smile: "It's not a secret, Commander Nie gave me a pass when I came, and the share in Jizhong will be returned to Jinchaji in the future." Otherwise, why would you give such a big piece of fat in Jizhong to the 97th Army? ”

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but roll his eyes, and finally understood what was going on. However, it is right to insist on consolidating the mountainous areas, after all, the plains are easy to attack and difficult to defend, and sooner or later they will fall. Even in Jizhong, Zheng Weiguo is not completely sure to hold on.

Professor Yang suddenly remembered something and asked, "Isn't the Jinchaji Military Region planning to make a move in eastern Hebei?" When are you ready to get your hands on it? ”

Political Commissar Cheng said: "I haven't decided when I leave!" There is still controversy about how to get it. He glanced at Zheng Weiguo. "I heard that the commander was against this?" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Not bad!" Eastern Hebei was in the central area of Japanese rule, and the Great Wall, the sea, and the Beijing-Tianjin railway blocked it impenetrable. Such terrain is a dead land militarily, and it is difficult for large forces to develop. ”

Political Commissar Cheng's face gradually became solemn, and he said: "Yes, Commander Nie also has concerns about this, worried that the rebellion will be suppressed by the Japanese army. There will definitely be a price to be paid for resisting Japan, but if the losses are too great, it may hit the confidence of our anti-Japanese army and people. ”

Zheng Weiguo is not worried about this, after all, the insurrection has been successful in history. And the results are amazing. He thought about it for a moment. "With the current situation, there should be no problem with the riots. The point is what to do after the riots? ”

Political Commissar Cheng smiled: "As long as there is no problem with the riot, the matter is half the success." Commander, you may not know what to do. There are a lot of guns among the people in eastern Hebei. According to incomplete statistics, there are at least 200,000 rifles. ”

Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Zhou said in unison: "There are so many! ”

Commissar Cheng nodded. He replied affirmatively: "This is still registered, and if you count the ones that are secretly hidden by each family, I am afraid that it will have to be doubled." ”

Zheng Weiguoqi said: "Registered? Is it difficult for the local government to do statistics? ”

Commissar Cheng smiled: "Otherwise, where did the data come from?" ”

It turned out that the local bandits in eastern Hebei were serious. Each village has a self-defense force, several villages or a dozen villages have joint militia groups, and districts have self-defense regiments, security regiments, and other militia organizations at all levels. These armed forces belonged to the villagers themselves, nominally belonging to the Japanese puppet government, but in fact they were very independent.

In addition, there are a large number of mining areas in eastern Hebei with Kailuan Coal Mine as the core and representative. Most of these mines belonged to the British, and some fell into the hands of the Japanese puppet authorities. The mining area itself has a mine protection team formed by the capitalists, and there are also workers' armed forces organized by underground party organizations. In short, there are a lot of guns and ammunition, and as long as they are occupied, they will not worry about development.

Zheng Weiguo said: "Well, this is indeed a unique condition, and it is a pity not to take advantage of it." ”

Political Commissar Cheng said: "Yes, that's why the Northern Bureau asked the underground party in eastern Hebei to step up preparations, and plan to give the devil a center to blossom, haluha!" Now that the attention of the Japanese invaders is all focused on Wuhan, the strength of the defenders in Jizhong has been greatly weakened, and it is the best time to start. Once this opportunity is missed, it will be difficult to launch it in the future. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded, thinking that the Jidong Rebellion seemed to be inevitable, but how to save the tragedy later? He thought about it for a while, but the matter was too complicated, and the disparity between the strength of the enemy and the enemy was huge, so he really couldn't think of any good way.

Just as he was having a headache, the cavalry messenger came again to report that the convoy was already a mile away. Political Commissar Cheng said excitedly: "Let's go, let's go and greet each other!" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Okay! ”

Walking out of the temple gate, a long queue composed of horse-drawn carriages greeted me, and more than 50 large carts were connected end to end, and they were discharged far away.

The car is piled with large and small wooden boxes, and the outside is wrapped in oilcloth, which looks quite spectacular. The eyes of the crowd lit up, and they whispered one by one, and closed their mouths with joy, eager to jump into the carriage and open the shed to see what was going on.

A cadre of the Eighth Route Army trotted over and saluted: "Commander Zheng, Deputy Commander Cheng!" Zhang De'an, commander of the first battalion of the Southern Hebei Independent Regiment, was ordered to escort the supplies and personnel, and all of them have arrived safely at present, without any losses, please instruct! ”

Zheng Weiguo saluted back and said happily: "Well done, I will ask Commander Chen of Southern Hebei for credit." Battalion Commander Zhang, you have worked hard all the way, let's go rest first! Pillars, you go and entertain! ”

Battalion Commander Zhang and the others left happily, and when they were on the road, they talked about it: I have heard that the food in Jizhong is good, and this time we must take a good look. Go back and tell your comrades-in-arms about it, starving those guys.

After the handover, more than a dozen Germans came over and demanded the top commander of the 97th Army in front of them. Zheng Weiguo said enthusiastically: "I am Zheng Weiguo, commander of the 97th Army, and welcome to you. ”

A leading German stepped forward to salute and introduced himself: "Mr. Lieutenant General, I am Major Anderson, and I have been ordered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Government to hand over the supplies to you, and I ask you to receive them." As he spoke, he handed Zheng Weiguo a list of supplies, and explained that the ones marked on it with a red pen were all requisitioned by the Nationalist Government on the way.

Zheng Weiguo took a look, and sure enough, the total amount of supplies was reduced by half, and only half of the original two wagons were left, and there were only a few good things, such as the MG34 general-purpose machine gun, but at the same time, all the submachine guns were basically retained.

As mentioned above, it was difficult for submachine guns to pose a threat to the Japanese army, so the flower machine that shone in the civil war suddenly disappeared during the War of Resistance against Japan. With the exception of some high-ranking generals' guards, the main forces almost completely abandoned this weapon.

The key problem lies in accuracy and range, if you can't fight at a distance, and if you can't fight at a distance, if you can't fight at a distance, then you can't fight this battle. Of course, if the national army has more advanced submachine guns similar to MP38, MP42, Suomi, American-made Thomson, M3 butter gun, Bobosha submachine gun, etc., it can still make some trouble for the Japanese army, but the MP18/28 flower machine is obviously not among them.

In addition to design problems, this batch of submachine guns had a big problem - the caliber was not coordinated. In China, the Mauser 7.63 mm bullet is most commonly used for submachine guns and pistols, but the 9 mm balabam bullet used in this batch of German-made submachine guns is a rare name.

Chief of Staff Zhou leaned over to take a look at it, and said with a wry smile: "Chief Li Zongren is really a person who knows the goods!" ”

Zheng Weiguo also smiled bitterly and was speechless, who let the traffic be controlled by others? cannibalism leftover, and you have to thank others for their mercy and not killing them all.

Although there were some unpleasantness, it was still very exciting overall. Not to mention anything else, just the more than one million rounds of ammunition (taking 79 caliber heavy pointed bullets as an example, one bullet is about 30 grams, a large cart can transport about 30,000 rounds, and 30 carts have a million rounds of ammunition) can make everyone's faces smile.

In addition, there are some small machinery in the supplies. It is not possible to make weapons with these equipment, but it can be easily repaired and maintained, which is undoubtedly very useful things.

Major Anderson and the other soldiers finished unpacking and inspecting, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lieutenant General, are you still satisfied with this batch of supplies?" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said with a smile: "Very good!" Major Anderson, I think this is a very perfect start, and hopefully our cooperation will get better and better. ”

Major Anderson also smiled and said, "So, Mr. Lieutenant General, is it time for you to fulfill the next step of the agreement?" ”

Zheng Weiguo pretended to be puzzled, and said with a confused face: "What are you referring to?" ”

Anderson's face sank, and he said, "Of course it's penicillin, Your Excellency, you don't plan to break the contract, do you?" (To be continued......)

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