After having its own air force, the biggest advantage is that the concealment training has a very haode tester, around the reconnaissance of aircraft and the counter-reconnaissance of the ground forces, the Red Eighth Army's concealment marching ability has been reborn compared with before, so that Hu Weidong was able to disperse the Red 15th Army, which is now no less than 120,000 people, as a regiment and quickly advance towards the hinterland of Henan, while the high-level of the national army did not realize until the Red Army approached Luoyang, but all the people did not expect it, Hu Weidong's first target was not Luoyang, the largest city in western Henan, but the Gongxian Arsenal, one of the four major arsenals of the Republic of China

The reason why Hu Weidong chose it was because it was the only one of China's major arsenals during this period that could be seized and occupied for a long time, not to mention the Shenyang Arsenal, which was occupied by the Japanese, the Taiyuan Arsenal, the Hanyang Arsenal (Wuhan), the Jinling Arsenal, the Shanghai Arsenal, the Guangzhou Shijing Arsenal, the Liuzhou Bomb Factory (the lifeblood of the Gui system) and even the Sichuan Army's Liu Xiang Arsenal, all of which Hu Weidong was unable to snatch or could not reach; The second is that the Gongxian Arsenal is really blessed, and Hu Weidong feels sorry for himself if he doesn't grab this treasure land

On the production capacity of weapons and ammunition, the Gongxian Arsenal is the last among the four major arsenals of the Republic of China, but its research and development capabilities are the strongest. As evidence, the product category is also relatively complete, and it can manufacture a variety of guns and ammunition, including Makqin heavy machine guns, Zhongguan rifles, "flower organs", 150mm heavy mortars and other brand-name products, and the output of artillery shells is even more amazing, with a monthly output of 26,000 rounds of 75mm steel shells (Note 1) and 14,000 rounds of 105mm steel shells, which is more than double that of the largest Taiyuan Arsenal in the mainland in its heyday (but the Taiyuan Arsenal can make 75mm mountain guns and even 105mm howitzers. ）。 But the real best thing about the Gongxian Arsenal lies in its outstanding concealment and defense capabilities

In history, during the Anti-Japanese War, almost the entire territory of Henan fell, including Gongxian, but this arsenal miraculously did not fall into the hands of the Japanese, mainly because the path here is strange, if you walk from the ground, if you don't know the road, it is easy to get lost, and the Japanese thought that this arsenal had been blown up by their planes, so they didn't spend much effort to find it. However, what the Japanese army did not expect was that the large number of weapons and ammunition stored in the Gongxian Arsenal and the cadres and workers who remained were all safe and sound under the air raids of the Japanese army, and there was a large-scale fortification group built under the underground of the Gongxian Arsenal, and the tunnel alone was 10 kilometers long, and in addition to the warehouses where countless weapons and ammunition were stacked, there were also important facilities such as production workshops, offices, and live-fire shooting ranges for testing and correcting firearms, and the size of its internal space could be imagined

This huge network of underground fortifications, known as the "air-raid shelter", was ordered by Yuan Shikai to be built in order to keep it secret, but it inadvertently contributed to the Anti-Japanese War more than 20 years later, and then thought that the Gongxian Arsenal itself was also ordered by Yuan Shikai to build, Hu Weidong couldn't help but sigh, "In fact, if you only talk about the contribution to industrialization, Yuan Datou is much more than Lao Jiang"

Although the scale and construction quality are far inferior to the 816 underground nuclear project in the third-line construction, it is entirely possible to transform and expand on this basis to make it an underground military base that can withstand the air raids of Japanese planes and heavy artillery attacks in the field. If the Japanese army attacked from the ground, they might not be able to find a way, and even if they did, they would not be able to attack it without ten times the strength of the defenders in the face of the advanced permanent fortifications that surpassed the times. Moreover, Gongxian County and its surroundings are also rich in coal and iron and other mineral resources, some of which have been developed, so to speak, in China's land, Hu Weidong is really difficult to find a more haode base than here...,

With the current strength of the Red Eighth Army, even if the entire Henan National Army is assembled, it may not be its opponent, but if the Gongxian Arsenal cannot be received intact, Hu Weidong's wishful thinking will not work, so while finding the underground party to lead the way, regardless of the dissuasion of his subordinates, he personally led the special operations brigade, which has now been expanded to more than 1,500 people (including reserves), to disguise themselves as national troops, and easily passed through the county where a large number of national troops were stationed along the way, and soon came to Gongxian County, which is located in the hinterland of Henan.

Although the arsenal is extremely important, because it is located in the center of Henan and close to the two medium-sized cities of Luoyang and Zhengzhou, there are not many national troops stationed in Gongxian at this time. In fact, because the special operations brigade was already extremely skilled in disguise tactics, the regiment was disarmed in a daze without firing a single shot, and all of them became prisoners of the Red Army. Hu Weidong then used the captured commander of the National Army to deceive into the arsenal and disarmed the arsenal guard battalion in one fell swoop, and the underground party in the arsenal also responded en masse, so that the special operations brigade was soon successfully stationed in the Gongxian Arsenal. However, at this time, the underground party members reported to Hu Weidong with a nervous face that Mao Yike, the director of the arsenal, reacted quickly, and when he saw that the general trend had gone, he immediately rushed into the ammunition depot built underground with a few cronies, in case he impulsively detonated tens of thousands of shells inside

Hu Weidong, who has always been bold, couldn't help but sweat all over his body, he shook his hand and signaled Xu Chengji not to lead the team for the time being, so as not to stimulate the people below, and at the same time forcibly suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and patiently asked Li Zhanyuan, secretary of the party branch of the arsenal, about Mao Yike's personality likes and dislikes, hoping to find a breakthrough from it.

"It turned out to be an old angry young man and a jishu house, easy to deal with", Hu Weidong suddenly put his mind at ease, asked people to take out a "made in the border area" submachine gun and send it to the ammunition depot, and brought a sentence, "This is made under the condition of only simple equipment, how does it compare with your factory's flower machine?" ”

After a while, the man came back empty-handed, and brought back two words "good gun" to Hu Weidong, Hu Weidong was overjoyed, knowing that the other party was already itchy, and wanted to talk in more detail, but he was afraid that the person who passed the message would not be clear, so he simply asked for a pen and paper and wrote a paragraph, advising Mao Yi not to forget the righteousness because of personal kindness, Lao Jiang may not be unpatriotic, but his comprador position determines that he cannot attach importance to China's industry, especially the construction of heavy industry, if not, with the resources in Lao Chiang's hands, How can you engage in industry, it is better than Yan Xishan, which is only in Shanxi?

Note 1: At that time, mortar shells were all cast iron shells, so "steel shells" were actually the general term for shells used in mountain artillery, field artillery, cannon and other body-barreled artillery.