After inspecting the various parts of the semi-white rifle, Wang Haitao assembled the gun cleanly. Next, Wang Haitao also spot-checked a freshly produced rushing and sharp gun and a light machine gun. Wang Haitao is still quite satisfied with the guns produced, although in all respects they are inferior to the guns in the munitions warehouse and those shipped back from Germany, but the current conditions of the arsenal cannot be compared with the arsenals of Germany and later generations.

After inspecting the firearms, Wang Haitao said to Jonas with satisfaction: "Director Jonas, the quality of the guns produced in your arsenal is good, but what is the output?" Jonas was also very happy to be praised by Wang Haitao, and said excitedly: "The things produced in our arsenal will not be bad, and it is impossible to give poor products to the soldiers for use, which will harm the soldiers." However, if the product quality is good, there will not be too many products, and my gun workshop can produce 50 semi-automatic rifles, 30 rushing and front guns, and 10 light machine guns a day. ”

On the premise of ensuring quality, it is not easy to have such an output, and Wang Haitao can understand the difficulties encountered by Jonas. Wang Haitao still recognizes the effectiveness of Jonas and the workers' work. Coming out of the firearms production workshop, Jonas took Wang Haitao to inspect the artillery production workshop. In the artillery production workshop, there are not many workers in production.

These workers are producing a few 60 mortars, Wang Haitao stepped forward to watch for a while, Jonas said: "General Wang, now we can only produce an average of two mortars a day, mainly because the seamless steel pipe for making the barrel is too difficult to produce, and the artillery cannot be produced without seamless steel pipe." Wang Haitao also knew that the source of seamless steel pipes limited the production of artillery, and even the arsenal in Longzhou was also unable to produce artillery because of the serious shortage of seamless steel pipes.

Wang Haitao said to Jonas: "You can't be blamed for this, Director Jonas I know that you have done your best, and it is not your fault that there are no raw materials." Then Wang Haitao inspected the bullet production workshop, the artillery and ammunition production workshop, the grenade and ammunition production workshop, the fire and medicine production workshop, and finally came to the metal processing and processing workshop. In the metal processing and processing workshop, Wang Haitao saw two small steelmaking furnaces. This made Wang Haitao surprised.

Wang Haitao said to Jonas: "Director Jonas, I didn't expect you to even have a steel-making furnace, where did you get this good thing?" Without waiting for Jonas to speak, Tang Yisheng interjected and said: "Junzao, it's a long time to talk about these two steel-making furnaces, these two steel-making furnaces were originally from a steel factory in Zhenjiang City. The steel mill closed after Little Japan came in, and the owner fled to the mainland with his family.

Unfortunately, when he fled to Jurong, he encountered a group of deserters from the national army. This group of deserters not only wanted to rob the boss of his money, but also wanted to harm the boss's wife and daughter. The brothers of the reconnaissance battalion happened to be nearby to reconnoiter the enemy, and when they saw it, they killed the deserters, rescued the boss's family, and brought the boss's family back to the base.

When the boss saw that there was a factory at the base, he gave us two steel-making furnaces and a batch of steel in his steel mill in order to save his life. In order to be able to bring back the equipment from Zhenjiang, the independent regiment and the reconnaissance battalion all went out and fought a fierce battle between Zhenjiang and Little Japan, and more than 100 brothers were killed and wounded before the equipment was transported back to the base.

Tang Yisheng said it simply, but Wang Haitao understood how difficult it was to recapture the equipment from the city occupied by the Japanese army, and how much could happen in it. However, the sacrifice of the soldiers was worth it, and with these two steel-making furnaces, the arsenal was able to obtain a steady stream of raw materials through them, so as to ensure the production of guns and bullets.

Wang Haitao spent a morning inspecting the entire arsenal, which is the core of the Jurong base, and everything in the Jurong base is being done around this arsenal. Wang Haitao praised and encouraged the arsenal for persevering in such a difficult and arduous situation and continuously expanding its scale.

After encouraging Jonas, the German factory director, Wang Haitao left the arsenal. Later, accompanied by Tang Yisheng, he went to the base's arms warehouse. The arms warehouse is still the natural cave when he came last time, and when he entered the warehouse, Wang Haitao looked at the arms piled up in most of the warehouse, and smiled with satisfaction. Tang Yisheng brought the detailed account book of the arms in and out of the warehouse and handed it to Wang Haitao for inspection.

Wang Haitao opened the account book and took a look at it, in addition to the guns and bullets produced by the arsenal, in addition to the use of his own troops, he supported the New Fourth Army a lot, and the surrounding national army troops also bought some, and the largest amount out of the warehouse was the equipment of an entire regiment sent to the Chinese Communists, which Wang Haitao promised to support the Chinese Communists when he was in Yan'an.

At present, there are 8,400 semi-automatic rifles, 4,800 assault and front guns, 1,200 light machine guns, 460 heavy machine guns, 25,000 grenades and ammunition, 5.4 million rounds of ammunition of various types, 500 60 mortars, 300 82 mortars, 12 Japanese-made Type 92 infantry guns, and 8 Japanese-made 75-caliber mountain guns.

The guns and ammunition in the warehouse are the main purpose of Wang Haitao's personal visit to the Jurong base, but Wang Haitao can't take them all away at once, otherwise it will be too ugly. Therefore, Wang Haitao asked Tang Yisheng to help him prepare the standard weapons of the previous brigade, which he would take with him when he left. Tang Yisheng calculated that according to the standard of three regiments in the first brigade, the weapons in this warehouse had to be prepared for more than half of it.

However, Tang Yisheng understood that the military seat must have encountered difficulties in Longzhou City, otherwise he would not have traveled so far to the Jurong base to ask for weapons. This Jurong base was originally a military seat, and it was also appropriate for the military seat to ask for weapons and ammunition, so Tang Yisheng did not hesitate at all, and replied: "Yes, military seat! After answering, he began to prepare in the same way.

After dealing with the munitions, Wang Haitao spent three days inspecting the living quarters and the breeding and breeding areas behind the base. The valley in the living area has become a market town, and there are not only young people, but also old people and children. There is another road leading to Jurong City, but the road is not easy to follow, and it is under the strict supervision of the Independent Regiment.

The planting and breeding area is larger, not only growing grain, vegetables, melons and fruits, but also raising chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, cattle, sheep and other domestic animals. Individuals or families who plant and breed, in addition to handing over a certain percentage of the goods according to the regulations, the excess belongs to themselves, which also contributes to the existence of bazaars and processing plants. There are many family-run workshops here, and you can buy or make almost everyday items.

Seeing all this, Wang Haitao is also secretly gratified that the Chinese people's ability to adapt and survive is the strongest, as long as there is a land to survive, others can survive, and their lives are getting better and better. But only if there is no one to destroy. After seeing these two places, Wang Haitao was worried that there was such a large-scale base in the hinterland of the Japanese army, and that little Japan was not a fool, so it was impossible not to get a little rumor, and it was impossible for the living area and the planting and breeding areas to be completely isolated from the boundary.

Wang Haitao told Tang Yisheng about his worries, and Tang Yisheng replied: "Junzuo, these two districts are two villages in the Japanese army, and we have arranged for someone to dredge the puppet army captain in Jurong City. Wang Haitao said: "Yisheng, you still can't take the security of the two places lightly, it will definitely be related to the life and death of thousands of people." We must strengthen vigilance and establish effective prevention and backup measures!"

When Tang Yisheng heard Wang Haitao say this, he immediately said: "I understand the military seat, I will arrange it as soon as I go back." In fact, through secret observation in the past few days, Wang Haitao is still satisfied with the security measures of the base. According to Wang Haitao's judgment, as long as there are 2,000 people on each side of the hill to defend it, with the firepower of the independent regiment, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to capture the gate of the base even if a division comes up.

And in the base, the heavy artillery left behind at the beginning is still in the gun position, and these powerful heavy guns can block the mountain road within a few kilometers in front of the base gate. The hills on both sides of the base are even denser*, and there are strong fortifications built on the ridges. The Japanese garrison in Jurong City also had only one infantry brigade and one puppet army brigade, and they could not take the Jurong base with their strength.

After inspecting all the bases, Wang Haitao's original idea of withdrawing the entire base to Longzhou City completely changed. Now Wang Haitao understands that it is an impossible task to relocate such a large-scale base to Longzhou, which is 1 or 2,000 kilometers away, not to mention anything else, the relocation of more than 14,000 people alone cannot be completed, and there are still many elderly people and children among these 14,000 people.

If you don't plan to relocate, you must be prepared to defend and survive, so Wang Haitao thought about it for a day. Finally, after Wang Haitao had thought through the issue of the base, he informed Tang Yisheng to convene a meeting of the personnel of the base, and asked the main responsible persons of the base, the main responsible persons of logistics, the main responsible persons of the arsenal, and the officers of the army at and above the company level to attend the meeting.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Wang Haitao and Tang Yisheng, Jonas, Huang Guizhong, and Wang Rong, the main responsible persons in charge of the preparation were seated on the stage, and dozens of people attending the meeting were also present. Tang Yisheng presided over the meeting, and after introducing Wang Haitao, the supreme commander, to everyone, Tang Yisheng invited Wang Haitao to speak.

Wang Haitao walked to the microphone and said loudly: "All of you here are the grassroots backbone and leaders in all aspects of the base, the base can have such a scale today and your efforts and dedication are inseparable, I, Wang Haitao, as the top commander of the base, thank you for your hard work and dedication over the years, thank you for your enthusiasm and confidence in the base." ”