Now that Wang Haitao wants to increase the number of artillery, he can only count on his own arsenal, so Wang Haitao immediately came to the Longzhou Arsenal. After opening up the freight route from Saigon port in Vietnam to Long Chau port, various metal raw materials shipped from the United States can continue to be transported to the arsenal. On the premise that the raw materials were guaranteed, the Longzhou Arsenal resumed full operation, and even the production of imitation German-made 75-caliber field guns was resumed.

Therefore, after Wang Haitao arrived at the arsenal, what he saw was a busy production scene. Knowing that Wang Haitao was coming, the factory director Rolf hurriedly greeted him. The current Rolf is no longer what he was when he first arrived in Longzhou, wearing a neat suit and looking like a successful person. Seeing Wang Haitao, Rolf gave Wang Haitao a warm hug, and then made a cold noise for a while, leading Wang Haitao to the office.

Sitting down in the office, Wang Haitao asked Rolf directly about the production of the factory, especially the production of artillery. Rolf first reported on the production and stocks of various guns and ammunition, and finally talked about the production of artillery. After the resumption of the production of imitation German 75-caliber field guns, it is now possible to produce ten field guns per month and one base number of shells for each gun at full capacity.

To tell the truth, Wang Haitao is very satisfied with all aspects of the Longzhou Arsenal, in China, a relatively backward country, it is extremely difficult to have such a scale of an arsenal, thanks to Wang Haitao went to the United States and Germany, and in the United States to implement raw materials, in Germany to establish a good relationship with Krupp.

However, the monthly output of ten field guns still did not satisfy Wang Haitao, and Wang Haitao put forward a request to Rolf for a monthly output of thirty field guns. This request startled Rolf, who shouted to Wang Haitao: "Oh, General Wang, the current Longzhou Arsenal cannot fulfill this request! Even if the scale is expanded now, it will have to reduce the production of other weapons." You must know that there are so many skilled workers, and they can't be allowed to work overtime for a long time. ”

Wang Haitao naturally knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, but strengthening the attack capability of the front-line troops was the top priority now. After consulting and discussing with the director of the factory for a long time, Wang Haitao made the decision to once again expand the production scale of the Longzhou Arsenal, recruit more workers, reduce the monthly output of mortars, and concentrate the skilled workers and technicians who produce mortars on the artillery production line.

Even so, the director of the Rolf factory did not dare to say that he would be able to complete the task of producing 30 field guns per month immediately, but only promised Wang Haitao that he would gradually increase the monthly output of field artillery. Wang Haitao also expressed his understanding and agreement with this. After going to the arsenal, Wang Haitao has a bottom in his heart, and what he needs to do now is to set up the field artillery battalions of each regiment as soon as possible, and the number of field artillery is not enough, so he uses the existing artillery to train first, and the artillery can be trained first, and only with artillery can it play a role.

After the data came up, Wang Haitao found a problem, patronizing the war, when the 90th Division was established, the establishment of each regiment had been disrupted, and now the four divisions of the 90th Army, except for the 210th Division, which is a mechanized division, and the weapons and equipment and the troops directly under the division have special characteristics, the other three divisions, including the newly established 211th Division, are not unified in establishment and equipment.

Although this situation is not chaotic, it is not a phenomenon that a strong army should have. Wang Haitao faced the various statistics of the 90th Army, thought about it for a day, and drew up various standards for the 90th Division, the 93rd Division, and the 211th Division. With this standard, Wang Haitao first passed the gas with Su Zuxin, Tang Renxin, Zhao Zhongwu and others, and then held a meeting of officers above the army level.

At the meeting, Wang Haitao first affirmed everyone's previous performance and ability, and then announced the standards of each unit. The 210th Division is different from the other three divisions, as a mechanized division, its armored regiment, heavy artillery regiment, and transport regiment must exist, especially its heavy artillery regiment, which uses all German-made large-caliber heavy artillery, and the number is not bad.

In addition, the cannon artillery regiment of the heavy artillery brigade of the former army was transferred out of the heavy artillery brigade and assigned to three divisions, and together with the 85 mm caliber cannons originally assigned to the three divisions, each of the three divisions had 36 cannons, so that each division could set up a divisional cannon regiment. Then, starting from the company level, each division was subordinate to a heavy firepower platoon, a battalion was a heavy firepower company, and a regimental heavy firepower battalion was retained, and the heavy firepower battalion was equipped with four 60 mortars and one recoilless gun; the heavy firepower company was equipped with 12 82 mortars and 2 recoilless guns; and the heavy firepower battalion was equipped with 16 100 mortars, four recoilless guns, and four 40 rocket launchers.

Each regiment set up a separate field artillery battalion, equipped with 18 German-made 75-caliber field guns and 18 120-heavy mortars. Each brigade formed a separate anti-aircraft battalion with ten 37-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Now the German-made 75 caliber field guns are being made by the Arsenal

Intensify production, and as soon as it is produced, it will be distributed to the troops. At the same time, Wang Haitao asked all regiments to first organize field artillery battalions and mobilize 50 field artillery pieces of the 210th Division for advanced training.

As soon as the meeting ended, the various units went into action. Each unit inspects its ranks according to the newly announced armament, and all surplus weapons are handed over to the Logistics Office, and those that are insufficient are also reissued by the Logistics Service. There is not much difference between the three infantry divisions in terms of weaponry, and the level of combat effectiveness must be determined by the quality of the individual soldiers and the overall coordination.

A few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and the time has reached the end of 39. In the past few months, the Japanese army has not launched any large-scale offensive, and in the areas they occupy, ** and the Kuomintang have armed forces behind enemy lines, and the endless sabotage, resistance and other actions have exhausted the Japanese army. In desperation, the Japanese army once again formed 10 three-wing garrison divisions into the Japanese-occupied areas of China to strengthen their control over the Japanese-occupied areas.

After several Gui army divisions returned to Guangxi for repairs, the Guangxi military government came out to buy a large number of weapons and ammunition from Wang Haitao's Longzhou Arsenal, and Wang Haitao not only satisfied them as much as possible, but also sold a lot of penicillin, a special drug, to the Gui army. This life-saving medicine was immediately welcomed by the Gui army. The curative effect of penicillin also made the military commanders report to Dai Li, Chongqing, which attracted great attention from Chongqing.

In mid-December 39, Wang Haitao received a telegram from the Chongqing Military and Political Department, which said that the Military and Political Affairs Department would send Lieutenant General Wang E, attached to the Logistics Headquarters, to Longzhou to inspect the situation of the field hospital of the 90th Army. Wang Haitao, who received the telegram, first wondered how the 90th Army was self-sufficient in everything and never dealt with the logistics headquarters of the Ministry of Military Affairs. After thinking about it carefully, it is estimated that this person's visit is eighty percent related to penicillin, a special drug.

A week later, Wang E and his entourage arrived in Longzhou County, and when Wang Haitao greeted them, he saw an old acquaintance, Mao Renfeng, the head of the Wuhan Station of the Military Command Bureau. After some commotion, Wang Haitao led the group to the conference room of the military headquarters of the 90th Army. During the conversation, Wang Haitao discovered that although Wang E was attached to the Logistics Command and had come to inspect the field hospital of the 90 th Army, he showed a strong interest in the heavy artillery brigade of the 90 th Army. This made Wang Haitao a little confused.

The conversation lasted for two hours, but Wang Haitao still didn't know the meaning of these people, which made Wang Haitao's suspicion a little bigger. In the evening, of course, Wang Haitao wanted to set up a banquet to entertain the visitors, Su Zuxin, Tang Renli, Tang Renxin, Zhao Zhongwu and four division commanders in the 90th Army all came to sit and accompany, Wang Haitao set up three tables of wine in Guangfu Building, everyone talked about the wine, and the atmosphere was very good.

When the wine was half-baked, Wang Haitao took the opportunity to relieve himself and pulled Mao Renfeng out. Wang Haitao asked Mao Renfeng: "Stationmaster Mao, we are old acquaintances, this time you can come to my small Longzhou County in person, there must be something important, can you tell me a little bit about my brother, brother, I will write down the favor of my brother." ”

Mao Renfeng had just been transferred from the head of Wuhan Station to the captain of the special task force, and it was when he was reused by Dai Li, and before coming to Longzhou County this time, Dai Li personally instructed himself to have a good relationship with this General Wang Haitao, and not to offend this person easily. With Dai Li's instructions, and there was no secret mission to come this time, Mao Renfeng happily did this favor.

Mao Renfeng smiled and replied: "General Wang won't tell you anything, we came this time for the penicillin produced by the Longzhou Pharmaceutical Factory. Although I don't know how this special medicine king general got the formula to produce, I know its value and function. He said that this strategically important medicine must be in the hands of the government, but General Wang is different from others, and this time we have come to discuss this matter with General Wang. Let me tell you, this incident has already alarmed Chairman Chiang. ”

Mao Renfeng's answer made Wang Haitao feel at ease, but Wang Haitao still didn't understand, so he asked again: "That stationmaster Mao, how can this general Wang E in my opinion be very interested in the heavy artillery brigade of my 90th Army......?" This General Wang E used to be an artillery instructor at the Central Military Academy, and he has always had a soft spot for artillery, and he has also been famous for your army's artillery for a long time. ”

Now Wang Haitao understood everything, and after thanking Mao Renfeng, Wang Haitao, who had made up his mind, returned to the wine table and socialized with the general Wang E and the people who came. These people came to ask Wang Haitao for this time, and Wang Haitao didn't know what to do, and treated them as ministers, so the atmosphere at the wine table was warm, and everyone talked happily. After a happy banquet, Wang Haitao asked his subordinates to escort the group to rest, and called these people from the 90th Army together.