The car stopped when it approached Tang Yisheng and the others, and as soon as it stopped, Wang Haitao stepped out of the cab. Seeing Wang Haitao get out of the car, Tang Yisheng and the others, who were waiting for him, hurriedly took a few steps forward. Wang Haitao took the initiative to stretch out his right hand to Tang Yisheng, who was walking in the front, and said: "Yisheng, it's really hard for you to be trapped in the base in the past few years!"

Tang Yisheng also hurriedly stretched out his hands, held Wang Haitao's right hand tightly, and said at the same time: "Military seat, don't work hard, don't work hard, these are what we should do." After shaking hands with Tang Yisheng, as soon as Tang Yisheng got out of the way, Huang Guizhong, who was wearing a colonel uniform, strode forward and saluted, and shouted at the same time: "The military seat is good! Huang Guizhong, the head of the independent regiment of Jurong Base, has seen the military seat!"

Wang Haitao returned a military salute with a smile and said: "Yes, you are the commander of the independent regiment who has done a good job, but I have heard that your independent regiment has grown to six or seven thousand people, and you have caught up with a brigade, and your contribution is not small." Huang Guizhong was not good at words, but blushed and smiled: "Thank you for the compliment, this is a matter within the lowly position, and the lowly position does not dare to take credit." ”

Next it was the turn of Jonas, the director of the arsenal, Jonas directly opened his arms and gave Wang Haitao a hug, and then said: "Dear Wang, have you forgotten me, it has been a few years before you remembered to visit me as a friend." Wang Haitao replied with a smile: "Dear Joe, how could I forget your good friend? Haven't you been fighting with Little Japan, no, I will come to see you as soon as I have time, I have been walking for more than a month." ”

After chatting with the three of them, the people behind them also stepped forward to meet Wang Haitao, including Wang Rong, the commander of the base guard battalion, Wang Lili, the deputy commander of the independent regiment, and several battalion commanders, as well as several technicians from the arsenal. Everyone had met each other, including Wei Changxing and Feng Zisheng, and those who didn't know each other introduced each other, and soon became familiar with each other.

When Wang Haitao led the team into the base, the soldiers who lined up to greet each other at the base saluted at the same time and shouted in unison: "Good military seat!" Wang Haitao also raised his hand to salute in return. The soldiers who came with Wang Haitao also lined up under the leadership of Feng Zisheng and Wei Changxing, and followed Wang Haitao into the base. The base Mengyi didn't seem to have changed much, but the careful Wang Haitao still saw the difference.

It is said that there are no less than 7 or 8,000 soldiers in the current Jurong base alone, and if you add logistics support personnel, staff, and workers in the arsenal, how can it exceed 10,000. 10,000 people live in the base, which should have been overcrowded a long time ago, but although there are quite a lot of people in the base that Wang Haitao saw, it is far from overcrowded.

Tang Yisheng had already led Wang Haitao to the door of the base's big canteen at this time, and this canteen was not there when Wang Haitao came last time. Wang Haitao took a closer look, this canteen was actually built after hollowing out the mountain, it is a big cave, but the cave is well repaired, not only the top and four walls are made of cement, but also the load-bearing pillars support the top, and the inside is connected to water and electricity.

The canteen is not small, with rows of wooden tables and wooden benches, and it looks like it should be able to accommodate two or three thousand people at the same time. Now there are a few square tables in the innermost part, and there are already food and drinks on the table. Tang Yisheng said: "Junzuo came all the way, and he must not have eaten yet, so I asked my subordinates to arrange dinner for Junzao and the brothers who came with him. ”

Up to now, Wang Haitao is really a little hungry, plus he has gone over the mountains and mountains in the past few days, and he has eaten dry food along the way, so he is not hypocritical at this time, and said with a smile: "Okay, Yisheng is still thoughtful, I'm really a little hungry." With that, he walked over to a table and sat down. The soldiers who came with Wang Haitao were also led to the canteen, except for Wei Changxing and Feng Zisheng, who were invited to sit down at the square table, and the other officers and soldiers consciously sat down along the long table.

At Wang Haitao's table, Tang Yisheng, Huang Guizhong, Jonas, as well as the two directors of the arsenal and Tang Yisheng's two deputies accompanied Wang Haitao, while the officers, including Wang Lili, deputy head of the independent regiment, and Wang Rong, commander of the reconnaissance battalion, accompanied Wei Changxing and Feng Zisheng. The fighters were also accompanied by fighters of separate regiments. After sitting down, Tang Yisheng said: "Junzuo, our conditions here are a little worse, the vegetables on the table are grown by ourselves, the meat is raised by ourselves, only a few kinds of game are hunted in the mountains, and the wine is also brewed by ourselves." Please try it. ”

Wang Haitao praised: "Yes, Yisheng, you are really good, it is not easy for nearly 10,000 people to be completely self-sufficient." Yisheng is indispensable!" Tang Yisheng hurriedly said a few words modestly. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wang Haitao began to inquire about the specific situation of the base, and under this question, Tang Yisheng's answer really surprised Wang Haitao.

It turns out that the current base is no longer the scale of only one valley and one cave. As the number of personnel at the base increases, so does the size of the base. Now this is the production area, which is still the center of the base, and by the other two valleys here, one is now a living area, and the other is a planting and breeding area.

The total number of troops at the base has now reached more than 14,000, including 7,800 troops and 2,600 in the arsenal. The rest are either logistics support personnel or family members of base personnel. After listening to Tang Yisheng's explanation, Wang Haitao was surprised and also had many questions, but now is not the time to ask, Wang Haitao is ready to take a good look at the entire base from tomorrow, and these questions should also have answers at that time.

After being full of wine and food, Tang Yisheng said: "Junza, you have worked hard all the way, rest early today, and I will take you to inspect the base tomorrow." Jonas also said, "Yes, please go to my factory tomorrow." Wang Haitao replied with a smile: "Okay! I will go to your arsenal first tomorrow morning." Leaving the cafeteria, Tang Yisheng personally led Wang Haitao to the residence prepared for him, which was a separate wooden house with some furniture and brand new bedding. Feng Zisheng and Wei Changxing lived in the same room, while the soldiers lived in a collective dormitory.

Arriving at the base is equivalent to arriving at home, and this night is the most reassuring night for Wang Haitao and them after leaving Longzhou. When I woke up, there were already people walking around outside the house. Wang Haitao got out of bed in his clothes, pushed open the window, and a fresh mountain breeze rushed in his face, with the unique atmosphere of the mountains and forests. Wang Haitao took a few deep breaths, and the fatigue of the past few days of rushing was gone.

Walking out of the door, the sun has not yet risen, the sky is already bright, Wang Haitao looked up at the sky, there are a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, today is a good weather, Wang Haitao's mood is also as good as the weather. In the square in the distance, there were soldiers of the security regiment who were exercising, and Wang Haitao observed these soldiers with interest.

In Wang Haitao's eyes, these soldiers are still a little behind the veterans of the four main divisions under their command, but they are much stronger than the independent divisions. However, as long as they are pulled out to fight a few battles, after experiencing a life-and-death struggle, they will not be worse than the veterans of the four main divisions.

After observing for a while, Wang Haitao was still quite satisfied with Huang Guizhong's ability to lead troops. At this time, two young men came to Wang Haitao's house with a few bottles of hot water, and one of them saw Wang Haitao standing at the door, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Commander Wang, are you up? Commander Tang asked us to send you some boiling water." You wash up first, and we'll bring you breakfast right away. With that, he put the water bottle into the house and put it down, and turned to leave.

As soon as Wang Haitao finished washing, the two came to the house again with breakfast. Wang Haitao saw that breakfast was very simple, porridge, steamed buns and a few side dishes. Not long after breakfast, Tang Yisheng came to Wang Haitao with an assistant, Tang Yisheng was going to take Wang Haitao to inspect the arsenal. Wang Haitao hurriedly went to Wei Changxing, instructed Wei Changxing to move freely, and did not need to accompany him, and then went to the arsenal with Tang Yisheng.

Tang Yisheng introduced the situation of the arsenal to Wang Haitao as he walked, and the scale of the arsenal is now much larger than when Wang Haitao came last time. There are not only gunsmithing workshops, artillery manufacturing workshops, bullet manufacturing workshops, but also metal processing workshops, * manufacturing workshops, * production workshops, shell production workshops have also been built.

At present, in addition to the original factory building in the valley, the later added workshops are all dug in the belly of the mountain and expanded. In this way, there is no need to occupy the valley, second, there is no fear of reconnaissance by Japanese planes, and third, in case of a battle, the cave does not have to be afraid of Japanese artillery fire and aircraft bombing. Fourth, when there is a battle, these caves can also be used as anti-artillery holes, so that the base personnel have a place to hide.

Wang Haitao fully agrees with Tang Yisheng's approach, although the amount of work to dig the cave is very large, and it is time-consuming and laborious, but this is definitely a beneficial and harmless method. While speaking, Tang Yisheng led Wang Haitao to the gate of the arsenal, and the guards at the gate saw Wang Haitao standing up and saluting at the same time. And Jonas and two assistants were already waiting for Wang Haitao's arrival at the door.

After a few words of cold talk to each other, Wang Haitao entered the arsenal, Jonas took Wang Haitao to the gunsmithing workshop first, when Wang Haitao entered the workshop, there were already workers busy on the production line, and the two technicians were also staring at the production of the workers. The gunsmith's workshop can produce all types of firearms, from pistols to heavy machine guns, with five production lines of various sizes.

Now the most produced are semi-automatic rifles and assault and front guns, which are also the most in-demand weapons, and then the production of light machine guns. Wang Haitao walked to the place where the finished firearm was placed, picked up a semi-automatic rifle casually, skillfully disassembled the gun on an inspection platform, and then picked up each part and examined it.

The barrel, bolt, trigger, firing pin, magazine and other main parts of this semi-automatic rifle are produced very well, and at first glance it is a qualified product produced strictly according to the standards, but in some parts made of wood, local wood is used, and the original hardwood is not used, which is also affected by factors such as environment and geography, but it does not affect the normal use of the gun at all.