Confirmed by the intelligence department, Wang Ping was pleasantly surprised to find that the copper mine in Li Xuebin's mouth was less than 50 kilometers away from the independent regiment, no, which has now been expanded into an independent brigade, which was just a day's journey.

As a result, a bold idea came directly to Wang Ping's mind.

"Chief, this person named Zhou Wu is the same as Li Xuebin, he is a professor, but Zhou Wu is a chemistry student. If you can save him from the devil and let him join the arsenal, then the primer of bullets, including the primer of shells and grenades in the future, and even the direct production of yellow explosives will not be a problem! ”

Commander Nie frowned and replied, "I know that Zhou Wu is a talent, but it is too risky to go to the Devil Copper Mine to rob people!" ”

"Copper ore is not iron ore, the copper from copper ore can be directly produced into bullets, the devil attaches more importance to it than iron ore and coal mines, not only sent a reinforced infantry squadron to guard there, but also formed a mine protection team of more than 500 people!"

"Later, I specifically asked people to check, and the information you provided was very accurate, and the combat effectiveness of the devil mine protection team was no worse than that of the army."

"The mine protection team of more than 500 people is well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness will definitely exceed that of an ordinary infantry brigade of the Japanese army!"

"What's more, they are stationed in the mountains, and they are also equipped with a lot of artillery, unless they carry out a strong attack, they will definitely not be able to save people!"

"Another point, in order to ensure that the copper mine is foolproof, a steady stream of copper ingots are provided to the Northeast and their country, and the Imperial Army, which is not very trusted by the devils, has no one in the mine, and nearly two thousand are absent from work, which is directly managed by the devil's mine protection team!"

With the current strength of the arsenal, even if the battalion is strengthened to form combat effectiveness, it is impossible to be the opponent of the copper mine defenders.

But what Commander Nie didn't expect was that Wang Ping didn't plan to use the arsenal's troops at all.

Now that the arsenal is about to be formed, every place needs troops to protect it from making trouble with the Japanese puppet army, even if Wang Ping wants to transfer troops, there are no troops to adjust.

"Chief, don't forget that the newly expanded Independent Brigade of the 1st Division is stationed near the coal mine. A quick march can reach the coal mine in one night! Wang Ping reminded mysteriously.

"Independent Brigade, your old unit!" Commander Nie reacted immediately.

Then he suddenly realized and said: "If the independent brigade is allowed to take it, it is really possible to take the copper mine." After all, the equipment and combat effectiveness of the separate brigade are there! ”

"Alright, I agree that you go to the Independent Brigade to borrow troops. However, there is one requirement, the movement should not be too large, and it is better not to send more than one regiment of troops. Nowadays, all units of the military region are recuperating, and if they recruit devils at this time, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Please rest assured that the task will be completed." Wang Ping replied confidently.

Today's Laiyuan, except for the county seat and several important transportation arteries are still controlled by the Ono Brigade, all other areas have become independent brigade bases.

When Wang Ping returned to the station of the Independent Brigade again, he could clearly feel that the morale of the troops was even stronger than when he had just left, and there were more smiles on the faces of the people nearby.

Cheng Xiao was the director of the division's political department during the Red Army, but he was demoted to the deputy regiment level because of the reorganization. This time, the independent regiment was expanded, and he became the commander of the independent brigade. As for the political commissar, it was a regimental political commissar who had risen from other units, and he was also an old Red Army cadre.

Zeng Quan, chief of staff of the regiment, was not directly promoted to chief of staff of the brigade for various reasons, after all, his ability and qualifications were all there. However, Zeng Quan concurrently served as the commander of the first regiment of the Independent Brigade.

Wang Ping believed that as long as Zeng Quan had gone through the experience of the position of regiment commander, his future achievements would definitely be more than the brigade chief of staff.

Zhang Qing, the former commander of the first battalion of the Independent Regiment, was promoted to the chief of staff of the first regiment, and Zhang Yunshan, the former commander of the second battalion of the independent regiment, was promoted to the commander of the second regiment! The commander of the third battalion, Yan Song, was promoted to the chief of staff of the third regiment!

The chief of staff of the brigade, the commander of the three regiments, and the political commissars of the three regiments were all transferred from other units.

It can be said that after this round of expansion and adjustment, the independent brigade has many faces that Wang Ping is not familiar with.

However, Wang Ping is sure that such an adjustment is not to suppress Zhang Qing and Yan Song, but because they, like Zeng Quan, have been promoted too fast in the past year, and the improvement of their ability has been a little unable to keep up with the promotion speed of their positions. We must press them, let them immerse themselves in more learning, and improve their abilities, so that they will have a longer road in the future.

Wang Ping is also confident that as long as they learn and understand everything they have given them, their future achievements will definitely not be low.

Wang Ping knew about these personnel adjustments when he passed by the headquarters of the First Division.

Therefore, when Wang Ping quickly fought all the way to the station of the Independent Brigade, Cheng Xiao was not clear.

Just as Wang Ping jumped off his horse with the guards and continued to walk forward, more than a dozen soldiers with rifles rushed out of the roadside.

"Who are you, and what do you want to do inside?" A platoon commander walked out far away and asked Wang Ping.

After seeing Wang Ping's face clearly, he exclaimed with a look of surprise: "Old leader, why are you here!" ”

Seeing that his subordinates were still pointing guns at Wang Ping, he scolded directly: "What are you doing in a daze? Don't put down the gun yet, this is the old commander of our independent regiment. There is no independent regiment without the old regimental commander! ”

Wang Ping waved his hand and asked, "Why are you ambushing so many people here, I remember that there should be a lot of light and dark sentries and sentry posts on the way into the mountain!" ”

"It's not the devil who made trouble, old leader!" The platoon commander hastened to answer.

"After the devil suffered a big loss in our hands on the battlefield, he gave us a yin gain!"

"More than half a month ago, I actually sent a small detachment to pretend to be our Eighth Route Army and went all the way to the headquarters. If it weren't for the fact that Company Commander Chen of the reconnaissance company happened to come to the brigade headquarters to do business, and found that something was wrong, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable. ”

"But even so, these dozen devils have caused casualties of at least one platoon to the brigade headquarters!"

"The brigade commander and political commissar were very angry and ordered our guard battalion and reconnaissance company to ensure the safety of the brigade headquarters. Not to mention, in half a month, we actually ate two combat detachments of devils here who also pretended to be our Eighth Route Army! ”

After the report was finished, the platoon commander asked directly: "By the way, old regiment commander, are you going back to the independent brigade?" Do you want me to send someone to inform the brigade commander that the commissar is not there, and he has gone outside to inspect the troops, only the brigade commander is at home! ”

I came to ask for help from the Independent Brigade, not a surprise inspection by my superiors. Therefore, out of politeness and respect for his old partner Cheng Xiao, Wang Ping did not suddenly attack.

"Yes, you go and inform your brigade commander, and say I'm coming!"

It didn't take long for Cheng Xiao to rush over, with excitement and excitement on his face.

You must know that if it weren't for Wang Ping, it wouldn't be an independent regiment, and he would still be the deputy commander of other troops. Even if he has military exploits, he is now a regiment commander. Where is it like now, directly become a brigade commander, a middle and high-ranking cadre in a military region, and even the head of the headquarters knows himself.

To put it more directly, all of this was brought to him by Wang Ping in front of him.

Although Wang Ping is still only a regiment-level cadre, he is two levels lower than himself. However, from the bottom of his heart, Cheng Xiao has already regarded Wang Ping as a soldier and his benefactor, brother!

So, I heard that Wang Ping was coming, and he was at the brigade headquarters. Cheng Xiao didn't say a word, and rushed out directly, which made many people in the brigade think that the commander was coming!

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