The Taiyuan Arsenal, located at the small north gate of Taiyuan City, was evacuated by Yoshio Shinozuka to defend the county seat because of the limited garrison. Originally, there was an infantry squadron guarding the arsenal, but when the guard regiment rushed over, there was only one Japanese army that gathered Japanese workers to protect the factory.

In front of the guard regiment, dozens of devils who were not soldiers were completely vulnerable and were wiped out in a few minutes.

"Regiment Commander, we have found the underground party leader lurking in the Taiyuan Arsenal!" As soon as Wang Ping rushed into the arsenal, Yang Xiong shouted excitedly.

Then a middle-aged man in his forties, with a face full of vicissitudes, was brought to Wang Ping.

"Report chief, Zhou Zihang, the person in charge of the ammunition branch of the Taiyuan Arsenal, was ordered to report, please instruct!"

Seeing the excitement on the other party's face, Wang Ping was not polite, and said directly: "Director Zhou, we were ordered to attack Taiyuan City, just for the sake of the arsenal in front of us!" ”

"Now, with Taiyuan City as the center, there are still tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army fighting bloody battles against devils. In order to alleviate the casualties of the front-line combat troops, we must remove the equipment in the arsenal as soon as possible. ”

"No problem!" Director Zhou replied very quickly.

But there was a clear flash of hesitation on his face, and he didn't know whether to say it or not.

Wang Ping noticed it at a glance and hurriedly asked, "Director Zhou, is there any difficulty?" ”

"It's the workers in the arsenal, chief! Many workers in the arsenal depend on the arsenal for their livelihood, and they are all our targets. If the arsenal is emptied, they will not be able to feed their families in the future! Zhou Zihang replied hesitantly.

Wang Ping replied very quickly: "This is no problem, since they are workers and technicians in the arsenal, then they are talents." As long as they agree, they can go with us and go to the base area, and our base area can give him a better salary, and definitely let him and their family have no worries about food and clothing! ”

"Thank you, chief, on behalf of more than a thousand workers in the arsenal, thank you, chief!" Zhou Zihang hurriedly replied, and his hesitant face finally showed a relaxed expression.

Wang Ping was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "Wait a minute, how many people did you just say?" ”

"There are more than 1,200 workers, all of whom we usually pull in tandem, as long as the chief agrees, they will definitely follow us, and they are not willing to continue to stay in Taiyuan City to work for the devils! If you add the family, 4,000 people must be indispensable! ”

"Hiss......" Wang Ping, who originally thought that there were only a few dozen people, couldn't help but gasp!

Hurriedly asked Zhou Zihang: "So many people, Director Zhou, it is less than five hours before dark, which means that we must retreat within four hours." Is there any confidence in mobilizing them to come with us within four hours? ”

Zhou Zihang's brows furrowed, and after shaking his head, he replied, "Chief, do you really want to retreat within four hours?" ”

"Well, every minute of delay we have here, there may be dozens of soldiers on the front line, and we can't afford to wait!"

"But! In this case, we can't even move half of the arsenal equipment, which is a pity! Zhou Zihang was very reluctant to answer.

"Impossible!" Wang Ping replied categorically.

"I have two thousand baggage transport troops behind me, and I have brought hundreds of mechanics to help dismantle the arsenal!"

Zhou Zihang directly showed a sudden expression of realization on his face, and quickly replied: "Chief, you underestimate the arsenal in front of you too much!" ”

"Now the arsenal can only produce rifles, light and heavy machine guns, all kinds of bullets, grenades, shells, and gunpowder on a small scale. However, the arsenal warehouse also stockpiled equipment for the production of artillery, which the Japanese had already packed and prepared to make equipment for sending to Tohoku. Chief, you little people, this little equipment, it's impossible to ship all this equipment back in a few hours! ”

"Also, there are many schools and patriotic intellectuals in Taiyuan City, as long as you can stay here for an extra day, chief. I guarantee that at least thousands of students and thousands of young people can be mobilized to join our Eighth Route Army! ”

Facing Zhou Zihang's expectant gaze, Wang Ping did not answer immediately, but asked with a frown.

"You tell me, what weapons can be produced by the equipment that the Japanese are preparing to send to the Northeast?"

"There are two rifle production lines, one for light and heavy machine guns, one for mortars, one for mountain artillery, and one for 75 mm caliber shells!"

"The Japanese thought that there was no need for the Taiyuan Arsenal to have so much equipment to produce weapons, so they only left a rifle production line and a light and heavy machine gun production line for the arsenal, and the rest were all ammunition production lines, mainly to produce ammunition and supplement the needs of the first round of combat."

"If all these equipment are used and the raw materials are sufficient, how about the production capacity?" Wang Ping was already moved, staring at Zhou Zihang and asking rhetorically.

"Report to the chief, before the devils invaded North China, the production capacity of the Taiyuan Arsenal had reached a monthly output of 3,000 rifles, 1,000 submachine guns, 600 light and heavy machine guns, 120 imitation Japanese 81 mm command mortars, 15 120 mm heavy mortars, 15 mountain artillery, and 3 field artillery!"

"In addition, the arsenal can also produce 40 tons of nitroamine explosives, 4.5 million rounds of various bullets, 9,000 shells, and 50,000 grenades!"

"Because before the start of the defense of Taiyuan, Yan Xishan transferred nearly one-third of the equipment, mainly to make light weapons and ammunition. Now, if all the remaining equipment of the arsenal is put into operation, and the forgiveness is sufficient, it can produce 2,000 rifles, 300 submachine guns, 200 light and heavy machine guns, 30 imitation Japanese mortars, 15 120-mm heavy mortars, 15 mountain guns, and 3 field guns! ”

"More than half of the various equipment for the production of ammunition was transported by Yan Xishan, but the devil later added some equipment. Now it can reach a monthly production of 3 million bullets, 5,000 shells, and 30,000 grenades! ”

"If the raw materials are sufficient, and the people and machines do not rest, the output of various weapons and ammunition can be increased by at least seventy percent!"

Wang Ping did not speak, but quickly fell into deep thought.

If all the equipment is completed, the equipment produced in a month can arm a brigade of the Eighth Route Army. This brigade was not yet an ordinary infantry brigade, with 20 battalions with heavy machine guns, regiments with mortars, brigades with heavy mortars, plus a reinforced brigade with a heavy artillery battalion.

At this moment, the communications platoon commander suddenly rushed over!

"The regiment commander, the other three regiment commanders telegraphed: they found a lot of Japanese puppet army material warehouses in the outer city, as well as Japanese warehouses, foreign banks, banks, and hospitals, which hoarded a large number of materials, medicines, and funds urgently needed by our army. The strength of only one guard company to clean the battlefield is too small, and it is required to increase the number of troops, at least one battalion of troops! ”

"In addition, they also said that there are only four hours to clean up the battlefield, which is too short, and they hope to add at least ten more hours!"

"Also, the means of transport, they don't have enough means of transport!"

Hearing this news, Wang Ping, who already had an idea in his heart, strengthened his determination to stay in the outer city of Taiyuan for one more day.

However, such a big matter is not something that you can decide, and you have to report to the headquarters or Yan'an to agree.

frowned, and immediately ordered: "Call back to the three regiment commanders immediately, and report their harvest in Taiyuan City in ten minutes." I don't need a specific quantity, just an approximate number! ”

If you want to move the headquarters to change the battle plan, there must be a good reason. And his huge gains in the outer city of Taiyuan City are likely to be the best reason to persuade his superiors to change the battle plan.

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