Grandpa set off the day first, and he set off the next day. Grandpa hesitated again and again but did not follow back to Xi'an, feeling that Macau still needs to be in charge, and everyone is very worried about the Japanese devils who are close at hand.

By the time the plane arrived at Yongshou, it was already noon. There were uncles, cousins, Tian Gong and Peng Chengfu who came to greet them. After a simple lunch, Peng Chengfu arranged for someone to accompany Tie Gu to Hejia Village.

According to Uncle Tang, the government is now more strict in monitoring Yongshou, and Uncle Xiao and Uncle Tang, the chief of police, will attract the attention of others every move. Commander Sun had resigned as the provincial commander and led his troops to the front, and the Northwest Army had all changed its guard and gone to the front, and now Xi'an was basically under the complete control of the Kuomintang. There are already rumors that someone in the provincial government wants Uncle Xiao to take up a post in the provincial government. Uncle, wait for grandpa to come back and make decisions, so he won't intervene.

My cousin's militia was transferred to the Central Army, along with all the heavy weapons, and the training anti-aircraft guns and large-caliber machine guns were also transferred to Xi'an for air defense. Now there are only 400 members of the militia group, all of whom are relatively old. The cousin was also uncomfortable in the militia group, and the cousin asked to go to the front, the cousin and Peng Chengfu were opposed, Peng Chengfu thought that the cousin's technical and tactical level was not enough, and he was wrong for himself as a soldier and wrong for others! It's hard to say! The cousin couldn't deny it either.

Tiangong's arsenal is now very prosperous, basically in full production, still in short supply, especially bullets, grenades and artillery shells, has been supplied to the outside world more than 100,000 tons of munitions, and the intention orders are still countless. According to Tian Gong, the most worrying problem at present is raw materials, and now the inventory is less than three months of production, including one month's inventory in Uncle Tang's secret warehouse. It has its own chemical plant to supply, and the production of explosives is fine; Smokeless gunpowder is also not subject to cotton.

On the contrary, military clothing and shoes are not in demand! Compressed cookies are nobody's caring! Pharmaceutical factories are basically in a half-dead state, and the daily necessities production factories are much better, and the supply periphery has reached the production limit.

The result of the discussion with Uncle Cousin, Cousin, Tian Gong and Peng Chengfu was that he judged that there was an invisible enemy, and he had great intentions, and he intended to be an arsenal and a military material production factory, and the background was so big that the provincial government could fully cooperate! The situation is basically clear, but no one has an idea for themselves on what to do. There's nothing good to do about it! If it doesn't work, forget it for them, and the things produced are also devils. Sometimes when you take a step back and think about it, you have a solution.

The idea is certain, and he said directly: "Let me tell you my opinion, while grandpa is in Chongqing, we have to take some measures, and if it is inappropriate, everyone will ask us to adjust it!" Everyone nodded.

"Tian Gong here, let the American manager send a letter to the government, and forward it to the provincial government through my uncle. The first statement is that the production volume since the establishment of the factory, and the current inventory is less than two months. Statement 2: In addition to the supply of explosives, in the future, other materials will be mainly processed, that is, whoever takes the materials and pays for the processing will give the munitions. Statement three, two days later began layoffs and the sale of machinery and equipment, reducing production capacity by a third or a half, and the equipment must be purchased in dollars, gold or silver dollars! Uncle Cousin's secret warehouse is not used. The production of grenades and mines is collaborative, with cartridge casings and wooden handles being produced in the surrounding villages, and we procure and assemble them. The aim is to reduce the personnel of the arsenal. Personnel who are willing to go to Yan'an can accompany their grandfather to visit them, and their safety will be guaranteed to a certain extent. In the future, the factory can work in shifts if there is a shortage of personnel, but it can only be reduced but not increased, and it does not accept any aspect of shareholding. The field workers were in charge of this matter, and the cousin assisted. ”

"Okay! No problem! Tian Gong and Uncle Tang said.

"Uncle here, let the newspaper do an interview for you tomorrow. The focus is on answering the current question about rumors, pointing out that this is a rumor, and reiterating what has been said before that if the government intends to transfer the head of Yongshou County, he will resign immediately. If there is no order from the provincial governor, all statements are rumors. In other words, if the provincial governor needs you to resign yourself, you should resign immediately. I believe that the provincial government will have a clear statement on the rumors involving government personnel and shaking the people's will. ”

"Good! I'll do it right away, and I'll talk to reporters tonight. ”

"It's okay if you don't have military uniforms, shoes, hats, and compressed biscuits, this time grandpa and Nanyang overseas Chinese leaders visited Yan'an, and they happened to be all purchased and taken away! The canvas and military cotton cloth in stock are all purchased and taken away, and later transferred to civilian production, and if the equipment is sold, it is also purchased and taken away! Grandpa brought $1 million this time, which is enough! Arsenal equipment is not bought by others, but also purchased and taken away! ”

"In the name of preparing to welcome Grandpa and the leaders of overseas Chinese in Nanyang and prevent the assassination of Japanese spies, we will once again clean up the situation of the people in the county and surrounding villages and towns. After all, my grandfather was shot by Japanese spies and left Xi'an. With the director and uncle as the mainstay, the cousin's militia is all dispatched to cooperate! Peng Chengfu secretly protects! In the name of the county government, the U.S. Arsenal hired 500 guards and all the militia groups to protect the safety of Grandpa's visit. ”

See everyone nods in agreement. continued: "This time it's to startle the snake and see how it is handled!" Otherwise, the situation is not clear, and grandpa will not be able to make a decision! Uncle Cousin sorted it out, and telegraphed to inform Grandpa that he knew. Uncle pays attention to tomorrow's newspaper and sees what kind of attitude Chongqing has towards grandpa! ”

After dealing with the important matters first, I had time to learn about the situation of the chief of staff from Uncle Tang and Peng Chengfu in the evening. According to the telegram of the chief of staff, Licheng County is now basically regarded as a base camp behind enemy lines, and Tufa cement has built a large and deep fortification group in the surrounding area. The main battle was to launch mass and small-scale attacks, and the result was that more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops were eliminated, including more than 300 Japanese devils. Their own casualties were not small, more than 200 people were killed, and more than 100 people were seriously injured and could not recover their combat effectiveness, and the enemy's battle ratio was basically one to one, and the chief of staff lamented in the telegram that the devil was not easy to fight, except for the scouts, the other soldiers could not beat 1 of 2 in terms of technical and tactical level.

After understanding the basic situation of the chief of staff, he sent a secret telegram to the chief of staff, telling him the purpose of returning to Xi'an with his grandfather, and asking the chief of staff what difficulties he needed to solve by himself. A telegram from the chief of staff was received only the next morning. The main content is a summary of the battle situation, which is similar to the situation mastered by the cousin. The second is the situation of small arsenals, which played an important role behind enemy lines, without which it would have been even more difficult behind enemy lines. The third is the production situation, which has become the main material base behind enemy lines. The last thing I said about the situation was that I was very worried. The chief of staff found that many had joined the Communist Party, and some had joined the Kuomintang. The problem is that these people are beginning to resist the command of the chief of staff as if they were not there, and this is a big problem.

The fundamental purpose of releasing a small unit is to facilitate the justification of some support in the future. Otherwise, there will be no problem at all in handing it over to the Eighth Route Army, but there will always be short-sightedness and ignorance. This force has no meaning if it loses its independence. Thinking about it for a while, the telegram suggested that the chief of staff prepare to clean up the ranks, clearly telling the chief of staff that it would make no difference to us whether there were a few hundred more or a few hundred fewer in this team.

Let the chief of staff master the elite first, and clean up after shrinking the troops. The main points are to maintain the independence of the contingent, to strictly enforce discipline, to strictly prohibit the establishment of any internal organization, to forcibly disarm and retire those who have openly joined the party, to forcibly disarm and retire those who cannot strictly carry out orders at any time in the past, and to declare their separation from the ranks and stop all supplies to those who resist shrinking troops. After the team was cleared, it was fully downsized, and all areas that could not be controlled were handed over and withdrawn. The headquarters will cancel the relevant benefits for the families of its retired personnel. After the chief of staff grasped the situation, the headquarters of the "Shaanxi Volunteer Group for the War of Resistance Behind Enemy Lines" sent a telegram in the name of the headquarters to support the chief of staff in an open and honest manner.

The Chief of Staff telegraphed his agreement and implemented it immediately.

With the chief of staff to worry about, he went directly to his uncle's office and no longer entered the city. and sent people to strengthen the protection of the wife of the chief of staff; also invited Tie Gu back, and explained the current situation to Tie Gu, and when Grandpa arrived, Tie Gu could go to Yan'an with Grandpa or stay by his side.