The Eighth Route Army's sudden acquisition of a large number of heavy weapons terrified both Chairman Chang and Yoshio Shinozuka, but their shock was far less than that of Chief Yan, who was already in Zhaojiayu.

The heavy-duty tractors all over the mountains, the loess raised by the tank groups, the dense artillery groups on the threshing floor, the weapons and ammunition that are constantly transported to the mountains, and the thousands of light and heavy machine guns made the commander of the Second World War Zone shocked.

At first, he was grateful to the Eighth Route Army, and was also shocked by the strength of the Eighth Route Army, and wanted to unite the Eighth Route Army and bear the pressure of Chongqing and the Japanese army together.

Later, the Eighth Route Army won a heavy victory in the battle of Laojun Mountain, and suffered heavy losses in personnel and technical equipment, which made him even less optimistic about the Eighth Route Army, after all, if the weapons and equipment are not replenished in time, no matter how powerful the army is, it is just a rootless Ping, the reason why it continues to stay in the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is just to continue to put pressure on Chongqing, as for sending a special envoy to northern Shaanxi, it is just a random thing, after all, it is a good thing if the Eighth Route Army can provide a batch of weapons.

But this time, after the Eighth Route Army did not shy away from showing him its strength, Chief Yan was completely scared, the Eighth Route Army was not alone, nor was it without support, the background of the people was strong, if according to the pre-war standards, the equipment obtained by the Eighth Route Army at one time was enough to arm twenty infantry divisions, ten artillery regiments, and three tank regiments, which is already stronger than many small countries.

Even if you help the Eighth Route Army, the key is that these weapons and equipment can still be brought in, are the Japanese already so weak? If you can't even block the occasional reading, it's definitely impossible! Although there was serious corruption within the Japanese army, it would never have made such a big move, and if it wasn't for the Japanese defense area, what channel did the Eighth Route Army use to transport these in, is it the defense area of the Jin Sui Army or the defense area of the Central Army?

Just when Commander Yan couldn't sleep all night, the envoy he sent to northern Shaanxi actually sent back the news that northern Shaanxi had agreed to sell some weapons to the Jin Sui army to support the Jin Sui army's war of resistance. This made Chief Yan even more uncertain while being excited, what is the Eighth Route Army going to do? This is a weapon, and there are heavy weapons, the Eighth Route Army actually agreed to sell it to itself so easily, could it be said that they can still get weapons in the future?

In any case, it is still a fortunate thing to be able to get a supply of weapons when you are the weakest, the last time you bought a thousand light machine guns from the Eighth Route Army, it made the officers below settle down a lot, if you can get another batch of light and heavy weapons, the Jin Sui Army will definitely be more stable.

Early the next morning, Chief Yan took Chu Yunfei to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to discuss the purchase of weapons, since Daxia Bay was bombed by the Kwantung Army Aviation, the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army stationed in Yang Village moved to Zhaojiayu to strictly protect the safety of Chief Yan, and Chu Yunfei became the de facto attendant military attaché, I have to say that Chief Yan is still very bold in employing people, Qian Bojun's defection is a major event, Chu Yunfei is still from the Huangpu department, if you change it to someone else, Chu Yunfei's future in the Jin Sui Army is definitely hopeless, but here with Chief Yan, Chu Yunfei is even more important.

"Congratulations to the Chief of Staff, after your army obtained this batch of weapons and ammunition, its strength has increased greatly! In the future, in the territory of Jin Province, even if the little devil sees the Eighth Route Army, he will go around. Seeing the deputy chief of general staff in charge of negotiations on the side of the Eighth Route Army, Chief Yan hurriedly bowed his hand and said goodbye, his face full of sincerity and envy.

"Chief Yan said with a smile, just add a little weapon, you know, we have suffered heavy losses in this battle, the loss of soldiers is good, and the heavy weapons are almost lost, if you don't replenish, you won't be able to." The deputy chief of general staff said haha, although he knew why northern Shaanxi allowed the sale of weapons to the Jin Sui army, but when he thought of the precious weapons and equipment to be sold to the Jin Sui army, he was still very unhappy in his heart.

"The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile, the weapons and equipment obtained by your army this time are enough to arm twenty infantry divisions, ten artillery regiments, and three tank regiments, which are probably enough for the entire Eighth Route Army in Jin Province to change its equipment." Chief Yan felt that the deputy chief of staff was a bit pretended, how many troops did your Eighth Route Army have in Jin Province, and you can't use so many weapons if you add all the troops together, as for transporting weapons to other regions in North China, it must also be agreed by the devils, and it will definitely be impossible without paying the price of blood.

"Chief Yan, I have received an order from the headquarters to meet your requirements as much as possible, I wonder what weapons you want to buy?" The deputy chief of general staff did not continue to entangle with Chief Yan about those trivial matters, and now the chief is taking the staff officers to study and further improve the outfit plan, he has to go back as soon as possible, however, Chief Yan is not wrong in guessing one thing, the happy trouble of the Eighth Route Army is to transport a large number of weapons, equipment and materials out of the Taiyue Military Region.

"Chief of Staff, this is a list of my side's needs, please take a look." Chief Yan gave him a look, and Chu Yunfei immediately presented the list that had been prepared a long time ago.

"Enfield M1917 rifles 50,000 pieces; 100 Haqikes heavy machine guns; 500 light M1915 machine guns in Shaosha; 36 M1910 Type 122 mm guns; 1910 rounds of ammunition for the M122-mm gun; 5 million rounds of ammunition for the American-style .30 rifle, 40 CV-33 light tanks - hey, how come Chief Yan is also interested in ordinary rifles? As far as I know, the Jin Sui army has never lacked rifles? The Deputy Chief of the General Staff sighed with some surprise.

"I'm ashamed, the arsenal in the rear of the Second World War Zone was destroyed by devils, and I don't know when production will resume, so I have to buy some light weapons to stockpile, and take precautions." Chief Yan smiled bitterly, in the battle of Laojun Mountain, the Jin Sui army also suffered a lot of losses, with a loss of nearly 10,000 weapons, and it was really impossible not to replenish the inventory.

Let me explain here, don't treat weapons as durable goods, in many cases, firearms are consumables, on the battlefield, a shrapnel or a larger piece of gravel can destroy a gun, plus improper use, loss, etc., every battle, even if you win, you have to lose a lot of weapons and equipment.

"Enfield M1917 rifle one fifty oceans, two and a half million oceans; One heavy machine gun of a thousand oceans, a hundred thousand oceans; Shaosha light M1915 machine gun 500 oceans, a total of 250,000 oceans; The M1910 122mm cannon has a total of 50,000 oceans, totaling 1.8 million oceans; M1910 type 122 mm artillery shells per 100 oceans, totaling 700,000 oceans; The American-style .30 rifle has 10 rounds of ammunition for 10 oceans, totaling 500,000 oceans, and the CV-33 light tank has 50,000 oceans for 2 million oceans. The deputy chief of staff took the list and calculated it one by one, even if he had been prepared, the more he calculated, the more frightened he became, he never thought that one day the Eighth Route Army would be able to sell weapons like this, it was too comfortable.

"Chief of Staff, what do you mean that all the weapons on this side can be sold?" There were not too many objections to the price, and Chief Yan was shocked that the other party had not made any changes to the list he proposed, it was a heavy artillery and a tank, no matter what, it was a major weapon of the country, shouldn't he talk more about the conditions? He was ready to make great strides back, but the Eighth Route Army had no opinion at all, could it be that the Eighth Route Army really regarded himself as a friend?

"Chief of Staff, isn't your price a little too expensive, after all, most of these weapons are second-hand, and the price of seven million and eight hundred and fifty thousand is really a bit too much." It was Chu Yunfei who spoke, although the weapon was a seller's market now, he still felt that he needed to say something, it was really the total price of more than seven million oceans, which was too amazing.

"Commander Chu, you should understand that many of the weapons in this list are not for sale, and sometimes, even if you have money, you can't buy them, so let's do it, if you are willing to pay in gold, we can build 10,000 tons of canned meat for you." The deputy chief of general staff shook his head slightly, expensive, it is indeed a bit expensive, and it is even very expensive according to the price of Soviet aid materials, but the problem is that the big northern countries have political conditions, otherwise, the big northern countries would not still have garrisons in our northwest.

"Three and a half tons of gold, if you have no opinion, we can deliver it today." Chief Yan made a final decision on the side, ruling Jin Province for decades, he must not lack money, even if the little devil destroyed the banks and banknote printing factories in Jin Province, but the precious metals of gold and silver will not disappear out of thin air no matter what.

The deputy chief of general staff contacted northern Shaanxi, and soon got a positive reply, sell, rest assured and boldly sell! Anyway, in the future, the Eighth Route Army can continue to get more weapons and ammunition, and through this arms transaction, the financial situation of the Eighth Route Army can be greatly alleviated, so as to facilitate the subsequent further expansion and transactions between Wang Yue.

In the afternoon of the same day, Chu Yunfei led the troops to transport the heavy artillery and tanks to his abandonment, as for the light weapons, they planned to transport them away slowly, but what surprised everyone was that our Chief Yan actually dragged out three and a half tons of gold from under his bed, and all the water was ten kilograms of 991 gold bricks, this is the real local tyrant, I really suspect that he is using these gold as pocket money.