October 23, 1940, Qijiang County, Qijiang County Garrison Headquarters

"Lao Zhao, don't our Eighth Route Army have transport planes?" Wang Yue asked Zhao Gang on the other side in some surprise.

Seeing off General Chen, Zhao Gang conveyed the latest demand intention of the headquarters, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army hoped to obtain some of the Li-2 transport planes in Wang Yue's hands, but as far as he knew, the Eighth Route Army captured several devil transport planes in Beiping, and even used those transport planes to open the air route of Xi'an-northern Shaanxi, northern Shaanxi-Daxia Bay.

"The devil's transport planes are not good, they fly low, the speed is slow, and the carrying capacity is still small, and two of them have been shot down by the devils in the past week." Zhao Gang said with some heartache, among the members of the sacrificial crew there was a classmate of his Yan University, who was originally envious of his old classmate who finally realized his dream, but he never thought that he was shot down by the devil in just a few days.

"Hasn't Kazuki Yamamoto secretly ceased war with us?" Wang Yue is even more confused, Yamamoto Kazuki that guy is a smart man, it is said that he will not easily tear up the armistice agreement, the Eighth Route Army needs to rest, the First Army needs to rest and recuperate, and the first army's ammunition reserves are almost exhausted.

"Not in Jin Province, on the way back from Jiaodong to transport gold, in addition to the seriously injured, there were 20,000 taels of gold on the plane." Zhao Gang explained.

"In other words, the headquarters hopes to use large transport aircraft to build stable routes to connect various base areas?" Wang Yue nodded, this must be his own transport plane against the sky, if the devil develops the fighter step by step, the advantage of the Li-2 transport aircraft can be maintained until the end of the war, of course this is impossible, I believe that the devil will not be long before he comes up with a targeted design, speaking of which, the little devil has to thank himself, he is helping them lay a solid foundation and make preliminary preparations for the future B-29.

"Yes, now that the war in Jin Province has stopped, but the First Army's blockade of the base area has become tighter, and it is difficult to transport materials out, if you want to quickly support other base areas, the most effective means is to transport it by air, and your kind of transport aircraft has a large carrying capacity, and it can pull up to five tons in a short trip, which is more powerful than a camel team." Zhao Gang nodded, and Wang Yue sent a lot of weapons and equipment to the headquarters, but the problem is that the Eighth Route Army headquarters now has weapons and equipment but cannot be shipped out at all, in fact, the First Army's blockade of other materials has been relaxed, but it is necessary to pay taxes as usual and limit the place of passage.

"I can provide you with ten transport planes similar to mine, but you must promise me one condition." Wang Yue thought for a while and said, he has twelve Li-2 transport planes in his hand, in fact, they are all the same, the reason why he played an ambush is to highlight the difference in his use of that plane, because he has used space too many times to cheat, so that the range and load of that plane are particularly prominent, but in fact it is not like that at all, he can make the plane take off with low fuel capacity, can continue to replenish fuel during the flight, can fill the cargo hold after landing, and he doesn't need to look at the instrument when driving, He dares to fly in any meteorological conditions, but the Eighth Route Army can't!

"You said, there is an explanation from the headquarters, no matter how expensive it is, we can accept it." Zhao Gang thought that Wang Yue was struggling with the price issue.

"I'm not talking about the price, you can get me 200,000 oceans of supplies for a plane, if you don't have it, you can owe it first, my condition is that I hope the Eighth Route Army can guarantee that alliance personnel and pro-alliance personnel will not be allowed to get close to the plane." Wang Yue said solemnly, although the Soviet-style weapons he got in Shancheng have been seen by the alliance's military attachés, but those weapons are different from the Li-2 transport aircraft, because these Li-2 have been upgraded by Mikoyan, relying on the research of this aircraft, not only can the alliance's existing transport aircraft be upgraded, but also the manufacturing level of the alliance's large aircraft.

"Lao Wang, you have to understand that we are comrades with them." Zhao Gang was a little embarrassed, Wang Yue's request involved a very sensitive issue, and he had the heart to agree, but he was worried that his superiors would have different opinions.

"Lao Zhao, we are not the same as their motherland, you have to understand one thing, we are Chinese, this is our first identity." Wang Yue said solemnly, he didn't have a good impression of the alliance in this period, because compared to Huaxia at this time, this neighbor was too powerful, so powerful that it was suffocating.

"Lao Wang, I will ask the headquarters for instructions on this, but I can't guarantee it." Zhao Gang replied with some hesitation, he felt that what Wang Yue said made sense, but he knew that he couldn't express his opinion.

"Just ask for instructions, I believe your superiors will understand, by the way, the production of high-grade aviation fuel has increased?" Wang Yue suddenly realized a problem, it seems that the recent consumption of fuel by the Eighth Route Army is a bit large, aviation fuel is different from ordinary gasoline and diesel, gasoline and diesel can be simply distilled out of a cauldron, the early Rockefeller did this, aviation fuel is much stricter, impurities need to be controlled, additives need to be added, otherwise the octane number can not reach the standard, the power can not be raised, not to mention, it is easy to stop in the air.

"Improved, in the first war of Beiping, we received hundreds of professionals from Beiping, and experts from Huaqing University redesigned the technical route, and now the aviation fuel produced in northern Shaanxi has reached the standard of imported fuel." When Zhao Gang heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and the aviation fuel produced in northern Shaanxi can now not only meet its own consumption, but also be sold in small quantities to the Shancheng government, which has greatly improved the economic situation in the border areas.

"Lao Zhao, don't say it, you're still amazing." Wang Yue was a little embarrassed, he thought that his small oil equipment was enough against the sky, but he never thought that there was still the possibility of further optimization, and he really couldn't underestimate these old-timers.

"Where is it, the experts also said, the equipment you provide is the best in terms of economy, minimizing the waste of crude oil, if not wartime, or according to your technical route." Zhao Gang thought that Wang Yue had an opinion, and hurriedly explained.

"It turns out that no matter what, we have solved the problem of high-octane fuel, and now our air force is only making a small fuss, but in the future, it will indeed play a greater role." Wang Yue smiled and figured out that in this time and space, even if a small refinery produces high-octane fuel, it is useless, and no one dares to pour that stuff into the aircraft, if you want to make money, it is still more profitable to produce gasoline and diesel in the market.

"Yes, the headquarters plans to transport the equipment of a light infantry battalion every sortie, and use this rare window period to complete the training of all units of the Eighth Route Army, and steadily improve the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army." Although the provisional 68th Division has been armed to the teeth, the vast majority of the troops of the Eighth Route Army are still not good, especially outside Jin Province, even in the Beiping Campaign, only a certain degree of heavy weapons have been deployed, and in terms of light weapons, it is still miserable, and the ammunition reserves are even more pitiful.

"Generous, really generous." Wang Yue sighed that a battalion of the Eighth Route Army has more than 400 people, 10 planes, and 20 sorties a day can transport the equipment of 8,000 people, and it is almost a division, and it will not take long for the Eighth Route Army to complete the rearmament.

"Brother Wang, the superiors also hope to customize some small machining equipment, which requires low weight and small size, and it is best to be the kind of equipment that can be transported by airplane." Zhao Gang continued, the Eighth Route Army has small arsenals and repair shops in each base area, but like Li Jiapo's, all the factories are small and broken, and most of them are not as good as the former Li Jiapo Arsenal.

"Equipment for military factories?" Wang Yue remembered something, around 1940, didn't the Eighth Route Army develop another wave of military industry, it seems that this is the rhythm of a big deal.

"Yes, if possible, the superiors also hope to support steel mills and chemical plants, and try to form a complete industrial chain, of course, the most important thing is the equipment of the machinery factory." Zhao Gang felt that this was a little difficult for Wang Yue, which of the mainstream equipment on the market is not dead, if you want to customize the equipment, it must be customized, design, production, transportation, this price is not cheap.

"I'll try to take a look, the recent outbreak of the European war, not to mention the unsmooth routes, and the price of weapons and processing equipment is also rising." Wang Yue didn't dare to say dead, he mentioned this matter to Tasha, Da Mao must not have it, even if there is, it is in the museum, Said's hometown has similar equipment, it may not be enough to make up an arsenal, and it is a problem whether it is backward enough, if it is not good, you have to go back to Binzhou to customize, build a small machinery factory for the Eighth Route Army to use first, and the insufficient part is supplemented by the soil method.

"The chief also knows these situations, so he doesn't force it, after all, the current situation of the Anti-Japanese War is much better, as long as it develops steadily, there will be." Zhao Gang said with relief.

"Say hello to the chief, the industrial equipment we ordered has begun to be manufactured, and it is estimated that it will arrive in a month or two, and we will make it ourselves if it is really not possible then." Wang Yue nodded, this time ordered 10,000 sets of small industrial equipment, almost all the industrial categories have been completed, if it can really be put into production, not to mention the small arsenal, that is, the total industrial volume of the entire China can be doubled.

"That's right, in the past, there were no guns and no cannons, and the enemy made them for us in the future, but in the future, there will be no guns and no cannons, and we will build them ourselves!" Zhao Gang is also full of emotion, the steel plant in Qijiang County has completed the preliminary construction, as long as Wang Yue's equipment arrives, the second phase of construction can be launched, or it will not be long before a thousand small blast furnaces will be set up on the east bank of the Qijiang River, continuously producing steel, and then turning into guns and bullets to smash devils.

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