Starting from the bright sword to engage in military industry

Chapter 354 Chapter 353, Balu was really poor at the beginning
At this time, Political Commissar Deng had already descended from the Taihang Mountains to the plains.Under his leadership, the final team reorganization was completed for the 129th Division.In the end, an independent brigade was added, Lao Li's new regiment was added, and some guerrilla troops were added to Lao Kong's independent regiment, completing the construction of the independent regiment.

In addition, other regiment-level units, large and small, have also been formed. The 385 brigade, which has been short of a regiment, has also added a regiment and become the new 385 brigade. The head of the 769 regiment, Chen, has become brigade commander Chen. ...

Well, there are quite a few brigade commanders surnamed Chen on the Eighth Route.why?The brigade commander of the independent brigade is the deputy brigade commander Chen of the 386 brigade...

Leveraging this shareholder style, our original guerrilla leader, Comrade Zhao Fengnian, finally changed from the deputy head of the supplementary regiment to the head of the supplementary regiment.

Of course, these are not important. The important thing is that during the year of the War of Resistance, not only was my 129th Division not consumed in the rear of the devils, but even a large base area was laid behind the devils, and the team grew to tens of thousands. The overall scale It has expanded a lot.

The number of the 129th Division has increased from more than 10 people in October last year (many left behind and left behind, and cannot be counted in the 9th Division's sequence) to more than 129 people now, and the scale has increased several times.

The 129th Division is expanding, as are the other two divisions. The number of the Eighth Route Army has risen sharply, from 5 at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War to 8 at the beginning of this year, and it has suddenly increased to 16 now.Some military cadres who were originally brigade commanders and regimental commanders finally returned to their original positions and used their talents to lead the troops to fight.

These cadres had grown up after going through repeated sieges and suppressions, and they were like ducks in water when placed in the environment of fighting behind enemy lines.

But with the expansion of the team, another problem came immediately - no guns and no cannons!
The enemy made it for us?It sounds good, but every time a gun is seized from the enemy, it takes the lives of several or even a dozen soldiers, especially for weapons such as heavy machine guns, where there are countless casualties before one can be captured.

That is to say, the commanders of the Eighth Route Army were good at fighting ambushes and guerrilla warfare, which led to a series of victories, but there were sacrifices.

Want to know how poor the 129th division was?This is the statistical data in October last year, before Hu Changyi came.

全师9367人一共装备了迫击炮6门；轻机枪93挺；重机枪29挺、花机关（MP18/28）和手提枪(晋造汤姆逊)75支；马步枪4136支；驳壳枪/手枪632支；刺刀55把。

其中步马枪弹43012发、自来德2872发、手枪弹6051发、重机枪弹23222发、轻机枪弹27361发、冲锋枪弹310发，合计弹药为102828发，另有67枚迫击炮弹和203枚手榴弹。

That's right, this is the statistics of the 10th Division in October last year. There were only 129 bayonets, and it was impossible to fight with bayonets.There are only 55 mortar shells. With this amount, you have to count the number of battles.

There are also Huaguan and Jinzao Thomson. Boss Yan gave 75 pieces to the Eighth Route Army. Isn’t it pretty good?310 rounds of bullets are given... The Eighth Route Army can scare people with Thomson, but it's okay to fight...

Why did the division commander take the captured Japanese overcoats, sabers and horses to distribute the spoils to the generals of Guofu after finishing the battle of Qigen Village?One is to show off, and the other is to say that our Eighth Route Army has also made meritorious service. Should we give some ammunition or something?

So, it's not easy to be a division commander. Everyone in the division is waiting for the division commander to get weapons and ammunition...

Looking at this year again, Comrade Hu Changyi, who has been sluggish since then, suddenly became enlightened. He knew how to use ancestral craftsmanship and existing technology to engage in military industry. Our Eighth Route Army suddenly felt less poor.

Firstly, the grenades are enough, secondly, they can be reloaded after the bullets are fired, and then there are horse rifles, rocket launchers... Good guy, now they actually made a heavy machine gun!This is incredible.

Why do the heads of the headquarters attach so much importance to Hu Changyi?Whenever Hu Changyi wanted something, the chiefs would try their best to solve it?Now look at it and understand.Give him something, and what he gets out is a weapon!

In Jiuzhai, the happiest thing is Minister Zhang!Now he has nothing to do all day long, so he goes to the bullet workshop of the arsenal.Seeing the bullets falling from the machine one by one into the box below, Minister Zhang never put his mouth down;
After wandering around the bullet workshop, Minister Zhang will also visit the heavy machine gun processing workshop.When seeing Ye Qiufeng and the others inspect the parts of the heavy machine gun one by one with measuring tools, they stood aside with a smile, not caring at all that they were already sweating profusely;

After watching the heavy machine guns, Minister Zhang will go to the explosives factory, and then to Li Fugui's horse rifle... In short, Minister Zhang's presence in the arsenal is much higher than that of the genuine factory director Hu Changyi. .

What is Hu Changyi doing?Of course, it is leading the man-made semi-automatic on the machining side!Since the workers were in place, Hu Changyi divided the workers into groups according to their work experience and the processing difficulty of the parts. Each group was only responsible for processing a few parts, and he was responsible for the final assembly.

There are not many rifling cutters on the machining side. There are two electric ones. If it is not counted as waste products, a skilled worker can make 10 qualified gun barrels a day; there are also four gun barrel deep hole drills.These four deep hole drills are not only used for machining barrels, but will also be sent to the water channel workshop.

That is to say, although the arsenal is still under construction, it is already running at a high speed.For firearms, bolt-action, semi-automatic, and heavy machine guns are being produced; for bullet production, production lines, and steel reassembly are also in progress; for grenades, as many fuzes are made by the arsenal every day, as many grenades can be made by the villagers of Jiuzhaigou. Not one will be delayed.

In addition, other projects are also proceeding in an orderly manner...

Raw materials?Within half a month after the end of the fourth general raid, long and short steel rails were sent to Xijing Town one after another, and they would soon be sent to Jiuzhai for forging and forming. into the workshop.

Following the arrival of the rails, there were also quite a few Eighth Route veterans, sharpshooters requested by the headquarters, and they were waiting at Nanweiquan's side.

Nanweiquan is located in the south of Xijing Town, in a valley surrounded by mountains. It is a rare grain-producing area. It is now the location of the newly-built quilt factory and other factories at the headquarters, and it is also a rear base of the Eighth Route Army.

After these people pass the examination and questioning, they will be sent to Sunjiaji in Jiuzhai overnight, where they will undergo military training with the recruits of the guerrillas.

(End of this chapter)