Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Okay, okay, I'll have the machine tool delivered to you as soon as I get back." The brigade commander smiled. Lao Zhang couldn't wait to see the machine tool.

If you assemble the machine tool early, you can also study and understand the use of the machine tool early.

Minister Zhang also smiled after hearing this. Before, there were no machine tools, so he just thought about it. Now that we have machine tools, of course we must use them well.

Several people entered the valley all the way. There were many buildings here. They bypassed the buildings and came directly to a cave.

A team of more than a dozen soldiers stood guard at the entrance of the cave.

"Brigade Commander, Minister Zhang!" The squad leader who took the lead quickly saluted the two of them.

"Is Lao Xing in the arsenal?!" Minister Zhang asked.

"The factory director is inside." The squad leader replied.

"Yes." Minister Zhang nodded, and then entered the cave with the brigade commander and Li Jin.

As soon as he entered the cave, Li Jin felt that the temperature here was much higher than outside.

"We have almost dug out this mountain for safety." Minister Zhang said to Li Jin as he walked.

Although the arsenal does not produce much ammunition, it is still very important. If it is bombed and the arsenal is destroyed, it will be a huge loss for them.

Li Jin nodded, and the group of people walked all the way to the cave. The further inside, the higher the temperature became. Soon, the group of people passed by the iron-making area.

Many soldiers were shirtless and sweating, smelting iron ore in front of the furnace. From time to time, liquid smelted into molten iron would flow out from the outlet of the furnace and go to a process.

"These tungsten ores were dug from another mountain. Although the quantity is not particularly large, it is enough for us now." Minister Zhang continued.

"But after the machine tools arrive, we need to send some more manpower to mine the ore." Li Jin said.

The arrival of machine tools can increase production, and at the same time, the amount of tungsten ore consumed will also increase. Therefore, it is necessary to send more manpower to dig more ore.

"This is natural." The brigade commander said. He didn't send more manpower before because he didn't need it. No matter how much ore was mined, it would not be all used up. But now it is different. Many more people need to be sent to dig the ore.

Li Jin looked at all this and sighed with emotion. The production conditions were really difficult. Under such circumstances, the ancestors also drove the Japanese out, and they didn't know how much they had to pay.

Minister Zhang led the way. The road in the cave was a bit winding. After a while, they came to a relatively wide place.

Many people make bullets and grenades here.

A middle-aged man was also filling bullet shells with gunpowder. Open flames are prohibited here, and no one is allowed to smoke here.

"Old Xing." Minister Zhang walked towards the middle-aged man.

"Old Zhang, why are you here?" After hearing this, Director Xing stopped what he was doing, looked up, and immediately saw the brigade commander.

"Brigadier!" Director Xing quickly stood up and saluted, and the other soldiers also stood up and saluted upon seeing this.

"When I come from now on, I'm not allowed to salute. Just go about your business without worrying about me." The brigade commander said helplessly.

"Brigadier, how can this be done? It's against the rules." Director Xing said.

"Stop talking nonsense, this is an order!" the brigade commander said with a straight face.

"Yes! Sit down and do your work." Director Xing turned around and asked the others to sit down and continue working.

"Brigadier, why are you here free?! I'm not lazy here." Director Xing said, he thought the brigade commander came here to check whether they were lazy.

"I came to see you for something, so let's talk to a place where no one is around." The brigade commander said. He still believed in Factory Director Xing. He worked very hard, and even if he occasionally slacked off, he wouldn't say anything.

The environment here is indeed not very good.

"Okay." Director Xing nodded and led a few people to his lounge.

His lounge is not far away, where he eats and drinks on weekdays.

"Brigadier, please wait a moment. I'll bring you chairs." Director Xing said after entering the lounge. His lounge only had a bed, a table and chairs.

There are also some documents on the table, which record the number of bullets and grenade shells produced every day. Of course, it also includes a summary of the maintenance of guns.

However, repairing the gun is still a bit lacking. In fact, it means to see if the parts of the broken gun are still useful. If so, dismantle them and reassemble them into a usable gun.

After all, they don't have the ability to produce those fine parts. It's not that they don't have them, but it's a little difficult to produce them. Because there are no machine tools, some parts are polished and manufactured by hand, so the output is even lower.

"No need to go to such trouble, I'll just talk for a while and then leave." The brigade commander stopped Director Xing.

"Okay." Director Xing nodded after hearing this.

"I'm looking for you this time to ask you to transfer five technicians to me." The brigade commander didn't hesitate and said straight to the point.

"Ah?! Transfer people?! Brigadier, are you going to reorganize an arsenal?! Where will it be built?!" Director Xing was stunned after hearing this, and then asked.

He doesn't have many technical personnel here. If the brigade commander transfers people away, he must be setting up an arsenal, otherwise the technical personnel will not be transferred.

After all, the technical staff here are all precious. It is impossible to transfer the technical staff to the front line to fight the Japanese. That would not be overqualified.

"Transferred to Taiyuan, to Li Jin's base." The brigade commander said and glanced at Li Jin who was standing aside.

"Li Jin?! This name seems a bit familiar?! He can't be the commander of the special operations battalion, right?!" Director Xing looked at Li Jin and said after hearing this.

I heard Lao Zhang talking about Li Jin before. If Li Jin hadn't obtained so much ammunition and alleviated their pressure, their current pressure might be even greater.

"Well, it's him. I transferred him to Taiyuan. He just happened to find tungsten ore and prepared the materials to build an arsenal. So, I asked you to transfer a few people to follow him to ensure that he The arsenal is making things smoothly," the brigade commander said.

"It's no problem to transfer it, it's just..." Factory Director Xing hesitated a little after he said it. Li Jin had sorted out the materials, and just needed some technical staff to guide him. It's not impossible to build an arsenal.

"That's what?! If you have any questions, just ask." The brigade commander urged.

"Brigadier, Taiyuan is the base camp of the Japs. Wouldn't it be too dangerous to build an arsenal there?!" Director Xing said.

He felt it was too dangerous and built the arsenal away from Taiyuan. If something happened, the arsenal would be gone. The key is, what if even his technical staff were gone? !

"Besides, the newly built arsenal will also take a lot of time to build in order to produce things. With that time, my people can make more bullets." Director Xing continued.

He felt that the significance of building a new arsenal was not very great. It was too time-consuming. The key was to dig iron ore and so on. Li Jin didn't have many people in his battalion. Counting a battalion of six to seven hundred people, a lot of people would need to be sent to dig iron ore. If the number of people is small, the ore will be less, which means that the output of ammunition is not high, which is of little significance.

The brigade commander should know this better than him. How could he make such a decision?

"What do I think is the problem? You don't have to worry about this. Li Jin has a machine tool over there. The construction and research may take some time.

But as long as you get the beginning right, the rest won't be a problem. "The brigade commander smiled and said, it's normal for Director Xing to have this doubt.

"What?! Machine tool?!" Director Xing was stunned after hearing this, wondering if he had heard wrongly. Li Jin actually had a machine tool there? !

"It's true, we also have a machine tool." Minister Zhang also said. Seeing Director Xing's shock, he couldn't help but smile.

"Where?! Where's the machine tool?!" Director Xing asked quickly.

"It hasn't been sent here yet. The brigade commander will have it sent over soon after they return." Minister Zhang said with a smile.

"You should select the people first. No one of the five should be missing, understand?!" the brigade commander also said.

Li Jin's arsenal still needs guidance from a few technical personnel.

"Okay, okay, I'll choose right away." Director Xing nodded quickly.

"It's not that urgent. After you select the people, just ask them to report to the brigade headquarters tonight." said the brigade commander.

"Understood!" Director Xing nodded.

"Then I'll leave first," the brigade commander said.

"Brigadier, let me see you off!" Director Xing wanted to see the brigade commander off.

"No, go about your business, Lao Zhang, you can stay here and tell Lao Xing everything you need to say. Remember, when you tell others, don't involve Li Jin, and don't let others know. "The brigade commander looked at Minister Zhang and said.

He knew that Director Xing had many questions to ask, so he asked Lao Zhang to stay and talk to Director Xing.

"Okay." Minister Zhang nodded. The brigade commander was worried that if something went wrong in the future, Li Jin would be put in danger. The brigade commander really paid more attention to Li Jin.

"Li Jin, let's go." The brigade commander then took Li Jin away.

After the two left, Director Xing did not go to find anyone immediately. Instead, he wanted to hear from Director Zhang the specific situation.

"Lao Zhang, how did you get this machine tool?! Did you buy it from above?! How many machines did you buy?! How come even a battalion can have one machine tool?!" Director Xing asked several questions in a row .

"This machine tool was not bought from above..." Minister Zhang told the situation one by one.

Director Xing was dumbfounded after hearing this and said: "In other words, these two machine tools are basically only available because of Li Jin?!"

"Well, although I don't know the specific situation, it is indeed the case." Minister Zhang nodded.

"No wonder the brigade commander agreed to let the special operations battalion have an entire arsenal. With so few people in the special operations battalion, is it appropriate to reorganize an arsenal?!" Factory Director It doesn’t have to be a few dozen.

"The number of people in the special operations battalion is small?! You're afraid you don't know what's going on." Minister Zhang said with a smile.

"How many people can there be in a battalion, up to seven or eight hundred people!" Director Xing disagreed.

"He has two thousand men in one battalion!" Minister Zhang said slowly.

"???What the hell?! Two thousand people, isn't this a regiment? There are more people than the 772nd Regiment!" Director Xing said.

What kind of battalion has two thousand people? This is a regiment.

"The number of people at the regiment level and the units at the battalion level. Now you know how much the brigade commander values ​​Li Jin. He is not just good at fighting.

There must be other abilities, otherwise the brigade commander would not pay so much attention to it. This time the brigade commander asked Li Jin to take the machine tool away, probably thinking that Li Jin might come up with some unexpected things. "Minister Zhang said.

The reason why Li Jin is still only the battalion commander is because his party experience is not enough. After all, it has only been a few days since Li Jin officially joined the party. If he directly becomes the regiment leader, it may cause some problems.

That's why the brigade commander asked Li Jin to take charge of regiment-level personnel with a battalion-level official position. He had already decided to promote Li Jin to regiment commander as soon as he reached the party level.

"Is it possible that he can make new guns?!" Director Xing laughed. If it were a war, he would admit that he was not as good as Li Jin, but when it came to making things, he was still somewhat capable.

"That's not necessarily the case." Minister Zhang said. He felt that the brigade commander must have thought that Li Jin could do something good, so he agreed to let Li Jin leave with the machine tool.

"In short, the people you send there had better be outstanding." Minister Zhang said.

"That's natural." Director Xing nodded and said, no matter what, Li Jin also has a machine tool there, which will definitely require more powerful technicians to study it.

If they can make their own guns, it's best. If they can't, then make other guns. In short, if they can make guns to kill the Japanese, that's more important than anything else.

"Speaking of which, besides being good at fighting, Li Jin should be good at other things. It feels like the brigade commander seems to attach great importance to him." Director Xing said. He could tell that the brigade commander was very good to Li Jin.

If he only knew how to fight, the brigade commander wouldn't take him so seriously. After all, there were many commanders in their army who could fight.

Therefore, Li Jin must have other situations that they don't know about.

"I don't know. In short, Li Jin is a good guy. He has contributed a lot to the rapid development of our brigade." Minister Zhang said.

Not to mention the brigade commander, he was very fond of Li Jin. Li Jin's appearance helped him solve a lot of logistical troubles. Although he was not directly involved, the guns, ammunition, and money seized by Li Jin were all Many problems were solved.

.........

"Li Jin, what do you think of our arsenal?!" the brigade commander asked after taking Li Jin out of the cave of the arsenal.

He wanted to see what Li Jin thought.

"It's not bad. At least I can make bullets and grenades, and I can also repair broken guns." Li Jin said tactfully.

"You kid, just tell me what you have to say. You don't need to beat around the bush with me." The brigade commander said helplessly. Li Jin is always like this.

"Okay, let me tell you the truth. Our arsenal is indeed a little too backward. If we don't have machine tools, it will probably take a while if we want to make our own guns.

And even if it were made, I'm afraid the output wouldn't be high. "Li Jin said directly.

The output of the Type 81 horse rifle is not high, and this is also the reason. Since its appearance in the equipment, the total output in a few years has been less than 10,000. However, the power of this gun is quite good, but the output is too low.

(End of this chapter)