The beacon of youth

He didn't even know who he was fighting, and he was as happy as eating bee dung when he mentioned the war.

Li Yong was a little dumbfounded by San Niu's anger, so he had to explain: "You boy, don't guess, there is no battle to fight for the time being, our brigade is too far away from the main force, and the logistics supply is very laborious. Even if the food can be solved by ourselves, what about the weapons and ammunition?" What to do? Troops have to train even if they don’t fight, but training will consume a lot of energy, and we can’t expect bullets and grenades to grow from the ground.”

It turned out that the brigade commander was worried about this matter, San Niu thought for a while and answered: "Brigade commander, there is no problem with ordnance repairs. Even if there are insufficient parts, we can remove some parts from the waste weapons and maintain them for the time being. But if you want to Production is difficult, there is no shortage of technical personnel, there are two main difficulties, one is raw materials, and the other is equipment, we do not have both of these at present, and it is basically impossible to produce weapons."

Li Yong knew that what San Niu said was very reasonable. The Independent Brigade had been fighting continuously since the day it became an army, and the loss of weapons and equipment was considerable. This is also beneficial. Soldiers are familiar with the performance of various types of weapons and equipment in the busy day after day. Li Yong believes that as long as there are raw materials and equipment, and a period of time to explore, simple weapons and ammunition production should be It works.

Production is different from fighting. Self-sufficiency in weapons and equipment is a huge project. Such a project can only be completed by the state in the interior, but it is almost impossible for a brigade-level force to do it in Houzang. There is no upstream For supporting enterprises, it is simply fantasy to rely on a single force to produce equipment.

Military production is the development of an industrial system, and every link is indispensable, the acquisition of industrial raw materials.Dozens of hundreds of complicated processes such as mining, smelting, design, and craftsmanship are required, as well as a large number of special machinery and equipment and engineering and technical personnel, such as seamless steel pipe technology, rifling processing technology, and smokeless gunpowder technology. It will be impossible to master it after a while. With the current technical capabilities of the Independent Brigade, it is too difficult to produce weapons and equipment out of thin air. Just prospecting cannot be completed in a day or two.

There are abundant mineral resources around Shigatse.The prospect of development and utilization is bright. There are dozens of various rare metal minerals. Among them, the copper ore, zinc ore and iron ore reserves necessary for the production of weapons and equipment are not small, but these reserves were only discovered in later generations. In the 50s Shigatse.Only coal mines, salt mines and a small amount of borax mines can be developed, so it is said.Li Yong did not dare to have the idea of ​​smelting rare metals from the Independent Brigade himself.It's not realistic, even if it can be done, it will be at least ten years later.

It is basically impossible for the independent brigade to smelt raw materials by itself. The current strength of the independent brigade is still not able to do it. In fact, Li Yong's idea entered a misunderstanding at the beginning, because the independent brigade does not need to complete everything by itself, and report to the superior .Asking for help from brother troops can solve part of the raw material problem, but this equipment is a headache.

The so-called arsenal is still in its infancy, Li Yong thought about it.I gave up my own idea of ​​obtaining raw materials. For the time being, I can only rely on my superiors to solve the problem. The next thing I need to solve is the machinery and equipment. The raw materials are fine. If the machinery and equipment have to be resolved by the superiors, it is actually equivalent to reporting to the superiors. Established in Shigatse an arsenal.

Build an arsenal in Shigatse? ? ?The closed Houzang has no industrial base, no engineering and technical personnel, and no upstream and downstream supporting enterprises. Can the higher-ups approve the plan of the independent brigade?It is estimated that there is a 90.00% chance of being directly shot.

If the independent brigade wants to maintain its combat effectiveness, it must ensure that the quality of training is the same as before, and even improve in the future. However, training will consume a lot of material reserves and increase the pressure on logistics. Logistics is the biggest shortcoming of the troops at this stage. I want to produce it myself but I don't have the ability.

Just when Li Yong was frowning, Zhang Jinsong, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, ran in again. Recently, Zhang Jinsong took their reconnaissance battalion around the surrounding areas of Shigatse, and mastered a lot of first-hand humanities and resources. Information, and gradually become familiar with the local people.

"Brigade Commander, Brigadier Commander, we caught a foreigner with a big nose in a settlement more than 60 kilometers away from Shigatse. Do you think this guy is a ghost? He is dressed in the clothes of a local fellow. It’s really hard to catch if it’s not for the villagers to provide information.”

Zhang Jinsong came in with a loud voice and yelled, almost everyone in the brigade could hear him clearly, Li Jia, the company commander of the guard, asked a little strangely: "Battlemaster Zhang, no, there are foreigners in such a remote place? Is there a mistake?"

No wonder Li Jia was curious. In China in the [-]s, foreigners were a rarity in large places. Occasionally, one would attract crowds. Who would have thought that they could be seen in such an extremely closed area.

Zhang Jinsong was a little dismissive of Li Jia's curiosity, and the guy patted his chest and replied: "No mistake, what does my old Zhang do! Our old Zhang is a scout, and the boy who was caught has yellow hair and green eyes. not Chinese."

After Zhang Jinsong explained this, everyone was silent, right? Can a person with yellow hair and green eyes still be a Chinese?If he is Chinese, the sow will soon be able to climb a tree.

Li Yong also became interested at this time. When he first arrived in Lhasa, he captured a group of foreigners, but they were all stopped by Li Yong. Did this guy slip through the net: "Jin Song, where are you?"

Zhang Jinsong took a big sip of water, then wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and replied: "Hey, people are outside, come and bring the prisoners here."

The last sentence was shouted to the outside, and several soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion dragged a guy in with a mop, and then threw it on the ground with a thud.

Li Yong took a closer look, heh, he is really a fucking foreigner.

This guy is about thirty years old, wearing a fur robe that Tibetans are used to wearing, and a hat that looks like a fox fur on his head. It fell off, revealing a head of golden hair.

Good guy, if you stay away from such a dress, no one will doubt that he is an ordinary local citizen, but when the wolf always shows his tail, the unchangeable yellow hair and green eyes reveal the boy's true nature.

There is still a way to interrogate the prisoner Li Yong and the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion. After careful questioning, the one caught is really a small fish. According to his own account, this guy is British and belongs to the British Far East. The Intelligence Bureau came to Tibet to implement the m6-Baier plan. Later, because the plan was exposed, most of the members were captured by the People's Liberation Army and failed. He had no way to escape for the time being, so he had to lurk down and wait for the opportunity.

The captured prisoner mentioned the Baier plan, and Li Yong's mentality was as violent as a flash of lightning, and suddenly became brighter. Yes, I forgot about this matter.

The British Empire, which is known as the sun never sets, formulated the m6-Bayer Plan in order to occupy the jewel in the crown of the British king forever, colonize India forever, and ensure the safety of the food basket forever. The government has an arms factory, which is also known as the arsenal. The complete set of machinery and equipment was shipped from the UK with great effort.

The difficulties faced by Li Yong and the Independent Brigade seem to have turned around. The whole set of machinery and equipment, and all of them are made in the UK. They are all fucking good things, but where are these good things?I have never heard of any arsenals in Tibet.

Since entering the Tibetan area, the Independent Brigade has been dealing with the Tibetan army on behalf of the regiment, in Yushu, Qamdo, Leiwuqi, and later in Lhasa and Shigatse, the Tibetan army weapons and equipment they saw everywhere They were all extremely inferior. When they fought against the Independent Brigade, they were completely suppressed. There was no modern equipment at all. If Tibet really had a weapons factory, how could the weapons and equipment of the Tibetan army be so poor? This is not logical.

There have been very detailed records in the Baier Project. The British Empire did support a weapons factory for the Kashag government in Tibet. It is a complete set of British machinery and equipment, and ordinary weapons and ammunition can be produced. However, it is true that the weapons of the Tibetan army are inferior. , There is a contradiction between these two. Why are the weapons of the Tibetan army with their own arsenal still so bad?Li Yong couldn't figure it out.

The machinery and equipment are all made of steel, which cannot be chewed or chewed, and it is impossible to fly out of thin air. Tibet is far away from the UK, and it cannot be moved back.

Thinking of the weapon manufacturing factory in Baier's plan, Li Yong's heart became hot. Damn, if he can really get these machines and equipment in his hands, he will really make a fortune and solve the big problem right now.

Li Yong kept turning his head. If he had machinery and equipment, he would report to his superiors to apply for some raw materials. Tanks and cannons would not be produced, but the production of simple firearms and ammunition would be promising.

But it’s not enough to just be anxious. The Independent Brigade was the first to arrive in Lhasa and Shigatse. Under the sweeping sweeps, neither heard nor saw any large-scale arsenals in these two places.

I don't believe that these machines and equipment can fly into the sky. Li Yong, who was so excited by the Baier plan, ordered Zhang Jinsong, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, to focus on finding the so-called weapons factory. In order to provide convenience for the reconnaissance battalion, They also specially seconded Suolang Pingcuo of the communication platoon to cooperate with them in their work.

According to the interrogation records, Li Yong asked the reconnaissance battalion to focus on the Lhasa area. You must know that Lhasa is the center of the Tibetan area. If there is such a factory, it is likely to be built in the Lhasa area. (to be continued..)