Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 461 Yan Xishan is very distressed (first update!)

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yong looked at Wang Ping and suggested: "Director, do you want to report to the military region and ask the nearby troops to collect materials for us!"

Wang Ping refused after thinking about it: "No way!"

"The Japanese and puppet troops are burning, killing and looting in the base area, and every unit has a combat mission. We must not distract the frontline troops because of these things, and we must not cause trouble to the military region! We will solve these problems ourselves!"

"How to solve it? The raw materials needed to produce weapons and ammunition are not a little, and the amount needed is huge!" Zhou Yong reminded with a worried face.
Despite the many difficulties, Wang Ping still made a firm decision: "I will solve all these problems!"

"Political commissar, you organize all the workers in the arsenal who have no production tasks for the time being. The Japanese Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade's garrison at the foot of the mountain was bombed with a lot of weapons and ammunition. There are millions of rounds of bullets of various calibers. It is said that tens of thousands of shells were bombed!"

"Although the ammunition has been blown up, we can still collect a lot of scrap copper and scrap iron. At dawn tomorrow, all the workers who have no production tasks will be sent there!"

The worried expression on Zhou Yong's face was not relieved, and he continued: "Even if we can collect a lot of scrap copper and rotten iron, it will be a drop in the bucket, and the arsenal can maintain the production of the arsenal for a few days! The fundamental problem of the arsenal's lack of raw materials has not been solved. !"

Wang Ping didn't answer right away. He frowned and hesitated for half a minute before he said: "Political Commissar, can the raw materials we have in stock plus the scrap copper and rotten iron collected from Yamashita Japanese puppet army camps and battlefields guarantee the arsenal's six-day production?"

"Including the ones collected on the battlefield, it can last for eight days. The devils' weapons and ammunition in the trenches on the battlefield some time ago are no less than those blown up in the garrison. If they are all collected, it should be no problem to produce a million rounds of ammunition."

"That's good, I will send the relevant raw materials to you, the political commissar, in eight days!"

In the whole of North China, and in Shanxi, which is the closest to the arsenal, the only ones who can produce a large amount of raw materials for the production of weapons and ammunition at one time, except for the devils, are Yan Xishan, the commander of the second theater.

It is not impossible to obtain raw materials from devils, but it will take time, a lot of time.

Therefore, Wang Ping subconsciously thought of Yan Xishan.

When Yan Xishan withdrew from Taiyuan City that year, he not only removed a large amount of arsenal equipment, but also almost all the raw materials and semi-finished products in stock in the arsenal.

But there is a problem. The equipment Yan Xishan moved away can only produce ordinary light infantry weapons.

As for heavy weapons, even mortars are difficult to produce.

Although the Jinsui Army in their hands is well-equipped, the Jinsui Army is now equipped with not only not many heavy weapons, but also very few of those lost in continuous operations and battlefields.

As the commander of the Second War Zone, Yan Xishan could ask the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to allocate weapons and ammunition for him, but the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs and Lao Jiang were not fools. Lao Jiang, who was good at killing people with a knife, would never give Yan Xishan the heavy weapons that the Central Army lacked.

As a result, Yan Xishan had to find another way to obtain heavy weapons.

Seeing that the Jinsui army was suppressed more and more unable to lift their heads in front of the Japanese army because they did not have heavy weapons, and even their ability to attack and counterattack became worse and worse.Yan Xishan saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.After all, the Jinsui Army is the basis for him to survive in this troubled world. If there is no Jinsui Army to support him, Yan Xishan is sure that it will only take a few minutes for Lao Jiang to step down as the commander of his second theater.

"Commander, some of the main divisions of the Central Army in the World War II area have acquired a lot of mountain artillery from some unknown place. Now, each of the main divisions has a mortar company directly under it and a mountain artillery battalion. But what about us? , Many newly formed main divisions can’t even make up a mountain artillery company! I have reported to the Military and Political Department many times, and all of them replied that there is no. When it comes time to equip their own central army, they have everything!” The chief of staff walked to Yan Xishan frowned in front of him and shouted with dissatisfaction.

"Whoever said that they are direct descendants, we are a motley crew!" Yan Xishan replied helplessly.

"Old Jiang's idea of ​​killing people with a knife can be seen by fools. I wish our Jinsui Army was completely consumed by the Japanese, so that his Central Army can reap the benefits of the fisherman and directly take down Shanxi, where the old man has developed for decades. How could it be possible to replenish our weapons and ammunition!"

"However, without heavy weapons, the combat effectiveness of the troops will definitely be greatly weakened. We can't send troops out to fight guerrillas with the Japanese like the Eighth Route Army!"

"No! We don't have the political system of the Eighth Route Army. As long as the troops are dispersed, the troops will be dispersed!" Yan Xishan shook his head and refused.He is very aware of the difference between the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, knowing that the Jinsui Army does not have the capital and confidence to fight guerrillas.

The chief of staff frowned deeper, and continued to insist: "If you can't fight guerrillas, you can only fight against the devils and defend Southwest Shanxi. However, the army does not have heavy weapons. Facing the Japanese puppet attack, we can only be passively beaten. There is no room for fighting back! Commander, you have to get some heavy weapons back for the troops no matter what. Not to mention too much, a division must at least ensure that one artillery battalion is fully staffed, reaching the level of equipment of the Jinsui Army before the war."

Yan Xishan regrets very much now, regretting that he did not listen to the advice of the Eighth Route Army and transferred the Taiyuan Arsenal to Southwest Shanxi earlier.If there is Taiyuan Arsenal, all the problems here will not be a problem.

But I didn't stop, and didn't think of transferring equipment until the Japanese were about to approach the city.

Because the time was too short, even though he invested a lot of manpower and material resources, he only moved out less than [-]% of the equipment in the arsenal.

More importantly, I didn't move any equipment that can produce heavy weapons.

Just as Yan Xishan was frowning and thinking about the solution, a staff officer suddenly walked in.

Seeing Yan Xishan and the chief of staff who looked so unhappy, they hesitated before reporting: "Sir, the representative of the Eighth Route Army's Liaison Office has come and said they have something important to see you for!"

"It must have come to ask us for weapons and ammunition. Now we don't have enough weapons and ammunition. Where can we give them weapons and ammunition! Commander, I will go out and send them away!" The chief of staff frowned and scolded without thinking. road.

"Wait a minute!" Yan Xishan obviously had a lot of tricks and calculations.

"Chief of Staff, the Eighth Route Army cannot be offended. Now the Eighth Route Army has held back the main force of the Japanese North China Front Army. Without them, the Japanese Army North China Front Army would have been able to concentrate on attacking us in Southwest Shanxi. Do you think that just by being optimistic about the 20 troops in my hand, we can fight against the enemy? Will positional warfare be the Japanese's opponent?"

"No matter what, since the other party is here, we must see each other."

"Now the North China Front Army is encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army with heavy troops. The Eighth Route Army must not be wiped out, at least not yet. Otherwise, we will be finished. So, if they want weapons and ammunition, give them some of the equipment we have eliminated!"

"The commander is wise! What are you doing in a daze, call their representatives in!" The chief of staff reacted immediately.

Soon, a middle-aged man in the uniform of the Eighth Route Army was brought before Yan Xishan and the chief of staff.

The chief of staff who thought that the Eighth Route Army was asking for the Jinsui Army was very straightforward, and asked bluntly: "Tell me! What difficulties did your Eighth Route Army encounter again! What kind of support do you need? Make a list. As long as our second theater commander If you have any, I will definitely give it to you!"

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