There are still people speculating about the news of Liao Fan's life or death, but this time Liao Fan walked around various important places in the Taihang Mountain station, and there was no news about Liao Fan's death.

"Brother Fan, you went to the hospital this time and hid it from everyone, so we are so worried!" Sun Boyong looked at Liao Fan carefully, now Sun Boyong is becoming more and more stable, unlike before, he was always the same as Liao Fan.

"What is there to worry about, the earth will still turn without me!" Liao Fan said.

"That's different, if the brothers know that Brother Fan is safe and sound now, they may not be happy in their hearts!" Sun Boyong looked at Liao Fan happily.

"Has your logistics department prepared supplies for the troops for the winter?" Liao Fan asked.

"The divisions and regiments below prepare their own supplies, food, and ammunition for the winter, and now the logistics department is only responsible for the supply of materials for the troops directly under the military headquarters and the surrounding troops, and my task is much easier!"

"There are quite a few troops and agency personnel in the station!"

"Brother Fan, just put your heart in your stomach, if there is a person who is hungry in Taihang Mountain this year, you will engage in my military law!" Sun Boyong is full of confidence.

As far as the New 33 rd Army is concerned, this year is not only an exponential expansion of the troops, but also a considerable increase in grain and other by-products due to the stability of the Taihang Mountains, and they have received a large amount of supplies from the hands of the little devils.

"Okay, your grandson is also becoming more and more capable, in this way, I will hold a banquet at the headquarters tonight, invite you to dinner, and Du Weize will also be with you!" Liao Fan said to Sun Boyong.

Whether it is a warehouse or a factory, this is the logistics of the New 33 rd Army, and logistics is the guarantee for the operation of the New 33 rd Army. After the weapons produced in the arsenal are tested, they are also handed over to the logistics department and then deployed in a unified manner.

Of course, there is no problem in the middle, but when the war starts, the weapons produced by the arsenal must first be sent to the logistics department for verification before they can be sent to the front line, there is an additional process in the middle, and there may not be any problems in ordinary times, but if you really encounter an urgent problem, I am afraid that it will delay time, and you must know that every minute of delay on the battlefield there are several or even a dozen soldiers sacrificed.

Liao Fan's purpose in calling Du Weize and Sun Boyong to dinner together was to reduce this process and improve the efficiency of the troops.

The headquarters is brightly lit, and since Shanxi has been reclaimed, Liao Fan does not have to worry about the lack of coal resources, as long as the power plant can cover the places, they are now electrified.

"I'm looking for the two of you to have dinner today, first, I have something I want to discuss with you, and second, my brothers are also catching up! Alcohol is forbidden in the army, this is the tea that Chairman Chiang gave me when he came to our station, this is authentic and good tea! You two are invited to try it out! ”

When Chairman Jiang came, he brought a large bag of tea to Liao Fan, in fact, this bag of tea was used as a cover for Chairman Jiang's identity when they were walking on the road, otherwise Liao Fan would not even get a hair, and he also gave up Zhongtiao Mountain.

"What about Chief of Staff Lee?" Sun Boyong looked around and didn't see Li Lingfei's shadow.

"Li Lingfei went to Taiyuan, I gave him a vacation, and there was no one else today for the three of us!"

"Brother Fan, don't you want to discuss things with us again?" Du Weize asked.

"Yes, let's talk while eating! Move your chopsticks! Liao Fan beckoned the two of them to dinner, "Actually, I'm thinking about merging the arsenal and the logistics department, of course it's not together, I'm thinking that some things can be simplified......"

The two of them put down their chopsticks and looked at Liao Fan, listening carefully to Liao Fan's thoughts.

"What does Brother Fan mean, let the logistics department arrange a few people to go to the arsenal, and these few people don't have to do anything in normal times, but during the critical period, every workshop in the arsenal can be turned into a warehouse for front-line battles?" Du Weize slightly understood what Liao Fan meant.

Liao Fan slapped the table hard: "It's not a loss, it's a knowledgeable person, and a few simple words can clearly express my rambling things!" That's what I think! ”

"This is a good increase in efficiency, but if there is a problem with the weapons produced in the arsenal, if they are not verified and sent directly to the battlefield, who will be responsible for the problem?" Sun Boyong is not shirking responsibility.

"It's easy to say responsibility, if there is a problem with the quality, Du Weize is responsible, and if there is a problem with the quantity, I will find you Sun Boyong!"

"I agree, but there is one requirement, the person arranged by the logistics department to the workshop must be trained, and he must also participate in the work at ordinary times, unless it comes to the situation that Brother Fan said, he does not have to treat himself as a worker!"

Now that the arsenal is really in full swing, if a few idlers come and are idle in the workshop all day, it will affect the mood of the workers.

"The logistics department arranges people in the arsenal, selected by Sun Boyong personally, and they need to be trained, only if you Du Weize feel qualified can they enter the workshop!" Liao Fan said.

"Since you've all decided, I don't have any opinion!"

"Okay, since you have no opinion, let's eat first!"

"Brother Fan, I want to talk to you about something!" Du Weize said with a little embarrassed face, "The arsenal is short of money!" ”

"What? How could the arsenal be short of money? Liao Fan looked at Du Weize curiously, the resources needed by the arsenal are all supplied by the logistics department, and the wages of the workers are not much.

"Since the arsenal is an independent existence, I haven't seen a penny in the arsenal until now, it takes a lot of money to do research, although these equipment are complete, but most of them are very old, often troublesome, and our production efficiency is also greatly reduced! Need money for a new one! ”

Liao Fan touched his chin and thought about it carefully, what Du Weize said was indeed very reasonable, if the money that the New 33rd Army needed most now, in addition to the hospital, I am afraid it is this arsenal that is not very inconspicuous.

"Can you find a seller for the equipment?" Liao Fan asked Du Weize.

Now they do not have the drawings and technology to make equipment, and in order to produce weapons and ammunition, they must buy back equipment from abroad.

"Nope! Machinery and equipment for the production of weapons are rare in China, and these things can only be bought from abroad! ”

Now that wars are breaking out all over the world, every country needs all kinds of machinery and equipment to sustain the war, which cannot be bought with money and means.

"You and Sun Boyong will discuss the problem of money first, and as for buying equipment, I will think of a way for you!"

If a war breaks out, someone will surely make a fortune from the war. No one does it on the surface, but secretly there must be someone who will sell weapons for profit! The first country that Liao Fan thought of was Germany, which was far away in Europe and dragged Europe into the quagmire of war. And there are people in Germany who Liao Fan knows.

As soon as Liao Fan hit John's idea, a letter dashed Liao Fan's hopes in an instant. The letter was sent from Germany, and the owner was none other than John, who had been drafted into the army as a military doctor and went to the battlefield.

Liao Fan's mind was confused for a moment, he knew that John would inevitably go to the battlefield, but when he learned that this foreign friend was already on the battlefield, he still couldn't accept it in his heart.

"What's wrong with Brother Fan?" Du Weize saw that Liao Fan's face was a little bad, and asked with concern.

"No, by the way, I'll figure it out for you when you talk about machinery and equipment!"

In fact, Liao Fan's only way has been blocked by this letter, there are so many countries in the world, there are only a few countries that can spend money to buy equipment, if the Soviet Union is mired in the quagmire of war, their equipment is not enough and will definitely not choose to sell it to Liao Fan, and although the magnesium country is already making ill-gotten gains from this war, but if someone in the magnesium country must tell Chairman Jiang about Liao Fan's purchase of equipment. In this way, Chairman Chiang will definitely obstruct this matter, and even the equipment that Liao Fan spent money to buy will be directly delivered to Chairman Chiang.

Du Weize and Sun Boyong saw that Liao Fan's face was not very good, so they left in a hurry after eating.

Liao Fan pondered who to buy equipment from, and he didn't notice that the two people were leaving, now that wars have broken out all over the world, the equipment for the production of weapons will inevitably rise and become something that countries need, and machinery and equipment cannot be purchased from many countries, so the things produced in this way may not be universal, and when the time comes, when it is brought to the battlefield, the sub-* bullet model does not match the gun, and the sacrifice is still the soldier.

"Self-reliance, independent innovation, self-sufficiency, these twelve words are really too important!"

Liao Fan, who was lying on the bed, felt more and more that what he could buy was better than making it himself, even if it was a little worse than others', it was better than when he wanted it.

However, today's China has been poor and weak since the end of the Qing Dynasty, pursuing the doctrine of take-it-or-leave-it, leaving no property on machinery and equipment at all, and everything has to start from scratch.

"It's not too late, it's not too late to learn from now, one day we can catch up, we can make the best thing in the world!" Liao Fan firmly believes that from this moment of hard work, he will be able to see China's strength one day.

"Since foreign technology is advanced, let's start from abroad!"

That being said, everything is difficult at the beginning, for example, now that a part of the arsenal is broken, no one in the entire Taihang Mountain can repair it. If the immediate difficulties cannot be solved, it is useless to think long-term.

Liao Fan set his sights on another country in Europe, that is, Italy. In the history of World War II, although Italy's army was not in the stream, its weapons and equipment were also at the forefront of the world, and it was an industrial power. The most important thing is that if Italian merchant ships come and go to China, they will not be detained by the Japanese, which is the main reason why Liao Fan set his target as a fascist country.

The Japanese army blockaded the coast of China, and without a reliable identity as a cover, Liao Fan could not bring in as many things as he bought.