Peiping.

Command of the North China Front.

Okamura Ninji finally met Yoshio Shinozuka.

Not long ago, he had planned to consult Yoshio Shinozuka about the 'explosives factory with a capacity of 10,000 tons' in the base area of the Independent Regiment, but because Yoshio Shinozuka left for the northeast region, he had to give up.

"Shinozuka-kun, sit."

There were only two of them at this time, and Okamura Ninji's tone was very calm.

The two belong to the same faction, have the same military philosophy, and have always had a very good relationship and have a deep personal relationship.

"General."

Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head and saluted, showing humility.

Although he is a lieutenant general, he doesn't have a little power now, and his biggest name is just a staff adviser, and in the face of Okamura Ningji, who holds a lot of power, even if he had a good personal relationship before, he has no arrogance at all.

"Shinozuka-kun, there is no need for this between you and me."

Gangcun Ningji said on his lips, but his face was very satisfied.

"Hi, General."

Yoshio Shinozuka promised verbally, and his actions were more humble.

"Shinozuka-kun, take a look at this intelligence information."

Okamura Ninji handed a copy of the intelligence information to Yoshio Shinozuka:

"This is the latest information about your old adversary, Li Yunlong and his independent regiment."

Hearing that it was Li Yunlong, Yoshio Shinozuka instantly became interested, took the intelligence information and looked through it carefully.

Ever since Yamamoto told him that Li Yunlong had established a solid rear base, he had been interested in inquiring about Li Yunlong's information, and he had also learned about the recent influx of people and tens of thousands of tons of grain flowing out there.

At first glance, Yoshio Shinozuka's pupils contracted suddenly, and the information in his hand almost didn't hold it steady:

"Potash dynamite?"

"An explosives plant with an annual output of more than 10,000 tons?"

Taking a deep breath, and then slowly exhaling it, Yoshio Shinozuka had some difficulty to control the horror in his heart, and continued to look through the details below, after reading it, cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead.

Just at the first glance, he knew that this information was absolutely true, and Li Yunlong was setting up an explosives factory with an annual output of more than 10,000 tons.

According to his previous experience of fighting Li Yunlong, the intuition accumulated from headaches again and again told him that the actual truth may be much more severe than in the intelligence!

Most likely, this explosives plant produces not just a little more than 10,000 tons a year, but 15,000 tons, or even close to 20,000 tons. It is also possible that it will take much, much less time than expected from the start of the build-up to the design output.

That Chen Fan has mastered much more advanced technology than the empire, and the common sense of the empire is not suitable at all.

"What do you think of this information?"

Okamura Ninji was very patient, and waited for Yoshio Shinozuka to finish reading before asking.

"General."

Yoshio Shinozuka was silent for a while, during which he looked at the information in his hand again before replying:

"Relying only on the content of this information, we cannot judge the authenticity of the 'annual production of 10,000 tons of explosives', even if this is information flowing from within the independent regiment, but the source is too single and lacks other corroboration, and the credibility needs to be verified."

"Moreover, it is inferred from common sense that the explosives factory with an annual output of more than 10,000 tons cannot appear in the mountainous areas of northwest Shanxi, nor can it appear in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the equipment and technicians of the independent regiment in the intelligence do not support this."

Yoshio Shinozuka is well versed in words, and although he is 100% sure in his heart that this explosives factory is real, even worse than the intelligence explains, he is still very patient to foreshadow.

"Indeed."

Gangmura Ningji nodded, and the main opinion in his heart was also so.

The 10,000-ton explosives factory is too unbelievable and theoretically impossible, and it is as unbelievable as a mechanical processing plant with only a few dozen people and a dozen small machines independently manufacturing a tank.

"But the general."

Yoshio Shinozuka continued:

"All kinds of things that have happened in the past three years or so tell us that we can't judge a matter purely with common sense, especially when it comes to Li Yunlong."

"We have not yet found the source of Li Yunlong's weapons of unknown origin, we do not know the place of production, plus food and other materials, tens of thousands of tons of materials have quietly entered the so-called base area of the Eighth Route Army, and we have investigated for three years, and we don't even know how they were transported."

Gangmura Ninji nodded again.

This is also the core of his hesitation.

In the past few years, Li Yunlong had obtained a maximum of two or three hundred tons of supplies at a time, which could barely understand that it was possible for small-scale supplies to reach the so-called base of the Eighth Route Army through the blockade line of the Imperial Army.

Although two or three hundred tons is not less.

But in recent months, tens of thousands of tons of food have suddenly flowed out of the Independence Regiment's premises and a large number of anti-aircraft weapons have appeared, which has puzzled him.

Tens of thousands of tons of supplies, in just a few months, how did they bypass the sight of the imperial army and enter the base area of the Eighth Route Army?

With this matter in front, Gangmura Ningji also had to hesitate about the information of the explosives factory.

"If that Chen Fan provided them with 10,000 tons of explosives, I can believe it, but a dynamite factory with an annual output of 10,000 tons is really unbelievable." Gangmura Ningji shook his head.

With that huge amount of grain in front, Chen Fan provided 10,000 tons of explosives to Li Yunlong, which was not difficult at all, but it was really difficult not to doubt that he would help him set up a factory to produce 10,000 tons of explosives.

In between, the difficulty difference is too much.

Moreover, according to the information from the embedded intelligence officers of the independent regiment, only a small batch of chemical equipment was found inside the explosives factory that was formed, and the corresponding technical personnel who provided assistance were not seen.

It's hard to believe that without technicians, relying on those small chemical equipment, it can produce 10,000 tons of explosives a year, even if there are a lot of those small equipment.

"General."

"We have blocked almost all the communication lines of the entire Republic of China, even in the northwest, there are a large number of intelligence personnel lurking, but for three years, we have not found out how Chen Fan transported materials to the guerrillas, nor has we found the other party's production place."

Yoshio Shinozuka continued:

"This shows that this Chen Fan and the forces behind him have mastered more technology than the empire in some aspects."

"What we think is impossible may not be difficult in the eyes of the other party."

"For this information, my suggestion is to believe it and deal with it immediately, and the independent regiment base area can already be determined in the formation of an explosives factory, but the output cannot be determined."

"Shinozuka-kun, what do you think we should do?"

Okamura Ninji asked directly.

"The best way is to immediately organize heavy troops to attack, and at least one full division is required, and there is also a heavy artillery wing and an aviation wing to carry out fire support."

Yoshio Shinozuka said without hesitation.

The Independent Regiment had been transferred to the northwest of Shanxi for half a year, and he learned from Yamamoto that the scale of the Independent Regiment was not only before the restoration of Shou County, but even far beyond, and it also had a large number of weapons and equipment, and built roads and fortifications around Zhao Jiayu.

To deal with today's independent regiments, a stronger force is needed.

"Shinozuka-kun, you should be clear."

Gangmura Ningji shook his head:

"With the current situation, such a large-scale operation, let alone me, even if General Yan Junliu agrees, it still needs the nod of the base camp, do you think that with this bit of information alone, the base camp can agree?"

"The base camp will never agree."

Yoshio Shinozuka glanced at Okamura Ninji.

The group of people in the base camp have rigid thinking, outdated cognition, and only rely on intelligence materials to understand the situation, and have never been to the front line to see it on the ground, so it is difficult to truly understand the actual situation.

Just like the rest of the North China Front, even General Gangcun, they couldn't really understand how terrible the solid base that Li Yunlong was building with Chen Fan's support.

Yes, terrible!

"I suggest that under the current situation that a military offensive cannot be launched, all the air forces of the North China Front Army should be mobilized to bomb the base area of the Independent Regiment, and the blockade should be strengthened to prohibit anyone from going to the base area of Li Yunlong's Extremely Independent Regiment."

Yoshio Shinozuka said that he didn't expect to get permission in the first place.

"All the air power?"

Gangcun Ningci was stunned.

He was preparing to bomb the Independent Regiment and began to mobilize planes to Taiyuan, but only a small part of the air force was used.

"Yes."

Yoshio Shinozuka said affirmatively.

"Only the floating population is blocked?"

Gangcun Ningci changed the topic, and instead of talking about the bombing, he changed the topic and asked.

"Because of the blockade of supplies, there is no point, and it can only be done in vain."

Yoshio Shinozuka let out a long sigh.

The corners of Gangcun Ningci's mouth moved, and he didn't say a word.

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Zhao Jiayu rear.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were in a hidden camp, looking at the team in front of them.

The thirty-seven members of the special squad, plus the monks, lined up neatly, and next to the team, there were fifteen large mules and camels carrying full supplies and supplies.

"Make sure you take out Honjo Shigeru first."

Li Yunlong looked around and only said this sentence.

"Pay attention to safety, remember to be careful when communicating with the radio, the devil has radio detection equipment."

Zhao Gang also spoke succinctly.

As the independent regiment became stronger and stronger, and the base shop became bigger and bigger, the two of them became more and more vigorous in doing things, and rarely talked nonsense, after all, there were a lot of things to deal with, and there was no time to twist and turn.

Incidentally, whether it is a construction brigade or other farms, etc., it is the same style.

"Yes."

Wang Gensheng saluted, and then led the troops towards Zhangjiakou.

Looking at the sound of the group going away, Li Yunlong smacked his mouth and smiled:

"500 kilograms of new explosives, hehehehe·······"

The explosives factory produced unexpectedly smoothly, and by now it has stored more than two tons of explosives, so Li Yunlong waved his hand and gave Wang Gensheng's special squad 500 kilograms to do something.

"Let's go, Zhang Wanhe should be there soon."

Zhao Gang walked directly to the regiment headquarters.

While the special squad was marching towards Zhangjiakou, the monk touched the two hand cannons on his waist, and then looked at the equipment on others.

Wang Gensheng's submachine gun, Cao Mantang's sniper rifle, Deputy Captain Li Yuan's 60 mortar, the machine gunner's general-purpose machine gun, and the rest of the team members were also submachine guns, and he suddenly felt that the hand cannon in his hand was not fragrant.

This thing is really powerful, it can hit armored vehicles, ordinary walls can't block bullets at all, but the range is a bit short, and this group of people grab people's heads, the power doesn't have much effect, the focus is on the range.

"Next time, ask Boss Chen."

The monk muttered in his mouth.

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"Minister Zhang."

Zhao Jiayu, the regiment headquarters, and Li Yunlong personally greeted Zhang Wanhe who came in:

"Haha, you're a rare guest, since I arrived here in Zhao Jiayu in the northwest of Jin, your kid is still coming to me for the first time."

In fact, Grand Master Li wanted to drive a car to pick up Zhang Wanhe, which was the only way to pull the wind and save face, but because of the formation of the explosives factory, there were too many recent things in the regiment, and he was really busy as the regiment commander, so he had no choice but to give up.

"Hahaha..."

Zhang Wanhe laughed:

"I've been busy expanding the arsenal recently, and I'm really busy."

Not long ago, the unprecedented scale of the devil's sweep, although the Taihang Mountain Arsenal was forced to move to concealment, but because the strength of the army has increased a lot, it has attracted a large number of devil troops, so there is almost no loss of concealed equipment, and production will soon resume, and Zhang Wanhe also took the opportunity to gather the talents of the repair institute in the surrounding base areas, plus a large number of talents from abroad and at home, the arsenal has been greatly expanded, and even the grenadiers, grenades, grenades, Bayi horse rifles, and bullets, these five key projects, From the original small workshop production to the production line, the output has increased dramatically.

After the two chatted a little, Li Yunlong went straight to the topic:

"How's the tung oil ready? I'm waiting for the rice to come out of the pot! ”

The initial stage of the explosives factory was relatively smooth, and the specialists from the arsenal, with a small number of skilled workers with experience in chemical plants, quickly mastered the production technology, and now can reach an output of 150 kilograms per day, and a new batch of workers is being trained, and it is expected to reach one ton per day in a month, and a month later.

"Our country is the largest producer of tung oil, and it is planted all over the country, although the war output should decline, but there are still 100,000 tons per year."

Zhang Wan said: "Through various base areas, so far, I have obtained 1,500 tons of cooked tung oil, which will be transported to you one after another from next month." ”

"Fifteen hundred tons? Yes, I can produce a thousand tons of explosives. ”

Li Yunlong was very satisfied.

"But the follow-up is more troublesome, tung oil is a strategic material, the Americans, and even the British are desperately buying, and the government is also buying this thing for foreign exchange, and now the market price is very high."

Zhang Wanhe continued:

"So if you want to keep getting tung oil, you'll have to do me a favor."

"How can I help?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes.

"Give me more food, especially your high-quality fine grain, and give it to me with packaging, the more the better."

张万和 says:

"Now the demand for grain on the market is completely in short supply, especially the high-quality fine grains you have here, which are well packaged, waterproof and moisture-proof, suitable for long-term storage, and the price is more than double that of ordinary fine grains on the market."

"We don't have gold or silver, so we exchange grain for tung oil."

"As much grain you give me, I can get as much tung oil as I want."

"It's easy."

Li Yunlong smiled:

"I'll give you 10,000 tons of grain every month."

If it was something else, he really couldn't take it out, but grain, then he could pat his chest and say, 10,000 tons, he wouldn't frown.

10,000 tons, that is, to shoot down four devil planes, as far as he knows, a large number of planes have recently come to Taiyuan, and the happy Lao Li asked Brother Chen on the spot to change a lot of 40 anti-aircraft guns, the kind of double-loaded.

Moreover, the next big move prepared by him and the new first and second regiments is at least 10,000 tons of grain, and if they do it well, maybe there will be more than 20,000 tons.