The third day after the end of Operation Steelmaking.

Zhao Jiayu.

Ding Kong and the two drove three jumpers, stopped at the entrance of the independent regiment department at the same time, turned off the ignition, got out of the car, pulled out the car key, and the two walked into the independent regiment headquarters together.

In the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong had already prepared tea and waited.

"Where's Lao Zhao?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong was alone, Ding Wei asked.

"It's time to build the brigade."

Li Yunlong beckoned the two to sit down.

After a daily brag, the atmosphere between the three of them was very pleasant, and the friendship between the old comrades-in-arms for more than ten years was sublimated again, and Ding Wei also took the opportunity to turn the topic to the topic.

"Let's take this opportunity to discuss, what should we do next?"

Ding Wei skillfully turned out a map of northwest Shanxi.

It is impossible to divide the materials, in order to avoid problems, the three of them have long discussed between them, and the conventional weapons that can be popularized, that is, the weapons that Li Yunlong can obtain in large quantities from Boss Chen, are equipped with all three regiments.

But such rare weapons as cars, trucks, multi-mounted 40 anti-aircraft guns, were armed only with separate regiments.

Arbitrary distribution of materials will lead to problems, and the saying that brothers settle accounts can be widely circulated, not casually.

Li Yunlong's purpose for summoning the three of them this time, Ding Wei had already guessed.

"What to do? Of course, it is to keep attacking and destroying the Devil Zhengtai Railway, so that the Devil Zhengtai Railway will never be able to open to traffic. ”

Kong Jie was a little excited.

This attack on Panxian County was the most energetic battle he fought with Kong Jie, and the troops had strong firepower, and they had been fighting against the devils from beginning to end, which was an unprecedented feeling and experience.

"Keep attacking, keep cutting off the Zhengtai Railway?"

Ding Wei rolled his eyes at Kong Jie.

Li Yunlong also looked at Kong Jie with the same eyes.

"How?"

The eyes of the two made Kong Jie frown:

"We have this strength now, the combined combat strength of the three regiments has reached 12,000 people, backed by the mountainous area in the northwest of Shanxi, there is a strong group of large and deep fortifications, which can be attacked and defended."

"It's not a question of whether you can do it or not."

Ding Wei rolled his eyes.

Among the three of them, Kong Jie is very good at being a person, and he is a good hand at managing the base, but his long-term vision is really not good.

"The Zhengtai Railway, together with Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan, is an important transportation line in North China, and the coal mines occupied by the devils all rely on this railway for transportation."

Ding Wei continued:

"Let's cut it off for a few days, or even a month, and it will be a headache for the First Army, and now the First Army in Shanxi has nothing to do with us, but if we cut it off for two months, the devil's North China Front Army will pay attention to this matter, and if we cut it off for half a year, hmph, the entire Chinese dispatch army will pay attention."

"Lao Kong, do you think how many devils can we block the attack?"

Ding Wei's words immediately calmed down Kong Jie's surging thoughts.

"Indeed, with our current strength, it is enough for the devil to come to two divisions."

Kong Jie sighed.

Beating devils is very exciting, but you also have to look at the situation, see clearly, and you can't fight blindly.

"Lao Ding is right."

Li Yunlong spoke:

"We are a bit of a family now, but it is far from enough to wrestle with the devil head-on, the Zhengtai Railway is the lifeline of the first army in Shanxi, if it is truncated for a long time, the little devil will definitely fight with us."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

"Now is not the time to fight the devil."

Now?····· Kong Jie fell into thought.

Ding Wei smiled and took over the topic:

"In the previous battle, our three regiments went out together and gave the devil a ruthless blow, and the devil also figured out our strength, and he didn't dare to attack rashly without a certain certainty."

"But our threat to the Zhengtai Railway is real."

"I estimate that in the near future, the little devils should deal with us by strengthening the defense of the county, blocking important communication lines, and continuing small-scale conflicts, and then slowly mobilize troops to launch an attack to completely eliminate our three regiments."

"This gives us a window period, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to recruit troops and develop our base areas."

"Lao Li has channels to get enough weapons and ammunition, we can continue to expand the army, as long as there are enough soldiers and grassroots cadres, even if the army is expanded to 100,000 people, there is no problem."

"Lao Kong, your coal mine, my breeding factory, Lao Li's side, needless to say, all kinds of factories have been erected, and the cigarettes from the cigarette factory have been sold to the enemy-occupied areas. The population of the base areas is also growing rapidly, and more and more ordinary people in the enemy-occupied areas are defecting to our side. ”

"On the side of the highway, in the core area of the base area, a large area of wasteland has been reclaimed and planted with food. By the end of this year, a bumper harvest will be ushered in, and both the tax revenue from the base areas and the output of various grain materials will be several times higher than now. ”

"In another half a year to a year, our strength will be stronger than now, even several times stronger, and the materials we produce can also drive other bases to become stronger and stronger, why fight with devils now?"

"Once the devils are forced to rush and ignore the heavy mobilization of troops from other places to attack, this base area that we have built with great difficulty will be ruined."

"That's something I didn't expect."

For the first time, Kong Jie began to reflect on his temper.

"Hey, hey, that's the way it goes."

Grand Master Li smiled:

"The little devil obviously miscalculated the speed of our development and growth before, but our next development speed will be even more beyond the little devil's expectations."

He had already received a telegram yesterday that Zhuang Benfan was dead, and he had killed two lieutenant generals by the way, so there would be new equipment on Brother Chen's side, and more supplies would be provided, and the development speed of the base area would be greatly increased.

By the way, there can be two new masters, and the machine factory can also develop at three times the speed.

"Oh?"

Li Yunlong's words suddenly made Ding Wei Kong Jie's eyes light up.

However, Li Yunlong did not continue to talk on this topic, but changed the conversation: "In this battle, we have also exposed a lot of problems, the expansion of the army is too fast, and the combat experience of the recruits is seriously insufficient. ”

"Indeed."

Ding Wei and Kong Jie nodded at the same time.

In half a year, the expansion of their two regiments doubled, and the independent regiment more than doubled, and the overall strength really increased, but inevitably, the combat level of the fighters declined.

The most obvious thing is that in this battle, ninety percent of the casualties were new soldiers, and there were quite a few, some of which were beyond the expectations of the two.

"So I thought, let's also engage in actual combat, that little devil trains soldiers."

Li Yunlong stated his plan:

"The training effect is too slow and poor all day, we have to do something real."

"I agree."

Ding Wei nodded.

"I agree."

Kong Jie also nodded.

Subsequently, the three of them discussed the specific details together, such as how to deal with the devil's next move, and how to train in actual combat.

Not long after Ding Kong and the others left, the iron communicator on Li Yunlong's waist rang.

"Monk, go and call the political commissar back."

As soon as Li Yunlong finished shouting, he remembered that the monk had not returned, and then called a guard company soldier to call Zhao Gang.

Ten minutes later, Li Yunlong took a ticket to the scheduled delivery location.

······

The place of scheduled delivery.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were chatting with Chen Fan, while the transport company and the rest of the soldiers of the independent regiment were responsible for carrying supplies.

"Why is there so much for the price of shooting down the devil plane? Six hundred tons of weapons and ammunition? 10,000 tons of grain? ”

Watching Chen Fan hand over the list, Grand Master Li was a little surprised.

After the last handover, he only killed two reconnaissance planes, why is the price so high?

"There are two devils on those two reconnaissance planes."

Chen Fan reminded.

"Two devils on the plane?"

"Two devils..."

Who are Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong? Naturally, I immediately heard the overtone of this sentence.

"Yes, two devils."

Chen Fan repeated it.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong glanced at each other, and the two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

The meaning of this is obvious, whether it is a pilot or not, as long as it is a devil plane shot down in the sky, how many devils are on the plane, how many times the price code will be calculated.

"Four masters?"

The follow-up price code also made Li Yunlong's eyes light up.

"The Bofors Mountain Cannon can be redeemed at will. The universal machine gun has been upgraded! There are reinforced concrete, and careful machine tools and parts, alloy ore ······"

"The big mule is there, too."

Grand Master Li is already very familiar with Chen Fan, and he is not polite, looking at the list in his hand, Grand Master Li was pleasantly surprised, and when he saw the last one, his voice mentioned the highest:

"160 mortars?"

"Yes, 160 mortars."

Chen Fan pointed to a cannon covered with a cannon jacket beside him:

"Brother Yunlong, I'll give you a sample cannon, plus two hundred shells, you can give it a try later."

"Haha, thank you Brother Chen."

Grand Master Li blossomed.

There is data on the list, these 160 heavy forces plus spare parts, weighing several tons, and one shell is also more than 40 kilograms, and he can carry more than 200 shells for nothing, which makes Li Yunlong twice as happy.

In the evening, Chen Fan left.

Huang Baowang commanded the soldiers to carry the materials to various warehouses, and now this has become a standard process, which is very familiar, and Li Yunlong took Yan Sheng and Wang Chengzhu to look in front of the 160 heavy force, touch the barrel, and work together to move the shells weighing more than 40 kilograms, and the two artillery company commanders drooled all over the ground.

Zhao Gang took the list in his hand, and was glad that the base area could usher in a large wave of development, and he also knew the full name of the master.

"Master of metal machinery, master of chemical materials."

This time, the three regiments cooperated in the 'steel-making' operation, and the independent regiment destroyed a train and 5.5 kilometers of railroad tracks, killed Zhuang Benfan and other devils, plus two devil reconnaissance planes, and the total amount of grain alone was as high as tens of thousands of tons.

Even if the goods were delivered in batches, even if there were 10 rounds of big trucks and a large number of large mules, even if the road was directly connected to the delivery location, the independent regiment was busy until late at night before the preliminary transportation and statistics of the materials were completed.

In the middle of the night, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, who were tired but full of excitement, were at the regiment headquarters, looking at the list on the table.

Li Yunlong spoke first:

"What should we get in exchange?"

Although the harvest this time is quite rich, and the amount of weapons and ammunition is not small, and the total amount of manufacturing is more than 1,000 tons again, this thing will never be enough and will always be scarce.

Machinery factories need it, explosives factories need it, troops need it, and now the big mules also need to exchange weapons and ammunition.

"The bulk is reserved for the troops."

Zhao Gang spoke first, and his tone was affirmative:

"Seventy percent will be given to the troops, and the rest will be allocated to machinery factories, explosives factories, etc., and the combat effectiveness of our troops must be ensured first."

As the scale became larger and larger, the name of the repair institute has been abandoned, and now the full name is Zhao Jiayu Machinery Factory.

"Hmm."

Li Yunlong nodded in agreement.

The two have worked together for so long, although they often quarrel over trivial matters, but the relationship is indeed getting better and better, just because the two are almost the same in terms of major matters.

Zhao Gang continued:

"Most of the remaining alloying additives and some machine tools, the machine shop is making new electric furnaces, and we have to produce some high-quality steel."

"The machinery factory has recently worked with Zhang Wanhe to produce Czech-style, and with the three new masters and high-quality steel, it is estimated that the product will be produced by the end of this year, and the output is not low."

"It's a pity that we have too few skilled workers, otherwise..."

Political Commissar Zhao sighed with emotion.

The master is simply invincible, a technician of a regiment by himself.

In a few days, using free time, according to the current level of the troops, a set of Czech-style production lines was designed, as well as a plan for the formation of the production line.

Because the equipment can only be made by itself, there is a lack of qualified steel, and there is also a lack of skilled workers, according to the original plan, a small amount of production can be put into production in the second half of next year, but with three new mechanical masters, the progress can also be greatly increased.

If it weren't for the lack of skilled workers, I am afraid that it would be able to be put into production in the second half of this year.

"Then, a new chemical master came to the master, and the master said that as long as the materials are enough, we can produce more than 20 tons of potash tung explosives per day at the beginning of next year, and also leave some for the chemical plant."

Zhao Gang has a completed base development plan in mind.

"Okay, just as you say."

Li Yunlong nodded:

"You make a list tomorrow, and I'll try that heavy mortar."

"Hmmm..."

Zhao Gang thought for a while and said:

"Call me when you go, and I'll go check it out."

Machinery factory, explosives factory has been on the right track, there are special person in charge, the machinery factory is Sun Desheng, the explosives factory is a chemical technician from the headquarters, and the master management level is also top, although not directly involved in the management, but there are questions to answer.

Zhao Gang has been a lot more relaxed recently.

"42 kilograms of shells, one filled with 8.8 kilograms of black sokin explosives."

Thinking of the newly arrived 160 heavy data, Political Commissar Zhao couldn't help but be excited.

This is heavy artillery, real heavy artillery, heavy artillery that can attack fortifications.

It was also the first heavy artillery of the troops.

"If this thing has enough offensive power, then it needs to change a few more doors."

Li Yunlong rubbed his hands and smiled.

Since the troops have the 92 type, the artillery shells are abundant, and there are 120 heavy pressures, and the devil's turret is getting thicker and thicker, especially the cannon tower, and a 120 mortar shell has little effect when smashed down.

Fortunately, it is not easy to build this turret, and there are not many devils.

"Speaking of more than 700 tons of reinforced concrete..."

At the end of the topic, Li Yunlong's tone was full of eccentricity.

"Sort of..."

Zhao Gang didn't know what to say about it for a while, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

I saw that the list was written in a large font:

For every Japanese soldier killed, one ton of reinforced concrete materials was obtained, with steel bars accounting for 30% and cement accounting for 70%. The diameter, length and shape of the steel bar can be customized at will, and there are 15 kinds of cement labels.

"Looks like we're going to have to step up."

Li Yunlong licked his lips.

"Yes."

Zhao Gang's eyes flashed:

"Reinforced concrete shells are good stuff."

"One pound of cement mixed with sand, stones can make four pounds of concrete, and then steel bars are added to it, and the defense power is ten times that of sandbags."