Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.
"Jingguan Jun, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation for this raid in southern Shanxi."
"Hi! Your Excellency, Legion Commander."
Although the two officers in the office were both wearing lieutenant general uniforms, it was obvious that the relationship between the two was not equal.
The reason is not complicated, it is because one of them is the commander of the Japanese 36th Division, Jing Guanren.
The other person who asked the question was the famous Japanese First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.
Iseki Ren took out a shell case and a warhead and placed them in front of Yoshio Shinozuka. They were covered with dust and had obviously just been dug out of the earth or the earth wall and had not had time to be cleaned.
"According to junior officers, Tubal Road seems to have obtained a large number of these bullets, which increased their firepower by a level, but we were not fully prepared..."
Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand impatiently:
"The Empire needs victory, not excuses for defeat."
"Hi!"
Jingguan Ren quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
"Jingguan Jun, I recognize your ability. There is an old saying in China that victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. I don't care if you lose one or two battles. The key is whether you, as the general of the empire, have summarized the Eight Route Army's principles. weakness."
"Hi!" Jingguan Renrumeng was amnesty and reported quickly, "I have consulted weapons experts. According to them, the structure of this bullet is a bit like Mao Xiong's Mosin Nagant rifle bullet, but it is only in terms of design ideas. It’s just a bit similar.”
"As a pistol cartridge, it's too big and thick. As a rifle cartridge, it's too short. It's a completely new cartridge, so to speak."
"According to experts' inference, this short bullet uses iron instead of nearly 90% of non-ferrous metals, and has very little charge. Especially when paired with black powder, its performance can only be said to be terrible, which is very consistent with Tubalu's style."
Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka just nodded without any sign of impatience.
A regiment commander who can control nearly 100,000 Japanese troops must have something special about him.
He naturally understands that often many unrelated clues can be put together to infer big problems.
Since the person in front of me is not a fool, I will definitely not talk a lot of nonsense to him.
So he just waited quietly for the other party's conclusion.
"And there is currently no known firearm that can use this kind of bullet, so it is absolutely certain that Tubalu fired him with a homemade single-shot gun."
The single stick is a weapon that the Red Party has been able to make at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. More people in the Northeast call it the "stick stick."
The principle of this thing is almost exactly the same as that of a center-folding shotgun.
It's the same as breaking off the barrel of the gun, loading the bullet and ejecting the ejection case, and it's the same without rifling.
The difference is that there is only one tube and can only be loaded with one bullet at a time.
It's even rougher, and many of them don't even have triggers. They just hold down the hammer and fire when they let go.
The iron pipe is very short. Yes, it is an iron pipe, not a steel pipe, because there is not so much steel.
Anyway, without rifling, it can't hit very far, so it can be used as a pistol.
In fact, I don’t blame Jingguan Ren for coming to such a ridiculous conclusion.
Zhao Sizhe's initial thoughts were in line with normal people's thinking.
An organization that lacked food and clothing and could not even understand high, medium and low carbon steel came up with a kind of bullet.
Although this kind of bullet has made compromises in all aspects in order to save supplies, it can be said that steel is used wherever steel can be used, and steel is used as much as possible where steel cannot be used.
But it was still enough to shock the senior Japs.
After all, Eighth Road's resources are extremely scarce and few machine tools are well known to everyone.
In this case, it is definitely harder for them to believe that the Eighth Route Army can produce a rifle with excellent performance than to kill them.
No need to go on, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately understood what he meant:
"Are you saying that during this sweep, our soldiers on every battlefield were besieged by enemies several times their own?"
"Yes, according to the reports of junior officers, they were even suppressed by machine gun-like firepower. The sound of the gunshots was from an unfamiliar firearm. The only explanation is the sound of bullets being fired."
Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka lost in thought, Iseki Ren continued:
"Although not many such bullets were left behind by the Eighth Route Army, more than a dozen were found."
"Whether it is a warhead or a cartridge case, the workmanship and dimensional tolerances cannot be produced by a manual workshop."
Hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio's brows deepened: "You mean, the Eighth Route Army built an arsenal capable of mass-producing ammunition under our noses, and this also led to its expansion of hundreds of thousands of people in such a short period of time. .”
"Hey! Although it is incredible, it is indeed the only explanation."
Yoshio Shinozuka sneered.
He immediately discovered the key.
The robbery of the poison gas transport team made them very passive internationally, and the base camp was very unhappy.
But now it seems that it is a good deal to exchange a few international scoldings for such an important information.
Anyway, the Empire of Japan has long lost face internationally.
This time, the Eighth Route Army seemed to be coming in a menacing way, but it was all based on that mysterious arsenal.
Once attacked, the Eighth Route Army will definitely guard the factory like crazy.
"Order, increase the scale of intelligence collection, and be sure to find the Eighth Route Arsenal as soon as possible."
"During this period, we will adopt a conservative strategy to reduce the casualties caused by the Eighth Route Harassment."
"Continue to arm the Imperial Army on a large scale. If the equipment is insufficient, we can even replace the troops loyal to the Imperial Army with Japanese weapons."
"This time, I will eliminate the hundreds of thousands of people on Jinba Road in one fell swoop, so that there will be no more banditry in Jin Province!"
Jingguan Ren quickly flattered:
"The legion commander's clever plan, if this is the case, will definitely severely damage the arrogance of the Eighth Route Army, and it is not impossible to even completely eradicate the cancer of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Xingxi, Mr. Jingguan is indeed an outstanding general of the empire. After you succeed, I will personally call the base camp to apply for the first merit for you."
"Hi!"
Yoshio Shinozuka, who thought he had captured the Eighth Route Army, was very ambitious and seemed to have seen the destruction of the Eighth Route Army under his wise leadership.
In this way, without Zhu Han knowing anything about it, his monster-like behavior caused the top Japanese leaders to make an extremely serious strategic misjudgment.
Yoshio Shinozuka gave the final order with a cold face:
"If you pass the order, no matter what the cost, I will organize an all-out attack on the Eighth Route Military Factory within three months and completely wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi!"
"Commander Zhu, let's see how you respond to my move!"
…
"How do you answer it? Of course you answer it happily!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
In the forward headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Liao County, everyone was as excited as if they were celebrating the New Year.
"I can't believe that we have such an incredible talent!"
"Ten thousand good guns and more than 1.5 million rounds of ammunition every month, that's not enough! When did our Eighth Route Army ever have such wealth?"
"Xiao Zuo, Lao Liu and Lao Deng have given you a fatal mission, and the Huangyan Cave is all your hard work, don't you feel pity?"
Commander-in-chief Zhu laughed and teased the left staff officer.
However, Staff Officer Zuo looked indifferent and did not look like he was shouldering a heavy burden at all.
"What has been my biggest pursuit over the years? I hope to alleviate the current situation of lack of guns and ammunition on the Eighth Route Army."
"It's a pity that I only have so much passion but no ability. I can only deal with huge losses and difficulties in developing machine tools and raw materials."
"What now? Those machine tools that we originally hoped for the stars and the moon, and spent a lot of effort to acquire, have turned our backs on them."
"Comrade Xiao Zhu took the heavy burden on my shoulders and carried it for me. Now I am light and free."
"I got to know him through Lao Chen. He is the son of a wealthy Chinese businessman in the United States."
"With his ability, he will be rich and prosperous even if he doesn't come back. If he goes bald, he will be a guest."
"But what about him? He doesn't shy away from sword fights and resolutely joins us who are so poor."
"Just for this reason, I don't mind going crazy with him this time!"
"Isn't it just to attract attention for him? Fight if you can, and run if you can't. I won't feel bad if I throw away all the factory's assets, and it can also paralyze the enemy."
"I wish I could take on more missions like this. How about my life? A nice job, okay?"
Others were as excited as Staff Zuo, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng also joined in:
"Hahaha, pass on the order and fully cooperate with Liu and Deng to complete the task. No matter what the cost, it will be delayed for at least three months!"
"yes!"
As a result, the entire Jin Province suddenly fell into a strange harmony.
But anyone with a little bit of ability can feel the undercurrent beneath this calmness.
All this is just the calm before the storm.
