"Director Dai, have you made any new discoveries recently?" By the side of a courtyard in Zhaojiayu, General Chen was sitting with Director Dai under a big tree, drinking tea leisurely, and not far away was a In front of the landlord's mansion, Li Yunlong was taking Zhao Xiuqin to take wedding photos. Yes, wedding photos. For Li Yunlong's wedding, Wang Yue went back to China and bought a large number of wedding supplies, as well as several imitation machines. With a Zeiss camera and a box of thousands of rolls of 120 film, we commissioned our Brigadier Chen to take wedding photos of Li Yunlong and Zhao Xiuqin according to the wedding photo sketch style he obtained.
"It's shocking. The Eighth Route Army's sophisticated weapons and abundant supplies are far beyond our imagination. Didn't you notice? All the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army wear new military uniforms with machine-made stitching. Most of them have not been washed. Like the intelligence we got before, they are all Italian-style military uniforms. The only difference is that this time almost all of them put on M35 helmets from Hans. As for the weapons, almost all the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers we have seen The weapons have all been standardized, and it is not the previous state where weapons were mainly captured." Director Dai took a sip of tea and replied calmly. He had been looking forward to coming to the Eighth Route Army base area for a long time, and finally came this time. , he naturally obtains information from every detail.
"Notice that the camera is not there. It is a Zeiss camera. Even in Hans country, it costs several hundred marks. This is not what the previous Eighth Route Army could afford." General Chen's eyes drifted to Brigadier Chen. At this time, Chen The brigade commander was taking a solo photo of Zhao Xiuqin who was wearing a cheongsam. Although it was his first time wearing a cheongsam, our director Zhao was still very relaxed. Old Li on the side almost burst into laughter. it took.
"Did you see those buckets?" Director Dai glanced at the few little soldiers fetching water. He saw that each of these little soldiers was carrying two tinplate or tinplate buckets.
"It's indeed a lot, but it doesn't look like it was made in a small workshop. Could it be made by machines in the Eighth Route Army Arsenal?" General Chen recalled. It seems that such small barrels can be seen everywhere in the base area, and they are used for everything. Because it was ordinary, General Chen didn't pay much attention to it.
"That is a canned meat box, an imported canned meat weighing no less than ten kilograms. I have noticed the smell of some ordinary soldiers. They eat this canned meat almost every day, and the taste of these canned meats will never be less than Five. " Director Dai showed a wry smile unnoticeably. The shortage of supplies in the rear area is unimaginable. As far as the soldiers of the national army are concerned, some miscellaneous troops may not be able to eat meat once a year, and the staple food is It's just some soybean meal and black beans. To put it bluntly, this stuff is horse feed, and it's not top-notch horse feed. Real war horses eat the same sorghum rice as that year, with refined salt, eggs and dried meat.
"The Eighth Route Army actually gave ordinary soldiers canned meat, or did they eat it every day?" General Chen could no longer maintain his previous indifference. Obviously, due to limited transportation capacity, the government will not waste precious transportation capacity on outsourcing food. It also spans thousands of kilometers and has a transport capacity of ten kilograms, which is enough to transport two rifles and two pistols. As for self-production? That's okay, canned food is an industrial product, and the few canneries in China are basically located along the coast, so they have long been owned by the Japanese.
General Chen and General Chen obviously didn't know that Wang Yue had obtained another 10,000 tons of cans in the past few days, so even if the 10,000 tons of cans sold to the Jinsui Army were not counted, the Eighth Route Army still had 50,000 tons of cans. This is definitely a happy trouble for the Eighth Route Army. It is difficult for the Eighth Route Army to move these things with them, and it is also difficult to store them. There are still many scattered in the woods near the base area. In the past few days, the Taiyue Military Region , the soldiers changed from two meals a day to three meals, two of which were provided with canned meat, at least 500 grams per person per day, which is already an amazing standard, and even most Western countries do this Less than.
"They also sold 10,000 tons to the Jinsui Army. It was chicken intestines stewed with potatoes, radish stewed chicken neck, and fried chicken blood cubes stewed with corn. It was high in oil and salt, and also added a lot of sucrose. It was extremely caloric. It's surprising enough, but now it seems that the Eighth Route Army's own soldiers are better fed." Director Dai shook his head. Naturally, the fact that the Jinsui Army obtained a batch of imported cans could not be hidden from the Military Command Bureau.
"Ten thousand tons, Director Dai, you should have told me about this in advance." The first thing General Chen thought of was to buy canned food from the Eighth Route Army, and then add nutrition to his soldiers. Don't think about how well the Central Army eats. , even if they are direct troops, they will still be hungry. At most, the proportion of soybean meal and black beans in the food will be a little less.
"Come on, so what if the Eighth Route Army sells 10,000 tons of canned food to the government? It would be good if only one-tenth of it can be distributed to the soldiers. Instead of doing that, it is better to use the money to buy more soybean meal and black beans. At least, the soldiers can still eat it. Got it." Director Dai's tone was full of helplessness and self-deprecation.
"Okay, I admit, what you said makes sense." General Chen also had the same expression. Don't think that no one is greedy for horse feed such as soybean meal and black beans. In fact, even these things still have a lot of A large proportion is severely deducted, but compared to cans, more will fall into the stomachs of soldiers.
"To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about the old man's idea of moving the 1,000 regiment to Chongqing." Director Dai looked at Li Yunlong, who had changed into a straight tunic suit and said, "What kind of life is the 1,000 regiment living in northwestern Shanxi now? Once After going to Chongqing, if they are cut off from material supplies, their living standards will inevitably plummet, and trouble will occur if they are not fully protected.
"You really guessed wrong. I have already discussed this matter with the deputy commander-in-chief. What northern Shaanxi means is that the 1000 regiment, as a government army, can be ordered to move to Chongqing, but we must ensure the integrity and independence of the 1000 regiment. Sex, to put it bluntly, we just need not to interfere in the internal affairs of the 1000 regiment." General Chen naturally knows what Director Dai is worried about, but as a soldier, whether it is the Eighth Route Army or the Central Army, ordinary soldiers actually have no choice.
"'Jian Bing' revealed the situation of the 1000 Regiment to me. The current 1000 Regiment has more than 3,200 people. It has four infantry battalions, a tank company with 12 Hans Guo No. 1 tanks, and a An artillery battery equipped with nine Italian 75mm cannons and 12 Soviet 120mm heavy mortars. The light machine gun equipment was assigned to the squad, the mortars and heavy machine guns were assigned to the platoon, and there was also a battalion machine gun platoon. This is definitely the Eighth Route Army. The top main force, they let go so easily?" Director Dai was obviously a little shocked. The latent agent code-named "Jianbing" had been released early. He had met with Director Dai as early as last night, and a large amount of intelligence about the Eighth Route Army had also been released. Then it was leaked, but there was nothing we could do about it. This was the price of a united front.
"So strong? This firepower can almost catch up with a division of the Central Army." General Chen exclaimed. In fact, due to the lack of equipment in the national army, the firepower of a division may not be so strong. Maybe only a few of them. There are probably not many Soviet weapon troops that can meet this standard.
"Maybe not as good as this. The predecessor of this 1000 regiment was the new regiment of the 129th Division. Its foundation came from before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. The proportion of veterans is the highest in the Eighth Route Army. Even if it is a unit that dares to fight with a bayonet when facing the Sakata Regiment, its morale This is evident from the strong military quality." Director Dai couldn't help but curled his lips and said to himself, please don't put gold in your face. The equipment of the national army will always be on paper, okay? The Eighth Route Army is trying every means to eliminate the veterans in the army. Old weapons, but as for the national army, they sell the new weapons issued and then use the rags to replenish their weapons. The most ridiculous thing is that some troops even give wooden guns used for stabbing training to soldiers. Once a war breaks out, If you don't run away, you will become a ghost.
"Have 'Jian Bing' figured out the weapons channels of the Eighth Route Army?" General Chen did not want to continue this unanswerable topic, so he had to change the subject.
"No, the only thing that is clear is that every time the weapons are purchased, Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade and Logistics Director Zhang Wanhe are responsible for contacting them, and then the 1000th Regiment assists in protecting the transport team." Director Dai is helpless, this guy 'Jianbing' is really He was too careful and never inquired randomly, which resulted in his information always coming from a third-party perspective. If he hadn't taken the risk to steal the photos this time, he probably could have continued to lurk.
"1000 Regiment, this 1000 Regiment again, is it possible that Li Yunlong knows something?" General Chen's eyes lit up.
"This Li Yunlong is not simple. I feel it is very difficult. You know, there is a kind of person who you can understand at a glance. Li Yunlong is this kind of person. He will not be bribed or give in easily. If he is caught during the war, If I arrest him, I won't even interrogate him, I'll just shoot him." Director Dai was a little disdainful. After being an agent for so many years, he often trusted his intuition more than appearances.
"Everyone has shortcomings and weaknesses. Li Yunlong is greedy for money, loves wine, and likes beautiful women. Coupled with his many ups and downs, it is enough for the old man to include him as a target for wooing him. And even if he fails to win over, the old man will not be too Too disappointed, you know, the old man likes those kind of loyal ministers and fierce generals, just like Brigadier Chen, if it were anyone else, he would have died a thousand times." General Chen poured tea for Director Dai nonchalantly, as a member of the Standing Committee The chief's confidant, he didn't believe that Chief Dai didn't understand this.
"Yes, everything is possible. Tomorrow is Li Yunlong's wedding. An hour ago, the Military Command Bureau received a piece of information. General Cui Kefu, the general military adviser of the northern power to aid China, has arrived in northern Shaanxi. It is said that he is very likely to come to Shanxi as well. Northwest will attend this wedding." Director Dai smiled.
"I know this. The advisory group notified the Ministry of Military Affairs and said it wanted to investigate the source of a large number of Soviet artillery in the Eighth Route Army." General Chen also smiled.
"To hide it, who knows, I don't believe that such a large number of weapons and equipment can be produced by some people who sympathize with northern Shaanxi." Director Dai sneered, the intelligence agency of the northern power will only be more powerful than the Military Command Bureau, and the heavy weapons There is simply no way to hide the flow.
"Who knows, maybe they bought it from the Belarusian nobles. Didn't the Northeast Army lose a large number of Soviet weapons? The Russian army has been equipped with the M1910 122mm howitzer for decades." General Chen is not so sure , from a political point of view, for the northern powers, the Eighth Route Army is now obviously not as valuable as the Chongqing government.
