"What did you say?"
At the brigade headquarters, Brigadier Chen's eyes almost popped out of his head after listening to Li Yunlong's words: "Brother Chen, you want to assist our Eighth Route Army mortar and smokeless gunpowder production line?"
"That's right!" Seeing the brigade commander's expression, Li Yunlong's expression was indifferent, but he couldn't help feeling secretly happy.
When he heard this, he had the same expression as the brigade commander, but he was more surprised by the 105mm howitzer battalion.
The product produced by Brother Chen must be a high-quality product. The power of the 105 howitzer should not disappoint us.
At present, the Eighth Route Army's arsenal is productive and can produce its own weapons and ammunition such as rifles, mortar shells, grenades, explosive packs, grenades, and grenades.
However, due to low productivity due to conditions and technology, mortars cannot be manufactured by ourselves.
Moreover, because smokeless gunpowder cannot be produced, the ammunition produced by the arsenal is not very powerful, and sometimes it can only be achieved through quantity.
For example, several grenades are tied together and used as cluster grenades, or large explosive packs are made to enhance the power of the explosion.
"How much production can be produced?"
Deputy Brigadier Han next to the brigade commander was breathing rapidly.
Li Yunlong said: "It can produce 150 60mm mortars and 30,000 rounds of artillery shells per month."
The brigade commander and Deputy Brigadier Han's eyes widened suddenly, 150 mortars? Doesn’t that mean we can produce three artillery regiments per month?
At present, the Huangyadong Arsenal can produce 4,000 artillery shells per month. If the monthly production can be increased to 30,000 artillery shells, the annual output will be more than 400,000 artillery shells.
Thinking of this, the brigade commander and Deputy Brigadier Han looked at each other and saw the same excitement in their eyes.
It seems...our Eighth Route Army is going to get rich?
The monthly production line of 150 mortars, 30,000 rounds of artillery shells, and smokeless gunpowder is a great achievement for the Eighth Route Army, which is extremely short of ammunition. These two production lines are a timely help to the entire Eighth Route Army. , Drenching nectar after a long drought is a super contribution that affects the overall situation.
The brigade commander suppressed the excitement in his heart: "If you have any requests, feel free to ask for them. I will satisfy those who can satisfy them, and I will make an exception for those who cannot."
"There's nothing else," Li Yunlong said. "The main reason is that there are a lot of things airdropped this time. I would like to ask for permission to see if I can airdrop them directly to the Huangyadong Arsenal."
"This saves time and effort. The equipment for the production line is in place earlier and can be put into production as soon as possible."
The brigade commander said in a deep voice: "I need to ask the head of the headquarters for instructions on this. When will your channel be able to airdrop?"
"If it can be confirmed tonight," Li Yunlong said, "the equipment and raw materials will probably be in place at noon tomorrow."
The brigade commander straightened his expression, walked quickly to the phone, and dialed the number of the headquarters.
After reporting the situation of the mortar and smokeless powder production lines to the boss on the phone.
After coming over for a while, the brigade commander hung up the phone and said to Li Yunlong: "The boss agreed. At noon tomorrow, the heads of the headquarters will go to Huangyadong in person to welcome the arrival of the production line. The boss named you to accompany him personally."
The reason why the boss agreed was that the arsenal in Huangyadong was no longer a secret, and it had been exposed after the Yamazaki detachment entered the front line.
However, the main regiment of the 386th Brigade and the decisive column responded quickly, preventing the Yamazaki detachment from destroying the arsenal.
Later, when the Japanese raided the area, the soldiers hid their equipment, weapons and ammunition, and played a trick with the Japanese.
The Japanese thought that the Eighth Route Army had moved all the arsenals, so they raided Huangyadong and left.
In fact, in real history, the Japanese army also attacked the Huangyadong Arsenal many times.
One of the most famous battles was the Battle of Huangyadong in November 1941. The special agents directly under the headquarters fought fiercely for 8 days and nights with enemies four times the size of our army. By the end of the battle on November 19, more than 1,000 enemies were killed and wounded. He entered the arsenal and won a brilliant victory with 6:1 casualties between the enemy and ourselves.
The Eighth Route Army Headquarters awarded the special agent group the glorious title of "Huangyadong Defense Hero Group".
The Japanese sent planes to bomb the Huangyadong arsenal many times. However, the arsenal was located in a crack on the mountainside, and the Japanese used heavy aerial bombs to no avail.
After receiving a positive reply, Li Yunlong prepared to leave: "Then I will go back and inform Brother Chen that I will airdrop all the equipment to the arsenal tomorrow."
"Go!" The brigade commander waved his hand.
Before Li Yunlong left, he glanced at a pack of cigarettes on the table.
"Wait." The brigade commander called to Li Yunlong.
"Brigadier, is there anything else?" Li Yunlong turned around.
The brigade commander picked up the cigarette on the table with one hand, picked up Li Yunlong's left hand with the other, and slapped the cigarette into his hand.
"Smoke on the way back."
"Thank you, brigade commander. Thank you, brigade commander." Li Yunlong looked overjoyed and happily put the Hardman cigarettes into his pocket.
Hardman cigarettes and Lao Dao cigarettes are two of the most popular and best-smoked cigarettes nowadays.
He gave a military salute and then walked out.
…
When Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters, he immediately turned on the radio and asked Chen Feng to meet.
The two agreed to meet at the same place in 2 hours.
After being busy for most of the day, it was already afternoon.
Captain Li and his guards arrived at the appointed place ten minutes early and smoked two Hardman cigarettes.
Chen Feng came galloping with Yan Shuangying on horseback.
"Brother, have you confirmed the delivery location?" Chen Feng turned over and dismounted and asked.
"It's confirmed, it's at the Huangyadong Arsenal."
Li Yunlong took out a map and pointed it out to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng took a look and saw that it was really the Huangyadong Arsenal. The head of the headquarters actually agreed to the airdrop in one step, which made him a little surprised.
Maybe the other party trusts me...
Li Yunlong continued: "Huangyadong is surrounded by mountains. There is a valley on the mountain. When the time comes, just airdrop the equipment to the valley."
There is a factory area in the valley, but the real arsenal is in a cave halfway up the mountain.
Because there are crisscrossing ravines and complex and dangerous terrain, it is not easy to move equipment up Huangya Cave.
Chen Feng thought, "I will make arrangements. The plane will arrive at the Huangyadong Arsenal at about 12 noon tomorrow."
"Brother Zhao and I have finished our work." Li Yunlong said, "You and Yan Shuangying will go to Yangcun for a drink?"
"Okay!" Chen Feng did not refuse.
Anyway, he is fine and Li Yunlong is fine too, so just have two drinks and kill Commander Li.
Li Yunlong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Get on the horse."
Chen Feng got on his horse and said, "Brother, have you forgotten something?"
"What's the matter?" Li Yunlong looked stunned, with thoughts in his eyes, "No."
Chen Feng said: "Bombarding Niangziguan Station and killing three colonels. Such a big business, why don't you even mention it?"
"Hey, tell me this, I'm going to settle the matter with you, brother, after a while." Li Yunlong said with a smile.
With Captain Li's shrewdness, how could he forget this?
He is still waiting to hand over the mountain cannon and howitzer, and then quietly make a fortune.
In this way, I just handed over howitzers and mountain cannons, and also handed over a large number of cotton-padded clothes, gas masks, and production lines for mortars and smokeless gunpowder.
Even if the brigade commander and division commander knew about it, they would be embarrassed to continue robbing.
"I suggest, of course, just a suggestion."
Chen Feng said: "Tomorrow I will buy a 105 howitzer battalion. With such a high ideological consciousness, I will definitely hand over these howitzers."
"It is not an exaggeration to call a howitzer a strategic-level weapon."
"Once the Japanese find out, they will definitely send planes to bomb as soon as possible, but as far as I know, except for your regiment, other units have relatively weak anti-aircraft firepower..."
"It's better to replace these three colonels with machine guns, specifically to protect the howitzers and mountain cannons."
When Li Yunlong heard this, it seemed to be the truth. If the howitzer he handed in was blown up by a Japanese plane, it would be a huge loss.
He immediately asked: "For a colonel, how much can you give me the price of a machine gun?"
"One colonel has 30 machine guns." Chen Feng said, "Three colonels have 90 machine guns, and each machine gun is equipped with 1,000 rounds of shells."
This price is already very good. Before this, it only took 20 machine guns to conquer a county town, and it only took 40 machine guns to conquer Yangquan.
A colonel has 30 machine guns, and each machine gun is equipped with 1,000 rounds of shells, so the ammunition is sufficient.
"Okay!" Commander Li nodded, "Can these machine guns and corresponding shells be delivered tomorrow?"
In order to protect the mountain artillery and howitzers of his brother's troops, Commander Li could only reluctantly cut off an opportunity to make a fortune.
That night, Chen Feng and Yan Shuangying spent the night in Yangcun.
During the dinner, Chen Feng and Zhao Gang drank wine and ate meat, while Li Yunlong could only drink water, which made him greedy.
During the dinner, Chen Feng also took a test on several knowledge points from Li Yunlong's military textbook.
Contrary to Chen Feng's expectation, Li Yunlong responded fluently and was able to draw inferences from one instance to another.
Chen Feng lamented that it seemed that planes, tanks and warships inspired Commander Li's motivation.
Chen Feng was completely relieved now.
…
Early the next morning.
Li Yunlong and the guards finished breakfast and hurried to the Eighth Route Army headquarters on horseback.
After arriving at the headquarters, Li Yunlong saw the brigade commander, division commander and all headquarters leaders waiting for him.
Li Yunlong was a little flattered. It was the first time that so many chiefs were waiting for him as the leader.
After the boss asked a few simple questions, Li Yunlong and a group of leaders, escorted by a cavalry company from the division, rode to the Huangyadong Arsenal.
When everyone arrived at the Huangyadong Arsenal, it was almost noon.
Not long after waiting, there was a buzzing sound in the sky. All the leaders were shocked and hurriedly raised their heads to look at the sky.
Li Yunlong quickly took out the flare gun, loaded it, turned on the safety, pointed it in the sky and fired.
A red signal flare slowly rose.
Not long after, the roar of the aircraft motors became louder, and in the eastern sky, a dense group of aircraft like dragonflies appeared.
There was a cannon hanging under each plane, and a dozen large transport planes passed by higher in the sky.
Machine tool equipment and howitzers cannot be airdropped, and the Eighth Route Army currently does not have an airport for transport aircraft to take off and land, so it can only be transported by helicopter plug-in.
This is a helicopter without a cabin. It looks like a dragonfly and has excellent external capabilities, reaching an astonishing 10 tons.
"That seems to be a howitzer?"
The brigade commander put down the telescope and glanced at Li Yunlong with a half-smile.
That expression seems to be saying, Li Yunlong, you are dishonest. Do you want to hide the howitzer?
"Brigadier, you are wrong." Li Yunlong's chrysanthemums tightened. He really didn't expect that Brother Chen would actually transport the howitzer in this way, and it was also seen by the leaders. He hurriedly explained, "That's a mountain cannon, not a howitzer."
"That's a howitzer, and it's a German LeFH18 105 howitzer."
The chief of staff, who had studied at the Frunze Military Academy of the Soviet Union, put down his telescope and sounded surprised.
This is Germany's most important 105-mm howitzer. Who would have thought that Li Yunlong's channels could even get this big guy?
I have to say that Li Yunlong’s channel is really something.
All the leaders held up binoculars, their vision followed the helicopter, and they all looked excited.
Our Eighth Route Army finally has a 105 howitzer!
There are a total of 12 105 howitzers and one howitzer battalion. The old man looked extremely satisfied after counting them.
So delicious!
(End of chapter)
