But the most everyone could do was complain. No one really said they were going on strike. Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that.
How much does the leader think highly of Director Su? Under such circumstances, who dares to disobey Director Su?
Ever since, he complained, but he still couldn't stop looking. At this time, on the other side, Wang Ming came to Su Bei's room.
"Director, in the past few days, they have sent a batch of advanced machine tools and materials. These machine tools are currently in production."
"As for those materials, I have asked those workers to make them into equipment for producing DP light machine gun bullets, and the chief also said that this is only the first batch."
"There will be a steady stream of advanced machine tools and materials delivered to our arsenal in the future. At the same time, there will also be a new group of workers in the past few days."
"They all came to our arsenal. The chief specially selected a group of workers for mining and smelting ore. These people have more or less been exposed to this aspect."
Wang Ming's words made Su Bei's eyes light up, but he soon had a doubt in his heart, and he immediately spoke.
"I remember that we couldn't find such advanced machine tools in the Eighth Route Army? If I guess correctly, the machine tools were used to make M1 Garand rifles."
"It's already the most advanced in our Eighth Route Army, right? Why, in just a few days, the chief has acquired a batch of advanced machine tools? It seems that the chief's network of connections is much larger than we thought."
In response to this, Wang Ming laughed and said.
"Director, you don't know something. These advanced machine tools were given to us by little devils. If it weren't for these little devils."
"The chief also has a headache about where to get these advanced machine tools. I can only say that this time, it is thanks to these little devils."
"Oh? The little devil would be so kind as to give us these advanced machine tools?"
To be honest, this made Su Bei very confused. If it was sent by the Central Military Army, then he could barely believe it.
But if it was said to be a gift from a kid, it would be very incredible no matter how you look at it.
But what Wang Ming said next solved Su Bei's doubts.
"Director, it's not a gift from the kid. To be precise, we bought it from the kid. Director, you just returned to China, so you may not know much about the kid's situation."
"Among the current troops of the Little Devils, the largest combat unit of the Little Devils with a fixed organization is the division, and within the division, it is divided into four divisions: A, B, C and D."
"Among them, the A-level division has the strongest combat effectiveness, the best weapons and equipment, and the largest number of personnel, while the D-level division is the weakest, and this batch of machine tools we purchased from the little devil."
"The opponent is the Fourth Division of the Little Devils. From the organizational point of view, it belongs to the Class A division. Logically speaking, the combat effectiveness belongs to the strongest group of people in the Little Devils' army."
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"But the Fourth Division of the Little Devils is very strange. They are only keen on doing business and don't like fighting at all. Therefore, no matter it is our Eighth Route Army."
"When the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army encountered the Fourth Division of the Japs, their losses were very small. They only love money."
"As long as you have money, you can buy anything. That's why we say they are the most bizarre little Jaap troops. This batch of advanced machine tools we bought this time were bought from the Fourth Infantry Division."
Wang Ming thought that Su Bei had just returned to China and didn't know much about the little devil, so he gave a general introduction.
Little did he know that Su Bei knew very well that the Fourth Division of the Little Japs was really weird. It was no wonder why Wang Ming would say that these machine tools were given by the Little Japs.
After all, at this critical moment, being able to buy a machine tool with money from a kid is not equivalent to giving it away.
Things like machine tools, especially during wartime, are generally difficult to buy with money. Even if you can buy them, you have to have connections.
And it is very easy to command a premium, let alone relatively advanced machine tools. It can only be said that only the Fourth Division of the Little Devil can do such a thing.
Because from the perspective of a little devil, the behavior of being an enemy is no different from that of a so-called traitor.
Isn't selling weapons and equipment to the enemy an act of capitalizing on the enemy? The Eighth Route Army and the Japs are mortal enemies at all times.
But it was precisely because of the strange Fourth Division of Little Devils that the Eighth Route Army was able to obtain advanced machine tools more easily.
Otherwise, it would still be very difficult to get such advanced machine tools from other places. Thinking of this, Su Bei nodded with a funny face.
"I see. If this is the case, then the production of our DP light machine guns can be increased. By the way, how many machine tools will the chief send us this time?"
After hearing Su Bei's inquiry, Wang Ming thought briefly and then answered.
"Director, there are five machine tools in total. Including the original one, there are six. At the same time, the director also sent a batch of materials for making machine tools."
"It is still being produced. Preliminary estimates are that this batch of materials can be made into four machine tools, so we will have a total of ten machine tools."
"For example, the number of bullet-making equipment is initially estimated to be about forty. I have asked the workers below to work overtime to make it."
Seeing this number, Su Bei was very satisfied. Judging from the output of two DP light machine guns per machine tool per day.
Ten machine tools are almost twenty. Twenty light machine guns can be produced in one day. I don’t know how many times the output of the arsenal of the Eighth Route Army was before.
And due to the very lack of weapons and equipment in the Eighth Route Army, an ordinary regiment of the Eighth Route Army only has ten or twenty light machine guns at most.
Take the New Regiment that Li Yunlong just took over as an example. At that time, the New Regiment had more than 1,000 people, but could not produce twenty light machine guns.
It's still the little devil's crooked light machine gun. This kind of light machine gun is known as the king of bad guns. Even the new regiment can't get twenty of them.
It is conceivable how short the Eighth Route Army's weapons are, not to mention the DP light machine gun produced by their arsenal. Its performance is much better than the little devil's crooked light machine gun.
Therefore, in Su Bei's view, in the early stage, it is enough for an ordinary regiment of the Eighth Route Army to be equipped with twenty DP light machine guns.
Although the quantity is not much different from before, weapons are not just about quantity.
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(pS: I’m still a little behind the curve, come on! Everyone!)
