No matter what, the Eighth Route Army is its real opponent.

After hearing the Minister of Military Affairs' answer, Chiang Kai-shek's gloomy face suddenly became much better.

He frowned and ordered, "Just do what you want. Tomorrow morning, I will see news about the unfavorable Eighth Route Army appearing in the newspaper. We must make the people believe that the National Government can defeat the Japanese, and they are unreliable!"

"Yes, Chairman!" What Chiang did not expect was that the news about the unfavorable situation of the Eighth Route Army had just been reported, and the Eighth Route Army headquarters issued a clear telegram.

"After bloody battles, the Eighth Route Army destroyed the Japanese Taiyuan Arsenal at a heavy price of more than 40,000 casualties, cut off the Japanese North China Front Army's self-sufficiency in weapons and ammunition, which greatly reduced the pressure on the entire North China anti-Japanese army. At the same time, nearly 20,000 Japanese puppet troops were eliminated. There were six Japanese officers above the Major and above, and eight officers above the Imperial Army achieved unprecedented victory."

Lao Jiang, who had been in a good mood for several hours, was once again angry.

Ordinary people did not know how important the Taiyuan Arsenal was to the Japanese North China Front Army, and Chiang Kai-shek knew very well.

If the Taiyuan Arsenal is lost, the Japanese North China Front Army will lose at least 50% of its equipment and ammunition supply. This will definitely have a great impact on the Japanese army's combat effectiveness, and even affect the combat morale and goals of the Japanese North China Front Army.

Of course, some people may say that there is no weapon or ammunition to be transferred from the Northeast.

However, if you want to deliver weapons and ammunition from the Northeast to the Japanese army in North China, whether you are taking the highway or the railway, you have to pass through the Eighth Route Army controlled area.

The Eighth Route Army, who is good at fighting guerrilla warfare, will definitely not watch the Japanese transport equipment and ammunition from under their noses.

In this way, in a short period of time, the Japanese army in North China will fall into a dangerous situation of shortage of equipment and ammunition. In a short period of time, it is impossible to actively attack the Eighth Route Army and can only be beaten passively! This is indeed very beneficial to the anti-Japanese situation in North China!

"My mother, why didn't the Eighth Route Army report to the Ministry of Military Affairs last night? Now we just use a clear telegram to send it out, which is obviously embarrassing the government! The Eighth Route Army is too cunning!" Old Jiang, who was angry, cursed, without any concern for his identity as a chairman.

Perhaps in order to vent his anger, Chiang Kai-shek ordered on the spot: "The Ministry of Military Affairs temporarily deducted the military expenditure given to them! Yunnong, immediately find out the evidence that the Eighth Route Army had privately expanded its army. I want to deduct the Eighth Route Army's military expenditure on the grounds of privately expanding its army. Without military expenditure, I see how they should support the troops and continue to expand their troops!"

In the next few days, the Japanese North China Front Army seemed to be crazy, with reconnaissance troops, aircraft, spies, intelligence personnel, all looking for equipment lost by the Taiyuan Arsenal.

However, the Japanese obviously underestimated the ability of the Eighth Route Army ants to move.

Except for important equipment that cannot be disassembled, all other equipment is disassembled into the most original parts, and then numbered, carried by people on their backs, transported by mules and horses, walking on mountain roads, and traveling to the base area bit by bit.

During this period, the Japanese also dispatched several bomber groups to bomb the suspicious targets they had appeared, and also exploded a lot of equipment.

However, after nearly ten days of transportation, most of the equipment was intact and the base area of ​​the tournament was intact.

"Manager, a rifle production line has been formed. Because we have transported a lot of raw materials from the Taiyuan Arsenal, including steel for making gun barrels. As long as the factory director agrees, we can build guns now!" Zhou Yong, a political commissar of the Arsenal, rushed to Wang Ping's room with excitement and reported.

"So fast!" Wang Ping asked in shock.

You should know that the equipment and technicians from Taiyuan Arsenal arrived at the Arsenal three days ago.

More importantly, the equipment that comes back is full of piles of parts, which need to be assembled into equipment bit by bit before it can be assembled into production lines.

In Wang Ping's opinion, there will definitely be no results without ten days or half a month.

"It's all the credit of those technicians!" Political Commissar Zhou Yong replied excitedly.

"Don't you know that the technicians we brought back from the arsenal are talents. According to our current technician level assessment standards, at least 200 people can get the treatment of the company level, and the lowest level is also the technician level 4, and they can enjoy the political treatment of the squad leader in the army!"

"With them joining, all the equipment in a rifle production line will be assembled in less than two days."

"I conducted a day of trial run yesterday, and the effect was good. As long as the factory manager gave me the order, we will be able to build the first rifle of the arsenal immediately!"

"Where are the raw materials? Are there enough raw materials for making guns?" Wang Ping, who flashed a hint of surprise on his face, immediately asked.

Zhou Yong immediately replied: "I asked a senior technician who made guns in Taiyuan Arsenal. The raw materials we moved back from Taiyuan Arsenal can make at least 1,000 guns. Also, I specifically asked, although the performance of the rails we picked up from the railway is not as good as the special steel for making guns, it is not much worse. The rifle made of rails has a shorter life than the special ones just now, but it does not affect the use."

"My idea is to use the raw materials brought back by the Taiyuan Arsenal to build guns, and ask the arsenal to build rails for us and prepare to use rails to build guns!"

"I asked the technician to calculate it because building guns, especially when building gun barrels, will waste a lot of materials. It takes about 25 to 30 kilograms of steel for railway tracks to be used for railway tracks. I plan to ask the entire Eighth Route Army through the Military Region Logistics Department to find rails for us, send 100 kilograms of railway tracks, and we will give a gun!"

Wang Ping thought about it and replied: "Yes, if this is the case, each gun can bring us the profit of three guns. At that time, we can discuss with the headquarters. Two of the guns will be handed over to the headquarters to share them, and the remaining one gun will be handed over to the headquarters for sale. This will not only bring income to the arsenal and feed more and more workers in the arsenal. If the income is too high, we can also earn some military expenses for the headquarters!"

"In this way, I will report this matter to the headquarters and ask the headquarters to decide. However, although the first rifle produced by the arsenal was a counterfeit Japanese 38th cover, it is also a historical moment for us, and we must witness it!"

"I will report to the headquarters immediately and invite the boss to come and witness. You must seize the time and strive to use the time when you have not arrived, and then create the submachine gun and machine gun production lines, so that you can get more surprises!"

"Yes, factory director!" Zhou Yong replied confidently.

There are people in your hands, equipment and materials, and Zhou Yong is very confident in everything he does.

As long as you have time, Zhou Yong is confident and can create any tone!

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy chief of staff had just read a telegram from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and was shrouded in excitement. Then, he stared at the eyes of his subordinates full of surprise and rushed into the war room.

"Boss, good news, Old Nie just arrived!"

The deputy commander-in-chief began to browse after receiving the telegram. Soon, the deputy commander-in-chief also showed an unprecedented smile on his face and shouted very happily.

"Okay, okay! It seems that I left Wang Ping as the director of the Arsenal in Jinchaji, Ji, and was the right one!"
Chapter completed!