Less than ten minutes after the Chief of Staff left, the commander received the news that the third stronghold had been destroyed, and a railway line of more than 800 meters was destroyed.

After listening to the report, the commander immediately showed a desperate expression.

The railway garrison will take at least one day and one night to repair the railway station in Dongshan Town. Now two more sections of railways have been destroyed, which means that the Zhengtai Railway will take at least three days to resume traffic.

The real situation is far worse than the army commander imagined.

Unlike the Railroad, the raid troops used a lot of explosives in this operation, not only blowing up the rails and sleepers, but also breaking down the railway's roadbed. This means that the garrison will have to spend a lot of time strengthening the roadbed, otherwise the railway will not be able to take the train if the railway is repaired.

As a result, it took them five days to repair the third section of the railway...

At the Yangquan Command of the National Salvation Army, the deputy commander of Zheng Yunshan ran in with a smile: "Captain, the battle on the front line has been fruitful."

"With our help, the war zone offensive troops had five more days to strengthen the defense line, and the war zone also sent them a large amount of ammunition supplies."

"The Japanese army started counterattack yesterday morning. Two days have passed, and no force has broken through the newly built defense line in the war zone."

"Because both sides paid a huge price in the battle, and the Japanese were caught off guard by the war zone in the previous defensive battle, and the losses were quite large. They already had the idea of ​​giving up the counterattack war zone!"

"That's great!" Although this victory was not a battle between the National Salvation Army, Zhou Chengdu was very happy as long as it was to fight the Japanese and defeat them.

Looking at the map, he looked happy and moved: "This time the Japanese lost a lot. Not only did they lose five counties, but they also lost a lot of troops. After this battle, the strength of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi will definitely become weaker and weaker. If nothing unexpected happens, their determination to recruit our national rescue army will become stronger and stronger."

After saying that, Zhou Chengru looked at Tang Yufeng on the side, and asked with anticipation: "Old Tang, once the battle of the Japanese counterattack attacking troops ended, Shanxi will definitely fall into a short period of peace. All parties will seize the time and take the opportunity to restore their strength and fight again in the future."

"The transaction between us and the war zone will come to an end. It is difficult to find another opportunity to plot against the Japanese in a short time, so we must seize this rare and good opportunity, practice internal skills with our hearts, and enhance the strength of our national-savior army."

"Only when we become stronger, we will not be afraid of any enemy's provocation."

"You are the steward of our National Salvation Army. You must provide the troops with sufficient ammunition supply, so that the troops can be free from distractions and concentrate all their energy to improve their combat effectiveness.

With more supplies in his hand, Tang Yufeng's waist is straighter than before, and he walks with the wind.

After listening to Zhou Cheng's order, he replied confidently: "Captain, don't worry, the current National Salvation Army is no longer as stingy as before. I will definitely not be as stingy as before. I will ensure that all the soldiers participating in the training will be full and will not have to withdraw from training because they are hungry and have no physical strength!"

Zhou Cheng rarely saw Tang Yufeng like this and asked immediately: "It seems that you have gained a lot in the process of dealing with the Japanese in the war zone this time, otherwise you would definitely not be so generous! How about it, have you counted the final result?"

Tang Yufeng nodded immediately: "In the transaction with the war zone, in addition to harvesting 20,000 yuan in the ocean, we also received medicines worth 5,000 oceans."

"The deal with the Japanese is the most cost-effective. You should first eat black and get 23 million kilograms of grain and a large amount of iron pots and farm tools from the Japanese without spending a piece of ocean."

"Then they used their posing as a national rescue army to attack the Independent Corps and asked for a lot of medicines and funds to compensate them."

"In the end, using the safety of the Zhengtai Railway to exchange a large amount of food and other supplies from them."

"What makes me most happy is the last transaction, because it is not a one-time deal. Every month from now on, we will get four cars of scrap steel, 30,000 kilograms of grain, 200 mountain cannon shells, and a large amount of medicines and canned food from the Japanese."

"In order to enable us to fulfill our promises and no longer destroy the Zhengtai Railway, the Japanese have sent the first batch of scrap steel, grain, and shells... safely into our defense zone."

"This is just the exchange income between us and the war zone and the Japanese, not our gains on the battlefield."

"After statistics, we captured a total of thirteen strongholds and artillery towers of the Japanese and puppet troops in this operation, and wiped out a total of 2,568 Japanese and puppet troops. Among them, 615 Japanese and puppet troops were all destroyed, 358 puppet troops were killed by us, and more than 1,600 puppet troops were captured."

"Because we caught many prisoners in the enemy-occupied area, in order to prevent the attacking troops from exposing their targets, they were released at the end of the battle. In the end, less than 900 prisoners entered our national rescue military defense zone!"

"After mobilization, nearly 700 people have taken the initiative to join us."

"In addition, we also seized an infantry cannon, a mountain cannon, nine mortars, seven heavy machine guns, 16 grenade launchers, 24 light machine guns, more than 1,600 rifles, more than 200,000 ammunition in battle, and more than 3,000 rails, which is enough for our arsenal to use for several months."

Zhou Cheng was very happy and looked at Tang Yufeng and replied with satisfaction: "Okay, with these material reserves, our National Salvation Army will not have no food to use if any emergencies happen in the future."

"How is the defense zone developing? I have been dealing with the war zone and the Japanese during this period. I haven't cared about the war zone for a long time!"

Tang Yufeng continued to report: "Very good!"

"Almost all the water conservancy projects planned by the Water Conservancy Department have been built, and many water conservancy projects have begun to store water."

"No one in the defense zone is idle. Some people continue to follow the soldiers of the Water Conservancy Department to build water conservancy in the defense zone, and some continue to reclaim land under the organization of the local government..."

"Under the guidance of several technical personnel in the Agricultural Department, the crops in the defense zone are growing very well. As long as nothing unexpected happens in the next two months, our defense zone will definitely be another bumper year!"

Zhou Cheng knew in his heart that there would be no situation of a bumper harvest this year.

It is the rainy season in Yangquan now, but the rain this year is obviously not as high as in previous years, and 80% is a sign of a severe drought coming to North China.

But few people are concerned about this issue except themselves.

Even if someone realizes that the amount of rainfall this year is not as good as in previous years, he will subconsciously regard this matter as an accident and thinks that it will be fine after this period of time.

Zhou Cheng didn't dare to remind everyone that he was afraid that others would regard him as a lunatic or an alien, so he could only find a way to deal with him in advance.

So after listening to Tang Yufeng's introduction, Zhou Cheng's expression on his face was very calm and he did not show any smile.

After thinking for a while, I continued to ask: "Where is the arsenal? I haven't been there for almost two months?"

Tang Yufeng continued to report: "Everything is normal!"

"They can reload a large number of bullets every day. According to the previous plan of the regiment headquarters, these reloaded bullets are divided into two categories according to their quality. They are reserved for particularly good quality. All the troops with slightly worse quality are dispatched to use as training bullets."

"In a few months, each soldier of our National Salvation Army fired no less than fifty reloaded bullets. The soldiers' shooting level has been greatly improved, and a large number of sharpshooters were found during shooting training."

"The production of grenades is also on track!"

"After testing, although the grenades we produced are not as lethal as the Japanese grenades, and the number of fragments is only 60% of that of the grenades, because the grenades have wooden handles, the throwing distance is farther than the grenades. When fighting against each other on the battlefield, its overall power is not much worse than the Japanese grenades."

"In addition, the production process of grenades is simple and the raw materials are easy to obtain. The arsenal can produce 800 to 1,000 pills every day."

"I'm going to wait until the arsenal reserves 50,000 grenades, and then uniformly replace our national-savior army with four grenades."

"Weapons are mainly repairing firearms and manufacturing firearms as the auxiliary."

"After more than two months of research and development, the arsenal has equipped to produce the first heavy machine gun, the first submachine gun, and the first box gun."

"The production process of heavy machine guns is too complicated and the scrapping rate of parts is also high. I asked the arsenal to continue researching and then produce it after meeting the conditions."

"Submachine guns and box guns have begun mass production, and on average, two box guns and two submachine guns can be equipped every day."

"After the arsenal reserves a certain number of submachine guns and box cannons, I want to equip all squads of the National Salvation Army with a submachine gun, and all cadres at the deputy platoon leader or above are equipped with a box cannon, further increasing the melee firepower of our National Salvation Army."

"Where is the shell?" Zhou Cheng continued to ask!

This time, when using the security of the Zhengtai Railway to negotiate with the Japanese and puppet army, the most important reason why Zhou Cheng named the mountain cannon shells was that the arsenal did not have the conditions to produce mountain cannon shells.

The National Salvation Army is equipped with a large number of mountain cannons. If there are no shells, no matter how powerful the cannon is, it will be a pile of scrap iron, which is not as powerful as a rifle.

He couldn't give birth himself, so Zhou Cheng could only pin his hopes on the Japanese.

It is too difficult to seize artillery shells from them, especially after the Japanese and puppet troops were prepared, the chance of seizing mountain artillery shells was even smaller.

After finally encountering an opportunity to make conditions with the Japanese, Zhou Cheng first thought of mountain cannons.

The Japanese obviously also knew the importance of artillery shells to the national rescue army. They kept suppressing the price and forced themselves to cut the conditions they had issued to 200 rounds a month. It didn't sound like a lot, but they couldn't stand it every month.

If this transaction lasts for one year, the National Salvation Army will be able to reserve 2,400 more mountain artillery shells, which will be enough for the troops to fight several battles with the Japanese.

Compared with mountain cannon shells, mortar shells consume more on the battlefield.

One mountain cannon shell was used on the battlefield, and five mortar shells were killed on average.

But mortar shells are easier to produce than mountain shells.

When I left the arsenal last time, I specifically told them to study and produce mortar shells.

Now two months have passed, and I don’t know if they have gained anything.

If so, the pressure on the troops to lack mortar shells will be much less.
Chapter completed!