Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 282: One arrow, four eagles. Good things must not be missed. We must quickly arrange people

Lin Zhenhua knew that what Li Yunlong said was the truth. It seemed that he had to solve the problem of insufficient raw material production in the arsenal. He planned to start prospecting in the entire occupied area tomorrow, hoping to find a copper mine to solve the problem of insufficient raw material production in the arsenal.

"Old Li, I will take people to look for copper mines in the base tomorrow. After we find them, we will arrange for people to mine them immediately. The rubber problem can only be solved by you. If it doesn't work, ask for help from the headquarters to see if they can help us open up a stable rubber supply channel!" Lin Zhenhua suggested.

Zhao Gang was the first to object, saying, "College student, even if we ask the headquarters for help, it will probably be difficult to resolve this matter. The headquarters' arsenal can only repair firearms now. Even though there has been significant development in the past year, it is still very difficult to mass-produce artillery. We still need to solve everything ourselves."

"I think we can think of a way to solve this problem from Xue Changkun. More than two tons of rubber appeared in the Yushugou market before, which proves that Xue Changkun has the source of this material. In addition, he has the friendship we had last time, not to mention the huge benefits involved. I believe Xue Changkun will definitely be willing to help. Besides, Xue Changkun's current situation is not good. If we introduce him to this way of making money, I believe he will be very willing to act as a middleman."

"In addition, we can also send people to Taiyuan City to seek help from the underground organizations in the city and see if we can get some rubber back from other channels. The Nanyang region is rich in rubber. If we can get in touch with the merchants there, and we have fighter jets in our hands, if we can produce transport planes, we can transport rubber here continuously by air, thus completely solving our rubber shortage problem."

"As for the copper problem, it is indeed difficult to solve. We can only try to find copper mines in the base. If we can't find any, we can only turn our attention to the Japanese. The Japanese occupy dozens of large and small copper mines. When the time comes, we will send out troops to bring back these mined and smelted copper ingots, which can temporarily make up for the shortage of copper!"

"But this can only solve the problem temporarily. If we want to solve the copper supply problem, we still have to find a way to mine the copper ourselves. If we mine it in our base, safety can be guaranteed!"

"As for the iron ore, there is no need to worry too much. We have discovered three iron mines in our base area and are currently being mined. They are enough for our independent regiment's current needs. As for the coal mines, there is even less need to worry. They are really everywhere. Our independent regiment really has no shortage of coal mines. It is also the only mineral that we are not afraid of the Japanese blocking!"

Ding Wei also gave a suggestion: "It will take time to solve the problem of the source of raw materials for the arsenal. We should find a way to open up several secret transportation lines and think of a way to get the puppet army. After all, these puppet soldiers are very greedy on weekdays. In addition, they are also responsible for setting up checkpoints. With their help, our problem of raw material shortage can be partially alleviated!"

"But these puppet troops are not good people either. We must be careful to prevent them from cheating on us. It would be best if we set up a procurement line ourselves. This way, even if the puppet troops turn against us, there will be no problem with the supply of raw materials for our independent regiment."

What Kong Jie was most worried about was not the arsenal, but the food reserves of the independent regiment. He asked with a serious face: "Political Commissar Zhao, how much food does the independent regiment have now? The previous heavy rain had a great impact on the grain harvest. Once we are blocked in the base by the devils and there is a problem with the food supply, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Two months ago, I heard that there was a drought in the Central Plains. If the current situation continues, the drought may get worse. At that time, many refugees will come here, which will put a huge pressure on our food rations. I didn't care about this matter at first, but the college students sent someone to let me keep an eye on it. I sent someone to the Central Plains and what I learned confirmed that the college students' speculation was true. We must prepare in advance!"

Lin Zhenghua replied solemnly: "This is indeed true. I didn't expect my prediction to come true. It seems that we have to prepare in advance. We can also take advantage of this time to accept more people and expand our strength."

"Old Li, I think we need to send a battalion of troops to pick up the affected people after the Japanese's summer sweep. We should take this opportunity to carefully calculate the assets of our independent regiment and store a large amount of supplies. At the same time, we should take this opportunity to take the initiative to attack the landlords who have surrendered to the Japanese. This can not only solve our current financial difficulties, but also obtain a large amount of food, eliminate the harm to the people, and make an example of them. This is really killing four birds with one stone!"

"Before, our independent regiment occupied such a large area, but there was actually no way to effectively defend the base. This time, we gave up many peripheral bases and finally only defended the main base. Next, we must take back all the lost bases and expand our control area, so as to further enhance our strength!"

"The reason why I requested to strengthen the road construction in the base area before was because I planned to imitate the Japanese tanks and build an armored force. With the rapid mobility of the armored force, we can expand the scope of the base area, and at the same time, we can quickly provide support once a war breaks out."

Li Yunlong didn't expect that Lin Zhenhua was still thinking about this. No wonder the amount of rubber was consumed so quickly. This also made him determined to find a way to solve the problem of rubber supply. He could go to Xu Zhongyi for this matter. Maybe his old comrade could think of a solution.

"College student, I will send someone to contact Xu Zhongyi tomorrow and meet him outside the city to see if we can get some information from him. After all, Old Xu is much more informed than us in Ping'an County. In addition, the magic medicine we sold before opened up a large market for him. It should be no problem to ask him for help!"

Li Yunlong did not say much about the penicillin matter to prevent any leaks, so the Japanese have not discovered penicillin until now, because Lin Zhenhua kept the matter confidential to the utmost. Even now, Dr. Wang Xuecheng is still producing penicillin in the cave and has never leaked it. The fake death plan has also been carried out very smoothly, and no one has doubted it until now. Even Ding Wei and Kong Jie know nothing about it. No more than six people know about this matter.

"Old Zhao, tell me about our current food reserves. A college student told me before that they wanted to build a compressed biscuit production line. Then we can store food for a longer period of time and use it as dry food in an emergency. Let's talk about it quickly so that everyone can have a general idea!"

Zhao Gang had already memorized the quantities of various supplies deeply in his mind. No one left any records in the book for the sake of confidentiality, so as to prevent the Japanese from figuring out the true strength of the Independent Regiment. At the beginning, Zhao Gang did not intend to do so, but several consecutive leaks forced him to remember those numbers firmly in his mind, which also prevented the Japanese from making significant progress in their spying on the Independent Regiment's supplies.

"The independent regiment now has sufficient supplies. The reserve of staple food is about 60 catties, enough for 100 people to eat for two months. When the autumn harvest comes, we can also harvest more than million catties of sweet potatoes. If we eat them together, it should be enough to eat for about half a year."

"In addition to these, the successive seizures have also ensured that our meat supply is very sufficient. We have seized more than 20 cans of beef, more than 24 cans of fish, 100 large fat pigs, 200 sheep, more than war horses, six cows, and more than chickens, ducks, and geese. These have been handed over to the kitchen company to look after and feed!"

"If we accept the victims, our current reserves are slightly insufficient. We can only accept 10,000 to 20,000 victims at most. If there are more, we will not be able to bear it."

Lin Zhenhua said with a little dissatisfaction: "Ten thousand or twenty thousand disaster victims will not have much effect. My plan is to accept at least one hundred thousand disaster victims, and if we have the ability, we can accept 20. Anyway, the more the better. Northwest Shanxi is a large area. As long as we have enough strength, we can have as big a base as we want. Only when our numbers increase, our strength can expand like a balloon, and we can be more confident when facing the Japanese blockade."

"I have talked to you about this before. We have experienced a period of rapid development in the past two years, but our strength has been greatly weakened. This summer's sweep shows the change in the enemy's strategy. We must be prepared for hard times. Otherwise, we should stockpile more supplies before the enemy completely changes their strategy. In the next two or three years, not to mention development, even survival will be very difficult!"

"The plan of exchanging equipment for supplies must continue. We should also send people to Yushugou to check. No matter who is in charge of the Yushugou market, as long as we can purchase the required supplies, we can turn a blind eye. Food is the biggest issue in the world, and we can't let the soldiers go to war on an empty stomach."

"The compressed biscuit production line can be put into production within a week. The compressed biscuits produced should be fine for one or two years. At this time, we don't need to worry about the so-called taste. We can even make sweet potatoes into sweet potato chips and sweet potato vermicelli. In short, as long as we use our brains, there are always more solutions than problems!"

"We must start preparing to receive the disaster victims now. I estimate that by the time Zhai Ming arrives, it will be almost winter. We must prepare warm houses and clothes for them in advance."

After soliciting opinions from the other people, Li Yunlong said directly, "In that case, we should not sit idle from now on. The production of the arsenal will continue to be in charge of the college students, Lao Ding will be responsible for the construction of the houses, Lao Xing will continue to be responsible for the training of the soldiers, Lao Kong will be responsible for the purchase of raw materials, I will continue to be in charge of the market, and Lao Zhao will continue to be responsible for logistics. We must complete the preparations for receiving the disaster victims within three months. When one side is in trouble, we can't just sit there and wait for death, we have to lend a hand!"