Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

"The boss, there is good news."

The Deputy Chief of Staff walked into the war room with a smile on his face.

The boss and the teacher were playing poker.

The battle is over, and you can finally relax with a card game.

"To A, press on." The boss asked while playing cards, "What good news?"

The Deputy Chief of Staff asked with a smile: "There are two good things to do in total. Which one do you want to hear from, boss?"

"Don't keep me in a silence, I'll blow it up!" The boss threw down four 5 on the table and said, "Is the result of the Lijiapo battle counted?"

"I am worthy of being the boss."

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "I'll be right when I guess."

The commander threw down his cards and smiled and said, "Full flowers, go 4 more."

"Lost again." The boss threw the card and asked, "How many Japanese have been wiped out in total?"

"More than 1,300!" said the Deputy Chief of Staff, "4 infantry squadrons, 1 heavy machine gun squadron, 1 baggage squadron, and 2 artillery squadrons."

“Beautiful job!”

The boss clenched his fists hard.

The division commander also asked: "How are the casualties of the Independent Corps?"

Deputy Chief of Staff: "More than 300 people were killed, and more than 80 others were seriously injured."

"Oh my god, the ratio of enemy-to-me battle loss is three to one?" the boss sighed, "Is the combat power of Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment so powerful?"

"Boss, this is probably not a reflection of the real combat effectiveness of both the enemy and us."

The division commander waved his hand and said, "After all, Yamazaki Brigade is already a tired army, but the Independent Group is waiting for work."

"Even so, it is enough to prove that the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment is extraordinary." The boss waved his hand and said, "By the way, how much is it seized? Are we losing or making a profit in this battle?"

Hearing this, the Deputy Chief of Staff's face collapsed.

"Boss, why not tell me if you seize it? I'm afraid you'll be unhappy if you hear it."

"Just." said the boss, "The Lijiapo battle eliminated so many Japanese devils, and I'm happy even if I can do all my family's assets."

"Then I really said it." The Deputy Chief of Staff sighed and continued, "Although the Mobile Column in Lijiapo's Battle has not fully damaged all its assets, it is almost the same. At least the heavy machine gun bullets have been exhausted."

"What?" The boss was angry when he heard this and cursed, "Why is Li Yunlong, a prodigal son, not hesitating? I remember that the mobile column has 300,000 bullet reserves?"

"300,000 heavy machine gun bullets were all killed in just one battle?"

"Damn it, this is really a puppy who sells his land. It's 300,000 yuan!"

"Is it easy for us to save these 300,000 bullets? It's all lost in one go."

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled bitterly: "Boss, surpassing the fire is already very damaging bullets."

"Don't mention overshooting shooting to me, no one is allowed to use overshooting again in the future." The boss said in anger, "This is not a war? This is called robbery, which is even more cruel than robbery."

"Look, I said you're going to be angry."

The Deputy Chief of Staff had no choice but to spread his hands with the boss.

The boss said unwillingly: "Didn't you seize any bullets?"

"There must be a capture." said the Deputy Chief of Staff, "but there are less than 30,000 bullets in total."

"Where are the weapons and equipment?" the division commander then asked, "After eliminating an infantry brigade of the Japanese, the seized weapons and equipment should not be few, right? It should be enough to arm a main force, right?"

The Deputy Chief of Staff said: "The captured weapons and equipment are indeed quite large, but in addition to rifles, other things like mortars, grenade launchers and light and heavy machine guns were basically destroyed by the Japanese."

"Even if it is sent to the arsenal, it can only be dismantled as parts."

"The devils are so decisive?" The division commander sighed, turned his head and said to the boss, "General, it seems that if we don't fight such a tough battle, we should try not to fight, otherwise, if we have a tough battle like Lijiapo a few more times, the family of our 129th Division will be completely emptied."

"One time is enough for us, how many more do we need to do it?"

The boss said angrily: "Try to avoid tough battles in the future."

In this battle of Lijiapo, the ammunition consumption is really large.

Not to mention anything else, just grenades consumed 6,000!

This is almost six months of grenade production capacity at the Water Waist Arsenal!

In other words, after the Battle of Lijiapo, more than 30 regiments of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army were not replenished with even one grenade within six months.

This is indeed a great price.

There are also bullets, and the 12 heavy machine gun companies in the mobile column have made a transcendent shooting. This style of play is indeed very novel and the lethality is indeed very considerable. This can be seen from the results of the battle between Li Jiapo.

However, the ammunition consumption of this tactic is really amazing, which is simply terrifying.

In less than half a day, 12 heavy machine gun companies actually consumed 300,000 7.7mm caliber heavy machine gun bullets!

You should know that more than three years ago, when the entire 129th Division entered Shanxi to participate in the War of Resistance, there were only 300,000 bullets in total.

But now, the Independent Regiment knocked out 300,000 heavy machine gun bullets in just one battle. No wonder the boss was so angry that he scolded Li Yunlong for being a prodigal son.

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "Boss, now the family of the mobile column has been emptied. Should we help them fill this big hole?"

The boss said angrily: "I just want to make up for it, right?"

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "If you want to make up for it, you can actually make up for it."

"How to make up for it?" the boss shook his head, "Just the little production capacity of the water waist arsenal?"

The division commander smiled and said, "Look for the Japanese to replenish them? But the Japanese in Shanxi don't have any surplus food at the moment, right?"

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "Boss, didn't I just say that there are two good news? The other good news is about the Water Waist Arsenal."

The boss asked: "What good news can there be in the Water Waist Arsenal?"

"Boss, the Water Waist Arsenal is not the same now." said the Deputy Chief of Staff. "Didn't we dismantle a steam engine and a high-power generator from the Japanese armored train last time?"

"These two machines solved the big problem of the water waist arsenal."

"One of the major problems that restricted the arsenal before was the lack of stable and reliable power supply."

"But now this problem no longer exists. The arsenal has a stable and reliable power supply, so this production capacity has also increased."

"I've asked Lao Liu."

"Next month, the arsenal's output will usher in a big explosion."

"Oh by the way, the Independent Regiment has transported dozens of machines and equipment back from the Niangziguan Soldier Station."

"Among these dozens of machines and equipment, there are equipment that process gun barrels and even gun barrels. Now the water waist arsenal has the ability to produce rifles and even small mortars."

The boss and the teacher immediately became interested when they heard this.

The boss asked: "Chief of Staff, how much output can a big explosion cause?"

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "I heard from Old Liu that 500 shells, 6,000 grenades can be produced every month, and 100,000 bullets of various types can be reloaded!"

The boss couldn't help but look at the teacher.

Before I knew it, the water waist arsenal has grown to this point?

The division commander said happily: "So, it takes less than three months to fill the hole in the mobile column? That's great!"

The explosive production capacity of the Water Waist Arsenal is really timely.

In this way, the mobile column can restore its combat effectiveness in less than three months.

The Deputy Chief of Staff continued: "The only drawback is that due to the limitation of material quality, the water waist arsenal is unable to produce high-quality shells and bullets, so the range of the reloaded shells is slightly closer than the original shells, and the reloaded bullets can only ensure the shooting accuracy within 150 meters."

"Is it 150 meters?" said the commander, "It's enough."

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are not all sharpshooters like the Wolf Warriors.

Most of the time, the Eighth Route Army soldiers fired within 100 meters or even fifty meters.

The boss said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, we may not be able to leave just like before."

"Yes." said the Deputy Chief of Staff. "In the past, the factory was small and there were few equipment. When the Japanese came, we could evacuate the equipment as soon as we buried the equipment. However, not only has the number of workers increased dramatically, but the equipment was much more than before. It would be difficult to deceive the Japanese by burying the equipment alone, so we have to stick to it."

The teacher said, "Then make a plan."

"Yes, I have to make a defense plan."

The boss said: "Let the spy team come back first."

...

Taiyuan, conference room of the 1st Army headquarters stationed in Shanxi.

Okamura Yasuji said: "In addition, I have some good news to tell everyone."

Speaking of this, he said: "The Zaoyi Battle has entered the final stage, and the four infantry brigades transferred to the battlefield in central China will be able to be built soon."

"In addition, in the next few years, the empire's combat focus will shift to North China."
To be continued...