The Yalu Mountain Base was completely mobilized with Wang Yue's return. In addition to the combat units rushing to their own battlefields, more than 100 craftsmen in the Wang family were also divided into ten construction teams. With the assistance of the officers and soldiers of the artillery company, they began to conduct on-site surveys and processing some local facilities based on the drawings.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, please call a few more soldiers to come and help. This small hill must be flattened as soon as possible." Wang Tianlin shouted and gave an order.

In addition to Mao Erde, the entire artillery battalion, starting from the deputy battalion commander Wang Chuan, provided all assistance to the Wang family craftsmen according to the squad. The people who followed Wang Tianlin's team were naturally led by Wang Chuan, the deputy battalion commander.

"Oh, Uncle Wang, how can I push it flat? Can I use a bomb?" Wang Chuan asked hurriedly.

"No, it must be excavated by manpower, because there will be an underground factory below this small hill. If a bomb is used, it will cause the deep soil to loosen." Wang Tianlin directly rejected Wang Chuan's idea.

"Okay, I'll gather people now." Wang Chuan looked at the so-called "hillside", and his heart couldn't help but feel desolate.

"Deputy Battalion Commander, are we really going to be migrant workers?"

"Yes, the first battalion, the third battalion, and the cavalry battalion have all gone to fight bandits and clean up the strongholds. Our artillery battalion originally wanted to resist artillery, but now we are here to resist hoes. If we say this, we will not let people die."

"Yes, Deputy Battalion Commander, please plead with the battalion commander. Even if our artillery battalion does not use artillery, we can still use guns. Even if we are infantry, our combat effectiveness is not worse than that of the first and third battalions." The soldiers beside Wang Chuan muttered one by one.

"Okay, why are you yelling around? Hurry up and call the old men in our village, besides the soldiers. There are also aunts and wives who have nothing to do, and ask them all to come. Damn it, use a hoe to flatten the hillside. Isn't this my life?" Wang Chuan said helplessly.

"Yes. Deputy Battalion Commander."

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Command.

"Uncle De, have you just gone out to assist Uncle Wang? Why did you sneak back so quickly?" Wang Yuezhen was about to go out, but saw Mao Erde coming in in shame, so he asked with a smile.

"It's so deadly, it's not because of your combat order. I think I have to stay in this command center recently, and I don't even dare to go back home." Mao Erde said helplessly.

"As for that, is it so serious?" Wang Yue asked with a smile.

"You don't know. As soon as I went out, those little boys surrounded me, and they all shouted and wanted to participate in the battle. They also said that if the battalion commander thought the shells were too expensive, we could be infantry." Mao Erde paused and then said, "Or, Rufeng, let the soldiers of the artillery battalion assist the third battalion. What do you think?"

"That won't work. The soldiers in the artillery battalion are all treasures. How can they be infantrymen? This hole must not be opened. Besides, if it is impossible to kill it, will the artillery still be allowed to go up?" Wang Yue shook his head and denied.

"How can I not be able to kill it? I won't talk about the advantage of the number of people. A battalion only has 100 submachine guns, 20 light machine guns, and three heavy machine guns. With this firepower, let alone a few bandits, even the Japanese regular infantry brigade may be killed." Mao Erde said a little enviously.

What Mao Erde said is the truth. Even the Japanese brigade organization (regiment-level units) these days is absolutely impossible to have a high-end submachine gun company (one hundred submachine guns can form a submachine gun company). In terms of combat effectiveness alone, a submachine gun company can be comparable to a Japanese squadron.

What is the concept of 20 light machine guns?

The standard configuration of a Japanese squad is two light machine guns, one infantry squadron is just six or seven light machine guns, and 20 light machine guns are almost equivalent to the total number of machine guns of an infantry brigade.

There are also heavy machine guns. It is impossible for the Japanese ordinary infantry squadron to be equipped with heavy machine guns. Only machine gun squadrons will be equipped with 4 heavy machine guns, and an infantry brigade only has such a machine gun squadron. Wang Yue and his battalion are also equipped with 3 heavy machine guns, which is not much different from the Japanese machine gun squadron.

So from the perspective of equipment alone, except for the lack of artillery squad (the submachine gun company should be able to offset the artillery squad). In fact, the equipment of the first and third battalions of Wang Yue Battalions is basically the same as the Japanese infantry brigade, while the Japanese infantry brigade is equivalent to the regiment-level unit of China.

Such powerful firepower, coupled with well-trained warriors, went to clear the bandits, especially many of them were from bandits. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and the enemy, winning every battle, so no matter which aspect, as Mao Erde said, the artillery battalion basically cannot be fought.

"It's not necessarily true. For example, the Pingfeng Mountain base we chose is at a critical terrain, which is a bit more dangerous than Qianzhang Cliff. Moreover, the volunteers above are all veterans who have been dealing with the Japanese for more than half a year. If they choose not to cooperate, this battle will definitely be difficult. In order to reduce unnecessary losses, your artillery battalion must participate in the war."

"There are also bandits from Wuyiling. If nothing unexpected happens, they should have surrendered to the Japanese. Their equipment should be almost the same. In addition, the terrain is dangerous. If it is a strong attack, there will definitely be a lot of casualties. And once the Japanese go to reinforcements, it will be troublesome. After all, there are a large group of Japanese soldiers stationed in Yinjia County."

"Also, although the newly added soldiers are all soldiers who have been trained for a period of time, they have never seen blood after all. If they cannot grow up quickly when cleaning up the strongholds in the early stage, they will probably be stage frightened when attacking Pingfengshan and Wuyiling." Wang Yue analyzed one after another. Although he had confidence in his troops, Wang Yue would never underestimate the enemy's combat effectiveness.

"Rufeng, I think you imagined the bandits too strongly. After all, the bandits are bandits, and there isn't you, your personal combat power is worth a battalion." Mao Erde was obviously more confident than Wang Yue.

"Am I that great?"

"Yes, why don't you? You are already an omnipotent god in our advance army. As long as you are here, the combat power of the soldiers will probably increase several times, just like the Baibo Army believed in the Heavenly Master during the Three Kingdoms period. Once the Heavenly Master appears, they will be like being injected with chicken blood, fearless and their combat power will soar." Mao Erde said seriously.

"Uncle De, when did you become so good at speaking? Okay, I won't be poor with you anymore. I'll go to the industrial park to see if you want to go with me?" Wang Yue said with a smile.

"I can't even get busy with the industrial park. How can I have that leisure?" Mao Erde said with a wry smile.

"I'll think about it." Wang Yue paused. After a moment, he continued: "Uncle De, I think you should go with me and call a few other logistics department officials. I will tell you in detail on the way, which is definitely a good thing."

"Okay, I'll call someone now." Mao Erde still trusted Wang Yue's ability very much. Since he said good things, it must be a good thing.

Now the base is going to carry out large-scale construction, and it is still very urgent. External facilities must be built before the beginning of winter. So what the base lacks the most now is craftsmen and labor. Mao Erde is most worried about this matter, and Wang Yue is still quite clear about this.

There are two ways to solve this problem at the moment. One is to clear the strongholds and capture bandits and prisoners as free labor, and the other is to recruit people from outside. The requirements for recruiting people to enter the base are very strict. In fact, Mao Erde has been recruiting from outside before, but because most of the craftsmen and thousands of young and middle-aged labor near Nanlu Town were recruited by the industrial park, the results were not very good.

Of course, Mao Erde had not been thinking about the industrial park, but he was still somewhat worried. Firstly, although he was the Minister of Logistics, Wang Yue assigned another person in charge for the industrial park, which was not under his jurisdiction. Secondly, the industrial park has been under hot construction. He also hoped that he would build the factory and dormitory area before winter, so Mao Erde had never opened this statement.

Mao Erde was not easy to speak, but Wang Yue was considering priorities. Although the industrial park was also very important, fortunately, the first function of the industrial park as a barrier and cover for Yalushan base has been achieved. Then the next second function of providing various materials for base production is obviously not so urgent. After all, Wang Yue has already obtained more than 10,000 tons of various materials from Shangshanghai. Even if the expansion is strong in the short term, the soldiers will not lack food and clothing, and they will not be hungry and freezing.

The renovation and construction of the Yalu Mountain base is much more important. After all, this is the nest of the advance army and must be safe and secure. Once the Japanese really discover it, they can have a certain resistance. The most important point is that Wang Yue plans to build an arsenal in the base.

As the advance troops become larger and larger, the consumption of weapons and ammunition is more and more, and it is obviously difficult to satisfy by purchasing alone. Moreover, Wang Yue can exchange advanced and powerful weapons production lines through military merit systems, such as submachine guns, AK47, MG34, even bazooka, heavy machine guns, etc. As long as the points are sufficient, these weapons production lines will definitely start to be put on the agenda.

It is precisely for these reasons that Wang Yue plans to recruit a large number of craftsmen and young and middle-aged laborers from outside to enter the Yalushan base and participate in the transformation and construction of the base. Even if the progress of the industrial park slows down, it is worth it.

"Uncle De, let's recruit people from outside and enter the base. What did you do?" Wang Yue asked.

"This requires several procedures. We will strictly review every person recruited into the base. After signing the agreement, basically those who come in are not allowed to go out. If there is a desperate need to go home, for example, if the elderly at home die, we usually send soldiers to come with us and prohibit him from contacting outsiders." Mao Erde replied.

"That's it. If there are fewer people, it's OK, but the number of people we recruit may be hundreds or thousands this time. Wouldn't it be too troublesome?" Wang Yue said in a search.

"There is no way to trouble. Who makes our base shameful now?" Mao Erde smiled helplessly.

"I have a way to recruit their whole family when recruiting people. This would be much better." Wang Yue thought for a while.

"Well, this is a good idea, but can our base accommodate so many people?"

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Chapter completed!