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

Ten days of peace passed. Seeing the ore brought back by the soldiers in horse-drawn carriages piled up into mountains, Lin Zhenhua, the grinning boss, gathered all the soldiers together for a big dinner and slaughtered a sheep. Everyone got a bowl of mutton soup. Looking at the happy smiles on the soldiers' faces, Lin Zhenhua felt that the sheep was well worth slaughtering.

"Comrades, after ten days of hard work, the ore we mined is enough to meet our production needs for the next month. Today is the day to open the kiln. We are going to produce steel and copper. Comrades, please remember this day. From today on, we will build a real military industry. One day we will have airplanes, cannons, tanks, drive out the Japanese, and avenge our dead fellow countrymen!"

The soldiers below were so excited that their faces flushed and they clapped their hands vigorously. Under Lin Zhenhua waving his command flag, everyone added iron ore and coke into the blast furnace step by step. Lin Zhenhua lit the fire, and as the coal in the furnace burned fiercely, everyone waited quietly for the first batch of molten iron.

In order to ensure that the steel-making process would not be disturbed, Lin Zhenhua specially arranged two platoons of soldiers to be on guard. After a violent reaction in the blast furnace, eight hours later, the first batch of molten iron was successfully refined. Lin Zhenhua quickly arranged for people to stir it vigorously and skim out the impurities inside. He observed the state of the molten iron through the observation port. After confirming that the molten iron met the requirements, he ordered the overflow port to be opened, and the molten iron flowed into the pool along the channel reserved in advance.

"Comrades, hurry up and pour the molten iron into the mold. The first batch of molten iron will be used to cast processing tools. After a rough polish, it can be used directly. If there is any excess, use it to cast the body of the grenade. We have a small number of grenades now, so we can take this opportunity to produce more!"

At Lin Zhenhua's call, everyone immediately got busy. With the successful smelting of the first furnace of molten iron, they continued until the next night. A total of three furnaces of molten iron were smelted, and all the parts that were needed were cast at one time.

In the next ten days, two more furnaces of molten steel and three furnaces of molten copper were produced. The operating procedures were strictly followed and no problems occurred in the production process. The finished products met the requirements. The raw material problem that had plagued military production was finally solved.

Having just solved the problem of steel and copper materials, Lin Zhenhua used the technology he obtained from signing in to the system to complete the production of three acids and two alkalis. Although the output was a bit low, it was still enough to supply a battalion of new gunpowder.

It took 20 days in total, and Lijiazhuang erected a series of blast furnaces and iron towers, completing the construction of a basic steel and basic chemical industry production system.

This time, Lin Zhenhua did not call everyone to a celebration party. They had lost contact with Li Yunlong for more than a month, and there was no news about him. In addition, due to the heavy snow and the impact of the mass production, they did not send anyone to pick up the villagers in Duanjiazhuang. Now that they finally have some free time, Lin Zhenhua plans to lead two platoons of troops to Qingfeng Village to pick up people and find out about Li Yunlong.

"The fifth and sixth platoons will continue to be responsible for production work in the village, and the second platoon will be responsible for security in the village. The first platoon leader was injured during work, so Li Sanwa will temporarily serve as the first platoon leader!"

"This time, I will bring back the folks in Duanjiazhuang and inquire about the whereabouts of the regiment commander. You must guard the home well and produce more weapons and ammunition so that we can use them directly when we expand the army next time. We can't let people wait for equipment!"

Lin Zhenhua gave a few brief instructions and went to Tian Xiao'e's residence again, taking nine bottles of penicillin that had just been produced from her. This time he wanted to bring more so that if a soldier was injured, he could be treated in time to avoid wound infection.

Under the reluctant gazes of the crowd, Lin Zhenhua led a row of 24 soldiers and 30 horses to rush towards Motianling. As the Japanese mopping-up operation had been temporarily suspended and retreated to the base, there was no enemy along the way. It took Lin Zhenhua less than two days to reach Motianling.

At this time, a big drama was being played out in Qingfeng Village. Ever since Lin Zhenhua entrusted the people of Duanjiazhuang to the chief Tyrannosaurus Rex, no one in the village said much.

But the heavy snow that followed blocked the mountain, and he had not come to pick up people for a long time. This made the third in command, Jade-faced Fox, who had always been dissatisfied, unable to suppress his resentment in his heart, and he secretly contacted the Japanese. He thought that if he continued to hang out with this group of people from the mountain village, he would never be able to avenge his family, so it would be better for him to surrender to the Japanese and use them to get revenge, where his hope would be greater.

The Jade-faced Fox sent people to sneak down the mountain, and they happened to meet Yamamoto Ikki's special forces who were planning to return. A group of bandits who wanted to surrender to the empire could not attract Yamamoto's attention at all. Just when he was about to send a few people away casually, a word from the Jade-faced Fox made him change his mind.

"Taijun, a few days ago, a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers came to our mountain stronghold. They brought more than 200 civilians with them and planned to stay in our mountain stronghold for half a month. The weapons in their hands are very good, even compared with the weapons of the soldiers in your hands, they are not inferior, and their firepower is even better!"

Yamamoto Ikki didn't expect that he had accidentally caught the clue of the Eighth Route Army squad. With the help of Jade-faced Fox, he sneaked into Qingfeng Village that night. After confirming that what Jade-faced Fox said was true, he launched a raid on the Seventh Platoon. At the cost of 6 casualties, he captured the defensive position of the Seventh Platoon and captured the two brothers Li Gou'er. The other soldiers were all killed by the special forces.

Under the pressure of the devils, the first boss Tyrannosaurus Rex and the second boss Sai Diaochan also agreed to surrender to the devils, and the entire Qingfeng Village was completely controlled by the devils. Yamamoto Ikki specially set up a big net, waiting for Lin Zhenhua to come and fall into the trap, but after waiting for several days, there was no news, which made him lose patience and began to doubt the intentions of the third boss Jade-faced Fox.

"Third boss, this is totally different from what you told me. We have been waiting here for half a month, but the other party has not come yet. Did you hide something from me before? If you don't tell the truth, you will all die!"

The third in command, Jade-faced Fox, looked at Yamamoto Ikki's gloomy face and threatening words and couldn't help trembling. He didn't expect that these Japanese devils were so cruel. Whenever they were unhappy, they would take it out on the people in the village. More than 30 people had been killed in the past few days. If this continued, everyone would be driven crazy.

"Taijun, everything I said before was the truth. I dare not lie to you. I suspect that something went wrong with the Eighth Route Army. In addition, the mountain was blocked by heavy snow. Even if they want to come, it will take them some time. Please wait for a few more days. I will send someone out to investigate and notify you as soon as there is any news!"