Time travel! Regrets will never happen again!

Wang Chun certainly could not feed such a large group of people by just exchanging money, especially those ordinary people who had fled or could not survive in the Japanese-occupied areas. They fled to the Guancenshan base with their families.

At this time, Commander Yan of the Second War Zone is not having a good time.

He now controls only a dozen counties, and his army has suffered heavy losses, in addition to the central government's vigilance.

This resulted in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army losing its source of weapons and equipment that it urgently needed to replace. If you think about it, with the Tai Y Arsenal in hand, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's equipment was no less advanced than that of the National Army's elite German-equipped divisions.

Old Yan often sighs now that Tai Y is gone, the arsenal is gone, everything is gone. Even the secret negotiations with the Japanese some time ago almost lost the hearts of the people.

Now someone has brought news that the 78th Army that escaped from the Japanese actually found a way to get weapons and equipment.

At the beginning, Yan Laoxi didn't believe that a foreign army, especially an army that had just stabilized, could have a large number of weapons and equipment to sell.

But when the officer he sent to make contact came back, he patted his chest and assured his superior that the 78th Army really had a lot of good equipment.

He even saw tanks in the 78th Army, which were the German Type 105 tanks, and the mm howitzers that Guopu had previously imported.

They still had a lot of Japanese equipment that needed to be disposed of, and the Eighth Route Army couldn't consume them all at once. In addition, Wang Chun really needed to use this batch of weapons to exchange for a large amount of food and other supplies.

These are things that the Eighth Route Army is unable to provide for the time being. You can't just ask them to provide everything to the Eighth Route Army for free without caring about the lives of the people in their base areas.

All decisions have been made, and those who are interested in purchasing can now use food, gold, silver and other things to purchase the Japanese equipment in their hands.

To be honest, Yan Laoxi has been very good to the people of Shanxi Province. He has been actively building his hometown over the years. Naturally, he has a good status in the hearts of the people of Shanxi Province.

Especially some local wealthy families, who have close relations with him, it is not difficult for Yan Laoxi to obtain some money and food from them.

Once the first batch of 200 dan of grain delivered to the Guancenshan base was delivered, it brought them almost new Type rifles, and half-new Type rifles, and a large number of bullets.

When Yan Laoxi saw that the nearly 60 tons of grain that were transported for the first time were actually exchanged for rifles and bullets, his doubts were slightly put to rest.

So this kind of transaction began to develop slowly, starting with light weapons, and later it was discovered that they even had artillery for sale.

Although the 105mm howitzer is not for sale, the Japanese 92mm infantry gun and the Type 75 mm field gun can be purchased.

Naturally, he keeps buying things. The local rich man is not short of money. Although Old Yan is usually stingy, he is very decisive at critical moments.

Anyway, the price Wang Chun charges for weapons is twice the amount he can exchange for attention points. You can't say he's a mean person. First of all, given the current situation in China, you can't buy them even if you have money, especially in inland areas like this.

Besides, Wang Chun also needs to support his family. The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians under his command all depend on him for their livelihood.

Although now people are all actively reclaiming mountains and cultivating land, they are still planting high-quality sweet potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops that do not require high arable land.

But they also need time to grow. It has only been more than two months since they were planted, so how can we harvest them so soon?

Don't even think about the money and food for the preserved fruits. They can barely support themselves, and only 78 oceans and a batch of food were allocated to the 20th Army at the beginning.

They didn't even give them guns, and now that large tracts of territory have been lost, it's hard for the preserved fruits to survive.

Fortunately, now that America has come to an end, Wang Chun knows that American aid will soon flow into China's northwest.

By then, the days of preserved fruits in the southwest will be a little better, and I will be able to follow behind and scoop up some slop.

The news spread inadvertently, and after being deliberately spread, it was finally said that the 78th Army was forced to leave because it looted the arsenal of the First Army stationed in Shanxi Province.

Seeing that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had indeed obtained a lot of Japanese-made weapons, the Multi-National Army in Zhongtiao Mountain could no longer sit still. They knew that the 78th Army would not have too many such heavy weapons.

Now probably forced to sell these things snatched from the Japanese in order to support his family, General Wei immediately went to Guancen Mountain himself.

Some time ago, they held onto the Japanese 114th Division, but due to the lack of heavy weapons such as artillery, they were unable to break through the Japanese's turtle shell.

They could only keep harassing them, and finally watched the 114th Division in the encirclement meet up with the Japanese reinforcements.

General Wei is a famous general in the anti-Japanese war, and he also has a good relationship with our party. He has just issued a batch of treasury bonds from the United States and brought back nearly 100 million US dollars.

Naturally, he was much more generous to his own central army than before. General Wei came to the 78th Army’s base, which was like a large construction site.

He was attracted by the dozen Type 3 tanks and dozens of 105mm howitzers, and his mouth was watering when he saw them.

If he had these good guys when besieging the 114th Division, he could guarantee that he would have bitten off a piece of meat from the Japanese.

After hearing that the 78th Army used these weapons to kill the st Regiment of the Japanese, General Wei became more determined to obtain them.

最后走的时候卫将军拉走10门105榴弹炮，30门三八式75毫米野战炮，还有20门92式步兵炮，以及大量的炮弹。

In addition, they also purchased a large number of weapons and equipment, including anti-aircraft machine guns, light and heavy machine guns, rifles, etc. Of course, medicines are also indispensable.

The 78th Army received a large amount of military rations, cloth, quilts and other logistical supplies, and of course a lot of gold bars!

At the same time, there were 100 soldiers who could drive cars as promised by General Wei.

While Wang Chun was building the base, he did not relax his military preparations. He killed the 31st Regiment of the Japanese in such a high-profile manner and piled up their bodies into a Jingguan.

The Japanese will never give up! Large amounts of cement exchanged were used to build defense fulcrums in some important areas.

In just over two months, they built about 200 concrete bunkers and solid fortifications.

It has to be said that selling arms is still the way to make money. In more than a month, the money Wang Chun earned from selling arms was enough for him to buy a gift package worth 10 million attention points.

But the amount of attention points he spent on exchanging items reached a terrifying number, but these were expenses that had to be made, and only with investment would there be a return.

After the reorganization, the 78th Army was composed of three divisions and one brigade, with Zhang Biao as the commander of the first division, Li Yi as the commander of the second division, and Zhao Zhiqiang as the commander of the third division.

Huang Tian's Fourth Brigade was reorganized into a security brigade, responsible for the security and garrison of the base area. At the same time, six security regiments were established. Now, almost everyone in Guancen Mountain is a soldier.

However, each division is not fully staffed yet and there are still many vacancies, mainly because the population in the base is relatively small.

If we cannot provide enough troops, we will naturally get enough troops in due time as long as we continue to expand our base and occupied areas.

There are now a total of 6000 soldiers in the army, and only of them are new recruits, while the rest are basically veterans rescued from POW camps and mines.

After several months of recuperation, these veterans have basically recovered their combat effectiveness. Coupled with excellent equipment and sufficient logistics, the 78th Army feels that they have enough confidence and strength to face the inevitable attack by the Japanese.

As expected, as soon as the weather turned cold, the Japanese immediately assembled the 114th Division and the st Division, led by the newly appointed commander, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, and rushed straight towards the newly established Guancenshan base.