Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Two days later, outside the 386th Brigade’s base, the brigade commander somewhat embarrassedly handed a bag of silver dollars to Zhao Tianyang.

"This is two hundred dollars. It's the cost for the military districts to rent your supplies. They will return the supplies they took from you later!"

"Row."

Zhao Tianyang nodded and took the money calmly without any surprise. He knew that he wouldn't get much money.

First of all, most of the workers were borrowed from the Logistics Department, and now they have been returned.

Then there are the supplies. If the military regions were really required to pay according to the actual price, they would go bankrupt. They are already in the start-up phase and are short of money everywhere. It would be great if they could squeeze out two hundred dollars.

"But don't worry, they promised me that this time they owe you, Zhao Tianyang, a favor. Just tell me if you need anything!"

The Brigadier General added.

"Thank you, Brigadier."

Zhao Tianyang became happy when he heard this. With this favor, it would be much more convenient for him to do some personal things in the future.

"Okay, it's getting late, you should set off now. Local comrades will protect you along the way!"

The brigade commander patted Zhao Tianyang on the shoulder and said.

"Yes."

Zhao Tianyang saluted and turned to look at the people around him who were waiting for him.

"Set off."

This time, Zhao Tianyang and his team can be said to be traveling with light equipment. The number of carts was reduced from more than 60 to 30, and there were only more than 30 employees left, including more than 10 level 7 workers who he specifically asked to stay.

Otherwise, the factory only needs level 8 workers, but there is still not a single qualified level 8 worker. If a few level 7 workers are not left, the factory will have no one available.

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It is a total of 200 kilometers from Jinzhong to Changzhi. Zhao Tianyang was exhausted from climbing over mountains and crossing rivers along the way. He never knew that walking could lead to the thought of hanging oneself.

However, one advantage of taking the mountain road is that you will hardly encounter the Japanese.

"By the way, Mr. Liu, have you given those two recipes to the brigade commander?"

On the mountain road, Zhao Tianyang, who was struggling to move forward against the cold wind, asked Old Liu beside him.

"Yes, it was given to us when the materials were transferred. We will escort them with the highest standards and it will reach Yan'an in half a month at most."

Old Liu looked at the team that was also struggling to march, and suggested to Zhao Tianyang: "Take a break before you go. It's windy now, and it's winter. There are elderly people and children in our team, so don't let them get sick."

"Row."

Zhao Tianyang nodded and found the 772nd Regiment responsible for the escort, led by Blind Cheng.

"Captain Cheng, take a break!"

"it is good."

Blind Cheng nodded in agreement and began to command the team to stop and rest.

After the tent was set up and the elderly and children hid inside, Zhao Tianyang found Blind Cheng who was roasting a fire.

"How long will it take Captain Cheng to get to Changzhi?"

"We can only walk 10 kilometers a day now. We have just left Jinzhong and still have 170 kilometers to go."

Blind Cheng thought for a moment and said.

"170 kilometers, which means it will take another 17 days to reach Changzhi!"

Zhao Tianyang was a little desperate. After 17 days of sleeping in the open air, he didn't know how to go on. It seemed that he had to find something to do to distract himself.

Thinking of this, he first found Li Yuncai and asked him to count how many children were in the team, and then found Liu Lao and others and asked them to come to the meeting.

At the foot of a sheltered hillside, this is the meeting room prepared by Zhao Tianyang. After lighting the fire, everyone gathered around the fire and started the first meeting during the arsenal relocation journey.

"Cough cough..."

Zhao Tianyang glanced at everyone, coughed and said, "I just asked Captain Cheng, it will take us another 17 days to reach Changzhi."

"We can't just sit there doing nothing for such a long time. I decided to take advantage of this free time to discuss the weapons that the arsenal will produce in the future and the problems that need to be solved in producing these weapons."

"Well, what the factory manager said makes sense."

Mr. Liu echoed, "As the first arsenal of our army, we should and must take on the planning of the development of the weapons of the Eighth Route Army."

"I agree, and there's nothing to do along the way!"

"agree."

Seeing that no one had any objections, Zhao Tianyang continued, "Since no one has any objections, let me talk about my thoughts first."

"First of all, as an infantryman, the weapons he needs include a rifle, a bayonet, a grenade, an engineer shovel, a backpack, etc."

"Rifles and bayonets. We have the Taihang Type 2 horse rifle. I think this rifle is very suitable for our Eighth Route Army and can be used as standard equipment and universally equipped."

"As for hand grenades and engineer shovels, we can easily produce them now. As for backpacks, our arsenal does not need to worry about them. The clothing factory will do it."

"It seems that we don't need to research and develop too much weapons for individual soldiers at present."

Mr. Liu said thoughtfully.

"Yes."

Zhao Tianyang nodded: "I think we should focus on light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, field guns, cannons, anti-aircraft guns, tanks, and aircraft, which are the weapons that the troops urgently need."

"Director, it's still okay to use light and heavy machine guns and mortars, but aren't you a bit too hasty with cannons, tanks, and airplanes?"

At this time, Wu Shimeng reminded carefully.

As the person in charge of logistics for the New Fourth Army, he understood best that getting the weapons and supplies that Zhao Tianyang mentioned was necessary, and that it was simply impossible for them to accomplish that task.

"I know there are difficulties, but we have to solve them. We don't have the conditions right now, so we can design the weapon blueprints first."

"Then follow the blueprint and solve the problems one by one. Difficulties are not scary, what is scary is having no goals."

Zhao Tianyang encouraged passionately.

"Well said. I agree."

"That's right, what we in the Eighth Route Army are least afraid of is difficulties!"

“Snap, snap, snap…”

As soon as Zhao Tianyang finished speaking, applause broke out at the scene.

With unified thoughts, everyone stopped hesitating and started discussing the design of weapons. Even Chang San, Li Tie and others joined in with great interest.

Once people have something to do, time will pass quickly. In the following days, Zhao Tianyang took Liu Lao and others and used the rest time on the road to continuously design and improve the weapon drawings.

That afternoon, the sun rarely showed up. In the sunshine, Team Leader Cheng pointed to a three-way intersection not far away and said, "After passing this intersection, we will reach Changzhi."

"Is it finally here?"

Zhao Tianyang was a little dazed. It was the first time in his life that he walked on foot. He walked 200 kilometers, and it was a mountain road. It was not easy! !