Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Eighth Route Army, inside the headquarters.

"Here, this is a box of Fenjiu we owe you! Take it!"

The deputy director of the Political Department walked in from the next room holding a cardboard box and said.

"Oh, I was just joking, why did you take it so seriously?"

Zhao Tianyang hurriedly stepped forward to take the Fenjiu, fearing that something might go wrong.

"Hahaha...."

The commander-in-chief laughed and said, "You must be kidding. Why are you holding me so tightly?"

"I think he really wants to drink!"

The deputy director of the Political Department laughed and joked.

Zhao Tianyang put down the wine and explained seriously: "I don't drink because I want to. These are all for rewarding the workers who work hard."

"Okay, okay, you don't want to drink it yourself!"

The commander-in-chief echoed this and said seriously, "Okay, let's get down to business. Your factory is also out of supplies. How much do you want to take back this time?"

"Of course the more the better!"

Zhao Tianyang replied without hesitation.

"Haha, you're really rude!"

The commander-in-chief smiled and said helplessly: "Although I would like to give you enough resources, the reality is that we don't have them."

"We have already used up most of the supplies at our headquarters to build your factory and deliver various ores. We simply can't get any more out now!"

"What!"

Zhao Tianyang was dumbfounded: "Can we ask the troops below for some supplies? If not, we can mobilize the troops to dig the railroad tracks!"

After hearing this, everyone was silent. The deputy director of the political department explained, "It could have been done this way. The headquarters would issue an order for the troops below to find supplies and then bring them to us in exchange for weapons and equipment."

"But since you distributed those more than one hundred military and industrial talents to various military regions, they have opened their own simple arsenals."

"Now they can produce simple weapons such as grenades, rifles, grenade launchers and mines. After they dig up the railroad tracks and find ore, they send them directly to the division headquarters and brigade headquarters, and then exchange them for weapons and equipment."

"No need at all, come to our headquarters!"

"After all this time, it's all because of me!"

Zhao Tianyang touched his head with a headache.

The commander-in-chief and the deputy director of the political department looked at each other and said comfortingly: "But don't worry, the troops at our headquarters and the troops close to the headquarters still need the weapons produced by your arsenal."

"Moreover, the troops below still want the radios you are currently producing and the armored vehicles you are developing. We have already issued orders to the troops below. If they want radios and armored vehicles, they can bring their own money to your arsenal to exchange them."

"That's okay too!"

Zhao Tianyang nodded. By the time they came with the money, their arsenal would probably have produced both light and heavy machine guns. If anyone didn't write a few IOUs and left, he wouldn't be named Zhao.

"So how much can I take away this time?"

Zhao Tianyang asked directly.

"Not much, just one thousand kilograms of rail steel, three hundred kilograms of walnut wood, two hundred kilograms of saltpeter, one hundred kilograms of sulfur ore, three hundred and fifty kilograms of limestone, fifty kilograms of lead ore and aluminum ore each, and the four hundred kilograms of copper ore you requested last time!"

The deputy director of the Political Department took out a notebook and looked at it and said.

"Copper mine?"

Zhao Tianyang's mind moved: "Have you contacted General Wei?"

"Ok!"

The deputy director of the Political Department nodded and said, "Although the money we gave was only enough to buy 100 kilograms of copper ore, General Wei still gave us 300 kilograms."

"So as long as we have money, we can buy ore from him?"

Zhao Tianyang said with a little excitement.

"I remember that there are many mines in Zhongtiao Mountain. Basically, you can find all kinds of ores here. So why don't we just take the money and buy the ores from him directly?"

“We want to, too!”

The commander-in-chief spread his hands and said, "We have no money, and it is impossible for others to be good people all the time."

"No, we have money!"

Zhao Tianyang shook his head and said, "Calculate the time. Yan'an will be able to mass-produce penicillin in a month at most. By then, we can use this drug, which is as valuable as gold, to exchange for ore from General Wei. We will have as much as we want!"

"Can it be done?"

As the commander-in-chief, he knew about penicillin, but it was still okay if the transaction from Zhongtiao Mountain was small. But if the quantity increased, the bald man would definitely stop it.

Maybe they will transfer General Wei away and replace him with someone who is more obedient and has a bad relationship with them.

"It works!"

Before Zhao Tianyang could say anything, the deputy director of the political department explained with a smile.

"He doesn't want to make money, but the people under the Kuomintang don't care so much. As long as we manage it well, someone will naturally help us cover it up."

"makes sense."

The commander-in-chief also thought it made sense: "Well, Chief Zhao, you take the supplies back first. I will go to Yan'an in person to discuss this matter with the leader!"

"Row!"

Zhao Tianyang nodded happily. If he could use and take the various minerals in Zhongtiao Mountain at will, he would make a semi-automatic rifle when he returned and kill the Japanese devils with a gun.

Outside Dongyadi Town, after loading all the supplies taken from the headquarters onto the tractor, Zhao Tianyang leaned against the tractor, smoked a cigarette, and waited patiently.

Soon the deputy director of the political department came over with ten soldiers in military uniforms.

"I forgot to mention that you have been approved to form your own security force inside the arsenal. These people are soldiers who had to withdraw from the frontline troops for various reasons."

"Although they all have their flaws, they are all elites who have experienced many battles. From now on, any soldiers who are retired to the second line will be sent to you until there are enough people to form a company."

"Hello, I hope we can cooperate sincerely in the future and jointly protect the safety of the arsenal!"

Zhao Tianyang smiled and saluted.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

The ten soldiers might not be able to accept the result and retreated to the second line. After a while, a soldier who seemed to be the leader stood up and saluted in response.

The deputy director of the Political Department did not say anything about this. Everything has to go through a process of acceptance.

Telling these soldiers with firm beliefs that they could not go to the front line to kill the Japanese was more painful than killing them themselves.

He handed the cloth bag in his hand to Zhao Tianyang: "These are the tobacco seeds you asked me to buy for you. I don't want the money. Just give me two packs of cigarettes after they grow!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely save the best tobacco for you!"

Zhao Tianyang took the tobacco seeds with a look of surprise and assured.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's hurry up!"

The deputy director of the Political Department looked at the sky and urged.

"Yes!"

Soon, two lame soldiers among the ten soldiers were arranged to ride on the tractor, and the other eight soldiers got on the donkey cart and followed Zhao Tianyang's tractor towards Huangya Cave.