Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Zeng Jiwen heard Zhou Shi's question, thought for a moment, and then said to Zhou Shi.

"So, this time in Shijiazhuang, there are a total of six Japanese divisions' standard equipment. Adding the scattered pieces captured in other directions, we can make up about seven Japanese divisions' weapons and ammunition."

"Our military region left behind two divisions, and the equipment of one Japanese division each in Northwest Shanxi, Jin-Cha-Ji, Central Henan, Shandong, and South China."

"This time we seized all the winter supplies and equipment of the Japanese army in North China. We asked them to send someone to collect them."

After saying this, Zeng Jiwen seemed to remember something, and then continued to speak to Zhou Shi.

"By the way, ask them if they want a 75mm or a 105mm gun. We can both this time!"

Hearing Zeng Jiwen's words, Liu Ming beside him immediately laughed.

"Pfft~"

"You're such a good fellow, Zeng Jiwen! Why are you showing off to them from such a distance?"

Deng Xie also found it funny when he heard Liu Ming's words.

Zhou Xi was suddenly confused by the laughter of Liu Ming and Deng Xie.

Seeing that the political commissar hadn't reacted, Deng Xie explained, "Old Zhou, don't you see? It's already difficult for our brother troops to equip an artillery regiment. It's not easy to find artillerymen."

"I heard that in order to find artillery talent, Division Commander He even sent the grooms at the division headquarters to try out in the artillery regiment."

"This time, with more than 70 artillery pieces, it's very simple, there are no people."

"Not to mention the 105mm. Whether it's a mountain gun or the Japanese's heavy artillery, only Yang Zihua in our Eighth Route Army understands it. Even if the others understand it, how they're actually going to transport it is still a problem."

"The 105mm mountain gun is okay, it can be transported by packhorses, but the heavy gun can only be transported by trucks."

Zhu Guosheng, who was standing by, also reacted after hearing what Deng Xie said.

"Well, don't tell me, I guess Yang Zihua from the artillery department in Tunliu will be crazy busy next time."

After hearing this, Zhou Xi immediately realized what was going on and found it a little funny. He said he would send a telegram to the headquarters to ask them later.

After discussing the distribution of the captured spoils, everyone discussed the arrangements for other matters in the military region.

After discussion, it was decided to let Deng Xie and Liu Ming help Zeng Jiwen handle the local affairs of the Tainan base. Since Deng Xie had been in charge of the workers' movement in the past, Zeng Jiwen let Deng Xie be responsible for the affairs of various factories in the base.

At this time, although small factories sprang up like mushrooms in the Tainan base, many of the people recruited by the factories were from the original villages, who were transformed from hired farmers or poor peasants into workers. Although Zeng Jiwen did not discover many problems and let his subordinates report them, he needed someone to guide them so that they could truly understand what the gc's "ideas" were.

This job is undoubtedly the most suitable for Deng Xie, who has previously worked closely with workers. At the same time, Zeng Jiwen can rest assured that Liu Ming will handle various affairs at the base.

At the same time, Wu Lin and Cai Xu carefully sorted out the armed forces of various local regiments. It can be foreseen that in the next year, a large number of local troops will definitely be drawn to supplement the combat troops, and the construction of various local regiments will also need to be closer to regular troops, which will undoubtedly require a lot of energy to deal with.

In the army, since Zhou Shi was busy with the organization and construction of the army, and Huang Hanjia was responsible for the routine training of the army, Zeng Jiwen finally decided to let Wang Zhuo and Cai Xu be responsible for the daily affairs of the military district staff.

After sorting out their respective division of labor, everyone dispersed.

Yangcheng, headquarters.

The deputy chief of staff walked up to the deputy commander-in-chief holding a telegram.

"Deputy Commander, Zeng Jiwen and his team called."

After saying that, he handed the telegram to the deputy commander-in-chief.

The deputy commander came back to his senses from the map, then took the telegram and started reading it. After reading it, he put it down and said with some emotion.

"The losses suffered by the Japanese army in North China this time are indeed huge. Once they recover, we'll know if they can hold out."

Hearing this, the deputy chief of staff shook his head.

"It shouldn't be a problem. The Japanese army in North China suffered heavy losses this time, nearly 100,000 men in total, almost catching up with the losses in the war in the south. It can be said that after this battle, the Japanese army in China will probably not be able to launch a large-scale war in the next year."

After saying that, he smiled and said.

"Look back there, deputy commander, do you want to form an artillery regiment? Zeng Jiwen is a real tycoon this time, and he's so generous. Look at what he's spent, it's a huge sum. He's got enough weapons and equipment for an entire Japanese division."

Hearing what the chief of staff said, the deputy commander said unhappily.

"What about the artillery regiment? The artillery of the headquarters has been cleared out by the lower-level troops for various reasons. I am useless without anyone here!"

"This time Zeng Jiwen got the upper hand. It's really a blessing in disguise that we poor people are actually getting mad because we don't have artillery."

Upon hearing this, the deputy chief of staff burst into laughter.

"Tell the troops below what Zeng Jiwen said and have them take their men to Tainan to collect their equipment."

Hearing the deputy commander's words, the deputy chief of staff nodded.

"I'll send it right away."

After Zeng Jiwen forwarded the telegram sent to the headquarters to the surrounding troops, the entire Eighth Route Army base was in an uproar.

Northwest Shanxi Command.

"What! The equipment of a Japanese division!"

"Hurry up and send someone to Tainan, before it's too late and someone else grabs it."

Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

"Chief of Staff Tang, take three regiments immediately. Don't bring anything else, just the transportation, and rush to Tainan!"

Central Henan.

"Damn Zeng Jiwen, he's really become a local tycoon."

"Cheng Huan, quickly gather the troops, bring three regiments, no, five, I want to congratulate Zeng Jiwen on his damn fortune!"

Rudi.

"Hurry up and call everyone together! My God, Mr. Zeng has really made a fortune!"

South China, New Fourth Army Headquarters.

"Zeng Jiwen, this kid, has given me a difficult problem."

"We can only ask the brother troops in Ludi to provide cover."

"Well, I think it's okay!"

Afterwards, the entire base of the Eighth Route Army in North China began to become lively.

The Japanese spy agency, which had discovered that the Eighth Route Army was becoming active, suddenly became nervous. They thought that the Eighth Route Army in North China was going to launch a counterattack against the locust army, and quickly sent the news to the North China Front Army Headquarters in Peiping.

Sugiyama Gen, who was the scapegoat at this time, shuddered when he heard the news reported from below.

Again!

The locust army was really treated as a soft persimmon, and Sugiyama Gen immediately wanted to gather his troops to teach the Eighth Route Army a lesson.

But then his expression became dull again.

Gather? How could the Locust Army have the extra troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army? Due to the disastrous defeat in North China, Sugiyama Gen had no choice but to send his mobile forces to various occupied areas to maintain order.