sjar Chapter 445: The brigade and the headquarters are no match for me. Even the Japanese are weaklings c
Chapter 445: The brigade and the headquarters are no match for me. Even the Japanese are weaklings c
What Zhao Gang was talking about was their current embarrassing situation. No one expected that Ma Xiaobo and Xu Zhongyi said completely opposite things. In addition, the underground organization in Ping'an County had never had any dealings with the Independent Regiment, which made it increasingly difficult for them to investigate the matter thoroughly.
"Old Zhao, this matter cannot be delayed any longer. We must come up with an explanation as soon as possible. Rumors are spreading all over the base area now. We know that this is a conspiracy of the devils, but we are powerless to do anything. If we let the situation develop, it is very likely to cause civil unrest in the base area. This matter must be resolved immediately!"
"I think we should treat both Xu Zhongyi and Ma Xiaobo as traitors. Only in this way can we suppress the current public opinion. The rumors circulating in the base area have already had some impact on the morale of the army. We can't afford to be muddy anymore. We should cut the Gordian knot, otherwise it will affect the upcoming spring anti-encirclement and suppression operations." Lin Zhenhua advised with a serious face.
Li Yunlong quickly agreed and said, "Old Zhao, I also think the college students' approach is the best. We should treat both Xu Zhongyi and Ma Xiaobo as traitors to truly calm public opinion. Xu Zhongyi is my fellow villager, but if he really became a traitor, I, Li Yunlong, would definitely not hesitate to take action!"
"I am not only responsible for the thousands of soldiers of the independent regiment, but also for the more than 80 civilians in the base area. It is not unfair to treat Xu Zhongyi as a traitor. I have contacted him several times, wanting him to help us contact the brigade and the headquarters, but he always deliberately changed the subject. Today I plan to have a good and frank talk with him. If he still doesn't tell the truth, don't blame me for taking action against him and treating him as a traitor."
"As for Ma Xiaobo, we will have college students talk to him. As long as we are sure that Ma Xiaobo is a traitor, we will cut the Gordian knot and deal with him. The matter between the two has been going on in the base for a month. We can't delay it any longer, otherwise it will have a great impact on the morale of our base."
"As for the nine people who followed Ma Xiaobo and Xu Zhongyi, continue to keep a close watch on them. Leave the questions about them to the three of you, Lao Zhao. I don't believe that even if these people colluded with each other, they would not leave any loopholes!"
Ding Wei agreed with Li Yunlong's solution and said, "These 11 people have been in our base for a month. They are not honest at all. If we hadn't confiscated their radio stations at the first time, our base would no longer have any secrets from the outside world."
"After these days of counter-espionage, we have basically cleared out the Japanese spies and traitors in the base area. The next strategic focus will be on counter-encirclement and suppression operations. We must clear out all the unstable factors in the base area before the Japanese spring sweep."
Kong Jie slammed the table heavily and angrily cursed: "It's fucking time to be so fussy. This matter ends here. We should follow the college student and Li Yunlong's suggestion. Any further delay will only make our relatives sad and our enemies happy. We lost so many lives to preserve our base. We will never allow outsiders to destroy it. If anyone dares to disobey, I, Kong Jie, will be the first to stand up and shoot him!"
Deputy Head Xing also stood up to express his support, which made Zhao Gang realize that the matter could not be delayed any longer. All members approved the handling plan proposed by Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua.
"After talking about the second thing, let's talk about the third thing, which is the impending fuel crisis. We must find ways to resolve it, otherwise it will have a huge impact on our subsequent defensive battles."
Zhao Gang brought up the topic again. Lin Zhenhua did not remain silent, but directly replied: "Old Zhao, I have been managing the fuel of the base these days. To be honest, the current fuel consumption is something I never expected before. We have opened up two air transport lines, and the daily fuel consumption is an astronomical figure. Add to that the fuel used by various transport vehicles and armored units, and the gasoline produced by our coal-to-oil equipment at the bar is barely enough for use."
"In order to ensure the fuel supply for the transport aircraft, we even started to mix some low-quality gasoline into the fuel tanks of the transport aircraft to alleviate the fuel crisis. However, our efforts did not achieve much results. Everything we did was a drop in the bucket. For this reason, we started to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but we still could not meet the fuel demand of the base, and we had to use the reserve oil again."
"After nearly a month of consumption, we only have six days' worth of reserves left, which means that if we engage in a large-scale battle with the Japanese, we can only support them for ten days at most. I want to make one thing clear in advance. Once a war breaks out between us and the Japanese, both air transport routes will be interrupted, and at most we will be able to open a night route. By then, the transport volume will be very low, and it will be of little help to us. It can only be used to transport emergency supplies."
"Through these days of emergency transportation, we now have nearly 2000 tons of rubber, which is enough to meet our needs for the next year. In addition, I have mastered the waste rubber purification technology, which can extract % of usable rubber from rubber waste, which can greatly alleviate our future rubber crisis."
"As for the fuel crisis in the base, I don't have any good solutions at the moment. I can only further improve technology and production capacity. The only good news is that our intermediate coal-to-oil equipment has begun to expand production and is expected to be offline in two days. Within ten days, we will have six sets of medium-sized coal-to-oil equipment and 12 sets of small coal-to-oil equipment. After full production, it will be able to guarantee the fuel supply of our base."
"These days I have arranged for a transport team to deliver a large amount of coal to the coal-to-oil factory, but because underground mining is difficult, our production has not kept up with consumption. I have no choice but to improve some mechanical equipment to see if I can reduce the use of manpower through mechanical excavation. In order to speed up the transportation of coal, electric conveyor belts have been used in the mine, but the actual production efficiency is not high. The main reason is that the reserves of the several coal mines we currently own are relatively rich, but the difficulty of mining is relatively large. We cannot carry out open-air operations, and we need to enter the mine caves of 10 to 20 meters to dig!"
"As for the oil field, good news has come. I found a small oil field with an estimated reserve of about 20 tons. We are drilling wells these days. As long as we successfully reach the depth of the oil field, we can quickly extract oil. The refinery hidden in the cave has begun construction and is expected to start production in another half a month. With this small oil field as a foundation, our fuel crisis can be alleviated by half. The most important thing is that our tanks and armored vehicles can be fully replaced with diesel engines, and our tractors can also use diesel engines."
When Lin Zhenhua mentioned the tractor, Li Yunlong couldn't help laughing and said, "College student, I'm not kidding you. The gasoline tractor you had before was not practical at all. It couldn't even plow the land. It was not as good as the oxen in our base. There were quite a few people who came to watch. The joke that the tractor couldn't plow the land spread in our base for a month."
"When the diesel tractor comes out, let's test it behind closed doors to see if it works. We can't make the same joke again. It's too embarrassing to tell anyone about it. I laugh so hard that my stomach hurts when I think about it."
As Li Yunlong spoke, he held his stomach and laughed, and the others also laughed, and the whole headquarters was filled with a happy atmosphere. Lin Zhenhua's face was a little unhappy. It was indeed his mistake last time. The gasoline engine he used was the same as the engine on the tricycle. After using it, it couldn't drive the tractor to plow the land, which made a big joke.
"Okay, stop laughing. It's not all my fault. When I was testing the tractor to plow the land, the weather was still quite cold, and the engine didn't have enough horsepower, so it didn't plow the land. Later, I made some improvements and adopted a more powerful engine. The new model of gasoline tractor can plow the land easily in the plains, but it can plow farther."
Zhao Gang quickly interrupted and said, "College student, high-horsepower gasoline engines are installed on tanks. It would be a waste if they were installed on tractors. We are very short of high-horsepower engines, and the armored forces have a great demand for them. For each armored vehicle and tank, we have to reserve 2 to 3 spare engines in advance, and now we have only one spare engine. It is impossible for us to use the high-horsepower engine to plow the land."
Lin Zhenhua said speechlessly: "If we hadn't greatly expanded our armored forces these days, the reserves of high-horsepower engines would actually be very sufficient. The armored forces have been expanded from the original two battalions to eight battalions, a full three times. Now we are quite wealthy. Four tank companies and four armored vehicle companies are unique in the entire northwest of Shanxi. Even the Japanese don't have as many armored forces as we do."
Li Yunlong laughed heartily and said, "Haha, I've said it before, we are now real local rich people. Not to mention the brigade commander, even the division commander and the head of the headquarters don't have so many armored troops under their command. Even the armored troops of the Japanese are weak compared to us."
"If it weren't for the difficulty in ensuring the supply of our armored forces, I would have to gather the armored forces together and launch a blitzkrieg against the Japanese, so that the Japanese could also see the power of armored cluster assault! Before, a college student told me that the equipment of this armored force was not affordable, and I thought this statement was a bit exaggerated, but after seeing Chu Yunfei's dilemma, I realized that this statement was really true."