Half an hour later, Shaqiaogang Fortress.
Including the number one commander, several commanders from the New Fourth Army who were at home came to see Xu Rui off.
The No. 1 leader accompanied Xu Rui outside and said, "Xiao Xu, don't you wait for Lao Xiang to come back? Lao Xiang asked someone to bring you a message last night, telling you to wait for him to come back no matter what."
"I can't wait any longer." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "If Secretary Xiang has any instructions, let me tell you in the telegram."
"That's okay. Lao Xiang is actually looking for you for no big deal. He just wants to tell you to be careful and don't make the same mistakes as before, otherwise he won't be able to protect you." No. 1 Commander smiled when he heard this. Of course, Lao Xiang went to Xu Rui not just for this, but because he had something else to talk about.
Originally, Lao Xiang, as the political commissar of the New Fourth Army, said this was the most appropriate thing.
But now that Lao Xiang is away, this matter can only be decided by him, the army commander.
At that moment, the number one commander said: "In addition to the Langya Brigade and the propaganda team, do you have any other requests? For example, select a group of students from the youth training camp to go to Shanghai?"
Xu Rui shook his head and said, "I definitely want the cadets from the youth training camp, but it's not the time yet."
The No. 1 commander added: "Then you really have no other requirements? Lao Xiang specifically told me that the conditions in your Songhu division are difficult. If you have any requirements, I must satisfy them no matter what."
Xu Rui said: "I would like to move the Dameishan Arsenal to Shanghai, but I can't move anywhere."
"Move the arsenal to Shanghai? You can think of it." No. 1 Commander smiled and said, "As for the arsenal, I won't let you move even if you can, but I can do it in the first place. On top of the 500 bazookas promised to you in the Songhu Division, I will grant you a special grant of 1,000 more!"
"Really?" Xu Rui was overjoyed when he heard this. The rocket launcher is an out-and-out weapon for street fighting. Whether it is used to destroy the enemy's machine gun fire points or to destroy tanks, it is very effective. More importantly, the rocket launcher is very effective. Even easier to carry and operate than a grenade.
If the military department can really equip the Songhu Division with a thousand more rocket launchers and provide enough rockets, then the Songhu Division will have greater hope of winning the battle to defend Shanghai.
However, just having a rocket launcher is not enough, you also need rocket grenades.
Then Xu Rui asked again: "Sir, you have to give three copies of the rockets."
"Three copies of rockets? It's a small thing. In fact, we can give you as many as you want." The number one commander smiled and continued, "But you have to exchange it for something."
"Exchange for something? What is it?" Xu Rui immediately became vigilant after hearing this, "I don't have any good stuff."
"No good stuff? Are you playing tricks on us?" The No. 3 commander next to him laughed, "Don't think that Xiao Wang wears the same pants with you and hides everything from us. We don't know anything about Shanghai. Let me tell you. , Shanghai also has our intelligence line, which you don’t know about.”
Xu Rui said with a grimace: "Chief, we really don't have anything good there."
"Are you still pretending?" Commander No. 5 continued, "Did you just get equipment from a small arsenal and a fine chemical factory back from the United States?"
Xu Rui's eyes widened and he shouted, "You also know this?"
"You still want to hide it from us?" Commander No. 3 said with a smile, "We already knew the equipment as soon as it was unloaded from Shiliupu Pier. Forget about the arsenal, we won't compete with you, but the fine chemical plant It’s better to transport the equipment back to Dameishan. It’s safer to build this fine chemical plant in Dameishan.”
Since tasting the benefits brought by rocket launchers, the New Fourth Army has relied on this weapon.
This thing, whether it is used to hit the machine gun fire points of the Japs, or to hit the stronghold gun towers, or even to hit the armored targets of the Japs, it is basically accurate. Since it is equipped with the rocket launcher, the New Fourth Army's ability to attack difficult tasks has been greatly improved. ! So far, the New Fourth Army has recovered more than 20 counties and cities alone, mainly relying on these rocket launchers.
However, rocket launchers are easy to use, but rocket launchers cannot be produced by oneself.
Or to be more precise, there is no way to produce the fuse on the head of the rocket yourself.
The fuses that Xu Rui finally took back from Chairman Chiang last time have already been produced into rockets, and these rockets have been basically consumed. Seeing that there are more and more rocket launchers, they are even equipped to fight at the platoon level. units, but there were fewer and fewer rockets, and the military chiefs were so anxious that their heads dropped.
If this rocket launcher doesn't have rockets, it's not even as good as a fire stick.
It happened that at this time, the Japanese intensified their blockade of the New Fourth Army's Jiangsu-Anhui Military Region, and the National Army also followed the Japanese in enforcing a complete blockade of the New Fourth Army. Therefore, not to mention the fuze, not even a grain of rice or cotton could be transported in. If it weren't for the relatively complete industrial system in Dameishan, we would be in big trouble.
But even if Dameishan has a relatively complete industrial system, it cannot last long because consumables such as batteries, motors, lubricants, and fine chemical products such as fuzes cannot be produced by ourselves. Therefore, as time goes by, the Dameishan Industrial Zone’s All factories had to be shut down, including arsenals.
This was also the main reason why the Minister of Military Affairs sent Xu Rui to Songhu Division in the first place.
The military minister is placing his hope on Xu Rui, a fierce general, who can open up the situation in Songhu, break through the Japanese blockade, and help Dameishan Arsenal obtain the much-needed fuse! And Xu Rui did live up to expectations. As soon as he went to Shanghai, he immediately opened up the situation and transported a large amount of industrial consumables back to Dameishan.
In the past few months, in addition to causing trouble outside Shanghai, Xu Rui also secretly transported industrial consumables such as batteries, tank machines, and lubricants to Dameishan. He even obtained a batch of fuses and transported them back to Dameishan. However, Xu Rui also said that the rockets produced using these fuzes must be given priority to the Songhu Military Division.
Xu Rui indeed lived up to expectations, but the military minister did not expect that an even bigger surprise was yet to come.
Xu Rui actually got a set of fine chemical factory equipment from the United States. This is a chemical factory that can produce fuzes. It is better than the chemical factory Xu Rui got back before!
At this time, the No. 1 commander also said: "Xiao Xu, it's not that the military is deliberately robbing. In fact, it would be better to build this fine chemical factory in Damei Mountain. Think about it, even if you build the fine chemical factory in the concession, , What if one day the Japanese become impatient and directly attack the concession? Even if they can hold it, the Japanese can still bomb it and cause destruction, right?"
Xu Rui had to admit that what Commander No. 1 said was right. If the Japanese knew that there was a fine chemical factory in the Western Concession that could produce artillery fuses, and that it was continuously producing rockets to supply the patrol battalion soldiers on the front line, then the Japanese army would They will definitely attack the western part of the concession. Even if they dare not send out infantry, they will definitely send out aviation for bombing.
Even if the chemical plant cannot be blown up directly, the Japanese will definitely try their best to destroy it. If the fine chemical plant is really built in the West District of the Shanghai Public Concession, they must be mentally prepared to start and stop the operation. In that situation, construction will definitely start. One day, then stop for three days, start again for one day, and then stop for three days, so the efficiency will definitely not increase.
But if we transport the equipment back to Dameishan, we won't have to worry about the Japanese getting in the way.
It's not that Xu Rui and Wang Husheng haven't considered this issue, but they didn't have time to hold a meeting to discuss it.
After all, the complete set of equipment for this fine chemical plant had just arrived at Shanghai's Shiliupu Pier.
Xu Rui said at that moment: "Okay, then I will arrange for people to transport the equipment of the fine chemical plant back to Dameishan."
When the military commanders heard this, they were overjoyed. They all prepared a long speech, but they didn't expect that they could easily convince Xu Rui. At that moment, the next commander said with joy: "Xiao Xu, you just need to transport the equipment across the Yangtze River." That’s fine, I’ll ask Central Jiangsu Division to send troops to Nantong to respond.”
Although the Japanese's Central China Condemnation Troops built thousands of miles of blockade ditches around the New Fourth Army's Jiangsu-Anhui Military Region, if the New Fourth Army really made up its mind to break the attack and concentrated its forces to attack one point, the Japanese would still be unable to block it. Xu Rui's attack before This method is also used to transport supplies to Damei Mountain.
Of course, there must be losses.
"No problem." Xu Rui responded readily and added, "However, commanders, you must keep your word. The rockets must be open to supply us!"
"Don't worry." The No. 1 commander waved his hand and said, "As long as the fine chemical factory is built, the Japs and Chairman Chiang will no longer be able to choke our necks, and rockets can be produced continuously. By then, the military will The Ministry must give priority to protecting your Songhu Military Division, so that you can let go of the little devils!"
"Thank you, sir." Xu Rui smiled, then put away the smile on his face, stood at attention, and saluted again.
Behind Xu Rui, more than a hundred members of Leng Tiefeng and the Langya Brigade, as well as dozens of members of the propaganda team, also stood at attention and saluted.
"Take care!" Xu Rui saluted, turned around and left.
Comrades, take care. Several senior officers and comrades who saw him off also returned the greetings, and then watched Xu Rui disappear on the road ahead with Langya and the propaganda team.
No one noticed that among the people seeing him off, there was a pair of cold eyes watching Xu Rui leave.
The owner of these eyes is a spy of the military commander lurking in Damei Mountain. His public identity is a guard of the New Fourth Army headquarters. He has not seen Xu Rui since the New Fourth Army headquarters was transferred to Damei Mountain. Until today, he has not seen Xu Rui. Finally got our first look at this legendary figure and gained a key piece of information!
Xu Rui was actually transferred to the newly established Songhu Military Division!
No wonder the killers sent by the military commander to Dameishan had been waiting for such a long time and did not wait for the opportunity. Xu Rui had already been transferred to the Songhu Division!