While talking, tank battalion commander Mei Jiuling, captain Boris of the Independent Flying Group, and the battalion commanders of the nine main infantry battalions arrived one after another, and Xu Rui announced the meeting.
The only topic of the meeting was to capture as many towns as possible around Fengtian.
In a word, we must seize the surrounding towns of Fengtian as much as possible before the Japs come back in large numbers and take advantage of the empty defenses of Fengtian. If possible, it is best to capture Tieling, Fushun, Benxi and even Liaoyang. While weakening the Japs as much as possible, it can also strengthen itself to a greater extent.
Because a larger territory means more people, and more people means more resources. Of course, how to convert the population into war resources depends on the party's organizational capabilities. However, this For our party, it is not a difficult task because our party has always been good at doing mass work.
Mass work is said to be difficult, but it is actually easy to say it is easy.
In fact, there is only one purpose: think about what the people think and worry about what the people urgently need!
What is the biggest complaint among the people in Northeast China right now? That's right, it's the little devil's tyranny! So what do the people want most? It is to take back the land that was forcibly taken away by the armed colonization groups! Therefore, as long as you do these two things well, you can easily win the hearts and minds of the people in the three northeastern provinces!
Having said that, these are easy to say, but the actual operation is still very complicated. There must be a dedicated person in charge. At least Xu Rui and the officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment can do it. That will not work.
Fortunately, this time the Chahar Independent Regiment stormed the Northeast. Xu Rui asked Wang Husheng to second a lot of political cadres from various base areas in North China. Now these political cadres have come in handy. Of course, the eight characters have not been revealed yet. Wait for the main battalions of the independent regiment to first capture the large and small towns around Fengtian.
After briefly introducing the situation, Xu Rui finally concluded: "In short, you have only one mission, capture the surrounding towns as much as possible, but remember, once you encounter a strong enemy, immediately call the tank troops or even the aviation force to let the tanks and aircraft Go deal with the Japs' fortifications, and don't keep thinking about filling them with human lives."
After a pause, Xu Rui asked sharply: "Do you fucking remember this?"
"Remember!" the battalion commanders of the nine main battalions responded with enthusiasm.
"Get out of here!" Xu Rui snorted, then continued, "Go to work quickly!"
More than a dozen battalion commanders or team captains left one after another. He Shuya walked at the end. When he was about to go out, Xu Rui stopped him: "Nerd, please stay here."
He Shuya turned around and said in surprise: "Captain, what's the matter?"
Xu Rui nodded and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to go to the Second Battalion."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "You stay in Fengtian and help Lao Wang!"
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At noon, at Fengtian Ordnance Factory.
Wang Husheng is organizing the resumption of production, and the work is going smoothly, because most of the Japanese employees employed by the ordnance factory are executives or senior engineers, but ordinary workers, grassroots managers, and grassroots engineering personnel are all Chinese. After learning that the Chinese ** team After returning to the three northeastern provinces, the workers at the ordnance factory were very happy.
Here the officers and soldiers of He Shuya's Second Battalion played an important role.
They say they are relatives or not, hometown people. More than two thousand officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion stopped in the streets and alleys of Fengtian City and spoke with a Northeastern accent. They immediately gained the recognition of the citizens. The citizens of Fengtian Instinctively, I thought this way. Although the ones fighting back now are no longer the Marshal's Northeastern Army, no matter what, they are our soldiers from the three Northeastern provinces after all! Now the soldiers need our help, what can we say? Roll up your sleeves and do it!
In addition, the Chahar Independent Regiment did not disturb the people after entering the city, and the citizens of Fengtian soon became bolder.
By noon, order in Fengtian City was completely restored. Except for Japanese expatriates and a handful of die-hard traitors who were hiding at home and panicking all day long, the rest of the people continued to do whatever they were supposed to do. The Chinese employees of Fengtian Ordnance Factory and the workers in the workshop also Back at the factory, I started working step by step.
The absence of a very small number of Japanese executives did not affect the normal operation of the ordnance factory.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, when Xu Rui led Digua and Zhuoligetu to the Fengtian Ordnance Factory, the anti-aircraft machine gun workshop had even produced two finished products, twin-mounted 20mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, which were ship-use anti-aircraft machine guns. The land-based version has fairly good firepower continuity, not much worse than similar products from European and American powers.
Wang Husheng led Xu Rui to the anti-aircraft machine gun workshop, pointed at the two machine guns that had just been assembled, and said proudly: "How is it, Lao Xu?"
Xu Rui said with a smile: "Old Wang, you can do it. Not only did you resume production at the ordnance factory in just one day, but you also produced a finished anti-aircraft machine gun, with a capital letter!"
Wang Husheng felt a little embarrassed after being praised so much by Xu Rui.
At that moment, Wang Husheng waved his hand and said: "Actually, these two anti-aircraft machine guns are almost completed. This really has nothing to do with our working group."
Xu Rui laughed and said, "That's also your credit. If it hadn't been for the hard work of your working group that resumed production at the ordnance factory so quickly, even if it had been ten days and a half, these two anti-aircraft machine guns would have been just a bunch of semi-finished products! "
This time, Wang Husheng was no longer modest. He nodded and said, "Old Xu, speaking of semi-finished products and raw materials, when I took inventory of the warehouse just now, I found that the ordnance factory no longer has much steel in stock."
Xu Rui said: "So next, we have to resume the production of the steel plant as soon as possible, as well as the power plant. The production of the ordnance factory must not rely on diesel generators for power supply. After the steel plant resumes production, it will become an even bigger consumer of electricity, so we have to Restore power plant production as soon as possible. If power plants want to resume production, they need coal, so coal mines must also resume production as soon as possible."
"Yes." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "These tasks are really one after another, so we must pay close attention to them all."
While the two were talking, a "boom" suddenly sounded in the workshop not far away, as if there was an explosion somewhere.
Hearing the explosion, Digua, Zhuo Ligetu and Wang Husheng's guards immediately took out their guns and protected Xu Rui and Wang Husheng behind them, and the surrounding workers immediately started to commotion.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, He Shuya quickly rushed to the scene with a platoon.
The scene was quickly brought under control. The explosion occurred in the detonator production workshop next to the anti-aircraft machine gun workshop. When they heard that the explosion occurred in the detonator production workshop, Xu Rui and He Shuya's expressions immediately darkened. It seemed that this was not an ordinary explosion. , let alone an accident, this was obviously a premeditated explosion!
Xu Rui judged instantly that there were Japanese spies lurking among the workers!
Xu Rui winked at He Shuya. He Shuya understood and immediately ordered the anti-aircraft machine gun workshop and detonator production workshop to be cordoned off. No one was allowed to leave without authorization, and then screened them one by one. Although this method was stupid, under the current conditions, it was undoubtedly The most effective way, otherwise if you let this Japanese spy leave, something will happen next!
What exploded this time was the detonator workshop, and the next time it exploded might be the gunpowder workshop, which would be a lot of fun.
Under the organization of the officers and soldiers of the second battalion, hundreds of workers in the two workshops began to line up and undergo screening one by one. Only workers who had passed the screening could leave.
Xu Rui stood next to Zhen Bu, watching quietly.
At a certain moment, when several workers passed Xu Rui after being screened, Xu Rui suddenly shouted in Japanese without any warning: "Everyone buys the road!"
Xu Rui said it in Japanese, which means stop.
One worker stopped subconsciously, but the rest continued to move forward.
The worker who stopped realized that something was wrong, but still managed to keep his composure. He turned around and pretended to be confused: "Sir, what did you just say?"
Xu Rui's mouth immediately broke out into a sneer, still pretending
Xu Rui took two steps forward and walked up to the worker. He smiled and said, "You can speak Chinese well."
The worker said solemnly: "I am originally Chinese, so of course my Chinese is good. Is this strange?"
Xu Rui smiled and said, "I just said that you speak Chinese well, and I didn't say that you were not Chinese. Why are you nervous?"
The worker immediately realized that he had been hit again, and immediately his right hand subconsciously reached to his waist, but how could Xu Rui let him do what he wanted? With just one stretch of his hand, Xu Rui grabbed the worker's right wrist, and with a twist, the worker turned his back involuntarily, unable to move any further.
Digua stepped forward and lifted up the man's clothes, and found that in addition to a pistol, there were two melon grenades on his back waist.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding workers immediately let out a cry of exclamation. The workers obviously did not expect that there were Japanese spies lurking among them.
Xu Rui handed over the Japanese spies to the guards and said to He Shuya: "Nerd, this incident is a wake-up call for us. We must strengthen security, especially in key units such as ordnance factories, steel plants, and power plants. Security must be strengthened, and all workers must be identified before they can work."
"Yes!" He Shuya stood at attention and said solemnly, "I'll go back and make arrangements right now."
As soon as He Shuya walked away, a guard ran over and reported: "Captain, there is an old man who claims to be an engineer at the ordnance factory who insists on coming in to work. How should we deal with this?"
"Is there such a thing?" Xu Rui immediately became energetic when he heard this, because he knew that the human race is generally more conservative, but it will inevitably produce some strange flowers. At that moment, Xu Rui brought sweet potatoes and some When Zhuo Ligetu came to the gate of Fengtian Ordnance Factory, he actually saw an old Japanese in his fifties, wearing a pair of glasses and carrying a briefcase. He was shouting in blunt Chinese, "Let me Get in!