Tang Wan Yue paused and said,"That's why he's the military director of our Eighth Route Army." You have to learn to be a father and bring your children to fight. She also had to learn to be a mother and be able to breastfeed the children.”
"Under such circumstances, it's not realistic to just sit there obediently and wait for the higher-ups to give us supplies. The children would have starved to death long ago. If that's the case, how are we going to strengthen our army? The army would only get smaller and smaller. We must learn to be flexible."
"As long as the nature of the army remains unchanged and obeys the Party's command, it is the people's army and the army that fights the devils. It was understandable that there were some flaws in other places. Commissar Zhao, what do you think?"
"I understand." Zhao Gang nodded. I understand what sister-in-law is saying. I just hope that I am now a member of the Independent Regiment, so that I will have some idea of what to do next.”
Li Yunlong smiled and said,""Alright, no problem. As long as you don't object, everything is negotiable.”
At this moment, the sound of horses neighing came from outside the door. Li Yunlong smiled and said,"They're back. Vice Guild Leader Kong and the others are back. It looks like they've struck it rich.”
Zhao Gang followed Li Yun Long. Tang Wan Yue came out of the courtyard and saw Kong Jie with hundreds of horses. The soldiers rode on their horses, beaming with joy. They held brand new rifles in their hands, dressed neatly, and looked valiant and spirited.
Zhao Gang finally understood what Li Yunlong meant. Although it was a little risky to send out a battalion of soldiers, it was completely worth it. In half a day's time, not only did they get hundreds of horses, but they also got hundreds of guns and a large amount of ammunition.
These guns and ammunition could arm hundreds of people. One had to know that one-third of the soldiers in the independent regiment did not have guns. This batch of equipment could completely replenish them, so that the soldiers would not have to fight on the battlefield with large blades. This could reduce the casualties by a lot.
Only such a military officer could win the love and respect of the soldiers and become stronger and stronger.
Thinking of this, Zhao Gang unconsciously smiled. He had his own principles, but at the same time, he was not pedantic. He knew how to be flexible sometimes.
At this time, Tang Wan Yue was surrounding the horses and constantly checking the copper and iron ores from the horses. The grade of these ores was not bad.
The grade of iron ore in our country is relatively low compared to other countries. However, the grade of the iron and copper ores in Lijia Village was not as good as the iron ore and copper ores. She had used the nanomachines to check, and it was considered relatively high in our country.
This time, the cavalry battalion brought back a total of more than four hundred horses. Each horse carried a hundred kilograms of ore, which meant that there were about forty tons of ore in total.
According to what Tang Wan Yue had told Kong Jie in advance, one-third of this batch of ore was copper and the remaining two-thirds were iron. In the end, there would be about two tons of iron and two and a half tons of copper.
This temporarily solved the problem of the independent regiment's raw materials. In the near future, the Independent Regiment should have more ammunition than the other armed forces.
Kong Jie jumped down from his horse and first saluted Tang Wan Yue, saying,"Sister-in-law, I didn't fail you!"
Tang Wan Yue nodded with satisfaction and said,"Vice Guild Leader Kong, you've worked hard."
Then Kong Jie said to Tang Wan Yue,"Sister-in-law, I have good news for you."”
"What good news?" Tang Wanyue asked.”
"It's like this. When we raided the Li Clan Village, we still had time. Therefore, before the Japanese arrived, I took advantage of the high-speed movement of the horses to transport two batches of ores to a mountain depression about ten miles away from the Lijia Village and hid. In the end, they only shipped a batch back."
Tang Wanyue's eyes lit up when she heard this."In other words, there are still two batches of ores, right?”
"Yes, sister-in-law." Kong Jie nodded and said,"I wonder if these ores are enough?"”
Tang Wan Yue's eyes smiled like crescent moons and said,"It's useful, of course it's useful. It's too useful! Now, I definitely don't mind having more copper and more iron. Old Kong, you've done a great thing this time.”
"Alright, sister-in-law!" Kong Jie said. After I ask them to unload the ores, we'll go back and transport them twice.”
Tang Wan Yue said," There's no hurry. The soldiers must be very tired after a long journey. Anyway, those ores can't run away. Let the soldiers rest first."”
"Sister-in-law, a horse won't rest when people rest," said Kong Jie. He could change the people from the Second Battalion to transport the ores. I always feel uneasy leaving it there. It's better to transport good things to my own territory.”
Hearing this, Tang Wan Yue also nodded and said,"Alright then, thank you for your hard work, Vice Guild Leader Kong. If it doesn't work, let someone else go."
"It's not hard, Sister-in-law. This is nothing," said Kong Jie. In the future, if you need anything, just tell me.”
Tang Wan Yue nodded with satisfaction and said,"Alright!"
Then Kong Jie ordered these soldiers to transport the ore to Tang Wan Yue's small courtyard at the fastest speed.
He went back to his room with Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang to drink some water. Kong Jie went out again and brought the 2nd Battalion back with a batch of ores. After that, the 2nd Battalion rested and brought the 3rd Battalion to transport another batch of ores.
In that case, the three batches of ores, totaling more than 120 tons, could be used to refine about six tons of iron and seven tons of copper, which could be used to make about 600,000 bullets.
For example, the 6.5mm rifle bullet used by the 38th Cover weighed 21.1 grams, the bullet weighed 9 grams, the gunpowder weighed 2.2 grams, and the copper weighed about 10 grams.
In this way, six tons of iron could produce more than 600,000 warheads, and seven tons of copper could produce about 700,000 shells. It was entirely possible to produce 600,000 rounds of ammunition.
Now the only thing that gave Tang Wan Yue a headache was that there was not enough cotton. 600,000 rounds of ammunition would require about 1,200 kilograms of smokeless gunpowder. The smokeless gunpowder made from three thousand jin of cotton was simply not enough.
Fortunately, cotton is relatively easy to obtain in our base. After all, our base still doesn't have the means to produce smokeless gunpowder. The demand for cotton was completely for military uniforms and textile use.
After 1942, when the Yellow Cliff Cave had developed the formula for smokeless gunpowder, it would not be easy to get cotton.
When he had time at night, he could discuss with Li Yunlong and Kong Jie and ask them to think of a way to get a few thousand catties of cotton back.
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