Zhang Duo returned to Ning County and handed these people over to Du Wei, who was responsible for sending them to the brigade headquarters. Zhang Duo did not have to worry about the rest.
"Right, Battalion Commander, a young man came over from Yanxi just now. He said he's here to be your guard."
" Battalion Commander, they came with Premier Hu's orders," Du Wei said.
When Zhang Duo heard this, he thought to himself that he was still forcefully stuffing people into his body. He said,"Let him come over."
It was a young man in his twenties who looked very energetic. Zhang Duo looked at him and said,"Why did you come to be my guard?”
" I want to learn something from you," the person said.
"Your father?" Zhang Duo read the letter in Zhang Wei's hand for less than ten seconds. He suddenly stood up from the stool and looked at Zhang Wei."You, you are Zhang…'s son?”
Zhang Duo was annoyed by the questions, so he simply stuffed Zhang Wei into Li Yunfei's hands and let Li Yunfei take Zhang Wei to train every day.
"Battalion Commander, we don't have enough steel!”
This was a big problem. Most of the places where steel was produced were occupied by the Japanese army. Buying steel was a very troublesome matter. If he bought it from the national army, he would inevitably have to explain to them why he bought so much metal, which would also be troublesome.
This reminded Zhang Duo that this matter could not be delayed. Whether it was the development of the AK-47 or the " javelin " rocket, they could not lack steel.
Soon, the news of Zhang Duo's gathering of steel reached the ears of the people of Ning County. Many of them even brought out their pots, hoping to help the independent battalion.
"Shopkeeper, have you heard? The independent battalion in Ning County is collecting a large amount of steel."
"What do they want steel for?"
The man called the shopkeeper pondered for a moment and said,"Go and send all the metal items in our shop to the independent camp, except for the pots for eating!”
After Zhang Duo knew about it, he asked Li Yunfei to lead his men to put up flyers all over the streets of Lin County. The meaning was very simple. It was to tell the devils and puppet troops in Lin County that if they dared to stop the people, the independent battalion would bomb Lin County again.
This time, the devils in Lin County panicked and quickly asked Tai Yuan for instructions. However, Tai Yuan thought that this matter was too small. It was not sent to Shinozuka Enan's table at all, so it was delayed. The devils in Lin County did not receive a reply for a long time. They were afraid that the Independent Battalion would come and bomb them, so they simply turned a blind eye and watched the people send the steel to the Independent Battalion.
Zhang Duo kept these things in mind and asked the soldiers to record the addresses of all the people who donated the iron pots. He would repay them after the victory of the war.
With steel, the manufacturing progress of the arsenal accelerated again. Although the progress of the javelin and rocket was accelerated, according to Wang Hai, it would take at least half a year to develop it. This was all good, but in reality, it was unknown.
As for the AK-47, the current development progress was still very fast. Other than the batch of experimental products that Zhang Duo used previously, the second batch of experimental products had also gone offline.
Of course, Zhang Duo didn't bring his own gun to test this time. Instead, he handed it to Third Company, who was responsible for robbing the Japanese transport team recently.
The development of weapons was smooth sailing, but Zhang Duo encountered trouble in the side production, which was a large reduction in food. This was directly related to the increase in the number of people in the independent camp. If there were not many people, it would be difficult to form a strong defense line. With more people, the consumption of food would increase.
" Battalion Commander, can this work? Our soldiers are all soldiers. Let them participate in production..." Du Wei asked as he looked at Zhang Duo's plan for the next year.
"Then what is the name of our operation this time?”
"Let's call it the mass production movement!" Zhang Duo said with a smile.
The so-called large-scale production movement meant that all the grains, clothes, crops and other items would be produced by the production teams formed by soldiers. Almost all the soldiers had to participate in it, including the officers.
What Du Wei didn't expect was that the mass production movement that started with the independent battalion actually quickly spread to the entire Eighth Route Army.
It was said that both Premier Hu and Chief Zhang had personally praised Zhang Duo's plan for the mass production campaign, saying that the Eighth Route Army should imitate it.
Due to the birth of the mass production movement, Yanxi's reliance on Yu City had been greatly reduced. Yu City was a little confused, wondering why Yanxi was purchasing fewer and fewer things from them.
Chairman Jiang looked at the telegram in his hand. The contents of the telegram were Zhang Duo's guidelines for the large-scale production campaign.
After reading it, Committee Member Jiang let out a long sigh and placed the telegram on the table. He looked at the few people in front of him and said,"What do you think of Zhang Duo's plan?”
"It's very practical for Yanxi!”Du Yuming said.
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