Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 186 College students, do you know who I learned these bad habits from? 3-character chapter!

Luo Jinbao did not reply directly, but took out a piece of paper and started drawing on it. He estimated the distance and time, and then replied uncertainly: "Judging from the distance of the battlefield, the other party should not be lying, but judging from the result, the other party did it on purpose!"

"But there is one thing, that is, Li Yunlong did not doubt us, otherwise Li Yunlong had many opportunities to leave, but he stayed with Xue Kai the whole time. From this point, it can be confirmed that Li Yunlong should not have lied."

"In addition, based on our past understanding of Li Yunlong, this man has the final say in the independent regiment and particularly likes to fight. Since he didn't get to fight this time, his reaction is understandable. However, for the sake of safety, it is better for us to increase our vigilance."

After reconciling the opinions of Xue Kai and Luo Jinbao, Xue Changkun felt that it would be better to wait and see for the time being. After all, he was now living under someone else's roof, and he and Li Yunlong were not very familiar with each other before. It would be better for him to be careful. If Li Yunlong really wanted to trick him, it would be very easy.

"Lao Luo, you should strengthen your vigilance in the next few days. I will take this opportunity to contact more people. This attack on Xiaozhang Village has really put us in a difficult position. Our strength has been reduced by half. We must not use weapons again unless it is absolutely necessary!"

Xing Zhiguo had been secretly monitoring the Fifth Battalion under Luo Jinbao. He was finally relieved when he saw that the other side had only temporarily strengthened their vigilance and had not carried out any actions that would endanger the Independent Regiment.

"Damn it, college students are just so good. They tricked Xue Changkun and left him no reason to make trouble. He could only swallow this loss in vain!" Xing Zhiguo complained secretly.

Zhaojiayuyu is the location of the independent regiment’s headquarters.

After Li Yunlong contacted Chu Yunfei yesterday, he discussed Xue Changkun's matter with him. Unexpectedly, Chu Yunfei planned to come in person. He had no choice but to wait at the regiment headquarters. Calculating the time, Chu Yunfei would arrive this afternoon.

Seeing that Li Yunlong was so idle, Lin Zhenhua asked hurriedly, "Old Li, I see you brought back a lot of tungsten ore this time. Where did you get it from? Can you get some more now?"

Li Yunlong replied with a smile: "I got it from a merchant I met at the market. I have already told him that our independent group buys a large amount of various minerals. We will take as many as we can!"

Lin Zhenhua rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "Old Li, you are such a boaster. Our independent regiment is so poor that we only have 3000 yuan left in the entire regiment, which we have saved by cutting back on our expenses. We can't even buy half a ton of rubber with these 3000 yuan, and you are planning to buy a large amount of various minerals. Are you still asleep?"

When Li Yunlong heard Lin Zhenhua mention this, his face wrinkled like a bitter gourd. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Before, he could earn some income by selling penicillin, but now the independent regiment has no income at all. If a merchant really brought a large amount of supplies, Li Yunlong really has no money to pay the bill. Even if he was sold, he would not be worth much money. For a moment, Li Yunlong was a little worried.

Lin Zhenhua suggested with a sly smile: "Old Li, you should contact the brigade commander as soon as possible, cry poor in front of him, and try to get him to help us solve some of the funding problems. What do you think of my idea?"

Li Yunlong cursed angrily: "College student, do you know who I learned these bad habits from? To be honest, I learned them from the brigade commander. Back then, I, Li Yunlong, was also an honest and reliable young man..."

Hearing Li Yunlong's increasingly outrageous words, Lin Zhenhua hurriedly stopped him and said, "Old Li, to use the Japanese's words, you are a cunning person. You still have the nerve to call yourself an honest and reliable young man. Others would believe such a label on me, but I don't even believe a single punctuation mark on you!"

"I don't want to waste my time talking nonsense with you. What I want to tell you now is business. Our arsenal will open in a month or so. We must use this time to quickly stock up on some raw materials. We can't wait until we start production without any raw materials. Wouldn't that just be a waste of time?"

"In addition, the equipment of the regiment we just brought back needs to be adapted to the soldiers as soon as possible. We have been using the Japanese Type 98 rifles before, and now we need to gradually replace them with Mauser k rifles. There is not much time to waste on this matter, so we have to arrange it quickly!"

"Another thing is that I plan to use this free time to produce a batch of lathe tools as soon as possible. I was a little worried before, but with the tungsten ore you bought, the production of hard tools can be put on the agenda!"

"What really worries me is rubber. Whether it's producing tanks, armored vehicles, or artillery and aircraft, rubber is indispensable. The less than two tons of rubber we have can't support two months of consumption. You have to find a source of rubber for me. No matter what, we must open up a channel to obtain a steady supply of rubber so as not to delay the production of weapons!"

Li Yunlong felt a huge amount of pressure as all these things were on his shoulders at once, not to mention that he had never done any of these things before and did not have even the slightest experience. The reason why he had chosen Xue Kai was because Xue Kai was a college graduate and had helped Xue Changkun to manage the market in an orderly manner. However, since he discovered that there was something wrong with Xue Kai, he immediately gave up the idea.

Just when Li Yunlong was worried, Zhao Gang walked in from outside. Seeing the two of them, one with a sad face and the other with a happy face, he felt a little strange. He walked up and asked curiously, "Hey, the sun really rises from the west today. You, Li Yunlong, also have troubles. Tell me about it, and it will make me happy. What happened to you, Li Yunlong, to make you look so sad, as if someone owes you millions of dollars?"

Li Yunlong was just worrying about how to solve this problem. The appearance of Zhao Gang brightened his eyes and swept away the gloom on his face. He replied with a smile: "Old Zhao, I was just about to look for you, but you came to my door. Then I won't be polite to you. Just now, the college student asked me to find a way to get more rubber back, but I am not familiar with rubber at all. If I hadn't seen some at the market last time and bought it back quickly, I really wouldn't be able to get rubber back. You graduated from Yanjing University, which is a top student. You must have seen more than me, a rough guy. Think of a way for me to solve this problem!"

Zhao Gang didn't expect Li Yunlong to push the problem onto him, but if you really think about it, this is really a matter of logistics. On weekdays, logistics is what he is in charge of, but he doesn't have any good solution for this, and it's hard to refuse, so he had to temporarily agree and said, "Old Li, let me think of a solution first. This matter is really difficult to handle. I'll go get some information first, and I'll tell you when I have the result!"

"Let's talk business first. We can't delay the arsenal any longer. Our two small thermal power plants are about to start production, so we need to quickly build the transmission lines. We also need to lay telephone lines to each company and build a communications network for the entire base. This way, when there are combat missions, we don't need to send the communications squad to notify everyone one by one, which would delay things too much."

Li Yunlong was very supportive of Zhao Gang's suggestions. He looked at Lin Zhenhua and asked, "College student, this matter is left to you. If you have any requirements, just let us know. If we can solve them for you, we will solve them for you immediately!"

Lin Zhenhua sighed helplessly, "Lao Zhao, Lao Li, according to my previous idea, we need to build a communication network for the entire base, equip the battalion with radio stations, and equip the squad with telephones. But the key is that we are short of copper. All the copper we bought with great difficulty has been stored up for the production of bullets. I dare not use it at will."

"Besides, the copper we had in reserve was not enough. Even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Now our copper mining has been temporarily stopped due to equipment problems. The output from manual mining alone cannot supply the production of the copper smelting plant. I have no choice but to shut down the copper smelting plant!"

"Let's talk about the radio station. Our factory was bombed to the ground by the Japanese. We have to rebuild everything from scratch. But we don't even have a single machine tool. You can't ask me to do it manually. Without the machine tools we traded from the Third Reich, our arsenal basically has no production capacity. The few machine tools we had were turned into scrap metal and are not even worth repairing."

"Otherwise, I'd be busy in the arsenal every day, so I wouldn't have time to chat with you guys here. I don't have any tools to do anything, and I can't do anything about it!"

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang have paid less attention to the arsenal these days. In addition, the arsenal had already produced two small thermal power generators. They did not expect that the last bombing operation by the Japanese had such a great impact on the base, causing the independent regiment's arsenal to lose the ability to manufacture any weapons and equipment.

"College student, the difficulties you mentioned are indeed very difficult to overcome, so let's wait for a while! In another ten days, most of our division's equipment will arrive. At least in the next six months, we don't have to worry about weapons and ammunition, and the engineering factory can increase production slowly!" Li Yunlong patted Lin Zhenghua on the shoulder and said comfortingly.

Zhao Gang also said immediately: "College students, since our arsenal cannot produce, then we will start the plan of exchanging weapons and equipment for raw materials. The reason why I opposed your proposal before is that our independent regiment does not have abundant guns and ammunition. But as long as one division's weapons and equipment arrive, our independent regiment will not have to worry about the shortage of weapons and ammunition in the next year!"

"We can use the weapons we seized before to exchange for the raw materials we urgently need to solve the problem of raw material shortage in the arsenal. We can also use them to exchange for food to increase the food reserves of our independent regiment and improve our ability to resist risks!"