Chapter 231: Fear of insufficient firepower? (First update!)

It was taken away again?
This is magical!
Major Fettig's confused expression made Cun Yunsheng laugh in his heart.

Maybe this is the characteristic of top science and engineering men?

"Why?" After a long time, Fettig asked.

Who knows, Cun Yunsheng said calmly.

"There was a problem in Alexandria. Stilwell needed to dispatch fighter planes to provide support. The fighter planes allocated to us were also withdrawn."

Hearing this, Major Fettig looked indignant.

"Bullshit, the Allies don't lack these thirty or so fighter planes, Stilwell is a bastard..." Major Fettig didn't expect that it was such a simple reason.

Does the Allied Forces lack these thirty-odd fighter planes?
There is really no shortage of it!

It’s just that Stilwell doesn’t have many fighter planes at the moment, otherwise there would be no need to transfer these more than 30 fighter planes.

After all, this makes me seem a little petty.

Cun Yunsheng seemed very calm about this.

Since Stilwell refused to allocate fighter planes, he didn't know how to persuade Fettig to help produce the planes.

Now there is a good reason.

"Major Fettig, our next mission is to force the Vichy French troops in Annam to surrender. The French air force is very strong, but General Stilwell told me that they cannot rely on air support for the time being."

"So the next actions will have to rely on us." Before Cun Yunsheng could finish his words, he was interrupted by Fetig.

"No problem. Although these equipments are all junk, they can still be used to produce airplanes after some modification. However, the only problem is that there are too few skilled workers."

"Based on the list provided, the number of workers needed will be quite large and you have to solve these problems."

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng nodded, and even felt a little secretly happy in his heart.

Good thing there's a shortage of workers!
I’m afraid of not lacking anything.

"How are those students?" Cun Yunsheng asked again.

"Great! They are all very talented students who learn quickly. It won't take long for them to become excellent engineers," Fettig praised generously.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng felt relieved.

It means that he can finally train engineers that belong to China.

Before that, he still needs to increase his training efforts.

The cooperation with Southwest Associated University cannot be interrupted, but should be expanded.

"All this is thanks to Major Fettig's dedicated teaching. Without you, they would not have been able to grow so fast." This time, Cun Yunsheng expressed his gratitude sincerely.

Although the other party majored in civil engineering, he has very strong hands-on and learning abilities.

With him as the leader, training a group of engineers like him will be enough for him.

"If there were more students, maybe I would be more relaxed. There are just too many things to do now." Major Fettig spread his hands and said helplessly.

"No problem, I'll find a way, Major Fettig. I have decided that after forcing the Vichy French army in Annam to surrender, I will send troops to Luzon and Mindanao. I will need your help to contact those guerrillas at that time." Cun Yunsheng once again painted a big picture for Fettig.

As expected, upon hearing this, Major Fettig's spirits suddenly rose a lot.

"Colonel, you are a man of integrity, I believe you." Fettig couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"Then I'll leave these equipment to you. If you need anything, I will help you." Cun Yunsheng comforted her again.

After leaving the arsenal, Cun Yunsheng hummed a song all the way.

Obviously, he was in a very good mood after visiting the arsenal.

At present, the production of Springfield rifles has reached 50 per day, and as the workers become more skilled, the output is still increasing.

Not only that, Fettig said that after the new equipment is modified, it can be considered to produce other rifles.

In other words, it wouldn't be long before he could produce the Garand rifle.

The only problem is the bullets.

Today's bullets are made of copper. He has asked people to dig copper mines, but it takes time from mining to smelting and then turning them into bullets.

Before that, people could only recycle the shells.

Therefore, picking up scraps on the battlefield will have to continue for some time.

"In another two months, there will be earth-shaking changes here, but these equipments are not enough." Cun Yunsheng murmured.

Due to the outbreak of war, all kinds of equipment became scarce.

Money alone can't buy it.

I can only think of another way.

The British army is in a bad situation right now, but they are not panicking.

After hundreds of years of plundering the world, this is just the beginning.

After all, the things in the museum have not been put on sale yet.

So it's not the end of the road yet.

We have to make Persia move.

It would be fun if they could go north.

It’s a pity that the Husky is not strong enough.

Otherwise, if the two of them cooperated, it would definitely be enough to cause great trouble to the Soviet army in the north.

"Oh no, how many rifles do we have in our warehouse now?" Cun Yunsheng weighed the pros and cons in his mind and then asked.

Meng Fanle was stunned at first, and after thinking for a while, he gave an uncertain number.

"Including the captured Japanese rifles, there are about 30,000?"

"Thirty thousand? It's not a small amount. What about the 60 mortars?" Cun Yunsheng asked again.

Who knew that Meng was so annoyed that he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Commander, do you think we have enough mortars? You wish every infantry squad had a mortar, how many more can we have?"

Meng was annoyed and wondered if his regiment commander suffered from a fear of insufficient firepower. He always felt that the Sichuan Army lacked firepower.

In fact, judging from the firepower at the squad and platoon level, even the direct line of defense does not have such powerful firepower.

If you pick out any infantry squad, you will find that there are very few soldiers carrying Springfield rifles.

In fact, according to Cun Yunsheng's idea, the production of recoilless guns is really too small.

Otherwise, each squad would have to be equipped with one, and two, bazookas.

Everyone else has to be armed with submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, machine guns, or even rifle grenades.

After all, according to later experience, a squad can only be equipped with one rifle at most, and the others have to carry rocket launchers.

"Is it that exaggerated?" Cun Yunsheng asked doubtfully.

"Is it an exaggeration? Look for yourself, all the 60 mortars have been assigned to the infantry platoons. Have you ever seen an infantry platoon with mortars?" Meng was speechless for a while.

"Milong has complained to me many times that the pressure on logistics is really too great."

"It's not enough. According to the US military standards, the infantry squad must also have rifle grenades. I don't know when Stilwell can get some for me." Cun Yunsheng felt that the firepower was still insufficient.

Meng Fanle didn't understand at all. He really was suffering from a fear of insufficient firepower.

"Commander, do you wish everyone could carry a mortar? When the battle breaks out, just fire without saying anything?"

"That's right. According to my idea, only one person in a squad can have a gun, and the others have to carry the cannon. But Milong is right. The logistical pressure is too great." Cun Yunsheng said solemnly.

"Let Milong and Kangya find a way to train more truck drivers. Aren't there so many destroyed trucks in the warehouse? Let Fettig find a way to repair them all. The British and the devils left behind so many broken pieces that we need to use them all."

"Also tell Zhang Yang that even though we have fewer planes, we can't stop training. We must have as many pilots as possible. In the future, we should also learn how to airdrop supplies from the Americans."

Hearing this, Meng Fanle was completely frightened. "Commander, aren't you taking a big step? We don't have that many transport planes."

The only transport plane was also withdrawn.

In other words, Cun Yunsheng’s private plane was gone.

"Why are you panicking? Just because there is nothing now doesn't mean there won't be anything in the future." Cun Yunsheng said unhappily.

"Don't forget, we now hold the two cards of Rangoon and Bangkok. If it is difficult for us to purchase things, we can just let them come forward. They are recognized by Stilwell himself."

"But……"

Meng Fanle wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cun Yunsheng.

"Not so many, but these are the roads we will take in the future. The US military is leading the way for me, and we should not let them down."

Mechanized troops!
Synthetic warfare!
Supply drops and more!

These are things we have to go through. If we don't prepare now, it will be too late later.

If there are no conditions, create them.

Seeing that Cun Yunsheng had made up his mind, Meng Fanle had no choice but to nod.

.........

Kunming has become a bit desolate since the Fifth Army and part of the Yunnan Army were transferred away.

However, with the addition of new troops and the arrival of hungry people, its former prosperity was restored.

The only one who had a hard time was Long Yun of the Yunnan Army.

More and more military intelligence officers were monitoring him.

"Brother Jiu, this is this month's report." In the office of the Military Control Commission's Action Team, Li Jiu was reviewing documents when a subordinate walked in and said respectfully.

"Well, put it here." Li Jiu did not look up, but signaled his subordinates to put down the report and spoke at the same time.

"Take the box next to it and let the brothers share it."

"Yes, Brother Jiu." When the subordinates heard this, they couldn't suppress the joy on their faces.

As the war progressed, supplies became increasingly scarce and life became difficult for everyone.

Ever since Li Jiu and Zhang Ruzhi came, the people at Kunming Station have gradually started to live a good life.

What was that called before?
Everyone is suffering.

I can't even eat meat very often.

It’s different now. Although we don’t have meat every meal, we can see meat every two or three days at least.

"No wonder the brothers all say that if they follow Brother Jiu, they will have meat to eat and wine to drink." The subordinate took a look at the size of the box and felt even happier.

Apparently last month's performance was pretty good, so they got a lot more than before.

"It's the stationmaster who is following, not me. I'm just an errand boy." A hint of joy appeared on Li Jiunan's face, and then he said seriously.

"Tell the brothers to pay more attention. These are our achievements. Whether we can get rich depends on them."

"Yes, Brother Jiu, don't worry, the brothers will never dare to be careless." The subordinate assured quickly.

"Go ahead and share the money with your brothers. It's all cash." Li Jiu said with a smile.

"Yes, Brother Jiu."

After his subordinates left, Li Jiu looked at the report in his hand, pondered for a while, and knocked on Zhang Ruzhi's office door again.

"What's wrong? Li Jiu, what happened again?" After not seeing each other for a while, Zhang Ruzhi seemed to have gained some weight.

The feeling of collecting money while lying down is really great.

So over time, he became fat.

"This is last month's report. Our profits have increased significantly."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhang Ruzhi looked at Li Jiu in confusion.

"But the Sichuan Army has more and more demands. This is their latest request." Li Jiu handed over a telegram.

After reading the telegram, Zhang Ruzhi seemed very calm.

"After I boarded this ship, I knew that this money was not so easy to get. But it's not a big problem. The Fifth Army has already gone on an expedition. We are the largest in Kunming now. We can just send the money that the Sichuan Army wants directly to them."

"They are just some skilled workers. We sent them all over, but we don't know what they are doing. Last time, it was the navy. They went to great lengths to get those few people, but they told me they were not enough."

Li Jiu pretended not to hear Zhang Ruzhi's complaints and took out another telegram.

"The mountain city may want to investigate us."

Hearing this, Zhang Ruzhi was so scared that he sat up and looked at the telegram.

Suddenly he broke into a cold sweat.

"Why are you investigating us for no reason?"

"It may be because our rice business has robbed other people of their wealth, and there are also those arms. It is said that the North is equipped with a lot of them." Li Jiu spread his hands helplessly and said.

Hearing this, Zhang Ruzhi looked at Li Jiu deeply.

You know, the black market is managed by the other party, but the weapons appeared in the north.

Considering that both parties are currently in the same boat, Zhang Ruzhi asked.

"What can you do?"

Hearing this, Li Jiu pondered for a moment and then made a suggestion.

"The first method is to kill them directly and then frame the Yunnan Army. After all, the higher-ups are also very dissatisfied with the Yunnan Army."

"No, this method is too crude. Those people on the mountain are not fools. Our boss Dai is even smarter. We can't play this trick in front of him." Zhang Ruzhi rejected the other party's proposal outright.

Li Jiu was not surprised by Zhang Ruzhi's reaction.

"The second way is to bribe them directly. I believe no one can refuse a large sum of money. If it's not enough, then raise the price. It just so happens that the people the Sichuan Army wants are in Shancheng, right? As long as they agree to cooperate, there will be absolutely no problem."

The number of sailors we got last time was too few, and it was far from enough to fully operate the Siamese warships.

But those sailors are all in the mountain city, and their network of relationships is not that strong.

So this matter has been delayed.

Now the Sichuan Army has sent a telegram asking them to find a way to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Zhang Ruzhi looked at Li Jiu in disbelief. He didn't expect that the other party could connect all these things together.

But I have to say that if the people from Shancheng are willing to cooperate, there is still great hope.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ruzhi kept banging on the table.

"Can it be done?"

"No problem. There is no one these days who cannot be bribed by money. If there is, we will find a crime for them." Li Jiu pointed to the north and said meaningfully.

hiss!
Zhang Ruzhi took a deep breath. This guy's methods were extremely cruel.

And I have to say, this move is indeed ruthless.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, our business cannot be interrupted." Zhang Ruzhi emphasized again.

"Yes." Li Jiuli said.

After Li Jiu left, Zhang Ruzhi picked up the report, flipped through it casually, and saw that he had received a lot more money. He laughed so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.

Perhaps only the ocean can make me feel at ease, but at the same time I feel sad.

　First update, I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival! Thank you for your support! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

　　
　
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