The deal really didn't end there.

Chu Yunfei transported the artillery shells back and test-fired two of them to confirm that it was this kind of rocket.

Then he dismantled the shell and found that the solid gunpowder column was indeed, as Wang Xuexin said, more than ten times the explosive charge of the rocket.

Liu Shucai carefully weighed the weight and then said awkwardly: "Tuanzuo, this gunpowder column weighs seventeen and a half kilograms. At the rate we are currently producing solid gunpowder, we can only produce ten such shells per month!"

"Can we increase the manpower to speed up production?" Chu Yunfei asked.

"Tuanzuo!" Liu Shucai replied: "First of all, not everyone can produce this gunpowder pillar. It requires certain skills or a certain period of training. Secondly, we now have more than 200 people working hard to produce this gunpowder pillar.

, but the output is still not optimistic, and casualties cannot be avoided... Even if the manpower is increased tenfold and there are two thousand workers, it will only produce a hundred artillery shells per month!"

Chu Yunfei couldn't help but fell silent.

Not to mention how much time and money it would take to recruit and train two thousand workers. Even if it could be raised, the monthly production of hundreds of artillery shells would not be enough to fight the Japanese.

Because last time, the Eighth Route Army casually fired two rounds of artillery shells and consumed more than 60 shells.

Sun Ming reminded from the side: "Regiment leader, we probably don't have that much time. The Japs have been gathering in front of our defense line, and the strength of the troops is still increasing. Once they launch another attack..."

Needless to say what will happen next, the 358th Regiment will probably not escape the end of the entire army being annihilated.

After a pause, Sun Ming suggested: "The top priority is that I think we should buy from the Eighth Route Army, including rocket launchers. The more, the better. Fortunately, Li Yunlong seems to want to equip a submachine gun to increase the firepower. We can use the submachine gun and its ammunition to compete with the Eighth Route Army."

Let’s share what we have!”

Chu Yunfei's expression was a little complicated.

It's not that he couldn't bear to part with those submachine guns and ammunition.

At this time, the 358th Regiment and even the entire Jin Army were at a critical moment of life and death, and it was of no use holding on to those submachine guns that could not play much role on the battlefield.

It's not that Chu Yunfei doesn't know this truth.

The problem is...

Chu Yunfei did not want to be controlled by the Eighth Route Army like this.

However, the immediate crisis is imminent, and the 358th Regiment urgently needs rockets to resist the Japanese attack.

After thinking about it for a while, Chu Yunfei sighed, nodded and said, "Let me ask the commander for instructions!"

As soon as he heard Chu Yunfei's words, Sun Ming's worried heart was relieved.

Sun Ming had worked for the commander for a while, and he knew that the commander was most worried about his own safety.

Therefore, as long as this weapon is useful and can help him block the enemy, then there is no need to think too much, the commander will definitely agree.

As expected, Chu Yunfei called and immediately received a positive reply from Yan Laoxi, so the matter was handed over to Sun Ming.

Originally, Sun Ming thought it would not be difficult, because only the Jin army had Jin-made submachine guns, and bullets were no exception. Since both sides wanted something, wasn't the price easy to negotiate?

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong smiled "hehe" and replied: "Adjutant Sun, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. This is because the headquarters has been attacked by a group of Japanese soldiers with submachine guns recently. These submachine guns are actually used for equipment.

A hundred guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition are enough for the security company to fight against these Japs. We have no plans to equip the troops in bulk, and we don’t need that many!"

When Sun Ming heard this, he immediately hit rock bottom.

If it is true as Li Yunlong said, the Eighth Route Army only needs to equip one guard company with Jin-made submachine guns... That does not require too many guns and bullets, especially since the guard companies have no combat missions at ordinary times, and at most they need to practice marksmanship.

At this time, Li Yunlong added: "But... I asked the leader if he should equip the entire guard camp, so that if the Japanese attack again, we can show him how powerful he is!"

After hearing this, Sun Ming gained hope again and replied: "That makes sense. The best way to deal with submachine guns is submachine guns. What's more, to protect the safety of the leader, you must not be careless!"

Li Yunlong nodded slightly: "But Adjutant Sun, let's start with my ugly words. I can take or take this submachine gun, but I must take your rockets, so for this price..."

"The price is easy to negotiate, easy to negotiate!" Sun Ming secretly wiped his sweat, fearing that it would be another sky-high price transaction.

Sure enough, the price was set like this: rockets were exchanged for one thousand rounds of ammunition for one barrel, and ten thousand rounds of ammunition were exchanged for rockets for one cannon.

This price really made Chu Yunfei feel a little sad, because at this time, the Jin army's submachine guns were barely enough, but they had to exchange rockets for such a high price.

But what can we do if we don’t change it?

Use these submachine guns to attack Japanese artillery and tanks?

This is the consequence of shortcomings in equipment!

After much deliberation, there was no other way. Chu Yunfei could only grit his teeth and squeeze out one word from between his teeth: "Buy!"

Chu Yunfei can be said to be a big spender. He purchased 60 artillery rockets and 100 barrel rockets in the first batch.

Li Yunlong was so happy that he couldn't smile from ear to ear. Damn it, that's 700,000 rounds of ammunition... If it were produced on a bullet production line, it would be enough for more than two months. This does not include the consumables for the production of these ammunition.

Regarding this point, Wang Xuexin believes that Li Yunlong is right.

As Wang Xuexin thought before, the Eighth Route Army lacks resources and is not suitable for batch equipment of automatic weapons such as Jin-made Thomson.

But it would be different if a special agent team was equipped in small batches.

Because it is a small batch of equipment, there is no need to buy a production line at all...Buying a production line is obviously a huge waste. After more than two months of production, the bullets will not be used up and production will have to be stopped.

On the other hand, if you buy a bullet production line, do you also need to buy a firearms production line?

Otherwise, the firearm will also be "stuck".

After the firearms are produced, will they also be equipped in small batches?

If both are equipped in large quantities... we will immediately face a serious shortage of resources.

Therefore, this is a special treatment for special circumstances. This situation is more suitable for buying rather than seeking to make one-size-fits-all.

The headquarters also supports Li Yunlong's idea of ​​forming a special agent team.

"That's what we have to do!" The leader waved his hand and said, "This is Li Yunlong's style. If the enemy stabs us once, we have to repay them with two or three stabs!"

"But the chief!" the chief of staff asked: "Who should be responsible for this matter? Although Xiao Dongbei is very suitable, he is busy with the training of various units, and I'm afraid he won't be able to get away..."

"Let the independent group solve it on its own!" The leader interrupted the chief of staff: "I don't believe that an independent group can't draw out a special agent team! If it can't be drawn out, let others do it. Let Li Yunlong hand over all the guns and bullets.

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Chapter completed!