"Genzi, how much do you know about our arsenal?" Mr. Liu took Liu Gen to wander around the arsenal, not fast.

Liu Gen shook his head embarrassedly, "Sorry, Mr. Liu, I don't know much about the arsenal, but I know that our arsenal seems to be the largest arsenal in the base area. It has produced a large number of weapons and ammunition from our arsenal, alleviating the pressure on the frontline soldiers."

Liu Gen was not very clear about the specific information about the arsenal. He had been fighting against the Japanese on the front line before, so he naturally didn't know much about the arsenal. In addition, the Eighth Route Army protected the arsenal, so the information was naturally very easy to leak. It was still very difficult for Liu Gen to learn enough information. Unless Liu Gen reaches a certain level, he will only be exposed to information about the arsenal.

Before, Liu Gen did not expect to enter the arsenal and naturally did not have much interest in understanding the specific information of the arsenal. What's more, when Liu Gen was in the artillery team, he was quite busy and spent most of his time on the training of the soldiers, so he naturally would not distract himself from paying attention to the factory.

Liu Gen was sure that for most Eighth Route Army soldiers, they knew the existence of the arsenal, but they didn’t know much about the specific location of the arsenal and the specific information about the arsenal.

"Don't be sorry, the headquarters keeps our arsenal confidentiality very high. Apart from the headquarters, there are not many people who know the specific information of the arsenal." Mr. Liu said with a smile.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Liu explained in detail to Liu Gen the origin of the arsenal and the development of the arsenal.

After Liu Gen listened to Mr. Liu's explanation, he had a certain understanding of the arsenal and was able to develop from the small arsenal when he was first established to its current scale. The hardships can be imagined. From Mr. Liu, Liu Gen knew that the arsenal had made great progress.

The predecessor of Huangyadong Arsenal was the repairing center of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. The main figures at that time were repairing damaged weapons and making some simple mines, grenades and rifles. However, in 39 years, Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi, organized Japanese troops to launch encirclement and suppression against the Japanese base areas on many occasions.

In July 1929, the scope of the Japanese's mobilization in the anti-Japanese base area expanded, threatening the Eighth Route Army's Military Industry Department, which is the repairing center of the Eighth Route Army headquarters! Considering the increasing mobilization of the Japanese's anti-Japanese base area, and the fact that the weapons seized by the Japanese in front line were not enough for soldiers to use, the demand for the headquarters' repairing center to make rifles has increased!

Therefore, General Zhu of the headquarters decided to expand the headquarters' repair facility and build an arsenal. Since the arsenal was of great importance and time was tight, General Zhu handed over the important task of establishing an arsenal to General Zuo Quan.

At that time, General Zuo Quan almost walked through the vast 800-mile Taihang Mountains and finally discovered Huangya Cave in Licheng County, Shanxi Province.

Huangya Cave is located on a cliff in a mountain with an altitude of 2,000 meters. It is located on the hillside, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. There are more than ten kilometers around Huangya Cave, with dangerous peaks and steep mountains. There is only a narrow passage to enter the mountain. On both sides of the passage are cliffs, about 1.5 kilometers long and only about 1 meter wide, and it is a natural corridor in the shape of 's'.

After carefully observing the surrounding terrain of Huangya Cave, General Zuo Quan decided to establish an arsenal in Huangya Cave. With the terrain here, unless it exceeds several times the force, even if the Japanese discover it, it will be difficult to attack it!

In addition, the space in Huangya Cave is large enough, which is most suitable for the existence of guns and ammunition, and is a natural warehouse. This makes Huangya Cave the most suitable place to establish an arsenal. Finally, at the end of 1939, the first arsenal of the Eighth Route Army, Huangya Cave Arsenal, was established and started.

When the Huangyadong Arsenal was first established, the conditions were very simple, not only because of insufficient manpower, but also because of insufficient materials.

At that time, Yoshio Shinozuka continued to organize the Japanese troops to launch an encirclement and suppression against the Japanese base. Although Yoshio Shinozuka organized several encirclement and suppression failed, it inevitably had a certain impact on the various units of the Eighth Route Army. Under such a harsh external environment, the Huangyadong Arsenal started construction difficult.

In the early days when the Huangyadong Arsenal was established, the arsenal's technicians were superb, but because there were not many machine lathes in the arsenal, the technicians could only rely on the difficult work of hammers and files in their hands. In order to solve the equipment lacking in the arsenal, General Zuo Quan kept trying to find ways to raise equipment for the Huangyadong Arsenal. Soon, the Huangyadong Arsenal had a 40-Thai lathe!

With the lathe, the efficiency of the soldiers in producing guns and ammunition was greatly improved. In addition, some experts and top students from major universities joined the arsenal, and the Huangyadong Arsenal developed rapidly.

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After Mr. Liu learned about the development of Huangyadong Arsenal, Liu Gen was a little excited. He found that joining the Arsenal seemed to be a very good choice! There are many experts and many skilled workers in Huangyadong Arsenal. It is hard to think that everyone will get together on weekdays.

But in Huangyadong Arsenal, this situation is very common. In the arsenal, everyone is for the war of resistance on the front line, to drive the Japanese out of China, and to the freedom of the nation! Here, experts and technical workers are united firmly and constantly find ways to produce better guns and ammunition, thereby helping the soldiers on the front line.

Mr. Liu did not talk about the hardships of the arsenal in development, nor did he say what role he played in it, but Liu Gen could fully imagine the hard work.

While the various troops in the arsenal were wandering, Liu Gen could clearly see that everyone looked at Mr. Liu with respect. To be respected by so many people in the arsenal, Mr. Liu must have contributed great strength to the development of the arsenal.

It is worth mentioning that Huangyadong Arsenal has a general affairs department, equipment department, engineering department, driving department, fitter department, fitter department, second fitter department, forging department, and each department performs its own duties and cooperates with each other.

With Mr. Liu, Liu Gen went to every unit to observe carefully. He could see that every department was very busy, both experts and workers were busy. Seeing everyone being so busy, Liu Gen felt a little ashamed. He was a young man, and it might not be good to be idle like this.

However, Liu Gen also knew that his injuries had not healed yet. In addition, he had just arrived at the arsenal and did not know his specific position in the arsenal, so naturally he didn't have to worry too much.

Perhaps Mr. Liu noticed Liu Gen's change in expression, and he led Liu Gen toward the arsenal director's office. For others, it was appropriate to enter the factory director's office rashly, but for Mr. Liu, there would be no problem with him doing this. Of course, Mr. Liu still knocked on the door before the factory director's office.

He followed Mr. Liu into the factory director's office and said it was an office, but it was actually a slightly narrow room, a dilapidated desk and a chair that had been repaired for many times.
Chapter completed!