Chapter 432 The Battle of Huangya Cave (1)
After Liu Gen found the division headquarters again, it was already the third day after Liu Gen returned to the base. Knowing that the division headquarters had been transferred due to the Japanese troops' mobilization, Liu Gen had no choice but to return to Huangya Cave first.
After learning about the specific location of the division headquarters in Huangya Cave, Liu Gen returned to the division headquarters and reported to the division commander what he did in Yan'an.
The report with the division commander went very smoothly, and the division commander didn't ask too much. When Yan'an wanted to transfer Liu Gen, he probably knew what Liu Gen was going to do in Yan'an. Now that Liu Gen came back to report, it could only be said to be a routine work, and more to show that Liu Gen successfully returned to the base area safely.
"Genzi, you guy did a good job in Yan'an. The bosses of Yan'an are very satisfied with you and specially gave you a reward." In the room of the division headquarters, the division commander said with a smile to Liu Gen.
Liu Gen was slightly stunned and looked at the commander with some confusion. He did a good job in Yan'an, but what does the reward mean? When Liu Gen left Yan'an, he didn't say anything to give him a reward. Why did he give the reward after he returned to the division headquarters? Although Liu Gen didn't understand why this happened, he was still very happy about the reward he received.
Receiving the award means that his efforts in Yan'an were appreciated by the bosses, and Liu Gen became a little excited.
"Teacher, why did you get the reward? Shouldn't it be when I was in Yan'an, I was awarded?" Liu Gen asked.
The teacher smiled and looked at Liu Gen who was a little emotional. He could understand Liu Gen's condition at this moment, so he smiled and said, "It's not that you left too hastily. The bosses originally wanted you to continue to stay there for a month, but who knew that you caught them off guard."
Suddenly, Liu Gen understood that he was indeed a little anxious when he left Yan'an.
"This is your kid's reward order. Please hold it, don't lose it." The commander handed a reward order to Liu Gen, his eyes filled with smiles.
Liu Gen quickly took the commendation order and took a rough look. It was a first-class merit. After carefully folding the commendation order, Liu Gen put the commendation order in his pocket. In order to prevent the commendation order from falling from his pocket, Liu Gen deliberately buttoned the pocket. One commendation order was light, but for Liu Gen, this commendation order was very heavy.
"You kid should continue to work hard in the future. Don't be lazy if you get the reward order."
"I know you are very capable and very smart. The boss and I hope you can make good use of this intelligence and make greater contributions to our Eighth Route Army and the construction of the base." The division commander encouraged. The division commander knew Liu Gen's character and knew that Liu Gen was very calm and mature, but out of his optimism about Liu Gen, he couldn't help but remind Liu Gen.
Liu Gen nodded vigorously. He understood what the commander meant. He would not relax at all when he received this reward order, and the pressure on his body would be greater. This reward order would become the motivation to encourage Liu Gen to continue working hard. Only by making more achievements in the future can Liu Gen be able to pat his chest and say that he could withstand the attention of the commander and the boss and the reward order.
"You kid didn't have any accidents on your way back, right? The Japanese blockade of our base areas has been increasing during this period. Our previous actions have finally attracted the attention of the Japanese." The division commander asked.
Liu Gen's expression became solemn. He told all his experiences and hearings in the Japanese-occupied area, but the division commander's face did not change much. As the commander of the 129th Division, the division commander had long learned about the various situations in the Japanese-occupied area, but even so, he had no good way to solve it. With the state of various units of the Eighth Route Army, he was unable to launch an attack on the Japanese-occupied area.
Faced with the blockade of the Japanese bases by the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army units could only use various methods to delay the blockade of the Japanese bases by the Japanese bases, and at the same time, they continued to harass the Japanese troops who wanted to block the anti-Japanese bases.
In any case, in a short period of time, the Eighth Route Army troops could only choose to constantly shift and avoid the Japanese sweeping forces in the face of the Japanese sweeping forces.
After staying in the division headquarters for a day, Liu Gen returned to Huangya Cave. Now Huangya Cave is the safest place in the anti-Japanese base area. For the safety of the artillery school, the division headquarters ordered the artillery school to stay in Huangya Cave for the time being. Unless the location of Huangya Cave was discovered by the Japanese, there was no need for any transfer of the artillery school.
The division headquarters was also very helpless when choosing to let the artillery school continue to stay in Huangyadong. The Japanese troops continued to carry out sweeping in the anti-Japanese base areas, making the anti-Japanese base areas unsafe. Unless it was a remote enough place to avoid the sweeping of the Japanese troops, but if the artillery school was allowed to go to a too remote place, it would naturally be somewhat unsuitable.
The Artillery School is directly under the 129th Division, and its location is naturally not too far from the Division Headquarters. After comprehensive consideration, the Division Headquarters can only decide to continue to place the Artillery School in Huangya Cave.
Of course, when the division headquarters considered the location of the artillery school, it also took into account Liu Gen's factors. With Liu Gen's ability, it was still a waste to only let Liu Gen be responsible for the artillery school. Now that the artillery school is continued to be placed in Huangya Cave, Liu Gen's talent can be fully utilized, and the arsenal can continue to develop with the help of Liu Gen.
Liu Gen, who returned to Huangya Cave, did not have much rest time. As soon as he returned to Huangya Cave, he was found by Director Xu to produce rocket launchers.
After comprehensive consideration of the division headquarters in combination with the specific situation of the arsenal, the division headquarters decided to let the arsenal create two rocket launchers. These two rocket launchers were manufactured to enhance the protection of the Huangyadong Arsenal. It is good to have the protection of the headquarters secret service regiment, but compared with the Japanese troops, the headquarters secret service regiment is still a little worse, and the firepower is even more incomparable to the Japanese.
It is precisely because of this consideration that the division headquarters wants the arsenal to create several rocket launchers and hand them over to the headquarters secret service regiment for use to enhance the firepower of the headquarters secret service regiment. With the special terrain of Huangya Cave, if you really want to fight against the Japanese, the headquarters secret service regiment with rocket launchers will inevitably burst out with strong enough firepower. At the same time, the special terrain of Huangya Cave can also improve the launching problem of rocket launchers.
After receiving the order from the division headquarters, the artillery department of the arsenal started the manufacturing of rocket launchers. When Liu Gen was manufacturing the first rocket launcher, Kong Jue and others from the artillery department were always with Liu Gen. They all knew the production and manufacturing process of rocket launchers. But who knew that even if they knew the production and manufacturing process of rocket launchers, Kong Jue and others were unable to successfully create a qualified rocket launcher.
There are really several problems that are difficult to solve, and those problems are relatively critical. Even if you don’t care about these problems and forcibly creating rocket launchers will not be of use.
Now that Liu Gen returns to Huangya Cave, Director Xu hopes that Liu Gen can be responsible for the manufacturing of rocket launchers. Considering the conditions of the arsenal, Liu Gen only needs to build two more rocket launchers. With the rocket launcher that Liu Gen created before, three rocket launchers are enough for Huangya Cave’s defense work.
Liu Gen was a little excited to receive such an order. He had a special feeling about rocket launchers. His failure on rocket launchers made him even more interested in rocket launchers. What's more, in Liu Gen's vision, rocket launchers could not be used as air defense weapons.
Leaving from Director Xu's office, Liu Gen did not return to the artillery department directly, but instead transferred to all departments of the arsenal. Choosing to do this was Liu Gen who wanted to see if there were any problems in each department that he needed to solve, and at the same time, he also wanted to understand the current situation of the arsenal. It seems that all departments of the arsenal will not affect the manufacturing of rocket launchers, but Liu Gen knew that manufacturing rocket launchers could affect every department in the arsenal.
Even if the technical and technical requirements of rocket launchers are not high, it still requires all departments of the arsenal to do their best. Only in this way can a sufficiently excellent rocket launcher be made.
By the time Liu Gen returned to the artillery headquarters, it was the second day after Liu Gen returned to the Huangyadong Arsenal. As soon as he returned to the artillery headquarters, Liu Gen could see that Kong Jue and others were in a very low mood. The failure to manufacture rocket launchers caused a considerable blow to Kong Jue and others. They were obviously following Liu Gen and participated in every step of rocket launcher manufacturing, but when they were really allowed to manufacture them by themselves, they could not create qualified rocket launchers at all.
"What? You'll be hit by a mere difficulty?" Liu Gen looked at Kong Jue and others and asked with a faint smile.
When Kong Jue and others saw Liu Gen return to the artillery department, they couldn't help but stand up quickly and looked at Liu Gen with obvious admiration. When they followed Liu Gen to build rocket launchers, Kong Jue and others were a little shocked, but in fact they were not very touched. After experiencing the failure to build rocket launchers, Kong Jue and others all had obvious admiration for Liu Gen.
Some things look very simple, but only when you do them yourself can you know how difficult it will be.
"Everyone cheered me up! There was just a small problem in the creation of rocket launchers. You were hit so hard. How could I feel at ease to hand over the artillery department to you?" Liu Gen said again.
Kong Jue and others lowered their heads with shame. They all knew that Liu Gen took care of him and trusted him, but now their performance disappointed Liu Gen.
"Okay, comrades, we don't have much time to be depressed. Now comrades, we are following my command, we start the rocket launcher manufacturing work. You have done some of the work well, and we will work together to complete the rest of the work." The eyes swept over Kong Jue and others, and Liu Gen shouted loudly.
Kong Jue and others took action one after another. With Liu Gen staying in the artillery department, they all felt much more relaxed. Even if they encountered difficulties, they had a lot of patience than usual. Kong Jue and others believed that with Liu Gen in charge, there would be no problem in creating rocket launchers.
The facts proved that this is true. With Liu Gen in charge, even if Liu Gen didn't do much time, the process of Kong Jue and others in making rocket launchers was much smoother. Some of the problems that they were difficult to solve would be easily solved when they fell into Liu Gen's hands. When Liu Gen solved the problem, he also had the patience to explain to Kong Jue and others that he hoped that Kong Jue and others would become better and hoped that they could shoulder the heavy responsibility of manufacturing rocket launchers.
Liu Gen attaches great importance to rocket launchers, but he cannot devote all his time to it. He still has too many things to do. The task of developing the arsenal will consume a lot of energy. By then, he will not have much time to spend on the artillery department.
With Liu Gen's charge, Kong Jue and others were getting more and more successful in manufacturing rocket launchers. After successfully manufacturing a rocket launcher, they did not have much problem in manufacturing rocket launchers. There was only one problem that Kong Jue and others could not solve, that is, the rocket propellant problem. They were unable to maintain certain standards when making nitrosilicate cotton into propellant.
In the entire arsenal, only Liu Gen can do this. Whether the propellant can be standardized is very important for rockets, but it is very difficult to do this. After all, with the conditions of the base, no one can guarantee the quality of the nitrocellulose cotton. If the quality of the nitrocellulose cotton cannot be guaranteed, it will lead to the inability to form a unified standard when manufacturing the propellant. It is more likely that the rocket pops up due to the different combustion speeds of the nitrocellulose cotton.
However, this problem can be solved in front of Liu Gen. With his strong physical fitness and system help, Liu Gen can distinguish the quality of nitrocellulose and form certain standards when making it into propellant.
Fortunately, using nitroscopic cotton as propellant is not a heavy task and will not consume too much energy. Otherwise, the manufacturing of rockets will definitely become a big problem.
As time entered November, the Japanese mobilized less in the base area. This was not because the Japanese gave up the suppression of the Japanese base area, but after November, the temperature dropped. Even if the Japanese troops kept sweeping, they could not stand it. Taking advantage of the reduction of the number of Japanese troops, the various units of the Eighth Route Army became active.
As the Japanese troops swept through the Japanese troops, they could not find traces of the Eighth Route Army units, which led to the Japanese increasing their infiltration of the Japanese base areas and dispatching many spies to the anti-Japanese base areas. With the continuous exploration and search of the Japanese traitors and spies, the Japanese found the specific location of Huangya Cave.
After the Japanese sent a small group of troops to confirm, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the First Japanese Army, quietly mobilized his troops and ordered the 36th Division of the Japanese Army, which was relatively close to Huangyadong, to form part one and the 4th and 9th mixed brigade, with more than 5,000 people, to march towards Huangyadong as fast as possible, hoping to destroy the Huangyadong Arsenal in one fell swoop!
Chapter completed!