Chapter 403: Republic of China: Starting from the First Class of Whampoa Chapter 413 Success at the First Attempt!

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

In September of that year, Hans State suddenly launched a blitzkrieg against Poland, shocking the world.

Unexpectedly, the two great European powers, Britain and France, could not suppress Hans at all, and directly began to carve up Poland before their very eyes.

At the same time, the old Russian could not sit still either.

Following suit, they began to partition Poland.

Hans attacked western Poland, and old Russian attacked eastern Poland.

The two of them devoured Poland completely.

France, having reacted, felt the situation was dire and sent a telegram to Lv Muzhi, requesting him to return some 155mm heavy artillery for their own use in preparing to resist Hans.

Lv Muzhi directly refused.

France specially dispatched an envoy to call on him, asking Xia Guo and Lv Muzhi to return next year's military trade loan early to help France expand its armaments.

He similarly brushed it off: "Our army is about to set out on campaign; regarding your country's situation, we are willing but unable."

After saying this, Lv Muzhi also held a press conference, calling on the countries of Oulu to remain rational and resolve this crisis peacefully through communication......

As a prominent figure on the Xia Kingdom Battlefield and the owner of three hundred thousand Youth Army troops, Time Magazine of the United States specially opened a page to publish Lv Muzhi's speech calling for peace, and at the same time severely criticized the Japanese Army's acts of aggression.

The recent situation of Japanese Army Lieutenant General Yoshitada Kizawa, the national hero of Japan, digging coal in Jiaozuo, was also reported in detail.

Japanese people in the United States, upon seeing the report, were so angry they tore the newspapers to pieces one by one.

The Japanese Army also comprehensively suppressed public opinion at home, preventing news of the Japanese Army's defeats from spreading.

Especially national hero Yoshitada Kizawa, now digging coal in the coal mine; Chu Yunfei even specially arranged for a camera to take photographs.

If this kind of thing were to spread, I fear no young person would join the Japanese Army anymore.

Right now, Oulu had become a powder keg about to explode comprehensively, and on Lv Muzhi's side, the bugle for the counteroffensive was about to sound.

The counteroffensive plan was about to begin, at approximately winter, echoing the winter offensive operation plan held by the high level of Xia Guo.

When the time came, all land armies would launch an offensive together, forming a combined force across the entire nation, making it difficult for the devils on the northern and southern lands to support each other.

Before this counteroffensive arrived, Lv Muzhi's Youth Army had been well built up.

The entire army had rested and refitted for nearly a year overall.

During this period, they experienced the Lanfeng Pursuit Battle and the Jiaozuo and Xinxiang Recovery Battles.

All ended in victory, and the Youth Army itself did not suffer too much damage.

The newly organized Youth Third Army and Youth Fourth Army also received excellent training and supplies, with their combat power guaranteed.

Chu Yunfei's Guerrilla Corps on the opposite bank of the Yellow River expanded to over thirty-four thousand men, causing the North China Area Army on the opposite bank no end of headaches.

Whose troops are like Chu Yunfei's, fighting under the banner of guerrilla warfare, yet equipped with tanks and armored vehicles!

It can be said that Chu Yunfei could firmly suppress two Japanese triangular divisional units!

Lv Muzhi's military construction was effective, and his livelihood work was equally not lagging behind.

The Youth Army rested among the people within Henan South and did not harm the people's foundation.

The water conservancy facilities they built received unanimous praise from local farmers.

Especially since the Youth Army voluntarily participated in local production labor, plus the policy of reducing rent and interest, the people of Henan South all supported the Youth Army.

This inspired many local young people in Henan South to enthusiastically sign up to join the Youth Army.

After nearly a year of rest and refitting, all military and civilians on the land of Henan South were of one heart and mind, all eagerly looking forward to the main army setting out on campaign to recover North China.

To achieve this goal, Lv Muzhi's military industry department was not idle either.

They produced a large number of new weapons, especially adopting new submachine guns.

To save time and cost, while at the same time guaranteeing the supply efficiency of weapons.

Lv Muzhi built a military industry assembly plant in Henan South.

The Southwest Military Industry General Factory was responsible for manufacturing parts, and the Henan South assembly plant was responsible for assembly.

Besides weapon assembly, Lv Muzhi also opened a large-scale bullet production plant locally in Henan South.

In Lv Muzhi's army, bullets were consumables consumed in huge quantities, and also the courage of frontline soldiers; they must be prioritized for guarantee.

Millions of bullets came off the production line here every month, were immediately packed into wooden crates, and transported by mules, horses, or trucks to various armies, divisions, and regiments.

Returning to the choice of new submachine guns.

Originally, the Youth Army was equipped with the complex MP28 Submachine Gun; although its performance was fairly good, the craftsmanship was too cumbersome.

Under Lv Muzhi's commission, two submachine guns were developed.

One was the Sten Submachine Gun, crude as a water pipe, and the other was the M3, shaped like a grease gun.

Their common point was that the price was relatively low, suitable for rapid large-scale deployment.

Among them, the Sten Submachine Gun was extremely cheap to make, but in testing it jammed relatively often, and its safety device was also relatively crude, prone to accidental discharge.

Lv Muzhi took only one look, and had no choice but to exclude this cheapest and crudest weapon from his own production plan.

However, the blueprints for the Sten Submachine Gun were kept; just in case someone needed them? Selling them to others could also earn money to recover costs.

Lv Muzhi ultimately chose the M3, nicknamed "Grease Gun."

This gun was developed by General Motors of the United States under Lv Muzhi's commission.

As an important shareholder of General Motors, Lv Muzhi used his own connections and US dollars to obtain production permission.

The price was that the United States Army could jointly enjoy the production patent of the M3 Submachine Gun.

Overall, the cost of developing and producing this gun was relatively small.

As early as the end of 1938, a complete stamping production line was secretly transported to Xia Guo by sea via the Burma Road and put into production.

Compared to the MP28, which requires extensive machining, the M3 only needs simple steel stamping and welding.

To date, Lv Muzhi has produced four thousand M3s.

This is equivalent to issuing an extra submachine gun to every squad of the three hundred thousand Youth Army.

At the same time, Lv Muzhi obtained production rights for the M1 Garand Rifle.

This was one of the rewards given by the US military after he agreed to let Americans participate in the research of the Sanhao Tank.

Similarly, Lv Muzhi produced several thousand Garand Rifles; in the first year's output, every infantry squad of the Youth Army was equipped with an M1 Garand Rifle.

As production continues to increase, the Youth Army will one day equip every soldier with semi-automatic rifles.

Besides conventional firepower, Lv Muzhi prepared a special gift for the Japanese Army.

Lv Muzhi brought Qiu Qingquan, Zhang Fei, and others to a secret testing ground in Henan South.

A hand grenade exploded; the blast was not loud, but countless white fireballs erupted instantly.

A Japanese Army prisoner served as the test subject and was directly burned by the fireballs, rolling on the ground incessantly.

"This flame has extremely strong adhesion; once it sticks to the body, unless the flesh is cut off, it will keep burning into the bone marrow."

"This is the white phosphorus weapon we will deploy in actual combat."

A senior military industry expert of positive senior rank from the Southwest General Arsenal pushed his glasses, pointing at the Japanese soldiers burned by white phosphorus grenades and rolling on the ground in the distance.

"Besides white phosphorus grenades, there are white phosphorus mortar shells, white phosphorus rockets, white phosphorus shells, and so on—all variants are available."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Three white phosphorus rockets were launched.

They bloomed over a pre-dug trench.

The explosion was not deafening, sounding more like large firecrackers bursting in the air one by one.

Countless point-like white fireballs slowly fell from the air.

Like dandelions, and like beautiful fireworks......

Inside the trench on the ground, several dozen little devils had been placed in advance.

These little devils were fully equipped with steel helmets and uniforms, specially used to simulate a real battlefield environment.

The little devils looked up at the sky, saw the rockets blooming in the sky, and thought they were fireworks exploding.

But after these small white fireballs slowly fell down, they touched some of the Japanese soldiers' limbs.

The small fireballs quickly penetrated the little devils' uniforms, like a person stepping on a beach, slowly sinking in.

Unlike stepping on a beach, these white phosphorus shells burned through the little devils' clothes and flesh, burning a hole through the human body!

Several hours later, the soldiers carried out the little devils burned by the white phosphorus rockets.

Every little devil that was burned had only their steel helmet left, with more than half their bones burned away!

Qiu Qingquan, who was present, watched all this and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, such beautiful fireworks......"

Zhang Fei's state at this moment could be described as an excited heart and trembling hands: "Now our Youth Corps is strong in soldiers and horses, not betraying the painstaking efforts of these days!"

"Commander Lu, I wish you success in recovering North China!"

Looking at the steel helmets burned beyond recognition on the ground, Lv Muzhi clenched his fist: "Let's use this thing to fight all the way to the gates of Pingjin!"

After speaking, Lv Muzhi saluted Qiu Qingquan and Zhang Fei:

"I rely on you all, and wish you success!"

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