The dinner was held in the place where the deputy commander-in-chief rested.

There are four people in total, except for the deputy commander-in-chief and chief of general staff, there are only two people, Zhao Zhiguo and Zhu Hongsi.

"Chief, I'm sorry, we came empty-handed and don't have any gifts for you." Zhao Zhiguo said embarrassedly.

"The Little Japanese Major General is a good gift. Stop talking nonsense and sit down quickly. There is also a big pickled radish!" said the deputy commander.

There were only four dishes on the table, two were pickles made by the cooking team themselves, one was scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, and one was steamed carp.

"Zhao Zhiguo, the food quality at the headquarters is not comparable to the quality of your division," the Chief of General Staff said.

"I like the big pickled radish the best." Zhao Zhiguo said with a smile.

In this era, salt was a controlled item, and the Japanese and puppet troops controlled it very hard. Doing business with the Eighth Route Army was prohibited in the Kuomintang-controlled areas.

Long-term salt deficiency can cause nausea and anorexia, and in more severe cases, brain edema.

Being able to use salt to make pickled products proves that the materials of the Eighth Route Army can still circulate.

As long as salt can still flow into the Eighth Route Army troops, it proves that there will be no major problems in the troops.

If these human necessities start to become unavailable, then the situation has really reached a critical moment.

"Zhao Zhiguo, I learned some experience from you last time. We breed and produce our own fish. We raised this fish ourselves," the deputy commander said.

Zhao Zhiguo and others used retired veterans due to injuries to engage in breeding and animal husbandry, so that the troops could have a stable supply of meat.

After the deputy commander came back, he immediately held a meeting to study the issue and felt that it was indeed feasible.

Although the time is shorter, this fish can be considered to grow relatively quickly.

"Then I want to try the fish raised at our headquarters. It will definitely taste better than the fish we raise." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"Boy, you are so young, can you please stop trying to flatter me?" the deputy commander said.

Zhao Zhiguo just smiled and didn't care: "That's what the chief criticized."

"Zhao Zhiguo, let me ask you, how was the rocket launcher, the 40-fire you mentioned, developed?"

The deputy commander-in-chief did not treat Zhao Zhiguo to this meal for nothing.

There is a rationale behind the creation of the flying thunder cannon. After all, it is simple to make and the materials are very easy to obtain.

But there are many ground-breaking technologies in this area of ​​​​40 fires and artillery shells.

The production process is complex and materials are difficult to find.

With no technical accumulation or material support for the experiment, it appeared out of thin air. How is this different from seeing instructions for mushroom bombs in the desert?

A weapon needs to go through a lot of testing and improvement from development to production.

Zhao Zhiguo knew that taking out the Four Zero Fire would inevitably cause many problems, and they would come as they should.

The deputy commander-in-chief and chief of general staff stared at Zhao Zhiguo, eager to get the answers they wanted from Zhao Zhiguo.

"Chief, do you really want to say this?" Zhao Zhiguo took a long breath.

The deputy commander-in-chief and the chief of general staff looked at each other: "Don't you want to explain it? This weapon of 40-fire is probably considered advanced in the world, right?"

Compared to Iron Fist and Bazooka, Four Zero Fire is ahead of their time!

It is certainly the most advanced rocket launcher in the world.

"Does the Flying Monkey know?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

"Sky Monkey? Firecracker?"

"Yes, people in the south usually call it a soaring cannon. I figured it out based on the distance of the flying monkey. I installed a tail fin on the cannonball so that it can fly more stably."

Zhao Zhiguo would definitely not dare to tell the truth.

If he told the truth, he would definitely be studied as a monster.

"Is it that simple?"

"Of course it's not simple. When I was in the Jinsui Army, I used various conditions to study it. But at that time, the army was unstable and could fight at any time, so I put it aside. After I became the captain of the Eighth Route Army, I had more time.

I picked it up again." Zhao Zhiguo said.

Regarding his identity, Zhao Zhiguo could not tell him even to death.

"Why do I feel like I'm joking?" the deputy commander said.

"Hey, hey, chief, in history, many things were just like joking, such as playing tricks on the princes by beacon fire, and destroying the country."

Zhao Zhiguo tried his best to make his lies come true.

"Yes, many turning points in history are indeed too ridiculous in the eyes of our descendants."

The deputy commander-in-chief also knows many things in history.

Seeing that the deputy commander-in-chief and the chief of general staff believed it, Zhao Zhiguo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The incident of the 40-year-old fire was finally over.

"Actually, I'm still thinking about improving some cannonballs based on the distance between the Sky Monkey and Erkiji, but we are too short of available talents." Zhao Zhiguo said.

With sufficient conditions and talents, Zhao Zhiguo will definitely set up a weapons research institute to specialize in the study of advanced weapons.

Although mass production is not possible now, when the war is over and the country gets on the right track and starts industrialization, they will be able to produce a large number of the world's most advanced weapons in an instant.

When the imperialists come to bully China again, they will find that China is no longer the country they allowed themselves to bully in the first place.

You can even keep future enemies out of the country!

"Do you think the boss and I don't want to do this? We feel that we should not take too big a step and develop step by step." said the chief of general staff.

Although the Eighth Route Army has begun to develop in a better direction, it is still not out of the crisis.

If you focus too much on long-term goals and ignore current problems, it will cause a huge crisis.

"Have Staff Officer Xu and the others called on you this afternoon?" the deputy commander asked.

"Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from your eyes, Chief." Zhao Zhiguo put down his chopsticks with a smile, "They asked me for a favor."

"Are you planning to lead troops?"

"Chief, do you know this?" Zhao Zhiguo was a little surprised.

When I met Staff Officer Xu today, it was obvious that they had not mentioned this matter to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief.

"I already know what they are thinking. It's not that they don't approve, but that they need manpower in all aspects, and other troops also need military cadres." said the deputy commander.

"It seems that the three of them are going to be disappointed." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"Three? I heard that seven or eight people found you."

"There are eight people. Three of them want to lead troops in our First Military Division, and the other five want some souvenirs." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"So that's what happened, did you promise them?"

"I promised to give them some of the commander's command knives. Those knives are getting rusty in our warehouse."

At the beginning, the Zuoguan Command Sword was relatively popular, but as more and more battles were won, a large part of the Zuoguan Command Sword was recycled by Zhao Zhiguo and others.
Chapter completed!