Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 41 If you're capable, then let's eat meat.

"Let them stab us, let the Japanese go crazy, that's what we want, Li Yunlong drove the Japanese crazy, he did a great job." The brigade commander said this casually, but he didn't think so in his heart.

If I knew where Li Yunlong went, would I be able to sit still like this?
How could you speak so casually?
Forget it, stop talking nonsense.

I have to drag him back right now.

As a person, you should know how to be content and know when to stop.

That's a lot of money.

Immediately afterwards, the brigade commander said to Sun Desheng, "Sun Desheng, you've delivered this, now go back and rest."

"Yes, Brigade Commander." Sun Desheng saluted and withdrew.

The deputy brigade commander looked at the roast chicken on the table and grinned from ear to ear: "I also have a bottle of good wine, shall we celebrate?"

"What's there to celebrate? Bring me that bottle of good wine." The brigade commander looked at the deputy brigade commander with a serious expression. "Didn't Old Zhang from logistics say that once we get the money, we can exchange it for the Hell Cannon? Let's strike while the iron is hot and hurry up and talk to logistics."

Upon hearing this, the deputy brigade commander immediately slapped his forehead and beamed with joy: "Yes, yes, yes, you're the one with the clear head, brigade commander. Now that we've got the money, we should definitely go and replace the artillery right away. Otherwise, other units will have already done it, and we'll still have to wait."

The artillery in the border region's arsenal is produced one cannon at a time, and they are currently working on the third one.

If we are slow and other units get there first, then we will have to wait.

Although other units might not be able to act so quickly, after all, money, sugar, or general's swords are not so easy to obtain.

But what if.

Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!

It's best to secure the money quickly to avoid any unforeseen complications.

what!
What if you say that our 386th Brigade got three Hellfire cannons and other units have objections?

We can't worry about that now; our 386th Brigade just follows the rules.

If we're capable, we'll eat meat; it's no use if others are just envious.

The deputy brigade commander quickly brought over the wine and handed it to the brigade commander, who said in a serious tone, "If that brat Li Yunlong comes back, you need to hold him down, understand what I mean?"

"Yes, brigade commander. As soon as he returns, I'll tie him up immediately." The deputy brigade commander, of course, understood what the brigade commander meant.

On the surface, the brigade commander wasn't worried about Li Yunlong, but in reality, he was more worried than anyone else. After all, Li Yunlong was practically playing with fire.

If the brigade commander had known Li Yunlong's whereabouts, he would have ordered Li Yunlong to be brought back long ago.

"Let's go, let's set off for the arsenal." The brigade commander didn't go to find Zhang Wanhe. Now that Li Muzhi could make the decision, we should definitely bypass Zhang Wanhe as a middleman and go directly to the manufacturer.

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Border Region Arsenal

"Li Muzhi, the first batch of fertilizer has arrived. Hurry up and have someone bring it into the warehouse!" Zhang Wanhe shouted to Li Muzhi at the arsenal as he returned from reporting to headquarters.

"There's a lot of fertilizer here." Li Muzhi glanced over and saw that there were more than ten cartloads pulled by livestock and more than twenty cartloads pulled by manpower.

Zhang Wanhe laughed and said, "This is just the first batch. The Japanese saw that the fertilizer could be sold, so they took the opportunity to lower the price and dump it. Now both sides are very satisfied. They think they made a profit, but actually we benefited the most, hahaha."

"Commander Kong, it's good that you're here. Please take this opportunity to do some work," Li Muzhi said to Kong Jie. Kong Jie had been digging coal to deliver to the arsenal's warehouse, and he happened to be there with his men.

"Okay, no problem." Although he was temporarily transferred from a coal miner to a porter, his treatment remained unchanged. Commander Kong had absolutely no complaints. He rolled up his sleeves and led his men to unload and move the cargo in a flurry of activity.

Zhang Wanhe said to Li Muzhi, "I reported the situation to the headquarters leaders. They attach great importance to the production of artillery shells and have asked us to get the arsenal up and running as soon as possible."

"If we want to develop power, the prerequisite is that we must have enough shells for our Hell Cannons," Li Muzhi said to Zhang Wanhe.

“Yes, seizing the enemy’s power source is a tough job, and we really need to ensure the supply of our artillery shells.” Zhang Wanhe nodded and said, “Now that the first batch of fertilizer has been brought back, we just need to see if the 386th Brigade can send us the sugar as soon as possible. We’ve given them two cannons, so we can’t have the tools but neglect the details.”

Remembering something, Li Muzhi asked, "I gave the 386th Brigade two cannons. Did the headquarters leaders say anything about that?"

"The headquarters commander said that once the third cannon is produced, we can't let them down again," Zhang Wanhe replied, his tone somewhat unnatural.

"Did the headquarters commander scold you?" Li Muzhi noticed that Zhang Wanhe's expression was off.

"No, the head of headquarters has a very good temper," Zhang Wanhe replied with certainty.

"That's good." Li Muzhi didn't expose him. The deputy commander-in-chief has a good temper? Don't be ridiculous.

Just then, the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade came rushing over.

The brigade commander spotted Zhang Wanhe from afar and couldn't help but think to himself, "He's come at the worst possible time. What's with this middleman here?"

However, since they had already come all this way, the brigade commander couldn't very well turn back.

Zhang Wanhe spotted the brigade commander immediately and couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "The brigade commander of the 386th Brigade is here! Could it be that Bai Tang has been delivered?"

Zhang Wanhe had already seen the large boxes that the brigade commander's guards were carrying, and he assumed they contained white sugar.

Li Muzhi also looked forward to it: "If it's white sugar, then we can start making the cannonballs for the Hell Cannon right away!"

Before the brigade commander could even approach, Zhang Wanhe eagerly went over and said, "Brigade Commander Chen, did you bring sugar? Look, the first batch of fertilizer just arrived at the arsenal, and they've been waiting for your sugar."

"I'm sorry, Minister Zhang, this isn't white sugar." The brigade commander's tone was somewhat regretful.

The brigade commander was indeed somewhat disappointed.

Although the 386th Brigade now has two cannons, if Li Yunlong takes those cannons out to cause trouble and runs out of ammunition, he won't be coming back.

In other words, soon the 386th Brigade will only have one shell left, which is in the brigade commander's possession.

A cannon without shells is just a lump of scrap metal.

Therefore, the brigade commander was even more eager than Zhang Wanhe to believe that the box contained white sugar.

But there's no way around it; it's money, not sugar.

Upon hearing that the box contained no sugar, Zhang Wanhe's tone involuntarily carried a hint of accusation: "How can this not be sugar? Our logistics department gave your 386th Brigade two cannons, and I've already taken the scolding from the headquarters leaders. I can't just let it go for nothing, Brigade Commander Chen."

The brigade commander ignored Zhang Wanhe's emotions and said, "What does it have to do with me that you get scolded? I'm just following your logistics rules. Besides, this cannon was given to me by Li Muzhi, not by you. As for the fact that it's not white sugar, there's no use getting anxious about it. Besides, didn't we agree on three days? That time hasn't come yet."

　A new month has begun, let's give it a thumbs up and some monthly tickets!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)