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

Chapter 43 Supply Station

Before the brigade commander could finish speaking, Zhang Wanhe couldn't help but interject, "Hey Brigade Commander Chen, you can't be this greedy. Judging by your attitude, are you planning to monopolize all the artillery behind us? What are the other units supposed to do?"

"Old Zhang, I'm just following the rules," the brigade commander said righteously.

Li Muzhi spoke to Zhang Wanhe: "Minister Zhang, the rules we've set cannot be changed arbitrarily."

“Li Muzhi, aren’t you worried that his 386th Brigade will really take over all the artillery behind him?” Zhang Wanhe said.

“I’m not worried,” Li Muzhi replied to Zhang Wanhe with great certainty.

In other words, if the 386th Brigade can monopolize the artillery, it further demonstrates that they can bring more resources to our arsenal, which is exactly what we need.

Of course.

The 386th Brigade had taken all the weapons, and it was indeed inappropriate for the other units to go empty-handed.

It's alright, we're people who traveled from the future, we have plenty of ways to solve this problem.

Seeing how confident Li Muzhi was, Zhang Wanhe didn't say anything.

After all, didn't the headquarters leaders say that Li Muzhi must unconditionally cooperate with any requests regarding military industry?

Zhang Wanhe then said to the brigade commander, "Alright then, I'll find someone to count the money right away."

The brigade commander took out a roast chicken and some wine, and said to Li Muzhi, "Li Muzhi, I happen to have some roast chicken here, shall we have a drink?"

"I heard that you're in poor health and can't drink alcohol?" Li Muzhi asked the brigade commander.

The brigade commander had been subjected to electric shocks, leaving him with hidden injuries that prevented him from drinking alcohol.

"We're happy today," the brigade commander said with a smile.

"We can eat the roast chicken, but let's not drink alcohol," Li Muzhi said. "I don't drink alcohol; I'm afraid it will affect my brain."

"That's right, that's right. Your mind is the hope of our army right now, we can't let it affect you." The brigade commander quickly put the wine away.

Zhang Wanhe didn't stand on ceremony and reached out his hand: "Brigadier Chen, you brought all this wine with you, you're not going to take it back with you, are you?"

"Old Zhang, you need to make sure you count the money carefully." The brigade commander still gave Zhang Wanhe the wine and a roast chicken.

With so much money, counting it must be hard work.

"Don't worry, not a single one will be wrong." Zhang Wanhe nodded emphatically.

Next, Zhang Wanhe led his men to count the money, while Li Muzhi and the brigade commander ate roast chicken.

Li Muzhi asked curiously, "Brigadier Chen, where did this money come from?"

"Send Li Yunlong to attack Heyuan County and rob the banks and foreign firms there," the brigade commander replied.

"Commander Li is truly a hero; a strong general has no weak soldiers under his command." Li Muzhi was praising the brigade commander as well.

Li Muzhi never expected that, in order to make money, the brigade commander would dare to send Li Yunlong to attack the county town.

Li Muzhi was even more surprised to learn that this was not an order from the brigade commander, but rather Li Yunlong himself who went to fight.

"Haha." The brigade commander was delighted by Li Muzhi's eloquent words.

Zhang Wanhe was somewhat surprised: "The money I borrowed to buy fertilizer from the Japanese must have gone into their money exchange. If you rob the money exchange, isn't that the same as robbing the money back?"

"Old Zhang, let me tell you, one day you'll be worried about having too much money, believe it or not!" the brigade commander said to Zhang Wanhe with a smile.

Li Yunlong, that kid, led Ding Wei to storm the county town and rob a bank, which led the brigade commander to discover a new way to get rich!
“I couldn’t be happier,” Zhang Wanhe said seriously. “Don’t worry about me!” “Haha, Old Zhang, just you wait, it will come soon,” the brigade commander laughed heartily.

After finishing the roast chicken and finishing their conversation, Zhang Wanhe counted out the money and reported the amount to the brigade commander: "Then this money will be recorded in the account for now. In the future, when you come to collect supplies or ammunition, it will be deducted from this amount."

To get the cannon, you need money.

However, the shells weren't free; they cost money.

Moreover, these shells are consumables; the more you fire, the more you consume.

“Okay, okay.” The brigade commander noted down the amount, then stood up to take his leave. “I’m quite busy over there, so I won’t stay any longer. No need to see me off, I’m leaving.”

"Kong Jie, do a good job." Before leaving, the brigade commander still gave Kong Jie a word of encouragement.

"Yes, brigade commander, I will definitely do my job well." Kong Jie saluted the brigade commander.

The brigade commander led his guards back immediately.

Don't be fooled by the brigade commander's nonchalant demeanor in the logistics department; he's actually quite anxious inside.

Who knows what trouble Li Yunlong is going to cause? We'd better hurry back to the brigade headquarters.

As soon as Commander Chen left, Zhang Wanhe acted swiftly: "Li Muzhi, I'm leaving. Have someone take the money to buy fertilizer."

"Yes, Minister Zhang, take care."

Kong Jie also said to Li Muzhi, "Li Muzhi, I'm going back to digging coal."

"it is good."

……

A Japanese military supply depot
Li Yunlong, accompanied by Ding Wei, took advantage of the cover of night to arrive near the supply station.

Since Ding Wei came from the 28th Regiment and wasn't familiar with the situation here, he looked at the supply depot with suspicion and asked, "Old Li, if you're going to pull off another heist, you're not going to just attack a small supply depot, are you?"

“Old Ding, don’t underestimate this supply station. It’s specifically for refueling the Japanese mechanized units,” Li Yunlong explained. “Our generator at the border region’s arsenal needs fuel, so we have to get some to take back!”

When the brigade commander gets the sugar back, the production of the Hell Cannon's shells must continue, and the generator certainly cannot be allowed to stop operating due to fuel issues.

Otherwise, if production of these shells is halted halfway through, what's the difference between that and having your throat choked?

This hell cannon is so awesome to use, Old Li doesn't want to run out of ammunition.

Ding Wei suddenly realized: "Oil is very important to the Japanese. Of course, it's even more important to us. You've got a sharp eye, you're very good at targeting and seizing opportunities."

Remembering something, Ding Wei said, "No wonder you said there weren't many Japanese soldiers here. Your feigned attack on the county town was also a way to draw away the Japanese mechanized units and other Japanese reinforcements, wasn't it?"

Once we attack the supply depot, the Japanese troops from all directions will definitely come to reinforce us, especially their mechanized units.

Without fuel, mechanized units would lose their combat value, so these mechanized units were even more desperate to protect the fuel!
While we were attacking Heyuan County, all the Japanese strongholds in this area had sent troops to reinforce Heyuan County, including mechanized units, and they hadn't returned yet.

Therefore, if we attack the supply depot now, it will be very difficult for the Japanese to send reinforcements. Even if they try to squeeze them out, there won't be many.

"Hahaha." Li Yunlong laughed and nodded: "That's right, especially the Japanese mechanized units, we have to move them away. Those wheels don't run slow. Even if we had four legs, we couldn't outrun them. We can't get this job done if we don't move them away."

“Litongqiao is destroyed. Judging from the map, the mechanized troops will have to run back from Heyuan County to reinforce us. They will have to take a long detour. By the time they get here, we will have already finished!” Ding Wei laughed.

"Haha, Lao Ding, let's get to work."

(End of this chapter)