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

Chapter 6 Surrender

Although the shot was a success, Li Muzhi was not arrogant; on the contrary, his expression remained calm.

He took out paper and pen and quickly began to write.

They recorded all the data about that shot, including its trajectory, range, and kill radius.

This is just one shell. Data from multiple shells needs to be combined before the best product can be developed.

The workers at the old Hehe Arsenal quickly stopped cheering, afraid of disturbing Li Muzhi's writing.

Zhang Dabiao wanted to come over to congratulate Li Muzhi, but Lao He stopped him: "Battalion Commander Zhang, our factory director is recording data, don't disturb him."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was a bit abrupt." Zhang Dabiao was sensible enough not to bother him any further.

He also ordered his troops to remain silent.

While Li Muzhi was writing down the data, things were clearly in an uproar at Sunjiabao.

The traitors from Sunjiabao were lying peacefully in their stronghold when suddenly a loud explosion rang out, startling everyone.

When they saw the large crater in the ground and the three collapsed pillboxes, they were all stunned:
"My God, such a powerful shell, this is a heavy artillery!"

"Is it the direct forces that have attacked, or the Jin-Sui Army?"

"Whether it's the Jin-Sui Army or their direct forces, they're carrying heavy artillery, so a large force must be coming. We'd better run."

……

As expected, the traitors in this company immediately came out of the pillbox, trying to split up and run away.

"Fire!" Without Zhang Dabiao giving the order, the three company commanders immediately ordered the traitors to open fire as soon as they saw them run out of the pillbox.

Da da da!
Da da da!
Da da da!
……

The machine guns of the three companies opened fire at once, and the old rifles followed suit. The traitors left behind more than a dozen corpses, not even caring about the wounded, and immediately retreated back to the pillbox.

"Company commander, the enemy doesn't look like a regular army, but more like the Eighth Route Army," a platoon leader, a collaborator, said to the collaborator company commander.

The traitorous company commander angrily retorted, "What utter nonsense! Do you think the Eighth Route Army has heavy artillery?"

"Company commander, but the enemy soldiers are definitely using all sorts of weapons, not standard-issue weapons," said the traitorous platoon leader.

"Damn it, the Eighth Route Army only has a few mountain guns at most, but today they actually brought out a heavy cannon. Is it some kind of supernatural being?!" the traitorous company commander cursed.

"Company commander, look over there." Soon someone shouted to the traitorous company commander and pointed in the direction, "I see the Eighth Route Army's artillery, outside our gun range."

The traitorous company commander and the others immediately looked over, and when they saw the Eighth Route Army's cannons, everyone's expressions became somewhat strange.

This thing is different from ordinary artillery; it looks like a cobbled-together assembly.

Someone said to the traitorous company commander, "Company commander, the Eighth Route Army is poor, so this cannon was probably hastily assembled by their arsenal."

"You're talking nonsense!" The traitorous company commander didn't believe it. "The Eighth Route Army doesn't have cutting machines, welding machines, or any mechanical equipment. How did they assemble it? With their hardworking hands?" "Company commander, I don't think it's important how the Eighth Route Army made the cannon. What's important is that this cannon is incredibly powerful. One shot can wipe out our three gun towers. We're blocked and can't get out. We need to think of a way out quickly." Someone said to the traitorous company commander.

"Company commander, the Eighth Route Army hasn't fired a second shot yet. I don't know what they're up to. We still have some time," the traitorous platoon leader said to the traitorous company commander.

"Do you think the Eighth Route Army might only have one shell left?" the traitorous company commander said, suddenly remembering something. "They've always been poor; they can't even make bullets, let alone shells. They've been quiet lately; could it be that they're out of shells..."

Got it.

Before the traitorous company commander could finish speaking, someone shouted in fear, "Company commander, company commander, the Eighth Route Army is loading shells! You'd better make a decision quickly!"

Upon hearing this, the traitorous company commander immediately went to look through the firing port.

The Eighth Route Army did indeed reload a strange shell. The traitorous company commander was immediately terrified and started howling: "Brothers, we put on this uniform to make a living. How can we risk our lives? Raise the white flag now and surrender! Surrender quickly! Don't let the Eighth Route Army fire a second shot! Oh my god, this is going to kill us!"

After all, no one can guarantee that this second shot won't land on their own head.

"Yes." The traitors immediately raised the white flag.

Zhang Dabiao was stunned when he saw this: "Sunjiabao has surrendered? I can't believe it."

Zhang Dabiao had considered attacking Sunjiabao before, but unfortunately he lacked artillery for assaults, so even with the entire battalion mobilized, he couldn't take down the stronghold.

Now, the arsenal has so easily broken the morale of the Sunjiabao garrison. Zhang Dabiao can't help but wonder, is Li Muzhi, the director of the arsenal in this area, really incapable of fighting, as he claims?

Just as Li Muzhi finished loading the second shell and was about to ignite it, Zhang Dabiao shouted at Li Muzhi, "Director Li, don't ignite it! The traitors have surrendered!"

Li Muzhi stopped what he was doing, looked up, and sure enough, the pillboxes and towers of Sunjiabao had all raised white flags.

Old He couldn't help but say to Li Muzhi, "Factory Director, these traitors were so tough and arrogant when they were bullying the people, but now they're so useless. We only tested one shell, and they surrendered. Can we continue testing?"

In Lao He's view, continuing the test firing was the most important thing. If Sunjiabao surrendered, wouldn't that delay our continued testing?

“It’s alright,” Li Muzhi said calmly. “Sunjiabao has surrendered. We can just find a new target and continue our experiments.”

"Factory Director, although I don't know how to fight, I know that the shelling of Sunjiabao will definitely alert the Japanese, and they will definitely send reinforcements. Do we still have a chance to find other targets?" Lao He said, "Battalion Commander Zhang only has one battalion. I'm afraid he can't withstand the enemy's reinforcements."

"Don't worry, we have reinforcements. As for the other targets, they are the enemy's reinforcements," Li Muzhi said with a smile.

Li Muzhi saw that Zhang Dabiao had called the communications soldier back, so how could he possibly hide Zhang Dabiao's true intentions from Li Muzhi?

Once Li Yunlong, the commander of the Independent Regiment, learns that we have really developed a powerful cannon, he will immediately come out. He will also bring his troops over to take advantage of our hell cannon and pull off a heist.

After all, Old Li isn't the kind of person who can stay idle.

When the time comes, we can use the enemy's reinforcements as test subjects without delaying the experiment in the slightest.

We have another type of shell in our arsenal.

That means it contains a lot of iron balls and nails. We need to test how much damage this shell will cause when it explodes in a crowd.

The Hell Cannon shouldn't just be used for assaults; its true name is for slaughtering large numbers of enemy infantry!
(End of this chapter)