Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

With more cavalry units, the troops' ability to maneuver flexibly has greatly increased.

Before, whenever Brigade Commander Chen went on a long journey, he was usually accompanied by only three or five guards. Although he was a skilled and courageous man, he basically never encountered any danger.

But it is better to be careful. Now there is a cavalry platoon guarding us, and ordinary petty thieves dare not even think about targeting the large cavalry group.

Especially the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army, they are very fierce in fighting. If you provoke them, you will definitely be in big trouble.

However, this time, Brigade Commander Chen, under the escort of the cavalry platoon, was stopped by the guard troops a few kilometers away from the arsenal.

After confirming the identity, Brigade Commander Chen asked curiously:

"What on earth are you doing?"

"Reporting to the commander, the garrison troops at the Arsenal are conducting an attack and defense exercise at the request of the chief advisor. Others will need to wait until the exercise is over before they can pass."

When the brigade commander heard that it was Kong Hao who did it, he immediately became interested. This little Kong always came up with something new for him, and this time was no exception.

He would wait there for a while and then ask about the details after the exercise was over.

But the platoon leader sent someone to inform Kong Hao. It was a bit unreasonable to let the leader wait at this time.

After receiving the message, Kong Hao asked the others to continue the exercise. He quickly came to the brigade commander, saluted him with a standard military salute, and said with a smile:

"Brigade Commander, weren't you supposed to come tomorrow? Why are you here today?"

"It's Xiao Kong. I don't have anything important to do these two days, so I wanted to come to the Arsenal in advance to take a look."

"You may not know that ever since we learned that the bullet production line could be mass-produced, the political commissar and I couldn't sleep all night and were in a state of excitement."

"Although our troops have seized millions of rounds of ammunition thanks to you in the past, such good things are hard to come by. Once they are used up, they will be gone."

"But if we have a production line, it will be completely different. Even if we can only produce 300,000 rounds a month, it means that our troops have a stable source of ammunition."

"Once a war breaks out, even if the consumption is too great, the captured ammunition is far less than the consumption, and it can be replenished to the combat troops through the arsenal's output. It won't be like before, once the consumption is too great, even the most elite troops will become unable to recover."

"Having your parents is not as reliable as having your own."

When Kong Hao heard this, he quickly nodded in agreement.

"Captain Li also mentioned this to me. The New 1st Regiment he led defeated the Sakata Regiment and killed the Sakata Regiment Commander, but it also wiped out the New 1st Regiment's assets."

"For a long time since then, the main task of the New 1st Regiment was to rest and recuperate, and the superiors did not dare to assign them important tasks."

"In fact, this is also the biggest difficulty faced by the Eighth Route Army. Armies in other places are still okay, more or less they still have some ammunition supplies, but our Eighth Route Army relies entirely on captured ammunition. It's really hard to explain."

"Fortunately, the bullet production line in the arsenal is now able to mass-produce bullets, and many of the equipment can be replaced with some simple tools."

"For example, there are processes for polishing bullet heads, loading gunpowder into bullets, and installing bullet heads. As long as the bullet shells and gunpowder can keep up, the production capacity can be increased. Even producing 400,000 rounds a month is not impossible. It just requires more people."

When Brigade Commander Chen heard that there were suddenly 100,000 more bullets, he was immediately overjoyed.

To be honest, for the Eighth Route Army, the more ammunition they produce, the better. It would be best if they could produce one million a month so that the soldiers don't have to count bullets while fighting.

Kong Hao went on to say: "Now smokeless propellant suitable for bullets has been successfully developed, and the effect is almost the same as that of the Japanese, and it can be mass-produced."

"With the copper smelting equipment I got earlier, we can completely smelt the used bullet casings and copper coins into new bullets, so the raw materials for bullet casings can basically be supplied."

"It would be best to replace the reloaded bullets that the troops used to use, and then produce new bullets."

When the brigade commander heard Kong Hao say this, he quickly agreed.

In fact, he was very clear about the various shortcomings of reloaded bullets, but he had no choice before. Now that there are better new bullets, who would still care about reloaded bullets?

The number of reloaded bullets is also very limited. Even after working hard for a year, only 500,000 rounds can be produced. Moreover, there are often many defective products, and bad ones are often encountered, which seriously affects the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops.

Now we can fully allocate these valuable military industrial personnel to produce more grenades and mines, which will also improve the overall strength of the troops.

Then, the brigade commander continued to ask:

"Xiao Kong, what is the purpose of your exercise here today?"

"Commander, it is mainly to prevent small-scale sneak attacks from the enemy. I am sure you also know that our arsenal is located in the heart of the base area, and it is difficult for the Japanese to reach our place with their large forces."

"But it's different for the Japanese spies or special agents. If they are few in number, it's still easy for them to sneak into our arsenal and sabotage it."

"If it's just because of this, it's fine. At most, we'll lose some equipment. What I'm most worried about is that the enemy will reveal the exact location of the arsenal. That will be a huge trouble."

"If the Japanese are determined to mobilize a large force to attack, it will be difficult for our troops to stop them. By then, we will have to abandon the various factories we have built with great difficulty, and the loss will be immeasurable."

"That is why I carefully arranged several defensive fortifications to prevent sneak attacks by small enemy forces."

"Today I asked the special forces to pretend to be the Japanese special forces and use various methods to break through the defense of the garrison troops. I want to find the loopholes and correct them."

"good very good!"

After listening to Kong Hao's story, Brigade Commander Chen kept nodding and praising him.

He also joked: "In ancient times, there was an idiom called self-contradiction."

"It means that there was a man selling things in the market, boasting that his spear was the sharpest in the world and no shield could withstand its thrust; then he took out one of his own shields and boasted that his shield was indestructible and no spear could pierce it."

"Some people in the market suggested that he use his own spear to pierce his own shield. I wonder what the final result will be?"

The brigade commander laughed again and continued:

"Your current situation also feels like you are in a story. The special forces team you personally trained is unparalleled in combat power and is the most capable troop in our Eighth Route Army."

"And the various defense measures of the arsenal were also arranged by you, the chief consultant, personally. I think they are also very complete."

"You are now using the special forces to attack your own defense forces. I wonder which side will win?"