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

Li Yunlong then ordered: "Lao Kong, you and I will lead four battalions to the arsenal."

"I heard there is a good thing there that can allow our independent regiment to produce grenades ourselves. We can't miss this good thing."

"Plus, Kong Hao is now the chief consultant of the arsenal and has a lot of distribution power over this kind of stuff. We have to get a few sets back this time no matter what."

Kong Jie, who was not good at speaking, did not say anything, but just nodded heavily.

Next, the main forces of the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment set out to garrison the arsenal.

To be honest, in order to ensure the absolute safety of the arsenal, Brigade Commander Chen spent a lot of money and sent out two capable men.

To be honest, the actual combat effectiveness of the two regiments now is comparable to that of the 386st and 771nd Regiments of the 772th Brigade. Especially the independent regiment, which can basically fight to a draw with a reinforced battalion of the Japanese.

It’s just that Li Yunlong is good at hiding his weaknesses. Apart from him, Zhao Gang, Kong Jie and Kong Hao, no one else knows the true strength of the independent regiment.

Ding Wei's New 1st Regiment has recently received a lot of guns and ammunition allocated from above, and has also expanded its troops a lot, and its strength has been significantly improved.

After the two troops arrived, Kong Hao received the news and came to greet them.

"Captain Li, Captain Ding, Captain Kong, I received a telegram from my superiors, and I am so happy. I have asked the construction team of the arsenal to build the base for your two regiments as soon as possible. I am looking forward to your coming."

The reason why he was so excited was because the Independent Regiment was his in-laws and it would be easy to mobilize them.

The war is imminent, the air is full of gunpowder, and there is a feeling that a storm is about to come.

At this time, having two trustworthy troops around you can make you feel extremely at ease.

Although there were several infantry regiments guarding the arsenal, and the arsenal also had a special guard team, there were always several layers of relationships between them, and it always felt a little lacking when cooperating with Kong Hao's special forces.

Now with Li Yunlong's independent regiment and Ding Wei's new regiment, his tactical options are much more flexible, such as capturing a small county town nearby and obtaining a large amount of supplies to develop the base's economy.

After Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie settled the troops, they took them to visit the arsenal's defense system so that everyone would have a clear idea of the situation.

The three of them were full of praise for the defensive fortifications that Kong Hao had carefully constructed.

Li Yunlong: If there were no heavy artillery, this kind of defense system would be impossible to get close to with human power alone in the face of so many light and heavy machine guns shooting;

Ding Wei: That's not all. We have a headache facing the Japanese's artillery towers consisting of several pillboxes. You have at least a dozen of them densely packed here, forming a complete crossfire to block the main road into the mountain. It is extremely difficult for the Japanese to pass through.

Kong Jie: When we came here just now, we found that the mountain roads here are rugged and the Japanese military trucks cannot be transported in at all. This means that the enemy's heavy artillery is basically useless, which is very beneficial to our defense.

Kong Hao smiled and said proudly:

"Three commanders, look over there. Are those shorter bunkers covered with vegetation?"

Upon hearing this, the three of them hurriedly began to observe carefully through binoculars.

They were using German telescopes seized from the mountain stronghold. They had very high clarity and were in very good condition. With Kong Hao's special guidance, they were able to barely find the hidden bunker.

"These bunkers are made of reinforced concrete. Even if they are directly hit by the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns, it will not cause fatal damage to the bunkers. As long as they are not hit continuously in the same place, the Japanese will have no way to deal with our bunkers."

"As long as our enemy does not deploy heavy howitzers, with our current fortifications, we can resist the attack of an enemy brigade for half a month. By that time, the arsenal will basically have evacuated."

"Of course, this is only the last and worst-case scenario. We should try not to use it if possible. Once the arsenal is moved, it will cause us huge losses."

"The Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment will be stationed 15 kilometers away from our arsenal. Once we encounter a large enemy force, we will need you to lure the enemy force away in the opposite direction. We have also set up a few backup factories in another place. Of course, they are just for show. When the time comes, we can directly detonate the explosives buried there to confuse the enemy."

Seeing that Kong Hao was so well prepared, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei didn't say anything more. This defense system was already perfect and could be called a textbook model. If their two regiments were to attack, they would basically gain nothing except death.

However, Kong Jie seemed to have discovered a loophole and immediately asked:

"Xiao Kong, the ground defense is basically not a big problem, but the Japanese have a large number of planes. Once they deploy planes, I'm afraid these fortifications won't last long."

Li Yunlong and Ding Wei then realized that they had indeed missed this aspect of the problem.

In fact, it’s not their fault. After all, the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment were only regimental-level combat units, and it was unlikely that they would encounter bombings from Japanese aircraft.

Even when Li Yunlong was blocking the Sakata Regiment at Cangyun Ridge, there were no planes appearing, otherwise it would have been impossible for him with just a New 1st Regiment to hold out for so long.

Kong Hao smiled and responded: "I have also made preparations in this regard. Please follow me, leaders."

After saying that, he led the three of them to an open space near the bunker, where they saw four Type 92 heavy machine guns placed.

Seeing this, Li Yunlong asked in confusion: "Xiao Kong, these are just a few ordinary Type 92 heavy machine guns. We have a lot of them in our army. What does it have to do with the planes we just talked about?"

"Captain Li, don't be impatient. I will open your eyes later."

As his order was given, the soldiers in charge of the Type 92 heavy machine gun quickly picked up the special rack nearby and installed it.

After a while, four Type 92 heavy machine guns capable of anti-aircraft shooting were assembled. The black muzzles were pointed directly at the sky, looking murderous.

Faced with such a sudden change, Li Yunlong and the other two were stunned.

Li Yunlong shouted loudly without caring about his image:

"Xiao Kong, I want this. No matter what, you must get a few for our independent regiment. With these good things, we won't be afraid of the Japanese planes anymore."

Ding Wei couldn't wait to speak:

"Captain Kong, our new regiment also needs this weapon that can shoot at the sky. Tell me who to apply for it from."

After all, there was a layer between Ding Wei and Kong Hao, so he was relatively polite in his words, unlike Li Yunlong, who came right up and asked for it.

Of course, Kong Jie would basically not express any opinions in this situation.