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

Next, the Japanese First Army quickly adjusted its combat deployment, and a large number of field troops marched directly towards the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense zone.

Originally, when the Japanese attacked the Eighth Route Army's base, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army just stood by and watched. Although they did not try to trip them up, they also had no intention of lending a hand.

But now it was their turn, and our Commander Yan became a little nervous. In order to have the Eighth Route Army dispatch troops to tie down part of the Japanese forces, he specially sent a high-level delegation.

He also solemnly promised that as long as the Eighth Route Army sent troops to contain the enemy, he would provide 30 rounds of 6.5mm rifle bullets, 5 rounds of Mauser pistol bullets, 2 Shanxi-made grenades and silver dollars.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army still had a relatively strong financial foundation. Even though they had lost Taiyuan and several wealthy counties, they had stored so many good things in the past that they could just use a few secret arsenals to get everything together.

The leaders of the Eighth Route Army were also well aware of the principle of "the lips and teeth are cold together". If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was defeated, our lives would become even more difficult.

In response to Commander Yan's request, they readily agreed and also promised that if the enemy attacked the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's territory, the Eighth Route Army would take the initiative to harass and contain the enemy in the rear.

For the following period of time, the whole of Shanxi was in chaos again.

On Kong Hao's side, after shelling the Yamazaki Battalion, he led most of the special forces to Taigu County for preliminary reconnaissance.

To completely resolve the crisis at the arsenal, the battlefield must be kept away from the arsenal, the farther the better.

The best thing would be to find a very important place for the Japanese and cause a big commotion, forcing their troops to return for support, or forcing them to not dare to mobilize large troops at will, thus creating sufficient time for the arsenal to develop.

Taigu County is the only way to Taiyuan and is also a material storage and mobilization center with a large amount of military supplies. It is an ideal target.

As long as any problem arises here, it will definitely be regarded as stepping on the tail of the Japanese, and the enemy's large force will have no choice but to return to support.

However, the Japanese also stationed heavy troops in the county town. The garrison, military police, secret agents and the Imperial Army together totaled three thousand people.

There is another important reason why Kong Hao chose this place. The Tongpu Railway has established a very important station in Taigu County, and there are a large number of warehouses in the station.

As long as he captures this train station, in addition to the supplies inside, he can take the opportunity to exchange for various equipment to enhance the strength of the arsenal.

After all, Yan Laoxi's Taiyuan Arsenal was very large in scale back then. After being looted by the Japanese, many of its items were unused and ended up gathering dust in warehouses across the country.

The Eighth Route Army covets things that the enemy despises, especially firearms manufacturing equipment, of which the more the better.

After one or two days of field reconnaissance, all the scattered special forces returned to their temporary base and drew a simple map of the information they had obtained.

First, Liu Jindou started the introduction:

"Captain, after a detailed investigation by our team, we found that there is a squadron of troops stationed at Taigu Railway Station, as well as a small team of railway patrols and a company of puppet troops, totaling more than 500 people."

"The entire train station is surrounded by four large bunkers, and there are two iron turtles on the railway. Ordinary troops can't do anything to them."

"In addition, a total of 42 trains stop at the railway station every day, all unloading and loading goods, which looks very busy."

"There are several rows of warehouses built next to it. I asked the laborers at the station and they were filled to the brim with all kinds of supplies."

After hearing this, Kong Hao nodded quickly. This was exactly what he wanted. As long as they captured the station, they could seize a large amount of supplies to develop the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, he was also able to exchange some important things and put them in, allowing the Eighth Route Army's military production capacity to develop rapidly.

Although the current strength of the Eighth Route Army is much stronger than in the previous life with his help, especially in terms of ammunition reserves, it is at least five times more than in the previous life.

There is even a production line that produces three million rounds of ammunition a year, which greatly enhances the strength of the troops.

But this is not enough, far from enough. The total of what Kong Hao exchanged and seized is only 8 million rounds at most, and the bullet production line can only produce 400,000 rounds at most a month. With such a small amount of ammunition to be shared by hundreds of thousands of troops, it is pitifully little.

Kong Hao felt extremely anxious when he thought of their enemy, the Japanese, who now produce 400 million rounds of bullets a year, and the fact that the US military can produce 10 billion rounds of various bullets a year after entering the war.

He must quickly exchange for more weapons production equipment, especially bullet production lines, the more the better.

Thinking of this, Kong Hao asked in a deep voice:

"Tian Zhen, how many roads are there from Taigu County to here? What's the terrain like?"

"Captain, I have drawn them all. They are all on this map, with various annotations on it."

"good, very good."

After collecting all the information, Kong Hao issued the latest combat orders.

"You continue to stalk the enemy and find out all their patterns."

"Instructor, you are in charge of command here. I want to go back to the arsenal to discuss the mobilization of troops with Captain Li and others."

After hearing this, Song Qingfeng nodded quickly and agreed without hesitation.

When Kong Hao returned to the independent regiment’s base, he went straight to the regiment headquarters. After all, this was his home and everyone was familiar with it, so there was no need to report it.

When he saw Li Yunlong sitting on the chair, he shouted loudly:

"Captain Li, I found something great. We are going to get rich again."

"Captain Ding is here too. We just happened to have a good deal that needs the help of the New 1st Regiment."

Li Yunlong did not reply, but just kept winking at Kong Hao.

Kong Hao didn't understand what was going on, but asked curiously:

"Captain Li, what happened to you? Is there sand in your eyes?"

Li Yunlong looked depressed but didn't know how to say it. Ding Wei was the same. He just sat in the chair with his head down.

At this time, the person who was looking at the map by the wall turned around and said with a smile:

"Xiao Kong, if you have any good news, please tell me so that the 386th Brigade can also benefit from it."

Kong Hao didn't expect that the brigade commander was also here, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

He could only look at Li Yunlong for help, wanting to ask what was going on.

However, in front of the brigade commander, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie did not dare to speak loudly. They could only turn their heads away to look at the decorations inside the house.

Brigade Commander Chen said loudly again: "Don't look at the three of them, it's useless, just hurry up and talk about the matter."

"Originally, I came here to commend the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment. After all, you wiped out more than 1,500 Japanese soldiers at a small cost. This is a great victory."

"In addition, after the Yamazaki Battalion was eliminated, it also greatly deterred other Japanese invaders who entered the base. Now the main force of the First Army has withdrawn from our base."

"But for some unknown reason, they turned their guns to attack the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. As a result, the Second War Zone Headquarters has issued an emergency order to us, asking us to send troops to support them and relieve their pressure."

Hearing what the brigade commander said, Li Yunlong immediately started yelling:

"We absolutely cannot go. This Yan Laoxi is not a good person. When we were in Cangyunling before, their 358th Regiment of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army was near us, but they chose to stand by and watch our New st Regiment fight with the Japanese Sakata Regiment."