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

Chief of Staff Li also reported the situation here to Brigade Commander Chen through the radio and asked him to mobilize the main force to provide support along the way.

After doing all this, the supplies in the back of the warehouse were just average, without any big surprises.

The Japanese produced 2000 packs of cigarettes, each containing 50 cartons, which equals to about 10 packs, or 200 million cigarettes.

This amount of cigarettes is actually not a lot. After all, most of the Japanese are heavy smokers and smoke a pack of cigarettes a day. This amount of cigarettes is at most the monthly demand of a brigade.

But these cigarettes are a great gift for those smokers in the Eighth Route Army.

However, cigarettes are not necessities and can be transported through ordinary transportation lines.

There are three tons of salt in the warehouse, which is also a good thing and can be loaded onto the train and transported to the base.

The rest are some daily necessities, such as sake, vinegar, soy sauce, tea, soap, pepper, matches, etc., which are all basic daily necessities.

Chief of Staff Li accepted all the gifts. If these things were transported back, it would also reduce the living burden in the base.

However, these worthless materials will be transported last, and can be discarded directly if necessary.

The next warehouse also had good stuff, with a large number of military uniforms and quilts, belt bags, military shoes, helmets, military blankets, engineer shovels, belts, as well as water bottles and lunch boxes, etc., enough to arm a force of more than 10,000 people.

The most surprising thing was that there were a large number of Japanese gas masks in the warehouse, a total of 20,000 sets, which made everyone very happy.

Although the gas masks produced by the Japanese are considered garbage internationally, they are still quite good for protecting against the poison gas released by the Japanese.

After all, in the entire Blue Planet, only the Japanese like to use poison gas. It would be a huge joke if the gas masks they produce themselves cannot protect against the poison gas they emit.

Upon seeing this, Chief of Staff Li immediately gave the order:

“Label the gas masks number one and the rest number four.”

In order to quickly identify the importance of materials, Kong Hao prepared a large number of labels in advance, from number one to number five.

As long as it is No. 1 material, it will be transported first. The larger the number, the lower the importance. If it is determined to be No. 5 material, it will basically be the last one to be transported. Even if the situation is not right, it can be completely abandoned.

If things go wrong and the Japanese discover their actions in advance, even supplies No. 3, 4 and 5 can be abandoned to ensure the safety of supplies No. 1 and 2.

In fact, these gas masks are very small and can be loaded into a dozen horse-drawn carriages. They can be combined with sugar to form a transport team for separate transportation.

After visiting this warehouse, we came to the next warehouse. The supplies in this warehouse were quite standard, just some cotton cloth, a lot of cotton cloth.

In total, there are more than ten thousand pieces of silk. If used to make clothes, it is estimated that 300,000 sets of military uniforms can be made.

Chief of Staff Li directly had someone put a number three label on it. Compared with the many amazing supplies before, this one felt very ordinary.

Next we went to another warehouse, which contained some refined minerals, including a large number of steel ingots and copper ingots. These were the materials needed by the arsenal, and they were labeled No. 2.

Next, the highlight came. After the warehouse door was opened, the things inside immediately blinded everyone's eyes.

I saw a large number of machines and equipment were packed into wooden boxes, and some large equipment were even placed directly on the ground, which was very spectacular.

Upon seeing this, Chief of Staff Li immediately issued an order:

"Give these devices the highest priority and use the military transport team to escort them in top secret according to the previously formulated plan."

The main reason was that Kong Hao had said before that there were machinery and equipment in the Japanese train station warehouse, so a relevant transportation plan was formulated.

The transportation will be carried out by the most reliable military district transport teams and independent regiment transport teams, and the highest level of escort will be provided along the way.

The next four warehouses were filled with machinery and equipment, and Chief of Staff Li and others were so happy that they exclaimed that they had made a fortune.

After they finished looking at the warehouse, another soldier ran over in a hurry and shouted loudly:

"Commander, great news! We have made a fortune."

Hearing the word "get rich", Chief of Staff Li, Commander Ma and Kong Hao were all delighted.

They had just seen too many supplies and their hearts had already become numb. Ordinary things would not attract their attention.

The soldier who came to report the news had just seen the world with them. If the value of this good stuff was less than a few hundred tons of cotton, he probably wouldn't be so anxious.

Commander Ma said in a somewhat reproachful tone: "Xiao Gu, you should learn to be calm and not be so impetuous in doing things."

"Tell me, what good thing did you find that's worth making such a fuss about?"

He is no longer the same person he was yesterday. He has seen a lot of good things and his horizons have broadened a lot.

After all, now we have hundreds of tons of cotton, thousands of tons of grain and tens of thousands of pieces of cotton cloth at every turn. We will definitely not be as happy as before just by seizing the equipment of a small squad of Japanese devils.

"Reporting to Commander Ma, we found a Japanese military train on the platform of the train station. We opened a carriage and found it was full of weapons and ammunition."

"Captain Shi has already put his men on alert, and he asked me to come over and tell the leaders to go over and take a look."

When they heard that it was an arms train, Kong Hao and others' originally calm hearts suddenly became excited again.

The supplies in the warehouse just now have exceeded tens of thousands of tons. Is it important for the current Eighth Route Army? It must be very important.

With the support of these supplies, the Eighth Route Army's sustained combat capability can at least be improved to a higher level.

But in the hearts of Chief of Staff Li and others, there is always more or less some regret.

Apart from a squadron of Japanese devils and a company of puppet troops, no other weapons and equipment were found at this train station.

Food, cotton, canned food and compressed biscuits are important, but what they like most are weapons and ammunition.

Now they heard that there was a military train on the platform, loaded with weapons and ammunition. How could they not make the people, who were already feeling a little disappointed, ecstatic?

Nowadays, trains usually have about 18 carriages, and each carriage can carry about 20 tons. This arms train has more than 360 tons, which is a huge amount of weapons and ammunition.

When Kong Hao and his companions arrived, they saw a large crowd of people gathered outside the carriage to watch the fun.

Chief of Staff Li said seriously: "Everyone stop gathering together and go about your own business."

At this time, Battalion Commander Shi came over to report the latest situation:

"Reporting to the commander, I just asked the staff at the station. This munitions train was supposed to leave a few days ago, but the railway behind Taigu Railway Station broke down and is currently under repair, so this train stopped at Taigu Railway Station."

After hearing this reason, everyone felt relieved. In fact, no matter what these things were, they had already fallen into the pockets of the Eighth Route Army and no one could snatch them away.

Kong Hao asked with a smile: "Have you counted the supplies on the train?"

"We have only counted two carriages so far, and a preliminary estimate shows that there are about 3600 Type 6.5 rifles and 50 rounds of mm bullets."