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

However, Shen Quan still said with a depressed look: "You have so many words, but I am a soldier and I love fighting. Now I have become the captain of the transport brigade. What is this?"

"By the way, Xiao Kong, what is this business we are operating this time? We are being so cautious."

In fact, the latter sentence is the key point. After all, Kong Hao is a member of the independent regiment and is just on secondment now.

Now Kong Hao is the chief consultant of the arsenal. He has a lot of good stuff in his hands. If he just gives out a little bit of it, it would be enough to feed the independent regiment.

For example, the "seven-person grenade-carrying manufacturing process" that is currently popular in the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. According to normal procedures, it would take a long time for troops like the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment to get their turn.

But because of Kong Hao, they were equipped with it as soon as possible. This kind of thing is a good thing that can improve the continuous combat capability of the troops, so it is definitely the sooner the better.

When Kong Hao heard Shen Quan ask this, he also responded with a smile:

"Old Shen, you should have heard of the Ma Sihuan rifle."

When men, especially soldiers, talk about guns, they definitely have plenty of topics to talk about.

"This Mauser 98 rifle is made in the Czech Republic. It is of very good quality and its performance is comparable to the Mauser K, the main rifle of the German army."

"The Northeastern Army was equipped with this rifle in large quantities in the past. Our independent regiment once took in a small unit of the Northeastern Army. We heard them brag about the powerful performance of the Ma Sihuan rifle, which is much better than the Japanese Type 38 rifle."

"Xiao Kong, you mean... this is too incredible."

Kong Hao smiled and continued:

"Old Shen, nothing is impossible. You have to believe in miracles. If it wasn't for something so fatal, do you think we would take it so seriously?"

"We specifically asked your Second Battalion to provide armed escort to ensure the absolute safety of this valuable rifle production line."

"It is expected that the rifles will enter the mass production stage in about ten days. Theoretically, this production line can produce 3000 rifles per month, but the number will definitely not be too large at the beginning."

"I will only tell you this, so please don't tell anyone else."

After hearing this, Shen Quan nodded seriously and patted his chest to assure:

"Xiao Kong, don't worry about me, I'm very tight-lipped."

At this time, he had made up his mind that when he returned, he would only tell Captain Li, Captain Kong, Political Commissar Zhao and Zhang Dabiao, and not tell anyone else.

Kong Hao looked at Shen Quan carefully and sighed secretly in his heart, "You are a famous big mouth in the independent regiment. It would be strange if you can control your mouth."

The Eighth Route Army only has this good thing, and everyone is eyeing it and everyone wants it.

Even if he, as the chief adviser, wanted to favor the Independent Group, he could only do so much.

As long as the Ma Sihuan rifle is mass-produced, it can be used to equip the Eighth Route Army's sharpshooters and elite veterans. In addition, the arsenal will also launch a production line with a monthly output of 7.92 mm bullets. The combination of these two can at least increase the combat effectiveness of the troops by %.

In fact, the Eighth Route Army was still equipped with a lot of Czech Vz.24 rifles, which were captured during the previous battle against the Central Army. They were just gradually sealed up due to the lack of sufficient ammunition.

It's a bit sad to say, although the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army now have hundreds of thousands of people in total, but except for the 6.5mm bullet production line, all other ammunition is entirely captured.

Take the Japanese Type 38 rifle for example, its performance is just average, but our troops have no choice.

If a Ma Sihuan rifle and a Type 38 rifle were placed together and there was sufficient ammunition, any Chinese soldier would know how to choose.

Once the 7.92mm bullet production line is put into operation, it will not only provide sufficient bullets for the newly produced rifles, but also for the Czech light machine guns that are equipped in large quantities by the main forces.

Even the old sleeve commonly used by the guerrillas, the caliber of the Hanyang rifle is 7.92 mm, which can instantly increase the firepower of the Eighth Route Army by several levels.

The reason why the Japanese are so powerful is because they rely on their developed industry and have sufficient ammunition.

As long as we have enough rifle ammunition, even old weapons can cause great casualties to the enemy.

After the supplies were handed over, Kong Hao wanted to stay in the Second Battalion to rest for a day, but was rejected by Shen Quan.

Now that they have completed their mission, it's time to return to the team.

Kong Hao didn't say anything else, but asked the chef of the arsenal to prepare a delicious hot meal for the soldiers as a reward for their hard work during this period.

After finishing all this, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. Kong Hao went to see the coking plant, which is a supporting facility of the steel plant and had been prepared long ago.

Moreover, the high-performance coke produced by modern coking plants can be widely used in steel smelting, chemical industry and metallurgical fields.

When factories make coke, they also produce a lot of by-products, such as coal gas and coal tar. Coal gas can be used as fuel, but it is not very important.

But coal tar is extremely useful. It is a complex mixture of highly aromatic hydrocarbons. It can be mainly processed into various chemical products and is a very important chemical raw material.

It can be used to synthesize plastics, synthetic fibers, synthetic plastics, and can also be used in pesticides and medicines.

In fact, Kong Hao has an even bigger plan in his mind. When the time is right in the future, he can develop coal-to-oil technology.

Although the Eighth Route Army does not have much mechanized equipment now, it does not mean that it will not develop armored forces in the future, and oil is of paramount importance.

We have to have dreams, in case they come true someday, and we must not be idle.

China has oil, and it is a world-class oil field. Kong Hao even knows the exact location.

But he didn't dare to take it out, and he didn't even dare to tell anyone. All the secrets were kept in his head.

Fortunately, he doesn't talk in his sleep and is surrounded by trustworthy brothers, otherwise he wouldn't even dare to close his eyes when sleeping.

Once this deadly thing is leaked, it will be a disaster for China. If the Japanese army does not go to Southeast Asia to grab resources, China's war of resistance will become much more severe.

If we could master the technology of coal-to-oil, we could secretly produce some oil and use it to develop the strength of our troops.

However, it is still early for this. The most important thing now is to build the foundation for industrialization, especially the production of three acids and two alkalis.

To put it bluntly, this thing is the foundation of modern synthetic chemical industry. Take sulfuric acid for example. Even if it is made using the simplest method, as long as a large amount of manpower and material resources are invested, the finished product needed by the base can be obtained and used to synthesize various materials.

After inspecting the coking plant, it was almost evening. After dinner, I met with Director Ren and Political Commissar Qin to discuss some things.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Kong Hao returned to the arsenal office, lit the oil lamp, and began to write various things at his desk.

Mainly the various thoughts after today's inspection, as well as the planning of related factory equipment and the production plan of the arsenal in the future.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Kong Hao went to the construction site again and pointed out a few shortcomings. Then he returned to the dormitory at 1 o'clock in the morning, took a cold shower and went to bed.

This was his busy day. Things at the Arsenal were very serious recently, and everyone wanted to do the work of two people, and they were all using their bodies to handle it.