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

Political Commissar Wang also nodded, and specifically instructed:

"Now that the number of people in the arsenal has greatly increased, there must be a shortage of various supplies. If we rely solely on the logistics department to transfer them, it will definitely not be enough."

"Our military district must also contribute to this matter. I just counted the military district's material reserves. Without affecting the troops' subsequent plans, we can take out 1,000 kilograms of bacon and 300,000 kilograms of grain to support the arsenal."

"As long as the arsenal can continue to produce various weapons and ammunition to support the troops, it doesn't matter if our troops have to eat coarse food."

"We can still find other ways to raise various daily necessities, but for weapons and ammunition, apart from those seized from the Japanese, we can only rely on our own arsenal."

Upon hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen nodded. The production of weapons and ammunition is always the top priority.

The Eighth Route Army finally has some decent military-industrial enterprises, and they must protect them as they would their own eyes.

"I think so too. I'll also take the 20,000 cans of beef that the headquarters gave to our military region. This kind of good stuff should be left to the technicians in the arsenal to supplement their brains and develop weapons for our troops to beat the Japanese."

"In addition, there are people selected from various units of the military region to participate in the special operations team training. I will also take them with me. This kind of thing needs to be done as soon as possible."

The next morning, Brigade Commander Chen arrived at the arsenal with a large amount of supplies. At the same time, Minister Zhang also arrived with a large amount of supplies and personnel.

"Two leaders, you came so quickly. I thought you would arrive tomorrow."

Minister Zhang said impatiently: "I have been awake all night since I heard that everything is ready at your arsenal. These are the only two firearms production lines of our Eighth Route Army. We cannot attach too much importance to them."

"By the way, Xiao Kong, I brought one million kilograms of grain this time, five tons of various canned meats that were seized, and a large amount of iron ore."

"Our logistics department has already formulated relevant plans, and the iron ore collected from all over the country will be shipped in one after another."

"Oh, and there are also elites selected by the headquarters from various troops. There are about two hundred of them. These are the ones who are close by. Others will arrive one after another later."

Brigade Commander Chen also took the opportunity to talk about what he brought with him. He never came to the arsenal empty-handed.

Kong Hao first asked instructor Song Qingfeng to lead the new soldiers to the special operations team’s camp for basic training.

He led Minister Zhang and Brigade Commander Chen to visit the arsenal's recent achievements.

Today's arsenal is no longer the small-scale situation it was before. It has the people, equipment and electricity.

Brigade Commander Chen and his companions were walking on the road in the industrial zone of the arsenal. When they heard the roar of the machines in the workshop, they couldn't help but sigh:

"When I was young, I had a dream that the land of our motherland would be filled with cars made by ourselves."

"I hope that there will be factories opened by us all over the country, and the products produced will shock the whole world."

"Now we finally have some rudiments of industrialization. It feels like a lifetime ago."

Minister Zhang also sighed: "The harsh sound of these machine-processed products is the most beautiful music for us logistics personnel."

"We wish we could listen to this joyful music every day while working, so that we can be full of endless motivation."

As they were talking, they came to the glass factory. This was probably the only factory in the arsenal that could make money, so they wanted to take a good look at it.

In a room dedicated to displaying samples, various glass products are everywhere.

For example, the windows are all made of glass, as are glass counters, glass bowls, glass wine glasses, and so on.

Kong Hao introduced enthusiastically: "Two leaders, this is the glass sample that will be produced by our Eighth Route Army's only glass factory."

Minister Zhang looked at the furnishings in the room with great interest. It must be said that everything here was so new to him.

Bright windows, clean floors, crystal clear glass products everywhere, and many things that I didn't recognize.

After all, to put it bluntly, the Eighth Route Army had basically no contact with glass products except for telescopes.

Even the cheapest glass windows still require money to purchase, and the shipping costs from big cities are also quite high, so no one can afford to do that.

As for the commonly used glass bowls and glass bottles, you can just replace them with homemade porcelain bowls. No one would waste that money.

At this time, Brigade Commander Chen pointed to the items displayed in a glass counter and asked specifically:

"There are all foreign wine glasses in here. I saw them when I was in the Magic City, and I drank a lot of foreign wine because of the mission. I didn't expect to see them in this remote mountain area in northwest Shanxi."

"Xiao Kong, as far as I know, even in the most upscale bars in Shanghai, the glasses there are not as complete as the ones in this room. What is your intention in doing this?"

After hearing this, Kong Hao smiled and said:

"This is our glass factory's key product for future profits. This is a red wine glass, this is a cocktail glass, this is a beer glass, and this is a champagne glass."

"In the big cities along the coast of China, especially in places like Shanghai, there are all kinds of bars of all sizes, and the demand for this kind of wine glass is also very high."

"I developed these wine glasses based on the latest popular styles abroad. They are very suitable for the hand shape of Chinese people."

After saying that, he opened the cabinet door, took out a tall red wine glass and a whiskey glass, and handed them to the two people respectively, letting them experience them.

Brigade Commander Chen took the whiskey glass, played with it in his hand, and found it was better and more convenient to use than the ones he had used before.

Minister Zhang is the boss of the logistics department. Although he doesn't know much about foreign liquor and wine glasses, he is very interested in things that can make money.

"Old Chen, do you think this kind of wine glass can sell well in a big city like Shanghai?"

"Mr. Zhang, this is definitely possible. As long as the price is right, we can sell a lot of them and make a lot of money."

"Xiao Kong, am I right?"

After hearing this, Kong Hao nodded seriously.

"I went to Taiyuan this time and did some research. If this kind of high-end wine glass is imported from abroad, it would cost almost one dollar each. If we sell it for two dollars each, I think there will be a lot of people scrambling to buy it."

"And this is an inland city. In the big coastal cities, the demand will be even greater."

After hearing the price, Minister Zhang hurriedly asked:

"What is the cost of this cup?"

"It's made of some sand, and at most consumes some electricity and labor costs. If you really have to estimate the price, about one dollar can make twenty cups."

"Of course, some cups are more valuable the bigger they are. For example, this cup used for drinking beer can be sold for a dollar per cup, but the cost price is not much different. It's mainly the technology that is valuable."

After hearing this, Minister Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he began to think about it:

"So, one cup can bring ten times the profit. It's really a good business. As long as we produce more and sell them in big cities, we can bring a steady stream of funds to the army."

"By the way, Xiao Kong, what is the production volume of this kind of glass?"