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

Seeing that the brigade commander had made up his mind, Political Commissar Wang said no more and went downstairs to send the telegram.

After receiving the telegram, Kong Hao spent half a day writing some information about the arsenal's future production plans and precautions.

He also handed over his work to the factory director and the political commissar, so that even if he left the arsenal for a short time, things could develop as he had envisioned.

He had to find a way to lead the special forces to kill more enemies and gain merit. Only in this way could the strength of the Eighth Route Army be quickly improved.

According to the telegram sent by the brigade commander, Kong Hao was to lead the special forces team to rush to the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and Li Yunlong would lead the main force of the independent regiment to arrive later.

The mission this time is also very simple, which is to help friendly forces resist the attack of Yamamoto's special forces, and at least to prevent the Jinsui Army's command system from taking precautions.

In Wutai County, Shanxi Province, there was an anti-Japanese armed force, which was affiliated with the Independent Second Regiment of the Third Military Sub-district of the 385th Brigade.

The troops with this type of number basically belong to the internal numbering of the Eighth Route Army, such as the Independent 1st Regiment, the Independent 2nd Regiment, and even the Independent 8th Regiment, and every main brigade with a regular organization has a large number of troops with this type of number.

Of course, there are also the New 385st Regiment, the New nd Regiment, and so on of the th Brigade.

There was no way around it. It was the Kuomintang government's fault for not giving it an organization. The 385th Brigade only had two main regiments, the 769th and 770th Regiments. The rest were organized according to needs and there was no fixed number of people.

If the leader of the team is capable, such as Li Yunlong, his independent regiment now has more than 4,000 people and its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the main regiment with an organization, no one will say anything about it.

"Those who are capable drink wine and eat meat, while those who are not capable eat bran and vegetables."

This is a true portrayal of most of the Eighth Route Army's troops, who could only sum up experience in fighting the Japanese devils and continue to grow and develop.

If there are heavy casualties in fighting with the enemy, the remaining troops will often be merged into other troops. This is also a helpless measure.

But the situation is a little better now. After all, our own arsenal has already put into operation a rifle production line, a Mauser pistol production line and two bullet production lines.

Units like the Second Independent Regiment can receive some weapons and ammunition every month.

For example, a few days ago, the Second Independent Regiment received 3000 rounds of 6.5mm bullets, 2000 rounds of 7.92mm bullets, 1000 rounds of Mauser pistol bullets, five Mauser Sihuan rifles and two Mauser pistols from the military sub-district headquarters.

These weapons and ammunition were a huge surprise for the Independent Second Regiment, which had only more than 700 soldiers.

This batch of weapons and ammunition was like timely rain. It not only replenished the ammunition lost in the previous battle with the Japanese, but also left a lot of surplus, which was enough to fight several more battles.

After all, all the ammunition for their entire regiment combined was only more than 7000 rounds, but now there are 6000 more rounds, which means that the ammunition carrying capacity has doubled.

In the last battle, their entire Second Independent Regiment went out to block a Japanese squadron. Although they finally completed the mission and prevented the enemy from passing through their blocking positions to support other battlefields, they still made a losing deal.

A total of 3834 rounds of bullets were fired, 1253 rounds of bullets were seized, and 2581 rounds were lost.

The battalion commander and instructor of the first battalion, who consumed the most energy, were asked to make a profound self-criticism by Regimental Commander Bai and Political Commissar Pei at a meeting of all company-level and above cadres in the regiment, and they were also required to promise that they would never engage in such prodigal behavior in future battles.

The result of that battle was that 22 enemies were killed and 35 were wounded, while our casualties were as high as more than 160.

If we only look at the casualty ratio, the defeat of the Second Independent Regiment was not too bad, with the casualty ratio reaching 3:1.

After all, a squadron of the Japanese had 9 light machine guns, while the Second Independent Regiment had only 2 old Czech light machine guns and 4 Type light machine guns;

A squadron of the Japanese had 12 grenade launchers and 250 special grenades, while the Second Independent Regiment had only 2 grenade launchers and 15 special grenades, and they only consumed 5 grenades.

The Japanese still had four Type 4 heavy machine guns, but the Independent Second Regiment had only one Maxim heavy machine gun and one Type heavy machine gun. The Type heavy machine gun was specially allocated by the military sub-district for support because the Second Regiment had to fight a blocking battle. Normally, there was only one heavy machine gun to support the situation.

As for rifles, although the Second Regiment has more than 300 of them, many of them are unknown brands obtained from the public, and some are replaced by the main force, and the bullets are pitifully few.

There are only twenty-five complete Type 38 rifles, with an average of eighteen rounds of ammunition per rifle. These are the treasures of the Second Regiment and are to be used by the most powerful veterans in the regiment.

As for bullets, let alone, a squadron of the Japanese carried at least 40,000 rounds of ammunition, while our Second Regiment consumed more than 3,000 rounds of bullets and was severely criticized and reviewed after the war.

This is the difference in strength between the enemy and us. There is no other way to offset it except using the flesh and blood of the soldiers.

This is also the reason why Captain Bai and Political Commissar Pei were so happy when they learned that the Independent Second Regiment had obtained five Mauser C94 rifles and two Mauser pistols at once.

This kind of new gun is rare, and the matching bullets are also newly produced. For veterans, this combination is more than two.

Especially since this kind of material supply will be available frequently in the future, this gave Captain Bai and Political Commissar Pei a reassurance, and the plans they made were not as conservative as before.

However, the Second Independent Regiment had suffered heavy losses in the previous head-on blocking battle, and could only disperse its troops to harass the Japanese's logistics and transportation lines.

This afternoon, Political Commissar Pei returned from a meeting at the military sub-district and brought back the latest order from the military sub-district headquarters.

"Political Commissar, go to the meeting. Did Commander Wei give our regiment any important tasks? We are at least a numbered main force. We can't do the work of those county brigades anymore."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Pei rolled his eyes at the regiment commander and jokingly said:

"Captain, you need to change your bad habit of being too ambitious. Our regiment is so poor. Apart from ambushing and harassing the Japanese's transportation lines, what else can we do?"

"You forgot that last time our regiment only fought a squadron of the Japanese garrison, and we suffered more than 160 casualties."

"We put the most powerful First Battalion in the front and managed to hold on. If we put the Second Battalion in the front line, we would have been broken through by the Japanese long ago."

"But the First Battalion also suffered heavy casualties. Many veterans with rich combat experience died. Our regiment started out with a single infantry company, and five company and platoon-level officers died in that battle alone."

"There is a large-scale battle of more than 100,000 people between the Japanese and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army ahead. With our limited strength, we will become cannon fodder in a matter of minutes if we get involved."