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

In fact, since the Japanese invaders launched a massive attack on the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the nearby Eighth Route Army units have also joined the battle.

For example, the 385th and 769th Regiments, the absolute main force of the 770th Brigade, were mobilized to cooperate with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in combat.

Other troops that are not formally organized but have been formed for a long time and are quite strong also have their own tasks, such as delaying the Japanese guard forces in the defense zone and preventing them from supporting the main battlefield.

Or they could take the initiative, choose a favorable time and place, and ambush the Japanese transport troops, so that the enemy's field divisions fighting on the front line would be affected in their combat effectiveness due to the failure of timely delivery of logistical supplies. At the same time, it would also allow the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which was struggling on the front line, to catch its breath.

In fact, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army fought very bravely this time. Everyone was fighting desperately to protect their last home.

Only newly formed troops like the Independent Second Regiment, which are slightly stronger than the county brigade, can freely choose the battlefield because they have no specific tasks.

In the last blocking battle, the superiors were helpless as they had no other mobile forces on hand, so they had to bite the bullet and send the Independent Second Regiment, which had only been formed half a year, to take the lead.

The result was not satisfactory. The Second Regiment completed the mission at the cost of heavy casualties.

Captain Bai didn't care about the political commissar's teasing. He knew the strength of his own troops and they were definitely far inferior to the older ones formed before.

If you want to accept important tasks from your superiors and want to participate in the war, you must have the strength to do so. Otherwise, if you force yourself to go up, you will just be going to die.

However, Political Commissar Pei smiled and said, "This time the commander really assigned an important task to our regiment. If we complete it well, the strength of our regiment will be able to develop rapidly."

"The headquarters has already dispatched a main force from the 386th Brigade to join our battle. Their vanguard will arrive tomorrow, and our regiment will be responsible for receiving them."

When Captain Bai heard the news, he asked curiously:

"Which unit? I know a lot of people in the 386th Brigade. Maybe I can establish some connections."

"It's the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment. Their commander is Li Yunlong. I heard he's a fierce general with outstanding military exploits. At the beginning of the year, he defeated a field regiment of the Japanese with only one regiment and killed the commander of the regiment, Sakata. He's simply a legendary figure."

In the Eighth Route Army, everything is based on military achievements. A man like Li Yunlong who can compete with an enemy regiment is not comparable to a third-rate unit like the Independent Second Regiment that has difficulty defeating a squadron of the Japanese devils.

The troops are strong and have made great achievements in battle, so their words sound powerful and more convincing.

For example, the Independent Regiment and the Second Independent Regiment, both combat units are regiment-level combat units, but their voice is completely different.

When Li Yunlong and Captain Bai fight together, Li Yunlong will naturally become the supreme leader of the two troops, and Captain Bai is also happy to cooperate.

After all, it was very easy for the Independent Regiment to defeat a Japanese field battalion, while it was extremely difficult for the Independent Second Regiment to defeat a Japanese garrison squadron. This is the difference in strength.

However, when Captain Bai heard that it was Li Yunlong's regiment, he immediately said happily:

"This Captain Li is my old leader. Back when I was a private in the Soviet area, he was my company commander."

"It's just a pity that after the old company commander was promoted to battalion commander, he was demoted very quickly and left our original unit. Now, counting from now on, we haven't seen each other for several years."

"The old company commander has always been very generous. This time, our Second Regiment can make a fortune just by following behind and picking up things."

"By the way, Political Commissar, how much food do we have left in our regiment? Since the old company commander's troops are coming, we must treat them well and not neglect our guests."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Pei looked embarrassed.

"Captain, our group is in a very bad situation. We currently have 200 kilograms of rice and 1000 kilograms of whole grain flour left. On the contrary, we still have a lot of sweet potatoes, about kilograms."

"As for meat, there is only 20 kilograms of bacon left, which is reserved for the wounded to supplement their nutrition."

Captain Bai was also very conflicted at this time. He couldn't afford to show off such a small thing.

The Second Regiment had just fought a fierce battle, and there are still more than 60 wounded soldiers in the regiment headquarters. They need to eat rice or flour as their staple food every day. The other soldiers eat sweet potatoes for three meals a day, and they can only eat sweet potatoes.

After a long while, he sighed and said:

"Forget it. Let's save the little food our regiment has for the wounded. They need it more than the healthy ones like us."

"After we pick them up, we'll take out some rice and cook some porridge. Make it thicker, as a reward for everyone."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Pei could only nod in agreement. The troops were indeed in a difficult situation right now, and supplies like food had to be raised by each unit on its own, and higher-ups rarely allocated money.

Although they obtained tens of thousands of tons of supplies at the train station, including four to five thousand tons of various grains and rice, these were all strategic reserve grains of the headquarters and could only be used when fighting a major war with the enemy.

In fact, according to the previous operations of the headquarters, to be honest, there was no concept of strategic reserves. Any good things were distributed to the front-line combat troops as soon as possible to enhance their strength.

It was also because of the large amount of weapons and ammunition obtained from the secret arsenal set up by Kong Hao, as well as the huge gains at the train station this time, that the heads of the headquarters had the confidence to establish a strategic reserve warehouse.

The headquarters' strategic reserve warehouse now has 6.5 million rounds of 100mm bullets, 7.92 million rounds of 100mm bullets, various artillery shells, 3000 tons of various grains, and 2 tons of bacon.

In addition, the arsenal will find a way to store 10 rounds of bullets produced every month in case of emergency.

Of course, these supplies are stored in more than a dozen relatively hidden places and cannot be easily used unless a major war breaks out.

In addition, each division and brigade will store supplies in order to enhance the troops' sustained combat capabilities.

The arsenal's two production lines can produce about one million rounds of bullets a month. Generally, 300,000 rounds are taken out for storage, and the remaining 700,000 rounds of bullets are basically enough.

After a series of operations by Kong Hao, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army now have a total of about 13 million rounds of various ammunition, which is already very good.

The next morning, Commander Bai led the Second Battalion to the designated location to meet the arrival of the brother troops. The First Battalion was left at the regiment headquarters to rest because it had been severely damaged in the previous battle.

When he saw Kong Hao's team, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

The second battalion commander You Dasheng exclaimed loudly: "My goodness, whose young master's army is this? Everyone rides a bicycle. This is too arrogant."