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

The next afternoon, Kong Hao was ordered to bring the special forces team and the latest equipment to the brigade headquarters.

Because the independent regiment was so poor, there were only five war horses in the entire regiment. Except for the two horses needed by Li Yunlong and Kong Jie when traveling, the remaining three were used by the communicators to convey orders.

Fortunately, in the last battle, they seized 15 -inch bicycles in Xiaowangzhuang. Li Yunlong waved his hand and equipped each member of the special forces with one.

The remaining two bicycles are placed at the regiment headquarters as public transportation for everyone. Some people can use them if they are going on a long journey, which is much more convenient than walking.

However, because no one had ever ridden a bicycle before, except Liu Jinbao, everyone had to learn from scratch. This also resulted in the special forces members often falling along the way and looking in a mess.

Fortunately, learning to ride a bicycle is very simple. You just need to fall a few times. We are not stupid and it is easy to master the tricks.

By the time everyone reached the headquarters of the 386th Brigade, they had basically learned how to ride properly.

In this small place, a cycling team suddenly appeared, which immediately aroused everyone's curiosity.

At this time, the brigade commander also came out and saw this situation. When he saw the special warfare's luxurious equipment, he said in surprise:

"Wow, Xiao Kong, you guys are so well-equipped. Each of you has a Mauser pistol, and it looks like the model is from Germany. Good stuff like this is rare."

"Commander, this is the only solution. After this pistol is installed in the gun case, it can be used as a submachine gun. It can fire continuously. A 20-round magazine is barely enough."

"But this temporary countermeasure can only deal with ordinary Japanese infantry. If they encounter the MP38 submachine guns equipped by Yamamoto's special forces, they will probably suffer a great loss in range."

The brigade commander thought about it for a moment and said seriously:

"My guard battalion is equipped with several submachine guns. How about I transfer them to you?"

At first, Kong Hao was very excited, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and refused:

"Brigade Commander, the submachine guns our troops are equipped with are very old and of various types. In addition, the bullets are difficult to replace, so they are not suitable for our special forces."

"To be honest, our special forces team consumes ammunition every day during training. Each person must fire 20 rounds of Mauser pistol bullets and 10 rounds of Type 38 rifle bullets. Only in this way can we develop good marksmanship."

Hearing Kong Hao say this, the brigade commander immediately gave up his previous idea. He also wanted to form a special operations team in the brigade headquarters.

But at this rate of ammunition consumption, he couldn't afford it. After all, more than 10,000 pistol bullets were consumed in a month, enough to fight a small-scale battle.

"Xiao Kong, our troops are already in place, you guys should come with us. We don't know about this new tactic either, everything depends on you."

After saying this, he took the brigade guard battalion and Kong Hao to their destination, Zhangcun stronghold.

This stronghold was specially selected by him and Li Yunlong. It was a nail that the Japanese had driven into the base. If it was not pulled out, the operation of the entire base would be in great trouble.

The Zhangcun stronghold has a five-story bunker and four three-story bunkers. The most important thing is that the big bunker is made of a lot of reinforced concrete and is extremely solid. The artillery tower built by the Japanese is indeed a headache for the Eighth Route Army, which only has light weapons. The only heavy weapons of the 386th Brigade are a few small-caliber mortars, which can only make a hole in the main bunker and have no effect at all.

The division headquarters did have an artillery battalion, which contained several old mountain cannons and Type 92 infantry cannons captured from the Japanese, but artillery shells were in short supply and could only be used in crucial battles. It was impossible to use them to attack artillery towers.

Moreover, every artillery shell fired had to be approved by the division commander and the political commissar. No one was willing to use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

There was a reinforced squad of Japanese devils and two companies of puppet troops in the stronghold, totaling more than 300 people, and the military force was very strong.

As for the weapons they were equipped with, they were even more luxurious. There were ten Type 92 heavy machine guns, at least thirty Czech light machine guns and Type 99 light machine guns, and even an artillery unit equipped with two mortars.

It was precisely because of this that the Japanese soldiers inside were very arrogant, declaring that even if the 386th Brigade came out in full force, they would not be able to get close to their Zhangcun stronghold unless they left behind thousands of corpses.

In fact, when the 386th Brigade first established its base here, it also organized troops to attack the Zhangzhuang stronghold, using all kinds of methods.

They tried smoke, digging tunnels, and sending people to infiltrate, but they basically all failed and ended up losing a lot of troops.

They couldn't even carry out a long-term siege, mainly because the Japanese always had to escort heavy troops when transporting supplies, and the 386th Brigade, short of ammunition, simply couldn't afford to fight this kind of war of attrition.

In fact, this is also a strategy of the enemy, which is to use the railway as the pillar, the road as the chain, the artillery tower and the stronghold as the lock, so as to continuously compress the activity space of our troops.

What the enemy wants most is to build a simple artillery tower, put three or five Japanese devils and a dozen puppet soldiers in it, and add a heavy machine gun and several light machine guns, so that they can control a large area.

If we mobilize a large force to attack these sturdy bunkers, we will suffer heavy casualties, and in the end we can only seize some weapons with only a few bullets.

Moreover, if the operation is not done well, it is easy to be surrounded by the Japanese reinforcements. Even if the enemy's artillery tower is destroyed, the Japanese will not suffer much loss. It will not take long for them to repair the artillery tower and send some cannon fodder.

For the Japanese with limited manpower, this was the most cost-effective strategy. It also led to the construction of tens of thousands of large and small artillery towers throughout North China, which was intended to bully the Eighth Route Army because it had no heavy firepower.

Li Yunlong and Captain Cheng of the 772nd Regiment looked down on each other, but this time, in order to successfully capture the Zhangcun stronghold, the brigade commander deliberately brought their companies together.

As soon as they arrived at the outskirts of Zhangcun stronghold, Commander Cheng first sent two main battalions to the nearby highway to set up blocking positions to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing from other places once a fight broke out.

He brought the troops directly under the regiment to the Zhangcun stronghold, waiting for the order to attack.

He used a telescope to carefully observe the deployment of the Japanese stronghold, with a worried look on his face.

"Li Yunlong, what do you think the brigade commander is thinking? With the terrain of Zhangzhuang and the weapons and equipment in the bunker, even if we send all the personnel of the 772nd Regiment to attack, we probably won't be able to take it down."

"The enemy has so many light and heavy machine guns forming a crossfire network. No matter how many of us we have, it will be useless. We can't deliver the explosive packs at all, and we will only sacrifice our best soldiers in vain."

"There is no need to continue a bad and fierce battle like this."

Li Yunlong also looked at the layout of the Zhangzhuang stronghold. To be honest, if he didn't have confidence in Kong Hao, he would definitely turn around and leave.

A stronghold of this level cannot be taken down by a force like theirs that lacks heavy firepower.

However, he did not lose the battle, and in response to the question from Captain Cheng, Li Yunlong retorted without hesitation:

"I said Blind Cheng, no, it was Captain Cheng."