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

"At this time of national crisis, my old father asked me to return home to serve the country. The whole family will support me unconditionally, but they will hide in the dark and will not let anyone know."

"I hope the leaders can understand this. My family's business is spread all over the world. Except for the Japanese, we have good relations with the top leaders of all countries. Now there are wars everywhere. Once exposed, it will give the enemy an opportunity to seize the opportunity and cause a devastating blow to my family."

The reason why Kong Hao said this was to pave the way for him to take out the weapons and equipment of the Eagle Country and Sandezi in the future, and the same goes for the industrial equipment of various countries.

If a family that has been hidden for a hundred years does not take the initiative to come to the public, ordinary people or forces will not be able to investigate it at all. Those who are outside are all local spokespersons.

When Minister Zhang heard what Kong Hao said, he quickly nodded and agreed.

In fact, regarding Kong Hao's matter, it was pretty much what they expected. Over the past few hundred years, countless descendants of Yan and Huang have drifted overseas. Most of them have their homeland in their hearts. When facing national crisis, everyone would lend a helping hand, with those who have money contributing money and those who have strength contributing their strength.

Think about the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. When they heard that their motherland was in trouble, they immediately donated a large amount of money to support the war of resistance. Many families were not wealthy, but they still resolutely donated most of their property just to drive out the invaders as soon as possible.

Only when the motherland becomes strong can all overseas Chinese be protected from bullying and walk proudly in the streets of foreign countries with their heads held high.

"Xiao Kong, please rest assured about this. I also want to express my respect to your family on behalf of all of us."

In fact, there has been a conclusion long ago about Kong Hao and the family behind him, and they can be completely trusted. After all, they are overseas and the aid materials are free of charge.

The arsenal can have its current scale and our troops can have their current strength, largely because of the various materials and production lines seized by Kong Hao and his team.

The enemy would certainly not spend so much money. If the Kuomintang had such talents, how could they send them to the Eighth Route Army?

However, Kong Hao sighed and said, "I will definitely convey this, but I have already been a pawn that has crossed the river and can no longer go back. But this is also good, I can stay in the country and fight the Japanese with peace of mind."

"By the way, Minister Zhang, I took you on a tour of the arsenal. We have recently developed some great things that will surely open your eyes."

Hearing that there was new equipment, Minister Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly urged:

"Xiao Kong, hurry up and lead the way. I can't wait to see it."

First, the two came to the tricycle production workshop. Compared with bicycles, tricycles obviously have higher use value, so Kong Hao adjusted the production model and focused on the production of this type of tricycle.

After hearing about the functions of the tricycle, Minister Zhang showed great interest. He never expected that the arsenal would have thought of it to this extent.

Now the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army have also been gradually equipped with various heavy weapons, such as the Type 92 heavy machine gun, a powerful battlefield weapon. Thanks to the large number of seizures made by the troops some time ago, a regiment has at least five or six machine guns, and as many as more than a dozen. Transporting them is indeed a big problem.

In addition to heavy machine guns, there are also many more ammunition and food than before, which also tests the logistics personnel's deployment capabilities.

In the past, when the army had nothing, the soldiers could rely on their iron feet to march quickly, but now that they have a lot of belongings, they must know how to take care of the overall marching speed.

This is a new combat mode and a stage that our troops must go through. In the future, they will be equipped with various mortars, Type 92 infantry guns, and even mountain guns, field guns and howitzers. This will be a greater test for the logistics and transportation troops.

The tricycle in front of you is pretty good. It has a cargo box at the back that can carry a lot of things. One person can ride it on flat ground, and someone can push it on a slope or mountain road.

The most important thing is that this type of bicycle does not consume fuel and only requires a bit of strength to operate. It is currently the most suitable means of transportation for the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, he had just done a special test and found that a tricycle, in addition to the rider, could easily carry two fully armed soldiers at a very fast speed on flat ground.

This also means that in an emergency, it is possible to mobilize fifty tricycles to quickly send a reinforced company along with its equipment to the front line.

In other industrial powers, military trucks and motorcycle tricycles are generally used. The Eighth Route Army does not have such good conditions, but it is also nice to try out a human-powered tricycle, which is at least better than walking.

Our soldiers are all strong-footed, but that doesn't mean we like walking. If there is a better way of transportation, we will definitely choose the easier one.

Especially this kind of tricycle, which can carry both goods and people, is very suitable for the actual situation of our Eighth Route Army.

Of course, the most important thing is that we can produce it ourselves and will not be restricted by other external conditions. This is crucial.

Minister Zhang just took a quick look and found that a tricycle only has one more wheel than a two-wheeled bicycle. Adding another wheel only means a few more pounds of parts.

This also means that with the current bicycle production line of the Arsenal, at least one thousand tricycles can be produced per month, which is a very large number.

Taking a main force regiment equipped with 100 vehicles as an example, ten regiments can be equipped in one month, and 120 regiments in one year.

If a regiment has a hundred tricycles, it means that the logistics support capability can be improved to a higher level.

In addition, the logistics department can also form a large-scale tricycle transport team, which can provide fast transportation over short distances with basically no other additional costs.

Only when the distance is long will the goods be transported by horse-drawn carriages, which can greatly improve the logistics transportation speed of the base.

Besides, this type of bicycle does not have much technical content. After the rubber purchased from Yunnan Province arrives, production can be expanded to other places. Most of the parts can be manufactured on a large scale by casting.

By then, even if there are 2,000 or even 3,000 tricycles a month, it will not be a problem, which will be of great benefit to the entire logistics operation of the troops.

Kong Hao then took Minister Zhang to a few strange-looking bicycles and explained with a smile:

"Commander, this is a two-wheeled bicycle that we use to transport goods. It has been modified and is mainly used to transport goods. We have reinforced the support frame at the back so that people can easily load about 300 kilograms of goods. It is also good for fast transportation."

"Of course, there are also bicycles with extended rear seats that can seat two people at a time, or three people including the rider. The transport weight is just a little less than that of a tricycle, but it is more convenient. Even if the troops are traveling on mountain roads, they only need to let one soldier carry the bicycle."

"In fact, we have designed bicycles for other purposes, but the capacity of our production line is limited, so we will not consider these for now. We will consider them when the production capacity is expanded in the future."