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

Commander Li rubbed his sore eyes, stood up, walked to the side and washed his face with cold water to refresh his already exhausted spirit.

Then he frowned and said, "Political Commissar, how much inventory do we have in our military sub-district at present? Can it support us in fighting a big battle? We have to find a way to fight it out. Otherwise, if we continue like this, we will easily be trapped to death by the Japanese artillery towers."

"Commander, in addition to the three main regiments, our troops also have various directly subordinate units of the headquarters, totaling more than 7,000 people. With a large number of troops, the corresponding material consumption is also large."

"Our current food inventory consists of about 20,000 kilograms of staple food, 100,000 kilograms of miscellaneous grains, and 500,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, which can barely sustain us for three months."

"As for ammunition, each soldier in the main regiment has an average of 20 bullets and 2 grenades. In addition, our headquarters has stored bullets, grenades, mortar shells and Type infantry artillery shells."

"The main reason is that our place is too far from the headquarters arsenal. The logistics department can only transport supplies once a month, which is only a few dozen guns and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition. It can't improve the strength of the troops much."

Commander Li sighed and said with a wry smile: "This is much better than before. We had nothing before, and we had to rely on the enemy to get all our weapons and equipment. Life was miserable then."

"Although our arsenal can already mass-produce rifles and Mauser pistols, and also has two bullet production lines, the products we produce are under the watchful eyes of so many troops that we can only give priority to sending them to nearby bases. Or, in the event of a large-scale battle, the headquarters will give priority to replenishing ammunition."

Political Commissar Zhang also smiled at this time. In fact, he was very clear that the difficulty faced by the logistics department was mainly due to the long distance and the excessive consumption of supplies sent over.

There was even one time when a transport team carrying supplies to the military district was discovered by the enemy on the way. After a fierce battle, a total of twelve transport and escort personnel were killed, and three carriages of weapons and ammunition were also stolen. About 10 to 50 rifles, 50 Mauser pistols, 30,000 rounds of bullets, 1,000 grenades, and 500 sets of military uniforms were lost.

The military district leaders were so angry that they slammed the table and specially dispatched a main battalion to be responsible for the safety of material transportation and eliminate all dangerous factors in advance.

Moreover, large-scale transportation is not possible, and the materials can only be dispersed, but this greatly reduces the efficiency of transporting materials.

I have to say that the quality of the Ma Sihuan rifles produced by the arsenal is really excellent. It has no problem beating the Japanese Type 38 rifle.

Their Fifth Military Division can get about thirty rifles a month, and now has almost ninety. The sharpshooters and elite veterans of the three main regiments have all been equipped. In addition, each person can get one hundred rounds of bullets, which has actually greatly improved the strength of the troops.

An old soldier with good marksmanship, using a new gun with excellent performance and equipped with enough bullets, can still cause great damage to the enemy.

An infantry regiment has about 27 platoons, and almost one platoon has a soldier with good marksmanship, who can play a big role at a critical moment.

Of course, this is the situation in the Fifth Military Sub-district. Other troops close to the arsenal can basically get one or two Ma Sihuan rifles per squad. The precision shooting capability is immediately improved, and they will not be at a disadvantage even when fighting against the Japanese sharpshooters.

Commander Li then asked, "I wonder how things are going over there with Li Dabenshi? Ask them to receive the small troop sent by the logistics department, but don't mess it up, or I won't let him off."

"Commander, the special operations team from the logistics department has a very high level of confidentiality. Even you and I are not authorized to know their specific identities."

"It's a pity that they passed through Wuyi County on their way to other places. Our main forces are fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountains and cannot take care of them all at once. The Wuyi County Brigade is a local tyrant over there and is very familiar with the terrain."

"Even though they only have more than 20 people, it shouldn't be a problem to lead the way. Besides, Li Dabenshi is a smart man and can be trusted to do things."

As the two were talking, there was a commotion outside the headquarters, and the guard hurried in to report that Li Dabenshi had arrived and brought a transport team with him.

Upon hearing about such a strange thing, the commander and the political commissar hurried out to see what this Li Daben was doing.

Li Dabenshi was chatting with the logistics staff of the headquarters. When he saw the two leaders come out, he immediately ran up and saluted with a standard military salute.

"Li Dabenshi, I asked you to receive the team from the logistics department, why did you come back?"

"Report to the commander. With the assistance of the small team, our Wuyi County won a great victory the day before yesterday and yesterday. This is our excess supplies, which we brought here to hand over to the headquarters."

Seeing that it was a delivery of supplies, Political Commissar Zhang thought it was some random stuff, so he quickly said politely:

"You're here now, what else do you want to bring? Besides, even if our headquarters is in trouble, we can still do better than your county brigade."

However, after he took the list and glanced at it casually, he showed an excited expression and quickly said:

"Hey, please unload the things on the carriage first and put them all into the warehouse. Mr. Li, let's go in and talk."

The commander and the political commissar have been working together for so many years, and they suddenly realized that the supplies brought back by Li Dabenshi this time were not simple, so they happily went into the house together.

After the three of them sat down, Political Commissar Zhang couldn't wait to ask:

"Li Dabenshi, the list of supplies you gave me says: 30,000 rifle bullets, 20,000 light machine gun bullets, 50,000 heavy machine gun bullets, plus 500 grenades and 200 mortar shells. Are these true?"

Commander Li was also shocked when he heard this astonishing number. This was 100,000 rounds of bullets, which was almost half of the ammunition of their military sub-district. The Wuyi County Brigade was not Sun Wukong, so where did they get so much ammunition from?

There are also 200 mortar shells, which are treasures. Their military sub-district has an artillery platoon with a total of three mortars, but only shells, an average of only more than ten shells per mortar.

In each battle, a maximum of ten rounds would be used, and each round had to be approved by the commander and the political commissar. In addition, mortars were only allowed to be used against targets of the level of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, and the hit had to be guaranteed.

Now we have 200 artillery shells at once, which adds up to 256 shells, and each gun has almost 80 shells. This is a huge improvement. In the future, we won't have to be so stingy when fighting the Japanese.

Our troops can also suppress the Japanese grenade launchers with mortars, reducing the loss of our heavy firepower.