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

The next morning, Battalion Commander Liao led the first battalion to the county brigade’s headquarters. Li Dabenshi and Ding Dasuanpan lined up with all their heavy weapons to welcome them.

It turned out that Ding Dasuanpan and Magnet were soldiers from the first battalion. They came to the county brigade by accident. Li Dabenshi was a reserve member of the third company and was also a soldier of Captain Liao. Now that they saw their old leader coming, they were all very enthusiastic.

Captain Liao was also a joker. After seeing the weapons and equipment of the county brigade, he immediately said exaggeratedly:

"Li Dabenshi, you are really capable. You have both Type 92 heavy machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns, and you have three of them. This is incredible."

"You know, our battalion only has two heavy machine guns, and the ammunition is very insufficient. I really envy you."

At this time, Captain Jiang of the First Company of the First Battalion came over and said enviously:

"Battalion commander, it's not just heavy machine guns. Look at their light machine guns. My God, my company only has three, but their county brigade has more than a dozen."

After his reminder, the company commanders of the first battalion realized that the proportion of light machine guns in the county brigade in front of them seemed to be a bit too high.

Li Dabenshi was waiting for this moment. He said modestly:

"Our county brigade has won many victories in the past few days, so we must have captured a lot of spoils. There are only 21 light machine guns in total. I plan to equip each infantry squad with one, so that once we engage the enemy, our firepower output will be fierce."

"It's just that this grenade launcher is a little small. There are only four of them, and only about 300 special grenades."

Hearing these numbers, the platoon leaders of the first battalion almost drooled, and even their eyes began to turn red. Some of them started to complain and say all kinds of weird things.

Seeing this, Captain Liao hurriedly shouted, "What are you doing? Look at how useless you are. Do you still look like a main force?"

"These sophisticated weapons and equipment of the county brigade were not issued by their superiors. They were captured on the battlefield by themselves. This is their own ability."

"Our army has always emphasized that those who are capable can eat meat, and those who are not capable should not be envious when watching from the sidelines, and they are not allowed to complain or say weird things. What kind of behavior is that?"

After hearing this, everyone shut up. Everyone was just talking, but the company commander of the third company, Xie Gouzi, had a gloomy face the whole time and didn't say a word.

In the past, Li Dabenshi was a soldier under his third company. Because he inadvertently received orders from his superiors, he took his recruits to follow the headquarters' orders without authorization, which led to the Japanese soldiers who were trapped in the encirclement of the Ninth Column breaking out.

After the war, he was severely scolded by the commander, and Li Dabenshi was put in solitary confinement for acting on his own and missing the opportunity to fight. Eventually, he was transformed from the main force into a local county brigade.

From then on, Captain Xie and Li Dabenshi had a grudge against each other. Both of them disliked each other and would fight with each other whenever they met, always trying to see who was superior.

In the past, the Third Company had more than 130 people, with one Czech light machine gun, one Type 38 light machine gun, 28 Type 38 rifles, three Mauser C94 rifles, 62 other brand rifles, five Mauser pistols, and one Turtle Box pistol. As for grenades, each soldier could get about two, so they were considered well-equipped. As for ammunition, each soldier had more than 20 rounds on average.

Compared with Li Dabenshi's county brigade, it is said that they don't even have a few proper rifles, and there are only about twenty people, most of whom are fighting with cold weapons. There is a huge gap between the two, and they are not on the same level at all.

But there is an old Chinese saying: "Fortunes change over time, so don't despise the young and poor."

In the blink of an eye, Li Dabenshi's troops became powerful. Judging from their weapons and equipment, they were stronger than their entire battalion.

Although on the surface most of the soldiers in the county brigade are new recruits, as long as the weapons and ammunition are in place, training them is not a very difficult task. It just takes more or less time.

This made Captain Xie completely depressed. The current situation between the Third Company and the County Brigade was completely reversed. How could they compete in the future?

Li Dabenshi saw that those who needed to show off had done their share, so he disbanded the troops and continued training.

Then he said with a smile on his face: "Old leader, our kitchen team has prepared lunch for everyone. It's all white flour buns and the Japanese army canned food. There's plenty of it. Everyone can eat as much as they want. It can also be regarded as a welcome for the comrades."

Everyone was so happy to hear that there would be white flour buns to eat that some people's stomachs even started to growl.

The troops had been eating sweet potatoes for several months and had long been injured. They could usually only have a meal of steamed bread made of whole grains. As for steamed buns made of white flour, forget it. Only the wounded and the sick could eat a bowl of noodles, which was considered the best nutritional product.

Even when the troops won a great victory or during the New Year or other festivals, they would be able to steam a few white flour buns and pair them with some whole grain steamed bread to improve the soldiers' meals.

Now, when they heard that there were white flour buns and military canned food to eat, they could no longer hold back and came forward to express their gratitude.

Ding Da Suanpan hurriedly asked people to get ready and sent people to carry out large baskets of steamed buns to distribute to his comrades in the old army.

He was originally a small logistics staff member, and this time he finally got to show off in front of his old comrades. Even his steps became much lighter, and the smile on his face never faded.

In terms of rank, he, the logistics director of the county brigade, can now be regarded as a battalion-level cadre, which is completely different from his previous status. Even the battalion commander and the instructor of the first battalion are polite when speaking to him.

It was not until all the soldiers in the first battalion had eaten white flour buns and canned meat fried with chili peppers that everyone truly realized the strength of the Wuyi County Brigade.

In the afternoon, Kong Hao led the special forces team back to the base, but only two combat teams returned. The remaining team members were led by instructor Song Qingfeng to perform other tasks.

As soon as he returned to the base, he convened a relevant combat meeting, and all officers above the rank of company commander were invited to attend.

In fact, no one knew Kong Hao's identity. Commander Li guessed it, but he didn't tell anyone.

In short, they came from the headquarters, and their rank was much higher than that of the local troops. Moreover, the commander had specifically instructed them before leaving that they must obey Kong Hao's arrangements in this battle and everyone must cooperate unconditionally.

Kong Hao took out a simple map and described in detail what they had discovered:

"The Japanese troops have been mobilized recently. Because we used armored vehicles to trick the puppet army's artillery tower into opening up the day before yesterday, Wuyi County has adjusted its strategy."

"Especially in Xiaobao Village, the Japanese have specially increased the strength of two combat teams, and all approaching troops will be strictly inspected. It will not work to use the previous tactics anymore."