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

At the same time, any action needs to be rehearsed beforehand. This was the rule set by Kong Hao when he was in the independent regiment, and it worked very well.

Kong Jie saw everything from beginning to end and executed it most thoroughly. This large-scale operation was also to test the effectiveness of this method. So far, it seems pretty good.

As the rails were pried off the roadbed one by one and then loaded onto trucks and shipped away, this steel, which is currently the most scarce steel in the country, can be used to produce machinery and equipment. Now the arsenal will not be short of raw materials in the short term.

The screws and spikes on the rails will not be wasted. Someone will pick them up and put them in a bag and take them back. After all, in this era, any iron product is very valuable.

Just when everyone was working hard, there were explosions and loud noises in the distance. Kong Jie saw it and immediately ran over to check it out.

When he arrived, he found that a train had been derailed by us. Many carriages had run out of the tracks and were lying crookedly on the ground.

"Captain, what's going on?"

"Report to the regiment commander. A Japanese train just drove over and was blown up by us using explosives. The Japanese driving the train and the guards were all killed."

This can be considered as "catching rabbits by robbing grass", it was really a huge surprise. No matter what was loaded on the Japanese train, for the New Second Regiment, it was an unexpected fortune, and a huge one at that.

Kong Jie thought about it carefully and immediately issued the latest order:

"Captain of the First Battalion, you lead your troops forward five kilometers and build defensive positions over there. Do not allow any Japanese reinforcements to pass through."

"By the way, according to common sense, if the train derails, the Japanese will definitely send out a railway armored patrol vehicle. Take the recoilless gun team over there, just in case."

"But I have to remind you in advance that except for the Japanese armored trains, other Japanese troops must not be used. That would be a losing business. We can't be so stupid."

After the recoilless gun provided by Kong Hao was tried out by the front-line combat troops, it immediately won praise from everyone.

The artillery tower defense line carefully constructed by the Japanese will not only not become a shackle to blockade us, but can easily become a weapons and material supply station for our troops.

The current general exchange rule is that one recoilless artillery shell is equal to one Japanese artillery tower, as well as two light machine guns, twenty rifles, and a large amount of military supplies.

After this big raid is over, if the troops still have artillery shells, in the future, whenever our troops are short of anything, we can just ask the Japanese stronghold for it. It's so convenient.

Using a recoilless gun to destroy a Japanese armored patrol vehicle is actually a losing business, although for the Japanese, the cost of producing an armored vehicle is definitely much higher than that of building a small artillery tower.

But for us, we couldn't get anything good from the Japanese armored vehicle. At most, we could get one or two light machine guns, which would probably be damaged.

As for using recoilless guns to attack enemy infantry or light and heavy machine gun fire points, this is strictly prohibited, mainly because it is not cost-effective and the cost-to-benefit ratio is too low.

When the battalion commander heard that the regiment commander had given him the command of the recoilless gun team, he was overjoyed. He thought that he had met the Japanese's iron turtle, which was a handy guy. He hurriedly led all the people in the battalion to the destination.

Kong Jie led other troops to quickly check what good stuff the Japanese train was carrying.

When he opened the first carriage, he found that it was full of cotton cloth, which was exactly what the troops were in short supply of. So he informed Ding Wei, Li Yunlong and the brigade commander through the radio, and asked the political commissar to gather a large number of people again to rush over to transport the supplies as quickly as possible.

After receiving the telegram, Li Yunlong was also extremely surprised. He knew very well how much stuff could be carried on a train. After all, the Independent Regiment had experienced this kind of thing many times.

Now the New Second Regiment has obtained another train. No matter what is inside, even if it is filled with all food, there are still several hundred tons, which is enough for our participating troops to eat for a while.

He immediately sent the independent regiment's transport team over, along with a large number of dismantling tools. In short, they had only one goal, which was to get everything on the train back to the base and not leave a single hair for the Japanese.

The independent regiment had seized trains at enemy train stations before, but unfortunately they were not well prepared at that time and many good things were abandoned.

This time, Kong Hao asked the arsenal to produce a lot of handy tools in advance, which would definitely be enough to dismantle a train into pieces, remove all the usable items and transport them back.

Finally, after eight hours of hard work, until dawn, everything that could be dismantled from the entire train was dismantled. The New Second Regiment gained a total of the following during the night's operation:

There were about six carriages of cotton cloth and cotton yarn, which together weighed about 50 tons. There were also two carriages of bales of cotton, which weighed more than 10 tons. In addition, there were 80 tons of rice and 40 tons of flour.

These were just basic supplies and not very valuable, but in the last truck compartment, they actually found a whole compartment full of medical supplies, which made Kong Jie very happy.

Originally, they accidentally intercepted a train of supplies, which was a great achievement. Unexpectedly, there was such a big surprise in the end. This time, the New Second Regiment also made a big splash in front of the leaders.

Especially Kong Jie, who was only a deputy commander when he was in the independent regiment. Even if they won a great victory, the leaders would basically talk about how great Li Yunlong was, and he, as the deputy commander, was basically just a foil.

After he was transferred out to form the New Second Regiment, because it was a newly formed unit, although Li Yunlong gave it a lot of equipment when they parted, its strength was just so-so and it could not fight a big battle.

Some time ago, Kong Jie led two main battalions to ambush a squadron of Japanese devils in the wild, and wiped out all the enemies at a certain cost.

If this kind of performance were to happen in the previous independent regiments, it would definitely be reported to the entire brigade for commendation, but the new Second Regiment only received a telegram of praise from the military district headquarters saying "Not bad, keep up the good work."

The main reason was that the past battle records of Li Yunlong and his independent regiment had spoiled the appetites of the brigade commander and the political commissar. Unless they could completely wipe out a battalion of the Japanese devils, everything else would be considered mediocre.

However, the New Second Regiment now has only more than 3,500 people. It is too difficult to defeat an enemy battalion. Even if a heavy price is paid, the best they can do is to defeat them. It is too difficult to completely wipe out a battalion of the Japanese.

But tonight, his New Second Regiment obtained so many supplies, especially cotton cloth and cotton, which can be used to make tens of thousands of cotton coats in the future. This is a timely relief for our troops.

The merit gained from all these things combined is no less than that of annihilating an entire enemy battalion, and the New Second Regiment can be said to have held its head high.

And their harvest was not limited to this. The soldiers also dismantled more than 300 tons of good steel from the train. Together with the rails they took down, they harvested a total of 800 tons of good steel tonight. If this amount of steel was used to produce grenades, it would definitely be a huge amount.