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

After Director Tang finished speaking, he finally realized that it was no wonder that the Eighth Route Army's industrial development was so rapid. It turned out that they had these two trump cards in hand.

As long as there is a large amount of steel and refined copper, it is entirely possible to produce a large amount of cheap industrial products. This is the main reason why the things they just bought are so cheap.

Then, he winked at Commander Jiang, who immediately understood and asked:

"This is a good thing. Could you please give us some of it?"

"That's no problem. The mineral vein we found is very large, and we can definitely sell some of the high-quality minerals. Your Gui army still has a certain level of industrial strength. Producing more steel and copper will also improve our country's overall strength."

"We can provide you with this ore at 60% of the market price, but the transportation of the materials will be your responsibility. After all, the Fifth War Zone is still very powerful."

In fact, this is also the plan that Kong Hao has been promoting. High-grade iron ore is like picking up for free in Kangaroo Country. It is easy to get 100,000 tons a day. In this way, it is only 3 million tons a month, and 50 million tons a year at most.

This little bit of stuff is not even a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of billions of tons of reserves over there. The mining area that Kong Hao bought alone has hundreds of millions of tons of reserves, enough for China to use for more than ten years.

With the current strength of our base, we cannot consume so much iron ore after transporting it back. We probably can’t even consume one tenth of it.

Rather than burying them in the ground to mold, or piling them up in a warehouse to gather dust, it would be better to provide more support to forces capable of smelting steel or copper. To put it bluntly, even if these ores can be used to make a few more swords out of steel, they can still kill a few more enemies at critical moments.

Director Tang quickly agreed. This was a great opportunity. With enough steel and refined copper, their Gui army could also produce a large number of weapons and ammunition to enhance the strength of the army.

This time the matter was basically settled, but Kong Hao emphasized one thing in particular at the end. He said that he was planning to open a material transportation channel along the coast of Guangxi Province and hoped to get support from the Guangxi army.

Of course, in return, the Guangxi army can also obtain some of the supplies that are transported back. The price is negotiable, and they can also use barter to export some of Guangxi's specialties abroad. This is a win-win situation.

China still has many specialties, such as tungsten ore, which is the raw material for making top-level armor-piercing bullets. Kong Hao opened an arsenal in Kangaroo Country specifically for the production of new armor-piercing bullets.

Now Sandezi's armored forces are very fierce. Any weapon that can pose a threat to their tanks can be sold at a sky-high price, and even selling raw materials can make a lot of money.

In fact, Director Tang is well aware of the fact that a large number of cargo ships dock at Quangang every month and bring back a large amount of supplies.

After all, under the current circumstances, this is a rare channel to import supplies from abroad, and what is brought back are things closely related to people's livelihood, such as grain, canned food, and cloth.

I heard that in several counties near Quangang, the market price of grain is 20% lower than other places, which has attracted countless merchants to flock there. In addition to buying low-priced supplies, they also want to sell the supplies in their hands in exchange for foreign currency.

In fact, the Gui army also sent people there to purchase supplies, but that place was not the Gui clique's territory after all, and there were many competitors, so they could only obtain a few thousand tons of supplies a month, which was not a lot, but not a small amount either.

However, if a new transportation channel can be opened in Guangxi Province, it will be of great help to the Guangxi army. This matter is even more important than the supplies purchased before.

So, Director Tang and Captain Jiang immediately stood up and said goodbye. They wanted to take this great news back as soon as possible.

After hearing the news, Commander Li attached great importance to it and ordered Director Tang to follow up on the matter. In order to be on the safe side, he also transferred Commander Jiang's regiment to Beigang to be responsible for the guard there.

It is just to establish good relations with Kong Hao, especially with Captain Jiang. Because of his relationship with Kong Hao, he was entrusted with important tasks, and it would not take long for him to be promoted to a higher rank.

On Li Yunlong's side, after waiting for a few days and finding no movement from the Japanese, he decided to launch a battle to finally recapture Wenxian County.

Because the fighting in other parts of Shanxi Province has ended, we have won a great victory and recaptured a large number of towns occupied by the Japanese. Our army will not launch a large-scale offensive in the short term, and will mainly focus on managing the newly recovered territories.

Wen County is a big city with more than a thousand defenders. We are launching a head-on attack this time. If we can successfully capture the county, it will be of great reference value for our future large-scale urban sieges.

Therefore, the brigade commander specially ordered the regiments under the military region to send people to Wen County to learn the siege experience on the spot. Some regiment commanders simply rushed over with a guard squad, wanting to see how the famous independent regiment, the new first regiment and the new second regiment fought a siege.

This also caused the siege battle, which should have been launched a few days ago, to be delayed until tomorrow.

"Old Li, long time no see. Your independent regiment is getting better and better. We are here to learn from you today. You can't hide anything from us."

"Old Gong, look at what you said, we brothers are on the same page."

"Hey, Lao Kong, your New Second Regiment is really impressive now. One regiment took on an entire regiment of the Japanese and defeated them completely. They even killed a regiment commander. This is quite an achievement."

"Old Su, your New Fourth Regiment isn't bad either, with over 2,000 members."

"Old Ding is still alive. This time, you have picked up a big advantage and benefited from the Independent Regiment."

"Lao Wang, if you can't speak, then don't speak. I'm annoyed just by seeing you."

The three brothers each have their own circle, especially Li Yunlong, because he often sends gifts to his superiors, so he has a very good relationship with people.

However, the most depressed person was Ding Wei. What annoyed him most was that others said that his New 1st Regiment was developed following the Independent Regiment. This made it seem as if he had no ability and could only pick up what was available.

You know, the current combat effectiveness of the New 1st Regiment is second only to the Independent Regiment, and is much stronger than some other core regiments.

After everyone who should have arrived had arrived, Li Yunlong brought everyone to the Japanese position outside Wenxian City, and the formal siege began.

In order to gain relevant siege experience this time, the Independent Regiment, the New 4st Regiment and the New 1nd Regiment each dispatched a main battalion, with a total strength of more than people, while the Japanese had only more than defeated soldiers. With a strength ratio of :, the advantage is on my side!