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

This is normal. Where there is a spear, there must be a shield. The key lies in the industrial strength of each party. Although we are currently inferior to the Japanese, our soldiers have the most tenacious will, which can make up for a lot of the gap.

Moreover, our industrial strength is developing rapidly, while the Japanese can only stand still and may even regress because of our attacks. Slowly, we will catch up with and even surpass the enemy.

With the strongest will and sophisticated weapons, there is no need to worry about defeating these damn invaders, and even reaching the enemy's hometown.

When Kong Hao saw the two tanks ready on the test site, he ordered the test to officially begin.

Only two tanks were seen starting up, but it seemed that the effect was pretty good, at least they could move in a straight line, and the training ground was flat, so there would basically be no major problems.

However, Kong Hao was a little dissatisfied, and then said seriously: "Mr. Liao, the test results will not be effective on flat ground. We need to take the commonly used dirt roads, and we need to march long distances to find various problems."

"By the way, how are the tank crew's shooting abilities?"

"It's okay for shooting at fixed targets, but you need to stop and aim carefully."

"Okay, that's it for today's test. Next, we'll select the four most skilled teams and the four tanks with better performance. In a few days, I'll take them out for field testing. Some problems can only be discovered on the battlefield."

"Okay, Chief Counsel, I'll arrange it right away."

In fact, Kong Hao has always wanted to form a combined force, such as a tank platoon, a motor transport platoon, an artillery platoon, a maintenance platoon, plus an anti-aircraft machine gun platoon and a guard company to form a mechanized combined battalion to prepare for future urban sieges.

These are all technical arms, which are very difficult to train, but once they become combat-ready, their ability to attack strongholds is terrifying.

This is also what our army is most in short supply of, although we have opened various training schools. For example, for a highly professional branch of the military such as engineers, there is a special training class here in the industrial zone, and each session trains about 200-300 people.

With our current industrial strength, we are able to train this type of professional technical soldiers on a large scale. Relevant subjects have been opened not only in industrial zones, but also in major bases and northern Shaanxi.

With the current strength of our troops, a main regiment should be equipped with an engineering company. Its main function is to assist the field troops in building professional field fortifications. As can be seen from the Wenxian Campaign, the use of a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications can effectively reduce the damage caused by enemy artillery, and such solid fortifications require specially trained engineers.

The most ordinary soldiers can do is use the engineering shovels in their hands to dig trenches, which is very inefficient. Unlike professional engineers, they can use professional digging tools and even use explosives to blast solid ground. This efficiency is definitely beyond everyone's imagination.

Also, as our mechanization level becomes higher and higher, tank troops need to cross some bridges when marching long distances, which requires engineers to survey and confirm the situation in advance. Otherwise, it would be disastrous if the bridge collapsed halfway through the tank's journey.

In addition to these, laying mines and clearing mines in front of the battlefield are also the main tasks of engineers. Of course, they will also clear all obstacles on the road to ensure the march of large troops.

In the past, there were no corresponding conditions, and this kind of thing was basically done by reconnaissance companies or other vanguard troops as a byproduct. However, these were experiences summarized during combat, and no systematic system was formed, making it difficult to promote them on a large scale.

Now the leaders can select some experienced veterans from various troops to serve as instructors, and train a large number of qualified engineers in a short period of time to improve the combat effectiveness of our troops.

Not only engineers, but also maintenance soldiers, also benefit from the rapid development of industrialization. As more and more factories are opened in our base and more equipment is available, a large number of maintenance personnel are definitely needed. This means that we are training technical workers all the time.

Since they can repair machinery and equipment, then repairing motorcycles, military trucks and even tanks should not be a big problem.

The same applies to anti-aircraft soldiers and tank drivers. In a word, a modern army needs a variety of technical arms.

After Kong Hao finished his work, he went to Li Yunlong to discuss some things. At this time, a big thing was happening at the headquarters of the independent regiment.

"Xiao Kong, you've come at the right time. I was just about to read out the order from the head of the headquarters. You should listen to it as well."

"In view of the brilliant achievements of the Independent Regiment during this period, it is hereby promoted to an Independent Column, with Li Yunlong as commander and Zhao Gang as political commissar."

After hearing this, Kong Hao hurriedly said with a smile: "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, congratulations!"

At this time, Li Yunlong was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. This time he was finally not at the regimental level, and the column organization had no specific number limit. Even if the troops were expanded to 30,000 people, no one would probably care.

Next, Kong Hao talked about his ideas again, especially his desire to lead the team to other bases for testing.

Upon hearing this, Political Commissar Wang said in surprise, "Xiao Kong, I heard before that the Arsenal had already launched a project for armored vehicles. I didn't expect that they would produce tanks so quickly. Tell me about the specific details of the tanks we have produced."

"Commander, we've only built a few prototypes. We're organizing a large number of personnel to conduct tests and train more tank drivers. This way, we'll have enough drivers once we can mass-produce the tanks in the future."

"Also, this is the first time we've used this type of new weapon, so we have absolutely no experience with it. We need to constantly learn and gain experience. For example, if an armored unit malfunctions during a long march, how can we quickly repair it?"

"To be honest, we have no idea what kind of bridges are suitable for tanks to pass through, and what kind of muddy roads are likely to trap tanks. We need to continuously collect relevant data."

"Armored units are completely different from our ordinary infantry. Although they have strong offensive capabilities, they have many requirements for logistical support. These are what we need to test next."

After hearing this, the political commissar couldn't help but sigh: "Our troops used to be equipped with only rifles. Light machine guns and heavy machine guns were considered heavy weapons. These were all transportable by manpower. We are not familiar with this combat mode. But if we use military trucks or tricycles for transportation, this is the challenge we will face."

"Also, I hear the troops below often complain that using mechanical vehicles to transport supplies and personnel is convenient, but once the transport trucks have problems, it's incredibly difficult to repair them. Especially since our truck drivers are mediocre and their repair skills are even worse, which delays things a lot."

"That's just a transport truck. If things don't work, we can always take the supplies off and move them away manually. The biggest problem would be if the tank had problems. We can't tow this huge thing away. We can't just leave this piece of metal in the wilderness."