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

After hearing this, Kong Hao nodded in agreement and replied with a wry smile: "What the chief said makes sense. Everything has its pros and cons, and every gain has its losses."

"Armored assault warfare isn't something an ordinary country can handle. It requires a high level of skill in many areas. Currently, our industrial strength barely reaches that threshold."

"For example, our steel production currently barely reaches 600,000 tons per year. This is already the maximum capacity of the two major industrial zones combined with all other small steel mills. To increase production capacity, we can only open more steel mills elsewhere. Conversely, our cement production has already reached 1.5 million tons, and we can fully allocate some of this to build cement roads and fortifications around the industrial zones."

"But our armored forces can't just stay around the base forever. They're offensive units and must cooperate with the front-line troops."

"My idea is to first lead a synthetic mechanized battalion in an outdoor exercise, preferably with infantry units deployed in other bases, to collect various test data on the battlefield and accumulate relevant experience for the subsequent large-scale equipment deployment."

"We also need to investigate along the way and decide where to build depots to store fuel and ammunition. This is also very important, and it is also what we lack the most at the moment."

In addition to the reasons mentioned above, Kong Hao also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to travel far away to transfer the millions of tons of high-quality minerals stored in the space to other bases.

With our current strength, we can definitely open several industrial zones in other places. They don't need to be large in scale, nor do we need to have the ability to develop machinery and equipment. We just need to use the equipment to produce weapons and ammunition.

This will also reduce the pressure on the logistics department, while also attracting the enemy's attention and reducing the risk of exposure of our core industrial areas.

Minister Zhang had actually planned this before, but because he couldn’t find a suitable source of raw materials, he hadn’t chosen a suitable location.

The main reason is that the iron ore and copper ore mined from the mines near the industrial zone are of very good quality. If ordinary iron ore is still used, it will not only be time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the quality of the smelted steel will also be poor and it can only be used to produce some less important parts.

This is also the reason why the steel production in our base has not been able to increase on a large scale. The key lies in the raw materials. The current measure is to dig out high-quality ore from the industrial zone and transport it to steel mills in other bases for smelting into steel.

The journey is quite far, which takes up a lot of the logistics department's transportation capacity. This is also a temporary measure that cannot be taken otherwise.

This time, Kong Hao wants to solve this problem by investing a large amount of high-quality minerals in other bases. As long as the steel production can be increased, all problems will be solved.

After hearing this, the political commissar said excitedly, "Your ideas are very good. I will coordinate with you when I get back to see which direction is most suitable for your armored battalion to conduct the test."

After saying this, he left the industrial zone and returned to the military district headquarters. He wanted to tell the commander and chief of staff the good news to make them happy.

They have actually formed an armored force. This is like a dream, although there is only one battalion at present, which is insignificant compared to our enemies.

But as long as we persist, it is not impossible to form an armored regiment, an armored brigade or even several armored divisions in the future.

After all, our troops couldn’t even produce a qualified rifle before, and the arsenal was mostly responsible for repairing firearms damaged in combat.

It is said to be repairing firearms, but in fact it is just disassembling several damaged rifles into parts, and then selecting the parts to assemble them into a rifle. There is no technical content at all.

With our industry at that time, we couldn't even produce some routine parts. It's really a sad story.

Now, we have standard rifles and pistols, and we can also produce light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars and mountain cannons. Now we can even produce tanks. It has not been easy along the way.

In the next few days, Kong Hao teleported to Kangaroo Country through the space gate many times, storing a large amount of various minerals into the space to prepare for the next plan.

In addition to the several mines that he had invested in before, he also spent a lot of money to purchase a large number of mines from other places. This operation immediately made several local mine owners crazy with joy.

There are iron mines everywhere in Kangaroo Country. As long as you buy a piece of land and remove the surface of the ground, you will find good iron mines underneath, which is like picking up money for free.

However, the local steel mills simply cannot consume so much iron ore, let alone a small Kangaroo Country, even the Eagle Country cannot consume it all.

You have to know that the Eagle Country has not yet entered the stage of full preparation for war. Its steel production capacity is about 20 million tons, but the distance between the two countries is about 30 kilometers. If it is transported by cargo ship, it will take about - days, and the cost is also sky-high.

Moreover, the Eagle Country has plenty of high-quality iron ore in America, and will not go far away to transport the expensive iron ore back from here.

Of course, there is another reason. Kangaroo Country is the territory of Niu Niu, and Eagle Country currently has no chance of obtaining the high-quality minerals here.

Because the Kangaroo Country has very few local people and its industry is underdeveloped, its steel production is only about 130 million tons. No, it should be about 150 million tons now. The annual output of several new steel mills opened by Kong Hao has reached tons and is still increasing rapidly.

Except for a portion of these smelted steels that were shipped back to the country by cargo ships, much of the rest was kept in Kong Hao's personal space. He would find a way to take it out when there was an opportunity.

For example, we can build a large warehouse in a city, and then send people to transport the smelted steel back to the base to enrich our industrial strength.

After all, in modern warfare, the enemy and us compete with each other with steel. Oh, and now we have to add oil. The more of these two, the stronger the industrial strength.

Kangaroo Country has such good conditions, but its annual steel production is only 130 million tons. This is simply a huge waste. However, if we consider that the current population here is only more than million, it all makes sense.

The combination of these factors has resulted in ridiculously low iron ore prices here, and many mine owners, in order to maintain profits, mine very small quantities, just enough to meet market demand.

But Kong Hao didn't care about the market rules. He ordered his men to wave large amounts of money to buy goods in the market, and also signed long-term supply agreements with many large mine owners. As long as they could dig it out and transport it to the designated location, he would give them as much as they wanted.

In order to prevent people from suspecting the whereabouts of these minerals, Kong Hao also asked people to sign a strict confidentiality agreement with the mine owners, and if any leak was found, the cooperation would be terminated immediately.

It is currently a buyer's market in Kangaroo Country. In order to sell more ore, mining companies will agree to any conditions.