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

When Brigade Commander Chen heard the two men say this, he was very satisfied with their overall view, and they were indeed his proud subordinates.

"In that case, I will leave all the captured Type 38 rifles to your two regiments. You can use them to expand your troops. I will also keep some of the Type 38 light machine guns and grenade launchers."

"Our troops are about to engage in a major battle. I'm telling you in advance that we must make every effort to expand our military during this period."

"By the way, Li Yunlong, I also want to take some of the heavy artillery used by the independent regiment for attack and give it to the arsenal for research."

"This so-called conscienceless cannon is the most suitable for our troops that lack siege weapons."

When everyone present heard the words "heavy artillery" from the brigade commander's mouth, they looked strange.

It is correct to say that this unscrupulous cannon is a cannon, and it is very powerful; but if it is really classified as a cannon, it would be a bit of an exaggeration.

After all, it's just a gasoline barrel and a pack of dynamite. Who would be a good person to use it as a cannon?

Li Yunlong smiled bitterly before speaking:

"Brigade Commander, Kong Hao is in charge of this type of artillery. He knows the situation best. How about I call him over to explain it to you?"

After Kong Hao arrived, the brigade commander first explained the situation. The main idea was to focus on producing conscienceless cannons. It would be best if each regiment could be equipped with six cannons to form an artillery company.

After all, they can still get this kind of gasoline barrels. Even if the Japanese don't have them, they can still go to the Kuomintang-controlled area and buy them with money.

Compared to this powerful firepower, the cost of buying a gasoline barrel is nothing.

After hearing this, Kong Hao said with embarrassment:

"Brigade Commander, three regiment commanders, the role of this unscrupulous artillery is not as great as you think."

"If you want to use it, you need to meet a lot of conditions."

"For example, in the Nanji stronghold this time, we had to surround the enemy with an absolute advantage in force before this weapon could be used effectively."

"Moreover, the gasoline barrels cannot be moved easily, and the maximum range is only 200 meters. The Japanese troops are equipped with a large number of grenade launchers. Once they discover us, we will have no ability to fight back under their firepower."

"We deployed a total of 20 unscrupulous cannons this time. Even though we used a large number of sharpshooters to suppress the enemy's grenade launchers, we still lost three."

Faced with these questions, everyone at the scene fell into deep thought. They did take things for granted.

There is no such good thing in the world. Any weapon, while powerful, is definitely bulky and cumbersome to launch.

Kong Hao continued, "This kind of unscrupulous cannon takes a long time to build a launch position before firing, and it also requires experienced people to fine-tune the angle of the gasoline barrel, otherwise the explosive pack will fly to who knows where."

"Of course, although this thing has many shortcomings, it also has many advantages. It is a weapon that is more suitable for our troops to use. Otherwise, I would not have spent so much effort on research and development."

"However, all operators must be professional engineers and spend a long time exploring. Only in this way can they quickly determine the firing angle, fuse length, target distance, etc."

"So in order to unleash the power of this artillery, its operators must be no less capable than professional artillerymen, and the risk factor is also much higher."

"If I had no choice, I wouldn't want to develop this kind of thing."

After listening to this, Commander Chen said with a serious expression:

"In that case, I'll take five back first and hand them over to headquarters for testing. We'll deal with the others later."

"By the way, things have been almost dealt with. I'm going to go back first. By the way, I'd like to borrow the transport teams of your two regiments to cooperate with the military district transport team to transport supplies."

After all this was settled, Brigade Commander Chen, with the transport teams of two regiments and escorted by two main battalions, quickly rushed to the military district headquarters.

The main reason is that the materials transported this time are too precious. For example, the life-saving drug sulfa, which weighs as much as 100 kilograms, and a large number of pills. If used properly, they can at least save the lives of more than outstanding soldiers.

There are also those radios and Type 92 infantry guns, which are good things that money can’t buy.

Brigade Commander Chen originally wanted to send him to the headquarters hospital last night. After all, sending him there a moment earlier would save the lives of several more soldiers.

It was only because they were too precious and could not afford to lose anything that they decided to transport them to the headquarters together under the escort of the two main battalions.

In this way, everyone was busy.

On the third day, Captain Xu came with more than fifty people to say goodbye.

"Captain Li, Deputy Captain Kong, Political Commissar Zhao, Captain Kong, thank you very much for saving my life. I will definitely repay you in the future."

"It's just that our Captain Chu has been very kind to me. I can't possibly abandon him and join another faction. I hope you can forgive me."

After two days of getting along, 95% of the rescued prisoners of war were willing to stay in the independent regiment and follow the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese.

After all, everyone likes to win a battle. In just these few days, the independent regiment has won several victories, and all the soldiers' faces are filled with proud smiles.

In addition, no matter whether it is the platoon leader, company commander, or even Commander Li and Political Commissar Zhao, none of the independent regiment's members have the slightest airs of an official.

Especially Political Commissar Zhao, such a high-ranking official, he often chatted with these little people who had been prisoners of war, and often encouraged and enlightened them.

This was completely unimaginable in the previous troops. Since they had to fight the Japanese everywhere, it was better to follow an independent regiment that could win battles.

When Zhao Gang heard Captain Xu say this, he also responded politely:

"We in the Eighth Route Army have always valued freedom of coming and going, and will never force anyone. In the future, we will still be friendly forces, and there will be a day when we fight side by side against the Japanese invaders."

As a college student, Zhao Gang speaks in a very literary manner, which is very pleasant to listen to.

But Li Yunlong was a rough man who could not speak nicely. He just had someone carry in a box and said with a smile:

"Inside this box is a Jin-made Mauser pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition, as well as ten old-fashioned rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition. I'm giving them to you to use for self-defense on the road."

Captain Xu never expected that the independent regiment would be so generous this time. These weapons were a timely relief for them.

With these tough guys in their hands, they will be much safer when looking for old troops.

Faced with such a kind-hearted independent regiment, Captain Xu didn't know what to say. He could only lead his subordinates in a solemn military salute. Everything was said without words.

Li Yunlong and others also returned a military salute, which shows the affection between soldiers.

Finally, when Captain Xu and his men left the Independent Regiment, Zhao Gang specially took out twenty dollars and a large amount of dry food.

Others who had already joined the independent regiment sighed in their hearts that they had joined a benevolent and righteous army.