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

After the Sichuan Army got the results, the dozen or so infantry regiments that were able to obtain the prey became treasures. All supplies and personnel would be given priority for supply, and the troops would be kept at full strength at all times. They were basically the size of reinforced regiments, ready to be pulled out to fight the Japanese at any time.

At the same time, basically every infantry division is equipped with an infantry regiment that can obtain a large amount of prey. If they appear once a week, they can harvest about 30,000 kilograms of meat at a time. That means a division can harvest 100,000 kilograms of meat a month.

An infantry division has only more than 10,000 people. Even if half of the meat is stored and used in battle, each soldier can get five kilograms of the remaining meat per month, which is a considerable amount of supplies.

In the past, for an average Sichuan Army soldier, if he could get a pound of meat per month, he would be considered living a relatively good life. What's more, the large amount of prey he harvested included various internal organs and furs, which was also a considerable fortune.

Moreover, Kong Hao was worried that eating rabbit meat every day would have an impact on everyone's health, so he bought a large number of farmed pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks from farmers, and mixed them with other animals and released them to various parts of China, so as to achieve a balanced nutrition.

If soldiers eat more meat, their physical fitness will be improved, and the gap between them and the Japanese will become smaller and smaller. After all, even the Japanese cannot eat meat every day.

After the physical fitness is improved, our army will be able to carry out some high-intensity training, and the corresponding combat skills will naturally improve. In addition, with the large amount of ammunition produced by the industrial zone, the national defense strength of our country is slowly increasing.

The ones who felt all this the most deeply were the Japanese. They gradually discovered that whether it was the Sichuan Army, the Shaanxi Army, or the Guangxi Army, they seemed to be getting stronger as the fighting went on.

In the past, troops could use up all their ammunition in half a day of fighting, but now, even after fighting for a whole day, they still have plenty of ammunition to continue upgrading.

In the past, due to the lack of bullets, our soldiers had generally poor marksmanship, except for a limited number of elite troops and a small number of sharpshooters with good marksmanship. But now it is not necessarily the case. Although they still cannot catch up with the well-trained veterans of the Japanese, they can also fight back and forth in individual shootouts.

The performance of domestically produced rifles is actually not much worse than that of the Japanese Type 125 rifle. It's just that the Chinese troops are extremely short of ammunition. A Japanese soldier can carry rounds of bullets, while the good ones on our side only have to rounds, and the bad ones only have to rounds. There are even cases where we only have three to five rounds of bullets to fight a battle. This is the gap.

However, these gaps are being rapidly eliminated, and the casualty ratio between the enemy and us is gradually decreasing. Even if the ratio becomes 1:1, it is not surprising.

Just as the two were talking, the telegraph operator came running over with a telegram.

"Commander, urgent message from the military district."

After Commander Yun received the telegram, he read it carefully. However, the more he read, the more confused he became, and his expression became more and more complicated.

Captain Fan also asked curiously, "Commander Yun, what happened?"

Because the format and content of the telegram were confidential and could not be shown to outsiders, Commander Yun had to relay the content.

"Captain Fan, the military commander said in a telegram that a battalion-sized force will arrive to support us tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We hope we can cooperate well. Once the force arrives, we will strive to capture this enemy stronghold within three days. If there is an opportunity, we can also capture the county town to expand our base."

After hearing the contents of the telegram, Captain Fan showed an incredible expression on his face. He asked curiously:

"Commander Yun, I feel like there's something wrong with the contents of this telegram. There are less than a thousand Japanese soldiers in the stronghold, and our troops here total four thousand. With a 4:1 ratio, we have an absolute advantage and are not short of troops."

"Besides, a battalion, even if it's a reinforced battalion, would only have around 500 men at most. They wouldn't be very effective in this kind of terrain."

This is also what makes Commander Yun confused. Logically speaking, the military district chief must know the actual situation of the enemy's stronghold. Unless we are willing to pay an extremely painful price in casualties, we will not be able to take down this strong stronghold of the enemy in front of us.

At the same time, this was also the reason why they formulated a long-term siege before the war. Their main purpose was to capture the enemy's strong fortress at the lowest cost, even if it cost a lot of supplies.

Now our troops have also begun to pay attention to the tactics of using large amounts of ammunition to reduce casualties. Even if it costs 500 more bullets or 10 more artillery shells, as long as we can avoid the sacrifice of one excellent soldier, it will be a huge profit.

"Captain Fan, what's most surprising to me is that, according to the telegram from our superiors, this small force could capture this fortress within three days. I can't imagine what kind of troops and generals could have come to solve our biggest problem in a blink of an eye."

In fact, this was also what puzzled Captain Fan the most. He thought for a long time but could not find a way to break the deadlock. Suddenly, a possibility came to his mind, so he quickly asked:

"There's only one reinforcement battalion, but if it's an artillery battalion, especially a 105mm heavy howitzer battalion, then it all makes sense."

"According to international practice, a heavy artillery battalion has about twelve heavy howitzers. As long as there are enough shells and firepower coverage, this small enemy stronghold is not worth mentioning at all."

Commander Yun initially thought this made sense, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it was simply impossible. He then smiled wryly and said:

"Let's not even talk about whether our troops have heavy howitzers. Even if they do, they are strategic weapons. At the very least, they are directly under the headquarters and are not used for strategic purposes. The enemy's fortress in front of us probably can't even achieve tactical objectives. The leaders are unlikely to send a heavy artillery battalion."

"If something goes wrong, even if we sell our military sub-district, we won't be able to pay for it. The situation you describe is simply impossible to happen."

After this analysis, Captain Fan also felt that his previous idea was too wishful thinking. Their Sichuan Army, with a force of more than 105, had no heavy howitzers, and even few 75mm mountain guns and field guns. Some of them were just small-caliber mortars or Type infantry guns captured from the enemy.

This is also the reason why he was so surprised when he saw that the main force of two regiments in one of our military sub-districts was equipped with only one mountain artillery platoon. You know, even their division headquarters did not have such heavy firepower.

In fact, Captain Fan had another idea in his mind, which was to use bombers. Even the enemy's main gun tower would probably not be able to withstand a heavy aerial bomb.