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

However, his idea was even more outrageous than the previous heavy howitzer battalion. Heavy howitzers and dive bombers were not comparable at all. The former could be obtained by chance, but the latter was at least ten times more difficult to obtain, especially professional pilots, which were not something that ordinary forces could cultivate.

Moreover, the Air Force is a systematic branch of the military. It not only requires professional pilots, but also experienced logistics support personnel, and airport command and liaison personnel are also indispensable.

According to the difficulty of acquisition, the difficulty of obtaining a mountain artillery battalion is one, the difficulty of obtaining a heavy howitzer battalion is five, and the difficulty of obtaining a complete air force should be one hundred.

After that, the two did not communicate much. Captain Fan also returned to his own troops to prepare for battle, and everything would be decided after the reinforcements arrived.

Both of them wanted to know what kind of troops could make the leaders so confident that they could easily break through the enemy's heavily defended fortress.

However, two days passed and the reinforcements mentioned in the telegram did not arrive as expected. Commander Yun ordered someone to send a telegram to his superiors for inquiry, but the reply he received was just one word: "Wait."

After receiving this telegram, Commander Yun was speechless. Who on earth were these new reinforcements and why were they so arrogant?

Another day passed, and the reinforcements still hadn't arrived. This time, the superiors took the initiative to send a telegram saying that the reinforcements were delayed and they had to wait a while.

Commander Yun had already gotten used to it and just muttered to himself that he would continue to do as he had done before, bombarding the Japanese strongholds on a regular basis every day. In short, he would not let his enemies live a single day in peace.

It was not until the afternoon of the fifth day that the mechanized combined battalion led by Kong Hao finally arrived. However, when the troops appeared in front of everyone, they immediately aroused everyone's admiration.

"Tanks! It turns out they're a tank unit. No wonder! It turns out the Eighth Route Army has such an elite unit hidden."

This was Captain Fan's first feeling. He had made all kinds of calculations, but he had not expected that we would actually dispatch a tank unit. No, this battalion was not a complete tank battalion. It only had four tanks, but it did not conceal the murderous aura emanating from these steel behemoths.

After Commander Yun saw our mechanized battalion, all the dissatisfaction that had accumulated in his heart for the past few days disappeared in an instant. If he had known that the troops coming to support him were of this level, he would not have waited for ten days or half a month, let alone two more days.

Although he didn't know when this mechanized force was formed, he was so excited when he thought that their military division would have tanks to cooperate in the attack.

After everyone introduced themselves to each other, it was learned that the armored battalion commander's surname was Sun, and Kong Hao was the technical consultant of the unit, and he was responsible for all technical issues.

The reason for the two extra days of delay was that in addition to the emergency repairs of the tanks that encountered problems on the road, Kong Hao also used the system to deliver hundreds of thousands of tons of high-quality ore to a place more suitable for establishing an industrial zone halfway.

Then, while he was out in the bathroom at night, he accidentally discovered this high-quality ore, and then reported it to the logistics department via the radio.

Minister Zhang had already fallen asleep, but was woken up by the guard and an emergency meeting was held overnight.

If someone else discovered this situation, it would probably need to be reported to the higher authorities for confirmation, but the person who sent the telegram was Kong Hao, the chief consultant of the arsenal, so there was no doubt about it.

The head of the headquarters immediately mobilized two main regiments to rush to the location of the armored force, control the surrounding areas, and strictly block the news.

At the same time, the Arsenal and the Second Industrial Zone mobilized a large number of geological prospecting personnel, brought a large number of professional detection equipment, and set off in military trucks overnight to meet up with Kong Hao as soon as possible.

The emergence of this mining area has solved a problem for Minister Zhang. After all, our transportation capacity is limited. If it is used to transport various ores, the waste will be too serious.

However, the scale of the two industrial zones has reached its limit. Even if they can be expanded in all aspects, it will not have much effect. We must find a way to open new industrial bases.

There is no big problem in terms of personnel when opening a new base. After such a long period of industrial development, we have formed a system for training technical workers and can train various industrial workers and technicians on a large scale.

We have also opened a large number of night schools and literacy classes, and with the three-shift work system, we have already accumulated a large number of talents, so there will be no problem in opening another industrial base.

As for machinery and equipment, there is no big problem. Steel mills and power plants can be built quickly. It just takes some time.

But this raw material is indeed a big problem. Transporting 10,000 tons of goods from the industrial zone is completely different from transporting 10,000 tons of iron ore.

In fact, our prospectors have also discovered a lot of iron ores in other bases, but the iron content has always been unsatisfactory. It's not that they can't be used, but we are already accustomed to smelting high-quality iron ores. If we go to your place for this kind of poor iron ore, it will not be cost-effective.

The place where Kong Hao discovered high-quality iron ore this time is also a major transportation route. If an industrial zone is established here, the industrial products produced can cover a large surrounding area.

The distance for transporting various minerals from outside to other places is shortened by hundreds of kilometers, which makes it a Feng Shui treasure land.

Kong Hao ordered the troops to stay in this place for a day. In addition to handing over the defensive fortifications with the field troops, they also waited for various technical personnel who rushed over from the base.

After all, no one knows better than Kong Hao how to build a new industrial zone from scratch, and many things need to be explained personally.

If the armored force test was not also very important, Minister Zhang really wanted Kong Hao to stay in the new industrial zone, so that the speed would be greatly improved.

However, Kong Hao also explained in detail in the telegram that he would immediately return to the industrial zone to take charge of work after the test was completed.

In the early days of the industrial zone, it was basically just some trivial tasks like building factories and leveling the land. There were plenty of people in the industrial zone who were capable of doing this job, so there was no need for him, the chief consultant, to keep an eye on it all the time.

The final sampling and testing results of the ore were just as everyone expected: the quality was extremely high, and the reserves were frighteningly large, as if it were a gift from God.

After the handover, Kong Hao led the convoy to the destination to assist the troops here in overcoming the obstacles in front of them.

After everyone exchanged greetings, it was almost dark and they could no longer launch an attack at this time, especially the armored units, which must have good vision and light, otherwise it would be a melee.