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

After hearing this, Commander Jiang responded with a feeling: "That's true. I feel that the Japanese invaders are much weaker than before. Back in Shanghai, the Japs were very fierce. A regiment dared to chase down our main division. The most speechless thing is that, apart from those few German-equipped divisions, our other troops were simply unable to defeat them."

"But now look at it again. Even our regiment can fight back and forth with an entire enemy wing. This proves that our strength is constantly growing, while the enemy is slowly retreating."

Director Tang continued, "The news from Quancheng is that our fleet is basically the same one behind the buyer. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why there's suddenly a large number of supply transport ships bringing back much-needed supplies back home."

"However, our superiors have specifically instructed us not to scrutinize matters like this. As long as the supplies being transported back are genuine, that's all that matters. Furthermore, based on our experience in Quangang, these large transport ships not only bring back all sorts of supplies, but also purchase a large amount of domestic goods on their way back, such as pig bristles, tung oil, and tungsten ore, which are basically useless in China, and the prices are very fair."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. If we use it well, it will definitely bring us endless benefits. We must seize it."

Commander Jiang patted his chest and assured, "Director Tang, please rest assured. We have been given great authority. If anyone dares to ask for favors at this critical juncture, don't blame my bullets for not having eyes. We must use severe punishment at this time. Killing one person to warn the rest is not impossible."

"Oh, by the way, I heard that after a large cargo ship docks, the foreign crew members on board will come to the city to spend money. They are quite generous and use the international currency of British pounds to buy handicrafts. The profit here is huge."

When it comes to making money, Director Tang immediately becomes excited.

"The benefits aren't limited to those. A 7,000-ton transport ship, with a crew of around 70, including the captain, would easily cost 2,000 to 3,000 pounds for accommodation, food, and drink. Add to that the various gifts to take back with the ship, and you could easily spend 5,000 pounds. If we have ten or eight ships coming in a month, the profits would be so huge that even Commander Li wouldn't be able to ignore them."

"But precisely because of this, we must do a good job of providing logistical support for these crew members and make them feel at home. We must not arbitrarily raise prices or even overcharge them. If our reputation is damaged, we will be the ones who suffer."

"Here's what I'm thinking: We'll assign a guard platoon from your regiment's guard company to be responsible for guarding these crew members. They'll be stationed outside the hotel where they're staying, keeping strangers away. Even when they're shopping, they'll be accompanied. That way, we can be absolutely sure."

Next, the two discussed some specific details that needed to be paid attention to, and then went about their own business.

At the same time, a new currency exchange bank has opened in Beigang City. It exchanges pounds into legal tender according to the latest exchange rate in the market. Of course, you can only exchange according to the latest exchange rate, and you cannot exchange legal tender into pounds.

Moreover, the amount of legal tender exchanged is 50% more than that on the market, which can also bring huge benefits to these seafarers.

In the next few days, the people in Beigang City found that the market atmosphere had suddenly improved. Many gangs had received severe warnings, and those stores with bad reputations had special personnel to provide on-site training. In the future, if any behavior of defrauding customers was found, the store would be closed directly if it happened once, and the shopkeeper would be arrested and imprisoned for a few days.

Commander Li plans to build Beigang City and several surrounding counties into a material distribution center. After the materials brought back from abroad are brought ashore, they will be transported to other places via small boats on various waterways.

Not only in Guangxi Province, but also in Hunan Province, Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, especially in the mountain cities, with the influx of a large number of people, prices have risen to the sky.

Although the surrounding provinces tried to provide some supplies, everyone was not rich, and the supplies shipped over were just a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, we are preparing to open a transportation channel here, and Beigang City and the large area behind it are also controlled by the Gui army, so transportation is relatively convenient.

Not to mention anything else, even if we can get 100,000 tons of wheat in a month, it would be equivalent to 200 million kilograms of food. If one soldier consumes 100 kilograms of food a month, it can feed two million soldiers.

If the troops have enough rations, less food will be collected from the public, and prices in the market will not rise so quickly. The people can also breathe a sigh of relief and relax their tense nerves.

In addition to the main force regiment stationed in Beigang City, there are at least two main force divisions in the surrounding area ready to provide support at any time. Most of these troops are equipped with weapons purchased from our base, and have sufficient ammunition. They are especially good at mountain warfare.

At present, the large Japanese forces are tied up in other battlefields. There are not many enemies in Guangxi Province. In addition, it is difficult for large troops to march in the mountains, so there is no big problem in defending this piece of pure land.

At the same time, to be on the safe side, the Gui army also imitated our army's guerrilla warfare model, sending a large number of elite small troops deep into the enemy-occupied areas, constantly attacking the Japanese garrisons and material transport teams.

Or they allocated a large amount of weapons and ammunition to arm those bandits who were willing to fight the Japanese. As long as they were willing to go down the mountain to fight the Japanese, they would be given food, money, equipment, and even promised various titles. The purpose was to launch a nationwide war. The ultimate goal was only one, to drag the enemy's limited military forces into this quagmire and slowly consume the enemy's vitality.

In addition to the Gui army, there are also our guerrillas and regular troops from all over the country who are attacking and holding back the enemy all the time.

As for our arsenal, we have added two new Mauser pistol production lines in response to domestic needs, which can produce more than 10,000 Mauser pistols in total per month.

The Mauser pistols produced here will be sold at extremely low prices, even at a loss, and each Mauser pistol will come with 200 rounds of ammunition so that guerrillas in various places can have sufficient firepower to attack the enemy.

If a guerrilla unit of 20 people had three Mauser pistols, they would be able to ambush an enemy combat unit or a puppet army platoon in the wild. With an output of 10,000 pistols a month, 3,000 new guerrilla units could be formed.

Even if a guerrilla force can only kill two enemies in a month, it can at least consume an entire brigade of Japanese troops.