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

However, Director Li smiled bitterly after hearing this, mainly because the shipyards they found could basically only produce wooden ships that could transport 20 to 30 tons of cargo.

To be honest, it does not contain any advanced modern technology at all. It basically sails on the inland rivers of China, using sails or manpower. Not only is the speed slow, the carrying capacity is also very small, and it can only be used for short-distance transportation.

If this mode of transportation is used, even if Kong Hao purchases a huge amount of supplies from abroad, after transporting them to Beigang City, they cannot be delivered to the places in urgent need in the first place, so it is urgent to improve the mode of transportation.

It is a bit sad to say that China's industrial strength was too weak in the past, and any decent mechanical equipment could not be mass-produced, let alone industrial products with very high technical content such as ship engines.

To be honest, if we take our base out, our current industrial strength would probably not even catch up with that of fifty years ago. At that time, we could at least build cargo ships of several thousand tons, and the steel production was barely acceptable.

Director Li said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Manager Qian, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but we can only produce small wooden boats here, and they can basically only sail on rivers. We rarely produce ships with a carrying capacity of more than 100 tons. They are completely petty and not worthy of being put on the stage."

"Director Li, that's okay. We came here this time to use the finished engine to improve the speed of the ship."

"Guangxi Province has extensive waterways, with several major rivers connecting to other provinces, providing a great opportunity to develop water transportation."

"There will be someone specifically responsible for these matters. Just send someone to bring our technicians over later."

"By the way, next time we will bring back two small thermal power plants, as well as fifty lathes, milling machines, grinders, and drilling machines. This will help improve your industrial strength."

"In addition, there are approximately 20,000 steel helmets, 30,000 military canteens and lunch boxes, etc. As for food, it's mainly wheat and canned food. After all, only these things are easy to preserve."

In fact, many of the things here are military supplies for export produced by our base. It’s just that the Eagle Country has not yet entered the market, so they cannot be sold in large quantities for the time being. However, the research and development and production cannot be stopped.

Moreover, according to Kong Hao's requirements, we must always be one or two generations ahead of foreign countries. The implementation standard is to mass-produce one generation, research and develop one generation, and reserve technology for one generation.

However, such a model requires a large amount of funding and feedback from soldiers in front-line combat units after use in order to make subsequent technical improvements.

So Kong Hao came up with a good idea. He asked the base to mass-produce various military supplies, and then transport them to a secret warehouse. Then he transported them to Kangaroo Country through the space gate. Some of them were sold to the army there at a low price, and some were transported back to the country by cargo ships to be sold to the Gui Army.

At the same time, through the relationship with the Kangaroo Country, a large amount of military supplies were sold to the army of the Bull Country and the Elephant Country.

The Niu Niu Country is having a hard time right now, but as long as the military supplies we provide are of reliable quality and the price is only 70% of that of other suppliers, and we use the influence of Kong Hao's identity, we can sell a large amount of supplies to the Niu Niu Country's army.

Moreover, Kong Hao also came up with a somewhat cunning idea, which was to bundle and sell various basic military supplies with sulfa drugs.

The sulfa drug production line exchanged through the system is basically top-notch. Its efficacy is so strong that everyone wants to store more for emergencies.

Especially now that we are in wartime, medicines are consumables and are consumed in large quantities every day. No one would complain about having too many of these anti-inflammatory drugs in their hands.

We even provide ten bottles of refined penicillin for each large transaction as compensation for the person in charge of material procurement, which makes it absolutely no problem.

Kong Hao bought a large number of helmets, military canteens and lunch boxes, engineer shovels and combat knives, etc. from the base at high prices, and used various supplies shipped back from abroad, especially food and canned food, as settlement. If it was not enough, he could also use gold bars for settlement.

You read it right, gold bars are used for settlement. This is a good idea that Kong Hao finally came up with.

Kangaroo Country has a large number of high-grade gold mines, and a lot of finished gold can be smelted every month. However, the small gold mine discovered in our base is only that big. It is impossible to find nugget gold every day. That would be too outrageous.

It is better to use gold for settlement. For every 10,000 helmets produced by the base, it can be exchanged for a large amount of food and canned food to stabilize the market prices. Moreover, with enough food on hand, no matter what happens next, they can deal with it calmly.

Gold and silver are the ballast of the economy, so the more the better.

Kong Hao can purchase these military supplies and transport them back to the country via cargo ships and sell them to other local forces, thereby enhancing China's overall national defense strength. This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Next, the people present handed over the supplies. Qian Yu will be in charge of this area in the future, while Manager Qian will be transferred back to Kangaroo Country to assist the housekeeper in handling other matters.

Since the Gui army established this supply transportation channel, a cargo ship arrives at the port almost every other day. If the weather is good, sometimes two ships arrive, bringing a large amount of supplies.

It is precisely because of these additional supplies that the burden on some ordinary people in Guangxi Province can be reduced, and at the same time, they can also look at other war zones across the country.

In particular, a large amount of canned food was shipped back. One thousand tons of canned food, which is equivalent to two million cans weighing one kilogram, can provide most of our participating troops with a good meal.

In addition, the large number of animals that have emerged has pushed the price of meat on the market to an extremely low level. Even though the war with the Japanese has been going on, prices everywhere have only risen steadily and slowly, unlike before, when the price was one price today and another price tomorrow, making all the people miserable.

If you can eat oily meals every day, your body will naturally become strong. Whether you are working in a factory, working in the fields, or studying in the classroom, your mental outlook will be completely different.

Of course, the biggest changes have occurred among the brave Chinese soldiers, whether they are the Guangxi Army, Sichuan Army, Shaanxi Army, Yunnan Army, or the National Government's Central Army. With better food, the intensity of training will increase accordingly, and their combat effectiveness will naturally improve.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take long-distance marches as an example. In the past, most people were pale and thin due to eating coarse food, and it was considered good if they could walk dozens of kilometers a day. But now everyone’s body has obtained a lot of protein, and with the popularity of bicycles in the army, it is easy to walk twice the distance a day.