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

It was precisely because there was no shortage of natural rubber and the steel production in our base was barely acceptable that everyone chose to devote all their efforts to manufacturing bicycles and put them on the market at extremely low prices.

At present, there are at least more than one million bicycles in the base area of Shanxi Province, and the number is increasing by 200,000 every month. This has made travel extremely convenient for everyone and the speed of logistics has become much faster.

The large number of bicycles and tricycles on the market has provided a large number of jobs, including shops selling bicycles, stalls selling tire repairs and tire inflation, and factories specializing in the production of various bicycle parts.

This also means that thousands of families can live a life without worries about food and clothing, and can even save a lot of money to buy some canned food and sugar during the New Year and other festivals and have a sweet holiday.

As for the New Fourth Army, some time ago, a foreign transport ship brought back 500 tons of natural rubber to the base. When the leaders saw it, they were overjoyed and immediately used the existing machinery and equipment to set up several bicycle and tricycle production lines in a very short time.

To be honest, the technological content of industrial products such as bicycles is not high. The main reason why they could not be produced before was that there were not enough raw materials. The steel that could be found could only be used to produce weapons or grenades, and killing the enemy was the priority.

If there are enough raw materials, people can produce it even by rubbing it with their hands.

One ton of natural rubber can produce 5,000 bicycle tires, which is 2,500 bicycles. 500 tons is about 1.25 million bicycles. Even if some miscellaneous losses are deducted, it is more than enough to produce 600,000 bicycles.

When the leaders learned that they could have 600,000 bicycles, you can imagine how excited they were. So they mobilized a large number of technical personnel to build a bicycle production line as soon as possible, in order to produce a large number of bicycles as quickly as possible to equip the troops.

Ten thousand vehicles would be barely enough, one hundred thousand would not be too many, and even one million would be completely acceptable for our base.

According to the leaders' plan, an infantry regiment must be equipped with at least one bicycle company, which is usually used to transport supplies and speed up the troops' marching. At critical moments, an infantry company and its equipment can be quickly sent dozens of kilometers away by bicycle to attack the enemy.

There are also a large number of communications soldiers. To be honest, it is too costly to raise a warhorse. Once a bicycle is produced, apart from occasionally adding some lubricant and replacing the tires, a bicycle can be used for at least five or six years. No matter how you look at it, it is a cost-effective deal.

Now the troops here basically use bicycles for company and platoon level communications, and radios for regimental level communications. The communication capabilities are much stronger than before.

This is just the need of the army. There are even greater demands at the local level, such as postmen, caravans transporting goods, small vendors selling things, and factory workers, etc.

Especially those small vendors, who buy a tricycle, set up a stove and a dozen pieces of honeycomb coal and various pots and pans on it, and then set up a stall to do small business.

With a tricycle, I can transport things quickly, earn several times more money than before, and my family can live a good life.

The use of bicycles for travel suddenly became popular in coastal areas. The cheap and high-quality bicycles were put on the market, providing a large amount of funds for our troops and also revitalizing the economy of the base.

Take this secret base in front of us for example, there are nearly two hundred bicycles, which can be used for travel and purchasing supplies.

At the same time, the special training team members will use the training breaks to learn to ride bicycles and tricycles, which are the most basic skills. Next, they will also be able to ride motorcycles and drive military trucks.

However, today's special training team members found that the instructor did not seem as strict as before. Even when a few training subjects did not meet the standards, he did not blame them. Instead, he comforted them with a friendly face.

This change immediately caused discomfort among the players, and during the training break everyone gathered together to discuss what had happened.

The first one was an old soldier named Wei, who asked in a serious tone:

"Something's wrong today. According to past experience, we should have been reprimanded at least three times for our performance this morning, but we didn't get even one."

Another young soldier chimed in, "I feel something's amiss, too. Wei Yanwang, no, it should be Instructor Wei. He usually has a sullen look on his face, as if everyone owes him hundreds of dollars. But today he smiled at me and even gave me some encouraging words. It really gave me a fright."

The conversation started and the people gathered together started talking about their discoveries during training this morning.

Finally, everyone used the intelligence analysis methods taught by the instructors and came to a unanimous conclusion: something big had happened.

But before everyone could think about it, the whistle for continuing training sounded again. The players didn't say anything else and threw themselves into the intense training again.

When the morning training was over and they were about to have lunch, Wang Gensheng gathered everyone together to announce an important matter.

"Everyone's training is coming to an end. We have received the latest order from our superiors and will all be dispatched to carry out the mission. The instructor responsible for taking over our teaching work will arrive in about three days. I think you will have a much easier time then."

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the audience started talking about it. Although they had previously analyzed the tactics and had roughly guessed this would be the result, when they actually heard it from the instructor, they still felt a sense of inexplicable loss in their hearts.

To be honest, after this period of contact, everyone has already accepted the instructors' actions in their hearts, but they just refuse to admit defeat.

All the tactical skills taught by the instructors will be useful in their future operations. They are special forces and they carry out some special tasks, which require teamwork the most.

To be honest, when these special training team members first arrived at the base, they were all unruly. After all, they were the best of the best in their respective troops, and they were also the kings of soldiers. They were all masters in single combat.

It is not an easy task to ask them to cooperate with others and be willing to be a cog in the team.

But there is an old saying: "There is always someone stronger than you, and there is always a mountain higher than the other."

Every member of the Xingtian Special Forces is a master who has survived hundreds of battles. Even the most ordinary member has a whole drawer full of medals and certificates for meritorious service. If their battle records were made public, it would probably scare a lot of Japanese devils and traitors to death.