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

Using soybean oil and rabbit meat to make canned goods has many advantages. Rabbit meat is rich in protein but has very little fat, while soybean oil is 99% fat, making them a perfect match.

In addition to canned meat, we also have a large stock of soybean flour and compressed biscuits, so that we can quickly solve the problem even if there is a disaster.

These are millions of lives, not just cold numbers in history books. Since we have the means, we must do everything we can to rescue them, and not a single one can be lost.

Another point is that Kong Hao has recently been consciously releasing a large number of animals into counties in Henan Province that will be severely affected by disasters. With more meat being consumed, less grain will be consumed, and the local area will have some grain reserves to cope with natural disasters and man-made calamities.

The Nationalist government's army, on the other hand, was able to purchase large quantities of canned meat, compressed biscuits, and soybean flour from our base, so they did not collect as much military rations from the local areas as in the previous life.

People still have some grain on hand, which will greatly enhance their ability to withstand risks.

If we are given more time, even if we encounter a natural disaster that has not been seen in decades, we can get through it smoothly, and at least there will be no large-scale famine.

However, for Zexian County, which has only been reclaimed for a few months, any appearance of wild animals would be a feast.

After all, this is free meat. Anyone would be overjoyed to find a big, fat rabbit on the street.

Although rabbit meat can be a bit dry, it can be transformed into a delicious dish using China's exquisite culinary techniques.

A pot of rabbit meat, half an ounce of soybean oil, a handful of chili peppers, and a spoonful of salt—the simmered dish is sure to make the whole family swoon in Zexian County.

When Zexian was occupied by invaders, the people couldn't even get enough to eat and often ate wild vegetables and tree leaves that had no oil or fat.

The kind of treatment people receive now is something ordinary people wouldn't even dare to dream of.

At the same time, Kong Hao also adjusted his strategy in a timely manner, focusing on the newly recovered areas so that the people who had been bullied could have a few more days of good food.

Zexian County has experienced this situation several times now, so everyone is already quite familiar with it, and the hunting tools were basically passed down from the old base area.

When it comes to rabbits, you just knock them unconscious with a stick and take them away. In the market, live animals are more valuable than dead ones.

Whenever this happens, the people of the whole county celebrate as if it were New Year's Day. Wherever it is their turn, men, women, and children all work together, and they always reap a great harvest.

Tonight, it happened to be the area near the hydroelectric power station, and the sentries spotted it immediately. At this point, everyone except the essential personnel who stayed behind came out to catch rabbits.

As long as we can catch a large number of rabbits, we're willing to keep everyone awake for two days and two nights.

When Sakai and Mizukusa saw this, their mouths gaped open as if they could fit a duck egg in them, and they both exclaimed in their hearts, "This is impossible!"

How could such a thing appear in the wild, especially on such a large scale? This was completely beyond their previous understanding.

However, they can't stay here now, otherwise they'll be easily discovered, and if a fight breaks out between the two sides, it will alert the troops stationed near the hydroelectric power station, which would be troublesome.

Sakai then ordered everyone to retreat five kilometers quickly, where they had set up a secret camp. They would talk again once things calmed down.

As we were leaving, several rabbits suddenly appeared in the crowd. Waterweed even had someone catch them so she could study them.

Upon arriving at the camp, Sakai saw the ridiculously fat rabbit in front of him and couldn't help but drool.

To be honest, I had heard before that strange things often happened in Zexian County, but I didn't realize how exaggerated it was until I actually encountered it.

This fat rabbit weighs over ten pounds, all meat on its body; it would be a great choice for grilling.

"Waterweed Lord, China has been a land of outstanding people and abundant resources for thousands of years. All sorts of strange and wonderful things can happen here."

"Such a big rabbit, I don't know what it ate to grow up like this, it's enough to feed the whole family for a week."

Mizusaku Yu also exclaimed, "I'd heard about things like this when I was in Taiyuan, but I never imagined I'd actually experience it firsthand tonight. It's truly an eye-opener for me."

"If we can solve this puzzle, it would be wonderful for our local residents."

To be honest, Sakai really didn't know how to respond to that.

This is Chinese territory. The Japanese can't interfere here. Such a good thing must have been given to our own people by our ancestors. How could we let outsiders solve it?

However, the Japanese have always liked to seize other people's things. Taking advantage of the weakness of their suzerain state, China, they burned, killed, and looted everywhere.

Now, seeing someone suddenly obtain a large amount of meat is like a weasel seeing a hen and its eyes immediately lighting up.

The just war of resistance against aggression in China has now reached this point, and the Japanese offensive capability has been greatly reduced. The resources accumulated over the past decades have also been largely depleted.

What they plundered from China couldn't keep up with their consumption, and the United States imposed a strategic material embargo on Japan.

It's estimated that they've now turned most of their attention to Southeast Asia, where there are vast amounts of oil, tin, iron, rubber, rice, and sugar. The little devils are practically green with envy.

As for China, to be honest, only the coastal areas can reap huge benefits. In the inland areas, the Japanese army has to pay an extremely heavy price for every step it takes to advance.

To use an imperfect analogy, for every dollar's worth of supplies they plunder, they have to pay three dollars' worth in costs.

There were even more in the core base areas of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi Province, where it would cost at least five yuan or even more.

The main reason is that these places have a large number of our elite troops concentrated there, plus our own industrial zone is right next to them.

No matter how many Japanese troops they send, they will never be able to escape.

People who are good at making small calculations have always been willing to do business that is obviously unprofitable.

In Southeast Asia, the enemy's staff had done the math: for every dollar invested, they could earn at least six to eight dollars in return.

Right now, the Niu Niu Kingdom is being brutally beaten by the Hans Kingdom and has no time to pay attention to the situation in Southeast Asia.

As for France, its homeland has already surrendered, and since Japan and the Hans are still allies, there are no obstacles at all.

Now, if they defeat the United States, the entire Southeast Asia will be theirs.

However, all of this depends on the Navy; for the time being, it has little to do with the Army.

Interestingly, at the request of their headquarters, many elite army units have been transferred from the front lines of China and assembled in coastal areas.

Instead, many second-line troops who were previously responsible for defense were replaced, and a large number of defensive fortifications were built on the front line where they were confronting the Chinese army.