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

"Director, this is a good idea. We can test it. If the effect is good, we can promote it vigorously."

However, Director Ren frowned again, and suddenly thought of something, and quickly asked:

"Commissar, how much food do we have left in the arsenal?"

Political Commissar Qin thought about it in his mind and said with difficulty:

"The logistics department urgently sent us a batch of food. Currently, we have 5 kilograms of rice, 8 kilograms of flour, and nearly 30 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes."

"When we only had 300 people in the arsenal, this much food would have lasted a long time."

"But now we have recruited more than 800 people at once, and if Captain Kong and his special forces are stationed there permanently, they will also need to consume a lot of supplies."

"The Logistics Department sent us a telegram specifically about the special forces' training and food standards. Wow, it really gave me a fright."

"Each special operations team member must consume six kilograms of staple food, two ounces of pork, and two eggs every day, and this is the minimum standard."

"So, the special forces team has 25 people, and they need to consume 150 kilograms of food every day, which means 4500 kilograms of food every month, and they can't use sweet potatoes as a substitute."

"If we consume 5 kilograms of meat every day, that's 150 kilograms a month, which is almost two pigs."

"As for eggs, 1500 are consumed in a month. I have never seen so many."

"That's not to mention the ammunition and other supplies they consumed during training. They are simply a huge money-eating beast."

After hearing these data, Director Ren was still shocked and said with a sigh:

"No wonder the entire Taiyue Military Region didn't form a second special operations team. It's not that they don't want to, but they really can't afford it."

"But since we have seconded him to help, it is only natural that we prepare these things. We cannot let him suffer any injustice here."

"Let's divide the food in the arsenal into two levels. Special forces soldiers and technicians are in the first level, eating staple food every day and occasionally eating sweet potatoes; ordinary workers and all management personnel are in the second level, mainly eating sweet potatoes and potatoes, and occasionally eating staple food."

"Also, we will take out some silver dollars to buy eggs and pork from nearby villages to increase the first-tier food supply, especially for those scientific research technicians. They do mental work and need more nutrition."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Qin said in embarrassment:

"But there is only 8000 dollars in our arsenal's account. This money is used to purchase raw materials for the production of weapons and cannot be used easily."

Faced with this kind of thing, Director Ren didn't know what to say. This special forces team is good, but it consumes too much supplies and ordinary institutions really can't afford to support it.

After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Political Commissar, how about this? Take out 50 yuan to buy some pork and eggs to welcome the transport team, and by the way, let all the personnel in the arsenal have a good meal."

"They have come from afar and made such a great contribution. We can't be too stingy."

After hearing this, Political Commissar Qin also thought it made sense and hurried down to make arrangements.

In the afternoon, Kong Hao's transport convoy finally arrived at the village outside the arsenal, and Director Ren and Political Commissar Qin personally led the team to greet them.

In terms of administrative level, these two big guys are not low, at most they are one level lower than Brigade Commander Chen.

After the three of them met, Kong Hao saluted and said loudly:

"Reporting to Director Ren, Political Commissar Qin, the independent regiment's Kong Hao has been ordered to report here."

After returning the greeting, Director Ren grasped his hand and said enthusiastically:

"Xiao Kong, we have been looking forward to your coming for a long time, but you haven't arrived yet, but you have sent a big gift to our arsenal."

"Reporting to the factory director, this is just luck, and it was discovered by a young comrade from our transport team by accident. The credit should be attributed to him."

Hearing what Kong Hao said, Director Ren was very satisfied. He said, "He is not greedy for credit and knows how to be humble." He is a good kid.

Political Commissar Qin also smiled and said: "They say you, Kong Hao, are a lucky star. Now it seems that your reputation is well-deserved."

"Let's go back first and prepare to welcome you who have come from afar."

Kong Hao quickly replied: "Two leaders, our transport team has brought a lot of things this time, and they need to be stored."

At this time, Political Commissar Qin liked to collect things the most. When he heard that a lot of supplies had been deposited, he immediately said happily:

"That's great. Tell us quickly. The size of our arsenal has expanded several times in an instant, and we need all kinds of supplies."

"Commissar Qin, first of all, five tons of refined pure copper and 550 million copper coins."

Upon hearing this data, Director Ren and Political Commissar Qin were very surprised.

They were just worrying about the raw materials for producing bullets, but now they suddenly got this unexpected surprise.

Although we have obtained a production line with an annual output of 300 million rounds of bullets, there is still a long way to go to produce so much ammunition.

The first thing to solve is the problem of raw materials for bullets. All bullets require the metal copper, and the demand is very large.

Although there were copper mines in their base, unfortunately they had no professional smelting equipment and had to rely on some primitive methods. The copper they extracted contained a lot of impurities and could not be used in bullets at all.

Previously, the arsenal produced ammunition by simply reloading it, that is, they would take back the shells left over from the shooting of Japanese weapons, and after simple processing, they would install primers, propellant and bullets and reuse them.

The performance of this type of reloaded bullet is difficult to describe. In addition to its short range and low accuracy, it is also prone to jamming and even explosion.

On the battlefield, the most feared thing is a jam or a dud. Due to insufficient firepower, it is already difficult for the soldiers to resist the fierce offensive of the Japanese. However, once a bullet is stuck in the barrel, it is very troublesome to clean it up.

Especially since our army has always advocated that one bullet should kill one enemy, it is a bit tragic that our soldiers aim for a long time and are about to pull the trigger to kill the enemy, only to find that it is a dud.

Not only do the enemies who could have been killed get away, but you also have to push the bullet out again, reload and aim, which wastes a lot of time.

If there were only one or two, it would be fine. But if the entire army had a large number of duds, it would be easy for the Japanese to capture the position. At that time, no matter how brave our soldiers were, it would be of no avail.

Moreover, there is a limit on the number of times you can reload bullets. Generally, after three times, the shell cannot be used, otherwise the failure rate will rise sharply.

At present, the Eighth Route Army has formulated relevant regulations. When fighting with the enemy at a distance of about 100 meters, they should use the Japanese bullets to shoot. When the enemy approaches 50 meters, they must use their own reloaded bullets to shoot.

If a soldier was issued five bullets before going to the battlefield, basically two of them were original bullets from the Japanese invaders and three were reloaded bullets.

If you can kill one enemy with these five bullets, you'll get your money's worth. If you can kill two, you'll make a profit.

Of course, if you can kill three, then it’s another situation. You will be promoted to the sharpshooter of the army, and you will use the original bullets of the Japanese devils in the future, and you will never use reloaded bullets again.

Moreover, the sharpshooters in the army must be equipped with at least ten bullets in each battle, and their guns are the best in the army.

This is a kind of honor, and it is also for the purpose of destroying the enemy to the maximum extent with limited bullets.