Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

The back mountain of Heiyun Village.

After waiting for a while, Lin Qiang saw Qiangzi and the other soldiers return to the team. Feeling relieved, he asked, "How is it? Did you guys survive the Japanese?"

Qiangzi was breathing heavily, and it seemed that he was really tired this time, but he still tried his best to answer Lin Qiang's question: "Not really, we lured the devils away to Yegui Ridge and got rid of them. It was just a bit tiring!"

Lin Qiang quickly took out his kettle, opened the lid and handed it over.

Qiangzi took it, tilted his head back and took a few gulps, then handed it to the other soldiers who were working with him.

After one round, the water in the kettle was almost empty. Lin Qiang put the kettle away and said, "Take some time to rest. I've asked someone to go back and cook. Everyone is tired. Let's have dumplings tonight!"

In the Eighth Route Army, if a soldier made a contribution and was given a reward, he might not be too happy, but if he was given an extra meal, he would be happier than asking him to kill the Japanese.

After a short rest, the team set off again.

The current location is said to be in the back mountain of Heiyun Village, but it takes a lot of time to get back to Heiyun Village. It is also the first time for the team to take this route. During the process, they took the wrong path several times. Fortunately, they finally returned to Heiyun Village after going around in circles.

The first thing Lin Qiang did after returning to the base was to ask Zhang Yuntian to take people to the back mountain to set up an observation post to prevent any accidents.

After casually washing the mud off his face, Lin Qiang went to the kitchen to see if he needed any help. After all, preparing meals for more than 200 people was a very difficult task.

At the same time, he also wanted to know how the task he had given to Zhao Dezhu when he set out was being completed.

Before I could say anything, I saw Zhao Dezhu kneading dough with his hands and walking over to me with a sullen face. "Platoon leader, can't you give us a break? We just brought back the people from the surrounding villages and haven't even had a sip of water when you ask us to make dumplings."

Although he complained about the tiring task, his hands did not slow down at all.

Lin Qiang washed his hands with water, dried them, and took the dough from Zhao Dezhu on the chopping board. As he kneaded it, he said, "Zhuzi, from the way you sound, you don't want to be in the kitchen anymore. It seems you want to join the combat team. Okay, tell me, whose team do you want to join?"

"No, no, no, no!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dezhu pushed Lin Qiang away and said "I'm not going" three times in a row. Then he said firmly and forcefully, "I'm not going anywhere. Besides, look at those roughnecks. Can they cook? Platoon leader, if we let them cook, I think they'd be wasting food."

Lin Qiang cleaned the noodles from his hands and asked with a smile, "Are you really not going?"

"Don't go!"

"So what are you complaining about?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dezhu stopped what he was doing and looked at Lin Qiang with shining eyes: "Platoon Leader, I'm not complaining, I just want you to add a few more people to the kitchen squad."

"Not yet."

Lin Qiang refused without thinking. The team was not very strong at the moment, and every operation required the mobilization of all soldiers. Moreover, there were enough people in the kitchen squad, although most of the time they were assigned to fight in other teams.

Zhao Dezhu's face instantly drooped as he muttered, "Alright then, I'll talk to you about this once our team grows stronger."

Lin Qiang didn't know what he wanted people to do, and he didn't bother to ask more. He then asked about another matter: "Tell me about the situation during today's operation."

Zhao Dezhu responded, "There's nothing wrong. Most of the surrounding villages are empty. It seems they've fled to other places out of fear of the Japanese. We've searched all the nearby villages and brought back an estimated 100 or so people, mostly elderly and children. None are fit to join the army and fight."

"I've arranged for them to stay in the soldiers' rest room. They can just find somewhere to stay tonight. Zhang Yuntian said he's bringing people to build a few houses, but I don't know how that's going."

There is still a large area of vacant space on the mountain, so it is easy to build a village that can accommodate hundreds of people. It is also possible to open up land on the slope below the rock wall and grow some food.

With the addition of these one hundred people, Lin Qiang believed that this was a real base.

After eating dumplings, while it was still early, Lin Qiang organized the soldiers to cut wood and continue expanding the wooden house built by Zhang Yuntian.

Upon learning that the houses were being built for them, the able-bodied women among the people joined in. The elderly were also not idle, but started doing needlework.

The saying "many hands make light work" is absolutely true. With the concerted efforts of the soldiers, several simple wooden houses were successfully built, which were completely sufficient for the current situation.

Looking at the simple wooden house, Lin Qiang couldn't help but think that it would be great if there was a house among the rewards given by the system. He could just take it out and find a place to put it, and build it without having to do anything. It would be more practical than a house built with logs.

At this moment, Lin Qiang suddenly remembered that he had not checked the reward given by the system for this operation. He immediately put down the work in his hands and started to check the reward.

[The battle is over, the casualty ratio is 2:34, a medium-sized battle.]

[Rewards: Small Arsenal, 10 tons of various raw materials, firearm design blueprints, 1 production manual, 100 barrels of gasoline/diesel, 1 ton of rice, 50 boxes of canned beef!]

[Small Arsenal: Equipped with all necessary conditions, the host only needs to place it to start production! Disadvantage: Low production efficiency. At full speed, it can produce 3000 rounds of ammunition per day and 300 weapons per week.]

[Firearm Blueprint: You can choose one of the three weapons to produce. After using the blueprint, you will directly learn how to make all the weapon parts. It can be used by 2 people.]

[Production Manual: Just use it on the production line operators, and they will instantly learn how to operate the entire production line. 5 people can use it.]

"Clap!"

After hearing the reward given by the system, Lin Qiang was stunned on the spot, and the axe in his hand fell off and hit the stone, making a crisp sound.

Even so, he couldn't recover from the shock.

A small arsenal!

At the same time, the gun blueprint and the raw materials needed for manufacturing are also provided, and they can be put into production as long as they are placed.

What else do you want?

Lin Qiang quickly checked the rewarded gun blueprint. It would be perfect if he could choose a fully automatic rifle.

[Do you want to open the gun blueprint? ]

"Turn on!"

Lin Qiang didn't hesitate at all and couldn't wait to see what weapons could be produced in the future.

[The blueprint has been opened. Please choose one of the following three weapons to produce: M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, FN-49 semi-automatic rifle, Type rifle.]

[The selection time is 30 seconds. When the time is up, a weapon will be randomly selected! ]

The appearance of the three weapons made Lin Qiang a little disappointed. They were not the fully automatic rifles he expected, but since there were carbines and semi-automatic rifles, he was not too disappointed.

Having to choose between the two, Lin Qiang didn't even take a second look at the Type 38 rifle. This gun was the Type 38 rifle in the hands of the Japanese, and it performed really well on the battlefield.

But it depends on what gun it is compared with. Compared with carbines and semi-automatic rifles, the Type 38 rifle looks particularly rubbish.

There were still ten seconds left, but Lin Qiang was in a dilemma. He didn't know which of the two guns to choose.

With only five seconds left, Lin Qiang didn't care if he would regret it. He silently said, "Choose the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle."

[Selection completed, the blueprint has been sent to the system space, the host can check it by himself.]