I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

"You two are too kind! We're not strangers. Are you here to visit your hometown in triumph, or do you have other plans?" Mancang asked directly, revealing their purpose.

"Haha, I originally planned to just come back for a visit and then leave, but I heard you've made it big now, so I thought I'd ask you for a favor and do me a favor!" Luo Xiang said with a smile.

"Oh? You two seem to have a plan all along! Tell me, what project is it?" Man Cang was very curious about these two. Obviously, given their current situation, they would never go back to the team to suffer. The fact that they took the initiative to find him meant that they must have some other ideas.

"Shaojialing Iron Mine!" Wu Zi said bluntly. "I heard you've already acquired the Shaojialing Iron Mine. We've saved up a bit over the past six months, so we were thinking of taking over the mine and playing around with it! We can't kill Japanese devils like you do, so running the mine is a kind of revenge against the Japanese!"

"Oh? You two have really struck it rich! Excellent! Serving the country through industry, a brilliant idea!" Mancang emotionally agreed with their idea, but from a business perspective, it wasn't a wise choice! The two had clearly gotten a lot of money and didn't know what to do with it!

"To be honest, last time we had a real fight with the Japanese to rescue all the brothers in the mine. We didn't think things through properly at the time, and before we left, we blew up the mine to prevent the Japanese from continuing to mine! Now, it will take a lot of manpower and resources to reopen it! Can you two accept that?"

"It's been blown up?!" Luo Xiang had clearly not considered the destruction of the iron mine at that moment, and was obviously very disappointed when he heard that the iron mine had been blown up!

"Are there any other mines in these two towns?" Wu Zi asked.

"No, the Japanese discovered a gold mine in Baiyue River, but the brothers ruined it! If you two are interested, you can go and take a look." Mancang said, recalling the gold mine that Zaohua and the others had explored.

"A gold mine!?" the two exclaimed in unison! They exchanged a glance, then pulled a map from their bags and began searching. Sure enough, near the Baiyue River in Xiahou Town, they found a hollow plum blossom-shaped marker!

"This is a map showing the distribution of mineral resources in Yudu City! ...This is a real treasure!" Mancang saw the two take out a map and, out of curiosity, leaned over to take a look. But once he looked at it, he couldn't look away!

This map doesn't show its value right now because of the ongoing war. But once we drive the Japanese out and the country starts to resume production and build up, this map will save us from many detours!

"Haha, brother, you have a sharp eye! We pondered this thing for a long time after we got it before we figured out the trick, but you recognized it at a glance! Impressive!" Wu Zi praised.

"You two have struck gold! This map will save us a lot of resources once we drive out the Japanese and resume production! Make sure to keep it safe!" Mancang said, pulling the map out of the map.

"To be honest, we only came up with the idea of ​​mining after seeing this map! We'll use the gold mine you mentioned as a practice run, and then we'll mine all the mineral deposits here after we drive the Japanese away!" Luo Xiang said.

“Great! I support it! Professor Song, who is exploring this mine, is in the team. I'll introduce you to him later.”

"Don't look back! There's no time like the present, let's go find him now! We're in dire need of such professional guidance! That's a gold mine! The sooner we extract it, the sooner we'll reap the rewards, right?"

"Haha, good! You two are in such a hurry! Come on, let Professor Song make an estimate first!"

Other mines might be kept full until the Japanese are driven out before they are opened, but this gold mine is different. Extracting gold as soon as possible is of great significance to the entire War of Resistance. If we have mines at home, would the Japanese dare to compete with us in terms of attrition?

The three approached Professor Song, and the three hit it off immediately. Professor Song then pulled out his notebook and began to explain his research findings from his time in the Japanese camp. All the data and plans were already complete; they had simply been delayed in being submitted to the Japanese. With a little revision, they could be put into implementation!

The three men praised Professor Song's actions highly. Not only did he outmaneuver the Japanese, but he also preserved such important technology and saved a gold mine with considerable reserves! Professor Song's merits are immeasurable!

The group talked until late into the night and finalized the deal. They calculated that the initial investment for mining this gold mine would be nearly 20,000 silver dollars. Luo Xiang and his brother would contribute 15,000, and Man Cang would contribute 5,000, along with technical and security personnel. The harvested gold would be split 50/50, and the other party's Gold Sharpening Gang would have the right of first refusal to purchase it at market price.

Professor Song was appointed as the general manager of the gold mine, and Luo Xiang and Wu Zi were in charge of purchasing various equipment and materials. The next day, they began preparations in a big way, striving to make their first harvest before winter!

The management of the land after it was secured was a complex and multifaceted task, but with his prospective father-in-law, Zhang Youcai, overseeing things, things proceeded smoothly. In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed, the appointment of village chiefs in each village had been completed, land was being allocated in an orderly manner, and the militia company had also begun training.

The Mo Dao Regiment had equipped the village militia companies with nearly half of their stockpiles: one Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) and one repeating crossbowman, twenty Type 38 rifles per village, and ample ammunition. With these weapons, they would have a degree of self-defense capability should the Japanese attack be able to occur, and they certainly could buy some time for the villagers to evacuate!

"Uncle Cang! News has come from the county!" Hu Zi said, handing a drawing sheet to Man Cang.

"Oh?" Mancang is planning the militia joint defense of each village. As long as the joint defense is established, these two townships will be an impregnable block, and the Japanese will not be able to shake it no matter which direction they come from!

"The Japanese have increased their troops again! And there's another iron turtle! Damn, it seems that Kobayashi Kazuhito is still not giving up!" Mancang said, taking the drawing paper.

"Zeng Bing? How many more soldiers have been added?" Hu Zi asked nervously.

"Two hundred! And one more armored vehicle!"

"Two hundred? What can that number of people do? And what's an armored vehicle?"

"Hmm... We can't be careless! How many brothers are left in Mafang Village?"

Man Cang didn't take the Japanese armored vehicles too seriously. At that time, armored vehicles were just cars with armor plating, with two machine gun firing ports on the top, which was fundamentally different from tanks!

Its primary purpose is to provide cover for infantry, usually accompanying them on their charge. With proper planning, two grenades are enough to knock it to the ground, posing little threat.

"One hundred and seventy people, the rest are training militia in various villages!" Tiger replied.

"Enough! The Japanese devils and their collaborators number at most five or six hundred. With what we've prepared, they won't be able to cause any trouble!"

"Go forward and send out another five miles of outposts. The Japanese are no match for us!" Man Cang instructed.