Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 160 What have you done now, you idiot?!
"Look at you, Lao Kong, look at you, what a good-for-nothing you are."

Li Yunlong immediately said with disdain, "It's just a mere arsenal, why are you so happy? Let me tell you, robbing such an obscure arsenal is nothing. Sooner or later, I'll take you and Lao Ding to rob the Taiyuan Arsenal, that's when we'll really make a fortune."

"Seize the Taiyuan Arsenal? That's too far away." Kong Jie shook his head. That was the heartland of the Japanese First Army. It wasn't that simple.

"How did you find this Japanese arsenal?" Kong Jie asked, still focusing on the question before him.

"That newly arrived military police captain in Heyuan County, Fujita Ichiji, is a complete idiot. He actually used equipment that could make bullets to fish. Just think about it, where did he get that equipment?" Li Yunlong laughed.

"So you concluded that there are Japanese arsenals in this area." Kong Jie seemed thoughtful, then remembered something and asked, "But that still doesn't make sense. The Japanese army has a huge demand for weapons and ammunition, so why would they stop production and use the equipment specifically for fishing?"

"It's very simple. My judgment is that the enemy is afraid of our Hellfire Cannons and is worried that we will find this arsenal sooner or later. Therefore, the enemy is preparing to relocate this arsenal," Li Yunlong explained.

"So how did you get this information?"

"I just got lucky and managed to get a few of those Japanese military dogs," Li Yunlong chuckled. "Don't you think a place like this, where the Japanese would send military dogs to patrol, can it be an ordinary place? I had someone secretly scout it out..."

Before Li Yunlong could finish speaking, Kong Jie jumped up excitedly: "Haha, Li Yunlong, it seems that I, Kong Jie, have really benefited from your help this time!"

If we can get an arms factory for Director Li, then I can get a few more of these rocket launchers.

I'm not afraid that Logistics Minister Zhang will suspect me of badmouthing Factory Director Li.

This time, Kong Jie got the rocket launcher through his own skill!
"Hey Kong Erlengzi, don't get too cocky yet." Li Yunlong's expression was very serious. "This operation is very important. You'd better cooperate well and don't let your stubborn temper get the better of you at the crucial moment."

Kong Erlengzi's brain is different from Lao Ding's.

At any time, Lao Ding has a very clear understanding of problems; he can immediately see the details and the key points.

Therefore, Lao Ding cooperated very well with us at critical moments, and the brigade commander felt very reassured when Lao Ding followed him.

As for Kong Erlengzi, he really falls short when it matters.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll definitely listen to you in order to get military equipment for Director Li." Kong Jie readily agreed, but then remembered something and couldn't help but ask, "I still have a question, why don't we just take Lao Ding and head straight to the Japanese military factory? Why do we have to waste time going to Chu Yunfei's place?"

“It’s very simple. Most of the Japanese troops attacking the Jin-Sui Army and the elite Japanese forces are infantry. There’s only one cavalry unit, the Kuroshima Morita Regiment, and two mechanized regiments, one of which is operating near Gao Liujin. And we’ve taken over the Japanese arsenal…” Li Yunlong didn’t finish his sentence.

Kong Jie nodded emphatically: "I understand. This is to severely damage the Japanese reinforcements first, so that they won't chase after us and affect our ability to move the goods back."

"One more thing, this operation needs to be fast. We can't let the logistics transport team follow us, because it's too big a target," Li Yunlong added. "We've taken the military horses from Kuroshima Morita, so we can use them to quickly transport the equipment from the arsenal back."

"Yes, with the military horses helping to transport our supplies, our marching speed will be guaranteed." Kong Jie nodded again and said happily, "Old Li, we won a great victory with you this time. I'll treat you to a drink later."

Li Yunlong laughed and scolded, "I don't care about your wine. You go and dig your coal at the arsenal, do a good job of security. If you can protect the arsenal and Brother Li when it matters, that's enough."

"Don't worry, unless my entire Second Regiment is wiped out, I won't let the arsenal and Director Li..."

"Go away, you idiot, shut your damn mouth!" Li Yunlong cursed. "We're in such a good mood, and you have to say something unlucky at this crucial moment, ruining my mood."

Snapped!
Kong Jie slapped himself across the face and cursed, "Yes, yes, I deserve to be slapped. My mouth deserves to be slapped. I can't speak properly."

"By the way, what does this Japanese arsenal produce? It doesn't just produce bullets, does it?" Kong Jie asked again.

"I don't know the specifics either; we'll only know once we take it down."

……

Japanese Military Police in Heyuan

"Captain, as you instructed, the bait is ready." The assistant approached Sato Haruno and reported to him.

Haruno Sato did not come alone; he brought his own people with him.

This assistant made significant contributions to Haruno Sato, so he was brought over by Sato as well.

“Yes, very good.” Sato Haruno nodded and said to his assistant, “Then the next step is to lay out clues. Don’t make it too obvious, just leave a little bit. The Eighth Route Army’s intelligence agents are not to be trifled with; they can identify the bait from the smallest clues.”

"Yes, Captain." The assistant nodded again.

"Go ahead and do it yourself. Don't let that idiot Fujita Ichiji and his men get involved."

"Okay." The assistant was about to leave.

Then Fujita Ichiji rushed in, shouting, "Vice-Captain, something terrible has happened!"

"Fujita, you idiot! Didn't you know to knock before coming in?!" Sato Haruno immediately became annoyed when he saw Fujita Ichiji's flustered appearance.

Judging from this, could it be that this idiot has caused trouble for himself again?
After being yelled at by Sato Haruno, Fujita Ichiji obediently left and then knocked on the door: "Vice-Captain, may I come in?"

"You idiot, you've already barged in, and you still need to do this unnecessary thing." Sato Haruno cursed again, then asked bluntly, "What happened now? Did the combat troops suffer a big loss?"

Although the supplies have been loaded onto military trains, the railway line has not yet been repaired and reopened.

Every day of delay consumes a portion of the combat troops' supplies.

Haruno Sato was really worried that if the combat troops suffered heavy losses due to the rapid consumption of supplies, it would be a real problem.

They have located the Eighth Route Army's arsenal, and a large number of troops will be needed to carry out the operation.

"It's not that the combat troops suffered losses, but that we lost our military dogs," Fujita Ichiji replied.

The military dogs are gone?

Upon hearing this, Sato Haruno's expression immediately turned extremely ugly: "Baka, what exactly is going on?" The most crucial element in finding and pinpointing the location of the Eighth Route Army's arsenal was the use of military dogs to sniff out the scent.

Without military dogs to sniff out the scent, there's no way to track down the Eighth Route Army's arsenal.

Fujita Ichiji, you idiot, what have you done now?!

"Because the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery posed too great a threat, they could easily invade Heyuan County. If the Cuicun arsenal wasn't moved, it might be discovered by the Eighth Route Army one day and fall into their hands. So the arsenal had to be moved, and to prevent it from being noticed by enemy spies, the military dogs were moved there for surveillance," Fujita Ichiji explained. "As a result, the patrol team, with the military dogs, unexpectedly encountered a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers. The Eighth Route Army wiped out the patrol team, and all the military dogs disappeared without a trace!"

Fujita Ichiji was also quite helpless about this.

These Eighth Route Army soldiers are hiding and not showing themselves!

As a result, every time they showed their faces, they encountered our military dogs on patrol.

Of course.

It's also possible that the military dogs smelled the Eighth Route Army's scent or discovered their tracks, leading to their encounter, and Amaterasu couldn't protect them.

"Baka!" Upon hearing this, Sato Haruno slammed his fist on the table and scolded, "Fujita, why didn't you tell me in advance that the Cuicun arsenal was being relocated and the military dogs were being moved there for guard duty? I thought our military dogs were still in their kennels. Baka! You kept such an important matter from me, you idiot!"

“Vice Minister, I was also planning to report this matter to you, but I never expected…” Fujita Ichiji’s expression was grim.

Initially, Fujita Ichiji intended to hand over the reins to Sato Haruno.

However, Sato Haruno's main purpose in coming here was to find the Eighth Route Army and their arsenal. Fujita Ichiji thought that there was no need to rush to report on the relocation of the arsenal, so as not to distract Sato Haruno.

As for the military dogs leading the patrol along the road, Fujita Ichiji didn't think it was a big deal.

Once the Eighth Route Army swallows Sato Haruno's bait, and military dogs are needed, the arsenal should have been successfully relocated by then, and the military dogs can be brought over for use.

Who knew this unexpected thing would happen?

"If we lose military dogs, we can borrow more from other places!" Sato Haruno roared. "The real problem is this Cuicun arsenal. If something goes wrong, no one can bear the responsibility. Don't you understand, you idiot!"

Military dogs are very valuable and cannot be easily trained in a short period of time.

However, if the goal is to find Eighth Route Army arsenals, for such an important operation, Sato Haruno could still request military dogs from other places.

In Sato Haruno's opinion, Fujita Ichiji's decision to have military dogs guard the Cuicun arsenal was truly foolish!

After all, we don't have many military dogs.

Where military dogs are needed, it must be a military stronghold.

Fujita Ichiji, are you afraid the enemy won't know that the Cuicun arsenal isn't our key location?

It's possible that the enemy's spies are already frantically searching for clues over there.

“Vice Minister, aren’t you being a bit too sensitive…” Fujita Ichiji blinked at Sato Haruno, but before he could finish speaking, Sato Haruno yelled at him, “You idiot, first you lost the equipment that could make artillery shells and the half-finished cannon barrels, and then you used the equipment that could make bullets to lure us in! Are you afraid the enemy won’t know you have an arsenal here?! You even brought military dogs there for training and guard duty, isn’t that just like trying to hide something obvious?”

Sato Haruno's liver ached from yelling, and he didn't want to say anything more. He bluntly asked, "How's the relocation of the Cui Village arsenal going?"

"Half of it has been packed up." Hearing Sato Haruno shout this, Fujita Ichiji immediately realized what was happening.

He thought his plan was foolproof, but he didn't expect that it would be full of loopholes in front of the deputy minister, a professional. He quickly became nervous.

Although the Cui Village arsenal is not large, if anything goes wrong, I'll really have to commit seppuku.

"First, secretly move half of this package away immediately," Sato Haruno urged. "The rest, hurry up and pack them up."

“Vice Minister, the enemy has spies searching over there now. Moving now is not a good time…” Fujita Ichiji wanted to say that moving now would expose them directly.

"Baka! Didn't you hear me say 'secret transfer'? You idiot, don't you even understand what 'secret transfer' means?!" Sato Haruno roared. "Are you really planning to keep delaying and let the enemy wipe you out in the end?!"

"Yes, yes, yes, a secret transfer, I understand, a secret transfer." Fujita Ichiji nodded repeatedly.

"Go follow this idiot, just in case he does something stupid again during the transfer. As for leaving clues about the bait, I'll handle that myself." With a headache, Sato Haruno sent his assistant with Fujita Ichiji.

The assistant suggested, "Vice Minister, how about I take full responsibility for this matter?"

The assistant meant that he didn't want that idiot Fujita Ichiji to follow along.

In short, I don't want to work with this idiot.

Who knows what stupid thing this idiot might do next that might drag me down with him?

“That’s true, that makes sense. I almost made a big mistake.” Sato Haruno nodded immediately and said to Fujita Ichiji, “You don’t need to get involved in this. Just stay put and don’t do anything.”

"Vice Minister, please believe me, I promise..." Fujita Ichiji swore, trying to convince Sato Haruno that he would not make the same mistake again.

"Get lost!" Sato Haruno kicked Fujita Ichiji away.

Damn idiot, only a fool would choose to continue trusting you.

"Vice Minister, I'm off." The assistant nodded and left.

"Working with idiots is so exhausting." Sato Haruno plopped down, rubbing his temples as he tried to calm himself.

As long as the Cui Village arsenal can be successfully and secretly moved away, the Eighth Route Army arsenal can be successfully located and found, and the expert of the Eighth Route Army arsenal can be successfully captured, then I... I hope that nothing else goes wrong.

(End of this chapter)