Bright Sword: Flesh and Blood Military Industrial Base

"Our company currently has three Type 96 light machine guns, 38 Type 38 rifles, 56 hand grenades, 3836 rounds of machine gun ammunition, and 2507 rounds of rifle ammunition!"

Chen Xiaoquan was making the final summary, and Yang Zheng nodded.

These firearms are enough to arm everyone in their Eighth Company now, after all, excluding the seriously wounded and those who have died, their Eighth Company only has 32 people left.

To be honest, 32 people is too few; it's barely enough for a platoon. Recruiting will be our main task going forward.

Yang Zheng also noticed that there were actually a small number of young men in Changning Village who were willing to join the army, but they had not yet made up their minds. With their current achievements, it was only natural for them to sign up for the army.

Furthermore, we can also promote it to the surrounding villages, and I believe many young and middle-aged people will be eager to sign up.

Most importantly, the warriors summoned by the system.

"Let's go! The Japanese soldiers' corpses should all be burned. Let's go take a look!" Yang Zheng said, then turned and walked out of the village.

Chen Xiaoquan and Zhao Dahu were a little puzzled. What was so interesting about burning Japanese corpses? Were they afraid the corpses would rise from the dead? But they didn't say anything and quickly followed.

When they arrived, the preliminary work for the burning had already been done. The white corpses were stacked on the open ground, and wood and other flammable materials were also placed there.

"Let's begin!" Yang Zheng didn't waste any more words.

Dozens of torches were thrown in, instantly igniting the dry leaves and other materials, and then flames began to burn fiercely.

After a long wait, the system notification finally came through.

"Gained 40 Soul Points, 115 Flesh Resources; gained..."

Yang Zheng silently did the statistics and soon understood the significance of the value of obtaining soul points.

Second Lieutenant = 40, Sergeant = 30, Sergeant = 20, Regular Soldier = 10; Total Soul Points: 630.

Flesh and blood resources actually represent the weight of the Japanese soldiers themselves, with one jin (1 grams) equaling one point; a total of 6264 flesh and blood resources were obtained this time, plus the 106 remaining from before, for a total of 6370 points.

Summoning a warrior costs 15 soul points and 150 flesh resources. Yang Zheng was calculating whether he should use all of his 42 soul points to summon warriors.

"Company Commander, shall we go back to the village? It's getting dark." At this moment, Chen Xiaoquan said to Yang Zheng.

Yang Zheng snapped out of his daze and nodded. "Let's go back. The villagers should be back soon! Make arrangements for repairing the houses that collapsed during the battle!"

"Understood!" Chen Xiaoquan nodded.

The group quickly returned to Changning Village, where they could see from afar that the village was already bustling with activity, as the villagers who had evacuated earlier in the morning had returned.

Zhou Dachui, along with Zhou Shunzi and the others, waited at the village entrance. Upon seeing Yang Zheng, they rushed forward, exclaiming, "Company Commander Yang, you guys are truly outstanding! Amazing!"

Yang Zheng waved his hand and apologized, "We had no choice but to choose the village as the battlefield for this battle, which resulted in the collapse of many houses..."

"Oh dear! Company Commander Yang, what are you saying? What's a few dozen houses collapsing? We can just rebuild them!" Zhou Dachui interrupted Yang Zheng before he could even finish speaking.

He then praised him several more times before saying, "Company Commander Yang, I can see it too, this is what the Eighth Route Army is all about!" As he spoke, he gave a thumbs up.

Then he added, "I wonder if you're still recruiting? There are a few good-for-nothing youngsters in the village who want to join you in fighting the Japanese devils!"

"We would be more than happy to accept this if the conditions are met!" Yang Zheng said with a smile. "We would also appreciate it if you could ask Grandpa Zhou to help us arrange for it to be done in the surrounding villages as well."

To be honest, our new 8th Company of the 1st Regiment urgently needs comrades who share our ideals and aspirations. We hope that our fellow villagers will enthusiastically join the army!

Zhou Dachui's face was ruddy. He tapped his cane on the ground and nodded heavily: "It's only right. Your Eighth Route Army is the best army I've ever seen. For those in the surrounding areas who are determined to fight against the Japanese devils, joining you is the best choice!"

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Zhou Dachui returned to Zhou Shunzi's house. (His house had been destroyed in the bombing.)

Yang Zheng returned to the company headquarters. After arranging for Ono and the other two scouts to make a difficult trip to monitor the Japanese near the stronghold 12 kilometers away, he sat down alone.

He quietly lit a cigarette, slowly finished it, and then made his decision.

"Summon 36 warriors!"

[Summoning successful. A total of 540 Soul Points and 5400 Flesh Resources were consumed. The summoned warrior will arrive at the barracks within 48 hours. Please be ready to receive your summons!]

"Summon 4 blacksmiths!"

[Summoning successful. Total consumption: 80 Soul Points, 600 Flesh Resources. The blacksmith will arrive at the blacksmith shop within 48 hours. Please prepare to receive the summons!]

Save the remaining 10 Soul Points and 370 Flesh Resources for next time!

With the addition of 36 outstanding soldiers and the recruitment of new recruits, his Eighth Company will soon be able to reach full strength, and the previously missing Third Platoon can also be expanded.

However, the same old problem persists: there aren't enough weapons; at least half are needed. For now, they'll have to make do with melee weapons, which is why he summoned four additional blacksmiths.

With four more blacksmiths, the efficiency of weapon forging will naturally be higher, and the upgrade requirements for the blacksmith shop can be met more quickly.

After all, he still doesn't know what gold resources are!

Almost as soon as Yang Zheng had this thought, the system suddenly sent a notification.

[Gold earned: 5]

"Huh?" Yang Zheng was stunned. He first looked himself over, and then carefully recalled what he had done in the past few minutes.

The result was that there was absolutely no clue.

Just then, his gaze suddenly turned towards the blacksmith's shop outside the door.

There, flames flickered, and Li Dachui was using a newly built furnace to salvage the damaged weapons; he had been doing this for some time.

Yang Zheng thought for a moment, then pushed open the door and went out. At the entrance of the blacksmith's shop, he saw Li Dachui, shirtless, operating the bellows to fully ignite the coal in the furnace and melt the object completely.

Upon seeing Yang Zheng arrive, Li Dachui laughed loudly, "Company Commander, it'll be melted down almost done! We can start forging the broadsword after lunch, and it should be finished by this time tomorrow!"

He thought Yang Zheng was there to check on his progress, so after finishing speaking, he continued, "However, the steel is still insufficient. The recycled materials can only be used to forge five weapons. We need to get more steel quickly."

Or if we have iron ore, we can smelt it ourselves, but that would be much slower!

Yang Zheng pulled himself out of his thoughts and nodded in agreement, "I'll figure something out in the next few days, don't worry!" Then, as if casually asking, "What did you melt down in the end?"

"It's the Japanese lieutenant's sword that Luo Dashan brought over!" Li Dachui answered crisply.

A thought flashed through Yang Zheng's mind, and he understood somewhat.

Gold = Japanese military sword.

Logically speaking, the higher the rank of a Japanese officer, the more gold resources he could obtain from the sword he used.

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