Bright Sword: Flesh and Blood Military Industrial Base

Immediately after the Eighth Company was reorganized, each unit began training under the leadership of its officers.

Liu Tiegang also went to Zhou Dachui, hoping to hire some villagers to help, and of course, he made his objectives and the dangers clear.

Without hesitation, Zhou Dachui notified all the villagers and offered his full support.

Under his impetus, 20 young men, including Zhou Shunzi, temporarily joined the group. Later, with the help of Chen Xiaoquan, they explained the pros and cons to several surrounding villages and recruited more people.

Perhaps it was the Eighth Company's performance during this period that completely won the trust of the surrounding villagers. In addition, since it was just about digging up the railway tracks and there was no need to confront the Japanese head-on, quite a few people agreed. Soon, Liu Tiegang's squad had more than a hundred people, including twenty soldiers.

Sun Ming, from the reconnaissance squad, returned after the meeting to report on the Japanese actions: on the surface, they had only arranged for an infantry squad and a puppet army company to leave the city.

A portion of the troops went to the Xiaowangzhuang and Heifeng'ao strongholds, while the majority of the troops set up a temporary camp at the Datian stronghold site, seemingly intending to rebuild the Datian stronghold.

However, after discussing with Lin Xiaoye and others, Sun Ming judged that the Japanese were very likely to send out plainclothes teams and some traitors to conduct reconnaissance.

Yang Zheng simply nodded, instructing him to lead the seven newly arrived cavalrymen on a scouting mission. With warhorses, the round trip would be shortened by several hours.

Time flew by and it was October 12th. Yang Zheng looked at Wang Wenhan with a big smile and said, "Company Commander, all the preliminary preparations have been completed and all the materials have been prepared. We can start producing bullets now."

Currently, my personal production capacity, including propellant and primer, is sufficient to produce 500 bullets per day.

Yang Zheng stood up excitedly, patted Wang Wenhan on the shoulder hard, and burst into laughter.

To be honest, 500 bullets a day isn't much, just two bullets per person in the whole company, but for the Eighth Company, it's incredibly precious.

This also means that even if they don't capture bullets on the battlefield, their rifles won't become useless.

"Okay, Mr. Wang, thank you for your hard work and for your efforts!" Yang Zheng was generous with his sincerity.

Wang Wenhan smiled and said with some emotion, "Company Commander, compared to the soldiers fighting on the front lines, my little bit of hardship is nothing. I'll go back to work now and produce the bullets as quickly as possible."

"Okay, Engineer Wang, I'll inform Master Li and his team to cooperate fully!" Yang Zheng's face turned serious as he made his promise.

At the same time, he was also thinking about how to obtain more raw materials for bullets. Steel was easy to obtain, but copper would require a better approach.

Currently, we can use spent shell casings recovered from the battlefield as a temporary solution, but this is not a long-term solution. Moreover, Yang Zheng will not be satisfied with producing only 500 bullets per day.

In addition to the blacksmith's summons, the blacksmith's summons list now includes a new candidate—the bullet production technician.

The price is 500 Soul Points and 150 Flesh Resources.

It's very expensive, after all, 500 Soul Points are enough to kill 50 ordinary Japanese soldiers, but it's worth it. Having more bullets makes it easier to kill enemies, instead of having to resort to melee combat every time.

However, due to the limited availability of raw materials, Yang Zheng has not yet summoned a second technician.

Just as Wang Wenhan went to work, Chen Xiaoquan walked into the company headquarters.

"Company commander, the regimental commander has sent someone over; they're at the barracks now."

Yang Zheng raised an eyebrow: "Oh? People from the regimental headquarters have arrived? Let's go take a look."

Meanwhile, on the other side, at the training ground of the barracks, Sun Desheng stared intently at the troops who were training.

A team of about 40 people was conducting bayonet training. Bayonet training is nothing unusual, but what is unusual is that the weapons they were carrying were all shiny black Type 38 rifles.

Beside them were several Japanese light machine guns, and soldiers were practicing operating and maintaining them.

There are three such training formations on the field.

What caught his eye most was the group of several dozen people at the very edge. And the equipment they were practicing with was—grenade launchers and Type 92 heavy machine guns.

He felt like he was hallucinating; heavy machine guns and grenade launchers—their regiment didn't have a single one now.

Here, there are nine grenade launchers and one heavy machine gun.

How could that be?

Sun Desheng rubbed his eyes hard, and after several seconds of darkness, he opened them again, but the scene from before did not disappear.

The people are still the same people, and the guns are still the same guns.

"Holy crap, is this really the Eighth Company?"

If he hadn't known Chen Xiaoquan, he would have doubted that he had gone to the wrong place.

This unit, which was richer than the entire New First Regiment, was actually just a company under their New First Regiment.

The regimental commander also told Yang Zheng to find out the situation here, then report back, and to learn from the others.

What are you learning? It was the Eighth Company that caused that commotion, wasn't it?

How did Yang Zheng manage to do that in such a short time?

Sun Desheng even doubted that Li Yunlong would not believe him if he went back and reported the truth.

Just then, Sun Desheng felt someone pat him on the shoulder. He turned around and saw the person in question—Yang Zheng.

He was so engrossed in his reading that he didn't even notice someone walking up to him.

"Squad Leader Sun, long time no see!" Yang Zheng greeted him with a smile.

Sun Desheng, the renowned cavalry company commander.

But that's a story for later. He's only recently joined the Eighth Route Army and is currently a squad leader, though Li Yunlong values ​​him highly.

Sun Desheng realized what was happening and quickly saluted: "Company Commander Yang! I am Sun Desheng, squad leader of the third squad, second platoon, first company, first battalion of the new first regiment! I have come to investigate the situation on orders from the regimental commander!"

Yang Zheng returned the greeting, then smiled and said, "Squad Leader Sun, you must be tired from your journey. What are your instructions, Commander?"

Sun Desheng was stunned for a moment, then recalled Li Yunlong's orders before he left, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Company Commander Yang, the regimental commander received information that the Japanese troops around Xiyang have been suffering repeated losses recently, and he specifically ordered me to have you investigate which unit was responsible. But now..."

He didn't say anything more. Although he was just a class monitor, he had seen a lot and understood the situation just by looking at the training scene in front of him.

"Haha, come on, Squad Leader Sun, let's go to the company headquarters to talk," Yang Zheng invited with a smile.

Sun Desheng's arrival caught him off guard, and his full strength was exposed.

His post-battle report, including the expansion of personnel (including the backgrounds of all personnel) and the blueprints for the 6.5mm bullet, has already been sent to the regimental headquarters and should be arriving soon.

But to everyone's surprise, Li Yunlong also sent people over.

However, once it's exposed, it's exposed.

His abilities have been fully demonstrated, and Li Yunlong is unlikely to be short-sighted, so he probably won't rob him.

After all, he was also from the New First Regiment, a unit under Li Yunlong.