Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 57: The Brigade Commander Steals the House (First Order Request)

"Moshimoshi, Moshimoshi!" Noda Tasa, a Japanese soldier at the Chencun stronghold, heard a loud noise from the direction of Lizhuang. He was so panicked that he picked up the phone and shook it before calling out.

But there was no more news from the other side. It was obvious that after the loud noise, the Japanese on Li Zhuang's side had lost contact.

This made Noda Tasa even more panicked. According to his experience, the loud noise he just heard was very much like heavy artillery. He knew too well the power of heavy artillery. If it hit the target, his artillery tower would be destroyed.

Since Li Zhuang's phone call could not be reached, Noda Tasa turned to call the gendarmerie brigade in the city.

"Moshimoshi, Moshimoshi!" Noda Tasa shouted frantically.

"Moshimoshi, Noda-kun, what's the matter?" Staff Officer Yamada, who answered the phone at the Military Police Battalion, heard Noda Tasa's voice and asked curiously.

"Yamada-kun, something serious has happened. We heard the explosion of heavy artillery at the Lizhuang stronghold. We can't get through to the phone now. It seems that they have been destroyed." Noda Tsao reported tremblingly, "Please tell Major Fujino that patrols will be sent to the Chencun stronghold to check. We can't rule out the possibility that the main force of the Eighth Route Army has arrived."

"What? Mr. Noda, please take care of yourself. I will report to Lord Fujiwara immediately. The gendarmerie battalion will immediately enter a state of full alert. If there are any problems, please report immediately, Mr. Noda!" Yamada, who received the latest information, did not dare to neglect it.

The Eighth Route Army possessing heavy artillery was no small matter. After all, in terms of troop numbers, the gendarmerie battalion facing the Eighth Route Army headquarters was at an absolute disadvantage and had to rely on strongholds and cities, as well as superior firepower to stabilize the situation.

On the other side, Li Yunlong led his team on a rapid march and headed straight for the Chencun stronghold.

Li Zhuang left behind a few soldiers to continue cleaning the battlefield and wait for the follow-up transport team from Yangcun. Although an attack on two strongholds was planned before the war, no one expected the progress to be so smooth. The logistics was a little delayed, but it was not a big problem. The distance from Lizhuang to Yangcun was not too far and it would take only a few hours to get there.

The Chencun stronghold was about 3 kilometers away from Lizhuang and about or kilometers away from the county seat. It covered more than people in or nearby villages under its rule. The collection of grain and labor was carried out in the two strongholds of Chencun and Lizhuang.

The mountainous area northwest of the county was under tight control, making it very inconvenient for the independent regiment to enter and exit the mountainous area.

Li Yunlong and his men hurried along the way and soon encountered the Japanese patrol motorcycles. The company and platoon in front heard the sound of the motorcycles coming from afar, so they gestured to go up the mountain to ambush, and at the same time notified the followers to stop advancing and disperse into the mountains.

Seeing that there was only one motorcycle, the platoon leader directly ordered a sniper attack. Several sharpshooters in the platoon aimed at the colonel's sidecar that was bumping and banging along the way. When they entered about a hundred meters, the platoon leader gave an order, and with the crisp sound of a Type 38 rifle, the Japanese rider operating the motorcycle was hit on the head and fell on the motorcycle. The motorcycle lost control and rushed out of the road, rolling all the way down the mountain!
At the same time, the Japanese soldier who was carrying a Type 99 light machine gun in the sidecar had several bloody holes on his body. It seemed that he would not live long. When the car overturned, he and his gun fell to the side of the road.

Only the Japanese soldier following behind the rider was not shot dead immediately. However, when the motorcycle overturned, the Japanese soldier rolled down the hillside with a scream and was shot away by the soldiers who rushed up.

After quickly collecting the loot, the team continued forward.

However, when they were almost at the Chencun stronghold, Li Yunlong ordered the team to stop. This was because the Chencun stronghold had a special terrain. It was located in the center of a small basin village, and was in a commanding position, able to control an area within a radius of four to five hundred meters around the village.

Unlike the Lizhuang stronghold, the village was surrounded by mountains and forests. The vision of the Japanese stronghold was only about 200 meters. There were not too many blind spots on the hills in that place, so Li Yunlong and his men could dig launch holes from the blind spots and launch attacks. While Li Yunlong was doing things, Ren Zhong was busy training his apprentices.

Now that the manual punching machine has been obtained, there are not enough workers. Ren Zhong can only lead a group of relatively dexterous soldiers to learn how to use the manual punching machine to press bullet casings. To be honest, it is already difficult to lead people with mediocre skills, and it is even more difficult to lead this group of newcomers with no basic skills.

Although Li Yunlong had been searching for those skilled workers who were stranded among the people through underground intelligence organizations, Ren Zhong had to rely on himself in the short term to teach this group of newly-employed workers.

Li Yunlong was such a cunning guy that he didn't bother looking for Zhang Wanhe in order to keep the things in his independent regiment, and transferred a few people from the arsenal.

Anyway, seeing that Ren Zhong was capable, Li Yunlong kept talking nonsense, calling him "younger brother" and made Ren Zhong confused. Anyway, he was just leading a group of rookies!
There were already several thousand reloaded shells, and the production of new shells was not that important to Li Yunlong. The reason why Li Yunlong only brought one company this time was, on the one hand, of course, because of the regulations, but on the other hand, the independent regiment had been extremely poor for a long time. Kong Jie was an honest child, and he just had to guard the headquarters honestly. He had almost no chance of making a fortune by begging, so what use could he get by relying on Zhang Wanhe's supplies?

The last time Yamamoto launched a surprise attack, nearly half of his family fortune was lost. What's even more painful is that nearly half of his elite veterans were also lost. It is difficult for Li Yunlong to save up his family fortune. He can only hold on to Ren Zhong's thigh and develop for a while. However, Li Yunlong didn't expect that Ren Zhong's leg was so damn powerful. Not only did he produce bullets, but he also turned them into conscienceless cannons.

In the big cave, Ren Zhong was feeling a little confused when Kong Jie walked in with a familiar figure.

"Brother Ren, the brigade commander is here!" Kong Jie, who stayed behind in Yang Village, shouted at Ren Zhong with a somewhat reluctant look on his face.

There was no other reason. Today Li Yunlong asked Kong Jie to guard the house. In addition to leading a team to guard a gate of the headquarters, he was also responsible for guarding the arsenal in Yangcun. Both were the lifeline of the independent regiment. However, he did not expect that the brigade commander would come to him and specifically asked to visit the arsenal in Yangcun.

Now the Yangcun Arsenal was developed by the independent regiment itself. Kong Jie didn't know what the brigade commander knew, so he had to reluctantly take the brigade commander to the big cave.

Why is the brigade commander here? Ren Zhong was stunned, raised his head, and looked at the leather-clad man rushing in from the cave entrance.

"Hello, Commander!" Ren Zhong greeted him and turned to his apprentices, "Practice again on your own."

After saying that, he went over to hear what the brigade commander had to say.

"Hello, Boss Ren. I heard that you have done great things in Yangcun. You are truly a rare technical talent. I came here to observe and learn." The brigade commander said with a smile.

"You're joking, Brigade Commander. I just do some mending work." Ren Zhong said modestly.

"If you say you can mend the bullets, I believe you can do it, but what about making bullets?" The brigade commander was amazed at the rows of manual punching machines. Although these machines were manually cranked, they were obviously more sophisticated than those at the headquarters arsenal.

"Boss Ren, can you provide us with another batch of this processing machinery?" The brigade commander's eyes lit up. He certainly saw the application value of this kind of machinery. It does not require electricity and can be processed purely by hand. It is an important tool for improving the base's arsenal.

Another thing that attracted the brigade commander was a pile of golden copper coins next to him!
Brothers, it’s on the shelves, urgent call, first order support!
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(End of this chapter)