Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

In terms of combat support, map bags, water bottles, lunch boxes, leggings, shin guards, raincoats, military blankets, tent cloths, etc. are piled high in the warehouse!

Kong Jie's eyes widened.

The Eighth Route Army was generally poor, but Cao Geng's Third Battalion seemed to have more supplies than some Japanese regiments.

Kong Jie continued to check.

As for practical tools, such as infantry shovels, sickles, hand axes, and military pickaxes, they are densely arranged in two rows and hung on the wall!

In terms of protective equipment, there are many varieties, including gas masks, goggles, mosquito hoods, mosquito nets, and belts, backpacks, and shoulder bags for carrying equipment, which is quite spectacular!

Simply put, in terms of military supplies, Kong Jie has been the regiment commander for nearly ten years, and he has never seen any battalion with such rich and comprehensive equipment.

Even the combined supplies of his independent regiment at its peak were less than half of Cao Geng's third battalion...

Cao Geng's troops were just a battalion, the same battalion he had previously despised.

Thinking of this, Kong Jie's expression became extremely complicated.

This is unbelievable!

of course,

In addition to these delicate combat tools, Wang Huaibao took Kong Jie deep into the armory and stopped in front of a huge machine covered with tent cloth.

"what is this?"

Unconsciously, Kong Jie's tone towards Wang Huaibao became polite.

There was no way. It was the first time that Kong Jie had seen a battalion with such abundant equipment.

Have to be careful.

Even if he didn't say it, he admitted that he had underestimated the Third Battalion before.

"Captain Kong, please look."

Wang Huaibao smiled slightly, having anticipated Kong Jie's reaction.

In fact, before following Cao Geng, he had never thought that his camp would have so many military supplies.

But over time, as the deputy battalion commander of the third battalion, he got used to the fact that their battalion commander could always create surprises.

He had already been surprised by these supplies.

At this moment, he was more interested in watching the changes in Kong Jie's expression than in the supplies.

Then, with a loud rustle, Wang Huaibao opened the curtain of the tent.

Then, Kong Jie, who was already surprised, was stunned when he saw the heavy weapons in front of him.

Under the tent that Wang Huaibao opened, what was clearly visible were the long-range firepower such as grenade launchers and mortars in Cao Gengying.

However, when one takes a look at these long-range firepower, one realizes that their number is astonishingly large. Kong Jie roughly counts them and finds that they are simply countless.

Kong Jie immediately widened his eyes and opened his mouth.

The large number of grenade launchers and mortars in Cao Gengying was not what surprised Kong Jie the most.

What shocked him the most was that Cao Gengying still had thirteen mountain cannons and field cannons captured from the Japanese!

"Even a division of our army might not have such equipment, but now an entire battalion has it..."

Kong Jie muttered to himself.

The Eighth Route Army was generally short of supplies, and the weapons that Wang Huaibao displayed might not even be available in the brigade-level arsenal.

It's pretty good to have so much equipment in a division's arsenal.

However, now he actually saw all this in the Third Battalion of Cao Geng's New First Regiment.

How could Kong Jie not be shocked by this?

Wang Huaibao did not interrupt Kong Jie's shock, but just waited with interest for him to calm down.

After a moment, Kong Jie took a deep breath, turned to Wang Huaibao and asked, "How many soldiers do you have in your camp now?"

Without elite soldiers and generals, the Third Battalion would not have been able to seize so many weapons and supplies.

Kong Jie was very curious about how many troops the Third Battalion had now.

As expected, Wang Huaibao was very frank. After thinking for a while, he answered: "As for the soldiers, the number was about 2,100 three days ago. With the addition of the villagers who have joined the Third Battalion in the past two days, the Third Battalion should now have about 2,300 people.

Excluding three or four hundred old men, children, and women, there are about 1,900 warriors available for battle.”

Today, the Sanying has become famous in the surrounding areas, and about a hundred villagers want to join every day.

In principle, the Third Battalion will accept new villagers, men, women, young and old, except for traitors.

Therefore, the number of soldiers in the three battalions increased at a very fast rate.

However, among the 2,300 people, in addition to 300 to 400 elderly, weak, women and children, there were still about 1,900 soldiers able to go to the battlefield.

Despite this, Kong Jie was still very surprised at the speed at which the Third Battalion recruited soldiers.

Kong Jie showed an expression that he couldn't describe.

It's outrageous that a battalion has more than 1,900 soldiers able to go to the battlefield!

Some brigades of the Eighth Route Army had just this many people.

But, Cao Geng only has one camp here!

...

The matter of horses is a military secret in our battalion. The cavalry company is under the charge of Captain Sun Desheng. The battalion commander has given orders, and I, the deputy battalion commander, cannot ask about the war horses casually. So I don't know exactly how many war horses our battalion has. But I guessed that in addition to the more than 400 horses seized in Wanjia Town at the beginning, we later fought other troops and obtained about 200 horses. So, we should have more than 600 war horses now.

In this era, war horses were particularly valuable to an army. Sometimes, cavalry could even decide the outcome of a battle. Therefore, Cao Geng stipulated that the number of war horses was to be kept strictly confidential. Even if it was just an approximate number, it was enough to shock Kong Jie.

Two thousand three hundred men in a battalion, and six hundred horses... Kong Jie was shocked when he heard these numbers. You know, when he led the independent regiment at its peak, there were only about a thousand men. But the third battalion of the new regiment, which had only been recruited for less than two months, already had two thousand three hundred men? He must be dreaming.

Bang! Kong Jie slapped his face hard, then grimaced. It hurt so much, it was burning. It seemed that this was not a dream. However, after confirming that this was not a dream, Kong Jie was even more shocked. He found that he not only underestimated Cao Geng, but also greatly underestimated him.

Then, he thought, as the commander of the Third Battalion, he was in charge of more than 2,300 people. Even if he was a company commander in the Third Battalion, he would have to manage several hundred people. Moreover, the Third Battalion had so much equipment and supplies. Perhaps, it would not be bad for him to be a company commander here?

Now, even Kong Jie himself didn't realize that he had changed from his initial disdain to real interest.