Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

Why do local military comrades from all over the country, including militia forces, all want to join the Independent Regiment?

For no other reason, on the one hand, the independent regiment has made a name for itself in the entire Shouyang area in recent times, and has successively destroyed Japanese battalions and Japanese regiments. This time, it directly defeated the two mixed brigades mobilized by the Japanese army, nearly 20,000 Japanese and puppet troops.

Such combat effectiveness is not exaggerated.

The army is a place that admires the strong. Who wouldn’t want to join an independent regiment with such powerful combat effectiveness?

However, this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that local military comrades in various places have heard about it.

The independent regiment is now extremely wealthy, and its commander Kong Jie has even formulated special policies for new recruits.

Soldiers who had just joined the independent regiment were given guns as soon as they met each other. They were Type 30 rifles that were % new, and they were also directly issued bullets.

In the future, if the performance on the battlefield is better, the number of bullets distributed can even be increased to 60 rounds or even 100 rounds.

In addition, there is no shortage of items required for individual combat, such as water bottles, bayonets, grenades, etc.

I heard that they even distributed snacks, such as some compressed biscuits captured from the Japanese, some easy-to-carry canned meat, etc.

The local military comrades in various places had never even heard of such generous conditions.

Who isn’t eager to join the independent group?

"Captain, please go and have a look. The local army comrades who have come from all over the country are almost occupying our base. If we recruit all of them into our independent regiment, I'm afraid our independent regiment will soon become an independent brigade."

Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan rushed to the regiment headquarters to report the situation, but there was no worry on his face, instead he was clearly full of excitement and joy.

This guy is eager for the independent regiment's strength to grow rapidly. Not to mention an independent brigade, it would be even better if it could directly form an independent division.

Kong Jie did not dare to delay and hurried to the place with Shen Quan. When he looked at it from a distance, he was also shocked.

The huge dojo was packed with people, and local military comrades from all over the place had rushed over.

But basically everyone comes empty-handed.

——Everyone has heard that the independent regiment’s conditions are good now. They will be given guns and bullets when they arrive. What are they going to do with the original equipment?

Kong Jie also felt a headache watching this scene.

Although the independent regiment has grown a lot and the base has expanded further, it is impossible to recruit so many new soldiers at once.

"Captain, what should we do? We can't just send all the local army comrades back, right?

So how are we going to survive in this area after we become an independent group?

Our reputation has been ruined, and I’m afraid no one will come to our independent group anymore.”

Kong Jie thought for a moment, and soon came up with an idea. He smiled and said:

"This is easy to do. We will conduct an assessment and elimination for the local military comrades who have come here. For example, those who have killed the devils and puppet troops will be given priority. For example, those who have been in the army for a long time and have rich combat experience will be given priority.

If all else fails, you can also organize an assessment competition to test the five basic skills of infantry: shooting, grenade throwing, bayoneting, blasting, and earthwork.

Those who rank high in each competition will be kept, and as for the other comrades, I'm sorry, our independent regiment will not accept incompetent soldiers.

That’s the condition. Those who are capable can stay.

If you can’t bear it, come back next time! ”

Shen Quan nodded, but was a little hesitant. "Captain, is this possible? Will people say that our independent regiment is too harsh?"

Good guy.

According to the Eighth Route Army's usual practice, comrades from various local armies were basically sought after by the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

Even with this, we are still not satisfied with the recruitment.

Who can be as picky as the Independent Regiment, and even set up special assessment standards?

Kong Jie's words were very clear: "Don't worry, just do it, I will take responsibility if anything goes wrong.

Also, let the news spread that from now on our independent regiment will recruit new soldiers according to this standard.

There are minimum assessment requirements. If you are not solid in the five major items of infantry, I'm sorry, but our independent regiment does not accept cowards!"

Standing on the shoulders of giants, Kong Jie understands the brilliance of marketing very well.

This is also a special marketing method.

We want to tell the world that our independent regiment is a gathering place for the strong. Sorry to the weak, there is no place for you at all.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers were true warriors forged in the raging fire.

We are all passionate men with one head on two shoulders. Who wouldn't dare to compete with each other?

In the army, if there is no competition and you don't dare to strive for the best, then why do you want to be a soldier?

Shen Quan responded, no longer hesitated, and turned around to make arrangements.

The actual situation was indeed similar to what Kong Jie had speculated.

When Shen Quan proposed in accordance with Kong Jie's order that local military comrades who wanted to join the independent regiment must pass the new recruit assessment standards set by the independent regiment.

Instead of complaining, everyone was eager to try and prove themselves.

So the assessment competition started directly.

It includes five major events: shooting competition, bomb throwing competition, bayonet fighting, blasting and earthwork.

Among them, the grenades were thrown with the fuses intact, to see who could throw the grenades more accurately and farther - after all, the Eighth Route Army was short of resources, and even for the independent regiment, the equipment level had been greatly improved recently and a lot of resources had been accumulated, so it was impossible for them to be so wasteful. Wouldn't they waste thousands of grenades for a random assessment training?

If the headquarters knew about this, they would probably scold Kong Jie for being a prodigal.

In addition, the blasting competition tests how quickly the soldiers can move forward with explosives, and whether the explosives are placed cleverly and accurately.

This is one of the most practical means used by the Eighth Route Army in combat on the battlefield.

It was often used to attack some Japanese artillery towers, bunkers, etc.

In addition to this there is shooting training.

Kong Jie was very generous. He waved his hand and allowed each of the participating soldiers to shoot two live bullets, and the final result would be determined based on the results of the two shootings.

The targets were fixed at 100 meters and 200 meters.

——If you are not a wealthy family, you would not dare to do this.

The Eighth Route Army troops were short of guns and ammunition, isolated and helpless, and lacked a military industrial base.

In the past few years, when soldiers conducted shooting training, they basically conducted aiming training while holding guns.

Each soldier only has two live ammunition shots every six months.

Compared to the Japanese, dozens of bullets would be wasted every time we conduct shooting training.

The Eighth Route Army was extremely poor.

Unlike Kong Jie, who was so generous that he allowed two rounds of live-fire shooting training directly after conducting an assessment for new recruits.

Of course, Kong Jie is also quite good at living.

The two bullets used by the soldiers in live-fire shooting were actually reloaded ammunition, that is, empty bullet shells picked up from the battlefield, refilled with some gunpowder to form reloaded ammunition.

This bullet has limited lethality.

But there was no other way. The Eighth Route Army was too poor and tried every possible way to recycle resources, even picking up bullet casings on the battlefield to produce simple reloaded ammunition.

It's still better than going to the battlefield and fighting the Japanese with bare hands.

When the troops have the conditions, this type of reloaded ammunition is often used for live-fire shooting training.

The independent regiment used this type of bullet to provide its soldiers with live-fire training.

Kong Jie knew very well that the Japanese soldiers' shooting skills were excellent, thanks to their regular live-fire target shooting training.

So he spent a lot of money to provide the soldiers with reloaded ammunition.

Shooting training is conducted at regular intervals to comprehensively improve the shooting skills of the independent regiment's soldiers.

In addition, the stabbing test is even more exaggerated.

According to Kong Jie's request, "the soldiers participating in the competition were directly equipped with rifles, and except for not allowing bayonets, the rest of the work was done in a 1:1 manner to reproduce the real battlefield.

As for any bumps, injuries, or broken ribs, please tell the local military comrades participating in the competition and I, Kong Jie, will be responsible.

Give them the best medicine and the best food until they recover."

What is the purpose?

"I want the soldiers to truly feel the cruelty of the battlefield and improve themselves quickly through the most realistic training that is close to the battlefield."

After the news spread, soldiers from various local armies were all enthusiastic and eager to get started. Some even shouted that Commander Kong was wise.

Everyone has wanted to do this for a long time.

Thus, a fierce stabbing competition officially kicked off.

Relatively speaking, the earthwork competition is much gentler.

Kong Jie also personally demonstrated earthwork operations to local military comrades, such as the digging of smokeless stoves, various foxholes and trenches, and various machine gun fortifications.

It also made the participating local military comrades realize the importance of earthwork on the battlefield.

Especially the smokeless stove which looks simple but very exquisite.

It can ensure that there is no fire and smoke when marching in the wild, which would expose the troops, and it can also allow the soldiers to have enough food. It is really an ingenious design.

In the end, the entire recruit assessment competition lasted for three consecutive days.

A total of more than 3000 local military comrades came to the Independent Regiment from all over the country, and more than 1000 of them won the final and all joined the Independent Regiment.

As a result, the independent regiment lost more than 800 people in the battle that defeated the Japanese rd and th Mixed Brigades not long ago.

The military strength was restored to more than 4000 people.

The other 2000-odd local military comrades who were eliminated in the knockout rounds had no complaints, but they secretly made up their minds to train harder after returning.

Try to pass the assessment next time and join the independent group.

There are also episodes:

More than 2000 local military comrades who left were stopped on the way by other main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, who expressed the hope that they could join the regiments.

As a result, these more than 2000 local comrades just shook their heads and said they would return to the local army to strengthen their training and strive to join the independent regiment next time.

This made the main force regiments in various places very angry, and they reported the independent regiment to the brigade and division headquarters.

The report was full of indignation:

"The soldiers who were eliminated from their independent regiment during the recruit assessment actually look down on our regiments and are unwilling to join us. Is there anyone who would do such a thing?"

The old brigade commander and the head teacher were also at a loss whether to laugh or cry about this.

We could only appease them and communicate with local military comrades in various places before we solved the problem.

Independent regiment base.

With the momentum of defeating the 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, the Independent Regiment took the initiative to launch an offensive and recovered the lost territories in three townships and two towns. The area of ​​the base behind enemy lines became increasingly vast.

But Kong Jie knew very well.

Now that the Hundred Regiments Campaign is drawing to a close, the Japanese army will inevitably launch an unprecedented retaliatory sweep after the campaign.

That is the May 1st sweep that unfolds according to the plot line.

Once the May 1st mopping-up operation is launched, the Japanese army will inevitably focus on attacking the Independent Regiment, which is their biggest threat.

So there is not much time left for Kong Jie, and there is not much time left for the independent regiment.

Kong Jie must strengthen the strength of the entire regiment as much as possible before the Japanese launch the May 1st mopping-up operation.

Strengthen the base's defenses to cope with crises in the near future.

After all the work within the regiment was basically settled, Kong Jie devoted his energy to the production of the independent regiment's light arsenal.

On the one hand, we continued to increase the production of wooden-handled grenades, and then the unscrupulous cannons and gas tank cannons.

In addition, Kong Jie began to develop individual anti-tank weapons through the system - rocket launchers!

In fact, the original production principle of the rocket launcher was very simple, that is, a pre-loaded recoilless cannon carried by a single soldier, but it has efficient armor-piercing capabilities against the Japanese armored forces.

This time, the Japanese Army's 3rd and 9th Mixed Brigades launched an attack on the independent regiment's base.

Although due to the limitations of the terrain, armored combat forces were not deployed.

But Kong Jie knew very well that once the May 1st mopping-up operation began.

The battlefield covers a vast area.

The Japanese army is also very likely to use its armored advantage to assist in the large-scale mopping-up operation.

Anti-tank operations will inevitably be involved at that time.

The Eighth Route Army often lacked anti-tank weapons and anti-tank combat capabilities. Facing the enemy's armored forces, even with two iron turtles, they were often helpless.

Therefore, Kong Jie created this anti-tank rocket launcher, which can be used in conjunction with the tactics of changing homes and equipped to the interspersed and roundabout combat troops to tear through the Japanese blockade in one breath and attack the devil's rear.

Two days later, Kong Jie completed the production of an anti-tank rocket launcher personally.

In order to test its power, Kong Jie took the anti-tank rocket launcher to the artillery test base.

In addition, he asked the accompanying guards to prepare a ten-millimeter thick steel plate captured on the battlefield.

Boom——

Kong Jie, who was operating the gun himself, fired a shot. The anti-tank shell with a tail flame hit the ten-millimeter thick steel plate hard, and then directly tore the steel plate apart in the explosion.

Such an astonishing scene left the surrounding cadres stunned.

Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan said in astonishment: "My goodness, Commander, the shells you produced don't look much different from ordinary shells.

The armor-piercing ability is so amazing!

The ten-millimeter thick steel plate was torn apart directly. Even if the Japanese iron turtle came, we could probably destroy it with one shot.

With this weapon, we will no longer be afraid of the Japanese devils' iron bastards!"

"Captain, what is the name of this weapon?"

Kong Jie thought about it and did not say that this was called an anti-tank rocket launcher. After all, this was a name given by Westerners, including the first generation of anti-tank rocket launchers produced by the Soviet side, which was also named Iron Fist at the time.

But since this weapon was first created by us Chinese, let’s give it a special name.

"Blow-pipe!"

Kong Jie smiled and said...