Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

Ren Zhong arrived just in time.

After the battle of Yang Village, the Independent Regiment suffered heavy losses. The only gain was salvaging nearly 3,000 9mm bullet casings and 1,000 6.5mm bullet casings, obviously left behind by the MP38 submachine gun and the Type 11 light machine gun.

Originally, the Japanese suffered casualties. Several were killed and wounded by Kong Jie's grenade assault in the dark. However, during the retreat, Kong Jie was caught off guard by a Japanese counterattack and didn't dare press on, allowing the Japanese to calmly drag away the wounded and dead.

So, in that encounter, Kong Jie suffered heavy losses and gained nothing of substance, only salvaging over 4,000 bullet casings, which, according to Old Li, meant they lost everything.

"Old Li, your setup is making me uneasy," Ren Zhong said with a smile, pushing Li Yunlong away with some distaste.

"I don't have money to build any armory for you right now. Minister Zhang doesn't have money to settle my accounts. I'm penniless right now, and I even have to scoop food from your pot, Old Li. If you want to build that set of things, you have to find someone to build it yourself. Anyway, you already know how to build it."

"No problem, digging earth and building kilns, Old Li can learn it with one look. With so many men in the Independent Regiment, I guarantee we can build the kiln in less than a month. It's just that my men don't know how to burn sulfuric acid. Brother Ren, you can't keep that a secret," Li Yunlong said with a chuckle.

"Build a kiln for what?" Ren Zhong looked at Old Li, somewhat exasperated. "One kiln at the clothing factory is enough. Do you think these don't cost money and grain? Just have someone haul back the next batch fired from the clothing factory's kiln. Right now, what you need to do urgently is to get coal, coke, pyrite, and saltpeter back. If we don't have money to buy them, let's quickly find a place to dig. I have some knowledge of finding minerals. Our base area definitely has more than one iron and coal mine. Starting tomorrow, find a few people to follow me around, and we'll find a place to mine."

"Ah, Brother Ren, you're truly a Wenquxing descending to earth! You even know this? That's great! I was just worried about where to get some silver dollars to buy them. I didn't expect you to even know how to find mines. It seems Old Li is destined to get rich!" Li Yunlong said after laughing loudly upon hearing Ren Zhong's words.

Kong Jie looked at Ren Zhong with a very complex expression, filled with regret and shame. If he had trusted Ren Zhong like Li Yunlong did at the beginning and just followed him without thinking too much, Old Li wouldn't have spent much time at the clothing factory before managing to produce the ammunition urgently needed by the base area!

But he had stirred up a huge mess.

This is the difference in recognizing talent! Old Li has a sharp eye and can't miss any talent. He clearly encountered a benefactor but was ignorant of it.

Thinking of this, Kong Jie lowered his head, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.

Ren Zhong didn't have any intention of kicking him when he was down. He couldn't help but tell Kong Jie the beginning of the story in advance, but it was a pity that the other party didn't change according to the ending of the story, so he couldn't blame himself.

However, that's all there is to it. Kong Jie being able to become a member of the Iron Triangle, after this bloody lesson, will probably grow faster.

Back in the main world, Ren Zhong thoroughly researched the historical processes of reloading and producing bullets in the base area, and also compiled information on local minerals. Fortunately, these are not secrets now. After spending money to buy a digital library VIP, a lot of information can be found online. He worked overnight to organize it into text and converted it into traditional Chinese characters before outputting it all!

After reloading the 9mm bullet casings, the Independent Regiment can still use some captured MP 18 submachine guns. The current Independent Regiment is like a seriously injured patient. If some subsidies are not given in terms of weapons and ammunition, even if Old Li is amazing, he can't cook without rice.

So, reloading these thousands of bullets can be considered a small blood transfusion for the Independent Regiment.

But to truly solve Old Li's problem, Ren Zhong must figure out how to manufacture new bullets and turn the copper plates he worked so hard to transport over into bullets!

Originally, those copper plates were prepared for Zhang Wanhe's armory, but now Ren Zhong feels that giving Old Li a blood transfusion would be more effective. After all, among the surrounding regiments in the base area, none is more capable than Old Li.

Now that he can transport back a set of manual punch presses at a time, Ren Zhong's bullet rough processing factory can basically open.

Bright Sword world.

Li Yunlong followed Ren Zhong to find a mine, but unexpectedly, the location of the first mine was a bit awkward. Ren Zhong had not seen the address he found online in the real world. In the Bright Sword world, not only was the name of the mountain village changed, but there was also a die-hard traitor raising a dozen local ruffians, entrenched there, with the nearest Japanese blockhouse being no more than ten li away.

"Old Li, look at that place. The mountain with sparse trees should be a mineral vein. Although it's not big, it should be enough to support our Yang Village armory. It's just that the mountain is no more than 2 li away from Liu Village. I think once mining starts, it will be difficult to escape the eyes of the Japanese in Liu Village. This matter is a bit tricky."

Ren Zhong and Li Yunlong stood on a mountain more than five li away from Yang Village, pointing to a barren mountain not far away. According to the Baidu map location of a village-run coal mine he found in the main world, it was about this location.

Unfortunately, next to him, there is a mountain village occupied by a traitor. And it's too close to the Japanese blockhouse. If you want to take root here, with the current strength of the Independent Regiment, it is really too difficult, because this place is close to the highway. The Japanese military police in the city can arrive in at most 2 hours. Facing a large group of Japanese soldiers carrying heavy weapons, it is basically impossible for the Independent Regiment to defend this mountain village with poor defense terrain.

Yang Village is deep in the Taihang Mountains, with high mountains and deep valleys everywhere. The road is only wide enough for two people to pass, enough for a horse to pass. The Japanese soldiers have to line up to enter, and they can't spread out their formation at all. Therefore, ordinary Japanese soldiers don't dare to go in and get beaten. Only when a large force sweeps through, will they send troops from the sky and the ground to cross the mountains and ridges.

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However, if this group of traitors is not eliminated, the Yang Village armory cannot be opened.

Li Yunlong stared at Liu Village, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. This battle must be fought!

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