Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

"Old Kong, what kind of mischief is Li Yunlong up to again?" The Brigade Commander asked Kong Jie calmly, "He took his troops out early in the morning; it can't be just for sightseeing, right?"

"Brigade Commander, Commander Li took the First Company out for some training, just simple training." Kong Jie stammered a bit. He knew very well that the Brigade Commander definitely wouldn't know about the Independent Regiment's combat plan, because among those involved in the plan, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao would absolutely not report to the Brigade Commander privately.

And he himself hadn't reported it either.

Ren Zhong, even more so, didn't even have a channel to report.

So, there was no problem with the secrecy of the combat plan.

However, the troop movement definitely couldn't be hidden from the Brigade Commander. Among the regiments under the command of the 386th Brigade, no major movement of any regiment could escape the Brigade Commander's notice.

"Brigade Commander, it's like this, I've developed a new weapon and plan to have Commander Li take it out to test its effectiveness. I don't know if it will ultimately be usable," Ren Zhong said. "The thing is not yet mature, so Commander Li and the others didn't want to report it first. They're just trying it out under the guise of training."

"I estimate there will be some results by this afternoon. If the Brigade Commander is interested, you might as well wait and see."

Ren Zhong wasn't afraid of the Brigade Commander finding out about the 'conscience-lacking cannon'.

After Li Yunlong inspired him to create this thing, Ren Zhong hoped that it could be popularized in the base areas to launch a wave of attacks on enemy strongholds. The current base areas were too tightly blockaded by the Japanese strongholds, and the original momentum of development had been greatly hampered.

Due to the lack of effective means to counter these blockhouses, many base areas were constantly having their living space compressed.

According to Ren Zhong's understanding in the main plane, the Eighth Route Army headquarters would launch a famous military operation in the second half of this year.

If the 'conscience-lacking cannon' could be spread before that operation and become the main force for the Eighth Route Army's main regiments to attack fortifications, the results would likely be even more glorious.

"What kind of weapon is worth Li Yunlong personally leading a team to test?" The Brigade Commander's eyes flashed. Although he didn't know what Ren Zhong had come up with, he knew that Li Yunlong wouldn't get up early if there was no profit. Ordinary weapons wouldn't make him take the main force of the Independent Regiment's company out.

"A type of homemade cannon for attacking blockhouses," Ren Zhong said honestly. "I call it the 'conscience-lacking cannon' because after a blockhouse is hit by this cannon, the people inside have almost no chance of surviving. Most of them will be shaken to death!"

The Brigade Commander's expression changed drastically!

He stepped forward and grabbed Ren Zhong's hand tightly, asking urgently, "Have you created a heavy cannon?"

No wonder the Brigade Commander was so nervous. You had to know that attacking blockhouses was now one of the biggest concerns in the minds of the Eighth Route Army headquarters leaders, and the other major concern was the lack of ammunition!

"No, no, Brigade Commander, where could we create a heavy cannon?" Ren Zhong shook his head. "It's just a homemade cannon that launches explosive packs, using gasoline barrels to launch the explosive packs 200 meters away!"

"The explosive pack can be launched up to 200 meters?" The Brigade Commander was both surprised and delighted. "Has it been tested and confirmed that it can be launched that far?"

"Yes, we have conducted a lot of tests and basically confirmed that it can launch a five-kilogram explosive pack a distance of 250 meters, and a ten-kilogram explosive pack a distance of 120 meters!" Ren Zhong said.

"Hiss, that's great, that's really great!" The Brigade Commander released Ren Zhong's hand and said happily, "Mr. Ren, you have solved a big problem for us. Let's go, where are Li Yunlong and the others testing? I want to go and observe it in person!"

After the Brigade Commander finished speaking, he was about to get on his horse to chase after Li Yunlong and the others.

How could Kong Jie let the Brigade Commander go? This was close to the county town, and without a large force, how could he dare to let such an important figure like the Brigade Commander take the risk?

"Brigade Commander, there's no need. If you want to see the effect, we have a test site where we can test it at any time," Ren Zhong stopped him.

"Alright, Mr. Ren, then I'll trouble you to take me to open my eyes." The Brigade Commander followed his advice, actually anxious to see the actual situation of Ren Zhong's homemade cannon.

Two miles outside Yang Village, at the test site, there were more than a dozen holes dug at different angles. Ren Zhong took a person and a gasoline barrel, loaded it with a No. 3 propellant, put on a five-kilogram simulated explosive pack, and launched it after ignition. The simulated explosive pack flew straight away. The Brigade Commander galloped over on his horse and saw that the explosive pack landed just a few meters beyond the target marked as 250 meters.

Seeing this result, the Brigade Commander instantly felt his blood rush to his head. That's great! This is really great! It immediately solved most of the problems that everyone was concerned about.

He didn't expect that Li Yunlong would quietly come up with such a powerful weapon.

It had to be said that Li Yunlong was really a talent.

The Brigade Commander looked at this 'conscience-lacking cannon', but he began to think about some important things, such as getting Ren Zhong to the headquarters.

Ren Zhong didn't know that the Brigade Commander had already begun to have the idea of poaching Li Yunlong's corner.

But even if the Brigade Commander thought so, Ren Zhong would not let him get his way.

In the Independent Regiment, Li Yunlong was his, Ren Zhong's, tool man. When he got to the headquarters, he was afraid that he, Ren Zhong, would become a tool man.

This was absolutely impossible.

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The Brigade Commander stared at Kong Jie, but his mind was turning on how to get the good things from the Independent Regiment to the Brigade Headquarters.

Bullets, 'conscience-lacking cannons', these things were too important for the front-line troops. The Independent Regiment's main task now was to protect the headquarters. From a big picture point of view, it was not so urgent.

Kong Jie felt a little hairy under the Brigade Commander's gaze. Since Li Yunlong took over the Independent Regiment, Lao Li had asked him to keep many things secret and not to spread them out.

Kong Jie didn't know who Li Yunlong wanted to guard against at first, but now looking at the Brigade Commander's eyes, Kong Jie suddenly understood.

Li Yunlong was probably guarding against the Brigade Commander.

No wonder the New First Regiment could develop so quickly and quietly. It felt like it had suddenly jumped to become a main regiment. It turned out that Lao Li had been quietly making a fortune, hiding the good things for himself.

His Independent Regiment didn't have such awareness, so compared to the New First Regiment, it was always a big step behind.

Damn it, which bastard leaked the news this time and let the Brigade Commander smell it and come here? I must investigate the inside.

Kong Jie slandered in his heart. After following Li Yunlong, Kong Jie felt that he had grown in less than a month!

"Kong Jie, your Independent Regiment is doing well. You can make your own explosives and bullets, and now you can make heavy cannons. Not bad, really good! A verbal commendation to the Independent Regiment!" The Brigade Commander said when he saw that Kong Jie was a little guilty.

"However, one flower blooming alone is not spring. Your Independent Regiment has set up an arsenal and is living a good life. You must also think about pulling the brother troops along. Tell me, how many bullets, how many explosives, and how many 'conscience-lacking cannons' can you produce in a month now?"

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