Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 150 The Arms Trade is Extremely Profitable

Directly affiliated 217th Regiment

"Damn it, this little Japanese devil is really crazy, he's chasing after me and biting me!"

As Feng Zhihui, the commander of the 217th Regiment, led his troops in a desperate retreat, he kept cursing, "Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment is really disloyal. He watched me being chased by the Japanese and didn't even help me."

The 217th Regiment's defense zone had been occupied by the Japanese, and Feng Zhihui was forced to evacuate.

But even after he withdrew, the Japanese continued their pursuit.

When passing through the defense zone of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army, Chu Yunfei was actually busy fighting the enemy and had no time to lend a helping hand.

The Japanese are rampant now, and everyone is having a hard time.

"Commander, the Japanese soldiers are physically stronger than us. If we keep running like this, it's not a solution. They'll catch up eventually. We need to think of a way to cut off their tail!" the deputy commander shouted to Feng Zhihui.

“What can we do? Can’t you see that the brothers have no fighting spirit at all?” Feng Zhihui shook his head and said, “Let’s just run towards the territory of other loyal allies.”

"Commander, isn't this just diverting trouble eastward?" the deputy commander exclaimed. "Leading the Japanese to our territory, causing our allies to suffer, and then we..."

"Why do you care so much? The most important thing right now is to save our own lives." Feng Zhihui didn't care about anything else.

……

Kong Jie led his team out, intending to randomly select a Japanese stronghold to test the bounding mines.

As a result, they encountered the 217th Regiment, which was being chased, on the way.

"Commander, this elite 217th Regiment has more than 3,000 men. They used to be so arrogant, but now they're being hunted down like stray dogs. It's unbelievable." Someone sighed in front of Kong Jie. "The Japanese soldiers chasing them only have a company of troops, and they don't even dare to stop and resist."

The elite troops—those are the bald man's most elite forces.

Although the 217th Regiment was nominally a regiment, it was actually practically half a brigade.

They were still utterly routed by the Japanese, and it was clear that the Japanese were truly angry.

Of course!
Anyone would be furious if their train was gone and the railway was torn up.

If you can't find the person in charge, you have to find someone to vent your anger on.

However, the Japanese soldiers chasing them numbered only one company, and they didn't dare to stop and fight, which was truly despicable.

With so many of you, what are you afraid of?

Kong Jie acted decisively, immediately ordering his men to deploy all twenty bounding mines according to the terrain.

Once the bounding mines were in place, Kong Jie immediately sent someone to contact Feng Zhihui.

"Commander, the Eighth Route Army has sent men. They said they've already laid minefields and want us to lure the Japanese out. They'll then eliminate the Japanese soldiers chasing us," someone reported to Feng Zhihui.

"Was it really the Eighth Route Army that made the move?" Feng Zhihui was not quite convinced.

The Eighth Route Army seized the Japanese military train, destroyed the railway, and then disappeared into the mountains.

The Japanese devils couldn't find anyone, so they took their anger out on us.

Now, these Eighth Route Army soldiers are finally showing up to help us fight off the Japanese invaders?
"Commander, isn't it perfect that someone is covering our retreat?" the deputy commander beside Feng Zhihui said. "Who cares if they're Eighth Route Army soldiers or not, let's go. These Japanese devils have been chasing us all the way, and we're all exhausted. If the Eighth Route Army cuts off our tail, we can take a break. We really can't run anymore."

“Alright, let’s go.” Feng Zhihui nodded.

Soon, Feng Zhihui met with Kong Jie.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Kong Jie, and I am the commander of the Second New Regiment under the 386th Brigade," Kong Jie introduced himself to Feng Zhihui.

"Commander Kong, thank you so much for your help. We are truly grateful." Although Feng Zhihui looked down on the Eighth Route Army from the bottom of his heart, he had to put on a good attitude and put on a smiling face since they had come to help him.

"Commander Feng, the Japanese are hot on our heels. You should go ahead first," Kong Jie said to Feng Zhihui. "I'll take care of these Japanese. If you want to join me in fighting them, you're welcome to come along."

"Commander Kong, I'm so sorry, as you can see, my brothers and I have been chased all the way, and we're exhausted. I'm afraid we can't fight alongside you, Commander Kong." Feng Zhihui was unwilling to stay.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this Japanese chasing force is only a small company; they have a large army behind them.

He was unwilling to waste precious time during the retreat.

Commander Kong of the Eighth Route Army ambushed the Japanese, diverting their anger. When the Japanese troops behind him attacked Kong Jie, they would be able to completely shake off their pursuers.

"Alright then, Commander Feng, you should go over there quickly. I'll take care of these Japanese devils." Kong Jie nodded.

Feng Zhihui didn't stand on ceremony and led his troops past Kong Jie in a flash.

Of course, Feng Zhihui still kept a few spies watching over the area.

Feng Zhihui wasn't curious about how Kong Jie would defeat the Japanese reinforcements; he just wanted to see it for himself.

The subsequent developments of the battle between the Japanese reinforcements and Kong Jie.

If Kong Jie captures the Japanese reinforcements and the subsequent reinforcements head towards him, then Feng Zhihui will have nothing to worry about.

If the Japanese reinforcements are still heading our way, then we'd better hurry up and escape.

"Comrades, prepare for battle!" Kong Jie immediately put the troops into combat readiness. "Open all our grenades. Once the Japanese pursuers are blown to pieces by the bounding mines, we'll throw a volley of grenades, then charge again, and the battle will be basically over."

Kong Jie wasn't stupid; he knew that there were a large number of Japanese soldiers behind this group.

We need to wipe out these Japanese devils as quickly as possible, and then we need to get out of here as fast as we can.

"Yes, Commander!" The soldiers of the New Second Regiment were all ready for battle.

……

"Company commander, according to the scouts, the area ahead is a good place for an ambush. Should we conduct a reconnaissance mission before pursuing the elite 217th Regiment?"

A scout ran up to the Japanese company commander and reported.

"No need." The Japanese company commander waved his hand and said, "This elite 217th Regiment is already a defeated army, completely devoid of fighting spirit. There were several suitable places for an ambush earlier, but they didn't take them. They're busy escaping now, so they won't set up an ambush. Let's hurry up and pursue them, don't let them get away!"

That elite 217th Regiment is inhuman; they moved their supplies ahead of time. We took their territory, but we didn't get a single thing.

Such a hateful enemy must be dealt with seriously!

"Hai!" The scout nodded and stopped conducting serious reconnaissance.

The Japanese squadron didn't stop for a moment along the way and continued their pursuit at top speed!

The outcome was, of course, without any suspense.

The nightmare began when they stepped on the bounding mines that Kong Jie had planted.

boom!
boom!
boom!
……

Seven or eight bounding mines were stepped on in a row.

The bounding mine bounced off the ground and into the air, and the flying iron balls and fragments caused very serious casualties to the Japanese company.

Nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers were rendered incapacitated by the bomb, and another twenty-odd Japanese soldiers died on the spot.

Seeing the destructive power of the bounding mines, Kong Jie was extremely excited:

"The bounding mines made by Director Li of the arsenal are much more effective than our old landmines. One explosion can cover an entire area. The effect of seven or eight bounding mines is comparable to the destructive power of a cannonball from Hellfire."

"Yes, it exploded in the air, and the Japanese had nowhere to hide."

"The destructive power has also been maximized." ...

Faced with this sudden mine attack, the Japanese company was completely dumbfounded.

After all, they had never seen a landmine that could jump into the air by itself.

The iron balls and shrapnel that explode from this thing can kill from every angle, making it a nightmare for infantry charges:

"Baka! What kind of landmine is this? It can jump out of the soil by itself."

"Have the Chinese arsenals produced new weapons again?"
"Baka! My legs have been blown off, I can't move."

"Baka! It hurts so much! Help me!"

……

The Japanese soldiers screamed in agony.

"Quickly, throw grenades immediately!" Taking advantage of the Japanese soldiers' dazed state after being hit by the bounding mines, Kong Jie did not waste any time and immediately ordered his troops to throw grenades.

boom!
boom!
boom!
……

The newly manufactured grenades from the border region were immediately thrown over, and the explosions were as loud as small thunderclaps.

The remaining Japanese soldiers were completely stunned by the explosion.
"Baka! Is that a grenade from the Eighth Route Army?"

"Baka! These are practically miniature cannonballs!"

"Baka! Retreat! Retreat!"

……

Kong Jie gave the Japanese no chance to retreat. Seeing that a wave of grenades had wiped out half of the remaining Japanese soldiers, Kong Jie immediately ordered the bugle to sound the charge.

Tick-tock!
Tick-tock!
Tick-tock!
Kong Jie's troops immediately got up from the ground and swarmed towards the few remaining Japanese soldiers.

Faced with overwhelming numerical superiority, even though most of Kong Jie's soldiers were new recruits, eliminating the remaining Japanese soldiers was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

Seeing Kong Jie easily wipe out this company of Japanese soldiers, the few spies left behind by Feng Zhihui were still in shock for a long time:
"Are we seeing things? An entire company of Japanese soldiers was wiped out so easily by the Eighth Route Army?"

"The Eighth Route Army has actually invented a landmine that can jump into the air and explode!"

"And their grenades are so powerful, completely different from before."

"Quickly, let's run back and report to the regimental commander right away."

……

Once the informants realized what was happening, one of them immediately ran back to report.

On Kong Jie's side, while quickly cleaning up the battlefield, he still had people wipe away the traces on the battlefield.

After all, less than half of the bounding mines were detonated; the other half remained buried in the soil.

To prevent the Japanese from obtaining the bounding mines, Li Muzhi had specially designed them.

Once buried, it cannot be removed.

Either the Japanese detonate it, or we detonate it ourselves.

The battlefield traces will guide the Japanese soldiers to continue stepping on the bounding mines, and Kong Jie will leave people behind to observe and record the data.

We continued until all the bounding mines detonated, and then we obtained all the data.

"What? What did you say? The Eighth Route Army made landmines that can jump into the air and explode, as well as high-powered grenades, and they've already wiped out the Japanese squadron?" Feng Zhihui, who was fleeing behind, had also heard the commotion on the battlefield.

He was also wondering why the sounds of landmines and grenades fired by the Eighth Route Army seemed different from before; at least they were louder.

Upon hearing that the Japanese company had been wiped out, and with his informant reporting the Eighth Route Army's grenades and landmines that could jump into the air and explode, Feng Zhihui immediately became interested.

Previously, the Eighth Route Army had built heavy artillery that could be pulled by mules, which gave the Japanese a lot of trouble.

Now, the Eighth Route Army has developed mines that can jump into the air and explode on their own, as well as even more powerful hand grenades, which makes Feng Zhihui very curious.

The Eighth Route Army's arsenal didn't even have decent machinery, so how could it have created such a miracle?

So Feng Zhihui went back and found Kong Jie.

"Commander Kong, are all these landmines and grenades that can jump into the air made in your arsenal?" Feng Zhihui asked, pulling Kong Jie aside.

"Commander Feng, a large number of Japanese soldiers are pursuing us. We should hurry up and retreat," Kong Jie said to Feng Zhihui.

"Commander Kong, I'm willing to buy these grenades and hand grenades. Are you selling them to me?" Feng Zhihui said, waving his hand directly.

Immediately, someone presented a small box and opened it in front of Kong Jie.

When the box was opened, Kong Jie's eyes widened in surprise. He thought to himself, "These direct descendants are really rich. They can just throw out a box of gold."

That's right!
The box didn't contain ordinary currency, but gold bars!

These bastards are no good at fighting, but they're all rolling in money!

After quickly composing himself, Kong Jie said to Feng Zhihui, "Commander Feng, I can't make the decision on this arms deal. Let's talk about it after we've shaken off the Japanese pursuers."

Although Kong Jie didn't know much about business, he did know that the arms trade was extremely profitable.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that the arsenal could exchange a Hell Cannon for several key small machine tools told Kong Jie that the arsenal must have made a killing.

just now.

Our core faction is also interested in our weapons, so that's one possible avenue.

However, Kong Jie couldn't make the decision on such a big matter; he still had to go back and report it to Li Muzhi and Zhang Wanhe.

"Okay, okay, no problem." Hearing that the other party didn't directly refuse, Feng Zhihui nodded repeatedly.

After all, even though we've wiped out the Japanese squadron, there are still a lot of Japanese reinforcements coming. Let's get out of danger first, and then we can talk business.

Feng Zhihui spoke a few more words to Kong Jie, and then led his men on their escape.

Kong Jie left a few men to observe secretly, and then led the main force back.

When the Japanese reinforcements arrived, most of the remaining bounding mines were triggered.

Another hundred Japanese soldiers were killed or maimed by the bomb, enraging the pursuing Japanese troops.

The Japanese commander ordered his sappers to clear the mines immediately. The sappers found the remaining mines, but failed to clear them all.

Because this landmine has a special mechanism, it cannot be removed.

If you try to disarm it, the landmine will detonate.

Even if we wanted to dig it back, it wouldn't work; it would explode.

In other words, after several Japanese engineers were killed by the bomb, they didn't get a single intact bounding mine. They were so angry that they vomited blood and went berserk on the spot.

Kong Jie's informant secretly recorded the data and quietly withdrew.

(End of this chapter)