The War of Resistance: From Overseas Chinese Mechanics to King of Nanyang

According to the British Army's organization, a regiment has about three thousand men, with six 3-inch (81mm) mortars attached to the regiment and six 2-inch (51mm) mortars plus four 2-pounder (40mm) anti-tank guns attached to each battalion.

In addition, there are 2,700 Lee-Enfield rifles, 108 light machine guns (6 per company), 150 submachine guns (for squad leaders/officers), 18 heavy machine guns (for regimental/battalion heavy machine gun companies), 120 pistols (for officers), and 36 anti-tank rifles (4 per company).

Other equipment includes grenades, signal guns, radios, telescopes, observation equipment, engineering tools, clothing, and gear.

Such a large amount of weaponry for only £150,000 is an incredible bargain. Of course, this price is relative to Huang Zurong, since these are all works of art to him and don't cost much.

If calculated according to the prices of that era, it was actually not cheap. Converted into silver dollars, it would be worth about a million, which was a considerable sum, not even taking into account the premium.

Thinking of this, Huang Zurong couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He had been a little worried that the British army might not agree.

While in theory the British army should agree, whether it will actually succeed is another matter entirely.

To avoid any accidents, he decided to personally lead his men to retrieve the weapons. In addition, he suspended recruitment. Currently, his security force has nearly two thousand men, mostly new recruits. Fortunately, the quality of the recruits here is quite good, especially after being fed meat during this period, they have the air of elite soldiers.

Of course, he couldn't tell outsiders that he was transporting weapons. If people found out, the weapons would probably be stolen as soon as they arrived. He would have to be wary of even the Cun family. He could only say that he had acquired a few hundred rifles and would distribute two or three hundred to them. That shouldn't be a problem.

The main problem is that his own arsenal is not yet fully operational. If it could produce a hundred weapons a day, he probably wouldn't care so much about these weapons and equipment.

So during this period, he still had to keep things hidden, and he took the opportunity to move some important things to the border. It wasn't long before the expeditionary force entered Burma, and he had to be ahead of the curve.

As for the arsenal, he plans to emulate the Huangyadong arsenal and hide it in the mountains to ensure its safety.

This was his only hope, since the cheat system could only procure civilian supplies, which wasn't enough for fighting a war.

In addition, we need to see if we can get another batch of weapons and equipment and hide them in the mountains, so that when the time is right, we can continue to recruit soldiers.

Especially after Siam joined the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, some Chinese there launched a series of resistance efforts. I can take this opportunity to absorb them into the fold. Not only that, but I can also absorb the rest of the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, there will definitely be a continuous stream of people coming to join us in the future, so we must stockpile more weapons and equipment to prevent a situation where people are waiting for equipment.

In addition, he also purchased a batch of civilian drones, intending to specially select a group of clever and intelligent people to train the drones.

In jungle warfare like that in Myanmar, besides logistics, intelligence is crucial.

The former has a cheat code, so he doesn't need to panic too much, but the latter is a different story.

The Japanese army used the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere as a pretext to help Burma drive out the British army and embark on the path of independence. As a result, many Burmese natives were inclined to side with the Japanese army and provided them with a lot of intelligence.

In history, the expeditionary force suffered a disastrous defeat not only because it was tricked by the British army, but also because it was betrayed by the local indigenous people.

Knowing all this, Huang Zurong naturally couldn't let such a tragedy happen again. Since the words of the indigenous people couldn't be trusted, he could only rely on himself to find a way to obtain intelligence.

So how do we gather intelligence?

Huang Zurong thought about it for several days, and finally, while browsing the Pindi page, he saw the drone that suddenly appeared, which led him to his doom.

Why not train a group of drone pilots ourselves?

Then, they used drones for high-altitude reconnaissance to find out the movements of the Japanese army.

It doesn't need to cover a great distance; 10 to 20 kilometers is enough.

They used the terrain in advance to set up an ambush, catching the Japanese army off guard.

Furthermore, drones can be used to locate Japanese artillery positions and similar locations.

In modern warfare, drones have played a significant role.

So after thinking it over for a long time, Huang Zurong felt more and more that if he wanted to win against the odds, he had to make use of drones.

Drones may seem difficult, but they are actually quite simple. As long as you're not stupid, you can train them in about ten days.

Even before he transmigrated, many primary schools in later generations had started offering drone courses, targeting first-grade students. Although these were only the most basic introductory drones, the operating principles of drones were actually quite similar and not too complicated.

More importantly, Huang Zurong didn't require them to fly with extraordinary skill; as long as they could take off to gather intelligence, that was enough.

Moreover, as time goes by, these drone pilots will likely become more and more skilled, not much worse than the professional drone pilots of later generations.

After all, this is real combat, which is very different from training.

Another point is that drones represent a game-changer in this era.

The only thing that gave him a headache was how to ensure the loyalty of these people.

First of all, you must choose someone from a respectable family background who is also clever and intelligent. You definitely can't hire someone who looks stupid; he'd be too angry to even think about it.

As for the number of people, the first batch should not be too large, ten people at most.

Furthermore, we need to find a secluded place where outsiders cannot access it.

In short, the key point is to ensure absolute secrecy and prevent any further discovery by any other person.

All these reasons combined are why he wanted to go to the border in person. There are many sparsely populated areas there, and by going deep into the mountains, training this mysterious unit would be completely unknown to anyone.

When Cun Xinghui learned that Huang Zurong was going to lead his troops to the border, he immediately went to Huang's door.

"Commander Huang, why the rush? Why not stay a few more days?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Zurong waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Uncle Cun, the weapons have been secured. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I must personally go and oversee the operation."

"Just a few hundred rifles, can't we just send a trustworthy person over?" Cun Xinghui said dismissively. If it weren't for the war, he wouldn't have given a damn about a few hundred rifles.

Therefore, they did not understand Huang Zurong's decision to go there in person, and felt that he was making a mountain out of a molehill.

"Hey, Uncle Cun, it's not just about weapons. I heard from home that the Japanese army has some big plans, so I need to go there in person for some things." Huang Zurong made up an excuse to get away with it.