Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

"Old Kong, what 'chief' and 'deputy'? In the Independent Regiment, we brothers can discuss it. If you want to be the chief, that's fine!" Li Yunlong said, offering comfort with a dry laugh as he looked at Kong Jie, who was in a mood.

He knew what Kong Jie was thinking. It was probably similar to how he felt when he left the New First Regiment not long ago.

It was like finally raising a child with great difficulty, only for the child to suddenly call someone else 'Mom and Dad,' a kind of bittersweet feeling like marrying off a daughter.

However, when Li Yunlong arrived at the Independent Regiment and saw the mess and shocking losses, he was somewhat stunned.

"Wait, Old Kong, you said you deployed the Independent Regiment's most elite First Company and machine gun platoon from the start. Why is that? Did you know beforehand that the Japanese devils were very powerful? Also, the hilltop is a cliff. It's freezing cold, and usually, no one is stationed there. Why did you arrange both overt and covert sentries up there?" Li Yunlong noticed the key point and interrupted Kong Jie directly.

"Well, it's like this. Ren Zhong, the one from overseas, came to Yang Village last time. He once told me that the Japanese devils had trained a special operations team, intending to use it to attack the Jin-Hebei Military Region headquarters and the Jin-Sui Army headquarters. These Japanese devils were specially selected elites, and their weapons were also very sophisticated, equipped with fully automatic weapons. At the time, I didn't quite believe it, but I was still a little more cautious about the sentry posts. I placed three groups of overt and covert sentries on the main road, and one group of overt and covert sentries on the hilltop." Kong Jie's face showed some shame.

"Oh, Old Kong, Old Kong, what can I say about you..." Li Yunlong's eyebrows shot up when he heard this.

So there was such a clear warning, and his old buddy hadn't taken it to heart at all!

Kong Jie deserved to lose his position as regimental commander!

If he hadn't asked carefully, Kong Jie would have glossed over the matter.

Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie with disappointment, and for a moment, he lost the desire to ask further.

Main Plane, Honesty Machinery Processing Plant.

Ren Zhong tested the manual punch press, hand-cranking the cutting and punching heads for a while. Watching the copper plate being punched down like tofu, forming a cylinder, Ren Zhong was very satisfied.

With this punching force, it was no problem to use it for the initial processing of copper plates, punching them into the initial bullet shape. As for the bullet crimping, it would still require manual hammering and deformation after placing the bullet head inside.

But compared to the original production mode in the border area, the production efficiency of Ren Zhong's manual punch press was several times faster.

"Senior Brother Li, Senior Brother Wu, let's do a small batch trial production based on this. First, manufacture 100 sets for me to test the waters. Make the punching heads according to the 7.92 and 6.5 calibers. No need to assemble them, just draw a simple schematic diagram of the assembly and write an equipment description for me. After I take it to contact customers for trial use, if they think it's okay, we'll finalize the design and scale up production." Ren Zhong said to the two bosses, Li Shaoxin and Wu Jiancheng.

These two were both apprentices of Grandpa Cao. Ren Zhong acknowledged Grandpa Cao as his master, so these two were naturally his senior brothers.

"Sure, Junior Brother, let people try it out more. After all, our design time was a bit rushed. This is the first design that Master came up with, and we haven't optimized it yet. Let customers try it out and give feedback, and then combine it with our further optimization, striving to make this manual punch press achieve a function similar to that of a low-end electric punch press in the finalized product. Our structure is simple, but we strive to make the function not simple!" Li Shaoxin had quite a business mind. He first laid a groundwork for the product, and then vigorously boasted that the next generation would be better.

It was no wonder that he was still able to make money after retiring. Even without Grandpa Cao paving the way for them, with their technical level and Li Shaoxin's flexible mind, making money would be a matter of time.

The key was that these two didn't talk too much. For some of the demands Ren Zhong made, even though there were some risks, these two didn't say anything and silently processed them for Ren Zhong, such as the 7.92 caliber and 6.5 caliber processing. It was clear that it wasn't for any proper purpose, but thinking that these manual punch presses were being sold abroad, the two were too lazy to worry so much.

It was like Laiyang Steel Pipe. I'm a seller of pipeline steel pipes. If you insist on taking it to make rockets, how can you blame me?

The same was true for manual punch presses. It was clearly a tool for handicraftsmen to make a living. If you want to use it to do something else, who can stop you?

When Ren Zhong returned to Yang Village again, Li Yunlong led the entire headquarters of the Independent Regiment to welcome him.

Ren Zhong could feel the enthusiasm on Old Li's face from more than half a kilometer away.

"Brother Ren, Brother Ren, you've finally come! Old Kong and I have been looking forward to it, and today we've finally waited for you." Li Yunlong gave Ren Zhong a big hug as soon as he arrived.

"No problem, today we'll have enough sweet potato liquor, and we three brothers won't stop until we're drunk!"

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"Forget it, Old Li, you should drink less of that sweet potato liquor. I really can't stand the taste." Ren Zhong said with some disgust, "If you ask me, you should kill a few more Japanese devils, that's the best welcome for me. Sweet potato liquor is purely for messing with our own people."

"Brother Ren, killing Japanese devils, Old Li will never be ambiguous, but you also know that the Independent Regiment is short of soldiers and generals, and there are so few bullets that we can't even gather 5 rounds for each person. Old Li is looking forward to you coming to the Independent Regiment and setting up this arsenal for Old Li, so that the comrades have enough ammunition to fight openly." Li Yunlong said after a few chuckles.

When leaving the clothing factory, Li Yunlong played a trick. He treated Ren Zhong to a meal of sweet potato liquor, and when he had Ren Zhong so drunk that he was muddled, he agreed to come to Yang Village to build a bullet production line for Li Yunlong after completing the construction of several production lines of the No. 81 Chemical Plant on the clothing factory side.

Starting from the production of sulfuric acid, to the configuration of explosives, to the reloading of bullets (now Old Li doesn't know that Ren Zhong has already prepared the manual punch press and copper plates for him to take off!), he's going to build a complete arsenal!

With such a major matter, how could Li Yunlong not take it to heart?

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