Chapter 159: Found The Enemy’s Arsenal
Although the tests for grenades and jumping mines were both handled by Kong Jie.
But this basically counts as small-scale messing around.
For Kong Jie, he still wanted to pull off something big.
Liu Weidong goes without saying.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei have both earned plenty of merit, and even that guy Gao Liujin has been jumping around so fiercely lately.
So, I, Kong Jie, definitely can’t fall behind either.
Otherwise, they’ll always be saying behind my back that I, Kong Jie, can only be a coal miner.
So, this time with twelve rocket launchers in hand, regarding Li Yunlong’s proposal to follow along as military advisor and staff officer, Kong Jie agreed without any hesitation.
On the road, Kong Jie asked: “Li Yunlong, where are we going to test the rocket launchers?”
“To the Jin Sui Army’s 358th Regiment side.” Li Yunlong said.
“Chu Yunfei’s troops?” Kong Jie was stunned, “Joint operation with Chu Yunfei? Isn’t this making it a bit too big?”
We’re just testing rocket launchers here, and from the tone of your words, Li Yunlong, are you thinking of pulling in Chu Yunfei’s five thousand troops to do it together?
“Old Kong, after digging coal at the arsenal for a few days, has your courage gotten smaller?” Li Yunlong looked at Kong Jie with a straight face, “Could it be that with these twelve rocket launchers in hand, you just want to mess around on a small scale like testing grenades or jumping mines and then go back?”
“Of course it’s impossible to just mess around on a small scale.” Kong Jie said with a serious expression, “This time, we luckily picked up a bargain, Factory Director Li asked me to test the rocket launchers, what great luck, I definitely have to make some splash.”
Then, Kong Jie still looked at Li Yunlong suspiciously: “I haven’t dealt with that Jin Sui Army’s Chu Yunfei before, and we haven’t discussed joint operations with them in advance.”
“That’s not a problem, isn’t there still me?” Li Yunlong laughed, “I’ve recently fought a few engagements with Chu Yunfei, we already have a tacit understanding. When we go over to Chu Yunfei’s side, we’ll bring out my Independent Regiment’s troops along the way, oh right, and Old Ding’s New First Regiment, we’ll pull that out too. Us three brothers will make a grand spectacle. Damn it, that scholar bastard had such dog’s luck, surpassing us by such a huge margin all at once, we can’t let that scholar keep stealing the spotlight over our heads.”
Kong Jie, upon hearing that Li Yunlong wanted to pull in his troops and Ding Wei’s New First Regiment too, was startled and stared at Li Yunlong: “Li Yunlong, you don’t have to make it this big, do you? Mobilizing our three regiments, something this huge, you’re not notifying Brigade Headquarters in advance?”
Kong Jie truly hadn’t expected Li Yunlong to play this big.
Our three regiments plus Chu Yunfei’s 358th Regiment, that’s over eight thousand men in total.
If we do this behind the Brigade Commander’s back, Kong Jie could figure out with his toes just how furious the Brigade Commander would be.
So, Kong Jie hurriedly said: “If we don’t notify the Brigade Commander in advance, I absolutely won’t do it.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry, Old Kong, we’ll definitely notify the Brigade Commander.” Li Yunlong reassured, “When we call Old Ding, just have someone from Old Ding’s side go to Brigade Headquarters to say something.”
“For an action this big, just sending someone to tell Brigade Headquarters?” Kong Jie was dazed for a moment, from your meaning, you’re just having Old Ding send someone to Brigade Headquarters.
And then what.
Regardless of whether the Brigade Commander responds or not, we’ll start acting in advance on our side.
What’s the difference from acting on our own initiative!
People unaware of the situation might think you’re the Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, you’re just giving Brigade Headquarters a heads-up.
“Right now the Japanese invaders are hunting us so urgently, for an action this big, we can’t just discuss it over the telephone with Brigade Headquarters.” Li Yunlong pointed out, “What if the phone is monitored by enemy spies, and the enemy learns of our action in advance, then not only will we lose the combat opportunity, we’ll suffer a big loss.”
“So what’s the combat opportunity on Chu Yunfei’s side right now?” Kong Jie, upon hearing this, felt Li Yunlong’s words weren’t without reason.
We can’t report via telephone.
On the battlefield, combat opportunities are fleeting, when we need to be decisive, we still have to be decisive.
Thus, Kong Jie was curious what the combat opportunity was on Chu Yunfei’s side.
“I’m not too clear on the specifics, we’ll only know after we get there…” Li Yunlong hadn’t finished speaking.
Kong Jie froze, raising his voice loud and his eyes bulging round: “Li Yunlong, don’t joke with me like this, you’re rounding up eight thousand men front and back, and then you tell me you don’t even know the combat opportunity?”
“Recently, the Japanese invaders’ cavalry regiment commander Kuroshima Morita has teamed up with Ueno no Mura’s mechanized regiment, they’re madly attacking Chu Yunfei for revenge.” Li Yunlong explained, “This battle’s been going on for several days, I really don’t know the exact situation now. But this isn’t a big problem. Regardless of whether it’s the Japanese invaders’ cavalry regiment or mechanized regiment, they’re fighting Chu Yunfei fiercely, when we bring our troops over, at the critical moment we’ll kick the Japanese invaders hard in the ass from behind. You, Kong Er Lengzi, aren’t you wanting to form a cavalry battalion? Here’s the opportunity. Snatch war horses from Kuroshima Morita’s hands, us three brothers will split them evenly then. Little brother, your New Second Regiment was just formed not long ago, you’ve been digging coal at the arsenal every day, though you’ve been training troops in your spare time, getting the soldiers onto the battlefield is the real meaning of training troops. This time, Old Ding and I will properly cover you, so your New Second Regiment can not only earn merit but also gain battlefield experience and see blood, how good is your big brother to you, tell me!”
“Your meaning is, Chu Yunfei is facing an attack from one cavalry regiment and one mechanized regiment?” Kong Jie paused, “We’re going to deal with two Japanese invader regiments, relying on these twelve rocket launchers we have, isn’t that a bit hasty? After all, we don’t even know if these rocket launchers can fire normally or what their accuracy is like.”
“Little brother, I know what you’re worried about in your heart, worried that the rocket launchers won’t perform at the critical moment, right?” Li Yunlong had an attitude of telling Old Kong to put his heart at ease, and said: “What kind of person is Younger Brother Li, you know well enough. Anything he makes, which one has ever failed on the battlefield? Even for tests, the quality is top-notch. At worst, the charge is a bit more and the lethality a bit higher, which is icing on the cake for us. The rocket launchers are the same, I believe in Younger Brother Li one hundred percent. What’s more, Old Ding’s and my troops are coming out, and two Hell Cannons will be brought too. If the rocket launchers really don’t perform, we still have two Hell Cannons to bombard the little Japanese invaders, don’t worry, everything is under my control, nothing will go wrong, you Old Kong just wait to reap the profits.”
Li Yunlong didn’t tell Kong Jie that on the Japanese invaders’ side, besides the cavalry regiment and mechanized regiment, there were also two Japanese brigades of infantry.
After all, the Japanese invaders aren’t fools either, they can’t take down Chu Yunfei with just cavalry and mechanized cavalry, so there are two brigades of infantry for coordinated combat.
However, for Li Yunlong, these two brigades of infantry weren’t a big deal.
When the time comes, when they engage Chu Yunfei, while we strike from behind, Chu Yunfei will contain these two Japanese brigades for us.
Of course, if these two Japanese brigades don’t know their place and try to break away from Chu Yunfei, I don’t mind giving them some extra Hell Cannon shells.
Anyway, with this stuff, Old Ding and I together have enough to make you beasts sweat.
“What you said does make some sense.” Kong Jie nodded his head, while helping dig coal at the arsenal, he often strolled around the workshops.
Although Kong Jie didn’t know much about military industry production, he could clearly feel: rigorous!
That’s right, rigorous!
The workers were all saying that the Factory Director had very high requirements for the products and parts they made.
Anything substandard would be remade immediately.
As such, whether Hell Cannons, grenades, or jumping mines.
The battlefield tests for these weapons all passed directly, with no failures.
Of course, the fine-tuning of Hell Cannon shells was to save raw materials, that doesn’t count as a failure.
And rocket launchers belong to shoulder-mounted cannons, with extraordinary battlefield significance.
So!
With Li Muzhi’s pursuit of perfection, these rocket launchers, in a certain sense, don’t even need testing, they’re definitely all qualified.
We’re just lacking experience in operational use for our combat troops.
I, Kong Jie, bringing out twelve rocket launchers is all for summarizing battlefield usage experience with rocket launchers.
As for quality failures, no such thing.
Even if there is, don’t we have Li Yunlong and Ding Wei’s Hell Cannons for backup?
However, Kong Jie still looked suspiciously at Li Yunlong: “Li Yunlong, you said we can’t let the scholar steal the spotlight anymore, even if we team up with Old Ding and Chu Yunfei to take down the Japanese invaders’ side, at most we can only snatch some war horses and supplies, that probably can’t compare to the scholar’s large caliber steel pipes and six thousand pounds of sugar.”
“That definitely can’t compare.” Li Yunlong said seriously, “We’ll have to do some side business then.”
“What side business?” Kong Jie had a serious expression, “Li Yunlong, don’t mess around again.”
Even if we team up with Chu Yunfei, even reaching eight thousand troops, at most it’s a sneak attack from behind to take advantage of the Japanese invaders, snatch war horses and supplies, and then withdraw.
Because there are still large numbers of other Japanese invaders attacking other Jin Sui Army or Direct Line Army, as soon as we show up, the Japanese invaders will definitely pursue and intercept us.
In such a situation, going for side business is stupid behavior.
If the Brigade Commander finds out, he absolutely won’t agree.
“Old Kong, don’t worry, I have a plan in mind, I definitely won’t let the Japanese invaders encircle us.” Li Yunlong said confidently, “Besides, when have you ever seen me, Li Yunlong, suffer a loss in battle.”
“So what exactly is this side business of yours?” Kong Jie didn’t deny Li Yunlong’s words, this kid Li Yunlong indeed never suffers losses in battle, he absolutely won’t do jobs with only danger and no benefits.
Li Yunlong still risking it to get side business, and to top the scholar, Kong Jie was really curious what this side business was.
“I’ve found an enemy arsenal.” Li Yunlong leaned close to Kong Jie’s ear and lowered his voice a bit, as if afraid of being overheard.
“What, Li Yunlong, what did you say, you’ve found an enemy arsenal?” Kong Jie, upon hearing this, immediately got emotional.
This damn Li Yunlong, his luck is too good, actually finding an enemy arsenal.
Damn it, the scholar’s large caliber steel pipes and six thousand pounds of sugar stole too much spotlight, even the arrogant Gao Liujin obediently tucked in his tail.
If we can take down the little Japanese invaders’ arsenal, then we’ve turned the situation around.
