Chapter 151: A Big Pie Falls On Regiment Commander Kong’s Head
Kong Jie did not immediately return to the arsenal, but waited halfway.
An hour later, several eyes and ears returned.
“Regiment Commander, this is the jumping mine data.”
Several eyes and ears handed the notebook to Kong Jie and reported, “Regiment Commander, we all confirmed with our own eyes that all twenty buried jumping mines exploded successfully, and the Japanese invaders didn’t dig away a single one.”
When these several eyes and ears spoke, their tone was exceptionally excited.
Jumping mines that cannot be disassembled maximally avoided the hidden danger of being dug up by the enemy for imitation.
Those several Japanese engineer soldiers who tried to dig them up all died miserably.
“How were the Japanese invaders’ engineers blown up?” Kong Jie took the data and asked with a smile.
Although Kong Jie was not present.
He could still imagine that scene.
Seeing the Japanese soldiers crying daddy and shouting mommy from the jumping mine explosions, the pressure on the Japanese engineers must have been immense, but they still had to go clear mines or dig mines.
In the end, the remaining jumping mines all exploded. Once this spreads, next time they encounter our jumping mines, the Japanese engineers probably won’t dare to clear mines anymore.
If the Japanese engineers don’t dare to clear mines, their troops won’t dare to pursue us easily.
It could be said that, on a large scale, this jumping mine can curb the Japanese invaders’ group charges.
On a small scale, this is simply a sharp weapon for covering the troops’ withdrawal, with tremendous deterrent power.
“Haha.” Several eyes and ears laughed wildly a few times, then said: “How else could it blow them up? Their corpses were all blown to pieces, not a single piece of good flesh on their bodies. Regiment Commander, you didn’t see that scene, it’s really a bit of a pity. Although our jumping mines all exploded, the Japanese invaders didn’t dare to dig anymore in the end, and didn’t dare to pursue us, but went to pursue the direct lineage 217 Regiment instead.”
“Haha, let’s go, we’ll head back.” Kong Jie laughed heartily, not feeling it was a pity at all.
With jumping mines this effective, when he handed over the data upon returning, he would immediately ask Li Muzhi for some.
As long as we have jumping mines in hand, would we still worry about not seeing jumping mines blow up the Japanese invaders in the future?
Kong Jie returned to the arsenal side at the fastest speed, just in time for mealtime.
“Eat up, you all go eat first.” Kong Jie called the soldiers to go eat. After eating, they still had to continue coal mining.
“Yes, Regiment Commander.” These soldiers went to line up for food.
“This is the meal for Factory Director Li, right?” Kong Jie saw Lao He carrying a portion of food, heading toward Li Muzhi’s office.
“Yes.” Lao He nodded and explained, “The factory director is very busy and hasn’t had time to eat, so I’m bringing it to him.”
“I’ll bring it to him. I need to report the jumping mine data test to him anyway.” Kong Jie replied.
“How was the jumping mine test effect?” Lao He immediately asked.
Twenty jumping mines were made, and Li Muzhi had Kong Jie go test them.
He didn’t expect the effect data to come back so quickly.
Regiment Commander Kong’s efficiency is really fast.
“Great stuff!” Kong Jie gave it extremely high praise. “This thing jumps into mid-air and explodes by itself. Even if the Japanese invaders aren’t clustered together, the lethality is still very impressive. On average, one can kill and wound ten Japanese invaders.”
When this Japanese squadron pursues, it’s not in a dense formation.
If it were a group charge, this kill score would rise even more.
Lao He grinned upon hearing this: “From now on, your combat troops won’t complain about the poor quality of our border region’s mines anymore, haha.”
Previously, this border region arsenal, besides doing some secondary loading of bullets and grenades, also made some mines.
But the quality of these mines was only slightly better than grenades.
After all, mines have a bit more explosive charge.
But these mines still often malfunctioned, and weren’t short of complaints from the combat troops.
Now, our factory director made mines that jump into mid-air and explode by themselves, one able to blow up ten Japanese invaders. This has recovered the face right in front of us.
“No, no, ever since Factory Director Li took over as factory director, the things made by this arsenal are truly top quality.” Kong Jie quickly expressed.
“Alright then, Regiment Commander Kong, you take this meal to the factory director.” Lao He handed the meal to Kong Jie.
To be honest, he as workshop director was also very busy.
He had to oversee grenade production, and with jumping mines no longer a problem, they would definitely soon oversee their production too.
Also, today’s bullet production had been set up.
If the produced bullets were up to standard, then bullets would need rapid production too.
At that time, he as workshop director would be stretched thin… Luckily, with those big shots from Huangyadong Arsenal helping, Lao He could still manage.
“Mm.” Kong Jie took the meal and carried it into Li Muzhi’s office.
On Li Muzhi’s table were placed over a dozen yellowish shell casings.
Li Muzhi was lowering his head, carefully checking them one by one.
Kong Jie came in, and Li Muzhi didn’t even notice.
It wasn’t until Kong Jie placed the meal in front of Li Muzhi on the table and smiled, “Factory Director Li, no matter how busy you are, you still have to eat.”
“Oh, Regiment Commander Kong, just put it aside. I’ll eat after I finish checking these dozen or so shell casings.” Li Muzhi recognized Kong Jie’s voice but didn’t lift his head, continuing to work with his head down.
Kong Jie didn’t speak, standing quietly to the side.
His gaze also fell on these shell casings, and Kong Jie quickly noticed something different.
These shell casings were newly made, not like scavenged old shell casings.
A light shone in Kong Jie’s eyes: “Factory Director Li is preparing to make bullets.”
That makes sense, that makes sense!
I almost forgot.
Li Yunlong and the scholar, one brought back equipment for making bullets, the other brought back the key parts for the equipment.
Now that the arsenal’s power is sorted, Li Muzhi wants to make shoulder-mounted cannons, so naturally bullets can’t be neglected either. Li Muzhi is tackling both at once.
Li Muzhi checked over a dozen shell casings, his expression still very pleased: “Three are unqualified. I’ll debug the machine again later.”
It’s not that once power is up and equipment is there, bullets can be made.
Even after equipment is assembled, it still needs debugging to optimal.
This way, production capacity can be maximized, and the quality of produced items guaranteed.
Previously, border region bullet manufacturing was criticized!
Now that Li Muzhi has taken over, he must completely eliminate such criticism!
The new bullets made by the border region arsenal must have quality guaranteed as much as possible for every single one.
As the song sings, every bullet eliminates one enemy!
Though the song is a bit exaggerated, it precisely shows the requirement for bullet quality.
If one bullet fails to fire, or misfires, or has other quality issues, on the battlefield it’s highly likely to let an enemy survive.
“Factory Director Li, you’re done working, eat first.” Kong Jie smiled and pushed the meal closer to Li Muzhi.
Li Muzhi picked up his chopsticks and ate, saying while eating, “Regiment Commander Kong, you haven’t eaten?”
“No rush, I can eat later.” Kong Jie shook his head, then handed the notebook to Li Muzhi: “Factory Director Li, this is the data feedback from the twenty jumping mines.”
“Oh, this fast?” Li Muzhi immediately stopped eating and quickly took the notebook.
Li Muzhi quickly flipped through it, his expression very satisfied: “Mm, this effect is good. This afternoon, have Lao He start mass production.”
“Heh heh.” Kong Jie rubbed his hands somewhat awkwardly, looking at Li Muzhi: “Factory Director Li, your jumping mines are very effective. You see, heh heh.”
Seeing Kong Jie’s awkward yet polite appearance, Li Muzhi smiled faintly and said, “No problem, Regiment Commander Kong. Once the jumping mines are ready, I’ll give you a hundred.”
Give me a hundred!!!
Kong Jie, upon hearing this, almost thought his ears had misheard.
In Kong Jie’s view, getting thirty or fifty would already be burning incense.
He didn’t expect Li Muzhi to directly and generously give him a hundred!
If Minister Zhang found out, he would surely curse him for being shameless and suspect if he had sweet-talked Factory Director Li.
“Factory Director Li, um, what, my ears didn’t hear clearly. How many did you say?” Kong Jie couldn’t help asking again.
“A hundred.” Li Muzhi saw Kong Jie’s excited, somewhat incoherent state and could understand his mood.
With the jumping mine’s power so great, even more sought-after than grenades.
Giving Kong Jie a hundred at once was a big pie falling on Regiment Commander Kong’s head.
“Ah haha.” After confirming, Kong Jie was so happy he didn’t know whether to put his hands in front or behind, excitedly looking at Li Muzhi: “Factory Director Li, I, I, on behalf of all the regiment’s soldiers, thank… thank you.”
Old Kong really wasn’t good at speaking; his words of thanks were so awkward.
Luckily Li Muzhi didn’t mind, smiling: “Regiment Commander Kong, a hundred is nothing. Wait until the combat troops below get more sugar, I can give you more. The premise is, you have to dig coal diligently for me. The arsenal is now running, and the coal demand is very high.”
The arsenal now needs to smelt iron, make jumping mines, make rocket launchers.
Once the bullet equipment is debugged, bullets will start production too.
After bullets, they’ll make conventional cannonballs too.
So, power demand is very high, needing more coal.
Li Muzhi was even considering.
Once Gao Liujin disassembles the Japanese locomotive and returns, he would add another power source to increase output.
Those two iron turtle vehicle heads burn oil, and we should avoid burning oil if possible, so keep the iron turtle vehicle heads as backup power.
Since we can mine coal, prioritize steam power as much as possible.
“Factory Director Li, rest assured. If you didn’t forbid overtime, I could double the coal output for you…” Old Kong comrade counted on his fingers in front of Li Muzhi, “One, three, oh no, I can dig fifty percent more for you!”
“Regiment Commander Kong, no need for that. You and your soldiers are people, not black slaves to be driven.” Li Muzhi said solemnly, “Get off work when it’s time, rest when it’s time. As long as the current coal mining output is maintained, that’s fine.”
“Good, alright.” Kong Jie was moved again in his heart, but didn’t know exactly how to express it, only saying two words.
“Regiment Commander Kong, I’ll eat this myself. Don’t delay yours, go eat.” After Li Muzhi finished speaking, he lowered his head to eat again.
Kong Jie didn’t leave, but said to Li Muzhi: “Factory Director Li, there’s one more thing I need to report to you.”
“What is it?” Li Muzhi chewed rice and braised pork, looking up at Kong Jie.
