Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Chapter 939 Reclaiming Lost Territory, Restoring Our Rivers and Mountains

As for hand grenades, there was basically enough for everyone to have one, and there was no shortage of bullets either.

Almost all the villagers underwent military-style training; young men and women had to learn how to shoot, and the elderly and children had to learn how to throw grenades.

Once the enemy launches a major offensive, everyone must go to the battlefield, even if it means dying, they must take a few Japanese soldiers or traitors and puppet troops with them.

This bloodshed immediately intimidated all the enemies, and now the tragedy of massacring villages rarely occurs.

After all, ordinary people have powerful weapons, especially hand grenades. To put it bluntly, even a ten-year-old child could take a Japanese soldier down with him. Just ask the enemy if they are afraid.

Those traitors and collaborators weren't stupid; they joined the invaders to make money, not to die.

Even with orders from their masters, the traitors' detective team could only patrol the area near the city gate during the day and return at night to report that they had not found anything suspicious.

Or they could make a big commotion in the county town to get by, since if they dared to ride bicycles out of town, they would be met with countless sniper shots and grenades. Only a fool would risk their life for money.

By this calculation, the Japanese soldiers were actually not much better than deaf and blind people.

One evening, as usual, Uncle Jiang, the village chief of Shuainan Village, met the personnel sent by his superiors at the dock by the village. He heard that they were coming to carry out an urgent mission.

“It’s Secretary Ma. It’s been a while since you last visited our village. I was wondering what important matter it was that required your relative to make the trip. You could have just said it in the telegram.”

Shuainan Village, military radio station, telegram—these words together seem absurd, but that's the reality.

The local militia and guerrillas have long since upgraded their weaponry and equipment, including communication systems.

Many villages have landline telephones, so they can call for help from people in the surrounding area at the slightest sign of trouble.

Furthermore, it is reasonable to equip a material distribution center like Shuainan Village with a military radio.

So don't be fooled by Uncle Jiang's kind and smiling demeanor in Shuainan Village; he's quite famous in the surrounding area.

"Old Jiang, this is a comrade from the army, Captain Jia of the action team, mainly to assist us in our upcoming big operation."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiang's eyes lit up immediately, and he eagerly pressed for an answer:

"Is the main force about to return? This is fantastic news! The villagers have been looking forward to this day for a long time."

“I’ll go and mobilize the villagers right away. Don’t underestimate our small village of Shuainan. We can easily raise a whole squadron of militia.”

Secretary Ma was both amused and exasperated when he saw Uncle Jiang, who was a bit agitated, but he understood his feelings perfectly.

Not to mention ordinary villagers, even the people in their county committee cheered after receiving the clear telegram from their superiors.

There was nothing we could do; our base was right next door. Seeing those people living such good lives, we were all green with envy.

Especially in newly reclaimed areas, a large number of animals will suddenly appear, including bison. If you manage to catch one, the whole village can have a good meal.

This good thing has been verified by a large amount of data, and it can take several months.

Besides that, our troops recaptured Goose City, and the subsequent series of benefits were simply dazzling.

"People have no worries about food and clothing, the able-bodied have jobs, the elderly are cared for, and the young have access to education, etc."

Just hearing the name makes one's blood boil.

Although the conditions in Shuainan Village were not bad, and the people were able to eat and dress warmly, it was still an enemy-occupied area. This happy life could be interrupted at any time, and everyone was always in danger.

However, the people can understand the difficulties faced by the troops. In many cases, one move can have far-reaching consequences. After all, the Japanese are currently very powerful, so we have to infiltrate them slowly, one by one.

In fact, the dream that the local people love to have at night is that when they wake up, a main force of troops appears around the village, and someone knocks on their door to inform them that the area has been recaptured by the army, and that everyone should register and receive a welcome package.

Such a good thing is not impossible. Our base will, as needed, recapture a county town and a vast rural area every now and then.

Whenever such news comes, the people are incredibly excited, especially those who live nearby.

Statistically speaking, this time it was someone else, but next time it might be your turn. Perhaps one day you will become someone else's envy.

However, Village Chief Jiang did not expect that such a good thing would actually happen to Shuainan Village.

"Old Chiang, war is about to break out. This time we brought fifty tons of cement, one hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, and twenty thousand hand grenades with the ship. We need to get them to the county brigade as soon as possible."

"By the way, the twenty tons of canned Seagull food and ten tons of compressed biscuits also need to be transported to the village militia through the appropriate transportation channels."

"In addition, open all the secret warehouses stored outside Shuainan Village. This time we're going to play big and have a complete showdown with the Japanese devils in Goose City."

"Alright, I'll go and give the order right away. Everyone hurry up and get into the village. Hot meals are all ready."

In fact, to deal with this kind of situation, we built a large number of material warehouses in the mountains of Shuainan Village half a year ago.

It contained a massive amount of supplies, including compressed biscuits, canned goods, and tens of thousands of mortar shells and recoilless rifle shells.

They stockpiled a total of 500,000 rounds of ammunition of various types and nearly 50,000 hand grenades, so that the main force could be resupplyed nearby when it attacked.

Throughout Goose City, there are four such reserve bases, arranged in a square at the four corners, to ensure immediate resupply.

The county brigade, district squadron, town squadron, and militia from each village could easily muster three thousand men, which was no less than the enemy's in terms of numbers.

They just haven't fought in a major war, so their overall combat capabilities might be lacking. But if the Japanese dared to enter the village, that would be a different story.

Our militia can take advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to divide and encircle most of the enemy, and then annihilate them all.

Putting everything else aside, the enemy soldiers in Goose City who number less than ten probably wouldn't even dare to step out of the city gate, for fear of being taken out by our sharpshooters hiding in the shadows.

If the enemy's main force were to leave the city, they would be faced with countless landmines, which would absolutely make the invaders question their existence.

After all, landmines are a very basic thing for our base, and producing them is not difficult at all.

Its power is enough to easily kill three or five enemies, and even if it is discovered by Japanese engineers, the losses will not be significant.