Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Chapter 299 New Grenade

Licheng County.

"Report to the commander, this is the comrade sent by the Jin-Cha-Yi Military Region to help us!"

An Eighth Route Army soldier walked into the First Column Headquarters with a man.

"Comrade Shu Tong!"

Seeing the person coming, Commander Xu, the commander of the First Corps, stood up immediately, walked over and shook the person's hands tightly: "Long time no see, I didn't expect you to come in person!"

"Haha, Commander Nie said that the central government wants to attack Hebei. Although our military region has not yet been assigned a task, we can't just sit there and watch, so they sent me here."

Shu Tong, director of the Political Department of the Jin-Cha-Yi Military Region, said with a smile.

"Okay, great!"

Commander Xu thanked him repeatedly: "I originally said that we are unfamiliar with Hebei and I am afraid it will be difficult to complete the mission of the front-line command!"

"Now that you're here, I feel relieved!"

"Hahaha, Commander Xu, just give your orders!"

Shu Tong said generously.

"it is good!"

Commander Xu nodded: "You came just in time, I was just thinking about the battle plan!"

Commander Xu then pulled Shu Tong into the headquarters, pointed to the unusually conspicuous map in front of him and said, "Tell me about the situation in Hebei!"

“Handan City is located in the southern end of Hebei Province, with the Taihang Mountains to the west and the North China Plain to the east.”

Shu Tong came to the map, pointed to one of the points and said, "If we want to take Handan, we must first attack Wu'an, and at the same time we must pay attention to the Japanese troops in Anyang and Xingtai."

"Among them, Anyang has two independent garrison brigades, and Xingtai has a newly formed Type B division!"

"Where's Wu An?"

Commander Xu asked.

"Wu An is in big trouble!"

Shu Tong frowned: "I don't know if they are afraid that we will come out of Shanxi. They have been recruiting migrant workers to build bunkers in Wu'an since last year."

"But the good news is that his bunkers are mainly built facing the Shanxi direction. If we can attack from the back, it will be much easier!"

"back?"

Commander Xu looked at the map and touched his chin: "The back is Handan!"

"Which Japanese unit is in charge of Wu'an?"

"108th Division!"

Shu Tong's face was solemn: "This is a Type A division, with rich combat experience and is particularly difficult to deal with. Many of our soldiers in Hebei were killed by this division!"

"Oh!"

Commander Xu looked at the map and said, "It seems like we really can't let him get away!"

Looking at Commander Xu in deep thought, Shu Tong stopped talking and waited quietly.

Two days later, the First Column sent a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which left Licheng County and arrived outside She County, launching a tentative attack.

After encountering stubborn resistance from the Japanese troops in the city, the Eighth Route Army did not continue the attack, but instead went to capture the Henandian Town next to Shexian County.

Soon the news that the Eighth Route Army appeared outside Shexian County was passed on to the North China Command, and all of a sudden the Japanese troops in the entire North China became nervous.

The 108th Division, which was responsible for the defense of Wuan, quickly dispatched an imperial army division to Shexian for support.

But what is strange is that the Eighth Route Army did not take any further action afterwards, but only dug defensive positions in Henandian Town.

Although they were worried about a trap, the Japanese in Wuan continued to send soldiers and supplies to strengthen Shexian's defense.

.............

Yan'an.

"Chief, this is the list of talents I hope to bring back from the United States!"

The year is January 1943, and the United States will have a nuclear bomb in two years.

So Zhao Tianyang is going to start making things happen. The first step is to quietly bring back the big guys who have developed almost as well as expected in the United States.

Step 2, humph...those who understand will understand!

“These people are very famous!”

Looking at the list, the elegant man smiled and asked, "They are all highly regarded in the United States. I'm not sure if I can get them back!"

"I believe them!"

Zhao Tianyang affirmed: "In the past, we were just a small unit under the Kuomintang."

"Now we have 800,000 mercenaries, have completely wiped out two Japanese divisions, and recaptured Shanxi. With the powerful forces in Baotou, there's no reason why we can't attract them back!"

"Hehe, then what's the reason?"

The elegant man did not comment on Zhao Tianyang's heroic speech, but asked back with a smile.

"They can get better research conditions in the United States, but they will have nothing if they return to China."

"It's simple. Just tell them that the motherland needs them...!"

"Let's talk about practical matters!"

The elegant man interrupted Zhao Tianyang who wanted to brag.

"Um...I'll talk to the Germans and ask them to help us build a high-end laboratory and provide all necessary assistance!"

Zhao Tianyang was stunned for a moment and spoke honestly.

"Ok!"

The elegant man nodded and believed what Zhao Tianyang said.

Although it is not very clear what Zhao Tianyang traded with the Germans, judging from the frequency of cooperation between the Germans and them in the past two years, the cooperation between them is quite good.

"By the way, there's also this!"

Zhao Tianyang took out another list from his arms: "These are all people from the Kuomintang. It should be easy to win them over!"

"these people?"

The elegant man put down the list and looked at Zhao Tianyang: "Minister Zhao and his people plus those from the United States, tell me honestly, what dangerous things are you planning to do?"

"how to say?"

Zhao Tianyang touched his chin and said, "What I want to do, the United States and Germany are doing."

"Once this thing is made, it will change the course of the war. Whether it is for now or for the future, we must start researching it!"

"All right!"

The elegant man was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "I will find these people back for you as soon as possible!"

"okay!"

Zhao Tianyang stood up: "Then I'll leave first!"

"Minister, Blacksmith Wang is looking for you!"

As soon as Zhao Tianyang left the room, Li Yuncai came over.

"Wow, you're really quick!"

Zhao Tianyang waved his hand: "Prepare the airship, we are going to Ningxia!"

Inside the bomb factory.

After a loud "bang", Zhao Tianyang and Wang the blacksmith crawled out of the explosion-proof pit.

"How's it, Minister? It's pretty powerful, right?"

Blacksmith Wang picked up another grenade from the table next to him and said, "Heavy grenade, total weight 630 grams, 206 mm long, 48 mm in diameter, 38 grams of TNT."

"The killing radius is seven meters and above, and it can produce 110 fragments. Although it also has a wooden handle, it is much stronger than our original black powder grenade!"

Then he picked up another lighter grenade and said, "There is also this light grenade, which weighs 560 grams and is 204 mm long."

"It has 36 grams of TNT, which can produce 70 fragments with a killing radius of seven meters. But when launching it, remember to keep a safe distance of 80 meters!"

"very good."

Zhao Tianyang picked up two grenades and observed them: "Let's produce these two types!"