Bright Sword: Let my company hold off the Yamazaki Battalion

Chapter 42 Zhang Wanhe, shocked: "You little brat, you got your hands on a batch of seamless ca

Zhang Wanhe lost his composure, as did the other leaders, who were all so shocked they could hardly stand.

As leaders in charge of logistics, they had seen such situations before, but they were rare. Even now, their General Logistics Department's warehouses didn't have that many ammunition reserves.

Minister Zhang and his leaders did not hesitate and strode into the room. They saw that the boxes contained bullets and shells that filled several rooms. They even personally pried them open to inspect them.

The gleaming yellow bullets, grenades, and shells in their hands made them no longer doubt.

A thought involuntarily crossed the leaders' minds: "With so much weaponry and equipment, can the guard regiment possibly use it all? Especially so much ammunition!"

"How about?!"

For a moment, everyone stared intently at Chu Feng, as if they were looking at a wealthy dog.

Upon seeing this, Chu Feng instantly became alert and pulled the list closer to his chest: "Gentlemen, something's off about your eyes!"

"Don't even think about taking these spoils. We agreed that you don't have to hand them over for three months. You can't go back on your word!"

"Hahahaha!" The leaders burst into laughter at his possessive behavior towards his food.

"You brat, you're not from Shanxi, but you've picked up all the bad habits of those nouveau riche from Shanxi!"

Zhang Wanhe laughed and scolded, "Don't worry, I said three months and it's three months. Nobody's going to take it from you!"

Reassured, Chu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and continued excitedly, "Besides these conventional weapons, we also discovered a treasure: 40 seamless 100mm cannon barrels!"

As he spoke, he led everyone to the place where 40 seamless 100mm gun barrels were stored, and continued, "Minister Zhang, I have learned about the processing capabilities of our arsenal."

"Mortars are smoothbore cannons, so there's no need to rifling them. With a little processing, these seamless barrels can be transformed into 100mm mortars!"

"I've calculated that if we take two out for testing and it's successful, our guard regiment can be equipped with at least 38 100mm mortars!"

"At that time, each company will have an artillery squad, each battalion will have an artillery platoon, and the artillery companies will be directly expanded into artillery battalions. Our regiment's firepower will take a big leap forward!"

Chu Feng spoke with great enthusiasm, but his superiors remained silent, their eyes wide and their faces filled with disbelief.

Chu Feng had just finished speaking and received no feedback, so he subconsciously stopped. Minister Zhang, however, said directly, "Don't stop, take me there quickly!"

His voice wasn't loud, but you could hear the excitement and agitation he was trying so hard to suppress.

"yes!"

Chu Feng immediately guessed why the leaders had changed their minds.

Arriving at the room in the far corner, Chu Feng opened the door, and the leaders rushed in. They immediately saw the cannon barrels on the ground and quickly surrounded them.

"It really is!!!"

After checking, everyone was very excited; it really was a seamless gun barrel.

"Judging from its robust appearance, it should be able to produce not only mortars, but also other 100mm artillery pieces."

"That's right, producing mortars from this thing is a waste!!!"

"..."

Everyone was chatting away, having a great time, completely ignoring Chu Feng, the person in question.

"Go and summon Director Wang of the arsenal, along with the artillery experts!"

Minister Zhang Wanhe did not hesitate and shouted at a soldier.

Soon, Director Wang and the experts from the arsenal arrived.

"hiss?!!!"

The factory director and the experts, who had initially had some doubts, all gasped in astonishment when they saw the 40 seamless 100mm gun barrels, and their doubts vanished.

"nice one!!!"

"This is made of good gun steel. If you rifling it, it would be a howitzer," Factory Director Wang said excitedly.

"Minister, where did you get such a good thing?"

Upon hearing Director Wang's question, Minister Zhang Wanhe pointed at Chu Feng: "Didn't Commander Chu go to attack Xiaoxishan Railway Station?"

"He brought it back!"

Upon hearing this, Factory Director Wang immediately stood up and excitedly grasped Chu Feng's hand, saying, "Thank you, thank you so much, Commander Chu!"

"Our arsenal has finally acquired some solid equipment. With this, we can produce more artillery for the troops."

Hearing everyone's words and seeing Director Wang's enthusiasm, Chu Feng quickly stopped them, saying, "Wait, Director Wang, Minister Zhang, esteemed experts and leaders, please wait a moment!"

"I know you're all excited, but Minister Zhang, didn't you hear my plan?"

"I intend to manufacture these forty barrels into mortars."

As soon as he uttered those words, a military technician quickly interrupted, "Mortars? That's such a waste!!!"

"We can try to produce direct-fire weapons, which would solve the problem of the Eighth Route Army's weak firepower for assault missions."

Chu Feng wasn't annoyed, knowing that the technical staff had no ill intentions and were simply discussing technology and requirements.

"I know, direct fire is better!"

Chu Feng explained, "But can our arsenal's technology achieve that? How do we solve the problem of the gun carriage?"

"Do we have the qualified steel and equipment to process the other components?"

At this point, he pointed to himself and looked at Minister Zhang: "Minister, this was captured by our guard regiment."

"If we don't hand it in for three months, you and the leaders won't forget about it, will they?"

Factory Director Wang and the technicians were completely bewildered.

Minister Zhang and the other leaders, who were initially excited and thrilled, finally realized what was happening.

Yup!

They said they would absolutely support it, but now they've changed their minds just minutes after they said it.

An eerie silence fell over the scene. Minister Zhang and his colleagues wanted to speak, but they opened their mouths and didn't know how to begin.

Factory Director Wang and the others were somewhat confused. Chu Feng, on the other hand, waited for Minister Zhang and the others to speak.

Sensing Chu Feng's gaze, Minister Zhang's smile froze slightly. His fingers unconsciously rubbed the cannon barrel, his eyes quickly scanning between the excited technician and the wary Chu Feng, his mind racing: "This kid really won't take a loss. But this thing is too important."

"If we insist, it will discourage them, and that won't do. The guard regiment is at a critical moment; it wouldn't be good if the leader got emotional. No, this 100mm cannon barrel is too important for the Eighth Route Army!"

After a moment of hesitation, Minister Zhang pondered for about ten seconds and finally came up with an idea. He said, "Of course we know that if we say three months, then it's three months."

Minister Zhang was determined to uphold his word and didn't want to disappoint Chu Feng, a meritorious and capable man.

Chu Feng's expression softened slightly upon hearing this, but the leaders looked somewhat anxious.

"but!"

Minister Zhang paused after speaking, then looked at Chu Feng with a serious expression: "Your entire regiment definitely won't be able to use all 40 cannon barrels."

"I'll report this to headquarters. After the leaders there approve it, we'll exchange it for something else, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng quickly calculated in his mind: "Ten cannon barrels are enough for me to first set up a heavy mortar company and form a combat capability model."

"The remaining 30 will be exchanged for something the headquarters leaders will definitely not be stingy with, whether it's policies, supplies, or letting me make my own requests, it's all good news for the guard regiment."

"If you execute it well, you can make a fortune."

After thinking it through, he immediately nodded: "Okay, no problem!"

This three-month period is absolutely non-refundable; it's a rare opportunity. However, if we're talking about exchanging it, then we can discuss it.

He should stick to his principles. He can't let himself go just because of a leader's word. If he has to change, he has to change. He can't let his style be promoted and he end up with nothing.

Hearing Chu Feng agree, Minister Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Chu Feng would be stubborn and refuse to agree, which would have made things difficult.

I will give you an answer to this matter as soon as possible.

As he spoke, he pointed to the batch of cannon barrels: "Our guard regiment can only keep 5 to 10 at most."

Chu Feng pondered for a moment: "Okay! Let's make it 10 sticks then!" 10 sticks was his bottom line from the beginning.

Minister Zhang didn't hesitate and said, "Then have someone deliver these cannon barrels to the arsenal!"

Even if you produce mortars, you still need an arsenal to process them.

Chu Feng did not object to this.

Factory Director Wang and the technicians ignored all of this; all they cared about was getting the cannon barrels sent to their arsenal for processing and production.

They don't care who uses it after it's produced.