Bright Sword: Let my company hold off the Yamazaki Battalion

Chapter 21 Chu Feng: "Hmm? Seamless gun barrel? I'm going to have a 100mm heavy mortar?&qu

However, the third and fourth ding-dong sounds followed immediately.

"This? This!!!"

"Upgrade? But that doesn't seem right either!"

"The 387 Japanese and puppet troops, even including their previous experience points, have only advanced two levels."

"Where did this extra system notification come from, coming from among these four consecutive notifications?"

Completely bewildered, Chu Feng didn't hesitate. With a thought, he entered the system space, and the real world froze.

"Ding dong! Congratulations to the host for eliminating 387 Japanese and puppet troops, gaining 387 experience points and 938 merit points."

"Ding dong! Congratulations to the host for eliminating 152 Japanese and puppet troops, gaining 152 experience points and 401 merit points."

「叮咚！恭喜宿主等级从1级升到2级，获得奖励：大洋*1000块！九二式步兵炮*3门！70毫米步兵炮弹*600发！」

"Ding! Congratulations, host, your level has increased from level 2 to level 3. Reward: 100 seamless 100mm cannon barrels!"

Chu Feng's attention was drawn to the system notifications that kept ringing in his ears.

"152 Japanese and puppet troops?"

"ah?!!!"

When Chu Feng saw the extra system notification that 152 Japanese and puppet troops had been eliminated, he was stunned.

"this?"

"So, the cessation of gunfire signifies a victory, the defeat or complete annihilation of the Japanese troops at the Huting stronghold?"

The doubt vanished from his face instantly, replaced by ecstasy, excitement, and exhilaration.

Chu Feng recalled Huang Zhenggong's always cautious face. Now, he dared to turn ambush into a sniping attack and achieve such results. He couldn't help but smile: "It seems that the hair dryer technique has been effective."

"This kid has finally figured it out."

Chu Feng was still quite satisfied with Huang Zhenggong, his former partner. Huang was serious about his work, never compromised, and was willing to listen to advice.

The drawback is indecisiveness, which is why the General Logistics Department preferred to have Chu Feng, the regimental commander, temporarily serve as the company commander rather than let Huang Zhenggong take the position.

Now, a battle has shown Chu Feng the changes in Huang Zhenggong.

After understanding what was going on, his gaze focused on the reward.

"I earned 1339 merit points from the two battles. Including the ones I didn't use, my merit points have reached a new high of 1624 points."

His gaze swept across the attribute panel, and he found that the only things he could improve were personal skills such as five-kilometer run, three-kilometer run, squat, and push-up.

never mind!

Chu Feng decisively chose to give up: "These all fall under the category of physical fitness, which is sufficient for now. There's no need to waste precious merit points."

"Anyway, with consistent training over time, I'll gradually improve."

As for how to use the merit points, Chu Feng also had a target: the arsenal.

For the impoverished Eighth Route Army, the Huangyadong Arsenal was their industrial core.

Such rare and highly unique resources are difficult to access outside of the guard regiment and the General Logistics Department.

Therefore, he wanted to use some of his merit points during his time in the guard regiment to learn how to operate various mechanical equipment in the arsenal, as well as how to design and repair firearms and artillery.

While not necessarily becoming an expert, it will certainly elevate some key skills and abilities to a basic level.

In terms of system capabilities and skills, those who have never been exposed to them before are all apprentices, and only after that can they be considered beginners.

Trainee is an apprentice, while junior is a full-time employee.

After all, he couldn't stay in the position of guard commander forever; one day, he would have to go out and take charge on his own.

Having more skills is never a bad thing!

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon his inventory: "One thousand silver dollars?"

"This is alright. The military is just starting out, and we can see that the nutritional requirements for meat are getting higher and higher."

"With this 1000 silver dollars, the troops will not have to worry about meat for at least a month."

Chu Feng nodded as he continued reading: "Three Type 3 infantry guns? 600 rounds of infantry shells?"

His eyes lit up when he saw the reward.

"well?!!"

"This reward is great!"

"With three gates and ninety-two techniques, can I take down the Tiger Pavilion stronghold now?"

Chu Feng thought of a possibility and his heart skipped a beat.

But he quickly suppressed the idea.

"No! No!"

"The Huting stronghold was a decoy, a key factor in the game between the enemy and ourselves, and in whether or not the Japanese North China battlefield observation group came."

"This place absolutely must not be touched. If it is touched, it will cause a series of unforeseen and unknown situations."

Chu Feng was eyeing the Japanese battlefield observation group, hoping to make a fortune off them.

If we alert the enemy by trying to gain a stronghold, we might lose tens of thousands or even nearly a hundred thousand merit points. This would be penny-wise and pound-foolish.

"Three Type 92 guns are good; they can help expand my artillery company."

"It makes up for the problem that 82mm mortars cannot penetrate strongholds."

"Although the Type 92 infantry gun has limited destructive power, it's better to have it than nothing."

His gaze swept past the cannons and landed on the last reward.

"Ouch?!?"

When he saw the reward, he couldn't sit still: "A 100mm seamless gun barrel?"

"Wait, the system gives out these kinds of rewards?"

Chu Feng never expected that there were such wonderful things.

He has decided to study hard at the arsenal and make some money off it.

But he was somewhat dissatisfied with just studying without doing anything meaningful.

Unexpectedly, the system gave him 100 seamless cannon barrels.

A 100mm caliber is not small.

"If we could build 100 100mm mortars, wouldn't we be rich?"

Although, there are very few 100mm caliber mortars in the world now.

More often, it's 107/120 mm, or even 150 mm, but it's not impossible, is it?

At the same time, reward information appeared.

"100mm seamless gun barrel: Each seamless gun barrel is 2 meters long."

Chu Feng took a deep breath, first looking at the 100 seamless cannon barrels, then at his 1,600 merit points.

"I wonder if this amount of merit points is enough for me to produce a batch of 100mm mortars?"

"I don't know what stage the arsenal's technology and processes have reached now."

Chu Feng was filled with anticipation and wanted to fly back to ask questions and find out more.

He hadn't thought much about it before.

Now, Chu Feng is determined to develop the 100mm heavy mortar: "I didn't say anything before because we didn't have a gun barrel, but now that we've solved the core component issue of the gun barrel, not developing it would be idiotic!"

"We have to do it!"

"Even if it's not the most advanced, as long as it can fire shells, a 100mm caliber is still a good thing. It's better than an 82mm mortar."

"That's one hundred cannon barrels, that's one hundred cannons! It's incredibly important, both for me and for the Eighth Route Army!"

Chu Feng's eyes lit up, as if he could see the spectacular scene of a hundred heavy guns firing simultaneously.

But his excitement lasted only a few seconds before he frowned. "The stuff is good, but how can we ensure it's obtained legitimately?"

Ambushing the battlefield is definitely out of the question, and attacking the county town? The guard regiment doesn't have that capability yet.

He rubbed his hands together unconsciously, then suddenly a thought popped into his head, and he abruptly stopped: "A train! A cannon barrel on a train, that makes the most sense!"

A thought suddenly struck Chu Feng, who became excited: "There are Japanese transport trains on the Zhengtai Railway every day. If we hijack one, we can get the cannon barrels and also disrupt the Japanese transport line."

But then he realized that there were many things to deal with if he did this, and he quickly calmed down: "The Zhengtai Line is the defense zone of our brother unit, and cross-border operations require the approval of our superiors."

"The train schedule and the number of guards are unknown. Even if we succeed, transporting a hundred cannon barrels will be a major problem that must be solved."

Chu Feng took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to act immediately: "We need to plan this carefully. After we get back, we'll gather intelligence first, then ask Minister Zhang to coordinate, to ensure everything goes smoothly."

Having made his decision, Chu Feng didn't hesitate. Looking at the attribute panel, he said, "System, extract the silver dollars, Type 92 infantry guns, and shells!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the selected reward disappeared.

His gaze lingered on the 100 seamless cannon barrels for a moment, then he had an idea and exited the system space.