GBP Chapter 311: Don’t hide anything, hurry up and show me everything about the arsenal!
Chapter 311: Don’t hide anything, hurry up and show me everything about the arsenal!
Everyone then realized how important the air transport line that was about to be opened was. You have to know that the independent regiment currently has only 12 transport planes in total. If the number could be doubled, the current food crisis could be easily solved. This open source approach is truly practical.
Li Yunlong had nothing to say about this. He stared at Lin Zhenhua with his eyes and pleaded in a serious tone: "College student, this air transport line must be opened no matter how much it costs. It is very likely to become an air lifeline for our independent regiment in the future. If you have any requests from now on, please feel free to ask. As long as we can do it, we will never refuse, no matter how much it costs!"
Several other people also stood up to express their support. Lin Zhenhua felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He pondered for a moment and had an idea in his mind. He would not be polite at this time and directly made a request: "Lao Li, I don't have time to manage the arsenal during this period. You can only take over from now on. The production of transport aircraft must not be stopped, and its production volume must be increased. However, we cannot reduce the production of Thunder fighters because of this. So far, we have only produced 12 Thunder fighters, four of which have crashed during training. We must make up for it as soon as possible!"
"In addition to these two fighters, what really makes me feel difficult is the production of the bomber. The drawings and production process documents have been issued. It is estimated that in another six days, the prototype of the bomber can be produced. You can only keep an eye on this matter!"
"Logically speaking, we are already short of manpower for fighter production, so I shouldn't arrange for the production of bomber prototypes, but time is running out! It's already the end of September, and October is coming soon. There are only two months left. If I can't produce enough bombers within these two months, the plan I secretly formulated before cannot be implemented."
"As for the specific content of this plan, for the sake of confidentiality, I will never tell anyone. Only when the moment of implementation comes, I will truly tell you the plan. Now all you have to do is cooperate. In addition, I am not afraid to tell you that once my plan is successfully implemented, the Zhangjiazhuang market will not be able to continue."
"Next, you have to use the method of draining the pond to catch all the fish. While the autumn crops are about to come in, increase the supply of medicines and sell the medicines in our hospital. At the same time, you have to spend the money in your hands as soon as possible. For us, money is really a thing outside of our body and is indeed not as reliable as food."
"Also tell Kong Jie to speed up the transfer of the victims. The transfer of the victims must be completed before mid-December. After that, this loophole must be plugged because the Japanese will launch a large-scale attack on us. This offensive action will probably be unprecedented. The base needs to immediately launch a new conscription work to protect our hard-earned victory!"
"In short, we have to start preparing now. The sooner the better. We have to start building fortifications as soon as possible. After the disaster victims are settled, we have to find some work for them. We can repair the roads in the base and let them help build fortifications. This is the blueprint I drew before. There are six key defense points in our base. As long as we defend these six places, we will have no worries."
"Put all our heavy artillery into the turrets. The 20mm anti-aircraft guns have also been put into mass production. The problem of mass production of anti-aircraft machine guns has also been solved. Even the several types of artillery that you have been dreaming of have been officially put into production. In addition to heavy artillery above 105mm, our arsenal has completed all mass production of new artillery. Starting from next month, we will be able to reach % to % of the designed production capacity, and we can produce to artillery pieces every month. Even if we fight a war of attrition with the Japanese, we can still afford it!"
The Arsenal has been keeping strict secrets these days. Even Li Yunlong didn't know that the Arsenal had achieved such a great success. Its mouth was so wide open that an egg could be stuffed in. Even Zhao Gang and his companions were not much better off. They all started asking about the real situation of the Arsenal.
Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "College student, stop hiding things and tell us the truth. If you don't explain things clearly, I will feel like I'm being scratched by a cat and I won't be able to sleep at night. Besides, if we know about our family background, we can feel at ease. At the same time, we must make some adjustments to the troops. Otherwise, if you hide all the weapons, we won't be able to use them. Isn't that a waste of time?"
Ding Wei had a say in this matter, and he echoed: "When Lao Kong and I came to support the independent regiment, we never thought you would have heavy artillery. I have never even seized a 75mm mountain artillery, and I don't know how to use it at all."
"On weekdays, I only have one artillery company under my command, which is still a good situation. Most of the time, I only have one artillery platoon. In terms of the use of artillery, I really have many shortcomings. The lesson I learned last time was very profound. We must familiarize ourselves with new weapons and equipment as soon as possible, otherwise there is no way to bring out their true combat effectiveness!"
Even Deputy Regiment Commander Xing chimed in and said, "College students, I have a lot of new recruits under my command. We must hurry up to select them and train a group of usable artillerymen. But our independent regiment does not have many artillery pieces, and there are only a few that can be used for teaching. They are all old stuff, which will cause a lot of trouble for artillery training. What's more, the power of our artillery is still a mystery. This is closely related to training. You should give us a lowdown. It would be best if you can come up with some new equipment so that we can do adaptive training in advance!"
Lin Zhenhua had already had this intention when he brought it up at this time. What he was going to do in two months would be earth-shattering, so it was right to take this opportunity to let the troops start pre-war training and adapt to the new weapons and equipment.
Lin Zhenhua cleared his throat, ate the remaining half of the sweet potato, and drank a bowl of millet porridge. Only then did he feel full in his stomach. He said with satisfaction: "I will take this opportunity to tell you about the situation in the arsenal. Let me first talk about the production of submachine guns. Since we can mass-produce seamless steel pipes, the production of submachine guns that has troubled us before has officially made a breakthrough. Now we can produce 40 MP600 submachine guns every month. The arsenal has already stockpiled more than 300. It is estimated that the inventory of the arsenal will reach 1500 in two months, which can be used to equip two submachine gun battalions."
"This is not the limit of our production capacity. Since the MP 40 submachine gun we imitated uses a large number of castings, the assembly can be completely handed over to the people. This means that if our production capacity is fully utilized, the monthly output should be able to reach about 1000. As long as the raw materials and manpower are supplied, this is not a problem."
"As for seamless steel pipes, the Arsenal has already stockpiled thousands of them, and the seamless steel pipe factory is still producing them continuously, so there is absolutely no problem meeting our production needs."
"Next, let's talk about the 20mm machine guns. There are two types of them. One type is an aviation machine gun, which is specially used for fighter planes. The other type is a twin-mounted anti-aircraft gun for air defense. They have all been mass-produced. Every month, we can produce 80 aviation machine guns and 20 twin-mounted 30mm anti-aircraft guns for air defense."
"In addition, the 40mm twin-mounted anti-aircraft gun has also completed the trial production of the prototype, and the monthly production is expected to reach 20 guns. Regarding the imitation of the 88mm and 105mm anti-aircraft guns, we have encountered many problems, and there is no way to solve them for the time being. This is mainly related to our forging presses. To complete the production of large-caliber artillery, we need a 3000-ton hydraulic press and forging press. Otherwise, with our current technical strength, we simply cannot break through."
"We can only talk about this later. I have already drawn the blueprints for the hydraulic press and forging press. There are many difficulties in producing them. I estimate that we will have to wait until next year to solve this problem. By then, we will be able to produce large-caliber heavy artillery."
"Actually, I do have a way to cheat. It can only be used as an emergency measure. The life of the artillery produced is very short. It can only fire 60 rounds at most. The cost is too high. I will not do this unless I have no other choice!"
"You should have known about the production of fighter jets. We can produce 16 fighter jets per month now. Although we have opened a new production line, the monthly production capacity is still no more than 20. If we exclude the daily consumption, we can increase the production by nine fighter jets per month. With the increase in production capacity in the future, it should be able to increase to 12."
"As for the production of light and heavy machine guns, after our vigorous imitation, it can be said that it is very effective, but it still has not reached the level of the original factory. At most, it has only 80% of the performance of the original factory. The monthly output is 30 light machine guns and 68 heavy machine guns. The arsenal has now produced light and heavy machine guns in total. Starting from next month, we will be able to reach the monthly output I mentioned."
"Next, let's talk about the production of bullets. We can now produce 7.92 rounds of 6.5mm and 7.92mm rifle bullets and 22 rounds of mm machine gun bullets per month. Next, we will gradually retire the Japanese Type heavy machine guns and the Type light machine guns. In the future, our independent regiment will only be equipped with Czech light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns, these two types of light and heavy machine guns."
"In order to increase the production of bullets, the mechanical processing plant is also working overtime to start producing two new bullet production lines. It is expected to be delivered and officially put into production in mid-October, and the total monthly production of bullets can reach 50 rounds!"
"Let's talk about the armored vehicles and tanks that everyone is most concerned about. I have told you about their performance. Now we have achieved mass production and can produce 12 Rabbit armored vehicles and eight Barbarian Bear tanks every month. The production capacity of three-wheeled motorcycles has been limited. We can only produce 30 per month. We can't increase it for the time being. After all, the production capacity of the engine has reached its limit. If there is no engine, everything will be in vain!"