"Chief, why are you here?" The sun was shining brightly at noon, and in the cave meeting room, Chen Kang was greeting the unexpected guests. He added a cup of crude tea and looked at General Liu with curiosity on his face.
According to his understanding, the army is undergoing reorganization work, and the entire Red Army will basically be reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army's battle order. General Liu and several other leaders are all busy because of this matter.
Although the designation and organization have not yet been completely determined, early preparations have been carried out, and General Liu will be one of the main military officers after the reorganization of the army.
Chen Kang knew this information very well.
"The boss asked me to come over this time to see the production status of the mortars of the Military Industry Bureau, and to chat with you by the way."
General Liu showed an elegant and easy-going smile: "The first batch of mortar class students have graduated, and the 1937-type mortars have been officially commissioned into the army. Thanks to you, Chen Laizi, the boss has allocated two mortar companies to me.
Directly under the mortar battalion, the firepower has been greatly enhanced. The performance and accuracy of the 37-type mortar are very good, and it is deeply loved by the artillery. Before I came here, many main regiment commanders came to me to see if I could learn from you.
There is a backdoor here. In addition, various weapons and ammunition such as hand-made custom-loaded ammunition and grenades are also widely praised. The boss said that it was right to hand over the Military Industry Bureau to you."
At the end of the conversation, his words were full of praise.
The achievements of the Military Industry Bureau under Chen Kang's leadership are obvious to all. It not only established major industrial categories for the base area, but also realized independent manufacturing of mortars and solved the most difficult ammunition supply problem.
What are grades?
That’s it!
Today, the Northern Shaanxi Military Industry Bureau has completely surpassed the peak period of the Guantian Arsenal in the Soviet Area and has reached a height never imagined since the organization was born.
"Chief, I am not that capable. Without the help of Professor Zhuang and Yu Hua, our military industry bureau would still have a headache how to make mortars and bullets. I would be a big nanny at best." Chen Kang shook his head, he did not dare to answer.
Taking credit, there was a hint of exclamation in his words, and he spoke softly.
Big nanny, this is the label and identity that Chen Kang has defined for himself. He will be responsible for any organizational and coordination issues involved. This has only one purpose - to never cause trouble to the top technical team and to ensure its smooth operation.
run.
People must have self-awareness.
When it comes to fighting, regardless of actual combat experience or talent, he can be regarded as the top of the pyramid of commanders and fighters in the entire army.
When it comes to technology, I am not even as good as a top soldier.
"The self-awareness of being able to have the identity of a nanny is already stronger than that of 90% of people. In the technical field, we are most afraid of laymen leading insiders, and we are even more afraid of laymen giving blind orders. As long as you have this awareness."
General Liu shook his head in failure and joked: "What about the production of mortars? According to the latest intelligence, after the Japanese army captured the Pingjin area, they were preparing to go south along the Jinpu, Pinghan, and Pingsui roads to attack our hinterland of China. The Japanese Fifth Division
The regiment and other troops, totaling 70,000 people, are advancing towards the south entrance, hoping to occupy the south entrance and open the gateway to the northwest. However, there are only about 60,000 people under Fu Zuoyi and Tang Enbo at the south entrance, so the situation is not optimistic."
The south entrance is located about 45 kilometers northwest of Beiping. The remaining mountains of the Yanshan Mountains and the Taihang Mountains meet here. It is an important pass south of the Juyongguan Great Wall. The Pingsui Railway passes through this place. It is the most important gateway in the northwest.
If the Nankou falls, the Japanese army can use the Pingsui Line to advance straight in, approach Suiyuan, and point their sword at Shanxi.
There are currently about 60,000 troops stationed in the Nankou area. Commanders Fu Zuoyi and Tang Enbo are facing the famous Japanese general Seishiro Banheng who planned the September 18th Incident. The total strength of the Japanese army, mainly the Fifth Division, is about 70,000, with tanks.
Fighting in conjunction with aircraft, the war situation is very serious.
A total of 70,000 Japanese troops!
According to the results of the sand table deduction at the Red Army Headquarters, it is extremely unlikely that Fu Zuoyi and Tang Enbo can successfully defend the Nankou area. The firepower advantage brought by Japanese aircraft, tanks, and artillery can offset the disadvantages caused by the complex terrain when attacking Nankou. The Japanese army has a 90% chance of winning.
Yes, ninety percent.
Although the Red Army Headquarters' sand table deduction incorporated the intelligence advantages provided by previous red secret deciphering data, the gap in hard power between national power and national power still cannot be bridged.
"Not long ago, our Military Industry Bureau held a high-level meeting and decided to increase the production of various weapons and ammunition by 40%. Currently, we can produce 6 Sanqi guns per day and 280 attached artillery shells per day." When Chen Kang heard these words, he did not expect that the frontier situation was already like this.
He was serious, frowning slightly, and then gave the current production capacity data of mortars and artillery shells.
General Liu thought thoughtfully: "1.5 mortar batteries per day is not a small amount objectively speaking. It is much better than before, but I don't know why, but I always feel that it is not enough..."
When he finished speaking, he sighed a little.
A standard gun battery consists of four guns, and a six-gun battery is a half-gun battery.
General Liu didn't know whether he was greedy or had some other psychology. From a subjective point of view, he felt that six cannons a day were very few. The Japanese army used howitzers and mountain cannons of various calibers during the Ping-Tian campaign. The firepower was frightening.
But from an objective point of view, compared with the dilemma of being unable to manufacture mortars during the Guantian Arsenal period, six guns a day for the Military Industry Bureau is by no means a small number, and can even be said to be unprecedentedly wealthy.
Six doors a day, a total of 180 doors in one month.
This feeling is really strange.
"..."
Chen Kang couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and then said: "Chief, at present, the main production resources of the Military Industry Bureau are tilted to supply industrial construction. When the goal of industrial construction is completed, the original production resources and the new resources generated by industrial construction will be fully supplied to military production. According to Professor Zhuang Qianding
According to the analysis report provided, it is expected that the daily production capacity of Sanchiqi and its associated artillery shells will increase by more than five times."
"Five times? More?"
This time it was General Liu's turn to be stunned, with a trace of disbelief in his eyes: "How come there are so many? The monthly mortar production capacity of the Taiyuan Arsenal, Yan Laoxi's lifeblood, is only between 100 and 150 mortars."
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The base number of six doors per day is doubled five times, which equals thirty doors per day, which is as high as nine hundred doors per thirty days per month!
This is nine times the mortar production capacity of Taiyuan Arsenal!
"According to Professor Zhuang, Yan Laoxi cannot produce high-quality gun steel. The raw materials for artillery and gun barrels are all processed from supplied materials. The only steel plant has low production capacity and cannot meet the needs of various types of ammunition production. But we are different. Yulin Steel The factory is capable of mass-producing various high-quality steels and has excellent metal processing capabilities, with two major advantages in metallurgy and metal processing."
Chen Kang smiled and explained: "We are not processing supplied materials, but are self-sufficient."
"I see... I forgot about this. I didn't expect us to make such rapid progress." After hearing this, General Liu realized the difference between his side and Yan Laoxi.
In fact, the military industry of the Republic of China, except for Shen Bing in the early years, Taibing, Hanbing, Gongbing, Jinbing and other arsenals all relied on imported artillery barrel raw materials and were processed with supplied materials.
The inferior steel produced by Hanyang Iron Works can only be used for mortars.
"More than that, in addition to the increase in Panax mortar production capacity, according to Professor Zhuang and Yu Hua's military industry plan, after fully transitioning to military production, we will launch the 105mm towed howitzer project, 120mm heavy mortar project, 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns to achieve the core goal of transforming from a light weapons manufacturing system to a heavy weapons manufacturing system." Chen Kang continued.
"Chen Zizi, what did you say?!" General Liu, who had already listened to Chen Kang's words, had an expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost. He looked at Chen Kang in disbelief and couldn't help but swallow his throat.
This time he was not stunned, but simply confused.
Take a look at what heavy weapons Chen Kang mentioned——
105mm towed howitzer,
120mm heavy mortar,
40mm anti-aircraft gun,
12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun.
With the horses on top, General Liu was in a daze, feeling that today seemed to be April Fool's Day in the West. Otherwise, he would never have heard the name of this heavy weapon from Chen Kang.
Confused.
General Liu was really confused, and his ability to keep his emotions in check was completely broken. He couldn't believe that these heavy weapons Chen Kang said could be developed, because General Liu had never thought of it before.
This is testing the imagination of cadres and challenging their psychological endurance!
"Chief, I was the same as you now, but these heavy weapons were not proposed by me, but by Professor Zhuang and Yu Hua. If it were me, I would be enjoying myself if I could build 60 guns. I would never propose building anything. The idea of a 105 mm howitzer, but I have no say in the technical field."
Seeing this, Chen Kang said helplessly: "Professor Zhuang and Yu Hua said they can make it, so they can definitely make it. However, the prerequisite for achieving the core goal of manufacturing heavy weapons is that the Yulin Iron and Steel Plant's test furnace successfully smelt steel."
calm!
keep Calm!
After hearing these words, General Liu, who was stunned and lost his mind, came to his senses and took several deep breaths in succession. He didn't care about his gaffe and forced his mind to regain his composure.
No way, who can imagine that one day someone suddenly said that we would build 105mm howitzers and 120mm heavy mortars...
This target is the Red Army, which has always been called a poor man.
"So how is the progress of the test furnace at Yulin Iron and Steel Plant? Do you need any help?" General Liu asked.
Chen Kang responded: "If nothing else, Mr. Yu Hua is conducting the first smelting test. Forty-two hours ago, the core units of the test furnace were all manufactured and shipped to Yulin for final assembly. There is nothing we can do to help.
Just wait.”
Wait quietly, be on call at all times, and not cause trouble. This is the only thing they can do.
Counting the time, in a few hours, the first smelting test will begin.
"Dong dong!" Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the conference room. The knock was quick and loud, conveying a sense of anxiety.
"Please come in."
"Reporting to the chief, there is an emergency power supply in Sancha Bay. The first smelting test of the experimental furnace was successful and high-quality medium carbon steel was produced. The first batch of round steel ingots used to make mortar tubes are being loaded and transported to Liushugou!" Lu, the head of the General Affairs Section
A distant figure rushed in, holding an urgent telegram in his hand. After seeing Chen Kang and General Liu, he immediately informed the situation.
Chen Kang was stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face, and stood up suddenly: "What did you say, it has been successful?!"