In the artillery department, Kong Jue carefully checked the drawings in his hand, and he was a little surprised in his heart, but the weapons and equipment on these drawings were within the scope of what the arsenal could manufacture.

Kong Jue has some understanding of the devil's submachine gun, and the submachine gun captured from the devil's special team was sent to the arsenal, and the bosses want the arsenal to try to imitate it. It's just that after the mechanics of the arsenal inspected it, they had to announce that it was impossible to copy the submachine guns in the hands of these devil special forces, and many of the parts were very delicate and could not be manufactured in the arsenal.

Of course, the arsenal can also try to make these parts by hand, but the risk is too great, and it is too time-consuming and laborious to make exactly the same parts by hand, and the cost of imitating them is somewhat outweighed.

And now from the design drawings taken out by Liu Gen, Kong Jue can see that it is not too difficult to get these weapons and equipment out as soon as possible, so to speak, as long as there is enough care, then there will be no problem in manufacturing these weapons and equipment. Kong Jue knew that Liu Gen chose to hand over these weapons and equipment to himself in order to test his ability.

Knowing that Liu Gen was testing himself, Kong Jue did not have the idea of directly manufacturing these weapons and equipment, and perhaps there would be no problem in directly manufacturing these weapons and equipment, but he still wanted to choose to manufacture these weapons and equipment after he had thoroughly read these design drawings, and he did not allow himself to have any problems in manufacturing these weapons and equipment.

When he saw that Kong Jue did not directly start manufacturing the weapons and equipment he designed, Liu Gen was somewhat satisfied, and he hoped that Kong Jue could do a good job in this matter, and only in this way could he rest assured that he would hand over the artillery department to Kong Jue. Because Liu Gen's situation is somewhat special, it is impossible for him to stay in the arsenal all the time, let alone stay in the artillery department all the time.

It can be said that among the things that Liu Gen has done, he has stayed in the artillery department for the shortest time, which makes him somewhat ashamed, feeling that he is not suitable for continuing to be the army of the artillery department, and he needs someone more attentive than him to take over the artillery department.

In the artillery department, Liu Gen is most optimistic about Kong Jue, with his understanding of the artillery department, Kong Jue is undoubtedly the most suitable person to take over the artillery department.

You must know that in the artillery department, except for Liu Gen, the strongest technical ability is Kong Jue. Liu Gen is not in the artillery department on weekdays, and many things are solved by Kong Jue, so to speak, Kong Jue is the deputy minister of the artillery department, and now Liu Gen is ready to give Kong Jue a chance, a chance to be in charge of the artillery department.

At present, Kong Jue's performance has made Liu Gen very satisfied, and he knows that the manufacture of these weapons and equipment is not a problem with Kong Jue's technical ability. Just want to take over the artillery department and lead the artillery department, Kong Jue needs not only technical ability, but also a certain management ability.

Only if Kong Jue's ability in all aspects is sufficient, Liu Gen can rest assured that the artillery department will be handed over to Kong Jue, and he doesn't want the artillery department established by himself to disappear from the arsenal quietly. Liu Gen has great expectations for the artillery department, and it may be difficult in all aspects now, but Liu Gen believes that as long as he can persevere, the future of the artillery department will be bright.

Liu Gen is very clear about the positioning of the artillery department, and the task of the artillery department now is to continuously cultivate relevant talents, and when the time comes, then the artillery department will be able to grow rapidly. For the Eighth Route Army, a sufficiently powerful artillery unit was a must, and the number of artillery that the Eighth Route Army now had was far from enough.

Two days later, Kong Jue began to organize the workers of the artillery department to manufacture weapons and equipment, and Liu Gen stayed aside, watching all this seriously, without any idea of opening. Since he chose to hand over the matter of manufacturing weapons and equipment to Kong Jue, Liu Gen would not easily intervene in it, and chose Kong Jue, so he should be given enough trust.

Under the organization of Kong Jue, the workers of the artillery department are engaged in the production of weapons and equipment, in the weapons and equipment designed by Liu Gen, the most difficult to manufacture is the submachine gun, as for the other equipment are gadgets, it is not difficult to manufacture. On the submachine gun, Liu Gen took out two drawings, one is suitable for the use of front-line troops, and the other is much smaller, which is most suitable for the soldiers of the combat team.

It is a little difficult to manufacture a small submachine gun, but it is still within the range that the soldiers can accept, at least Liu Gen feels that there will be no problems in manufacturing the corresponding parts in a branch factory.

When Liu Gen learned that Kong Jue felt that the manufacture of submachine guns was the most difficult, Liu Gen smiled quietly, and in the design drawings he took out, the most difficult to manufacture was not the submachine gun, but the silencer. It takes a lot of requirements to make a qualified silencer, and if Kong Jue doesn't pay attention to it, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort.

Even if Liu Gen is asked to manufacture the muffler, there is not much certainty, a qualified muffler needs too many things, and even if the arsenal can manufacture it, it can only choose to manufacture it by hand. If he wants to make a qualified silencer by hand, Liu Gen can imagine the difficulty, but he has a little hope, maybe the workers in the arsenal can bring him a little surprise?

Three days later, the artillery department succeeded in creating the first submachine gun, which, in the opinion of the workers, was a little too simple to manufacture, and they did not have much to do, most of it was the assembly of the submachine gun. After all, in Liu Gen's design, the parts used in the submachine gun are all stamped by machine tools, and the difficulty of production is very low.

The workers were involved in the manufacture and assembly of the submachine gun, and they all knew very well that the submachine gun was composed of 51 parts, the production process was very simple, the structure was also very simple, and the whole submachine gun looked a little rough and ugly. The workers were a little skeptical that the submachine gun would be able to fire smoothly and whether it would really be able to be used in the front-line troops.

At the same time, what puzzled the workers was that the submachine gun had a double-safety design, and they were a little puzzled as to why Liu Gen designed it this way. The double insurance will indeed improve the safety of this submachine gun to a certain extent, but in the eyes of the workers, it is not necessary, and there is no problem with a double insurance.

The workers did not take the initiative to ask Liu Gen about the reason, but Kong Jue came to Liu Gen, and he also didn't understand why Liu Gen emphasized the use of a double insurance design, and the rifles in the hands of the soldiers usually only had one insurance, and there was no big problem. The double insurance allowed the submachine gun to have two or three more parts, and abandoning this design would save a lot of material and speed up the production of the submachine gun.

Faced with Kong Jue's inquiry, Liu Gen was not too surprised, he knew that Kong Jue would come to him. Double insurance, in the eyes of many people, is somewhat unnecessary, not to mention the limited resources in the arsenal, and it should not consume too many resources on it.

"Brother Kong Jue, submachine guns are different from rifles, with the power of submachine guns, if they really go off, then the lives of the soldiers will be in danger. With a little more insurance, the soldiers can also have a little more protection, and they can't give up such a design because of the obvious resources. ”

"In production, you also know the situation of this submachine gun, the structure is very simple, there is no double insurance, the probability of misfire will be very high, we need to take this into account when designing weapons, and we can't joke with the lives of the soldiers." Liu Gen said to Kong Jue.

Kong Jue looked at Liu Gen's serious face, and immediately understood Liu Gen's importance, he no longer spoke, he knew that Liu Gen was right, the submachine gun was to be sent to the soldiers, and they could not be allowed to continue fighting due to the misfire of the submachine gun.

"Engineer Liu, have you thought about this a long time ago? When you first designed this submachine gun, you should have only one insurance, right? After a moment of silence, Kong Jue couldn't help but ask.

Liu Gen shook his head, he looked at Kong Jue in front of him, but he realized that the information that Kong Jue was in contact with was still a little too little, and there was no way, who made the conditions of the Eighth Route Army too difficult now? Kong Jue's talent is very good, and he works very hard, but he doesn't have enough insight to learn more about other countries.

If Kong Jue had enough knowledge of submachine guns, then he would have recognized that this was not a submachine gun designed by Liu Gen, but a Stern submachine gun that was installed in the British army in 42. It's a pity that Kong Jue knows too little about this, and to be precise, it is difficult for the Eighth Route Army to know too much information from the outside.

First, the soldiers in the Eighth Route Army had a relatively low level of education and were unable to read books and newspapers about the outside world; Second, because the anti-Japanese base areas have been blocked, even if the soldiers want to know more about the outside world, there will be no good way.

"This is not a submachine gun designed by me, but by two British gunsmiths, Shepard and Dussebin, and it was installed in the British army in 42." Liu Gen said seriously.

Put this submachine gun design on himself, Liu Gen has no such interest, in Liu Gen's eyes, the Stern submachine gun still has a lot of shortcomings, and there are many things that can be improved. But Liu Gen had to admit that the Stern submachine gun was very suitable for the use of the Eighth Route Army, because the Stern submachine gun was cheap enough and could be equipped to various units on a large scale in the shortest possible time.

For the current Eighth Route Army, what is needed is cheap weapons and equipment like the Stern submachine gun, which is not weak and can be installed on a large scale. Even if Liu Gen can design a better submachine gun, it is not suitable for the current Eighth Route Army troops, a good submachine gun means good enough materials and high cost, which is unacceptable to the Eighth Route Army troops.

"That's right, it seems that I'm a little bit unheard." Kong Jue scratched his head and said with some shame.

Liu Gen shook his head and said helplessly: "This is not your reason, in our team, there are too few ways to understand the outside world, and many people are like this. ”

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Liu Gen was very satisfied with the successful manufacture of the first Stern submachine gun, but he still needed to test the power of this submachine gun and conduct relevant shooting tests in order for him to really relax. Compared with the British-made Stern submachine gun, the submachine gun made by Kong Jue and others has undergone a slight change, and the magazine is placed under the body of the gun, rather than on the side.

Liu Gen looked at the submachine gun in his hand, and was still a little worried in his heart, I don't know if there will be any problems with the quality of steel in the arsenal, even if the Stern submachine gun is too cheap, there are still certain requirements for the quality of steel.

However, after Liu Gen carefully checked, he didn't find any problems, except for being a little ugly, there was nothing to find fault with.

In order to avoid the leakage of the location of the first branch and being noticed by the devils, Liu Gen and others left the location of the first branch factory far away when they tested the gun, and chose to test the gun in the mountains. During this period, Liu Gen carried the submachine gun on his back, and the magazine was full of bullets, and if he really misfired, then his life could be in danger.

Kong Jue and the others were a little worried that there would be a misfire problem, and wanted to carry it on their backs, but Liu Gen refused, the submachine gun was made by him at the request of Kong Jue and others, and now he should be allowed to test the gun in person. If there is a problem with the submachine gun, then he Liu Gen deserves it, and at the same time, he can know that this submachine gun cannot be sent to the front-line troops for use.

Along the way, Kong Jue and the others were frightened, they had been worried that the submachine gun on Liu Gen's back would go off, and at this time, Kong Jue and the others realized how important double insurance was. When they successfully arrived at the test site, Liu Gen could see that Kong Jue and the others' clothes were wet with sweat, and they were about to die of worry, but fortunately there were no problems on the road.

"Are you alright?" Liu Gen asked.

Kong Jue and the others shook their heads vigorously, and said with a wry smile: "Engineer Liu, we finally understand why we need to use double insurance, the road is so bumpy, and the possibility of a double insurance misfire is very high, even if it is a double insurance, it makes us very worried, and we are always worried that the submachine gun will go off." ”

Liu Gen laughed, he noticed the state of Kong Jue and the others, but he didn't choose to say it, which could make Kong Jue and the others realize the importance of double insurance, and it was still very valuable for him to come with a submachine gun on his back. On the way, Liu Gen was also worried that the submachine gun would go off, but he was not too nervous, these were uncertain factors, and he couldn't choose to give up because he was worried that the submachine gun would go off.

If the submachine gun manufactured in the arsenal did not even dare to carry it by Liu Gen, who proposed to make a submachine gun, then how could the manufactured submachine gun be delivered to the soldiers on the front line? Liu Gen hopes that in this way, Kong Jue and others will be more attentive when manufacturing submachine guns, so as to avoid any problems with the submachine guns manufactured.

Liu Gen didn't want to see the soldiers not die on the battlefield, but unfortunately died under the misfire of the submachine gun, if that happened, then he didn't know how to face the division commander and the boss!

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