Three days later, Liu Gen sent the drawings he had drawn in the past few days to Director Xu.

After seeing the drawings taken out by Liu Gen, Director Xu immediately understood why Director Cheng attached so much importance to Liu Gen when he was there. In terms of technology, Director Xu cannot be compared with Director Cheng, but in terms of eyesight, Director Xu is still good.

At least Director Xu can clearly see how the drawings drawn by Liu Gen are, and after a simple look, he can see that Liu Gen is serious when drawing the drawings, and all the data on them are very clear, and they are accurate to the millimeter.

At the same time, Director Xu can also see that these drawings taken out by Liu Gen are all within the scope of what the arsenal can produce. It can be said that as long as the arsenal invests a certain amount of resources, it will inevitably be able to produce these machine tools, but Director Xu is a little entangled, these machine tools are good.

However, it is unfortunate that it is impossible for the arsenal to produce all the machine tools, and there is not much steel in the arsenal, and if it is really used to produce all the machine tools, then it will not be able to produce enough weapons and ammunition to supply the troops. For this reason, Director Xu could only reluctantly find several urgently needed machine tools to manufacture them to ensure that the steel of the arsenal would not be consumed too much.

Among them, the machine tool for the production of cannon barrels is also among the several machine tools that need to be manufactured, and Liu Gen is also a little helpless when he sees that the arsenal cannot produce all the machine tools. But Liu Gen was depressed, but he could also understand the situation in the arsenal, if all the machine tools were really to be produced, then the weapons and ammunition supplied to the front line would become a problem.

In this regard, Liu Gen could only put these drawings in the back up process and put them with Director Xu to ensure that these machine tools could be manufactured when the arsenal had the ability.

When Director Xu was mobilizing the workers and technicians of the arsenal to build new machine tools, Liu Gen did not let himself be idle, he was thinking about designing a rocket artillery that the arsenal could produce now. With the current conditions of the Huangyadong Arsenal, it is naturally impossible to produce rocket artillery like the Soviet Katyusha.

But it is still very simple to produce rocket artillery with a simple structure and easy to operate. In a lot of information about rocket artillery that Liu Gen learned, he learned that a rocket artillery with the simplest structure is very simple to manufacture and operate, with two ignition methods, one is electric start, and the other is to use ignition to ignite the rocket fire transfer device for launch.

Liu Gen's favored rocket launcher is a millimeter light towed rocket launcher, with the conditions of the Huangyadong Arsenal, there may be some problems that need to be solved in the direct manufacture of this rocket launcher, but it will be much easier to produce this rocket.

Liu Gen values this rocket launcher the most is that while its power is huge enough, it does not need to be carefully maintained, and the operation is actually very simple. There are no machined parts in all of this rocket launcher, but only a steel tube structure, which can be processed and produced even in a small handicraft workshop. Even low-quality ones can make this rocket launcher just now.

It can be said that even if this rocket launcher is produced in this era, it will not be too difficult, and for the Huangyadong Arsenal, the biggest problem in the production of this rocket launcher is the lack of steel supply. If there is a sufficient supply of steel, then this rocket launcher can easily be produced in large quantities.

However, Liu Gen still has a headache if there is an engine inside the rocket, and it may take a lot of effort to manufacture the engine inside the rocket.

Finding Director Xu who was working in the office, Liu Gen took out the drawings of the M light towed rocket launcher, but when Director Xu carefully read the drawings, he couldn't see much joy on his face.

But for the Eighth Route Army, rocket artillery does not seem to be so necessary, and more grenadiers and mortars will be what the Eighth Route Army troops need most. What's more, after reading the drawings, Director Xu also found that there are many differences between making rocket artillery and artillery shells, and the engine needs to consume a lot of energy.

The engines needed in the rockets, as well as the size of the rockets, can be seen from the amount of gunpowder loaded with more than ordinary shells, and it is conceivable that the cost of a rocket is much more than a shell.

The most important thing is that from these drawings taken out by Liu Gen, Director Xu did not see the advantages of rocket artillery. The range of rocket artillery is good, but this does not mean that the artillery cannot reach such a range, judging from the drawings, maybe the only advantage of rocket artillery compared with artillery is that it is much lighter.

"Director Xu, is there anything wrong?" Noticing that Director Xu's face was wrong, Liu Gen couldn't help but ask.

Director Xu nodded, he put down the drawings in his hand, and said directly: "Genzi, the drawings you took out are good, but I can't see the advantages of rocket artillery." I know that the big brother of the Soviet Union also has rocket artillery, but they have not yet proven the power of rocket artillery, and in terms of equipping the troops, they are still mainly artillery. ”

Katyusha rocket artillery was officially equipped with the Soviet Red Army in 1939, during which it was not put into actual combat application, but from the information about rocket artillery in his mind, Liu Gen knew that in August this year, the Soviet Katyusha rocket artillery would be officially applied to practice and became a nightmare for German soldiers.

The M light towed rocket launcher that Liu Gen took out looks a little simple, but it is not weak in terms of power, as long as it can be manufactured, it will inevitably become one of the main weapons equipped by all units of the Eighth Route Army in the future.

Although the accuracy of rocket artillery is relatively poor compared with mountain artillery, it is much stronger than mountain artillery in terms of firepower. Especially in fierce mountain battles, the firepower of a salvo of rocket artillery is equivalent to 8 to 10 times the number of mountain artillery troops, which can easily suppress the firepower of artillery.

"Director Xu, in my opinion, rocket artillery will be the mainstream on the battlefield in the future, and compared with artillery, the advantages of rockets are very obvious."

"In the battle with the devils, what our Eighth Route Army lacks the most is firepower suppression, and with rocket artillery, it will inevitably be able to easily suppress the devils' firepower. Of course, every salvo of rocket artillery is burning money, and we may not be able to afford it. But in critical battles, we use rocket artillery, and it will definitely be worth the money! Liu Gen looked at Director Xu and said with a very serious expression.

Director Xu frowned, he could see the seriousness on Liu Gen's face, which made him a little uncertain, could it be that the rocket artillery was really as powerful as Liu Gen said?

"Genzi, I have read your design on the drawings, if you want to form enough firepower with rocket artillery, you should need more than five, which is a great burden for our arsenal."

"It's good that the rocket artillery is as powerful as you say, but if it is not so powerful, or even that the performance is not as good as the artillery, then you have to be responsible. Our arsenal consumes a lot of steel every day, and if you really want to make rocket artillery, it will definitely have a big impact. ”

"In this way, we will find the heads of various departments in the evening, and everyone will vote, as long as it can be passed, then you will be asked to directly build a few rocket launchers." Director Xu thought for a moment and decided to bring this matter to the meeting for discussion.

It's really that Director Xu can't make a decision alone, Liu Gen's manufacture of rocket artillery will definitely consume a lot of steel, which will affect all departments of the arsenal, as long as other departments have no opinions, then Director Xu naturally has no problem.

Leaving the office, Liu Gen was a little helpless, he didn't expect that his desire to make rocket artillery would be hindered by Director Xu. Although Liu Gen was a little helpless, he also knew that Director Xu was right, making rocket artillery was not a simple matter, and it was still very necessary to discuss with the heads of various departments in the arsenal.

In the past few days of drawing, Liu Gen has not been locked in his room, he has carefully observed the current situation of the arsenal, and knows that the arsenal is really as Director Xu said, it needs to consume a lot of steel every day.

In order to ensure that the arsenal had enough steel, from time to time soldiers would send some steel, which was bought from the people in the anti-Japanese base areas. Due to the frantic sweep of the devils in the anti-Japanese base areas, the units of the Eighth Route Army could not use the railways of the devils, and it was very difficult to get a large amount of steel in a short time.

However, under such conditions, the workers in the arsenal worked hard to overcome many difficulties and continued to produce weapons and ammunition.

There was still a period of time before the evening, Liu Gen did not return to the room, and he stayed in the room for the past few days to draw drawings of rocket artillery, and rarely appeared to hang out. Now that the drawings of the rocket launcher are completed, Liu Gen has enough time to relax a little.

It's just that because Liu Gen is worried about rocket artillery, it is difficult for him to calm down even if he is wandering around.

Liu Gen knew this clearly, and wanted to find something to do in the arsenal, but found that the cooperation of the workers was very tacit, and he dared to join it, I am afraid that it would only affect their work efficiency. Originally, Liu Gen still wanted to go back to the lathe department to help repair the machine tool, but after he went back, he found that he still couldn't intervene.

After seeing Liu Gen, Foreman Qi directly pulled up Liu Gen and spoke, so that Liu Gen had no way to help repair the machine tool. Even if Liu Gen proposed to repair the machine tool, but was rejected by Foreman Qi, Liu Gen finally returned to the arsenal, how could he let Liu Gen do such a thing?

Besides, it's not that no one in the lathe department can repair it, and after Liu Gen left, the lathe department also trained some young people to help.

After finding that he really couldn't find anything to do in the lathe department, Liu Gen talked with Foreman Qi for a while and chose to leave. Unable to help the lathe department repair the machine tool, Liu Gen continued to stay here, which would only affect the work efficiency of the people in the lathe department.

Leaving the lathe department, Liu Gen simply left the arsenal and headed towards the cliff behind the Yellow Cliff Cave, where the soldiers of the special task force were on guard.

In the past few days when he came to Huangya Cave, Liu Gen found that the soldiers of the special service group were very strict in their daily vigilance, and there were arrangements for both open and dark posts, and on the cliffs on both sides of the east into Huangya Cave, the business group also arranged suspension bridges. There are soldiers patrolling the suspension bridge, and ordinary soldiers walking on the suspension bridge will be afraid that they will fall from it.

After greeting the patrolling soldiers, Liu Gen walked onto the suspension bridge, and walking on the suspension bridge, Liu Gen could feel the suspension bridge swaying. Occasionally, a gust of wind blows, and the amplitude of the suspension bridge will become even larger, Liu Gen looked down and could see that the soldiers patrolling the passage below were very small.

Leaving from the suspension bridge, Liu Gen looked at the soldiers patrolling around him with obvious admiration in his eyes, and the courage of these soldiers to insist on patrolling on the suspension bridge every day is undoubtedly worthy of recognition.

Liu Gen wandered around the cliff at will, he carefully observed the surrounding environment, the Yellow Cliff Cave is an easy to defend and difficult to attack terrain, but even so, it cannot be taken lightly. During this time, the infiltration of the devils into the Japanese base area was very powerful, and the entrance to the Yellow Cliff Cave was very likely to be exposed.

On the cliff, Liu Gen could see that there were many stones prepared by the soldiers, and these stones were placed in piles and piles, if there was a battle, these stones would also become a nightmare for the devil troops.

"Roots, why are you here? I've heard that you've been carrying it in your room for the past two days. Just as Liu Gen was strolling around the cliff, Captain Ou came to Liu Gen's side.

Seeing Captain Ou coming to his side, Liu Gen was a little surprised, he didn't see Captain Ou just now, could it be that Captain Ou just came up? Looking at Captain Ou in front of him, Liu Gen realized that Captain Ou should have something to do with him, but he didn't know what Captain Ou was doing.

"Captain Ou, why are you here?" Liu Gen asked with a smile.

Captain Ou also laughed, "I was patrolling here just now, and I saw your root, so I followed and took a look." ”

"You kid is so bold that you dare to cross the drawbridge alone, and if you really fall off the drawbridge, then you will die without a whole body. I saw it just now, when you kid crossed the suspension bridge, he was very calm, and he didn't see any fear at all. ”

Liu Gen shook his head and said, "Compared with the comrades who patrol these days every day, I am nothing, they are more courageous. ”

Looking at the soldiers on patrol, Liu Gen could see that these soldiers were not affected in the slightest by the arrival of Commander Ou, and they were still patrolling seriously. Noticing this, Liu Gen realized that the daily training of the headquarters special service group was very good.

"There is no way to patrol from the suspension bridge, the cliffs on both sides are right, but if there are little devil troops quietly touching it, then the arsenal will be in trouble."

"Every day the soldiers have reinforced the suspension bridge to avoid any problems with the suspension bridge, and when it comes to the safety of the soldiers, our special service group has never relaxed." Head Ou explained seriously for Liu Gen.

As the head of the headquarters special service group, Commander Ou does a lot of things every day, and he also pays enough attention to the soldiers in the special service group. Every day, Commander Ou would come to the drawbridge to personally check the situation of the drawbridge to avoid negligence on the part of the soldiers.

"Well, I can see that Commander Ou is very attentive to the soldiers, and you have worked hard."

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