After the loud explosion sounded, Director Xu and the others put down the binoculars in their hands, and they were extremely satisfied with the performance of the rocket.

Compared with traditional artillery, rocket artillery is undoubtedly much more flexible, which means that rocket artillery will be more suitable for the operation of the Eighth Route Army. After a simple test firing, Director Xu and others have already understood the advantages of rocket artillery, and in the next battle, rocket artillery with a certain scale will inevitably play a decisive role in the battle.

"Genzi, you kid did a good job, I'll report to the headquarters right away to ask for credit for you." Director Xu came to Liu Gen's side and said with some excitement.

Having seen the performance of rocket artillery with his own eyes, Director Xu is particularly optimistic about rocket artillery, and like Liu Gen's description on the rocket paper, rocket artillery has a great advantage in fire suppression in battle.

Now Director Xu can already imagine that in the battle, the devil's artillery has just fired, and it has received a strong suppression from the rocket artillery, and without enough firepower, the front-line soldiers will undoubtedly be much easier in the battle with the devil.

"Director Xu, it's better not to report to the bosses of the headquarters for the time being." Liu Gen raised his head, his face full of solemnity.

Director Xu looked at Liu Gen with some surprise, but he didn't expect Liu Gen to say this, in his opinion, the power of rocket artillery is strong enough, and if it is reported to the bosses of the headquarters, it will definitely be valued by the bosses.

But why did Liu Gen say this?

"Roots, what's going on? Could it be that there is still a problem with rocket artillery? Foreman Qi had been paying attention to Liu Gen, and after hearing Liu Gen's words, he hurriedly walked over.

The heads of the other departments of the arsenal also walked briskly with Foreman Qi, and they could all see how much impact the rocket artillery would have in the battle, and it was very likely that there was a problem with the rocket artillery, so they naturally couldn't continue to be happy.

It's just that Foreman Qi and the people in charge are a little puzzled, in the test firing just now, they also made careful observations, and they didn't find any problems with the rocket artillery, even if there are some discrepancies with the data given by Liu Gen on the drawings in some data, but this is not a big deal.

What's more, Foreman Qi also knew that the discrepancies in the data were entirely due to the fact that the materials used to make rocket artillery did not meet the standards expected by Liu Gen.

With the information on steel smelting given by Liu Gen before, the arsenal has improved the quality of steel to a certain extent, but even so, it cannot be compared with the quality of steel that Liu Gen needs. In addition, the steel smelting department of the arsenal is not large, and the steel that can be smelted is not much.

At present, the main source of steel for the arsenal still comes from the dismantling of the devil's railway and the acquisition from the people in the base areas. The production of steel smelted by the arsenal itself is too low, and if it were not for the fact that there is a little bit of it, then the steel smelting department may be disbanded outright.

Of course, the scale of the steel smelting department is not large, and it is also due to the fact that the devil troops have been frantically sweeping the anti-Japanese base areas during this time. If it weren't for this, the steel smelting department would have left Huangyadong and set up smelting plants in various parts of the base, so that steel production could be increased high enough.

"Yes, during the test launch, I found some problems. I found that with the conditions of our arsenal, it is simply impossible to produce rocket artillery in large quantities. ”

"Even if you can force some to produce some, there will be a lot of problems."

"I'm afraid that this rocket launcher will become the first and last rocket launcher made by our arsenal in the past two years, and with our current industrial conditions, it is still too difficult to produce it on a large scale."

“……”

Liu Gen kept talking, his heart was upset, he took out the drawings of the rocket artillery, and successfully made the rocket artillery, he was very confident. Liu Gen can be sure that the appearance of rocket artillery will inevitably help the units of the Eighth Route Army to easily open up the situation in battle.

However, the problems discovered during the test launch made Liu Gen suddenly realize that he was a little too idealistic, and the rocket artillery was not something that could be mass-produced and equipped with various units under the current industrial conditions of the Eighth Route Army.

"What the hell is going on? What went wrong? Genzi, you tell us all, maybe we can solve it? ”

"Yes, three stinkers are still worth one Zhuge Liang, there are so many people in our arsenal, can't we solve the problem?"

“……”

Foreman Qi and the others were full of worry on their faces, if a large-scale killing weapon like rocket artillery could really be produced on a large scale, it would inevitably be able to reverse the situation of insufficient firepower of all units of the Eighth Route Army. Most importantly, the control of rocket artillery is much simpler, and it has many advantages compared with traditional artillery.

Even Foreman Qi and they know that the accuracy of rocket artillery is relatively low, but the accuracy is not enough to make up the quantity, produce more rocket artillery, and the arsenal tightens its belt, everyone suffers, but they can still survive. child

"Let's calm down for a while, and we'll have a group meeting in the evening to talk about it." Noticing that Liu Gen's state was a little wrong, Director Xu said.

Foreman Qi and the others were slightly stunned, and after a while, they understood. Foreman Qi and the others could see Liu Gen, who had always been calm, but at this time, he was a little more suspicious, and it seemed that he was doubting his own ability.

In this case, even if Engineer Qi and the others continue to ask, they will not be able to get an answer from Liu Gen at all, so it is better to leave the space to Liu Gen and let Liu Gen calm down.

"Okay, Genzi, then we'll go first, you calm down."

"Genzi, it's okay if there is a problem with the rocket artillery, let's solve it together, you kid is still great."

"yes, Genzi, you're great, you're good, better than us old guys."

“……”

Foreman Qi and the others left one by one, and before leaving, they couldn't help but open their mouths to appease them, hoping that the problem with the rocket artillery would not have too much impact on Liu Gen. In this matter, Liu Gen has done a very good job, personally designing the drawings and personally leading the workers of the artillery department to make them.

It can be said that the fact that this rocket launcher can be manufactured has some inseparable relationship with Liu Gen. Without Liu Gen, even if Kong Jue and others had relevant drawings, they would not have been able to successfully manufacture rocket artillery.

Kong Jue asked the workers to bring the rocket artillery back to the artillery department, while he himself stayed, and he was a little worried about Liu Gen's state. As a genius, Kong Jue was able to understand Liu Gen, and found the problems of rocket artillery, and it could not be changed in a short time, which was undoubtedly a great blow.

In the process of manufacturing rocket artillery, Kong Jue can see that Liu Gen attaches great importance to rocket artillery, and many of the parts are made by Liu Gen himself, so he successfully manufactured this rocket artillery. Following Liu Gen's side, Kong Jue learned a lot of things, and during this period, he also discovered problems with rocket artillery.

It's just that Kong Jue didn't care too much about these problems at that time, and with Liu Gen here, these problems can be solved.

"Genzi, you have done a good job, even if there are still some problems with rocket artillery, but these problems can be solved."

"The industrial base of our base area is a little poor, and there are many problems in the arsenal, but I believe that as long as we solve these problems with our hearts, then the arsenal will inevitably become better and better. By that time, the question of rocket artillery will no longer be a problem. Looking at the silent Liu Gen, Kong Jue couldn't help but speak.

Liu Gen turned his head to look at Kong Jue beside him, but he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he successfully manufactured the rocket artillery, but found that it was impossible to produce it on a large scale, which was still a big blow to Liu Gen.

"Brother Kong, don't worry, I'm fine, just let me stay alone for a while." Liu Gen barely showed an ugly smile, and could only say so.

Seeing Liu Gen say this, Kong Jue was also a little helpless, silent for a moment, he left Liu Gen's side, and after leaving a certain distance, he sat on the stone and paid attention to Liu Gen's every move. Kong Jue was very worried about Liu Gen's state, even if Liu Gen asked him to leave, how could he leave with peace of mind?

Kong Jue sat still on the stone for less than ten minutes, and Foreman Qi and others quietly came to him, just like Kong Jue, Foreman Qi and others were also worried about Liu Gen's state. They seemed to be leaving, but they didn't leave, Foreman Qi and they stayed in a small corner, keeping an eye on Liu Gen's state.

After seeing Kong Jue also leave Liu Gen's side, Engineer Qi and the others couldn't help but come to Kong Jue's side, wanting to know what Liu Gen's state was.

After learning from Kong Jue's mouth that Liu Gen's state had not changed much, the worry on the faces of Engineer Qi and the others became more and more obvious, they were really worried that Liu Gen would be affected too much, even if the rocket launcher could not be mass-produced due to the objective conditions of the arsenal, but the performance of this rocket launcher had fully proved Liu Gen's ability.

"What about Director Xu? Do you want Director Xu to persuade the root again? Foreman Qi looked around, wanting to find the figure of Director Xu.

But what made Foreman Qi a little puzzled was that Director Xu, who was still on the side before, didn't know where he had gone at this time. Seeing this, Foreman Qi was very helpless, Director Xu was not here, what should I do?

At this time, Liu Gen stayed quietly alone, and he kept reflecting that the power of rocket artillery is good, but for the arsenal, the production of rocket artillery is too difficult. If you want to produce rocket artillery on a large scale, you need to have a good industrial base, otherwise Liu Gen alone will not be able to make too big rocket artillery if he is exhausted.

The industrial base is very important, even if the CEOs attach great importance to this, but due to the extremely harsh environment of the base area, the industry in the anti-Japanese base area cannot get much development at all. It is too difficult to develop industry in such an environment, and the speed of development is too slow.

Under continuous reflection, Liu Gen realized his mistake, he was too anxious.

The frenzied sweeps carried out by the devil troops in the anti-Japanese base areas and the implementation of the three-light policy against the Japanese base areas caused too much damage and killed too many innocent people. When Liu Gen was still teaching the cadets at the artillery school, he could learn from the division headquarters every day about the specific situation of the deaths and injuries of the people in the base areas.

In less than a month since Yoshio Iwamatsu, the new commander of the First Army of the Devils, took office, the devil's troops in various parts of Shanxi launched several sweeps on a larger or lesser scale.

Under the harsh environment of the Anti-Japanese War in the base area and the continuous death and injury of the people, how could Liu Gen not be in a hurry?

After returning to the arsenal, Liu Gen slept less than four hours a day, especially during the manufacture of rocket artillery, he constantly squeezed his time, in order to make rocket artillery in the shortest possible time, and provide a big killer weapon for all units of the Eighth Route Army that could fight against devils.

But now, Liu Gen has to admit that he has failed, he is too idealistic and ignores the objective conditions of the arsenal.

Time kept passing, and for a full day, Liu Gen was reflecting on what he had done in the recent period of time, and planning for the next time. For the current Eighth Route Army, the most important foundation is to lay a solid foundation, and it is not feasible to confront the devils head-on.

The night silently shrouded the earth, Liu Gen turned around, and obvious confidence resurfaced on his face, this time the problem was not big, and it did not cause much impact. And this failure also made Liu Gen understand what he should do next, maybe this failure will be a good thing.

"Genzi, it seems that you are fine, here are the two cakes I brought you from the cooking class, eat two bites." Seeing that Liu Gen's state had recovered, Kong Jue took out two cakes from his arms and handed them to Liu Gen.

Liu Gen stayed here for a day, and Kong Jue also stayed here for a whole day, and obvious exhaustion could be seen on his face. In order to make rocket artillery, everyone in the artillery department worked extremely hard, and Kong Jue was even more so.

After taking the two cakes from Kong Jue's hands, Liu Gen found that they were still a little warm, which made him a little moved. Raising his head, Liu Gen wiped his eyes casually before taking a big bite on the cake, it was so fragrant!

"Genzi, this is for you." Foreman Qi walked out of nowhere, holding a green onion in his hand.

Liu Gen looked at Foreman Qi, without words, he took the green onion with a smile, ate a bite of the cake, took a bite of the green onion, just ate it in a big gulp, Liu Gen's eyes didn't know why there were tears welling up.

"This green onion is so spicy!" Liu Gen raised his arm and wiped his eyes vigorously.

After wiping it, Liu Gen had some more dust on his eyes, and he hadn't taken a bath for a while. I didn't think it was when I was making rocket launchers, but now that it's over, I feel as if I really need to take a bath.

Neither Foreman Qi nor Kong Jue said anything, as if they didn't see the tears left by Liu Gen, the three of them walked towards the arsenal, and along the way, more and more people appeared behind them, including the heads of various departments of the arsenal.

When Liu Gen and the others came to the office where the meeting was held, they could see that most of the workers in the arsenal had come, except for some workers who could not leave their jobs, most of the workers silently followed the team.

This morning's test gun, everyone in the arsenal can hear clearly, how can they not distinguish between good and bad after staying in the arsenal for so long? chose to follow Liu Gen, there is no reason, maybe everyone wants to make the arsenal better.