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Rigushkov replied truthfully: "The plant was shut down for a long time, and all the shells in stock were distributed to the troops. In this operation, we sent all our combat forces, and the ammunition for heavy weapons was delivered to the troops, and the rest was just some bullets. ”

"Bullets? Is it 7.62mm? ”

"Yes, there are still more than 100,000 rounds in this warehouse, some of which are original and some are reloaded, and seventy percent of them are reloaded."

Yang Mingzhi was taken aback, that is to say, there are only 30,000 rounds of original Soviet-made rifle ammunition left in this warehouse, what is this concept? The standard base ammunition for a soldier is sixty rounds, and with this standard it can only be equipped with one battalion. If there is a problem in this operation and a large amount of German ammunition is not captured, the future operation will really encounter difficulties!

"I remember that we have a lot of ammunition stockpiles, why is there only so little left? Those boxes over there should be captured German-made ammunition, and our Soviet-made ammunition is almost exhausted? ”

"No, as I said earlier, almost all of the ammunition was delivered to the troops, and there was no shortage of ammunition in a short time," Rygushkov explained. It's just that it is difficult for us to cope with long-term high-intensity combat attrition. ”

Yang Mingzhi thinks about it, it is true, Natasha can fire 700 rounds of ammunition extravagantly, and ordinary soldiers have plenty of ammunition in their backpacks. Even in the swamps, this little strength of the Soviet army is better than that of China's Eighth Road, which is 10,000 kilometers away, at least the ammunition problem is not serious.

"If I were in the domestic battlefield today, a soldier would have an average of five bullets, and a grenade would be a heavy weapon. It was difficult to destroy the Japanese with such an armament, but in Belarus, there was plenty of ammunition to dare to launch a large-scale operation. Yang Mingzhi closed his eyes and thought about it, he was glad that the battle would not expand was the most correct choice.

After the battle, the soldiers cleaned the battlefield, and a large number of neatly loaded ammunition boxes were turned out, and when the boxes were opened, 7.92 mm rifle cartridges were worn on stretchers and placed neatly. The ammunition for the machine gun is neatly placed in the chain and placed in the tin box, and then neatly placed in the wooden box. Now all these boxes have been transported to the warehouse, so that the current number of German-made weapons is almost as large as that of the Soviet.

Rigushkov continued: "Since this operation was a single battle, the division commander ordered each rifleman in the follow-up unit to carry two base ammunition, and four submachine gunners. Our pistol cartridges cost a lot, but fortunately they are easy to reload, but this rifle cartridge is a bit troublesome. ”

The topic was re-loaded again, and Yang Mingzhi asked casually: "Now tell me, how many workers do you have in the reassembly workshop, and what is their average output." You said that the workers worked until dawn last night, and what was their output. ”

"Bullet reloading is our biggest job, from installing the primer, filling the gunpowder, reloading the warhead, to the final closure. These operations together have fifty workers, and from last night's meal to this morning, the night shift workers have processed eight thousand rounds. ”

This number sounds like a lot, and Yang Mingzhi can understand that this ammunition is too small after a little pondering. "I believe in the enthusiasm of the workers, but the bullets they work so hard to build will be consumed very quickly."

Rygushkov added: "Sir, the bullet reloading workshop is in two shifts, these workers are professionals, and in fact the maximum output of this workshop is 15,000 rounds a day. As long as we are provided with unbroken cartridge casings, the reloading work will not stop. ”

Yang Mingzhi calmed down and pondered carefully, seventy percent of the people in an infantry battalion were equipped with bolt-action rifles, whether it was Soviet-made or German-made ammunition, and each soldier had a standard base of sixty rounds. Twenty-five thousand bullets are needed to satisfy these people with one base. It seems that two days of ammunition reloading in the arsenal will satisfy an infantry battalion.

But the problem with bullets is not here, the most ammo-consuming thing is the machine gun!

At this time, there was still a lot of ammunition in the open air, some of which were too lazy for soldiers to move into this arsenal for the time being, and some of which were ready to be loaded and transported to Heitu Village.

Rygushkov explained again: "Sir, our largest munitions warehouse is in the village of Catfish, where ammunition is relatively abundant. A lot of bullets and grenades are not here, we are now consuming a lot of ammunition, and this warehouse is almost empty. Fortunately, after the war, our troops captured a lot, and it was no problem to use the enemy's ammunition. ”

Yang Mingzhi patted this person's shoulder calmly. "Your mission is tough, and the recoilless gun is doing well in this battle, and the RPG is showing its power. This is our most powerful weapon, but the production of ammunition is not fast, but the consumption is very large. We wiped out seven thousand German troops, which was based on the huge consumption of ammunition, and eventually we are now poor. ”

"Ammunition is all consumables, we are still making gunpowder and explosives, and the blast furnace is still smelting artillery shell embryos. Now there is no war, and when my production returns to normal, these losses will soon come back. ”

"I'm relieved to have your words. But I'm still not worried about bullets! Yang Mingzhi let out a long sigh, which made Rygushkov a little baffled.

"Deputy division commander, are you still worried about the bullet?" The guy from the full-time arsenal immediately patted his chest and promised, "Your frowning brow must be trying to say something, you must think that the production of fifteen thousand reloading ammunition a day is less, then I can increase the number of people and train a group of excellent workers." The number of workers has increased, and I am urging them to work more than 14 hours a day, and strive to process 25,000 rounds a day. ”

Hearing this, Yang Mingzhi thought that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. "Increasing the number of workers and working hours can certainly increase production, but the reloading of bullets cannot be done on a large scale. It's a technical job, and you and I don't want the bullets to get into the hands of the fighters, and these round-nosed bullets turn into duds and stink bombs. Besides, it's already too hard to get the workers to work twelve hours, and you have to make them add another two hours. ”

This Rygushkov did not agree with it, he asked: "Deputy division commander, do you know that Stakhanov of Donbass, that person is a labor hero, for the sake of socialist construction, digging coal mines in one shift, as much as thirteen times the quota. Maybe you're from a foreign country and you don't know that much about us. ”

This person's name appeared in the textbook, and Yang Mingzhi remembered it after a little recollection. In that plane, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, many labor competitions were also carried out, and the source was this Stakhanov.

"Now that the war has reached this juncture, I am fighting with the workers, they are all old workers, many of them were still Red Army soldiers back then, even if they are allowed to go to the battlefield now, as long as they don't mind the gray beard, they are also good soldiers."

Yang Mingzhi was slightly happy and said: "I can guess what you mean, it means their patriotic enthusiasm." Of course, I believe that they can work fourteen hours a day, but it will greatly destroy their already aging bodies, and people who have been working for a long time will be tired. I really don't want them to be so desperate, and for that we have to figure out a way. As you say, I will not only approve but also support the increase in manpower, because the spring mass production movement is about to begin. In addition, we must also find the crux of the high consumption of bullets according to local conditions! ”

In addition, the large-scale sowing in the spring was forced to be postponed due to the interference of the campaign, and it is still early March, and the potato replanting can begin quickly.

But what is the good solution to the problem of bullet consumption?

Yang Mingzhi faced this puzzled person and said: "Don't look at the troops on vacation now, I seem to be very idle, since the enemy was eliminated, I have seen bullet casings everywhere on the battlefield, especially around the captured German-made MG34 light machine gun, the bullet casings can be laid on the floor." There is only one problem with the rapid consumption of bullets - the machine gun is too fast. (To be continued.) )