Chapter 319: The countryman is courteous, and the countryman treats him
"Since it is the best, then please teach you to bother more, so that they can grow up as soon as possible!"
In Stuttenberg's emotion, he was silent for a long time, Bai Yi also seemed to be infected by foreign friends, and sighed deeply, where did Stuttenberg not see that Bai Yi had something on his mind, otherwise it would be impossible to accompany him to the boring road, because he knew very well that since Bai Yi returned to Baiyun Factory, he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground.
As far as he knows, the reason for this is because the situation of the Volunteer Army on the Korean front line is extremely bad, and in this confrontation, which China calls the Fourth Campaign, the Volunteer Army made very good progress at first, and in less than a month, the Volunteer Army went south to conquer Seoul and Hoengseong one after another, crossed the 37th parallel of north latitude, and drank the shore of the Han River.
However, just when the whole world held its breath and thought that the Chinese volunteers would continue to wave their troops southward to reproduce the fierce offensive of the North when the Korean War broke out in June 1950, Lieutenant General Li Qiwei, who took over as commander-in-chief of the US Eighth Army, changed his previous rough tactics and began to implement a personal tactic that was called a "dogskin plaster" by the Chinese soldiers.
That is, when the Volunteer Army launched an offensive, it relied on high mobility to retreat in great strides, and when the logistics of the Volunteer Army were poor and the offensive weakened, it immediately killed a horse gun, and then under the cover of powerful open ground fire, it stuck to the Volunteer Army like a dog's skin paste, so that the Volunteer Army fought quite passively in the second half of the Fourth Campaign.
Under the powerful offensive of the US army, the volunteers who crossed the 37th parallel of north latitude had to abandon the line of Seoul, Topyeong-ri, and Hoengseong, and used a defensive battle to counteract the frantic attack of the US army, so as to prevent the US army from breaking through the defense line and entering the north of the 38th parallel.
By now, it was the beginning of March, and the battle ahead was even more precarious, and several tired divisions that had experienced the first three battles were struggling to support themselves on the front line in Wenshan, Juyangli, and County, and in order to prevent the US troops from crossing the 38th parallel again, China once again organized three elite corps to assemble on the north bank of the Yalu River, and when they were ready, they could leave for Korea.
For this reason, the Baiyun Factory, which is subordinate to the Logistics Department of the Volunteer Army, naturally has to provide the necessary weapons and equipment for the newly formed Volunteer Corps, at least the Type 50 automatic rifle and its supporting 6.5mm ammunition are indispensable, plus some other production tasks, the entire Baiyun Factory is in overload operation.
Bai Yi, as the technical backbone of the entire Baiyun Factory, has naturally become the main force in military production, and he is on the front line of weapons and equipment production every day, but today Bai Yi is uncharacteristically asking himself out, and Stuttenberg naturally does not narcissistically think that chatting with himself is more important than military production, and because of this, Stuttenberg concluded that Bai Yi not only has something on his mind, but also has something important to find him.
So Stuttenberg did not respond to Bai Yi immediately, but fell silent silently, Bai Yi didn't understand that he had been seen through, so he no longer turned around and pretentious, slowed down his steps, and said straightforwardly: "I hope you can assemble the remaining 30 Flak 36 37mm anti-aircraft guns."
And you said a few days ago that with the German equipment assembled by the Baiyun Factory, it is enough to produce the MG42 general-purpose machine gun, if you can, I hope you can provide us with some technical guidance, of course, it would be better if you could build the FH18 150mm howitzer and the LEFH18 105mm howitzer......"
Hearing this, Stuttenberg's mind was full of black lines, and he knew that Bai Yi was a night owl who entered the house and came to have nothing to do, but he didn't expect that Bai Yi, a night owl, was actually an enhanced mutant, not only came to find trouble, but also opened his mouth.
The Flak 36 37mm anti-aircraft gun is okay, after all, there are complete spare parts in the warehouse, and with the experience of their team of 87 experts in World War II, it should be no problem to assemble, at least better than the Chinese technicians who have no experience at all, but can assemble 18 anti-aircraft guns with time and effort.
As for the MG42 general-purpose machine gun, it was just a mouthful of Stuttenberg in class in his spare time, but he didn't expect Bai Yi to take it seriously, but it can be solved by gritting his teeth, anyway, the MG42 general-purpose machine gun itself is a simplified version of the process based on the MG34 general-purpose machine gun in Germany to adapt to high-intensity warfare.
Now the equipment in China's hands is worse than that of Germany during the war, but it is enough for them German experts with strong technical ability, Bai Yi wants the MG42 general-purpose machine gun, they grit their teeth and can't take it out, it's a big deal to spend a little effort, just help Ren Xudong's kid install a few more German equipment.
However, the FH18 150mm howitzer and the LEFH18 105mm howitzer in Bai Yi's mouth could not be built anyway, not because of the technical ability of Stuttenberg and others, mainly because China's artillery steel specifications did not meet the requirements, and it was okay to be a light gun with a low capacity charge of less than 75mm.
The key is that the role of these light artillery on the Korean battlefield is not very significant, after all, the opponent of the Volunteer Army is the US army with heavy firepower, and if you want to restrain it, you can only have heavy firepower.
But the problem is that China's steel quality is more than 100mm heavy artillery with a large capacity charge is difficult to play, if China only needs to save face and go through the motions, Stuttenberg and others may not hesitate to take those substandard steel to make a few looks.
However, these artillery pieces are going to go to the battlefield, and if they go down and explode directly, not to mention the lives of Chinese soldiers, the conscience of Stuttenberg and others is also very difficult.
Speaking of conscience, it is estimated that even Stuttmberg themselves could not imagine that China, which was just a hurried passage in their minds, would throb the deepest part of their souls, because they never imagined that China, which was short of its own materials, would be able to provide them with the maximum guarantee for these 87 German experts in the case of insufficient supply.
Although they wore a single-toned tunic suit, although they could only eat meat for two or three days, although the staple food had changed from bread to steamed buns, and although the bedding was a simple handicraft, the cadres and workers of the Baiyun Factory who wore patched torn cotton jackets, ate a few grains of rice porridge with pickles, and then curled up in their military coats and slept for an hour or two with the residual heat of the mechanical operation, really did not know how much better it was.
There is a comparison to have a heartbeat!
Even if they came to China, they were mentally prepared to be exploited and enslaved.
Although Stuttenberg and others did not know the ancient Chinese proverb "If the king treats him as a national soldier, I will treat him as a national soldier", they have already set a tone in their hearts that is no different from this ancient saying, that is, they will regard the five years of service as a career and do it conscientiously.
Because of this, Stuttberg taught carefully in the classroom, gave rigorous guidance in the factory, and answered all questions in the difficult way, as for Bai Yi's unreasonable idea of leaping forward, they were even more realistic and never pandered, so Stuttenberg shook his head without hesitation:
"Everything else is fine, but large-caliber artillery can't!" 10