CHAPTER XLV

"Well, to be able to produce such a huge cannon is worthy of the reputation of the first arsenal of the Republic of China." Zhao Heng first saw the trial cannon production line of the 240 mm cannon in the wide workshop of the artillery workshop, and a huge steel pipe was fixed on the lathe, which was not an ordinary steel pipe, this was a large-caliber cannon barrel with a diameter of more than 200 mm, and it was also an imported seamless steel pipe. You must know that such a large-caliber artillery, only the European and American powers and small Japan in the world can make it, and now it can be manufactured by itself in the arsenal in Shenyang, Northeast China, which is really not simple, there are more than 10 large cannon barrels of the same caliber in the small warehouse in the workshop, Zhao Heng has proved that these barrels have been rifled pressure tested through the system mall, and it is completely suitable to make gun barrels. Zhao Heng touched a cannon barrel in front of him, obviously this cannon barrel had basically been processed. The caliber of 240 mm made Zhao Heng's heart bloom. The system shows that this type of artillery is obviously copied from the Meiji 45 240mm howitzer (siege gun) of the Little Devil 45 year, and the Little Devil heavy artillery destroyed last night is the same model. The barrel length is 16.2 times the diameter, and the length is less than 3.9 meters, and if the heavy gun is fully equipped, the weight will reach 37-38 tons. The firing range is not even 15 kilometers, if it weren't for the large caliber, Long Bazun wouldn't even look at this kind of heavy howitzer that was manually loaded at every turn, and the muzzle velocity of the shell was not even 500/sen.

"Of course, our arsenal is one of the best in the country. Hmph, what is the Gongxian Arsenal and the like! Learning from the Gongxian Arsenal that can only make shells and cannons, so we won't be so bored. As long as there is a high-quality barrel, there is no cannon that we can't make! It's a pity that if we were given more time, we would be able to build a cannon of more than 300 mm. Li Haiquan said proudly when he heard this compliment, but he was a little sad when he mentioned his current situation.

"You can build a 300mm cannon! It's not like you're fooling people. This sentence was not said by Zhao Heng, who was understanding the situation through the system, but by Yang Hongji, the captain of the first military police brigade of the Northeast Army, who put down his weapon and accompanied him in. It cost the young marshal and the old nose money before and after, how could the young marshal spend unjust money to create the kind of luxury goods that can't run fast, the range is short, and a lot of people are waiting for it. It is better to invest more money in building cars, tanks, planes, etc., and of course those light weapons are indispensable.

"You know what! Our arsenal experts are all from all over the world, and some of them were hired from the German company Krupp. How is it impossible not to build a 300-mm cannon! Hum! This kind of advanced technique is not something that a rough man like you who knows anything can understand! As a technician, Li Haiquan, the factory director, was like being stepped on by a cat's tail, and he put a mouth cannon at Yang Hongji, who questioned him so much, and finally mocked Yang Hongji and his subordinates for being rough.

"If the surname is Li, you can blow it. I'd like to see what you can say! "Yang Hongji (Lao Tzu crawled out of the pile of dead people, I haven't seen any situation.) I'm afraid of you, you half-pulled old man, pull you down. How could anyone be scared by a nerd like Li Haiquan?

"Alright, Old Yang. Just say a few words. Director Li is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. Zhu Enhai, the captain of the second brigade, and Fu Changrui, the captain of the fourth brigade, persuaded beside them.

"You... Very good! Walk! Let's go to the gunsmith warehouse! Li Haiquan, who was so angry that Yang Hongji blew his beard and stared, pointed at Yang Hongji and couldn't speak for a long time, so he simply gritted his teeth and took everyone to the firearms workshop to see good things!

As he spoke, a large group of people came to the gun workshop, and saw thousands of guns piled up neatly in its warehouse, and at a glance it was all new guns that had not yet left the factory, exuding the smell of freshly applied gun oil. Especially Yang Hongji's eyes are about to pop out, not to mention Zhu Enhai and Fu Changrui.

Li Haiquan was very satisfied with everyone's expressions, of course, Zhao Heng didn't count. After clearing his throat, he opened his mouth to report the firearms in front of him and the artillery data he had just watched:

Type 13 79 rifles, with a monthly output of 400-4000 pieces; Type 17 65 light machine guns, with a maximum monthly output of 80 units; Type 17 79 heavy machine guns, with a maximum monthly output of 100 units; At present, 10 rounds of automatic rifles have been trial-produced, and sample guns have been produced, and the test has been successful. Less than 200 sprigs have been produced......

"At present, from the expansion in 1923 to 1931 (within eight years), the arsenal has produced a total of 394,000 Type 13 rifles, 7,680 Type 17 light machine guns, 9,600 Type 17 heavy machine guns, 480,000 hand/guns, about 5,400 mortars of various calibers, 2,960 Liao 14-year 37-mm flat-fire guns, 864 Liao 13-year 75-mm field guns, 576 Liao 14-year 75-mm mountain guns, 384 Liao 16-year 75-mm anti-aircraft guns, 2,560 Liao 14-year 77-mm field guns, and 2,100 imitation Austrian 100-mm light howitzers, 84 imitation Japanese 38 type 105 mm field cannons, 147 Liao 14 type 150 mm howitzers, and 96 imitation Japanese 105 mm light howitzers; There are about 400,000 mortar shells, more than 2,400 rounds of various bullets, 800,000 rounds of artillery shells of various calibers, and about 3.2 million pounds of gunpowder! At present, there are 150,000 rifles, 60,000 pistols, about 600 mortars, about 400,000 mortar shells, 250 heavy artillery and field artillery, more than 300,000 rifle and pistol bullets, 100,000 heavy artillery and field artillery shells, and about 400,000 pounds of gunpowder. How are you satisfied? Li Haiquan said that his mouth was dry, and at the end, he watched most people stupidly listen to the very shocking output he reported, not to mention how happy he was.

"Uncle him, Lao Yang, you are really fucking bad-hearted. Your old boy is intent on making me look foreign. Yang Hongji said convincingly.

"Humph!" Li Haiquan made an expression of ignoring Yang Hongji and his nostrils facing the sky, which made Yang Hongji hate the root of his teeth.

"What people! Something you're holding in your hand! What the hell do you want to do! It's dynamite! There's explosives! Come on, everyone, someone wants to bomb the medicine depot! Yes......! At this time, the sound accompanied by screams from the shell warehouse attracted the attention of everyone in the gun workshop.