Chapter 188: I Don't Know What to Do (I)

What made the commander-in-chief depressed was that he used to be with Liu Qingen, the superintendent of the Hanyang Arsenal, who was angry about the fact that the Hanyang Factory did not manufacture military pistols in large quantities, and greatly appreciated the pistol manufacturing of the Sichuan Arsenal, in line with preconceived ideas, the commander-in-chief always thought that the pistols made by the Sichuan Arsenal were very good, and he once thought that the so-called "Mauser pistols" manufactured by the factory were semi-automatic pistols and box guns, but it was not until he inspected the factory just now that he realized how outrageous his previous ideas were. Sichuan's arsenal is indeed able to manufacture military pistols in large quantities, but the problem is that these so-called pistols are old-fashioned products, either breech loading or breech single ring, the representative work is the so-called "Lichuan brand" breech pistol, and the so-called "Mauser pistol" is actually a single-shot breech gun, which can only be loaded with one bullet at a time, and these pistols are too cold to put in the museum.

You know, the commander-in-chief once planned to use Sichuan-made pistols to equip the Republican Army, but now this idea has been completely dispelled, even if the Republican Army is shabby, it is impossible to let the officer pinned the rod in the waist to "fight one", which will affect morale.

Rifles are singles, pistols are also singles, a large number of the annual ordnance production is breech guns, and smokeless gunpowder factories have just begun to trial produce gunpowder...... In order to compete for this piece of fat, the commander-in-chief even determined the operational plan of "first the north and then the south", and in order to take the factory, he even postponed the timetable for the march to the salt producing area in the south of Sichuan.

The loneliness of the commander-in-chief can be seen from this.

The backwardness of the country's industry can also be seen.

"In the past few years, the Qing court has changed to the stream, the situation on the Sichuan side is turbulent, and those years are also the years when the Sichuan Bureau has the highest output of firearms, which can be made every year: more than 2,000 blue single-ranging, more than 1,000 rifles, but the commander-in-chief said well, this gun is not enough at all, and it has to be purchased from other provinces, Hubei Bureau and Shanghai Bureau are the main sources of firearms for the Sichuan army, and since the revolution, this source has been cut off, and the ducks have to be rushed to the shelves to build a new factory in a hurry, so that a few more guns can be made."

Mao Yulin didn't go away when he said this, after all, the guns made in this arsenal were used to fight against the revolutionary army, and it was better to say less about this topic.

"Didn't you buy a new batch of machines from Germany last year?" The commander-in-chief asked again.

"The first ones are that they originally planned to buy machines to make six-five-caliber rifles, which are the same caliber as the rì guns, but later the imperial court issued an order to make six-eight-caliber rifles, and the German factories had to modify the molds and machines, so these machines were dragged back to China, but they were never installed, and the new guns were not built."

Mao Yulin pointed to the corner, and everyone looked at some large wooden boxes, which had not been unpacked, but even if they were dismantled and installed, it was useless, and relying on these machines to make fifty rifles could not affect the development of the battle situation in the slightest.

No, these machines are new machines after all. The ground bullet is also the latest ground bullet. If it can meet the design standards. The annual production of rifles can also reach 10,000 rods. It's almost time to catch up with the annual output of the Hanyang Arsenal. This more or less comforted the commander-in-chief's lonely heart.

"The commander-in-chief wants to see the machine. Let's unbox. There is more than just a place to make guns in those machines. There is also a cannon making site. ”

Seeing the commander-in-chief, he looked at the wooden boxes of the machines and nodded with a smile. A foreman stepped forward flatteringly. Pick up the crowbar and get ready to pry.

"No need. It's best not to unbox. It is also convenient at the time of transshipment. Don't open these wooden boxes. Where to put it. ”

Zhao Bei waved his hand. Then he sighed. The Hanyang Arsenal Ground Rifle is 7.9 mm. The Chengdu Arsenal bought back to China, and the new machine made the rifle was 6.8 millimeters. One army is armed with two caliber ground rifles at once. None is a severe test of logistics. Which caliber should be kept. It's also a headache. But now the Republican Army is truly "made in the world" with rifles. Calibers are varied. It is indeed a bit far-sighted to consider the issue of the unification of rifle caliber now. After all, there are a lot of tricky things. Take the words of the Commander-in-Chief. It's "solve it first." Is it better to solve it again".

"Immediately send a telegram to Wuhan, and ask the Hanyang Arsenal to send some technical backbones over, and then send a few capable management personnel to put the Chengdu Arsenal in order. The inside and outside of the factory must be re-inspected, all the machines must be renumbered, the original supervision, general office, meeting office, and committee members must all be subject to the assessment of the army, and those who do not understand anything will be reformed immediately, and those who know a little technology but the family property is too solid will also be reformed, the Qing Dynasty is finished, there is no need to continue to raise these insects, the new era must have a new atmosphere, and the new system of the Hanyang Arsenal can be copied immediately. In order to increase the production of ordnance, some non-critical components, such as butts and handguards, can be purchased from the private sector, China's carpenter craftsmanship is still good, labor is also cheap, as long as the problem of standardization is solved, the quality can be guaranteed. ”

The commander-in-chief dictated the order to the staff officer in high spirits, all

It was only at this time that the "revolution" had really begun here, and perhaps it would not be long before the appearance of the Chengdu Arsenal would change greatly.

In the words of a revolutionary, this is called "removing the old and creating the new".

After Zhao Bei walked around the arsenal a few times, it was already noon, and Tian Jinfu, the captain of the guard, led a middle-aged man in a green coat and a small hat into the workshop, and at this time, the commander-in-chief was lingering in front of a mountain cannon.

"This is a rì Benshan cannon imitated by the old factory last year, which was made by the apprentices of the craft school, but it has not been tried after it was made, and the Sichuan Governor was afraid that the cannon would explode during the test release, ruining the name of the Sichuan Bureau, so he ordered someone to drag the cannon here and put it in the column, as for those apprentices, although they also received the reward, but after all, they were a little depressed."

Mao Yulin, the organizer of the arsenal, stood aside to explain to the commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief's mind was obviously not on the old-fashioned mountain cannon.

"Are you talking about craftsmanship a school run by the arsenal itself?" The commander-in-chief asked.

"Exactly. The year before last, apprentices were recruited from the common people, and there are more than 200 apprentices. ”

"Good. These learn