"Up to now, the aircraft factory has produced 8 Eagle 2 fighters, 3 Flying Dragon 1 fighters, and 5 Zephyr 1 bombers per month."

"That means that 96 Eagle 2 fighters, 36 Flying Dragon 1 fighters, and 60 Zephyr 1 bombers can be produced next year?" Jiang Li asked thoughtfully, although the introduction of BF109A was relatively early, but it was only an experimental model at that time, but the technology on this aircraft was enough to digest the northwest for a period of time, eliminate all kinds of potential failures of the aircraft, and complete the improvement work of replacing the Rolls-Royce engine, so that BF109A has more room for improvement. Originally, Jiang Li thought that after the production model of the Feilong 1 was determined, the production line on the aircraft factory could be used to produce all the production of the Eagle 2 fighter. But in fact, production and ideas are often sometimes at odds. The production of the Flying Dragon 1 fighter did not increase so quickly at all, and in the later period, the main force relied on by the Northwest Air Force was the Eagle 2 fighter.

"It should go up a little bit, and after those Jews joined the production, the speed and efficiency of the aircraft factories increased a lot. On the engine side, the commissioning of Rolls-Royce's engine production line and production are also gradually increasing. After the initial difficult stage, the production of later aircraft will ramp up relatively quickly. Chen Jingguo said.

"Well, that's good." Jiang Li nodded, next year will probably increase the number of aircraft by 200, of course, this is only an ideal number, if it is according to the course of history, next year the all-out war of resistance will officially break out. The aircraft owned by the Northwest Air Force will inevitably lose some of them on the battlefield. It's just that this pace of production is already enough to replenish the aircraft. According to Yang Ying's information, although there are more than 500 planes of various types in Nanjing, many of them have not been able to take off for a long time due to lack of spare parts. Among these planes are the original Fokker D16 of the Northeast Army. There was a Guangdong Air Force flying over. There are also **** fighters bought in Nanjing. Varied. Some of the damaged parts were basically imported from the Great Powers. There will never be more than 400 of them that can actually take off for combat. Except for a very small number of self-produced aircraft, Nanjing's combat planes were basically purchased from abroad. Perhaps Nanjing will replenish a batch of aircraft next year, but the number of additional aircraft will hardly exceed the output of the northwest in one year. What's more, after the Northwest completely digested the technology from Germany and Rolls-Royce Engine Company, the production of aircraft was increasing year by year.

"By the way, it is worth mentioning that the Northwest Civil Aviation has 76 transport aircraft of all kinds, and now there are some civilian aircraft manufacturing companies in the Northwest, and there are 3 large and small factories. It can produce about 57 civil aircraft of various types a year. Although it is not as good as the aircraft factory, it can be regarded as a help. Chen Jingguo said.

"No matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, and civil aviation must also be supported." Jiang Li nodded and said, in fact, he is clear about the foundation of these civil airlines, and one of them is made by Huang Xianxing's nephew, after all, in the great development of the northwest in recent years, some rich people have also emerged. However, for these rich people to take out their money to invest, Jiang Li is also happy to see it.

"NOW THE ARSENAL HAS AN ANNUAL OUTPUT OF ABOUT 3,620 60MM MORTARS AND 2,700 82MM MATARS. MORE THAN 1360 150MM MOTARS. A total of 7,680 mortars were fired. ”

"The gunsmith produces about 8,750 hand-held machine guns a year. The annual output of Makqin is more than 1,400. The annual output of imitation Czech light machine guns is about 7,530 units. The annual output is about 170,000 Type 918 rifles and 13,000 horse rifles. ”

The so-called hand-held machine gun is actually a submachine gun. The earliest submachine gun in the northwest is the imitation of the MP18 flower mechanism, and later introduced the Finnish Suomi submachine gun, although the performance is better than the initial flower machine in the northwest, the range, power, and ammunition capacity are larger, but due to the complex structure, expensive construction and other shortcomings, the northwest gave up its mass production, and the use is still the flower mechanism. However, the gunsmith absorbed many of the advantages of the Suomi submachine gun and made further research and development on the submachine gun. Relatively speaking, the production of firearms is also relatively easy to increase.

"IN TERMS OF ARTILLERY, THE MAIN COMBAT FORCE IN THE NORTHWEST IS 75MM MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY AND FIELD ARTILLERY, AND UP TO NOW, THE ANNUAL OUTPUT OF 75MM MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY IS ABOUT 363 AND 271 FIELD ARTILLERY. 37MM 1217 FLAT-FIRE GUNS. 87 PIECES OF 105MM HOWITZERS AND 43 PIECES OF 150MM HOWITZERS. 88MM 109 ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. The annual output of various types of artillery shells totals about 360,000 rounds."

With Jiang Li's emphasis on artillery, compared with firearms, the Northwest has made greater achievements in artillery construction. WITH THE HELP OF THE GERMANS, THE QUALITY OF ARTILLERY IN THE NORTHWEST AT THIS TIME HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS, EVEN IF IT IS COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL GOODS OF GERMANY, IT IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT, ALTHOUGH THE NORTHWEST HAS ALSO OBTAINED SEVERAL LARGE-CALIBER ARTILLERY TECHNOLOGIES, BUT IN ORDER TO SAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION CAPACITY, THE NORTHWEST HAS NOT PRODUCED MORE THAN 150MM LARGE-CALIBER ARTILLERY. There were not many technical failures in the production of artillery at this time. If there must be a word, it is the production of tank guns, on the same caliber of artillery, the Germans always increase the power of the gun by increasing the diameter of the gun, rather than simply by increasing the caliber of the gun, after all, the larger the caliber, the higher the load on the tank. This means that the performance of other aspects of the tank has to be sacrificed as a balance. Although the Soviets won the Soviet-German war, the Germans always had to outperform the Soviets in terms of performance. Perhaps the T34 is simpler to manufacture than the Leopard, but it would be untrue to say that the difference is as outrageous as history has claimed, because Germany's industry is constrained by resources, neither iron ore nor vital oil is as abundant as the Soviet Union. Until the complete defeat of Germany, a large number of captured German tanks did not go to the battlefield because of the lack of sufficient fuel. The national war has reached a certain scale, and it is no longer about the gains and losses of one city and one place, nor the victory or defeat of one or two battles, but the lasting consumption of the strength of the stitching between two countries. Human, financial, material, technical.

"This is probably the last calm before the storm, so hurry up and ramp up production. All weapons are. "The funds from the United States have been used to the maximum, and for a period of time, in addition to the continuous profits of companies in the United States, there will be no short-term windfall profits such as the Silver Act, even if the Japanese don't do it, Jiang Li will have to use troops abroad. Expand the territory of the northwest. Of course, the chances of the Japanese not doing it are very small, and Japan, which has already gone further and further down the road of militarism, cannot stop at this time. However, the northwest finally has the initial strength to protect itself, and it can be attacked and defended when it retreats. Of course, the speed of army expansion will not be reduced until next year, and perhaps the combat strength of some units will decline somewhat, but the overall strength of the Northwest Army will continue to move forward. (To be continued.) )