Yu Dawei and Li Chenggan led the group to enter the Makqin heavy machine gun production workshop first. Hundreds of workers were busy processing parts for the Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun, and Philip could see at a glance that the processing equipment was basically purchased from Germany, and it was relatively old.

Li Chenggan introduced on the side: "Mr. Philip, Miss Anna, our factory can now produce 80 Makqin water-cooled heavy machine guns per month, and our production line and the whole set of technology are imported from Germany. It is an improved version of the MG08 machine gun from the Spandau Arsenal in Germany, equipped with a pry gun mount of our own design, weighing 45.5 kg including the machine gun, and our Maxim machine gun fires the German standard 7.92 mm Mauser rifle cartridge and is fed with 250 rounds of canvas cartridge belt. ”

Philip watched with interest as the workers worked on the old machine, and replied, "Yes! As early as the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the Russians' two Maxim machine guns fired more than 1,000 rounds in less than two minutes, eliminating nearly 200 Japanese soldiers, and it is no wonder that it has the nickname of a battlefield meat grinder. Although your arsenal is relatively poorly equipped, it is not easy to produce so many Maxim machine guns! ”

Philip was also a little puzzled, he remembered that the Germans seemed to be a little late in making the MG08 machine gun, and China introduced this German machine gun in 1935, and the Jinling Arsenal successfully copied the Makqin machine gun in 1935, called the 24 Makqin machine gun. I don't know why there is confusion in this plane.

Li Chenggan smiled embarrassedly: "This is also a matter of no way, our workers work fourteen hours a day, which can barely reach the rate of 80 per month." If there is better processing equipment, I think this number should at least double. However, although the Maxim machine gun is good, it is far inferior to your Gungnir assault rifle! Although it was only a rifle, it was able to reach the rate of fire of a machine gun, and now our soldiers are so proud of having a Gungnir assault rifle that the Maxim machine gun is not very popular with the soldiers. I wonder if Mr. Philip can transfer your assault rifle technology to our Jinling Arsenal. Or is it a cooperation between the two sides to produce such assault rifles at the Jinling Arsenal? ”

Philip nodded and said, "I had this plan for a long time, but with the current technical level and equipment of your arsenal, there is no way to make a qualified assault rifle!" This can only be done one step at a time. Our Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex also has plans to produce assault rifles in China, and Shang is developing the Chinese Vulcan Rotary Cannon. The Maxim machine gun is good, though. But compared to the Vulcan cannon, it is still much inferior, our Vulcan cannons have 20 mm and 30 mm calibers, like the 20 mm caliber Vulcan cannon, which can completely make up for the firepower gap of the Makqin machine gun. The two can form a relationship between high and low. ”

Li Chenggan said curiously: "I have long heard that the Dragon Soul Ordnance Industry has developed a Green Cannon. The rate of fire can reach thousands of rounds per minute, but I don't know how long it will take to develop it? And will our Jinling Arsenal be able to produce such weapons? ”

Philip muttered: "The Vulcan Cannon is a weapon with an extremely complex manufacturing process, and it uses a series of high-precision processing equipment to produce a qualified product. At present, we have not finalized the finalization, of course, we cannot produce it in China, but when your technical level and processing equipment are improved to a certain extent, this will not be a problem. Even if you don't mention it, our Dragon Soul is also preparing to move the production line of these weapons to China. In China, after all. There is a strong demand for these weapons! We are also preparing to build the Dragon Soul China branch into the largest overseas weapons production base. ”

After visiting the machine gun production workshop, Yu David and Li Chenggan took a group of people to the mortar production workshop. Li Chenggan introduced: "Mr. Philip, this is our 20s-style mortar production workshop, this 82-millimeter mortar, we only succeeded in copying it two years ago. It is based on the performance parameters of the French Brandt 81 mm mortar, and the Shanghai 82 mortar is modified. Now this mortar workshop of ours is capable of producing 40 eight-two-mm mortars per month! ”

Philip looked at it and said, "It's really not easy, it took a lot of effort for your Jinling Arsenal to be able to imitate so many weapons, right?" ”

Li Chenggan nodded and said, "That's true." We are also trying our best to improve this mortar. The result was a cannon weighing 68 kilograms, a bullet weighing 3.8 kilograms, and a maximum range of 2.8 kilometers. Because the mortar is the simplest artillery, a barrel with the top facing the sky and the bottom head on top of the block. Even if only the barrel remains, it is capable of firing. However, in the design of the buffer machine, we also spent a lot of twists and turns, and finally chose the short rod double reed buffer machine. Its structure is the simplest, the cushioning is relatively stable, and the dustproof performance is good, especially suitable for the situation of our factory and battlefield. ”

Philip thought for a moment before saying, "Oh, the short-rod double-reed buffer is indeed simple in structure, and it is more convenient to produce and use. However, it has the problem of casual balance. When recoiling, the reentry buffer spring is extended, which is beneficial to the stability of the reentry buffer. However, in order to reduce the range of random balance, the stiffness of the re-entry buffer spring is designed to be large, which is not conducive to the stability of the re-entry buffer. When recoiling, the distance between the two guide surfaces of the buffer bar becomes smaller and smaller, and the guiding performance is not good. If it is said that it is changed to a single reed buffer, the effect may be better. Its bumper rod does not penetrate the bottom of the cylinder, and it is a recoil of the cylinder, which is cushioned by the same spring during recoil and reentry. It also has the advantage of simple structure, good dust resistance, can eliminate random balance, and the longitudinal structure size is small. In comparison, this structure is a bit better. ”

Li Chenggan and David Yu were both surprised, and Li Chenggan even lost his voice and said: "Ah, Mr. Philip, why didn't I think of this plan?" No, I have to go back and write down the plan you just said, and we have to improve the structure of the 82 mortar again! ”

After speaking, Li Chenggan turned around and left.

David Yu shook his head and smiled: "This Li Chenggan! Got into his weapon design, Mr. Philip, don't be surprised, he's such a man! ”

Philip smiled and said, "No! I can't even admire an official like Deputy Director Li who is seriously studying technology, so how can I be surprised! Our ordnance industry needs talents like Deputy Director Li! (To be continued......)