For the little devil's thoughts, He Zhengdao didn't care too much. Since he has joined the anti-Japanese battlefield, it is also an honor to be remembered by the little devils. As for the disturbances from the outside world, He Zhengdao, who returned to the base, also ignored them.

After sending off Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, who had come to offer condolences on behalf of the headquarters, He Zhengdao handed over all the reorganization, reorganization, and redressing of the troops to Wang Tianlin. Dig into the arsenal and discuss weapons manufacturing with the hired mechanics.

Although there is no perfect weapon manufacturing equipment, with the equipment dismantled from Baotou and Suiyuan this time, the Yulin Arsenal has made a major breakthrough in the imitation of formal rifles, and the daily production of guns is much faster.

And Suiyuan dismantled the machine specially used for gun maintenance, so that the Eighth Route Army also made a major breakthrough in the maintenance of guns and artillery. Many damaged mortars also had to be refurbished and continued to be used by the troops.

It's just that thinking that at present, the Jin-made submachine gun bullets used by the reconnaissance brigade and the guard division are in tension, and He Zhengdao feels that it is necessary to develop a new type of submachine gun to replace the Jin-made submachine gun currently used by the Eighth Route Army.

After more than a year of development, the Yulin Arsenal has successively hired dozens of experienced military experts from Shanxi and other places. Among them, there were domestic arsenals, and there were also those who came from overseas to support the anti-Japanese war.

For these experts, He Zhengdao told Xiao Jinguang that he must give these experts the best treatment and hospitality. It even asked the central authorities for approval to set up a military scientific research institute to conduct research on military industrial matters.

Seeing He Zhengdao arrive at the Military Industrial Institute, a group of experts surrounded them, hoping that He Zhengdao could help them solve some urgently needed things. Just listen to the words of these experts. He Zhengdao felt a little helpless.

I could only smile bitterly: "Everyone, I believe you have come to our base." It's been a while. You have come up with what you need, and all I can say for now. A lot of them can't be found for you. The reason is very simple, one is that there is no money.

Second, as you know, the little devils are currently locking us down. In addition, we are located in the northwest, so even if we can buy equipment, we can't ship many things. For military machinery, the little devil is very strict.

I hope that all the experts can use their brains to think of ways on the basis of what they have already done. Whether it's our steel manufacturing, or our chemical research. It should all be based on our existing conditions.

During this time, all experts should have seen that most of the machinery in this arsenal of our Eighth Route Army was captured through seizures. Even a lot of the steel we use today is mostly produced by melting iron.

Without large-scale steel equipment, we can only use local methods to make steel, and we need to make some high-performance steel. Without instruments and equipment, we can only think of more local methods for chemical research.

In a word. I hope that the experts will think more about practical solutions to the problems that we have at present. As for the equipment you need, all I can say is that I will try to find and buy it for you.

But this time. When it will be, I can't guarantee either. As for your list, you need some high-precision instruments imported from abroad. Let's be honest. Even if you have money, you may not be able to sell it to us! ”

Similar to several overseas Chinese experts who came from abroad, they hoped that He Zhengdao would buy a high-powered microscope for them. Not to mention the high price tag. The most important thing is that you may not be able to purchase it if you have money.

Listening to He Zhengdao's words, he is relatively young as an expert group. Du Yang, who participated in the demolition of Baotou last time, said in a timely manner: "I said masters, let's just have this condition now, even if we find Commander He, there are some things that he can't solve for us."

As it stands, we should focus on some research and development of steel. At the same time, it is necessary to develop a standard weapon that is truly suitable for the use of the Eighth Route Army and even the Chinese troops. We should really put more effort into this! ”

Facing what Du Yang said, He Zhengdao nodded with a smile and said: "Experts, the conditions of our arsenal are limited, and now these belongings are all scraped together. To put it simply, we are really poor now!

Today, I came to the Military Industrial Institute to visit you and see if the experts still need help in their lives. Second, I also have a request for everyone, and I hope you can help come up with an idea to develop a new weapon.

At present, our Eighth Route Army is equipped with a lot of Jin-made submachine guns, and the performance of this weapon is generally good. But one of the biggest problems is that its ammunition is not universal. This means that there is a big problem with the supply.

Next, I will do everything I can to build a bullet production line for the arsenal. In this way, we will be able to produce our own bullets for a standard gun. And the gun is finalized, which requires more attention from experts. ”

'Submachine guns! Produced by Taiyuan Arsenal, we have all seen it, the power is indeed not bad, and the imitation is still relatively successful. But at present, the performance of submachine guns in foreign countries is much the same, and even if many can be imitated, we can't imitate them under this condition! ’

Soon there were experts who gave such an answer. As the righteous way says, it is not so easy to finalize a gun. The steel used in the gun, the type of bullet used and the ammunition need to be started from scratch.

In addition, high-performance wear-resistant barrels, most of the major arsenals in China are currently importing such steel from abroad. This also means that if you want to build a high-performance rifle, you must first solve the problem of steel.

Without high-performance steel, it is almost a dream to think about the cost. Just if you want to make high-quality steel, high-performance steelmaking equipment is also indispensable. It is precisely knowing these that He Zhengdao cares so much about the Taiyuan Arsenal.

Outside of Yulin, He Zhengdao spent three days and two days in the arsenal, discussing with these experts about steel smelting and gun design. In this discussion, all the experts lamented that He Zhengdao's level was beyond their imagination.

It didn't take long for a submachine gun drawn by He Zhengdao that could be produced under existing conditions. Although it looks a little weird. But for He Zhengdao, he is also very happy.

This submachine gun is actually He Zhengdao's copy of the Soviet Union's Bobosha submachine gun, the entire receiver, barrel guard and most of the parts are made of steel plate stamping, and a large number of riveting and welding processes are used in assembly, and the production and processing are extremely simple.

After half a month of time spent by the entire firearms research and development group, three submachine guns that had been successfully finalized were finally placed in front of He Zhengdao. Originally, He Zhengdao wanted to test the gun himself, but was stopped by Xiao Jinguang and handed over to the saber special combat team to test the gun.

Considering the guns he planned to produce in the future, He Zhengdao finally chose the caliber of the bullet as 7.62 mm, but it can also be applied to the Mauser 7.63 pistol cartridge, which is more common in the anti-Japanese battlefield, which is also conducive to the supply of ammunition on the battlefield.

After personally telling the special combat team members how to use the submachine gun, He Zhengdao also quickly said: "You try this submachine gun, if this submachine gun comes out, you should be the first to be equipped with this submachine gun."

Compared with the submachine gun made by Jin, this submachine gun is smaller in size, which is more conducive to your mission is carrying. Don't look at this submachine gun as a bit weird, but when you wait for the test, you can do some tactical drills to test it. ”

'Yes, Commander! ’

According to what He Zhengdao said to the saber special combat team before, the weapons used by the special combat team must be the best in the whole army. Only in this way can they have an advantage in weapons when they confront the enemy on the battlefield.

Although it was the first time to use this submachine gun, the special combat personnel were experts in playing with guns, and after getting their hands on the weapon, they could feel that although this submachine gun looked a little strange, it still felt good in their hands.

In addition, compared to the Jinzao submachine gun, which uses a 20-round magazine, it can also use a 50-round drum. This submachine gun can use a 35-round magazine and a 70-round drum, which undoubtedly carries more bullets.

More bullets are carried, which means that there are fewer magazines to change during the battle, and the duration of fire suppression is undoubtedly longer. Therefore, the special combat personnel who participated in the test gun were full of interest in this gun.

As the three special combat team members finished testing the gun, each special combat team member said excitedly: "Commander, this gun is more comfortable to fight than Jin Zao." The most important thing is that when shooting, the recoil is not as big as Jinzao.

In addition, the sound of this submachine gun seems to be a little quieter than that of the Jinzao submachine gun. And after shooting just now, I found that the barrel of the gun did not look as hot as I imagined. This submachine gun is really good! ”

Listening to the feelings of the three special combat team members who tested the gun, He Zhengdao knew very well that this submachine gun would be installed with the Soviet Red Army in the near future. In this era, because of his appearance, it became the Eighth Route Army to develop it in advance.

Looking at the experts around him who were also full of joy and Qin Tai, the director of the arsenal, He Zhengdao also smiled and said: "Director Qin, with the current production capacity of the arsenal, how many submachine guns can be produced per day?" ”

If steel can be supplied, 300 pieces a day should be no problem! ’

'Good! Next, the steel plant will supply you with the steel to produce this submachine gun. I hope that in a month I will see at least two thousand submachine guns. As for the name of this gun, I will wait until I get to the center.

In addition, the Mauser pistol ammunition stockpiled in the arsenal will be all stored in a centralized manner. Before the bullet line arrived, we still used Mauser pistol cartridges first. In this way, we can also get rid of the dependence on bullets in the Taiyuan Arsenal. ’

'Yes, please rest assured, Commander, that our arsenal will complete the task you have assigned. ’

At this point, this Chinese independent 37 submachine gun, which was later named by Mao Taizu, officially appeared in the War of Resistance Against Japan. And in the near future, this submachine gun will also become a weapon in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and it has made great achievements on the battlefield! (To be continued.) )