Chapter 665: Asia's No. 1 Arsenal

Outside Fengtian City, the two main columns and the 30,000-strong army left quickly, which made the tense nerves in Liu Hua's heart finally relax. Because Liu Hua believed that with two infantry columns and a guard division with a total strength of 50,000 people, there would be absolutely no problem in completely annihilating the two dissatisfied and demoralized divisions of the Japanese army that had lost the cover of the city wall.

At this moment, the commander Liu Hua, who no longer had any worries about the later battle of the Fengtian victory, slowly set his eyes on the specific results of the Fengtian victory. Among all the results, the successful reception of the Fengtian Military Factory is undoubtedly what Liu Hua wants to see the most.

"Lao Li, the matter of the headquarters will be handed over to you for the time being. I have been longing for the Fengtian Arsenal in the city for a long time, and I am going to take a look at it, and see that from now on, the only modern arsenal in our party.0..."Having made a decision, Liu Hua did not hesitate, and immediately walked out of his office and ordered to Li Qing, the chief of staff in the war room.

After speaking, before Chief of Staff Li Qing could react from the shock, Liu Hua quickly walked out of the Supreme Headquarters of the Field Army with the strength of a guard company.

Along the way, the ruined streets, the ruins and broken walls with the smoke of gunpowder, and the corpses of the Japanese puppet army can be seen everywhere. Although without exception, it shows that after the war, there was a lifeless atmosphere in Mukden City. However, such an atmosphere did not affect the excited mood of Commander Liu Hua at this moment.

In Liu Hua's mind, before the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces, the Mukden Arsenal was second to none in the country, and even the largest arsenal in the entire Far East. The entire arsenal is capable of producing rifles, pistols, light and heavy machine guns of various calibers. More importantly, even Liu Hua's long-coveted various large-caliber artillery pieces, large-caliber shells, and even ordinary tank armored vehicles can be completely manufactured and produced.

And these were all ten years ago. With the Japanese army invading the three eastern provinces, the Mukden Arsenal also fell intact into the hands of the Kwantung Army. In order to allow the Mukden Arsenal to make greater contributions in its own war of aggression against China, the Japanese Kwantung Army once again invested a lot of money and manpower to expand the entire arsenal...

As you can imagine, ten years ago it was the nation's premier arsenal. After decades of development of the Japanese Kwantung Army, what kind of scale will it become....Thinking of this, thinking of the arsenal of the Japanese Kwantung Army after decades of development, almost no damage fell into his hands, Liu Hua's face showed a thick smile.

Just when Commander Liu Hua's mind was still immersed in the bright prospect of the Fengtian Arsenal being taken over by himself and the equipment of the troops being re-improved. The gate of the Fengtian Arsenal had already appeared in front of Liu Hua. Before Liu Hua could react from his contemplation, the commander of the first column and the regiment responsible for the safety of the entire arsenal rushed to Liu Hua's face. Salute and report loudly.

"Report to the chief, Zhang Wenqiang, commander of the first division and one regiment of the first column, led the commanders and fighters of the whole regiment, and was ordered to protect the safety of the entire arsenal and all Chinese workers, please ask the chief for instructions."

"I don't have anything to instruct." Liu Hua, who reacted from his contemplation, shook his head with a smile on his face and said. However, just when Zhang Wenqiang, who was in front of him, just breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Hua, the commander in front of him, changed his words and asked after him.

"Commander Zhang, how long has your regiment been here, and do you have a certain understanding of the general situation of the entire Fengtian Arsenal and the mood of the workers?"

Faced with Liu Hua's question, Zhang Wenqiang hurriedly replied: "Chief, all the commanders and fighters of my regiment have been stationed here for a full ten hours since the special operations division took over the entire arsenal. I have a certain understanding of the situation in the arsenal as a whole through the report of the deputy director of the arsenal ...

"Well, deputy factory director, let's talk about it..."Liu Hua's face immediately showed a look of interest, and he asked with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, Chief..."

"The director of the entire Mukden Arsenal, although he is Japanese. However, the deputy director is a Chinese. At that time, when the troops entered the factory area, it was this deputy factory director who led the troops to arrest all the Japanese technicians harboring in the entire factory, so as to prevent the entire arsenal from being destroyed by the Japanese. ”,

Seeing Liu Hua nodded suddenly, Zhang Wenqiang continued to speak: "According to the report of Director Wang of the Arsenal, after decades of development of the Japanese Kwantung Army, at present, the entire Arsenal has become the largest arsenal in the country and even in the whole Asia. ”

"At present, the entire arsenal includes a total of 16 branches of various types, three large raw material warehouses, two large finished product warehouses, and as for all the employees, excluding all the Japanese, there are still 1,289 technicians and 27,519 ordinary workers left in the entire factory......"

Ten minutes later, under the introduction of Zhang Wenqiang, the head of the regiment in front of him, Liu Hua had a deeper understanding of the Fengtian Arsenal at this moment. At the same time, what makes Liu Hua feel excited and excited is that the Fengtian Arsenal at this moment has a trend of modern arsenal.

Of course, in the words of Regiment Commander Zhang Wenqiang, if you want to truly understand the situation of the entire Fengtian Arsenal, only by bringing Wang Guoqiang, the deputy director of the entire Arsenal, who knows the whole arsenal well, to yourself at this moment, can you have a deeper understanding of the entire Arsenal.

"Head Zhang, you did a good job. Immediately sent an order to go down and invite the director of the Arsenal Wang to me. In addition, tell the soldiers below to be kind to all the mechanics and workers in the factory, and to meet their requirements as much as possible. Regarding Zhang Wenqiang's suggestion in front of him, at this moment, Liu Hua, who was anxious to know the specific scale and production capacity of the Fengtian Arsenal, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered loudly.

"Yes, chief, I'll deliver the order right away...."

Half an hour later, Wang Guoqiang, deputy director of the arsenal, stood in front of Liu Hua as promised. After a short greeting, under the trend of curiosity, Director Wang Guoqiang had to take the legendary figure in front of him, Liu Hua, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army of the Eighth Route Army, to visit all the branches of the entire arsenal one by one.

"Chief, this is a rifle factory under the arsenal, with the arrival of the Japanese Kwantung Army, there are two main types of rifles produced by the rifle factory, one is the 38-type rifle commonly equipped by the little devils on the battlefield, and the other is the 38-type cavalry rifle equipped by the little devil cavalry. The entire branch plant, with sufficient raw materials, can achieve a daily production capacity of 300 rifles. ”

"This is the bullet factory, and at present, the entire branch factory only produces two types of bullets, namely 6.5 mm rifle light machine gun bullets and heavy machine gun bullets used in the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun. As for the specific production capacity, under normal circumstances, it can reach a total of 600,000 rounds of various bullets per day. Of course, if you do two shifts, you can double the output immediately. ”

"Chief, this is a light and heavy machine gun factory. At present, the whole branch mainly produces two types of light and heavy weapons, which are the 11-year-old light machine gun commonly used by the Japanese army, which is commonly known as the crooked handle light machine gun. As for the heavy machine gun, it is the Japanese army's Type 92 heavy machine gun that is common on the battlefield. At present, the entire light and heavy machine gun plant can produce 300 light machine guns and 100 heavy machine guns per month. ”

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In this way, unconsciously, all the branches that produce light infantry weapons were visited and played under the introduction of Wang Guoqiang, the director of the factory. And at this moment, the group, under Liu Hua's expectation, finally came to the entire Fengtian Arsenal, a branch factory specializing in the production of various heavy weapons.

Walking into a huge production workshop, several tanks placed at the door of the workshop attracted Liu Hua's attention. Because, the few tanks in front of me are the three types of tanks used by the Japanese army to sweep most of China, they are: Type 95 light tank, Type 97 medium tank and Type 5 medium tank equipped with a small amount of Japanese troops.

Among the three tanks equipped by the Japanese army, the only one that satisfied Liu Hua was the last one, the Type 5 medium tank that the Japanese army only equipped with a small amount. Because, both in terms of the tank's firepower and in terms of protective armor, compared to the other two tanks, the Type 5 medium tank is second to none.

Regardless of the performance of Japanese tanks. Seeing the tank in the production workshop of the arsenal, Liu Hua's heart can be said to be extremely excited. Because he clearly remembered that before the Kwantung Army occupied the entire three eastern provinces, the entire Mukden Arsenal did not have the ability to produce and manufacture tanks. And now, I actually saw a tank in the arsenal, which can only show one problem, that is, the current arsenal is actually a decades-long development of Japan, and it can fully produce and manufacture all kinds of tanks and armored vehicles. ,

Thinking of this, Liu Hua's face immediately showed a look of excitement. asked Wang Guoqiang beside him.

"Director Wang, is this the tank factory of the Fengtian Arsenal...?"

"Yes, chief, at the moment, the entire tank plant mainly produces three models of tanks in front of you. However, because it is difficult to produce special steel for the manufacture of tanks, the output of the entire tank factory has not been raised. At present, the entire tank plant can reach a monthly production capacity of a total of 50 tanks of various types. Facing Liu Hua with an excited face in front of him, Li Guoqiang hurriedly replied.

"I really didn't expect that the Mukden Arsenal would be able to produce even tanks. Quick, Director Wang, take me to the rest of the branch factories to take a look, I am now looking forward to the entire Fengtian Arsenal more and more. After getting Wang Guoqiang's affirmative answer in front of him, Liu Hua's face was immediately shrouded in a thick smile, and he said excitedly to Wang Guoqiang in front of him.

"Yes, chief, let's go to the artillery factory next..."

Ten minutes later, Li Guoqiang pointed to the workshop in front of everyone, which had more opinions.

"Chief, this is the artillery production workshop of the Mukden Arsenal. At present, the entire artillery plant can produce 150 mm large-caliber howitzers and 50 mm grenadiers, including accompanying artillery shells. At present, the specific output of the entire artillery factory is 200 mortars of various calibers, 30 mountain artillery field guns of various calibers, and 12 large-caliber howitzers per month. As for shells of various calibers, it can reach 10 thousand pieces per month. ”

Seeing Liu Hua beside him with a stunned face, Li Guoqiang spoke again: "Chief, these artillery, before the Japanese army occupied the entire three eastern provinces, the Fengtian Arsenal could already be fully produced. With the fall of the three eastern provinces, the Japanese Kwantung Army increased the production of the entire artillery factory. Also next to the gun factory, a new anti-aircraft gun plant was added. ”

In Liu Hua's expectant eyes, a group of people, under the leadership of Wang Guoqiang, walked into the production workshop of the anti-aircraft artillery commander. Immediately, under Wang Guoqiang's introduction, Liu Hua had a deeper understanding of the production capacity of the entire anti-aircraft gun factory.

"Chief, at the moment the entire anti-aircraft artillery commander mainly produces two models of anti-aircraft weapons. Among them were 20-mm anti-aircraft guns and 75-mm large-caliber anti-aircraft guns. The specific monthly output is 100 machine guns, 36 75 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, and the number of shells of two calibers can reach a full 50,000. ”

Dozens of branches came all the way, and Liu Hua at this moment was shocked in addition to shock. However, after the shock, a burst of excitement came to my heart. Because, from now on, the Fengtian Arsenal has become the arsenal of the entire Northeast Field Army and even the entire Eighth Route Army.

Of course, for the scale of the arsenal, although very shocking. However, as Liu Hua from later generations, he knew that what he saw just now was only the scale of the arsenal on the surface. As an arsenal of such a huge scale, of course, there are some secrets hidden behind it. At least Liu Hua knows very well that the Fengtian Arsenal has the ability to produce and develop semi-automatic rifles decades ago.

Thinking of this, Liu Hua looked at Wang Guoqiang beside him and continued to ask with an expectant expression.

"Director Zhang Wang, as far as I know, the Fengtian Arsenal has had the experience of researching and producing semi-automatic rifles decades ago. Tell me, what are the other secrets behind the entire arsenal? ”

"Chief, how do you know?" Wang Guoqiang asked with a puzzled expression.

However, after only a brief shock, Wang Guoqiang's face immediately calmed down. Facing Liu Hua, who had an expectant face in front of him, he said:

"Chief, the situation is indeed as you said, the Mukden Arsenal, ten years ago, independently developed a semi-automatic rifle. However, due to the narrow-mindedness of the little devils and the shortage of resources, the arsenal was not produced after it was occupied by the Japanese army. At the moment, in my place, there is a full set of drawings for the production of semi-automatic rifles. As for the rest, the Mukden Arsenal also has the capacity to produce 230-mm large-caliber fortress guns. Of course, if there are enough raw materials, the Mukden Arsenal can also produce aircraft and corresponding aerial bombs, with a monthly output of 24 units"

Seeing the commander Liu Hua who once again showed a shocked look in front of him, Wang Guoqiang immediately said with a proud face: "Chief, I don't dare to guarantee the strength of the entire Fengtian Arsenal. However, the entire arsenal is definitely the largest in China, and even in the entire Far East, with the largest production capacity and the largest variety of production equipment. Even in the whole of Asia, it is one of the top three arsenals. "Good ......" At this moment, Liu Hua could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, and couldn't help but start applauding. After a short period of excitement, Liu Hua continued to ask.

"Director Wang, I already know the general situation of the arsenal. Now, I can't put into words the excitement I feel at this moment. Right now, I'm most concerned about the issue of skilled workers in the factory. After eliminating all the Japanese in the factory, can the remaining workers ensure that the entire arsenal can start production at full capacity? ”

"Report to the chief, there should be no problem. After all, the workers in the factory have a wealth of experience in military engineering. If the little devils hadn't blackmailed our families, no one would have continued to do it. Now, the entire arsenal is back to serving us Chinese, and everyone's motivation will be very sufficient, please rest assured..."

"Good. Director Wang, now I continue to appoint you as the deputy director of the entire arsenal, and as for the director of the arsenal, it is Fu Chunsheng, the director of the original arsenal where I am based. As far as I know, Director Fu used to come out of the Fengtian Arsenal, and you should still have a certain relationship with him. In addition, in order to replenish the energy of the Mukden Arsenal, I will send you all the more than 2,000 skilled workers of the base arsenal. Liu Hua ordered with a decisive face.

"Thank you, Chief, for your trust. My Wang Guoqiang is also a Chinese, and I promise not to disgrace the Chinese, please rest assured. After hearing Fu Chunsheng's name, Wang Guoqiang's face obviously showed a trace of excitement, and he assured loudly.

"Very good, Director Wang. Since from now on, you are already your own person. Then, I don't have any scruples. Here, I just gave you a thorough explanation, not only me, but also the entire Party Central Committee, which has high hopes for the Fengtian Arsenal. Therefore, the requirements for the entire arsenal are also very high. That is, in the shortest possible time, adjust the production mode of the arsenal, and develop the entire arsenal into the strongest arsenal in the whole of Asia in the shortest possible time. When the time comes, if you can successfully carry out the mission of Wangcheng, I will personally ask Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee to give you credit. As he spoke, Liu Hua's face already showed a look of expectation.

"Please rest assured, Chief. Our kingdom is Chinese, and we will definitely do our best to develop our own arsenal in China, and we will definitely develop the entire arsenal into the largest arsenal in the entire Asian region in the shortest possible time. Zhang Guoqiang's face immediately showed a look of eagerness, and he replied confidently.

"Very good, Director Zhang, let's go to your office and sit down first. Then take advantage of this time to discuss carefully, Fengtian Arsenal, which types of weapons and equipment will be mainly produced in the future..."Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Yes, Chief...."

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