The pistol is a weapon of self-defense, and the impact on the overall operation is not great, because in a large-scale battlefield, the pistol of the officer has two functions, one is decoration, and the other is suicide! When the time really comes for the officer to fight desperately with a pistol, it must have been irreparably ruined by the situation of the war.

Chen Jingyun's group of officers are very realistic, so they don't pay much attention to the pistol, a group of people tried it and felt that it was okay, and even some people compared it with their own matching gun, that is, the original Luger pistol, and then found that the imitation Luger pistol in Fuzhou Arsenal was really not good, and even Chen Jingyun felt that it was not as good as the six-shot pistol he originally used after two shots, such as the original Luger pistol, which was even worse, and it could only be said that it was just a façade.

Seeing the lack of interest from everyone, Tang Huikang stopped continuing to sell, thinking in his heart that this Luge pistol could not be imitated, and he had to find other pistol imitations, as for his own research and development, Tang Huikang did not have the confidence or the time and funds for the time being, it would be good to be able to imitate.

However, the next mortar was a dazzle.

Mortars have not yet officially appeared on the world's weapons spectrum, and now the armies of all countries in the world are used for curve shooting, and mountain combat artillery support is generally mountain artillery, such as the 60 mm rapid-fire mountain artillery equipped by the National Army, and the 92 infantry artillery equipped by the army in later generations are similar products. Although the prototype mortar of the mortar has already appeared, and even played a significant role in the Russo-Russian War, it has not been paid attention to by the armies of various countries, until the trench warfare of World War I, when countries need to shoot artillery without dead angles before large-scale development and installation of mortars.

As a descendant, Chen Jingyun took advantage of the mortar, and when he first took over the arsenal, he asked Tang Huikang to develop mortars, and told Tang Huikang from his limited memory, for example, this thing is very small, for example, this cannon is front-loaded, and it is fired directly from putting the hand-held shell into the muzzle, and for example, the trajectory of the cannon is curved, and there are basically some vague concepts, plus Chen Jingyun drew a few drawings that are not very clear, Tang Huikang led the technical staff to start research and development.

First of all, the first problem is the cannon pipe, according to the capacity of the Fuzhou Arsenal, there is no seamless steel pipe at all, all of them are directly imported from the United States, not to mention that Fuzhou has no ability to manufacture seamless steel pipes, and there is no factory in China that can manufacture seamless steel pipes. Fortunately, now the Americans do not have the so-called strategic material blockade of China, this seamless steel pipe you want as much as you have money can sell as much as you want, Chen Jingyun is also a little more ambitious, a few batches of nearly 1,000 seamless steel pipes have been purchased, and it is still in the follow-up procurement.

After the seamless steel pipe, this mortar is much simpler, basically there is no technical difficulty of the actual surname, even if it is not a professional arms factory like the Fuzhou Arsenal, even a random handicraft workshop can get the mortar out. In fact, as early as a month ago, Tang Huikang had already made sample guns one after another, but the first one was blown up, and it took several days to find out that it was a shell problem, and then it took half a month to solve the shell problem, and then test firing, and found that the firing range was far from Chen Jingyun's requirements, and the technicians of the arsenal racked their brains again, changed a mortar in more than ten places, and even redesigned the shell, so that there was a third test firing.

This time, it was okay to finally meet the general surname, so that several mortars were built for various tests, and it was not until half a month ago that the parameters were initially determined, and only today have these samples for formal testing.

Seeing the puzzled looks of a group of generals under his command, Chen Jingyun took the initiative to say: "This is called a mortar, which is a kind of curved artillery with a short barrel and a large firing angle, which is mainly used as artillery support for mountain warfare and units below the battalion and company level. ”

At this time, Yuan Fang walked up, squatted down and looked at it, and said, "Dudu, this cannon is so small, can it be hit?" ”

Chen Jingyun said with a smile: "You have to ask General Manager Tang about this!" ”

Tang Huikang said: "This can naturally be played, we have been testing it for more than a month!" ”

Then he walked forward, pointed to the mortar of one of them and said: "This is an 80 mm caliber mortar, designed for battalion level close artillery support, according to the estimate, if a battalion has six 80 mm mortars, it is enough to meet its own artillery support needs." ”

As soon as they heard that a battalion wanted six, Lin Chengkun and Chen Weihua frowned, because they still didn't know what the price of this mortar was, and if it was the same price as the 60-millimeter rapid-fire mountain gun, it would be impossible for a battalion to be equipped with six guns and a regiment to be equipped with six. Lin Chengkun immediately wanted to interrupt Tang Huikang's words and ask about the price, but seeing that Chen Jingyun was listening carefully to Tang Huikang's introduction, he could only endure it for the time being, ready to ask later.

Tang Huikang continued: "The total weight of this gun is 80 kilograms, the total length of the cannon is 1.3 meters, the angle of fire is 40 to 85 degrees, the maximum firing range is 2,800 meters, the normal rate of fire is 10 rounds per minute, and the maximum rate of fire is 20 rounds per minute. In peacetime, it is used to maneuver with pack horses, and in wartime, it can be separated and carried by soldiers separately. ”

Chen Jingyun said: "Will the range be too close, only more than 2,000 meters, I remember that the original requirement was more than 3,000 meters!" ”

Hearing Chen Jingyun say this, Tang Huikang also said with an embarrassed face: "Dudu, the range is indeed a little worse than Dudu's requirements, but we have done many tests before and after, and later found that the problem is in the barrel, if you continue to add propellants, there will be a danger of exploding." The current range has already come from many improved shells! ”

When Chen Jingyun heard this, he knew that they had also tried their best, and they could change the design of the cannon and shells, but the barrel itself was directly imported, and they couldn't change it if they wanted to, and if they wanted to increase the range, they could only purchase better quality barrels in the future, but better quality seamless steel pipes were not so easy to procure. At present, Fuzhou purchases ordinary steel seamless steel pipes, if you want to purchase military-grade, even alloy steel seamless steel pipes, not to mention whether you can buy it, even if you can buy it, the price is not what Fujian can afford......

Chen Jingyun nodded and motioned for Tang Huikang to continue.

Tang Huikang then continued: "In addition to the 80 mm caliber used for battalion-level artillery support, we have also developed a 100 mm caliber mortar based on the 80 mm caliber, which is designed for regimental artillery support, and can also be added to the current brigade-level rapid-fire mountain artillery company to strengthen the firepower of the mixed brigade. ”

The generals were always more interested in the larger caliber artillery, and immediately Chen Kui hurriedly said: "Oh, how far can this 100 mm hit?" ”

Tang Huikang first smiled at Chen Kui, and then continued to explain: "The 100-millimeter caliber mortar is developed according to the 80-millimeter mortar, the volume of the gun has increased a lot, the weight has increased significantly, the maximum firing range is 3,800 meters, the normal rate of fire is seven rounds per minute, and the maximum rate of fire is 15 rounds per minute. It is very suitable for strengthening regimental artillery support and mixed brigade artillery support, and it can also be disassembled and transported, and if necessary during battle, it can be manually transferred, quickly assembled and fired. ”

Listening to him finish talking about these two mortars, Chen Jingyun nodded and said to everyone, look at your faces full of question marks, if you have anything to ask, ask directly.

Hearing Chen Jingyun say this, Lin Chengkun was not polite, and came up directly and said: "The eighty mm caliber is better, although the range is less, but it is light, and it is still very convenient to use it in mountain combat after equipment." However, this 100-millimeter is more than 300 kilograms, which is only more than 500 kilograms compared to our 75-millimeter mountain gun, and there is also a gun carriage for dragging, and the firing range is far superior to it. In this case, it is not cost-effective to equip it! For example, the mixed brigade is also six guns, and I must have chosen six seventy-five mountain guns instead of these six 100-mm mortars! ”

Lin Chengkun's words are very realistic, indeed, from the two mortars taken out of the Fuzhou Arsenal, the eighty mm one is not bad in the eyes of everyone, but this one hundred mm is a chicken rib, but what he doesn't know is that this mortar is much simpler and cheaper than the mountain artillery. Otherwise, how could Chen Jingyun let Tang Huikang develop it early.

Tang Huikang also said directly: "At present, it is difficult to buy a brand-new 75 mountain cannon without 10,000 yuan, and even we need as much as 5,000 or 6,000 second-hand goods from the Germans." But this mortar, the biggest cost is the imported seamless steel pipe, plus other components and labor, the cost of an 80mm mortar will not exceed two or eight hundred yuan! ”

Hear this three thousand! The generals below were speechless in an instant. The people present are all old people on the battlefield, and they don't know the prices of all kinds of arms, but they probably still know something. In the first few years, a heavy machine gun cost nearly 2,000, and this mortar turned out to be less than a thousand more expensive than a heavy machine gun? How does this make them dare to believe.

Immediately, Lin Chengkun said: "Is this true? ”

Tang Huikang said: "Could it be that I still tell lies to fool you!" ”

Ouyang Tian of the Equipment Department smiled and said: "Don't doubt it, this cost price is still calculated by me and Tang Huikang, of course, if you really place an order in the future, the price will have to float up, after all, you can't let a large group of people in the arsenal drink the northwest wind!" ”

But even if you add 10 percent, or even 30 percent, the price won't be too expensive. According to this theory, a 75-mm mountain gun can buy nearly three mortars, so even if the mortar surname can be worse, it is acceptable.

Chen Kui said to Chen Jingyun with a smile: "Governor, let's procure, don't need more, come to a thousand respects, and then let the Fourth Brigade also divide a hundred respects." ”

Chen Jingyun scolded with a smile: "Even if it is cheaper than the mountain cannon, it doesn't mean that there is one." As he spoke, he turned to Tang Huikang and asked, "How is this yield?" ”

Tang Huikang said: "After a large number of equipment arrives, it is still possible to produce 50 doors a month!" ”

Chen Jingyun nodded: "Okay, the corresponding shell production line should also be established!" ”

Speaking of this, he thought about it for a while and said, "Also, get a 60 mm caliber one, which will be used as a company-platoon level artillery support when the time comes!" ”

Tang Huikang said: "Yes, everything is ready-made now, and you can come up with a sample cannon within half a month!" ”