As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first, Jiang Cheng finished talking about weapons, he thought of the transportation truck, and said, "I still need some military trucks, prepare 100 for me first." “

Jiang Cheng planned to form a mechanized division with those tanks and trucks, which would be the strongest fist of the Eighth Route Army.

Ying Tianlin immediately raised his hand and said, "Let me come, let me come, I will give you a military truck for 400,000 yuan, which is guaranteed to be bulletproof glass and super durable." ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Cheng suddenly remembered and said to Chen Guomin, "General Chen, I don't know what is the life of our gun barrel?" I don't want to blow up in the middle of the fight. ”

As if he had been insulted, Chen Guomin snorted and said, "Although we don't dare to say how good our cannon is, it is not a copycat, I will equip you with four spare barrels for one cannon to ensure that you are okay after fighting." ”

- Well, a cannon barrel has a lifespan of 200 rounds.

"By the way, I also require that all equipment must not have any Chinese characters on it, and if you can, it is better to have Russian written on it." Jiang Cheng continued to make his request.

Well? Chen Guomin felt a little strange when he heard this request, but he didn't say anything, but nodded and said, "This is easy to do, add five million to me, don't think it's too much, I'll help you repaint those that are written in paint, but those inscriptions are not so easy to get right." Five million is really not much. ”

After the business was discussed, when Jiang Cheng and the others came out, Yu Na had already prepared the supper, and everyone was not talking about business, but only talking about Fengyue.

- The next day

Jiang Cheng looked at the people who were still asleep, drove to the company by himself, and as soon as he arrived at the company, he grabbed Sun Ning into the office and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Why did the state suddenly have this idea? ”

Sun Ning unhurriedly made a cup of tea for Jiang Cheng before saying, "The first is that you have bought more arms recently. The country is a little red-eyed. And you're buying old weapons, and our country's old weapons are piling up. Second, and most importantly, the country values your scientific research capabilities, you know? The armor technology you gave to the country has been derived, not only tanks, but also smelting, aviation, ships, etc., have made a lot of progress, and you said that you can also provide similar technology, which makes the country value you and the people behind you even more, and the country wants to become your arms supplier. It is also to tie you up, and give you a kickback of one percent, and it is also to feed you as a spokesperson. ”

Jiang Cheng suddenly realized, touched the stubble on his chin with a smile and said, "In this way, if I don't return the favor, doesn't it mean that I don't know how to be polite." ”

Sun Ning sat on Jiang Cheng's lap curiously, wrapped his arms around Jiang Cheng's neck, and asked with hot air, "So what technology are you going to provide?" ”

Jiang Cheng's mind turned and said, "Armor technology shield, I'll provide the spear this time." But you can't give it so quickly, you have to stay up for a while, besides, my good sister. You can't come down, I really can't stand it. ”

Sun Ning's face turned cold, he stood up and said, "Jiang Cheng, you can't do this." Whether in this era or in the Republic of China, there will be many women with ulterior motives approaching you, if you can't resist the temptation of such a level. Sooner or later, something will happen. ”

"Quack, I'll admit it, you're a complete sullen man." Gallagher laughed loudly

Jiang Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to this boring fat worm, scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "I haven't received any special training." By the way, Yan'an can now make rifles, and the next step should be to increase the productivity of the military industry, and prepare more machine tools and copper ingots. I'll go over first to see how far Yan'an has come. ”

-- Yan'an

Jiang Cheng returned to Yan'an with a large amount of equipment, and when he opened the warehouse, he saw Xiao Wang chatting with Huang Biao without a word.

"Xiao Wang? Why are you here? Jiang Cheng walked out of the warehouse and asked.

When Xiao Wang saw Jiang Cheng, he immediately stood up and saluted and said, "Report 203, Chief, it was the chairman who asked me to wait for you here." I've been waiting for you here for days. ”

Jiang Cheng hurriedly said, "Then let's go and see the chairman, don't let the chairman wait for a long time." ”

"Chairman, I'm back." In the cave, Chairman Mao was talking to Zhou Guansheng, and Jiang Cheng shouted as soon as he entered.

Chairman Mao saw Jiang Cheng, stood up happily, patted Jiang Cheng and said, "Yes, during this time I went to the Northeast, it seems that I have grown a lot stronger, come, talk to me about the situation in the Northeast, Ye Jianying, they can't say it clearly in the telegram, you can talk to us." ”

Jiang Cheng hurriedly sat on the stool and talked to Chairman Mao and Zhou Guansheng.

Chairman Mao listened to Jiang Cheng's way, lit a cigarette and said, "Well, it seems that there are still many people in the anti-Japanese federation team who hold the old warlord mentality, Xiao Jiang, you are doing the right thing, the purity of our team is the guarantee of our combat effectiveness, but now is the period of the Anti-Japanese War, as long as he is willing to fight small Japan, we should unite." I have asked Comrade Ye Jianying to unite with the Anti-Japanese League to ensure that the muzzle of the gun is unanimous to the outside world. ”

Jiang Cheng finally waited for Chairman Mao to finish speaking, and hurriedly said, "Chairman, what's the matter with that rifle in the telegram?" Our arsenal can finally produce its own weapons? ”

Zhou Guansheng pointed at Jiang Cheng and said, "I thought you could endure it for a long time, that's right, after our steel plant was steeled, we immediately began the research of self-produced weapons, and the machine tools you gave us can be said to be excellent in this era, we thought about it for a while, and felt that there are only three options for weapon imitation, one is the German 98K, one is the devil's 38 style, one is the SKS you gave us, and finally, it is the chairman who patted the board, and the SKS was imitated." ”

Chairman Mao smiled and said, "Our foundation is poor, so we can only set our goals higher first." ”

Jiang Cheng asked, "Chairman, how are we doing with our imitation?" ”

Chairman Mao waved his hand and said, "It's better to see than to hear, let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

On the way, Jiang Cheng told Chairman Mao and others about the new military order, and when Chairman Mao heard that there were 122 heavy artillery, his whole eyes lit up, and he was about to say something, when he heard Xiao Wang shouting, "Chairman, we have arrived." ”

I only saw a canyon with a small river in front of me, and I don't know when a piece of factory buildings were erected in the forest, and there were several fortresses on the canyon. That's an anti-aircraft fortress.

"This is our arsenal, there are more than 2,000 people now, and the main products now are bullets, grenades, mines and other simple weapons, come, let's go over there." The one who spoke was a middle-aged man in a blue worker's uniform, he was the director of the Yan'an Arsenal, and he was also the technical backbone, and he was the person in charge of this imitation, his name was Liu Ding.

Liu Ding is only 36 years old this year, but he is a military maniac. Since childhood, he likes to dance with saws, planers, chisels and other tools. His favorite toy is a broken alarm clock, which he has been disassembling and reassembling repeatedly.

Liu Ding looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Thanks to the care of the leaders, our arsenal has such a large scale." ”

Jiang Cheng looked at the machine tools in the factory neatly arranged, the workers were working with full concentration, from time to time there were sparks of steel, and on the other side was a streamlined grenade production line, Jiang Cheng could easily see that there were many female comrades in the assembly line.

Liu Ding took Jiang Cheng and others to a workshop and said, "This is our experimental workshop." We have now succeeded in copying the Type 38, the Mauser rifle and the SKS rifle we got, and we can also copy the mortar and grenadier canister. ”

I only saw the finished or unfinished products lined up on the floor in the workshop, on the appearance of some products. Jiang Cheng can determine that this weapon is a defective product.

This is an arsenal, there is a large amount of explosives, Chairman Mao no longer smokes, but holds Liu Ding's hand and says, "I want to thank the comrades for their help." Without you, there would be no arsenal, come. Let's talk about our copying. ”

Mr. Liu Ding took out two rifles and said, "Look, this is our imitation, this is the original version, our barrel is a little thicker, and our range is shorter than the original, but the gap is not big." As he spoke, he handed the gun to the people.

Jiang Cheng took a look at it, only to see that the rifle was obviously heavier, so he asked, "How is the life of our barrel?" What about accuracy? ”

Liu Ding said with a smile, "The life is acceptable, and the accuracy is OK, after all, the rifle is actually only 200 meters effective on the battlefield, but this is because it is made by our master, if it is mass-produced, it is difficult to say whether it can maintain this level." Chairman, look at the defective products over there, which were made by our new comrades. The worker's training can only rely on accumulation, and there is not much room for tricks. ”

Chairman Mao pointed to the ground and asked, "Comrade Liu Ding, has our grenadier also been successfully experimented?" ”

Seeing only the rows of grenadiers arranged on the ground, Liu Ding walked over and took a gate, walked over and said, "Chairman, you see, this is the same way, we have lengthened the barrel and thickened the pipe wall." So that our grenadier is a lot heavier, but the range has also reached 700 meters, and there is also a rifle line in the barrel, which can be said to be not much different from the devil's grenadier canister, and similarly, we have successfully copied 82 mortars and machine guns, although they are a little heavier and thicker, but they are absolutely not compromised in performance. ”

Jiang Cheng asked curiously, "I don't know what the current output of weapons in our arsenal is?" ”

Liu Ding pointed to the people behind him and said, "We have a lot of scholars studying in Europe, and there are also many former arsenal workers from all over the world, so the production speed is not bad, if we go all out, we can guarantee that we can now produce 800 rifles, 70 grenadiers, and 20 mortars per month." We are still developing machine guns, and we can't guarantee production yet, but they will definitely not be less than 50 units. ”

Chairman Mao applauded and said, "Okay, we have now solved the problem, the next step is to increase the production problem, our troops are expanding faster and faster, we must match our productivity and the needs of our troops as soon as possible, I put forward a request, I hope that by the end of 38, our output will reach more than 2500 rifles, 200 machine guns, 300 grenadiers, 100 mortars, and we must have the ability to produce 120 mortars and 75 field artillery, which is also the sentence, Let's solve the problem first. If there is anything missing from the arsenal, just ask the organization, and the organization will do its best to solve it for you. ”

Liu Ding rubbed his hands and said, "When the organization's requirements are raised, we will definitely find a way to complete it." ”

Zhou Guansheng hurriedly interjected and said, "Quantity must be improved, quality must also be improved, quality is more important than quantity." ”

Chairman Mao hurriedly clapped his hands and said, "Yes, yes, quality first, quantity second, quality and quantity." By the way, how are you eating and dressing? Lacking or not? ”

Liu Ding hurriedly shook his hand and said, "There is no shortage, there is no shortage, everyone can do it." ”

Chairman Mao nodded reassuringly.

Walking out of the arsenal, Chairman Mao smiled and said, "It's okay now, to be honest, Xiao Jiang, I really hope that one day you won't need to buy any weapons." ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and smiled, "There will be a day." ”

Chairman Mao suddenly patted his head and said, "I'm old, I've forgotten about things, Jiang sent a telegram to you, asking you to go to Wuhan, Wuhan has now reached the most critical moment, I think it's better for you to go once, in addition, the heavy artillery you said can be pulled over as soon as possible, I will let the artillery units speed up training, in the later battles, we need a strong ability to attack the fortification." ”

Jiang Cheng saluted and said, "Yes"——

Tokyo

Hirohito sat on the throne and said with a smile, "I read the battle report, this raid was very good, and the officers at all levels will be rewarded together after the Battle of Wuhan is over and after the surrender of China." ”

The guards and the others hurriedly leaned over and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”

Hirohito shook his head again and said, "But there are also a few troops that are really not good, how did the Sixth Division fight like that, aren't my warriors worthless?" It's really distressing for widows. ”

The guard hurriedly attached himself and said, "Do you want to order the punishment of the commander of the Sixth Division?" ”

Hirohito shook the jade ruyi and said, "Forget the punishment, after all, they did their best." I wonder what is the important matter of this imperial meeting? ”

The guard took out a stack of papers and said, "Your Majesty, after our assault, we have captured a large number of Chinese troops and captured a large amount of materials and ammunition. ”

Hirohito took it and flipped it over and asked, "It's a mess, there are all kinds of weapons, isn't this the current situation of Shina?" What's the problem? ”

Konoe replied, "Your Majesty, please read carefully, of the weapons and materials we have seized this time, forty percent are made in Germany and the Czech Republic, two percent are homemade, two are made in other countries, and two are made in the Soviet Union. ”

Hirohito immediately reacted, flipped through it several times, and shouted, "The Soviets are really excessive, our imperial army did not die under the sword of China, but died in the ammunition of the Soviets, Zhang Gufeng battled, we have seen the Soviets' external strength and middle strength, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately went to protest with the Soviets, we can no longer tolerate it." ”

Konoe immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise, China has a large population, and if there is a continuous supply of weapons, I am afraid that China will become a quagmire for the empire, and my cabinet colleagues have discussed it and believe that after the settlement of the China incident, the problems of the Soviet Union will become the greatest pressure on our diplomacy, so we believe that we should speed up the alliance with the independent countries." ”

Hirohito said with some hesitation, "This is an alliance with the independence of the country, so I'm afraid Britain and France will be dissatisfied with us." Isn't our current anti-red international treaty enough? ”

Konoe sighed, "Our current treaty does not stipulate that if a country is attacked by another country, another country must declare war on that country, which is why we have not expressed any position when we are at the peak of the war." ”

Hirohito nodded and said, "Okay, in order to ensure the peace of our Great Japanese Empire, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Independence Nation negotiate the alliance." (To be continued.) )