Under the small American-made table lamp, Su Hongsheng lay on the table with his eyes shining, excited and excited to be projected into the thick drawings ().

Yang Qiu looked at him and didn't know whether he wanted to laugh or cry, because the ordnance problem had become a big problem, so he came overnight to ask about the progress of the Hanyang factory in detail, but he didn't expect that as soon as he came, he would integrate into the several ordnance drawings he took out, and he didn't even let himself say half a sentence ().

These ordnance drawings were carefully selected by him, and there were three new types of equipment, namely the later Mosin Nagant M1944, the classic German-made M24 grenade and the 80mm mortar.

Although military fans love the Mauser 98K, M1 Gardland or Lee Enfield, he has a soft spot for the "silly and rough" Mozingana. Compared with the old Mosin Nagant, the M1944 is shorter and lighter, and it also retains the advantages of traditional leather and simple construction, which is easy to mass-produce, and most importantly, it is very suitable for soldiers with low culture. The latter point is almost all Russian weapons, which is related to Russia's national conditions, and the current China is just like Russia, and the soldier culture rate is very low, so the more it is necessary to ensure that the weapons are simple and easy to use.

Of course, there is another important reason for it, that is, the Russian 7.62*54R protruding bottom rim bullet has less recoil than the current German 7.92 mm bullet, which is more suitable for Oriental use, and the protruding bottom edge conical cartridge case is suitable for countries with poor basic industry, because the protruding bottom rim cartridge shell has relatively loose requirements for the size of the chamber and allows for a large production tolerance, which is almost a blessing to Hanyang's industrial capacity. As for the M1 and Lee Enfield, they didn't think about it, the reason was very simple, the faster the rate of fire, the greater the consumption, and he didn't even want much heavy machine guns, just because there was no money and not so much logistics for them to waste.

Of course, M1944 is not without weaknesses, the most criticized is the butt and pull handle, the previous butt is a straight line below, and the top is an arc, which is very unfavorable for assassination, the pull handle is too short, the head is round, it is very difficult to hold, especially in winter, the probability of wearing gloves to operate a sliding hand is very large, which will directly affect the soldier's combat. So he made a little improvement, the butt was changed to the shape of the three-eight big cover, the front sight was changed to the hole type, the recruits were easier to aim and shoot, the ruler and the door were improved accordingly, and the Mosin Nagant signature folding four-edged bayonet was also abandoned and replaced with a detachable stab. The handle was lengthened and folded down instead of horizontal when locked, to prevent scratching during marching, and the head was changed to an oval shape.

As for the famous German M24 grenade, it has not changed at all, in fact, he originally did not want to use a wooden handle grenade, because although the wooden handle grenade seems to be simple, but in fact, the wooden handle is more complicated to make, and the efficiency is far less than that of a fully cast oval grenade. But through the daytime fighting, it was found that the explosives manufactured by the gun factory are still very problematic, although the grenade is small and can carry more, but the lethality of the current explosives is definitely not enough, and the grenade is more suitable for street fighting, so the most classic German M24 in World War II was chosen, its charge is twice as large as the grenade, and the long handle is easy for untrained people to use ().

Mortars are needless to say, the only pity is that at the moment the light sight is still very expensive, and it is basically impossible to make it in China, so the oldest mechanical sights can only be used, so

When Su Hongsheng finally pulled his gaze out of the drawing, he immediately asked, "Old Su, how is it?" ”

How could Su Hongsheng not know his feelings, Wuchang had already heard Su Xiaohu say about his refusal to support, but he didn't expect that in this case, he would actually choose to make new weapons instead of continuing to build Hanyang, which was really a bit bold, and hurriedly said: "My lord, with all due respect, what the army needs most at this moment is probably Hanyang, not this new rifle, right?" ”

Yang Qiu knew that he had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "Old Su, you guessed wrong, at present, our army only needs to be made in Hanyang, and this kind of gun will be gradually manufactured and redressed after it has stabilized, and I want to take it out now to see if I can make a sample gun and experiment first." ”

Su Hongsheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the experiment, he was now afraid that Yang Qiu would point to his nose and ask him to make dozens of new guns a day, and said with a smile: "With such detailed drawings, I think I should be able to come up with a sample gun in two months." ”

The time for the new gun was not in a hurry, not to mention that after taking out the sample gun, he was going to send it to Germany to find the Mauser company to continue to improve it, so he turned his head and picked up the other two drawings and asked: "What about these two, can they be made?" ”

"In this grenade line, the pre-engraved shell and lead are not a problem, the main thing is that the wooden handle is not easy to process, which may delay the speed." Su Hongsheng deserves to be a veteran gun expert, and he quickly saw the biggest problem with grenades. As for the second type, Yang Qiu insisted that it was a cannon, but the mortar that did not have the appearance of a cannon made him difficult, and after thinking about it, he said straightforwardly: "My lord, I will also give you a reason." We can now make 50 Hanyang-made bullets per day at the fastest, 20,000 round-nosed bullets, and your pointed bullets have just started to be imitated, up to 3,000 per day, and 800 shells per day. ”

Su Hongsheng continued: "If we can solve the problem of carpentry, this kind of grenade is also simple, and it is not a problem to make two or three hundred a day." But I'm afraid the cannon is too difficult! You know, although the steelmaking plant is temporarily under military control, but those steels are not for military use, it is possible to make grenades for shells and lining steel, it is not possible to make cannon barrels at all, and there is no seamless steel pipe technology in China, so you have to use the oldest casting mold method to make cannon barrels, and then grind them out by hand little by little! In addition, the workers of the artillery factory have all returned, but it takes a lot of money to reopen the furnace at the steel medicine factory, and there are very few good steels, even if the mold is cast, it will take a while, and we have not made this kind of cannon and shells, I am afraid that it will not take two months. ”

Yang Qiu rubbed his temples when he heard this, he already knew some of Hanyang's techniques, which were basically made by hand polishing, and if the high-strength seamless barrel for mortars was cast and reground by hand, even if there was no shortage of equipment and materials, a few could not be made in a month, and it seemed that another way had to be found. So he thought about it and said: "Don't worry about money, I will ask Zhang Wenjing to allocate 1 million to you for turnover in a while, so that everyone will not go hungry, as for this kind of cannon ...... You can try it out first, and I'll figure out the materials and the rest. ”

After finishing speaking, he temporarily put aside these troubles, stared at Su Hongsheng and suddenly smiled: "By the way, did Su Lao ever imitate the light machine gun I showed you last time?" ”

"My lord, how do you know?"

Su Hongsheng was asked with a red face, since the last time he saw the drawings of the ZB-26, he was itchy and began to quietly imitate, because he had built a light machine fast gun, so he made five sets of parts in more than a month, but what made him strange was that the parts were not lacking, and the size was checked many times by hand, but it could not be used after assembly, and after the drawings were returned, he didn't know what went wrong, so he has been reluctant recently, and he didn't even have time to pay attention to the matter of the three towns changing the sky.

Yang Qiu had already guessed that he would imitate it, and took out another drawing from his pocket with a smile: "Old Su, don't blame me, people's hearts are unpredictable, and I have to be careful." ”

Su Hongsheng took the drawings and looked at them, and finally understood why he said this, it turned out that there were several places in the drawings last time that the data was deliberately tampered with, don't look at the size difference, but it is a thousand miles away for a machine gun, no wonder no matter how he checked, he didn't know what went wrong. Deliberately tampering with the drawings did make him a little dissatisfied, but he returned to normal in an instant, because Yang Qiu was right, if he really imitated this kind of light machine gun before the change, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the surveillance of Zhang Biao and others, and there would be no Right Route Army today.

"Take it, I hope you can make it sooner ()." Yang Qiu smiled and said: "Hanyang can't stop, 50 pieces a day must be guaranteed!" Bullets should also be strengthened, especially pointed bullets, not only to speed up but also to ensure quality, these days we have tried and found that many of your pointed bullets do not fit the chamber, to screen before they can be used as machine gun bullets. The shells can't stop either, we urgently need it. Carpenter of the grenade, you can rest assured, tomorrow morning I will have someone to gather all the carpenters from Hanyang and Hankou for your disposal, anyway, what do you want, just look for Zhang Wenjing, it really can't work, I can also recruit thousands of people from the two towns to help! ”

got 1 million at once, solved the key problem of the new machine gun, and also got the drawings of three new weapons, Su Hongsheng, who was happy, nodded straight. Yang Qiu took out the drawings of the small-wheeled frame used in the common Makqin machine gun in the toy model of later generations and handed it to him: "This is the small-wheeled towed heavy machine gun frame I designed, and my heavy machine gun will have to press this in ten days, no problem, right?" ”

It's just a small trailer with a gun rack, ten days will definitely be no problem, Su Hongsheng immediately hugged the drawings and left, ready to work overtime to build a grenade first, and he went to solve the machine gun and the new rifle, as for the mortar, it seems that it is going to send a telegram to those old guys who studied in Germany together and are now scattered all over the country.

After he left, Yang Qiu sighed quietly, took out the data machine and smiled bitterly, what he hopes most now is to have a scanner, you must know that it is just a light weapon now, if he needs an aircraft carrier or something one day, he will die of exhaustion sooner or later. And it seems that the information in this is not needed, because the current domestic technical level and processing capacity are too sad, and the barrel of a mortar will be cast! It may become the biggest joke to be passed on to future generations.

"Commander, you are." When Zhang Wenjing entered the door, he saw Yang Qiu pinching a silver metal flat box with a sad face, and thought that something big had happened, and the latter didn't expect to be seen the biggest secret in his life, so he was startled and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Wenjing actually didn't care about the box at all, and said anxiously: "The German minister is here, it seems that he is still in a hurry, and he said that he must see you tonight." ”

"It's finally here." Yang Qiu breathed a long sigh of relief, stuffed the data machine back into the inner pocket of his chest, and grabbed the bag that had been prepared long ago.