The Eighth Route Army Arsenal, looking at the busy figure outside the arsenal, Wang Ping was very happy.

Such a high-intensity bombing arsenal has withstood it, and the arsenal will no longer need to be bombed by devil planes in the future.

At this moment, Zhou Yong, the political commissar of the arsenal, suddenly rushed over, and when he saw Wang Ping, he reported excitedly.

"Artillery, factory director, we got a heavy mortar! The devil bombed the sample artillery before the bombing, because the devil's air raid was not reported! ”

"It was a 120 mm caliber heavy mortar that we captured at the Taiyuan Arsenal!" Wang Ping's eyes lit up and asked.

Now, the arsenal can already produce 82 mm password mortars, but this kind of artillery can be called regimental fire support for the Eighth Route Army at best.

At the brigade level, or even at the division level, the Eighth Route Army did not have artillery to shoot.

Of course, since the establishment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, many great victories have been won and a lot of equipment has been seized. Brigade-level and division-level units have set up quite a number of mountain artillery companies and field artillery companies that have not yet been fully staffed. However, these artillery pieces were captured by the Eighth Route Army, not only in small quantities, but also without replenishment, and if they were used badly, they would have one less.

In this case, the mountain artillery was regarded as a treasure by those brigade commanders and division commanders, and it would never be used unless it was absolutely necessary.

In order to change this situation, after the arsenal could mass-produce light infantry weapons, Wang Ping asked the arsenal to make as many production lines as possible for 120-mm heavy mortars and mountain artillery.

In Wang Ping's view, the firing range is more than three kilometers, or even four kilometers, the power of the shells does not have to be small in the field artillery, and the whole artillery weighs only more than 500 kilograms. As a brigade-level support firepower of the Eighth Route Army, it couldn't be better.

As for mountain artillery, under the condition that the Japanese army in North China rarely uses large-caliber heavy artillery, each military region and base area of the Eighth Route Army can completely set up independent artillery battalions and artillery regiments as a stronger level of support firepower.

It was with this idea in mind that Wang Ping attached great importance to whether the arsenal could produce large-caliber mortars and mountain artillery.

It's just that what Wang Ping didn't expect was that the arsenal would produce results so quickly, which completely exceeded his expectations.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look now!" Wang Ping, who was a little impatient, immediately ordered.

Walking into the workshop specializing in the production of artillery, a mortar with a longer barrel and thicker barrel directly entered Wang Ping's field of vision, set up in the open space of the workshop, and more than a dozen technicians pointed around it.

As soon as Wang Ping came in, they automatically moved out of the way, and the director of the workshop in charge of artillery production immediately introduced: "Factory director, political commissar, this 120 mm password mortar was made by ourselves. ”

"Because there is no steel specifically for the production of artillery, and the performance of rail steel is somewhat worse than that of special gun steel. In order to ensure the safety and performance of the mortar, when producing the barrel, we specially strengthened the barrel thickness, especially the mortar tail, which is almost five mm thicker than the mortar barrel produced by special gun steel! ”

"It is for this reason that the weight of the whole mortar is more than 80 catties heavier than that produced by the Taiyuan Arsenal with cannon steel, and the weight of the whole gun reaches 325 kilograms!"

"However, it doesn't have much of an impact to transport it by camel livestock, or to transport it by hand!"

"There is no problem in terms of safety, the most basic guarantee of whether the mortar can be put into service. Director Zhang, you have done a very good job! Wang Ping was very satisfied with the factory's change in mortars, and said with an appreciative face.

Then he stared at the other party and asked, "What about the range?" ”

"Not tested yet!" Director Zhang replied with an embarrassed face.

But soon, this embarrassment was replaced by self-confidence: "But I am sure that the performance will not be worse than the original mortars produced by the Taiyuan Arsenal, and the maximum firing range will definitely exceed 3,500 meters, or even 4,000 meters is possible!" ”

"Then what are you waiting for, go test the cannon right away!" Wang Ping couldn't wait for a long time, and ordered without saying a word.

"Commissar, you come to arrange, be quick! The sooner the firing parameters of the gun are determined, the sooner the arsenal will be able to start production! ”

"Bang!" A dull explosion sounded in front of the mortar barrel, and the shell weighing twenty catties, driven by the raging flames, quickly flew out of the shell and flew towards the target a kilometer away with a scream.

"Boom!" In less than five seconds, a violent explosion reached Wang Ping's ears.

Wang Ping held the binoculars and stared at the position where the smoke was rising, and said with great satisfaction.

"Yes, the error is more than 30 meters! Inform the gunner, another shot! ”

"Bang...... Boom ......" Half a minute later, the sound of the explosion reached Wang Ping's ears again.

This time, the smile on Wang Ping's face was even stronger: "This time it was a good fight, the error was no more than ten meters, and with the power of the shell, even if it didn't hit the target directly, it could cause damage to the target." Not bad! ”

"Inform the gunner, aim at a target two kilometers away, shoot immediately, a total of three chances to shoot!"

Three shells, the error of the last shell was directly reduced to five meters.

"Okay, fight well, continue to shoot at targets three kilometers away, shoot immediately, or a chance to shoot three shells!" The smile on Wang Ping's face had been replaced by excitement, and he shouted loudly.

After a series ......of violent explosions, Wang Ping jumped up directly because of excitement.

Whether it was luck or the firing accuracy of the mortar was really high, the last shell actually hit the target directly and exploded loudly, with an error of no more than two meters.

Because Wang Ping had been holding a telescope and staring at the battlefield, he could see very clearly.

At this time, even if the tests are not continued, the large-caliber mortar in front of you has a very high production value.

However, three consecutive rounds of test firing made Wang Ping full of heart for this artillery.

Not a word of nonsense, he continued to order: "Continue the tests and use up all the shells we brought!" ”

"The next thing is to test the ultimate firing range and firing accuracy of the mortar at three .five kilometers, the firing accuracy at four kilometers, the firing accuracy at the extreme range!"

"Don't be afraid of wasting shells, if there are not enough shells, I will personally go to the military region to apply for you!"

"And it won't be long before we can produce this shell ourselves!"

After an hour of intermittent shelling, Director Zhang rushed to Wang Ping with both nervousness and excitement.

"Factory director, it's so unexpected! Perhaps the reason for our thickened and lengthened barrel is that the firing range of the mortar we built is 500 meters longer than that of the Taiyuan Arsenal, reaching 5 kilometers. The only regret is that when firing at targets five kilometers away, the error is too large, and there are many various effects. ”

"However, within four kilometers, the firing error of the mortar is within our acceptable range!"

"Director, I suggest that this mortar be mass-produced immediately!"

"With sufficient raw materials and sufficient personnel, how many doors can be built in a month!" Wang Ping agreed without thinking about it, and asked with a look of anticipation.

"One cannon in two days, fifteen guns in a month, this is the capacity of overtime. If you don't work overtime, ten courses a month! Director Zhang replied.

"Produce immediately, work overtime to produce!" Wang Ping didn't say a word of nonsense, and ordered directly!

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