Chapter XIV New Rifles and Mortars

After returning from the barracks the next day, Huo Shan's life became three points and one line again, the army and the machinery factory ran on both sides, if it wasn't for the steel factory built in Keelung, it was too far away, and it was inconvenient to go back and forth, maybe he would be even busier now! Of course, watching his plan come true step by step every day still made Huo Shan feel sincerely satisfied!

"This is our new rifle!"

"Yes, young master, this is made according to the drawings you gave us, and it fully meets the original design requirements, it can be said that this is a perfect weapon, at least one generation more advanced than the current standard rifles of Britain, France, Germany and other countries!"

Looking at the chief engineer of the arsenal who he personally appointed, gushing about his new achievements, Huo Shan couldn't help but show a happy smile on his face.

Reaching out and taking the new rifle that had just been wiped with oil, and after weighing it, he shook his head with some annoyance and threw it to Huo Hu and the others next to him, who had already jumped into the test! Now he was too young to withstand the recoil of the 7.62mm caliber rifle!

"Well, it seems that I have thought about the addiction of shooting guns, and I have to wait a little longer!" But the thought of his new rifle made his heart excited again.

"It's a pity it's not Mauser 98k!" Huo Shan thought with some regret in his heart! German things are good, but there is a very bad aspect that the production is too good, and there are many processing procedures and workpieces used! Obviously, this rifle is indeed a little more difficult for the Huo family's arsenal, which has just been established and does not have too many equipment and skilled workers, and even if it can be produced, the output will not be too high! Therefore, in the end, when choosing the standard equipment of his own troops, Huo Shan took a fancy to the simple and durable, easy to produce, and was not inferior to the Mauser 98K Mosin Nagant rifle in battle! Moreover, the cultural quality of the soldiers of the Huo family army is almost not much different from that of the Russian army, and it is suitable to use this kind of cāo as a simple rifle! Of course, Huo Shan has also made further optimization of the shortcomings of this rifle!

"According to the young master's request, we have redesigned the case hook of this rifle, and adopted the double-row fixed magazine design you requested, and created this new rifle with a simple structure, safety, sturdiness and reliability!"

After finishing speaking, Mao Jinshen stared excitedly at the young man in front of him, he had worked in the Anqing Ordnance Institute for nearly 20 years, and he still couldn't believe that such a rifle that even foreigners didn't have would be designed by a six-year-old child.

To this day, he still remembers how excited he was when he first saw the design drawings.

"I've lived most of my life in vain!"

"Mao Lao, can you introduce the xìng of this rifle! Does he meet our original design requirements?"

According to the young master's instructions, we have adopted the 7.62mm×57mm pointed bullets that have just been developed, 5 rounds of built-in magazines, which can be quickly fed through the bridge clip carried by the soldier, its weight is only 3.9 kg, the length is 1.1m, the barrel length is 600mm, the muzzle velocity is 755m/s, and the effective shè is 800m! It can be said without a doubt that this is a cross-era rifle JĪNG product! Young master, you are really an unborn genius, and you are ashamed of yourself!"

Listening to the old man's praise, Young Master Huo, who had plagiarized other people's achievements, showed a sense of pride on his face.

"Young master, this rifle is so good! My tiger has never seen such a great rifle since I was a child, and compared to it, the Germans' Type 71 rifle is simply in tatters!" Huo Hu, who led a large number of officers to test the gun, began to shout at Huo Shan before he arrived.

"Do you want it?"

"Want?" replied with a straight Huo Hu's face full of eagerness, nodding his head like a chicken pecking rice.

"No way, wait!It's your turn in a month!" Young Master Huo pouted and said.

Hearing this, Huo Hu suddenly became anxious, and he couldn't care about so many people looking at it at the moment, so he hugged Young Master Huo's little arm and wailed: "Why, young master! Our army is looking forward to the stars and the moon just for guns! Even if it is, now that the same rags as the Mauser 71 can't get together a single shot, young master! Now, this is finally a new rifle, you can't forget us!"

"Leizi, pull this guy away for me!" Huo Shan said with a headache to the young man who was snickering next to him.

"Yes, young master!"

"Fourth brother, let go of the young master, the current production of new rifles is too low, and there is a shortage of ammunition, so you won't be able to get a new gun within a month!"

"Then what should I do, when I came out to test the gun today, I promised the second brother that if I can't get the gun back, the second brother won't fix me!" Huo Hu said to Huo Lei while looking at the young master's face.

"Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful, I'll let you bring ten new guns back later to satisfy your hunger!" Young Master Huo saw that he pushed Huo Shi out as a shield, and he couldn't help but laugh at the moment.

"Ten strokes is too little, at least it will take eight thousand!" Huo Hu muttered dissatisfied.

"You stay honest with me, otherwise I won't have a new gun!" Looking at his scoundrel appearance, Young Master Huo said angrily.

"Young master, please name this new gun!" Seeing that the farce just now was over, the old man Mao, who had been standing next to him, said with a smile.

"Let's call it the Taiwan Type 1880 rifle, referred to as the 'Type 80', what do you think?" Hearing this new name, the people next to him couldn't help but chatter, and then, everyone's faces showed a look of satisfaction.

"By the way, Mao Lao, how is the output of this new rifle?"

"If you use the new machine tool invented by the young master, you can only do 1,500 pieces per month, of course, as the workers become proficient, the output will increase to about 2,000 pieces per month, if you want a large amount of equipment, you may have to wait for a while?"

"Well, I know, I will ask the machinery factory to hurry up the production of new military machinery, now they have design experience, a new set of machine tools will be sent here every half a month, and they will fully support the production of new weapons in military factories!"

"Thank you, young master!"

"Well, how about our ammunition production?" Huo Shan then asked.

"The situation is not very good, we have improved nitroglycerin explosives in accordance with the young master's formula and process, and have reached the standard of smokeless gunpowder! However, the production of new ammunition requires a lot of copper, and we in Taiwan cannot help but lack copper, and there is no corresponding bullet processing equipment, so the output of pointed bullets is very low now, and the monthly output is only less than 100,000 rounds!" Mao Laolu said.

"I see, I'll solve the problem with the copper and the machine. Also, have the other weapons handed over to you been developed successfully?"

"We have successfully developed the wooden-handled grenade and the mortar that the young master said, but now the seamless steel pipe we need still needs to be purchased, so we have only made a few 60mm caliber mortars and are testing! We have not yet figured out other submachine guns, light machine guns, heavy machine guns and the 70mm infantry gun that the young master said!"

Looking at the shame on the old man's face, Huo Shan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, although his laptop had the most advanced weapon design drawings of this era, but the lack of talents and the backwardness of the production process could not quickly transform these weapon drawings into advanced weapons and become combat power in the hands of soldiers!

"I still have to wait!" Huo Shan said secretly in his heart.

"Well, Mao Lao doesn't have to feel guilty, it's already very good to be able to do this! Let's go, let's go to the test site and see the power of mortars. ”

The artillery test site is not far away, and everyone walked together for five or six minutes!

"Is this artillery?" Huo Hu was very skeptical about this, using a tripod to prop up a thick pipe, and there was a large tray behind the pipe, whether it could be fired! Because, apart from the thick steel pipe, it really had no resemblance to the artillery known as the god of war.

"Boom ..."

Looking at the smoke and dust raised in the distance and the agitated gravel, except for Huo Shan and the workers of the factory, everyone else couldn't help but grow their mouths!

"This is indeed an artillery!" Huo Hu smashed his mouth, his expression couldn't help but get excited, this is their army's new equipment!

"The caliber of the mortar is 60mm, the muzzle velocity is 200m/s, the maximum range is 2000m, the speed is 30 rounds per minute, the gun weight is 15.6kg, the mass of the shell is 1.4kg, the effective killing radius is 8.5m, the cāo is simple, can be carried by individual soldiers, and is flexible and mobile. Mao Lao looked at the artillery not far away and introduced it excitedly.

"Front-loading smoothbore mortar!" Huo Shan thought to himself.

The troops in the military base in Houshan have been secretly training for more than two months, and soon they will officially form an army and go to various places, and the successful advent of mortars at this time has solved the army's needs for heavy firepower.

Seeing Huo Hu circling around the mortar, with an urgent look on his face, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile faintly.

"Don't be in a hurry with mortars, now the first thing we have to ensure is the production of new rifles and ammunition!!"

"Understood!

"That's it, let me know if there's any situation! Leizi, go and call the tiger, let's go!"