Rebirth of the Military Industry Power of the Anti-Japanese War

Mao Yi was dissatisfied after seeing this, and asked someone to tell him that Chairman Chiang was unable to achieve results because the country was suffering from internal and external troubles and the difficulties were too great. Although the central government had many resources, it also had a heavy burden, and Chiang should not be considered inferior to Yan on this basis.

"Then I will make a bet with my husband. If we can produce a rifle that is better than China's in one month, how about he start working for the people from now on?" Hu Weidong wrote.

Mao Yike's answer was, "If this is the case, I have no complaints even if I am a small worker, but I am afraid that the general is exaggerating."

Since then, Mao Yike has been very calm. Hu Weidong did not send anyone to force him in, nor did he take any drastic actions. He just stayed inside patiently, and did not refuse the food and daily necessities sent by Hu Weidong.

They were worried that Hu Weidong would cause trouble. For this reason, someone suggested to Hu Weidong to put some poison in the food, but Hu Weidong shook his head and refused, saying, "It is difficult to establish credit, but it is very easy to destroy it. We can't lose the big for the small. And Mao

The gentleman is familiar with factory conditions and is a firearms expert himself. If he can join the revolution, he will be of great help to the military industry of our party and army."

In order to fulfill the bet with Mao Yike, Hu Weidong abandoned military affairs and personally presided over the research and development of new guns. Liu Ding and other technical backbones of the arsenal also devoted themselves to the work day and night, and young Wu Yunduo would not let this go.

Given the rare opportunity to learn, he greedily absorbed the knowledge and experience of his predecessors like a dry sponge, and his skills and insights have made amazing progress.

Hu Weidong originally wanted to produce the most classic AK47. With the equipment conditions of the Gongxian Arsenal, there should be no problems. However, considering China's poor bullet production capacity, Hu Weidong finally chose the one in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in history.

The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle was improved from the Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle. This type of gun has been used historically from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam. During this period, it even squeezed out the Type 63 automatic rifle that replaced it and re-installed it in the regular People's Liberation Army.

Needless to say, it is a classic. Although Hu Weidong is far less familiar with firearms than cannons and ammunition, he still knows the structure of this classic gun type. In addition, Liu Ding, an outstanding military expert in history, is at hand.

With the help of a few outstanding technical workers, it took Hu Weidong only three days to build the first prototype gun. At first, Hu Weidong wanted to install tactical rails on it, but soon found that if he wanted to add this design, the whole

The design of the gun must also be adjusted. It may be too late. Moreover, it is still the 1930s, and the domestic technology industry is extremely backward. Even a sight is extremely expensive. The significance of the tactical rail is actually limited. On the contrary,

It would be very troublesome for the Japanese to learn it, so Hu Weidong decisively abandoned this design that currently had little significance. It was not used until the August 1 assault rifle produced a few years later...

However, the 7.62mmx39mm intermediate-power bullet equipped with this rifle has not yet come out. Hu Weidong had to lead everyone to work overtime to modify the bullet production line, and finally produced a usable bullet half a day before the agreed date. Now Mao Yicai can

Finally, he had nothing to say, and he obediently left the ammunition depot and waited for Hu Weidong's orders, but his face was full of joy and excitement, because he had returned to China for so many years, and now he finally saw the hope of the rise of China's military industry.

So he could only say "I'm sorry" to Chairman Chiang who valued him very much...

Although the sample was made, Hu Weidong found that mass production was not as simple as he originally thought. Although the quality of the German-made special steel was higher than the Soviet 50ia alloy steel that had been used for the gun historically (gun

The machine) had to be good (Note 1), but the problem is that it cannot be produced domestically and has to rely on imports. Not to mention the high price, and it is difficult to buy and transport it into the Soviet area. In order to avoid the arsenal having no rice after the stock of German special steel is used up.

After cooking, Hu Weidong decided to build a special steel factory, and at the same time tried to purchase chromium ingots to meet the needs of chromium plating of certain parts, so as to achieve the complete localization of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle as soon as possible...

In addition, Hu Weidong also proposed the idea of ​​building a "one-stop" military industry system. In addition to vigorously building mining, quarrying, non-ferrous metallurgy (mainly copper, lead, and zinc), lime, cement, and refractory materials with relatively low technical difficulties

, in addition to basic industries such as ordinary glass, we must also try to solve the supply problems of explosives, steel and electricity.

Among the chemical raw materials needed to make explosives, sulfuric acid is the most important. Although there is already an oleum plant under construction in the "new factory" of the Gongxian Arsenal to produce chemicals, this plant uses sulfur as the basis.

Not only are the costs of raw materials high, but they also have to be purchased in large quantities. Hu Weidong remembered that this area is rich in pyrite, which can replace sulfur as a material for making sulfuric acid. It can be completely self-sufficient and the cost will be significantly reduced. But using pyrite

Iron ore as raw material must use advanced boiling roasting technology. Fortunately, this technology is advanced, but the process is not difficult. Historically, China was able to successfully develop it independently in the 1950s. With the conditions of Gongxian Arsenal,

Coupled with the guidance of Hu Weidong, the "prophet", there is no problem in starting immediately. In addition to using cheap sulfur-containing minerals such as pyrite as raw materials for the production of sulfuric acid, the boiling roaster also has surprisingly low fuel requirements.

Even coal gangue, which is almost useless under normal circumstances, can be fully burned in the boiling furnace, thus further greatly reducing costs. This was more widely used in the construction of subsequent thermal power plants.

It is worth mentioning that in the process of building the boiling roaster, Hu Weidong further deepened his understanding of later fluidization technology and applied it to a wider field, making operations continuous, production intensified, and processes simplified.

Later, China made outstanding contributions to the development of many industrial sectors such as chemistry, petroleum, metallurgy, and atomic energy...

Note 1: Because it is easier to keep materials and processes secret, advanced countries can maintain their advantages for a long time. Those backward countries (excluding Germany and the United States in the early stages of their rise), because their scientific and technological levels are very high from the beginning, the difference is only in the total economic volume.

.) Unless large-scale technology transfer is obtained, it is almost impossible to significantly and comprehensively shorten the gap with advanced countries in terms of materials. In the 21st century, China has already caught up in many fields.

The world's advanced level, only in terms of materials, is still far behind the West (China's engine failure is ultimately a material problem), with an average gap of half a century, and Germany has always been the leader in materials science, even before World War II.

, in many aspects it is stronger than China, which has since become the world's factory. What's more, the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is actually only a product during World War II. It is normal that the material is not as good as the German product. Of course, the price/performance ratio is another matter...

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