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

Therefore, Hu Weidong suspended the production of these useless projects that day and let the arsenal focus on the production of mortar shells, grenades and gun shells, with gun shells being the top priority, while the "new factory" that mainly produced chemicals was fully committed to the production of explosive mercury fulminates.

and other necessary military raw materials. What surprised everyone in the arsenal was that what was required to be produced at the fastest speed turned out to be the production line of Mauser pistol bullets. It turned out that, on the one hand, after thousands of Rangers were wiped out in the Dabie Mountains, the Second Eighth Army of the Red Army

The number of Shixiang's equipment has exceeded 7,000, and the demand for bullets has naturally increased further; on the other hand, it is because Wu Yunduo finally succeeded in converting the original 9mm to 9mm after decades of repeated thinking and hundreds of experiments.

The caliber of the "submachine gun" made in the border area was changed to 7.63mm, and the Mauser pistol bullets that are more common in China can be used. Several details were improved (such as the magazine) without increasing the cost and labor hours.

The position of the gun has been changed, so that it will not jam when shooting due to grabbing the magazine...), which improves both accuracy and reliability. The most rare thing is that the new gun

The model can use the magazine of the twenty-ring box gun (Note 1), which is undoubtedly very helpful in reducing logistical pressure. Submachine guns are big consumers of bullets, and the production difficulty of "made in border areas" submachine guns is ridiculously low...

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Fortunately, the Gongxian Arsenal is probably the one with the best quality ammunition among the domestic arsenals. As early as ten years ago, when the continuous-fire model of the shell gun did not appear, the factory had already transformed a submachine gun using Mauser pistol ammunition.

"Flower mechanism", from this we can also see the excellent quality of Mauser pistol bullets produced by Gongxian Arsenal. You must know that although slightly larger domestic arsenals can produce Mauser pistol bullets, the twenty-shot pistol bullets used in continuous rounds

Or submachine guns (especially firearms and ammunition produced by different manufacturers are difficult to be compatible, even if the model and caliber are the same), but it is easy to jam. If Gongxian Arsenal had not had this technical foundation, Hu Weidong's transformation plan would not have been possible.

But it’s just a castle in the air...

However, all production lines for 7.92mm Mauser rifle bullets have been temporarily suspended for technical transformation. It turns out that in order to reduce costs and save copper and lead, Hu Weidong planned to follow the historical experience of the New China's military industry system and replace ordinary bullets with steel core bullets and coat them with copper.

Steel replaced copper bullet casings. Since Hu Weidong knew this technology very well, under his guidance, it took only more than three months for the Gongxian Arsenal to complete the technical transformation of all production lines for machine gun bullets and non-mortar shells.

This greatly saves costs and increases production significantly.

In addition, almost all firearms, including famous anti-war guns such as the Chinese official rifles, were ordered to be discontinued by Hu Weidong because the craftsmanship of these firearms was cumbersome and the cost was lower than those of new firearms produced later in history that used stamping technology in large quantities.

It is much higher, but the performance is actually a bit worse (the cost of the best machine gun in World War II, the mg42, was only a quarter of the Maxim heavy machine gun, and it was lighter and more powerful.). It is better to wait for a high-quality and low-priced one.

After the new firearms are successfully developed, the production of firearms will be restarted....

Under the personal leadership of Hu Weidong, the adjustment of the product structure of Gongxian Arsenal achieved great success. In the following year, the factory produced more than 200 million rounds of various bullets, more than 200,000 grenades, and more than 30,000 blasting tubes.

There are more than 20,000 artillery shells, more than 10,000 75mm artillery shells, nearly 30,000 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles named the 24th (24th year of the Republic of China) type semi-automatic rifles, and the finalized Type 24 submachine gun (changed to 7.63

mm caliber "made in border areas" submachine guns), more than 100,000 landmines, more than 10,000 rifle grenades, and more than 100,000 rifle grenades...

Among them, the production of barrel artillery shells has dropped sharply by nearly 80%. This is partly because the Eighth Red Army Corps does not have such a big demand for the time being and needs to save manpower and materials and prioritize the production of bullets. On the other hand, it is because Hu Weidong has restricted the production of Gongxian Arsenal.

The artillery shells were improved, so the production line naturally had to be adjusted accordingly. It took more than half a year, and the output was naturally greatly affected. The so-called improvements were in addition to using copper-clad steel instead of brass as the material of the artillery shells to reduce costs.

In addition, the shape of the artillery shell has also been optimized. In fact, the tail of the artillery shell is made into a concave shape, which is the "bottom concave" in the terminology of ammunition science. This shell shape can significantly reduce the flight of the artillery without basically affecting the accuracy of the artillery.

The eddy current resistance in the process increases the range of the artillery. Especially since the enemy often uses the original range to take precautions without knowing it, the Red Army is likely to take advantage of surprise...

As a top ammunition expert in later generations, Hu Weidong is also well aware of range-extending technologies with better range-extending effects, such as bottom rows, rocket boosters, jujube-core shell design and full-bore ammunition modifications. He really wants to do it.

It may not be impossible to develop, but considering that those technologies will seriously affect the accuracy and lethality of artillery shells (the more obvious the range extension effect, the greater the side effects.), the Red Army, which has to tighten its belt to live, simply cannot afford it. Hu Weidong

I had to give up for the time being...

The rebirth of the Gongxian Arsenal convinced the technical backbones of the former arsenal represented by Mao Yike, while the creation or upgrading of various basic industries convinced those experts and scholars who had previously resented Hu Weidong's domineering practices.

Their hearts were surging, and their attitude towards Hu Weidong immediately took a 180-degree turn, and the young college students and students admired Hu Weidong so much. Hu Weidong immediately lost no time in giving a passionate speech, "

I know that everyone has criticized my previous actions, but otherwise, there would be no Gongxian Industrial Zone today. I believe that everyone here has the ability to become world-class experts, but why does China even import iron nails?

What? Because our Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats behind him instinctively rely on foreign countries for everything. They always think that 'it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy.' They have never thought about building their own basic industries, as long as they

China is run by them, and heavy industries such as steel, chemicals, automobiles, and aircraft manufacturing cannot even be developed! And our Chairman Mao has always adhered to the development path of "self-reliance", knowing that only industry, especially heavy industry, has developed.

, China will not continue to be bullied by foreigners, and China can regain its dominance among the nations of the world. Even if we pawn our pants, we must build up China's large industry!"

The experts in the audience spontaneously applauded. One expert who had returned from studying abroad recalled what Song Ziwen had said to him: "There are no shortage of foreign products, so why make them yourself?" He felt emotional and burst into tears.

Note 1: Most shell gun models are magazine-fed, but the most authentic twenty-ring-German M1932 Mauser submachine pistol is magazine-fed.

20-ring guns, which are basically high-end products. Poor old Chiang Kai-shek was only willing to buy 10,000 guns from Germany, but in the end, most of them were cheaper than the Red Army...

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