Rise from the sword

Chapter 473 Of course it's free!

"All the Bofors cannons have been eliminated?"

Zhao Gang was startled.

Now the independent regiment is equipped with a total of 105 Bofors mountain guns, and all of them have been replaced with the new [-] mountain guns. This matter... It doesn't seem to be a big deal.

After thinking about it carefully, Political Commissar Zhao's surprise quickly disappeared.

The new 105 mountain cannon is the same as the previous new 105 howitzer. The technology is very advanced, and the exchange quota from Boss Chen is quite a lot. The total weight of a cannon is 1200 kilograms. With accessories, it needs five tons of weapons and ammunition quota.

But one hundred doors are only five hundred tons.

Shoot down four Japs planes, or kill four Japs pilots.

This matter is indeed as Li Yunlong said, for the independent group, this is a matter that has more advantages than disadvantages.

The new 105 mountain gun and the new 105 howitzer shells are common, which can simplify logistics.

The 105 grenade is several times more powerful than the 75 mountain cannon. The 75 mountain cannon can only destroy the most common bunkers. The reinforced civil bunkers can easily withstand it, but the 105 grenade requires at least multiple layers of civil engineering to resist it.

The only downside is the increased consumption of ammunition and increased troop load.

A 105 grenade, projectile, shell, propellant and transport packaging, with a total weight of 23 kg, a big mule can only carry seven rounds in the mountainous area. Fortunately, there are enough big mules in the army now, and a dedicated ammunition transportation company can Equipped with [-] large mules, the transportation capacity is sufficient.

"Most of the remaining Bofors mountain artillery supports other base areas, and a small amount is left to train the new artillery group. By the way, it can also consume more mountain artillery shells."

Li Yunlong snapped his fingers and said.

At present, the independent regiment has more than 200 barrel artillery groups that can fight, but it is far from enough.

Barrel gun crew training is not easy. Map surveying, ballistic element calculation, and landing point calibration require very high knowledge of the gun crew, as well as the artillery observation post.

Fortunately, a large number of live ammunition shooting can speed up this process. Otherwise, in today's tank army, machinery factory, etc., which consume a large number of knowledgeable talents, the independent regiment may not be able to assemble more than [-] qualified artillery groups.

He continued:
"After killing [-] devils, I will get more shells for Zhang Wanhe's logistics department."

"it is good."

Zhao Gang's tone was gratified and satisfied.

"Speak up."

At this point, Li Yunlong suddenly clicked his tongue, looked at the price tag of the new 105 mountain cannon in his hand, and said with emotion:
"Now this big mule..."

It is clearly written in the information that in exchange for a 105 mountain cannon, five tons of weapons and ammunition are required, and 25 large mules will be given as a gift.Twenty big mules can just disassemble and transport a 105 mountain gun plus a base 80 rounds of shells.Plus five supplementary horses.

"It's depreciated."

Zhao Gang also shook his head, his tone full of emotion:

"In the past, Miyano Michiichi, the devil's lieutenant general, was only worth two hundred mules, but now he's buying one and getting ten free."

"That's a good thing."

Li Yunlong was very happy.

It is a good thing that the price of the big mule has been lowered again. The army's demand for the big mule is almost endless.

"Has Chu Yunfei's cannon been repaired?"

Li Yunlong asked suddenly.

In order to test the capabilities of Zhao Jiayu Machinery Factory, Chu Yunfei deliberately asked him to repair a mountain cannon with a damaged barrel. Li Yunlong naturally did what Chu Yunfei wanted and let him see it.

Anyway, when Yoshio Shinozuka came back and got the equipment for the cannonball production line, the technical capabilities of Zhaojiayu Machinery Factory would be greatly upgraded.That is a complete set of production equipment from steelmaking to final products.

Once the digestion is completed, the technical level and production capacity of Zhaojiayu Machinery Factory will increase dramatically.

"It's fixed."

Zhao Gang said with a smile:

"Moreover, it was repaired under the noses of the [-]th Regiment's staff officer with scrap steel provided by them."

"Ha ha····"

Li Yunlong was looking forward to the reaction caused by this incident.

The expressions on the faces of the people in the national government must have been wonderful after they knew about this, but unfortunately, he couldn't see it.

"By the way, next time I'll ask Boss Chen for some coarse soybean grains. Recently, Zhang Wanhe opened a livestock farm on our side to breed the first generation of big mules. We need a batch of soybean feed."

Before the two left, Zhao Gang said.

"it is good."

Li Yunlong nodded.

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a few days later.

Headquarters.

logistics department.

"Go to the livestock farm."

After finishing his daily work, Zhang Wanhe looked at his watch and found that there was still enough time, so he planned to go to the livestock farm to have a look.

With a few assistants, Zhang Wanhe came to a livestock farm located in a mountainous area.

The army attaches great importance to the livestock farm. Not only is it located in the core of the base area, but a battalion of troops has been sent to guard it, especially when it comes to technical aspects, which are strictly kept secret.

Zhang Wanhe is the direct promoter of this level of confidentiality.

As the head of the logistics department, he is very clear that this kind of technology that can stably and widely breed ultra-high-quality mules and horses is absolutely not available in foreign countries, and it must be the world's top animal husbandry technology.

Since ancient times, what has plagued the large-scale breeding of mules is the difficulty in stably cultivating high-quality mules and horses. This is also the core of secrecy. Under his management, no one in the entire livestock farm has seen the complete breeding technology.

There is a reason for this emphasis.

Not to mention the incredible three generations of big mules, the first generation of big mules alone is not just the help of the army.For the vast rural areas where the small-scale peasant economy is common, it can be said to be a powerful boost to the rapid revival of the base areas and even the country in the future.

"so much?"

Walking into the livestock farm and looking at the list of the livestock farm, Zhang Wanhe expressed surprise.

Mule horses are born from male donkeys and female horses. The livestock farm uses the artificial insemination technology provided by Boss Chen. Large-scale breeding has a high demand for female horses, but the demand for male donkeys is not high.At the beginning of the year, when Li Yunlong sent equipment and technology, he also sent thousands of donkeys and stallions that had been bred.Later, it was delivered intermittently, so after a period of time, he had to confirm the quantity.

"Yes, not long ago, when the independent regiment sent food, it sent another [-] horses."

The person in charge of the livestock factory said.

"How many big mules are there now?"

Zhang Wanhe asked.

The person in charge replied:

"Half of it is used to increase the population, and the other half is used to breed the first generation of big mules. After using artificial insemination technology, one litter can produce two. There are currently [-] young mules, and there are still [-] unborn."

"The independent group also has a similar number."

"it is good."

Zhang Wanhe's eyeballs lit up.

Why did he say that this first-generation big mule is the hope of accelerating the revival of the base area and even the country in the future?
The bases of the army are all in rural areas, where the small-scale peasant economy is the mainstay. The people make a living from the land, and ordinary people mainly rely on manpower and animal power to cultivate the land.

The weight of the first-generation big mule is similar to that of ordinary mules, and its carrying capacity and pulling power are also similar, but its endurance is [-]% better.

The biggest improvement is the cost of feeding.

Weeds and leaves can basically be eaten. Just feed a little good feed when working. The value of manure fertilizer is very high, and the disease resistance is no worse than the third generation used by the army. The overall annual feeding cost is nine times that of donkeys. one.

After an ordinary family has a big first-generation mule, it is equivalent to having two super strong laborers who can only eat half of the food. After a year, the same land, the same seeds, can harvest half more grain, and can Cut manpower requirements in half.The rest of the time, you can also engage in transportation and so on.

At that time, the vast rural areas that occupy 90.00% of the country's population will be driven by this first-generation mule.

Just as Zhang Wanhe was thinking, a staff officer walked in:
"Minister Zhang, Staff Mo asked you to go."

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The [-]th regiment is stationed.

In the open space outside the regiment headquarters.

Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong walked out of the regiment headquarters, looked at the returned and repaired Bofors Mountain Cannon, touched the brand new barrel, and immediately asked the staff officers who came back from the Independent Regiment:

"How about it?"

Chu Yunfei's tone was a little nervous.

In name, this staff officer was sent by him to supervise the maintenance. Of course, in fact, he was to inquire about the weapons production capacity of the independent regiment.He worked as a manager in the Taiyuan Arsenal back then, so he has a certain understanding of mechanical technology.

"The barrel is produced by Zhaojiayu Machinery Factory."

The tone of the staff officer was also horrified:

"We still use the scrap steel we brought."

"Tell me about it specifically."

Chu Yunfei's pupils shrank.

The independent regiment is equipped with a large number of luxurious weapons and equipment, which makes him jealous, but it is obvious that these are all produced abroad and are rootless, so there is no need to be too nervous. They will be gone when they are exhausted, and foreign weapons are easy to block and through diplomatic influence.

But it's different when you produce it yourself.

He had just seen that the barrel of the Bofors Mountain gun that was sent for maintenance was of extremely high quality, the rifling was also drawn very finely, and the overall quality was extremely high, even better than the devil's.

However, the Taiyuan Arsenal failed to produce qualified gun steel for so many years.

"The factory on the side of the independent regiment is called Zhaojiayu Machinery Factory. It is very large. Although I haven't seen all of them, it is estimated to be half the size of the Taiyuan Arsenal. The machinery and equipment are very new."

"They use an electric furnace to make steel. Scrap steel is added to it, and then some ore is added. After removing the scum, qualified gun steel can be smelted. It is estimated that [-] tons of steel can be produced a day, but gun steel can only be produced each time. It takes a long time to produce ten tons.”

"They also have a large drilling machine for drilling holes for gun barrels, but the others are small machines, but the production technology is very advanced, and it can produce a 75 mountain gun in about three days."

The staff officer described what he saw:
"In addition, they can also produce small trains, and there is a firearms factory, but there is a military blockade over the firearms factory, so I can't get close."

"You can really produce gun steel and barrels yourself."

Chu Yunfei hadn't spoken yet, and Fang Ligong next to him was muttering to himself.

Glancing at his adjutant, Chu Yunfei frowned.

After returning from Heyuan County, his adjutant has been in poor spirits, and his condition is getting worse and worse. According to the guards on duty, he often wakes up at night, often has nightmares, and wakes up covered in cold sweat.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Yunfei suppressed the horror in his heart.

It is extremely difficult to mass-produce high-quality gun steel by itself. From raw materials to finished products, there are a series of technical problems. At present, the government cannot do it with all its strength. No country in the world can do it more than two hands.

Fifty tons a day is not much, and there is only one large-scale machine tool dedicated to the production of gun barrels.

But the problem is that the opponent has only been developing for less than a year.

Given a few more years, it's hard to imagine how far it will develop?
"Tell the news to the higher ups."

Chu Yunfei sighed.

I hope that with this stimulus, the military workers can work harder and catch up with others.

Of course, he also knew that things would not be so simple, there would definitely be someone who would want to secretly sabotage, but well, since others dared to show it, it meant that they had absolute confidence in their precautionary measures.

a few days later.

chongqing.

"Can you produce high-quality gun steel in small batches?"

Director Dai looked at the information in his hand in disbelief, and then looked at the person in charge of the report:

"you sure?"

High quality gun steel!
This thing is a key technology blocked by various countries, not to mention the government, the world can produce no more than six countries.And even if it is taught by a large foreign factory, it will take several years to learn.

Different countries, different factories, have different situations.

Steelmaking raw materials, environment, additives, processes, and even different workers, any change can affect the final quality.

"determine."

The person who reported was also in an unbelievable tone, but the facts are in front of us:
"The 75th Regiment of the Jinsui Army has personally seen the finished product produced by the other party. After testing, the quality is very high. It is estimated that a [-] mountain cannon can be produced in about three days."

Flipping through the detailed information at the back, Director Dai frowned.

He was hesitating.

Should I tell the old man about this?

He knew that a few days ago, the Americans didn't know what was going on. A representative of the military's transportation department wanted to meet the people there. The old man was very nervous and vigilant.

That's from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

But he had no choice but to agree.

at the same time.

Native American.

A department responsible for coordinating military transportation.

A group of staff officers are working.

With the entry of the United States of America into the war, the fully mechanized American soldiers went to the world, advancing triumphantly and invincible.

The North African campaign is over, Italy has surrendered, and planning for the planned landing of the second European battlefield is also in full swing, and the Pacific Ocean is also reporting frequent successes.

And all these victories are inseparable from the strong logistical support provided by the logistics and transportation department.

But in a series of battles, some problems have also been exposed.

Italy is mountainous, and the battlefield environment is complex. Let alone trucks, even Willys jeeps, or even full-track transport vehicles cannot get on it, and can only be transported by animal power.

However, the poor transportation capacity of animal power transportation cannot meet the consumption of the U.S. army after the upgrade of weapons and equipment. For this reason, the troops suffered a lot of casualties, which caused a headache for the transportation department, but they couldn't think of a solution for a while.

Fortunately, the intelligence forces of the United States of America are very good, and they quickly found hope of solving the problem.

"A kind of animal power that can carry 150 kilograms of materials by camel, and can also walk [-] kilometers a day on rugged mountain roads for a long time? The continuous traction is as high as one ton?"

At this time, a major general came in and asked the staff officer in the room.

The general's tone was full of disbelief.

As a general who participated in World War I, even though he was only a small company commander at that time.

But he is very clear.

Mountain camels can carry 150 kilograms, and the load is no problem. Many animal powers can do it, such as Sharma, but they can walk 150 kilometers on rugged mountain roads with a load of [-] kilograms. No animal power in the world can do it. of.

Rugged mountain road!

It is difficult for a person to walk up with light clothes, let alone a heavy-duty animal.

Also every day!
That is to say, this kind of animal power can walk more than 150 kilometers on winding and undulating mountain roads for more than ten consecutive days with a camel carrying a load of [-] kilograms.

If there was such a thing, the last war could have ended two years earlier.

"General."

A staff officer said:
"According to the information from the intelligence department and General Stilwell's report, the guerrillas of the Republic of China did have such a kind of animal power. The number reached tens of thousands, and it is still increasing rapidly."

"This is impossible."

The general waved his hands directly, with a strong tone of disdain:
"The animal power over there is the most backward in the world. It is small in size and poor in endurance. Even the lightest mountain cannon can't be carried by a camel."

"Lieutenant General Ross has ordered the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of China to contact the other side."

Seeing that the general was going to make trouble, the staff had to move out of his superiors.

Sure enough, after hearing the name of the lieutenant general who coordinated the army transportation, the major general immediately became honest, but he was still not reconciled:

"It's a waste of effort."

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A week later.

Independence Corps.

Zhang Wan and Staff Officer Mo from the headquarters rushed here together.

"Americans want to buy our three generations of big mules?"

Hearing the news brought by Zhang Wanhe, Zhao Gang was stunned for a while.

Envied by the whole world, fully mechanized Americans actually want to buy big mules, which really surprised Zhao Gang.

He didn't think about it carefully enough, and he also understood that it must be used for fighting in mountainous areas. There are many mountains in the European battlefield, let alone a car, and even a motorcycle can't drive it. It seems normal to see the big mule on his side.

In terms of transport capacity, one big mule is comparable to four ordinary mules, and it is easy to raise and use.

"Correct."

Zhang Wanhe nodded and said:
"The meaning above is to listen to your opinion."

In terms of influence, Zhao Gang is even higher than Li Yunlong, even a lot higher. Zhao Jiayu's base area's economic construction achievements, production and construction achievements, and seven-figure rescue work for disaster victims.

"Of course I agree."

The corner of Zhao Gang's mouth twitched.

Americans, that's a big money, a big boss, a big customer.

"The Americans probably want a lot!"

Zhang Wanhe was a little worried—although in the past year, the Independence Regiment had given thousands of three-generation mules to other bases and troops.

"Don't worry, there are now more than 7000 big mules in the Zhaojiayu base area."

Zhao Gang spoke confidently.

The big mule consumes the amount of weapons and ammunition, but now the price of the big mule has been greatly reduced. It is sold at a discount and buy one get ten free. After a while, after killing [-] devils, it will be easy to exchange for [-].

"Then how much should we bid? The Americans want [-] horses for the first batch to try."

Zhang Wanhe continued to ask.

Minister Zhang has been in contact with the big mule for several years, and he knows very well that the Americans will order it in large quantities after using it.

The big mule is not only capable of carrying a camel, but it is as simple as its endurance. The docile character of the shell that explodes around him will not panic, and it is easy to handle like a teammate. It is more humane than a military dog. As long as any troops touch it, That's absolutely love it.

In the army today, the soldiers never regard the big mule as an animal, but a comrade in arms, a close comrade in arms.

"Of course the first batch is free!"

Commissar Zhao's mouth curled up.

Business experience from Boss Chen - free is the most expensive.

Let's talk about the price after the American soldiers fall in love with the big mule.Also, mules are sterile.

at the same time.

Yansheng set off for Taiyuan with twelve new 105 mountain cannons with a cannon company.

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　　Will update at normal time tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)