Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Hurry, come with me to try out the gun!" Li Jin stood up, already impatient. He wanted to try the feel of this rifle.

Xu Qingfeng caught up with Li Jin, and the two of them almost ran to the arsenal. When they met soldiers who greeted them along the way, Li Jin just nodded in response without stopping.

Soon, the two arrived at the arsenal and found Director Liu and his men.

"Battalion Commander, you're finally back!" Director Liu was also very happy to see Li Jin return safely.

"Old Liu, give me the rifle quickly so I can try it out." Li Jin urged.

"Follow me." Director Liu quickly took Li Jin to the warehouse to get a gun.

When Li Jin got the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, a sense of familiarity came over him!

Kaka!

Li Jin loaded the gun directly, then turned around and aimed into the distance. Although there were no bullets, he was still very happy.

"Battalion commander, these are bullets." Liu Changshun brought a box of bullets and handed it to Li Jin.

"Let's go to the training ground to test the guns." Li Jin grabbed the bullet box and took two steps at a time.

They left the dormitory and soon arrived at the training ground. It was almost dark and visibility was greatly reduced.

Li Jin came to a position about 150 meters away from the target, quickly loaded bullets into the magazine, and then loaded the bullets into the gun. The whole process was completed in one go.

boom!
Li Jin pulled the trigger and the bullet shot out of the gun barrel and hit the target.

Bang bang bang…

He fired three more shots before stopping.

Director Liu ran over to get the target. He also took a look at the target and found that the four bullet holes were very close together.

He ran up to Li Jin and said, "Captain, your shooting skills are amazing."

"It's okay." Li Jin smiled. His shooting skills were the most accurate in the special operations battalion, even at night.

"By the way, what's the effective range of this gun?!" Li Jin asked. If he remembered correctly, the effective range of this rifle should be about 400 meters. It can also be equipped with armor-piercing bullets, which is just right for shooting at the Japanese tanks.

"The current test range is 360 meters." Director Liu responded that after testing, the gun's effective range barely reached about 360 meters.

Although it is not as good as the Japanese's 460 meters, it is not particularly bad. The key is that the gun is easy to use and has a higher bullet capacity than the Japanese.

"What is the firing rate per minute?!" Li Jin continued to ask.

"About thirty to thirty-five rounds. If you are skilled in using it, you can reach thirty-five rounds." Director Liu said.

"It's OK." Li Jin nodded. After all, it was already good enough that they could make it. You can't expect too much.

With an effective range of 360 meters, its lethality is much stronger than the Japanese Type 38 rifle, which is completely sufficient for their soldiers to use.

"If we don't produce other guns, we can probably produce about a thousand a month, which is a bit low," Director Liu continued.

After all, they still have the drawings of the new rifles given by the brigade headquarters.

"Don't make other rifles for now. In the next three months, focus on producing this gun. It will be of great use to me. Do you understand?" Li Jin gave the order immediately.

The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is quite powerful. He has to equip his own troops with it first. It will take time to equip them with all the equipment.

"Yes! Battalion Commander, then this gun must be sent to the brigade headquarters, right?!" Director Liu asked. He felt that such a good gun must be manufactured by the arsenal at the brigade headquarters and then equipped to the troops.

"Well, it's time to send it to the brigade headquarters." Li Jin nodded. He had this plan in mind. The reason he didn't give the blueprint before was because the gun had not yet been manufactured.

If he directly gave the blueprint to the brigade, they probably wouldn't manufacture it. After all, no one knew whether this gun was really useful.

If it fails to be manufactured, wouldn’t it be a waste of materials?

Now he can take this gun and the blueprint to the brigade.

After trying the gun, the leader will also understand that this gun is quite powerful.

"Battalion Commander, what is the name of this gun?!" Director Liu asked. They didn't know what the rifle was called yet.

"How about you guys come up with one?!" Li Jin looked at the two of them.

"No, no, no, you should do it. After all, it was you who drew it, and it's not appropriate for us to name it." Director Liu shook his head decisively.

Although they made the gun, he felt it was inappropriate for him to name it. Only Li Jin, who drew the blueprint, could name it appropriately.

"How about, when I get to the brigade headquarters, I let the leaders name it?!" Li Jin asked back. He felt that it was not appropriate for him to name it, so he decided to leave it to the leaders.

"That's fine too." Director Liu nodded.

"Old Liu, you still need to pay more attention during this period." Li Jin said earnestly that the manufacturing of this rifle requires Director Liu to pay more attention.

"Don't worry, Battalion Commander, I will." Director Liu nodded. If it weren't for Li Jin, he would never have the chance to make such a useful rifle.

When he saw the Japanese Type 38 rifle in the past, he always wanted to make a rifle for them.

But he never succeeded. Unexpectedly, he has now made a rifle that is better than the Japanese Type 38 rifle. This is all thanks to Li Jin.

"Yeah." Li Jin and the other two left the shooting range.

"Old Xu, have you checked the backgrounds of these recruited soldiers?!" Li Jin asked as they walked. Although he knew that Xu Qingfeng was efficient, he still asked a question.

"Don't worry, basically everything has been checked. There is basically no problem with their identities and backgrounds." Xu Qingfeng knew the importance of their unit.

If they accidentally infiltrate the enemy's spies, it will be a huge blow to them. The key is their training method. Once it is leaked by the spies, the consequences will be disastrous.

Other troops do not have enough resources to train troops like them, but the Japanese are different. The Japanese are still very powerful and they have enough supplies to train soldiers.

If the Japanese soldiers become stronger according to their training methods, the consequences will be very serious.

Many troops are no match for the Japanese. If the Japanese become stronger, how can they fight them?

"Then I feel relieved." Li Jin also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you going to the brigade headquarters?!" Xu Qingfeng asked.

"It's better to do it today than to wait for another day. Let's do it tomorrow." Li Jin replied. The sooner the things can be delivered to the brigade headquarters, the sooner he can feel at ease.

"Then what should I do next? Let the veterans lead the new recruits to kill the enemy and train?!" Xu Qingfeng asked. Since Li Jin wanted to attack Taiyuan Airport, he would definitely not let new recruits with no combat experience to fight.

Therefore, it is likely that they will choose to train the new recruits first. "Don't worry, it will snow soon and the weather is not suitable for combat." Li Jin said. What Xu Qingfeng mentioned was also what he thought.

There are too many accidents when fighting in the snow. Some soldiers may suffer from severe frostbite, especially when they have to spend the night outside. The temperature at night is too low and the situation is quite serious. It would be bad if a soldier froze to death. This is not what he wants to see.

"Okay, let's talk about it after this period of time." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

"Of course, training is still possible to improve their cold resistance." Li Jin changed the subject and said that training in the snow is still necessary, as long as you pay attention to the time.

If you stay in the snow for a long time, you may get snow blindness, which will be very troublesome, so you have to pay more attention to this.

"No problem." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

"Old Liu, how are the walkie-talkies being made now? Has the communication range been increased?!" Li Jin asked Director Liu again.

"Battalion Commander, you've asked the right person. The communication range of the walkie-talkie can now reach twenty miles!" Director Liu responded confidently.

After continuous exploration and improvement, he finally increased the communication range of the walkie-talkie to twenty miles.

Now the base can use walkie-talkies to communicate, which is much more convenient.

"Old Liu, you are really smart. Once the gun is built, you can make a more powerful walkie-talkie, preferably one that can reach a radius of 50 miles!" Li Jin praised him and wanted Director Liu to work harder.

Make the communication range of the walkie-talkie larger so that it will be more convenient to mobilize troops.

"No problem! Leave it to me!" Director Liu patted his chest and said confidently.

.........

The next morning, Li Jin took Tian Xiaoqi and ten other soldiers to leave the base. He also took two Type 7.62 semi-automatic rifles and a box of bullets.

As for the new recruits recruited by Li Jin, they were basically trained by the veterans.

In fact, these recruits' bodies have already been well recovered and they have also learned a lot of basic skills. They only need to train well for a month or two and they will be able to follow the soldiers to fight the Japanese.

Although there may still be a gap, it will not be too big.

"Battalion Commander, where did you get this gun in your hand? Was it captured from the Japanese?!" While on the road, Tian Xiaoqi couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"This isn't a gun from the Japs. It's a gun made in our arsenal," Li Jin replied.

"What?! The gun we made?! But the style of this gun is not like the newly made rifles before." Tian Xiaoqi was shocked and his face was full of confusion.

"Well, it's the latest one. It's much more powerful than the Japanese Type 38 rifle and can be equipped with armor-piercing shells. When the time comes, defeating the Japanese tanks will be as easy as beating tofu." Li Jin said with a smile.

"Battalion Commander, can I try this gun?!" After hearing this, Tian Xiaoqi also felt itchy and wanted to try the gun.

"You can't try this gun yet. The leader has to try it first." Li Jin refused. He specially picked out a newly made Type 56 semi-automatic rifle just to show the gun in front of the leader.

"Okay." Tian Xiaoqi felt disappointed when he heard that. The base had made new guns, but he could only watch and not use them. It was so uncomfortable.

"I'll let you test the gun when you come back from the brigade headquarters." Li Jin saw what Tian Xiaoqi was thinking and asked him to test the gun when he came back.

It's normal for a man to like guns.

"Thank you, Battalion Commander." Tian Xiaoqi's depression immediately dissipated and his face was full of smiles.

"Battalion Commander, after sending this gun to the brigade headquarters, are you planning to have the arsenal at the brigade headquarters produce it as well?!" Tian Xiaoqi asked.

"Well, this gun is quite powerful. We can't just equip it with it. Other troops must also be equipped with it. Only in this way can our overall strength become stronger." Li Jin responded.

It is not enough for the special operations battalion to become strong alone, all their troops must become strong so that they can compete with the Japanese.

"I understand." Tian Xiaoqi nodded and continued: "When can we equip this gun?!"

"It will probably take quite a while." Li Jin also felt a bit of a headache as the output was still a bit too low.

It would be nice if there were more machine tools.

Thinking of this, Li Jin had an idea. Yes, he now had so many points, he could exchange them for the machine tool drawings, and then use the current machine tools to manufacture them!
The reason why they didn't try to make new machine tools themselves even though they already had them was because they didn't have the production drawings. They couldn't just dismantle the machine tools and then conduct research.

This thing is so expensive that you can’t get it even if you have money. If it breaks and a new one hasn’t been made yet, they will really cry.

At the beginning, Lafki only gave them the assembly drawings. As for the manufacturing drawings, he did not give them, after all, they were more important things.

It was already very good that he could get them two machine tools, and he was not so greedy.

Besides, Lafki also helped them train talents, which was a great help. How could they expect him to give them important drawings?

However, the manufacture of this new machine tool would take a lot of time. He thought it would be better to make the gun first and then spend time to build the new machine tool.

He estimated that building a new machine tool might take at least half a year, or even a year. Their technology was not that advanced and could not be compared with that of foreign countries. Everything had to be done slowly. Anyway, they had plenty of time.

.........

One Sunday later, the sky was still gloomy. Soon, it started to snow. Li Jin and his team's journey became even more difficult.

But it’s not a big problem. The heavy snow will subside after a few days.

They were now less than ten miles away from the New 1st Regiment. At a glance, everything was white.

"Hiss... It's a good thing I brought extra warm cotton clothes when I went out, otherwise, I would have frozen to death." Tian Xiaoqi took a deep breath, and white mist came out of his mouth as he spoke.

It’s not that cold when it’s snowing, it’s mainly cold when the snow starts to melt.

"This year seems to be a little colder than last year," a soldier also said.

"It's okay. This is also a good sign. After all, auspicious snow means a good harvest." Li Jin said. Heavy snow can freeze insect eggs to death. Next year's crops will not be destroyed by so many pests, and it will be a good harvest year.

At this time, the headquarters of the new regiment.

In the kitchen, Li Yunlong was wrapped tightly, sitting on a chair. There was a bonfire in front of him, a pot of hot wine next to him, and a lot of peanuts were roasting next to the fire.

When it was almost done, Li Yunlong poured himself a bowl of wine, then picked out the roasted peanuts and put them into a dustpan to sift out the ashes.

Li Yunlong pinched the peanut shells and poured the peanuts into his mouth. They were crunchy. He then picked up the bowl and took a sip of wine.

"Tsk, ah...this life is so damn pleasant." Li Yunlong looked very happy. It was nice to drink a bowl of hot wine in such a cold winter.

At this moment, the door was pushed open.

(End of this chapter)