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Chapter 184 Chapter 183, the horse rifle is made
The 5th day of May was a very special day for the guerrillas. Because on this day, the guerrillas' military workshop finally produced the first batch of experimental rifles of the Type 7 rifle! On that day, Zhao Danian excitedly called the independent detachment. Along with it, there were all kinds of news.

The news related to the guerrillas was that the Japanese in Taiyuan finally took action on May 5st! However, the target of the action was not Jinzhong or southeastern Shanxi, but the Beiyue area where they had previously fought guerrilla warfare.

It is possible that the Japanese also knew that the main force of the 120th Division had gone to the Jizhong Plain, and felt that the strength of the Beiyue District had declined, so they attacked the Beiyue District. The target of this attack was naturally the Wutai Mountain area. After all, the Japanese had suffered several heavy losses here, and they were bound to get back at it.

In the Taihang Mountain area, the Japanese invaders moved around a bit before the New Year, and then they calmed down. It seemed that nothing happened. Of course, this is only the news from the Taihang Mountain and Beiyue areas. But looking at the whole country, the Japanese invaders have never been idle. In southern Hebei, the Japanese invaders kept sweeping, and it didn't end until March.

During this period, they also continuously attacked the newly arrived 120th Division troops in the Jizhong Plain three times. As a result, in early March, the 3th Regiment, which had previously played the main role in the Huashipian ambush, ambushed the enemy's troops leaving the city in Heima Zhangzhuang, 716 miles west of Hejian County, and killed more than 8 enemy soldiers.

On April 4, when the Japanese attacked Qihui Village northeast of Hejian, the 18th and 716th Regiments seized the opportunity to annihilate more than 715 Japanese. In this battle, the Japanese released poison gas, but they could not escape the fate of being mostly wiped out.

When the Japanese saw that the situation in central Hebei was not going well, at the end of April, they set their sights on the 4th Division operating near Mount Tai. They divided their troops into nine routes to attack the western Tai area, intending to destroy the main force of the 115th Division in one fell swoop.

Of course, the result of this battle was that my Eighth Route Army suffered losses, and the Japanese also suffered heavy losses, so no one gained any advantage. However, the base area on Mount Tai was given time to develop.

During this period, the five divisions formed by the Japanese in their homeland were continuously transported to China, which greatly enhanced the strength of the Japanese. Although these five divisions were three-unit divisions, with only three infantry regiments, the artillery was organized as regiments (5 mountain artillery battalion, 5 field artillery battalions, a total of 1 artillery pieces), and there were also engineering, logistics regiments, search regiments, etc., and their strength should not be underestimated.

At the same time, the Japanese also opened up a battlefield in Jiangxi in the south, and fought a major battle with the Guojian army at the place where the first shot was fired.

In short, the Japanese had all kinds of steel materials backed by the Eagle Sauce, and their war strength was still at its peak. Among the five divisions that entered the country, the 5th Division was incorporated into the North China Japanese Army, and the 35th Division was simply incorporated into the First Army, stationed in Taiyuan City. It was precisely because of the addition of this division that the headquarters was worried, after all, it was a division, not a regiment.

With this division, the Japanese can attack northwest Shanxi, attack Beiyue District in the northeast, and attack southeast Shanxi in the south, taking a great initiative. Sensing the increase in the Japanese troops, the New 4st Regiment, which had been transferred from southern Hebei to southeast Shanxi, was quietly stationed near Liangjia Village at the end of April. That's right, after fighting in southern Hebei, Lao Li came to southeast Shanxi as a garrison of the headquarters. But now, this garrison has quietly arrived in Ping'an County, which shows how much importance is attached to the Beishan guerrillas!
How could the headquarters not pay attention to it? Although the guerrillas at that time only had three projects, namely, the development of rifles, reloading bullets, and making grenades, the scale was much stronger than that of the small workshop in the third division! Moreover, the headquarters also learned about the production progress of the horse rifles in a timely manner, so they also knew how great the potential of the arsenal was! At least, the Eighth Route Army was about to have a unit that could stably produce rifles, right?
Then, on May 5, the first Type 7 carbine rifle rolled off the production line, followed by live-fire testing and other projects, and stable production will be possible in the future.

The guerrillas' current daily grenade production has reached 1500. The reloading of bullets is not stable. With sufficient resources such as shells and propellant, they can load about 1000 rounds a day.

As for the latest horse rifle, if calculated based on the current material reserves, 10 qualified products can be produced per day, which is very good! At least, this is an improvement from 0 to 1, and the subsequent expansion of production is not a big deal.

The specifications of the horse rifle are naturally the same as the previous design drawings. The guerrillas have reloaded bullets, so after the first rifle comes off the assembly line, it is a wear test and accuracy test! As the best marksman and designer (carrier), Li Yuexuan personally led the team to conduct actual tests this time. He fired more than 500 rounds of bullets before the rifling of the barrel was worn down to the point where the bullet accuracy was reduced to the point where it could not be shot accurately at 100 meters.

Initially, the accuracy was 300% at 300 meters, and it took 9 rounds for the accuracy to drop to 400%. After 200 rounds, the accuracy at 9 meters was only 500%. Finally, after 100 rounds, the accuracy at meters was off target, so the test was abandoned. This was the result achieved by Li Yuexuan with his absolute gun sense, which was also the limit of this gun.

And the good news is that, apart from the barrel which has unsatisfactory wear resistance due to its material, there are no problems with the rest, especially the firing pin of the bolt, which has not broken, deformed or softened, and the quality is very reliable.

Of course, Li Yuexuan was the main test leader. After he fired 200 rounds in a row, Jiang Daquan, Xu Hongying, Tian Chuan and others continued to shoot. They took a break but the guns did not stop. Finally, he took over the accuracy test and the final result was obtained. According to the evaluation of Xu Hongying and others, this gun is easy to aim, has good accuracy, and is light and easy to carry.

Even the "indecisive" little girl Xu Hongying wanted to replace her Type 44 rifle with a new cavalry rifle. Well, is this considered getting tired of the old and liking the new? ?

After the test, everyone was very satisfied, so the gun was ready for production! You say this is a bad gun? No! Except for Li Yuexuan who can hit the target every time, the best result of the guerrillas, such as Tian Chuan, is 300% of the target rate at 9 meters, using the Type rifle. The same rate can be achieved with the Type rifle. So this is the limit for these people.

Moreover, in the Eighth Route Army's battles, especially in the Taihang Mountains, there were very few battles within 300 meters, and most were within 200 meters. The key is that if you can't fire more than 5 shots, you can throw away the bayonet and fight, which is a great advantage!
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