Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 451 Chapter 450, it’s a transition anyway.

After a heart-to-heart talk, the chief of staff sent a telegram directly, asking to select 500 new recruits with martial arts skills from this year's recruits and send them to Xijing Town for centralized training. And then? Then there was nothing else. The remaining things were for Zheng Changfeng to lead a company to receive new recruits, train them in advance, and then select the best soldiers to join the special operations team!

As for the choice and source of equipment? Hey, these new recruits are lucky, because the Eighth Route Army just happened to make a fortune, and there is no shortage of training resources and equipment to build a mobile battalion. So, all members start with semi-automatic weapons, and there is also enough training ammunition!
Of course, equipment and marksmanship training will have to wait, because when new soldiers join the army, three months of training is necessary when they are not in a hurry to fight! Now it is just after autumn, there is enough food, and the livestock raised in the base can also be slaughtered, which can fully supply the nutrition needed for training.

It is worth mentioning that in this training, in terms of shooting, these soldiers need to be familiar with all the guns before they can conduct special semi-automatic training. The purpose is naturally to seize the Type 38 bolt-action rifles in the battle and use them as soon as they pick them up.

Strictly speaking, the equipment captured from the enemy on the battlefield cannot be used by oneself, because the sound of gunfire is also a key factor in distinguishing between friend and foe. But in practical terms, the Eighth Route Army was so poor that they had to fight with red tasseled spears. If they didn't use the captured bolt-action rifles, they would be fools! Distinguishing between friend and foe? What they want is to not distinguish between friend and foe, and then fish in troubled waters!
For example? How is the Sparrow War fought? There are gunshots everywhere, real and fake harassment, so that the enemy can't tell where we are, how many people there are, and where to launch the attack...

After putting aside the issue of troop construction, Li Yuexuan can finally stay in the arsenal and engage in production with peace of mind!
After the battle of Lijiapo, the name of the flying thunder cannon was known throughout the army, and the long cannon grenade became the final killer of the mortar unit. So, after some calculations, Minister Zhang released part of the explosive reserves for production, and then the arsenal made some to equip the main regiment.

This thing, as the last killer, is actually not used a lot! If it is not a place that cannot be hit, it would be a waste to use such a weapon! Therefore, two or three groups are enough for a regiment. And Li Yuexuan's main focus is on the production of continuous firepower.

In the original Czech-style imitation workshop, standing in front of Li Yuexuan was the workshop manager, Lao Zhu.

"Director, these are the last batch of spare parts! After they are assembled, all Czech-style production will be transferred to the Naogou Arsenal in the east! From now on, all the production capacity of this workshop will be put into the production of assault rifles and semi-automatic rifles! However, I think that the weapons we make in this way are actually limited by bullets." Lao Zhu said.

"I understand what you mean. You are worried that some troops do not have a large number of 6.5mm bullets and will not be able to equip these weapons, right?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Yes, that's what I mean! How to put it, in the newly built factory of Naogou Arsenal, even if some of the technical workers in the past are employed, the Czech-style production will not be the same as it is now! In this way, some troops will still be affected. Do you think it is possible to retain some production capacity here?" Old Zhu was really reluctant to completely abandon the Czech-style production.

"About this matter... give me a few days, I'll think of a solution! However, the production here must follow my instructions. The two workshops must coordinate production capacity. For some interchangeable parts, we must do a good job of centralized coordination of production capacity, so that production efficiency won't be affected by more or less! Moreover, production must be carried out in full accordance with standard dimensions so that they can be interchangeable!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems!" Old Zhu assured. "Okay, keep an eye on it these days. Once production is in order, come and report to me. I won't be here these days!" Li Yuexuan gave the instructions and went back to the factory office.

Sitting in the office, Li Yuexuan used a small wooden spoon to scoop a piece of honey with honeycomb from the porcelain jar and put it into the teacup, then poured warm water on it. He began to ponder how to solve these messy things. To put it bluntly, the Eighth Route Army had no ability to produce bullets, and could only rely on captured, allocated and reloaded bullets to ensure the ammunition needs.

Now that the Hundred Regiments Campaign was over, Chiang would never allocate a single round of bullets to the Eighth Route Army. He would only command his troops to fire bullets at the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, in the future, the Eighth Route Army would have fewer and fewer bullets, and even the types of sub-munitions would be increasingly concentrated on 6.5mm ammunition. There was no other way, the Eighth Route Army's main combat target was still the Japanese.

In order to solve various problems, it would be easy as long as the Eighth Route Army had its own bullet production capacity! For example, if they could get a few bullet production lines from the Russians that could produce 1 rounds a day, they could make their weapon systems move closer to this type of bullet.

But... No! The type of gun is determined by the type of bullet, that's fixed!

However, Li Yuexuan has a super developed brain! The speed of the brain is comparable to that of the mobile phone he brought. The computing and analytical abilities are really artificial + intelligent!
So, after some calculations, demonstrations and analysis, Li Yuexuan began to draw! Isn't it just a light machine gun? Among the existing models, why not just choose a light machine gun with a pull force? Using this gun model as a blueprint, and then make some changes to the bolt and barrel, so that it is easier to replace the barrel, and even the bolt can be easily replaced.

Therefore, the light machine gun that Li Yuexuan modified the design of has a simpler and more solid structure, the caliber remains unchanged at 7.92mm, and the barrel is as easy to replace as the MG30. As for accuracy? It is definitely not comparable to an assault rifle, but it is comparable to the Czech type. The -round lower long magazine is enough as a cover weapon, and the barrel can be replaced.

Then, correspondingly, the frame of the same rifle can be slightly changed to a 6.5mm bolt and barrel system, so there is no need to consider the type of bullet! As for the lifespan? Is this a problem? It's 40 years now, and it only takes another 13 years. Once the 53 series weapon system comes out, these will have to be sent to the militia.

So, after some careful drawing, a stack of drawings was placed in front of Lao Zhu, and he was asked to arrange people to tinker with it.

After waiting for ten days, Lao Zhu excitedly sent four of the latest Qi Lali light machine guns to Li Yuexuan to report the good news: "Director, this is very useful, really useful, much better than the Czech type!"

(End of this chapter)