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Chapter 456 Chapter 455, The right one is the best
In the arsenal, no one dared to underestimate Li Yuexuan's words. Even if it was just a casual remark, everyone had to be extremely careful to respond!
Now the director of Peregrine Factory said that he could produce good products. No one knows whether it can be done. But, what if? What if it really works?
Old Duan was indeed a man who spent all day with the forging workers. He had a really hot temper! After hearing what Li Yuexuan said, Old Duan yelled and ran away.

As he ran, he called out to the staff around him: "Go check quickly, check how many train axles we have! Remember, you must check carefully, don't let any one go! Also, call each military sub-district, including the Taiyue District, and ask them how many train axles they have in stock! If you can't get through on the phone, send someone to check in person!"

Old Duan ran away in a hurry. Li Yuexuan continued to study the train axle in front of him, and then quickly searched in his mind, looking for a weapon that could succeed and quickly form combat effectiveness under the current technical capabilities! As for how many train axles there are? Are they enough? Is there still any need to worry about this?

Even if there are only these 7 train axles in front of us, they can be put to great use! Once the product is released and everyone sees the combat capability of the new product, will there still be a shortage of train axles?

Some people may wonder, are train axles really that good? Aren't there piles of them in any forging factory in Zhangqiu? Aren't they all cut and beaten into various parts?

Let’s put it this way, in peacetime, those replaced train axles are not really good things. At most, they can be treated as scrap iron and processed for secondary use, which is really meaningless.

But what? In this era, it is definitely a good thing! Forget about the material problem. Just look at the use of train axles and you will know that this steel must be good! It must be able to bear weight, withstand various impacts, and have strong resistance...

This, it is absolutely right to use it to produce gun barrels! What did you say? Gun barrels? In this era, it is a waste of material! In fact, in the later peaceful times, some seemingly ordinary materials are very good things in this era! After all, the technology accumulated by the development of the times really has a crushing advantage.

What does Li Yuexuan need to consider now? What kind of products should be produced using these train axles to be most suitable for the current Eighth Route Army?

What can be considered at present? Type 37 rapid-fire gun, Type 92 infantry gun, Type 41 mountain gun, Type 38 field gun... None of these barreled artillery pieces are suitable! The first problem is that the rifling processing is difficult to do! Even if the rifling processing is done, the production of shells is a big problem! The production of shells is much more difficult than the production of artillery! Moreover, what about resources? What about electricity?

After excluding all barreled artillery, the only option left for Li Yuexuan was the mortar! Among the many mortar models, combined with the existing material specifications and sizes, combined with the needs of mountain warfare and the desire for firepower intensity... 120 heavy mortar is the best choice! After all, the right one is the best!

The 120mm mortar is a frequent guest in Lao Wai's books. There are also various transformation plans in the group, which are the crystallization of the wisdom of book friends. Moreover, this cannon is produced in the north by the Russian bear, and the quantity is huge. It is not a big deal to make it for the Eighth Route Army!
The key point is that although the mortar is a bit heavy, the various parts after disassembly can still be moved by manpower, which is convenient for mountain operations. In places with good road conditions, the built-in towing and launcher structure can also be moved and deployed well.

The key is that the weight of a 120mm mortar shell is about 16 kilograms, which is just the maximum value within the weight range that the artillery loader can bear. It's not that it can't be moved if it's heavier, but that you need to hold the mortar shell and stop at the muzzle, waiting for the order to fire at any time, which is a great test of the soldier's physical fitness and endurance. The weight of this shell is here, so the power of the bombing is naturally very high! Take the 55-type (imitation of the M43 of the bear) of our great grandfather's generation. It weighs 275 kilograms, the barrel length is 1560 mm (13 times the diameter), the caliber is 120 mm, the elevation range is 45°~80°, the direction range is 8°~30°, the shell weighs 15.9 kilograms, the muzzle velocity is 272 meters/second, the maximum rate of fire is 15 rounds/minute, the maximum range is 5520 meters, and the minimum range is 460 meters. The killing area is 56 meters × 28 meters.

Apart from anything else, the killing area of ​​56×28 meters alone is tempting enough! No idea? Calculate it, this is a full 1568 square meters, and one acre of land is 666 square meters.

That's right, with this cannon, one shell is enough to cover more than two mu of land! Just ask you if you are satisfied, right? Still have no idea? The area of ​​a standard basketball court is 2 or 420 square meters. One shell can cover three and a half basketball courts! Now you understand it, right? If you still don't understand, you have to ask the Indians in the printing era how they felt?

Another advantage of choosing this 120mm mortar is that it is not difficult to manufacture it, but it is compatible with the Flying Thunder Cannon, which consumes a lot of explosives. Although the Flying Thunder Cannon also has its own launcher, it can be done by changing the structure of the tail wing and the outer diameter of the propellant tube...

Another point is that the arsenal cannot currently produce artillery shells, but the technology for making mortar shells is already mature! Although the 120mm mortar shell is large, there is no technical threshold.

Let's put it this way, a weapon that can manufacture its own mortar shells, has a range of 5 kilometers, can blow up two acres of land with one shot, and is also compatible with larger caliber flying thunder cannons, do you think the team will like it?

Therefore, it only took Li Yuexuan a few minutes to decide to imitate the 120mm mortar! After deciding, he did not sit idle and wait, but directly gave up the next inspection work and plunged into the drawing room of the forging factory, and also arranged for a sentry to stand guard here.

That’s right, Li Yuexuan occupied the drawing room of the forging factory. Even Xiong Da from the special service squad went to the kitchen of the forging factory and watched the chef cook. This means that even the kitchen was occupied!

Faced with such a "strong" Li Yuexuan, the workers had no objections, but cooperated with the work very carefully. They even tried to restrain their strength when forging iron so as not to disturb their own factory director.

The workers may not know much because of the confidentiality level, but their sensitivity to gossip should not be underestimated, after all, the public has sharp eyes.

(End of this chapter)