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Chapter 457 Chapter 456, It’s May

Li Yuexuan did not stay in the forging factory for long. It only took him two days before he returned to the main factory in the east.

During these two days, Li Yuexuan drew two copies of all the drawings needed for the 120 heavy mortar, including the drawings of the towing frame. Of course, the most important thing is the drawings of the shells, because the forging factory is also where the shells are produced, and most of the mortar shells in the arsenal come from here.

At noon on the third day, when Li Yuexuan and his team rushed back to the arsenal, Minister Zhang had already prepared spare equipment, engineers and workers to help Li Yuexuan complete the urgent production. Don't ask how Minister Zhang knew it. There were several telephone lines, so it was just a matter of one phone call.

"Your order has caused us to search all the bases, and we have found many of the treasures you mentioned!" Minister Zhang looked at the train axles he brought back and said with a smile, "Now our headquarters arsenal, including the Xianwang Village forging station and the Liugou Ironworks, have 138 train axles in stock, most of which come from the Baijin Railway Line."

"Then, your Liangjia Village Arsenal actually has 380 sticks left. They were captured from Yangquan! And after counting the other bases, there are still 306 sticks available!"

"So, there are enough materials, it just depends on your design ability! Don't feel pressured, just report if you need anything, we will fully support you!" said the chief of staff who came here specially.

"Please rest assured, both leaders. I will do my best! In fact, it's just a mortar, but with a larger caliber. There's no need to be so serious. Please look at this, the drawings and materials I drew, as well as the predicted final performance results." As Li Yuexuan spoke, he placed the drawings on the table for the two leaders to see in person.

The two of them were not polite. Although they didn't understand it very well, they could still get a general understanding. After they finished reading, they put the drawings back in place and returned them to Li Yuexuan, and then let Li Yuexuan go back to work.

Li Yuexuan was naturally busy, so after saluting, he took the drawings and left without any delay. However, the two leaders smiled at each other in the office and sighed at the same time.

"If this mortar can really be made, then we will no longer be helpless against the enemy's artillery units! A range of more than 5 kilometers is enough for us to have a good artillery battle with the enemy's artillery units in the mountains! Moreover, the mortar is an indirect firepower, which is more suitable for mountain warfare. Even a range of 4 kilometers is basically enough!"

"Yes, we are in great need of an artillery that can compete with the Japanese mountain artillery in terms of range. The key is that we can produce our own shells, which is much better than relying entirely on captured shells! The loss of captured shells is too great, and there is a lot of uncertainty, which makes us use artillery with caution in battle!"

"If we can manufacture it ourselves, we will have a stable source! Even if the output is low, even if we can only make dozens of shells a day, it is still a stable source! If we have enough shells, we can give the Japanese a hard time!" After Minister Zhang finished speaking, he looked at the chief of staff and said, "We need to increase our investment in our military industry!"

"Increasing investment is a must, you don't have to worry about that! Moreover, by winter at most, we will have our own bullet production capacity in northern Shaanxi, and both production lines will be running at the same time!"

"Two? You can make 2 bullets a day?" Minister Zhang looked at the chief of staff, then said with a smile: "Although it's a little far away, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, but it can solve the problems in northwest Shanxi after all! With sufficient bullets, the troops in northwest Shanxi will be able to develop easily! It's just that the 129th Division has suffered. They are at the forefront and have made too many sacrifices!" "So, we will give priority to compensating them with the most advanced weapons and the most sufficient ammunition. Although the bullet compensation is less, we will give them enough mortar shells and grenades! Okay, you continue to take care of the arsenal here, I'll go to Yixiantian to take a look, the fortifications over there are still under construction, I need to keep a close eye on it, at least it must be able to defend against the Japanese's 105MM artillery bombardment."

The chief of staff left with his guards after he finished speaking. This time he came here specifically to see Li Yuexuan. Because of the arrival of the Yamazaki Battalion, the headquarters paid special attention to the defense of the arsenal. The chief of staff was specifically responsible for building a defense system so that when attacked again, there would be the ability to defend and counterattack.

Li Yuexuan was busy. He needed to determine how to use the size of the train axle on hand for production! The outer diameter of the train axle is 200mm, and the thickness varies, but it is enough to make a 120mm mortar. However, with a length of more than two meters, there is still a lot of redundancy in producing a mortar tube of more than one and a half meters, which is not good.

Therefore, the best option is to cut it into two pieces after red-hot forging, and then forge it with a die to reduce the redundancy of the outer diameter so that it can be used for two purposes. If the material is not enough, you can also punch out a part of the inner hole from the middle to make reasonable use of the material. There is no other way. When alloy steel is not mass-produced, it must be used sparingly.

Starting with the experimental production in the forging workshop of the arsenal, Li Yuexuan devoted himself wholeheartedly to the production of 120 heavy mortars, and this busy work lasted for a whole month.

When he went to the field hospital to visit Xu Hongying in early April and watched the special operations team's training, he remembered that some things seemed to be able to be implemented! At least, they could be implemented in the special operations team and Xu Hongying's nurse team.

It is worth mentioning that the number of female nurses under Xu Hongying has increased from 36 to 60. The reason for these increases is that on the one hand, some new female nurses have joined the training team, on the other hand, the nurses who survived the narrow escape have returned to the team, and some nurses who were trained by Xu Hongying at the headquarters hospital have also come over.

Now, the equipment of these nurses is no longer limited to semi-automatic, but also has a considerable number of assault rifles, two grenade launchers, and even 6.5 6mm versions of the Qi Lali light machine gun! It can be said that these nurses are favored by everyone, and all the good equipment is given to them!

Opinions? Who can have opinions? Who dares to have opinions? Who has the nerve to have opinions? The nurses are risking their lives. If you have opinions, will you blush?
What was Li Yuexuan going to promote? Actually, it was the camouflage training uniform that he wore when he traveled through time. He planned to ask the clothing factory to help make some of them and equip them for the nurses and special forces.

Those who understand the advantages of camouflage uniforms will understand! Especially when the right camouflage uniforms are used, they really have the ability to be invisible!
Li Yuexuan's opinions were naturally taken seriously, so the printing and dyeing factory received the order and patterns first, and then the clothing factory had the styles...

By the time the special forces and nurses changed into mountain camouflage training uniforms for training, it was already May.

(End of this chapter)