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Chapter 462 Chapter 461, the first batch was given to the 386th Brigade

Minister Zhang has a really good mentality. Whenever he encounters something, he always faces it with an optimistic and positive attitude, which also helps to calm Li Yuexuan's mentality.

Therefore, after knowing that a batch of train axles would be arriving soon, Li Yuexuan was no longer in a hurry and turned around to busy himself with the production of mortars.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing to worry about! Didn't the Japanese just fight the Zhongtiao Mountain Battle? What does it have to do with the Arsenal? Although after the fall of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese had about three divisions of troops free, it's nothing! Of course, the ultimate combat goal of these three idle divisions is still to attack our base, so we need to be prepared for this.

But even if we want to take precautions, we have to wait until the Japanese have finished the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, completed their defenses in Zhongtiao Mountain, and completely controlled the area north of the Yellow River.

Of course, at this time, Bald Chiang was eager to get help from the Eighth Route Army, such as launching a large-scale raid to delay or mobilize part of the Japanese troops.

But what? The Japanese had been planning for so long, how could they just change the battle plan? What was the key point? Bald Chiang had moved the main force from Zhongtiao Mountain to fight the Eighth Route Army. Only a fool would help Bald Chiang at this time!
However, the headquarters decided to launch several raids on the Pinghan Line in the east and the Tongpu Railway in the west to support the main battlefield in Zhongtiao Mountain. At least, it could delay the movement of some of the devils.

Having just been tricked by Bald Jiang, the Eighth Route Army now had to help Bald Jiang break the attack and delay the Japanese... In short, it was a very frustrating thing. The Eighth Route Army was enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens.

Well... As a later comer, Li Yuexuan has actually seen a lot of such things. Although it is a bit hard to accept, he has no choice but to endure it and work hard to develop himself! When he becomes truly powerful, he will no longer need to look at other people's faces.

Therefore, during this period of May, Li Yuexuan listened to Minister Zhang's description of the war situation outside, supervised the production of heavy mortars, and also devoted himself to the transformation of the 5 mortars.

Li Yuexuan must supervise the production! Apart from other things, after a cannon is made, it needs various inspections to determine whether it can be put into use by the troops, right? And Li Yuexuan's role is to do a final check after various inspections, and use the auxiliary panel to help check those undetected loopholes to prevent unqualified products from entering the troops.

Not only the mortars but also the shells need to be checked. Li Yuexuan also goes to the warehouse where the shells are stored to check them every once in a while before issuing a warehouse list. How should I put it? Every mortar shell that leaves the arsenal is guaranteed to explode on the battlefield, and there will never be a dud.

Sometimes Li Yuexuan feels like an artificial and intelligent quality inspection machine with 100% accuracy. He only needs a bowl of millet rice, an egg, a steamed bun and a piece of pickled vegetable to complete a whole morning of inspection.

As time went by, the production of heavy-duty parts was put on track, and the production of some parts also had corresponding processes and production standards. For example, the train axle was first heated and forged, and then cut little by little with a cutter. This was the premise of all production. The cut blanks needed to be forged by free forging and die forging at the beginning of the month, and then transferred to the next process.

After fine forging, the blank is first cut on the lathe for the outer circle and two end faces, and then sent to the drilling machine for deep drilling of the inner hole. After the inner hole is drilled, the next step is to send it to the lathe for semi-finishing turning, followed by heat treatment... and finally fine turning the finished product. While the barrel is being processed, the forging side can forge the seat plate, bracket, etc. When these two parts are being fine-processed, the forging side will forge the parts needed for the towing frame, and at the same time, the foundry will also cast some wheels...

In short, a mature and effective system is the condition to ensure the rapid production of products. After all the parts are finished, the assembly will be carried out in the last time of this month. Of course, the mortar is composed of three major parts: the barrel, the base plate, and the bracket. It is usually disassembled before marching. This final assembly is actually part of the quality inspection.

Time flies and more than 20 days have passed. It has gone from the beginning of May to the end of May, and it is June in a blink of an eye. And the worst news came from Zhongtiao Mountain - the whole line was lost!

Although this was something that everyone could predict, no one expected that they would be defeated so quickly! The 17 defenders with fortifications were defeated by the 10 attacking devils, and eventually SX Province lost Zhongtiao Mountain and the last solid fortress position north of the Yellow River.

From a strategic point of view, the Japanese who occupied Zhongtiao Mountain could cross the Yellow River to the south to attack HEN Province, or to the north...to the north seems to be Taiyue District, where our brigade commander is developing.

Therefore, when the first 20 120mm heavy mortars rolled off the production line, the brigade commander showed up at the arsenal. Yes, the brigade commander came to ask for something. After all, heavy mortars play an important role in mountain warfare, and the brigade commander has been eyeing them for a long time.

"Minister Zhang, look, to our east is the Japanese 36th Division, to our west is the Japanese 41st Division, and the Japanese in Yuncheng and other places are all eyeing our Taiyue base, so you must allocate more to us this time! I heard that there are still 10 experimental products in this warehouse? Why don’t you give them to our brigade?" In the arsenal office, the brigade commander bargained with Minister Zhang.

"Brigade Commander Chen, the headquarters is seeing that you are about to return to the Taiyue area and it is not easy to develop there, so they decided to distribute the latest 20 heavy mortars to your brigade. Are you also eyeing my 10 experimental guns? I think the problem with Li Yunlong in your brigade is caused by you. You always want to get more! No, we won't give you any more!" Minister Zhang did not give in.

"We need more artillery shells, right? There are only 40 shells for a gun. What can they be used for? They are used up in just a few minutes. It's too fast!" The brigade commander continued to ask for more.

"Again, no! It's not that we don't have that much production capacity, but in the past month, Lao Zhao, the artillery director of your division, has been stepping up the training of heavy artillery! The 10 experimental guns you mentioned, as well as the extra shells produced, have all been used to train artillery! You don't want your artillery to be unable to fire a single shot on the battlefield, do you?"

"So, do you want more heavy mortars or more good artillery?" Minister Zhang asked.

(End of this chapter)