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Chapter 539 Chapter 538, Arsenal, develop!

After dinner, Li Yuexuan didn't bother with the affairs of the first team, but returned to the west wing of the Liang family compound and had a very relaxing sleep.

The next morning, after a quick rest in Liangjia Village, a squad of soldiers, led by Zheng Changfeng, went to Baijing Town. As for how to develop after going there, it was not Li Yuexuan's business.

It is worth mentioning that just last night, all 82 mortar squads were split and distributed, so that each company had a mortar combat group. Of course, the artillerymen of the special operations team were not divided out, because Li Yuexuan promised to ask the headquarters for a mortar, so there was no need for adjustment.

Rumble... The horses were galloping, and the cavalry company stationed in Liangjia Village began their routine patrol. They needed to go to Baijing Town, then patrol Ceyu Town and return.

"One, two, one, two, one, two, three... four!" Li Yuexuan also ran with the team during the regular 5km morning run.

Ding ding dang dang... When the workers of the Liangjia Village Arsenal were working, Li Yuexuan appeared among the workers again to guide their work.

"Captain, I was short on time yesterday, so I didn't report the situation of the arsenal to you!" Xiao Fengyun followed Li Yuexuan and introduced the situation of the arsenal to him: "In the more than a year since you left, the arsenal has developed, but the overall development is not fast! At present, the products of our arsenal are still 100 assault rifles per month, 150 semi-automatic rifles per month, and 400 Type rifles per month."

"Other products include 100 grenade launchers and 3000 grenades per month. In addition to these, there are reloaded bullets and grenades! We can produce 500 bullets a day, 5 grenades per month, and 2000 mortar shells per month."

"In addition, we will also produce some land mines, directional mines, flying mines, and fireworks mines according to combat needs. We will also make some shotguns, shotguns, and double-barreled shotguns."

"But the batches of these products are not large, and they are not produced every month. The most important goal is to consume those scrapped gun barrels. The above is the basic situation of the arsenal!"

"Okay, let's take a look at them one by one, and then formulate a plan for future production expansion!" Li Yuexuan memorized these data, and then continued to inspect the arsenal without saying anything else.

After inspecting the arsenal, Li Yuexuan took Xiao Fengyun to the conference room to discuss future production.

"According to the instructions of our superiors, in the coming period, the Liangjia Village Arsenal will be the most important arsenal in the northern area of ​​Taihang District, without a doubt! First of all, it is close to the Zhengtai Line and borders the Jizhong District to the east, so it is easy to get production materials and can better feed back to the surrounding troops. Secondly, the Japanese have already discovered the headquarters arsenal, so we can't put all our eggs in one basket."

"Of course there is also a personal reason, that is, I'm back, and if the arsenal is not expanded, I would be embarrassed to tell others that I'm a weapons designer." Li Yuexuan said with a smile.

"According to the data analysis I have, the current deployment of the Eighth Route Army's troops is compared with the production capacity of the surrounding arsenals. Our Liangjia Village Arsenal does not need to continue to expand its firearms production. We just need to maintain the current level! This is not to say that guns are not important, but our total force is here, and the firearms can basically meet the demand. There is no need to rush."

"So what is the next production focus of our Liangjia Village Arsenal? Bullets, grenade launchers, mortar shells, and... mortars! That's right, I regretted what I said yesterday. Why should we ask our superiors for mortars? We can get some railway axles and make 82 mortars and 120 heavy mortars ourselves! We can also produce shells, what's the difficulty?"

"And this time I came back with not only a team, but also more than 100 workers and technical personnel, some production tools, and the manufacturing process of the bullet production line! So, our next tasks are as follows! The first is to search for suitable wood and start producing water wheels, which will be installed in the river in the east as a source of power!" "The second is to add some punching machines and workers to the bullet reloading workshop during the production of the water wheels, let them hammer the shells, familiarize themselves with the production of eggshells, and increase the number of shells I can reload."

"The third one is to allocate some manpower to me and start the production of mortars from this afternoon! This time, I brought technicians who are good at mortar production. They are capable of doing this job."

"The fourth is to increase the production of turning equipment, foundries, and fuses, thereby increasing the production of mortar shells and grenade launchers."

"The fifth thing, which is also the most urgent thing, is that you immediately organize people to make 100 shotguns for me to use to strengthen the militia in the next step! And make 1 shotgun shells. For training and combat, 1 of them are enough for several major wars!"

"By the way, do we have train axles on hand?" Li Yuexuan just remembered to ask at this time.

"Train axles. We originally had some, but later the headquarters arsenal needed them, so we sent them all over!" Xiao Fengyun said.

"This... is embarrassing. Without train axles, I can't rely on the blanks made from the rails to make mortars. I'm afraid they will explode!" Li Yuexuan said with a little embarrassment, and continued: "Then don't worry about the mortar for now, just do other things step by step first!"

"We will strive to have a waterwheel and a waterwheel workshop on the riverside when the water melts in spring next year. When summer comes, we will be able to produce 1500 rounds of bullets a day! A three-year-old child knows that no matter how good a gun is or how many there are, without bullets, it is just a fire stick, or even worse than a fire stick! Therefore, bullets must be available, even if they are all handmade!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Okay, Director, I'll arrange it right away! I will also let the technical personnel you brought get to work as soon as possible!" Xiao Fengyun said.

"Well, that's it. From now on, just call me captain. Forget about factory manager. You are the factory manager!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Hey, it's all the same!" Xiao Fengyun said.

"You go and do your work. I'll think of a solution. Let's get some train axles. I think we can't delay producing our own mortars!" After Li Yuexuan finished speaking, the meeting ended. Xiao Fengyun went to do his work, and Li Yuexuan started thinking, trying to find a source of train axles.

"Do you want to find a train axle?" Li Yuexuan was still thinking when Zhao Danian came over and asked.

"Yes, train axle, we can make some mortars ourselves and then continue to strengthen the artillery team! Do you have any ideas?" Li Yuexuan asked back.

(End of this chapter)