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"No need. I checked here and there are 40 blanks left. That's enough! Oh, and when you make the rails into gun barrels, be careful not to over-skin them. This has happened before."

"Yes, we will pay attention to it!" Meng Xiangdong nodded quickly.

"By the way..." Listening to the conversation between Xiao Fengyun and Meng Xiangdong, Li Yuexuan suddenly said, "Give me some of the materials for the train axles. I need to do an experiment! Here, this..." Li Yuexuan took out a notebook, quickly drew a simple drawing and said, "Prepare me 6 blanks according to this size!"

"What is this?" Meng Xiangdong received the sketch and several heads came over to him.

"Didn't the company react that the grenade launcher was firing too close and the 82 mortar was difficult to carry? I plan to build a 60mm mortar for the company to use! Well, in the future, the squads and platoons will use grenade launchers, the company will use 60 mortars, the battalions and regiments will use 82 mortars, and the regiment and detachment will use heavy mortars! Let's cover him with artillery fire all the way!" Li Yuexuan said casually.

"60mm mortar?" Xiao Fengyun was the first to speak: "We have heard of this caliber. It seems that the Central Army's arsenal imported several mortars from France before the war and planned to copy them. However, the war broke out and the matter was lost. We don't know what happened to it!"

"Director, we can make 82mm mortars and 120mm mortars, so it's not a big deal to make a 60mm mortar. But does this 60mm mortar overlap with our firepower? Just like assault rifles and light machine guns, there are some overlaps in function, so the headquarters stopped the production of assault rifles. What about this 60mm mortar?"

"The National Army has already produced the 60 mortar, the model is the 31st year of the Republic of China mortar, but we can't get it, it is equipped for the Central Army! And the duplication of functions you mentioned is actually caused by us being too poor and unable to consume these ammunition! Think about it, if we develop and have our own large arsenal, when there is no shortage of ammunition, can the entire army be equipped with semi-automatic and assault rifles? The same goes for mortars!"

"In fact, in my opinion, the 60mm mortar is not only not redundant, but also a supplement to our existing artillery system! You all know the performance of our grenade launcher. Even if it has been revised many times, the inherent conditions of the caliber limit its range! Now our Dinglong grenade launcher has a theoretical probability range of 950 meters and an accuracy range of 750 meters."

"But this is the theoretical range. Apart from me, how many people can really do this? The theoretical range of the 60 mortar is 1444 meters, and the weight of the whole gun is only 19 kilograms, which is much lighter than our shotgun and much lighter than the heavy machine gun!"

"This mortar is easy to carry and has a range of more than 1400 meters and can guarantee accuracy. It can just fill the firepower gap between the grenade launcher and the 82 mortar! Think about it, during the battle, the Japanese built a position on a hilltop about 1000 meters high, with many firepower points, and because of the high ground, the exchange of fire can be set at a distance of 700 meters."

"At this time, we can use 82 mortars to bombard, but we need to transfer the artillery company, which will take time. Moreover, it is a bit wasteful to use 82 mortars to bombard general fortifications with a few guns. After all, the shells of 82 mortars are too expensive, and we are generally reluctant to use them! At this time, the lightweight 60 mortars that can march with the company and platoon can make up for this shortcoming."

"The 60 mortar is lightweight, and its shell is only 50mm larger in caliber than the 10mm grenade launcher grenade, so its cost is not much higher. The explosion radius of 15 to 20 meters is enough to deal with ordinary machine gun fortifications! The explosion radius I'm talking about depends on the type of shell used, such as high-explosive shells and ordinary shells." Li Yuexuan said.

"Well, I have no objection! And I have to reflect on myself. I haven't participated in the war in a long time, so I took the demand for weapons for granted!" Xiao Fengyun said. "I think you, Old Xiao, are not taking it for granted. You just want to go to the battlefield to have a good time!" Meng Xiangdong said, patting Xiao Fengyun with his left hand that was half broken.

"Don't talk about me. Now that you, Old Meng, have left the main team, don't you want to go back to the battlefield to waste time?" Xiao Fengyun said.

"How can I not think about it? I think about it even in my dreams! Didn't the Japanese blow off three fingers of my left hand by their grenade launcher? We still have our thumb and index finger, which can hold the gun barrel and help load bullets, right? They put me, a good company commander, in the arsenal as the director of the forging workshop!" Meng Xiangdong said.

"But Lao Meng, the forging you are responsible for is the first step of all the products of our arsenal! The gun barrels, cannon barrels, steel plates... the weapons made by you and your men, and every enemy killed by these things, all have your contribution!" Xiao Fengyun said: "So, work with peace of mind! If you want to kill more enemies, just make more weapons!"

"Haha, okay, since you don't have any objections, let's do as we discussed. Lao Xiao, you will be responsible for supervising the adjustment process of the industrial structure. I will take some time out of my busy schedule to lead people to make the 60 mortar! It's just a 60 mortar. Using the 82 mortar as a blueprint, there shouldn't be any problem! Oh, by the way, I have to draw a blueprint and have someone send it to the instrument factory at the headquarters!"

"For the new mortar, the sight also needs to be changed, which requires a new aiming system." After Li Yuexuan finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards the drawing room, leaving the rest of the work to Xiao Fengyun and others to complete.

As the director and chief technical engineer of the arsenal, Li Yuexuan's position in the arsenal is not only the general manager, but also responsible for technology research and development and quality supervision. As for the specific production, veterans such as Xiao Fengyun and Meng Xiangdong will be responsible for it to the end.

To be honest, Li Yuexuan really wanted to make the grenade launchers that came later and fully equipped them to the team. However, grenade launchers might be easy to make, but making grenades is not that easy! Just a rotating unlocking fuse structure, that is not something that existing equipment can accomplish! Moreover, the functions are duplicated with grenade launchers and rocket launchers, so it is better not to make them.

However, looking at our later equipment sequence, the 60 mortar must be produced! This is the real standard equipment, and it is still an indispensable part of the army until he came. Well, for example, in Operation Red Sea, there was a 60 mortar, and the shells whizzed out, and the special forces couldn't stand it...

In fact, it seems that the mortar is very powerful now, and it is indeed very powerful, but the shells still have traditional fuses. If a radio proximity fuse is added, then the power will be greatly increased.

However, this technology is probably still difficult to implement now... (End of this chapter)