Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 174 Don’t Ask, If You Ask, You’re a Genius
"Is this a rifle? We developed it ourselves?" Chen Chengxing's expression at this moment did not show anything unusual, as if he had never seen this kind of weapon before.

What Wen Ying slapped on the table was obviously a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle.

"Some time ago, I suddenly had an inspiration and designed a semi-automatic rifle based on the Northeast Army's ZB29 semi-automatic rifle. This is it," Wen Ying said proudly.

"This is the design drawing." Wen Ying opened the rolled-up drawing and spread it on the table.

She really couldn't explain how she suddenly got the inspiration and designed the gun in one night. She could only use ZB29 as the reason for her own research and development.

The Czech ZH29 introduced by the Northeast Army was the first semi-automatic rifle officially equipped in China, and its performance was also very outstanding. However, due to its sophisticated production, the cost was a bit high.

"Is this already a finished product?" Chen Chengxing was a little surprised, because he did not receive any upgrade from the system for completing the task.

Moreover, research and development and production are two different things. Research and development does not mean that it can be produced. After all, there are still many areas that the Erlangdong Arsenal cannot meet, and modifications and cuts must be made.

"Well, that's not the case. Now there is one most important issue, which is how to choose ammunition." Wen Ying scratched his head.

During this period, Wen Ying has gradually solved the production problems of this gun. He has experience in light machine gun production, so he can produce the receiver and its internal parts by following the same pattern.

The same goes for the barrel. Although the barrel of a rifle is thinner than that of a light machine gun and its performance may not be adequate, Wen Ying also used a heavy barrel based on the Ma Sihuan. Although it will add a little weight, the impact is not significant.

The most difficult problem now is ammunition.

"Can't we just use the Type 79 bullet? If that doesn't work, use the Japanese Type 65 bullet." Chen Chengxing said.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Chengxing chose a semi-automatic rifle. The hit rate of an automatic rifle using full-power bullets cannot be controlled because the recoil is too great.

Even the kinetic energy of the Japanese 6.5mm bullet is far greater than that of a half-power bullet.

Although semi-automatic rifles also have this problem, they are much better than automatic rifles.

After all, the only semi-automatic rifle currently in mass production is the M1 Garand, and the 7.62 bullet it uses is about the same power as the Mauser 7.92 bullet, and its kinetic energy is 6.5% to % higher than that of the mm bullet.

"Well, it can be used, but it has a great impact on performance." Wen Ying said somewhat embarrassedly: "I did design a new bullet, but I don't have a mold, so I can't produce it now."

She has already produced several sample guns and made major changes to the bolt and feeding system, but she has found that none of them work well. None of the ammunition is suitable, and there have even been dangers of breaking the cartridge case or the bolt.

As for the newly designed bullet, it was the 7.62*39mm bullet that Wen Ying wrote down when she had a flash of inspiration.

She didn't know why she wrote down this data, but she felt it would definitely be suitable for this rifle.

However, this could not convince the employees of the arsenal. Without high-precision machine tools, it would not be so easy for them to make a set of molds. They didn't know how many failures there would be, and it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to deal with the probability of failure.

Wen Ying came to Chen Chengxing this time just to get his support.

Chen Chengxing had no objection to this. After all, he had the system and knew that the system would reward him with a set of molds. He could then choose the 7.62*39 specification.

No matter how this set of molds will appear, bullets can be produced with the molds.

"Director Wen, I..."

"Wait, Captain, this is not a trivial matter. You should think about it again."

Before Chen Chengxing could finish his words, he was interrupted by Luo Ping at the door.

When Luo Ping learned that Wen Ying came with a rifle, he guessed what she was thinking. When the New Second Regiment was fighting the devils, Luo Ping had already known the situation of the base area in the past few months and was more familiar with the arsenal.

In his opinion, this is a completely loss-making thing. If you really want to produce rifles, you can produce bolt-action rifles, which have ready-made technology.

"Hey, the political commissar is here, come and sit down." Chen Chengxing gestured.

After Luo Ping sat down, Chen Chengxing said, "Old Luo, I know you are worried about wasting unnecessary manpower and material resources, but if we want to develop, scientific research is necessary. We can't stop research because we are afraid of waste. If we do that, won't we just keep following others and copying their ideas?"

"Old Chen, of course I know this, but now is not the right time," said Luo Ping.

As a nation that believes "even a grudge of ten generations can be avenged", from the Opium War to the Eight-Nation Alliance to the Japanese invaders, there is no one in the country who does not want to take revenge, and Luo Ping naturally wants to do so as well.

But in Luo Ping's opinion, now is not the right time. At this time, limited resources should be invested in areas where they can produce results, rather than developing new weapons.

Chen Chengxing naturally knew what Luo Ping was thinking. If it weren't for the support of the system, Chen Chengxing would not agree.

But now it is a case of shooting the arrow first and drawing the target later. The semi-automatic rifle is bound to be successfully produced, and Chen Chengxing will naturally give his strong support.

"Lao Luo, I know what you mean, but this is Director Wen's hard work after all, we can't let it go to waste, right?"

"Look, this is the blueprint that Director Wen drew. I think it's already very complete. As long as there is ammunition, it must be a good gun."

"And according to Director Wen, the new ammunition requires much less materials than the current bullets. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. I think this investment is necessary."

After all, the arsenal issue is not military-related, so Chen Chengxing must reach an agreement with Luo Ping.

Luo Ping picked up the drawing on the table. Although he didn't understand gun design, the various data marked on the drawing looked very complete.

"What is this black spot? Why did it pierce the paper?" Luo Ping looked at the drawing with some confusion. He could understand other parts but not this point.

"Oh, that was caused by a pencil accidentally falling on the paper," Wen Ying explained casually.

After putting down the blueprint, Luo Ping thought for a moment and said, "Old Chen, how about this? New guns and ammunition can be trial-produced, but it cannot affect the production of other materials."

Due to material reasons, the bullet production line is actually in a semi-shutdown state. The current arsenal is mainly focused on reloading, and it will not have much impact to transfer some manpower to research and development.

Even if it fails in the end, those useless parts can be melted down and made into shells, which is not a big waste.

"No problem, it's settled." Chen Chengxing nodded.

With the support of the system, Chen Chengxing believes that good news will come soon.

When Wen Ying heard that the trial production of new guns and ammunition had been approved, she was so excited that she almost jumped up. She didn't expect Chen Chengxing to support her so much.

At this time, Wen Ying no longer felt that Chen Chengxing bullying her in her dream was abominable. Instead, she found it a bit pleasing to the eye.

"Thank you, commander! Thank you, political commissar!" Wen Ying excitedly picked up the drawings and rifle on the table and ran out happily. She couldn't wait to start.

Looking at Wen Ying jumping out, Chen Chengxing couldn't help laughing.

Although Wen Ying is the head of a department, he is only 20 years old. If he were in the future, he would still be a college student.
(End of this chapter)