I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 434 Type 63 107mm Light Towed Rocket Launcher

Three days later, Liu Gen sent the drawings he had drawn in the past few days to Director Xu.

After seeing the drawings that Liu Gen took out, Director Xu immediately understood why Director Cheng attached so much importance to Liu Gen when he was around.In terms of technology, Director Xu cannot compare with Director Cheng, but in terms of eyesight, Director Xu is still good.

At least Director Xu can clearly see how the drawings drawn by Liu Gen are. He can see Liu Gen's seriousness in drawing the drawings simply by looking at them. The various data above are very clear and accurate. mm.

At the same time, Director Xu could also see that the blueprints that Liu Gen brought out were all within the scope of what the arsenal could produce.It can be said that as long as the arsenal invests a certain amount of resources, it will be able to produce these machine tools, but Director Xu is a little entangled, these machine tools are good.

But helplessly, it is impossible for the arsenal to produce all the machine tools. There is not much steel in the arsenal. If all of them are used to produce machine tools, then there will be no way to produce enough weapons and ammunition to supply the troops.For this reason, Director Xu could only reluctantly find several urgently needed machine tools to manufacture, so as to ensure that the steel in the arsenal would not be consumed too much.

Among them, the machine tools for producing gun barrels are also among the several machine tools that need to be manufactured. Seeing that the arsenal cannot produce all the machine tools, Liu Gen is also a little helpless.But Liu Gen was depressed, but he could also understand the situation in the arsenal. If all the machine tools were to be produced, it would be a problem to supply weapons and ammunition to the front line.

In this regard, Liu Gen can only backup these drawings and place them with Director Xu to ensure that these machine tools can be manufactured when the arsenal is capable.

When Director Xu was mobilizing the workers and technicians of the arsenal to manufacture new machine tools, Liu Gen did not allow himself to be idle. He was thinking about designing a rocket launcher that the arsenal could produce now.Given the current conditions of the Huangyadong Arsenal, it would be impossible to produce rockets like the Soviet Katyusha.

But it is still very simple to produce a rocket launcher with a simple structure and easy operation.Among the large amount of information Liu Gen has learned about rocket launchers, he has learned that a rocket launcher with the simplest structure is very simple to manufacture and operate. It has two ignition methods, one is electric start, and the other is electric start The firelighter ignites the fire delivery device of the rocket to launch.

The rocket launched by Liu Gen is the Type 63 107mm light towed rocket launcher. Given the conditions of the Huangyadong Arsenal, there may still be some problems that need to be solved in the direct manufacture of this rocket launcher, but if we want to produce this rocket launcher It will be much easier.

What Liu Gen values ​​most about this rocket launcher is that it is powerful enough, and at the same time, it does not require careful maintenance, and its operation is actually very simple.This rocket launcher has no machined parts, but a steel pipe structure, which can be processed and produced even in a smaller manual workshop.Even low-quality ones can make this bazooka.

It can be said that even if this rocket launcher is produced in this era, it will not be too difficult. For Huangyadong Arsenal, the biggest problem in the production of this rocket launcher is the insufficient supply of steel.If there is enough steel supply, then this rocket launcher can naturally be mass-produced easily.

However, Liu Gen still has some headaches if he wants the engine inside the rocket. It may take a lot of work to manufacture the engine inside the rocket.

Finding Director Xu who was working in the office, Liu Gen took out the blueprint of the Type 63 107mm light towed rocket launcher, but when Director Xu carefully read the drawing, he couldn't see much joy on his face.

But for the Eighth Route Army, rocket launchers seem to be less necessary, and more grenadiers and mortars are what the Eighth Route Army troops need most.What's more, after looking at the blueprints, Director Xu also found that there are many differences between manufacturing rocket launchers and artillery shells, and the engines in them need to consume a lot of energy.

The engine needed in the rocket, and the size of the rocket shows that the amount of gunpowder loaded exceeds the ordinary shell. It is conceivable that the cost of a rocket far exceeds that of a shell.

The most important thing is that from the blueprints that Liu Gen took out, Director Xu did not see the advantages of the rocket launcher.The range of the rocket launcher is good, but this does not mean that the artillery cannot achieve such a range. From the drawings, the only advantage of the rocket launcher compared to the artillery is that it is much lighter.

"Director Xu, is there a problem?" Liu Gen couldn't help asking when he noticed that Director Xu's expression was wrong.

Director Xu nodded, put down the blueprint in his hand, and said directly: "Genzi, the blueprint you produced is good, but I don't see the advantage of the rocket launcher. I know that the big brother of the Soviet Union also has rocket launchers, but they still have them. It has not proved the power of the rocket launcher, and they still mainly use artillery to equip the troops."

The Katyusha rocket launcher was officially equipped with the Soviet Red Army in 1939, and it was not put into actual combat application during this period. However, from the information about the rocket launcher in his mind, Liu Gen knew that in August this year, the Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher will be officially launched. Applied in practice, it became a nightmare for German soldiers.

The 63-type 107mm light towed rocket launcher that Liu Gen took out looks a bit crude, but it is quite powerful in terms of power. As long as it can be manufactured, it will definitely become one of the main weapons equipped by the Eighth Route Army in the future. one.

Although the rocket launcher is less accurate than the mountain cannon, it is much stronger than the mountain cannon in terms of firepower.Especially in fierce mountain battles, the firepower of a salvo of rocket launchers is equivalent to 8 to 10 times the number of mountain artillery units, which can easily suppress the firepower of artillery.

"Director Xu, in my opinion, rocket launchers will be the mainstream on the battlefield in the future. Compared with artillery, rocket launchers have obvious advantages."

"In the battle against the devils, what our Eighth Route Army lacks the most is firepower suppression. With rocket launchers, the firepower of the devils must be easily suppressed. Of course, every volley of rocket launchers is a waste of money. Maybe we can't do it yet." Accept it. But in the crucial battle, we will use the rocket launcher, and it will definitely be worth the money!" Liu Gen looked at Director Xu and said very seriously.

Director Xu frowned. He could see the seriousness on Liu Gen's face, which made him a little uncertain. Could it be that the rocket launcher is really as powerful as Liu Gen said?
"Genzi, I have seen your design on the blueprint. If you want to use rocket launchers to generate enough firepower, you should need more than five rockets. This is a huge burden for our arsenal."

"The rocket launcher is really as powerful as you said, but if it is not as powerful, or even worse than the artillery, then you have to bear the responsibility. Our arsenal needs to consume a lot of steel every day. I really want you to make the rocket launcher , will certainly have a considerable impact.”

"How about this? Tonight we will call the heads of various departments, and everyone votes. As long as it can be passed, then I will let you directly build a few rocket launchers." Director Xu thought for a moment, and decided to take this matter to the public. Discuss at the meeting.

Director Xu really couldn't make a decision by himself. Liu Gen's manufacturing of rocket launchers will definitely consume a lot of steel, which will affect all departments of the arsenal. As long as other departments have no objections, then Director Xu will naturally have no problem.

Leaving the office, Liu Gen felt a little helpless. He didn't expect that his desire to make rockets would be hindered by Director Xu.Although Liu Gen was a little helpless, he also knew that Director Xu did the right thing. Manufacturing rocket launchers was not an easy task, and it was very necessary to discuss with the heads of various departments in the arsenal.

During the past few days of drawing, Liu Gen didn't shut himself in the room all the time. He carefully observed the current situation of the arsenal, and knew that the arsenal really needed to consume a lot of steel every day as Director Xu said.

In order to ensure that the arsenal has enough steel, soldiers would send some steel from time to time, which were bought from the people in the anti-Japanese base areas.Due to the crazy sweep of the devils in the anti-Japanese base areas, the troops of the Eighth Route Army were unable to attack the devils' railways, and it was very difficult to get a large amount of steel in a short time.

But under such conditions, the workers in the arsenal worked hard to overcome many difficulties and continued to produce weapons and ammunition.

There was still some time before the evening, and Liu Gen did not return to the room. In the past few days, he had been staying in the room drawing the blueprints of the rocket launcher, and rarely appeared to hang out.Now that the blueprint of the rocket launcher is done, Liu Gen will have enough time to relax.

It's just that Liu Gen was worried about the rocket launcher, so even if he was wandering around, it was difficult for him to calm down.

Liu Gen was well aware of this, and wanted to find something to do in the arsenal, but found that the workers cooperated very well. If he joined them rashly, it might only affect their work efficiency.Originally, Liu Gen wanted to return to the lathe department to help repair the machine tool, but after he returned, he found that he still couldn't intervene.

After seeing Liu Gen, Chief Qi directly pulled Liu Gen to talk, and there was no way for Liu Gen to help repair the machine tool.Even if Liu Gen proposed to repair the machine tool, he was rejected by Chief Engineer Qi. Liu Gen finally returned to the arsenal, how could he let Liu Gen do such a thing?

Besides, it's not that there is no one in the lathe department who can repair it. After Liu Gen left, the lathe department also trained some young people to help.

After realizing that he really couldn't find anything to do in the lathe department, Liu Gen chose to leave after talking with Chief Engineer Qi for a while.Unable to help the turning department repair the machine tools, Liu Gen staying here will only affect the work efficiency of everyone in the turning department.

After leaving the Lathe Works Department, Liu Gen simply left the arsenal and headed towards the cliff behind Huangya Cave, where soldiers from the Secret Service Corps were on guard.

In the past few days when he came to Huangya Cave, Liu Gen found that the daily security of the soldiers of the secret service group was very strict, and there were clear and dark posts. On the cliffs on both sides of Huangya Cave in the east, the business group also set up suspension bridges.There are soldiers patrolling the suspension bridge. Ordinary soldiers walk on the suspension bridge, they will be worried, worried that they will fall from it.

After greeting the patrolling soldiers, Liu Gen walked onto the suspension bridge. Walking on the suspension bridge, Liu Gen could feel the swing of the suspension bridge.Occasionally, when a gust of wind blows, the swing of the suspension bridge will become even greater. Liu Gen looked down and saw very small soldiers patrolling the passage below.

Leaving from the suspension bridge, Liu Gen looked at the soldiers patrolling around with obvious admiration in their eyes. The courage of these soldiers is undoubtedly worthy of recognition for being able to insist on patrolling on the suspension bridge every day.

Liu Gen wandered casually on the cliff. He carefully observed the surrounding environment. It is true that Huangya Cave is a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but even so, he cannot take it lightly.During this period of time, the infiltration of the Japanese anti-Japanese base area by the devils was very strong, and the entrance of Huangya Cave might be exposed.

On the cliff, Liu Gen could see that there were many stones prepared by the soldiers. These stones were divided into piles and placed in piles. If there was a battle, these stones would become a nightmare for the devil army.

"Genzi, why are you here? I heard that you seem to have been in the room with you for the past two days." Just as Liu Gen was wandering on the cliff, Captain Ou came to Liu Gen.

Liu Gen was a little surprised to see Head Ou coming to his side. He didn't see Head Ou just now. Could it be that Head Ou just came up?Looking at the leader Ou in front of him, Liu Gen realized that there must be something about the leader Ou looking for him, but he didn't know what was wrong with the leader Ou.

"Head Ou, why are you here?" Liu Gen asked with a smile.

Head Ou also laughed, "I was patrolling here just now, and I saw your figure, so I followed to have a look."

"Your brat is really brave. You dare to cross the suspension bridge alone. If you really fall off the suspension bridge, you will die without a whole body. I just saw that your kid was very calm when you crossed the suspension bridge. , I don’t see any fear at all.”

Liu Gen shook his head and said, "Compared with the comrades who patrol these places every day, I am nothing. They are more courageous."

Looking at the soldiers on patrol, Liu Gen could see that these soldiers were not affected in the slightest by the arrival of Captain Ou, and they were still patrolling seriously.Noticing this, Liu Gen realized that the daily training of the special task force at the headquarters was very good.

"There is no way to pass by the suspension bridge for patrolling. The cliffs on both sides are correct, but if there are little devil troops sneaking up, then the arsenal will be in trouble."

"Every day, the soldiers reinforce the suspension bridge to avoid any problems with the suspension bridge. Our special mission has never relaxed when it comes to the safety of the soldiers." Leader Ou explained seriously to Liu Gen.

As the head of the special task force at the headquarters, Head Ou does a lot of things every day, and pays enough attention to the soldiers in the special task force.Leader Ou would come to the suspension bridge every day to check the condition of the suspension bridge in person to prevent the soldiers from being negligent.

"Well, it can be seen that Captain Ou is very caring for the soldiers, and you have worked hard."

(End of this chapter)