"Are you two brothers satisfied with this price?" Chen Feng withdrew his eyes from the system panel and looked at Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
Looking at their expressions, Chen Feng knew that the two brothers were very satisfied with the price.
Commander Li spoke urgently: "One howitzer battalion? How many rounds of artillery shells are there?"
That's a 105-caliber howitzer!
It's a bit sad to say that after so many years of fighting, Li Yunlong has never seen what a 105 howitzer looks like up close.
At most, I would lie down on Mianshan Mountain and use a telescope to look at the heavy artillery on the Japanese armored train like I did a few days ago.
The 75mm mountain gun is already so powerful, how powerful is the 105 howitzer?
Captain Li Da’s eyes were full of expectation.
Chen Feng said: "Twelve guns, three base shells, but one base number of shells for a 105 howitzer is 80 rounds."
System produced by:
For artillery with a caliber less than 100 mm, the standard ammunition base is 100 rounds;
Artillery with a caliber of 100-130 mm has a standard ammunition base of 80 rounds;
For artillery with a caliber greater than 130 mm, the standard ammunition base is 60 rounds.
Li Yunlong quickly counted on his fingers. One cannon has 240 rounds of shells, and 12 cannons are...
"A total of 2880 rounds of artillery shells." Before he could calculate it, Zhao Gang had already finished the mental calculation.
Then he asked in an excited tone: "Brother Chen, how large is the mortar production line? For example, how many guns and how many rounds of shells are produced per month?"
Although Commander Li prefers 105 howitzers, Zhao Gang knows that perhaps the production line for 60mm mortars and 60mm artillery shells is the big one.
In Li Yunlong's view, the new regiment has been equipped with dozens of 60mm mortars, which are enough, but there is not a single 105 howitzer.
But Zhao Gang thought more about it. He knew what a complete mortar and artillery shell production line meant to the Eighth Route Army.
The value of a complete mortar and artillery shell production line far exceeds a 105 howitzer battalion and 3 base artillery shells.
Because we have a complete production line for mortars and artillery shells, we can continuously produce mortars and artillery shells, enhancing the overall combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army.
Chen Feng said: "A complete production line capable of producing 150 mortars and 30,000 rounds of artillery shells per month."
"That's great." Zhao Gang looked full of gratitude, "Thank you so much."
A standard mortar company is equipped with 6 guns, a mortar battalion is equipped with 18 guns, and a mortar regiment is equipped with 54 guns.
Of course, some Eighth Route Army units had only 4 guns in their mortar batteries.
According to this calculation, three mortar regiments can be produced in one month, and 1,800 mortars can be produced in one year, adding 36 mortar regiments.
Of course, the army will definitely not use all mortars to form artillery regiments, but will definitely issue most of the mortars to each regiment.
In just one year, each of the Eighth Route Army's more than 100 regiments can be equipped with a mortar battalion.
This mortar production line is much more fragrant than a 105 howitzer camp.
Chen Feng added: "Considering that your army cannot make smokeless gunpowder, I will give you the process and a set of equipment for making smokeless gunpowder."
"Smokeless gunpowder? This is really good stuff."
Hearing this, Commander Li couldn't help but lick his lips, his eyes burning.
He had always disliked the grenades and explosive packets made in the arsenal, mainly because the gunpowder used in the border area's hand grenades and explosive packets was black powder, and its power was really limited.
If we could produce smokeless gunpowder ourselves, then the grenades, explosive packets and artillery shells produced by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal would not be inferior to foreign products, at least they would not be inferior to Jin-made ones.
More importantly, in the future, arsenals can use smokeless gunpowder to reload bullets, and the quality is much better than bullets reloaded with black powder!
Zhao Gang couldn't help but thank him again and again. Brother Chen gave so much that he almost couldn't thank him enough.
In real history, the R&D team of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal achieved localization of smokeless gunpowder in 1944.
In 1945, the Eighth Route Army Arsenal produced the first imitation infantry gun based on the captured Type 92 infantry gun.
Of course, the counterfeit barrel gun is made of train rail materials, not high-standard gun steel. It will be scrapped after it can't fire a few rounds.
Although mortar barrels do not have as high requirements as barrel guns, and train rails are barely enough, the quality of manufactured mortars is still far inferior to barrels made of gun steel.
Therefore, Chen Fengfeng provided steel for the gun bodies of 3,000 mortars.
This gun steel system has no restrictions on Chen Feng. He can buy as much as he wants.
The raw steel materials for the base, gun mount and gun body are temporarily provided by Chen Feng.
One 60mm mortar weighs less than 40 kilograms, and the raw material steel for 3,000 mortars does not weigh much either.
Later, he followed Li Yunlong to northwest Shanxi to see if he could make a deal with Commander Li Da and assist a steelmaking plant of the Eighth Route Army.
Commander Li's expression was full of surprise and satisfaction. The price of killing one lieutenant general was simply too good, even better than the price of killing 4 major generals.
If his strength had not allowed him to do so, Commander Li would have even wanted to rush directly to Taiyuan and kill the commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio.
It is definitely cheaper to kill the Lieutenant General, the commander of the First Army, than the Lieutenant General, the division commander.
There is no doubt about this.
Chen Feng tightened his cotton-padded jacket and said, "Let's do this for today. Tomorrow, I will arrange for the ammunition to be reimbursed and the production line equipment and raw materials to be delivered. Will the location still be here?"
"Ammunition reimbursement is here."
"However," Zhao Gang said, "I suggest that the production line equipment and raw materials... be airdropped directly to the arsenal. What do you think, Lao Li?"
"Airdrop to the arsenal!" Li Yunlong said firmly.
The production equipment is not light. To airdrop it here, it takes a lot of time and manpower to transport the equipment there. The time-consuming and labor-intensive work is not as good as getting it there at once.
Although the location of the arsenal was one of the Eighth Route Army's top secrets, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong did not regard Chen Feng as an outsider.
What's more, the equipment and raw materials in the current arsenal are nothing compared to the mortar and smokeless gunpowder production lines?
With the production lines for mortars and smokeless gunpowder, the Eighth Route Army's arsenal can be called a serious arsenal.
"Okay!" Chen Feng nodded, "Give me the location of your arsenal. I won't show up tomorrow. I will arrange door-to-door delivery. The reimbursement for weapons and ammunition is still here, as well as mortars, smokeless powder production equipment and I will arrange for the raw materials to be sent to the arsenal."
"Our Eighth Route Army's arsenal is in Huangyadong." Li Yunlong called the guard over, took out a map, and pointed out the location of the arsenal to Chen Feng on the map.
Chen Feng actually knew that the Eighth Route Army's arsenal was in Huangyadong. After all, the Huangyadong arsenal was so famous.
Chen Feng nodded and said: "By the way, are the 12 105 howitzers and 18 mountain guns also sent to the arsenal?"
"No, no," Li Yunlong said hurriedly, "12 howitzers and 18 mountain cannons will be sent here. I will arrange for the troops to receive them tomorrow."
The total of 30 cannons is enough to form an artillery regiment. Even if it is handed over to Commander Li, how many cannons will he keep for himself?
Moreover, it is also convenient to get more benefits from the brigade commander and division commander when turning it in.
Chen Feng looked behind him: "The next two brothers are busy, so I will take my leave."
"Then let's wait for another day." Li Yunlong said, "Lao Zhao and I will treat you to a drink another day. I'll call you by radio. You can't refuse."
"Okay!" Chen Feng led Yan Shuangying and a group of minions to the base.
After Chen Feng left for a long time, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang turned their gaze away and focused on the piles of gas masks and cotton-padded clothes.
Zhao Gang said: "With so many cotton-padded clothes and gas masks, our transportation team alone cannot transport them all."
"We can't finish the transportation." Li Yunlong nodded, "Our cavalry battalion and transportation team can only transport a third at most."
Although the cotton-padded clothes have been compressed, the size is there after all. The gas masks and cotton-padded clothes add up to 70,000 sets, but they are not heavy, mainly because they take up a lot of space.
Li Yunlong said: "Old Zhao, you stay here and watch for now. I'll go to Lao Zhang of the Logistics Department."
"Go and ask the headquarters logistics transportation team to come?" Zhao Gang said, "That should be no problem. Why don't you ask the brigade commander for militia?"
Li Yunlong said: "The militiamen went to the brigade commander to ask for howitzers and mountain cannons, and the military cadres went to the head of the headquarters to ask for mortars and smokeless powder production lines."
"I heard that the Logistics Department got more than 300 Japanese army horses from somewhere."
"Just in time, I'm going to bring these army horses back."
As he spoke, Commander Li had already got on his horse: "Hu Zi, follow me!"
Looking at the backs of Captain Li and guard Huang Erhu riding their horses and whipping away, Zhao Gang was slightly stunned.
This bitch...
He wants it all...
However, the corner of Zhao Gang's mouth curled up slightly, "This is Li Yunlong. If you follow such a person, the soldiers will have no shortage of meat to eat."
Halfway through, Li Yunlong encountered a cavalry battalion and a transportation team that had been ordered to transport goods.
Li Yunlong ordered Sun Desheng to lead the cavalry battalion to follow him. The cavalry battalion and Li Yunlong then rode towards the logistics transport team with their horses and whips raised.
As the horses' hooves rolled, snow flew.
When he arrived at the logistics department, Li Yunlong went to the stables to take a look at the batch of Japanese military horses.
After reading it, Commander Li was very satisfied. It was no worse than the horses of the new cavalry battalion.
"Lao Zhang! Lao Zhang..."
Li Yunlong asked the guards and the cavalry battalion to wait outside, while he walked into the gate of the logistics department and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Captain Li? What the hell are you doing here?"
Zhang Wanhe walked out of the door, his expression full of vigilance. Isn't this guy coming to ask for grenades and new military uniforms again?
Li Yunlong said: "Let me see what a loser you are. In the Hundred Regiments War, our Eighth Route Army had more than 20,000 Japs poison gas. How did you become the Minister of Logistics? You can't even produce 20,000 sets of gas masks?"
Zhang Wanhe breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't just come here to ask for grenades and new military uniforms. He really tried his best to get gas masks. He could get some medicines, but he couldn't get gas masks, let alone 20,000 sets of gas masks.
Masks, he couldn't even come up with 200 sets.
But being scolded for no reason, Minister Zhang naturally had to reply: "Okay, okay, I'm a waste. Where are the tens of thousands of cotton-padded clothes you promised me? It's been winter for a long time, and I just sent someone to deliver a few thousand sets."
The cotton-padded clothes are not even enough for a small change, you are so stupid that you are not going to write me a blank check, are you?"
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