It is not that there is no quartz sand. On the contrary, the 12th Military Geological Survey Team has successfully found quartz sand and graphite deposits in the Maogetu area near Yicheng.
However, this is not enough.
In fact, for the military industry, the more sources of supply of various mineral resources, the better.
Exploiting two coal mines means that if the mining volume is at the same level, the risk of losing coal supply to the base area is reduced by half.
In the same way, there is only one quartz sand mine supply base, and once it is lost, the demand for the base will be directly interrupted.
This is unacceptable.
"Immediately report to your superiors that we have found coal mines in this area and are looking for quartz sand deposits," the military chief of the 18th Military Geological Exploration Team told the correspondent.
"Yes!" The correspondent waved his riding whip with his right hand and controlled the horse under him to gallop towards Yulin City.
Yulin was the seat of the general headquarters of the pre-war production plan.
A variety of thirty military geological exploration teams set out from Yulin and spread across the endless Ikezhao League, charged with the important task of searching for mineral resources needed for the military industry.
As for why you chose Yike Zhaomeng.
Because Yu Hua once proposed the concept of the Yike Zhaomeng Industrial Base and gave data on the existence of rich natural resources in the Yike Zhaomeng.
With the right direction in place, the remaining exploration work is nothing more than the result of continuous trial and error and ultimately success.
Base area, Kangda, inside a cave dwelling.
An earthen kang, a broken wooden table, and two cups of hot boiled water are the material conditions in the cave dwelling. A middle-aged man is sitting in front of the broken wooden table, with a resolute and calm face, wearing glasses,
Wearing a somewhat whitish gray military uniform, he exuded an elegant temperament.
"Report!" Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door.
"Come in." The middle-aged man said seriously.
The door of the cave opened, and a student from the Anti-Japanese University, also wearing glasses, appeared. He had an upright posture and a solemn face, exuding an iron-blooded military temperament. He walked into the cave with a limp posture.
Seeing the people sitting in the cave, Chen Laizi was stunned for a moment, came to the table, raised his hands and saluted: "Hello, Chief."
"Sit down, how have you been at school these past few months?" The elegant soldier smiled and motioned for Chen Laizi to sit down and asked with concern.
"Enriched, I feel like I'm making progress every day."
Chen Laizi nodded and sat down, answered truthfully, and then took the initiative to ask: "Chief, is there something big going on this time?"
He entered Kangda University in January this year, and it is now April. During this period, he has been staying in school and is not particularly familiar with the outside world.
"That's right, your superiors asked you to come here this time to engage in military production." The elegant soldier nodded, staring at Chen Laizi, and his words were sonorous and powerful.
"Military industry production? I don't know how." Chen Laizi was stunned for a moment, a little confused. He thought there was some kind of combat mission, but he never thought it was military industry production.
He doesn't know how to do this stuff at all.
"Will I?"
The elegant soldier looked at Chen Laizi and asked: "The Japanese can do it, Chiang Kai-shek can do it, and so can Yan Xishan. They can build machine guns and cannons, and the Japanese can build tanks, airplanes and warships, but they will give it to you Chen Laizi for free."
?Now the army’s supply of weapons and ammunition depends entirely on seizures and remaining family assets. How long can it be sustained by family wealth and seizures alone?”
Three questions in a row left Chen Laizi speechless.
His own family understands his own affairs, and Chen Laizi certainly understands the situation and problems of the army. For a long time, the supply of weapons and ammunition has been the top priority facing the Red Army.
Without the ability to produce weapons and ammunition on its own, the combat effectiveness of the troops will never be improved, and they will be even more timid in battle.
This is the biggest problem facing the army. It is like a majestic mountain in front of us. It cannot be moved or bypassed and must be solved.
"How many soldiers had to engage in hand-to-hand combat because of lack of ammunition? How many battles failed because of lack of weapons and ammunition? Chen Laizi, you want to see such a scene all the time, don't you?" The elegant soldier raised his right hand and slapped it on the table.
On the table, the table trembled violently, stirring up bursts of dust. He stared at Chen Laizi with his eyes, and his words were sharp and direct.
"Chief, stop talking, I'll take care of this military production!" Sensing the fierce momentum of the elegant soldier, Chen Laizi immediately stood up, puffed out his chest, and said loudly.
"Okay, what I need is your spirit. Don't be afraid of difficulties, and don't be afraid of them. There are always more solutions than difficulties."
The elegant soldier stood up and nodded with satisfaction: "In this military production plan, the superiors are planning to establish an independent military production system with grenades, rifles, mortars and ammunition. The goal is to achieve independent manufacturing capabilities of light weapons. You will be responsible for this.
Person in charge, the official document has been sent to the headquarters. Here is your transfer order and letter of appointment. Report to me at the Liushudian Arsenal this afternoon."
"Bang!" Two paper documents with the red seal of the superior organization were slapped onto the table.
"Hand grenades, rifles, mortars and ammunition, all produced independently?!"
Chen Zizi looked surprised: "Do we have these technologies? As far as I know, making grenades requires explosives and detonators. The key to making a rifle lies in the barrel. The barrel requires qualified steel to make seamless steel pipes and drill them."
Rifling, mortars also need seamless steel pipes, and artillery shells also need to be developed. Bullet manufacturing is extremely troublesome, including primers, propellants, warheads, cartridge cases..."
To be honest, Chen Laizi even doubted whether he heard it wrong.
The difficulty of establishing an independent military production system for grenades, rifles, mortars, ammunition and other light weapons is simply unimaginable.
Just thinking about it is enough to give you a headache.
Making a gun depends on the barrel. The raw material for making the barrel comes from steel. Steel production and manufacturing involves smelting technology and raw material supply, which are linked together. If one link is missing, a gun barrel cannot be made.
But this is not the end, the soul of the barrel lies in the rifling.
If you want to shoot accurately, you must process the rifling.
Processing rifling involves the machine tools used for actual processing, as well as rifling shape design, and the processing efficiency cannot be too low. When it comes to processing efficiency, the problem will return to the machine tool equipment. In addition, the problem of worker training must also be solved.
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This is the manufacturing process of the barrel, not counting all aspects of the entire gun.
Then, there is another core issue, drawing design.
After searching the entire base area, there are no technicians who can understand weapon design!
Finally, we have to go back to the beginning and solve another core problem - what rifle to build?
Is it a completely new design of a rifle, or is it a formal imitation?
Among the four targets, the most difficult one is the mortar, followed by the rifle, then the ammunition, and finally the grenade. Each target will experience these problems to a greater or lesser extent.
"Chen Qizi, do you mean you don't know how to engage in military production? You, a first-term military academy student in Huangpu, know more than I do." After hearing this, the elegant soldier did not rush to explain, but asked with a smile.
"Uh... I only understand these things. You want me to make steel, prepare explosives and detonators, process rifling, and develop and design weapons. I don't know any of these things." Chen Laizi was a little embarrassed.
"Don't worry, the technical problems you mentioned have basically been solved. All you have to do is to make a gun suitable for our soldiers and a mortar suitable for our team. You can go to Liushu shop for details.
Someone will tell you after the arsenal." The elegant soldier said in a serious voice.
Basically everything is solved?
Chen Laizi's face was full of questions, his heart was filled with doubts, and his mind was confused.
Is it because he stayed in Kangda for too long, or is the team developing at a speed beyond imagination? When will these technical problems be solved?
Technical problems have been solved, which in turn means - we already have these technologies!
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Thousands of miles away in northern Shaanxi, an unknown pre-war production is taking place. As the largest city in the north, the situation in Peiping is the same as before. Ordinary people are running around for three meals a day. The eight major alleys are still full of entertainment and entertainment.
Clients of various identities go to places of different grades, and with the help of the brothel girls, they are eager to learn and feel the philosophy of life and experience a variety of flavors.
This is life.
Yu Hua's life is basically the same as before, eating, sleeping and studying. Recently, with the help of the "Introduction to Number Theory" given by his master Hua Luogeng, Yu Hua has successfully entered the field of analytical number theory, and like a fish, he is constantly exploring mathematics that he has never touched.