Chapter 251 Difficulties of the Military Industry Bureau!
Looking forward to.
Expectations from the heart.
The transportation team stretching for several miles in front of us carries the hope of the small arms military production system in the base area.
With sulfuric acid, there is nitric acid.
These two key chemical raw materials mean that the already built explosives factory can start producing single-base propellants, double-base propellants and TNT explosives, providing the most important materials for bullets, shells, grenades, landmines and other weapons and ammunition.
energy source.
"It's really hard to imagine how Mr. Yu Hua created equipment like Yu's Seven Pagodas. I heard that Yu Hua was not only responsible for R&D and design work, but also participated in the actual manufacturing process. He personally taught and cultivated Xiong Shenggang's welding team.
of."
Chen Qizi, who has served as the head of the military industry bureau of the base area, looked at the transport team gradually entering Yancheng and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This equipment allows me to see the factories I saw when I was studying in the Soviet Union. I didn't expect us to be so..."
You’ll have it soon.”
The words were full of respect.
Although he knew that the top scientific research talent hired by the organization was only eighteen years old, he still maintained respect in his words.
This is respect for knowledge and talent.
As the director, his identity and position are far higher than the top scientific research talents hired by this organization, but in terms of importance...
Far inferior to Yu Hua who developed Yu's seven tower technology and electric arc furnace technology.
"There will be something, everything will be there. We already have an explosives factory, a small steel plant, and soon a sulfuric acid plant. Compared with the previous situation where we had nothing, it's really much better." The elegant man smiled with a smile in his eyes.
Exudes a touch of yearning for a better future.
Nowadays, relying on the article "Technical Suggestions on Establishing Sulfuric Acid Industry" written by Yu Hua as a guide, there is no problem in technically establishing a sulfuric acid plant based on Yu's seven-tower prototype unit.
As long as the sulfuric acid plant is completed and put into operation, the industrial level and strength of the base area will lead to a qualitative change and earth-shaking changes, laying a solid foundation for the goal of establishing a light weapons military production system.
Since the implementation of the pre-war large-scale production plan, with the directional guidance provided by Yu Hua, the base area has achieved very significant results in mineral exploration and industry.
The results of mineral exploration are extremely outstanding. After a large-scale geological exploration activity, several large-scale open-pit coal mines were successfully discovered in the northwest area of Shenmu County. Coal mines, pyrite, phosphorite, quartz ore and limestone were discovered in the Sunjiacha area.
Mine, open-pit coal mines and pyrites that are extremely easy to mine have been explored in the northeast-north-northwest sectors of Yulin. The coal mine's estimated reserves are as high as hundreds of billions of tons, and the pyrite reserves are about four million tons.
Rich reserves of non-metallic mineral resources such as trona, mirabilite and limestone were discovered east of Yulin. In addition, a small copper mine with reserves of 900,000 tons was found in the Jingbian area.
Fifty kilometers south of Yike Zhaomeng, a crystalline graphite mine with reserves of approximately 200,000 tons was discovered.
It must be said that this pre-war large-scale geological exploration operation, which lasted for more than a month, achieved unprecedented results and laid an unparalleled solid foundation for the industrial development of the base area.
If you want to develop industry, you cannot do without the supply of raw materials.
As the center of the base area, Yancheng has pitifully low mineral resource types and reserves, rich oil and gas reservoir resources, and very low coal and iron resources, making it unable to undertake the industrial development plan of the base area.
This geological exploration established the raw material supply base with Yulin and Yike Zhaomeng as the core.
In terms of industry in the base area, under the leadership of Director Chen, the Yancheng Pagoda area has now built a small explosives factory with a designed daily output of 300 kilograms, 30 tons of single-base propellant, 50 tons of TNT explosives, and 20 tons of double-base propellant. The total annual output
About 100 tons, the prototype of the explosives industry was initially established.
In the steel industry, a small steel plant based on electric arc furnace technology has been built. The core equipment is a 15-kilogram graphite electric furnace. A single melting time is about 1.5 hours. The designed daily output reaches 240 kilograms of electric furnace steel, and the annual output is 87.6 tons.
At this stage, raw materials mainly come from scrap steel. In the future, when the blast furnace is completed, molten iron and scrap steel will be used to increase production.
The scale and output of the steel industry in the base area are extremely low, but this is a good start.
In terms of the mining industry, Shenmu Coal Mine and Shenmu Iron Mine are in the early planning and infrastructure construction stages. Since coal and iron ore resources are very rich and all are open-pit types, the two mines only need to build the most basic mineral processing equipment, which is expected to take three months.
It can be put into use within a few seconds.
In fact, the biggest problem for Shenmu Coal and Iron Mine is not mining, but transportation.
There are about 600 miles between Shenmu and Yancheng. During the pre-war large-scale production planning, after careful consideration and in view of the preciousness and scarcity of steel industry equipment, it was finally chosen to be established in Yancheng, which has the highest security.
The serious problem faced by Shenmu Coal and Iron Mine is how to deliver a steady stream of industrial raw materials to Yancheng.
Once industrial machines are running for production, huge amounts of industrial raw materials will be consumed every moment. This is a big problem that cannot be ignored for base areas with extremely backward transportation roads and tools.
In the field of military industry, the newly born Liushugou Arsenal has entered a state of rapid development. With the efforts of a group of skilled workers, the production equipment has been upgraded from hand tools such as hammers, vise pliers, and files to modern modern ones such as wrenches, screwdrivers, picks, and grenade steel molds.
Tools to achieve the military industry level of grenade casing manufacturing, firearm repair and bullet reloading.
The designed daily output of wooden handle grenades reached 200, and the actual daily output was 0.
Yes, the actual daily output is zero.
Putting aside the explosive issues that plague grenade production, who the hell uses precious high-strength electric furnace steel to produce grenades?
The industry in the base area is not so wealthy that the Liushugou Arsenal squandered the high-strength electric furnace steel that was smelted at a huge cost and expense.
Two hundred and forty kilograms per day must be used on the blades, and all of this electric furnace steel is planned to be used on rifles and mortars.
As the only weapons production unit of the army, the overall level of Liushugou Arsenal seems not to be very good, but in fact...
Not very good indeed.
The situation is much better than when we first arrived in northern Shaanxi and we had nothing. However, there is still a long way to go before we can realize the military production system of grenades, rifles, mortars and ammunition and other light weapons formulated in the pre-war mass production plan.
For now, Liushugou Arsenal can only produce grenade casings, the kind without gunpowder.
In addition to the simplest weapons such as grenades, there are other options such as rifles, mortars, and bullets. Sorry, I can't handle them all.
Again, his family knows their own business. As the head of the military industry bureau in the base area, the biggest problem Chen Zizi faces now is the lack of mechanical equipment to process gun barrels and mortar barrels.
Barrel drilling and rifling marking are two stumbling blocks that plague the Liushugou Arsenal.
Although the mortar barrel does not need rifling, the inner wall of the barrel must be smooth and clean.
If gun barrels and mortar barrels cannot be processed, rifles and mortars cannot be manufactured. Chen Laizi must solve these obstacles.
As for the bullets…
The complexity and difficulty of this thing is much higher than the above two. It can only be listed as a long-term goal, and limited efforts should be concentrated to solve the rifles and mortars first.
"Chen Qizi, how is the military industry bureau you are responsible for doing recently?" At this time, a loud and powerful voice came, and the head of the headquarters walked over and asked with a kind smile.
"Hello, boss." The elegant soldier on the side responded and stood at attention to salute.
Director Chen looked serious and raised his hands in salute: "Hello, boss, the Military Industry Bureau currently has the production capacity of wooden handle grenades, with a designed output of 200 grenades per day. In the future, it will gradually expand the scale and increase production to reach a daily production of 1,000 grenades."
"Designed output? What is the actual output now?" The leader heard the meaning of these words, chewed on the words, and asked.
"Boss, the actual output is...zero." Director Chen responded.
The boss was a little confused: "Why is this?"
"To make a hand grenade, you only need pig iron. The shell is cast, and the grooves for prefabricated fragments are left inside. Currently, the Yancheng Electric Furnace Steel Plant is smelting only high-strength steel. I can't use these precious high-strength steel to make hand grenades."
." Director Chen explained.
The boss nodded: "This is indeed a problem. Have you thought of a solution?"
"Yes, we are currently organizing efforts to build an experimental blast furnace with a daily output of 2 tons. Once the furnace is opened for iron-making, it will be able to meet the demand for grenade casings. However, this involves another problem. We lack metallurgical talents and technology.
Most of the workers make iron based on their experience, and white pig iron is often used. This kind of pig iron breaks into pieces when touched and cannot be easily processed." Chen Qizi responded: "Of course, it is no problem to use it for grenade casings."
The grenade kills the enemy through fragments. The brittle the shell, the more fragments will be generated after the explosion, thereby increasing the effective killing range and efficiency. From this point of view, there is no problem with white cast iron, but there are too many steps in the production of weapons.
The deficiencies in pig iron must be addressed.
The daily production of a 2-ton experimental blast furnace produces 2 tons of pig iron per day. Calculated based on a grenade warhead of 0.2 kilograms, the theoretical value is to produce tens of thousands of grenades per day.
"Yes, what you said is clear and logical. It seems that the superiors are right to choose you to be the director of the Military Industry Bureau. Regarding metallurgical talents and technology, I will tell the superiors about this. If there are any difficulties, you can tell them all and let's think about it together.
There is a solution." The boss praised with a smile.
The elegant soldier standing nearby smiled and said: "Chen Laizi said at the beginning that he could not engage in military industry, but now I think he can do it better than anyone else."
"Don't flatter me. It's really difficult to engage in military industry. Boss, we currently have many problems. I'm afraid you won't be happy after hearing this." Chen Zizi said helplessly.
The boss waved his hand, glared at Chen Laizi, and said, "Why are you unhappy? Tell me slowly."
"Then let me talk about the technical problems first. First, as I mentioned just now, we are in urgent need of metallurgical engineering talents and technology due to the metallurgical technical problems arising from white pig iron."
"Second, seamless steel tube technology. As a low-pressure artillery, mortar tubes can use seamless steel tubes as barrels, and rifles can also use seamless steel tubes that meet strength requirements, but we lack the technology to make seamless steel tubes.