The group left the dormitory and headed to the cafeteria.
People are iron and rice is steel. Before work, you should first solve your stomach problem.
"Jinyu, how many days have I slept?"
On the way, Yu Hua asked Lin Wan about the situation.
"Six days exactly." Lin Wan replied.
Yu Hua nodded and continued to ask: "How's it going with the professor?"
"The professor recovered the day before yesterday and is currently in the artillery assembly workshop of the arsenal, assembling the fourth Type 37 howitzer. In addition, the bureau said that if you wake up, remember to report it and let you go directly to the headquarters." Lin Wan gave the information.
"The fourth door? Yes, I almost forgot. During the first smelting test of the electroslag furnace, a total of two were made... Then, Comrade Lu, you first inform the bureau and inform me of the recovery situation."
Hearing this, Yu Hua fell into thinking. He immediately remembered the reason, figured out the situation, and immediately made arrangements: "Jinyu, you arrange the vehicle. After dinner, we will go to the headquarters. There should be a meeting."
"Yes." Lu Junyu responded immediately, turned and left.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements." Lin Wan nodded.
After arriving at the cafeteria, they simply had a bowl of pumpkin porridge and beef buns to fill their stomachs. Afterwards, Yu Hua and his team left the staff community dedicated to scientific researchers and their families by car and headed to the headquarters.
Liushugou Arsenal, inside the artillery assembly workshop.
Li Qiang stood outside the safe area, looking forward, carefully paying attention to the assembly process of the fourth Red Peony heavy artillery. This assembly operation is an important sign that the Red Peony heavy artillery has entered the finalization and mass production stage. Professor Zhuang personally directed and strictly controlled
, only to produce heavy artillery with reliable quality.
Produced by the Military Industry Bureau, it must be a high-quality product.
Four red peony heavy cannons, including the prototype cannon, will be named "Taihang Industrial Company" after passing the quality inspection and will be stamped with legal nameplates, covered with fully enclosed raincloths, and secretly sent to the Xinkou front line for actual combat testing.
, to test its real battlefield performance.
The sword points at Xinkou!
In a sense, this is an actual combat test and is the exclusive college entrance examination for the Red Peony heavy artillery. Whether it can be well received by the frontline troops depends on how well it performs in actual combat.
The assembly work continues, and all operating specifications are strictly in accordance with the requirements of the "Heavy Artillery Standard Assembly Manual". Professor Zhuang is in the command position and continuously issues instructions to the assembly team. The gun mount foundation has been installed on the slewing bearing assembly, and the hydraulic retractor and
The double-chamber muzzle brake is inlaid on top like a gem. One after another, standard-sized artillery parts are continuously installed in the reserved positions of the gun mount. It is as simple and beautiful as stacking building blocks. The entire assembly process is as artistic as painting.
breath.
Even though Li Qiang had watched this scene four times, he still found it shocking and deeply immersed in it.
To produce the world's most advanced 105mm howitzers in the poorest and most backward areas of China is a miracle and a beauty.
This beautiful scenery is unique in the land of China, and there is no other.
At this time of year, Shen Bing had already fallen, Gong Bing and Han Bing were in a state of inward migration and were unable to produce. Tai Bing, the only company in the country with the production capacity of 105mm howitzers, suffered from the failure of the Great Wall defense line in the Taiyuan Battle and the Japanese bomber force. Taiyuan was bombed frequently and production was suspended for transshipment.
Looking at China, the only arsenal that can carry out large-scale military production is the Yancheng Liushugou Central Arsenal in the hands of Li Qiang.
"I'm really looking forward to it..." Li Qiang looked at the fourth Type 37 howitzer that was already in the liquid nitrogen assembly process, rubbed his hands, and involuntarily flew to the Xinkou front line hundreds of kilometers away, imagining the scene of shelling the Japanese army.
In the No. 1 assembly point, the 105mm inner diameter gun barrel is made of electroslag steel. After being frozen with liquid nitrogen, it is slowly installed into the conical sleeve. The process is extremely smooth and without any obstacles until it sinks to the bottom. After the temperature rises, the barrel expands outward to achieve perfect interference assembly.
Finally, stamp the French nameplate information.
The fourth Type 37 105mm howitzer is assembled.
The artillery was pulled by the cart and left the assembly point towards the quality inspection station. Two artillery quality inspectors received the artillery. One held an inspection notebook and pen, and the other held a tool. They conducted strict quality inspections to confirm the assembly of each component. Whether the accuracy is up to standard and whether the functions of various parts of the artillery are normal.
"Professor Zhuang, thank you for your hard work." Li Qiang came to Professor Zhuang's side quietly, his words were full of respect.
Zhuang Qianding is very hands-on in everything he does. Whenever there is a problem in each factory, he always goes to the scene to deal with it. He will never delay the problem and often works until one or two in the morning.
Li Qiang respects this great professor from Tsinghua University from the bottom of his heart. Although he has made achievements in the field of communications, his contribution to the base area is far less than that of Zhuang Qianding.
"Why is this hard work? The reason why we work hard is to make good weapons and equipment for the frontline troops. I hope the Red Peony Heavy Artillery will shine on the battlefield and provide reliable artillery support for the troops." Zhuang Qianding Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he smiled and said, "I wonder how that boy Yu Hua is doing. He is worse than a guy like me who is halfway into middle age."
"He should still be resting. Mr. Tan said that he was too tired. It was like a tight rope suddenly relaxed and he needed to rest for a long time. During this time, I asked Comrade Lin to take care of him." Li Qiang responded.
"It's time for him to have a good rest, and he should pay more attention to his body." Zhuang Qianding nodded lightly when he heard this, looked at the quality inspection station, and waited quietly.
Forty minutes later, with the completion of more than 50 quality inspections of various sizes, the fourth Type 37 howitzer passed the quality inspection checkpoint of Liushugou Arsenal, and the product passed the factory standard.
The artillery quality inspector submitted a report, which was then summarized to Hu Zhigang, the head of the Ordnance Engineering Department.
"Report, the first batch of Type 37 artillery, including the prototype gun, totals four. It has passed the quality inspection and reached the factory standard. Please give instructions!" Afterwards, Hu Zhigang, who had integrated all kinds of information, quickly came to the two of them and raised his hand. Hand salute.
Li Qiang raised his hand in return and gave instructions: "Delivery to the troops according to standard factory procedures."
"yes."
Hu Zhigang nodded, turned and left, first arranging personnel to notify the military liaison officer at the factory, and then arranged for the artillery to leave the factory and other related matters.
Production of artillery - quality inspection before leaving the factory - delivery and receipt by the troops. This is the standard factory process for artillery. The Military Industry Bureau only needs to deliver four artillery pieces to the troops.
As for how to transport it to the front line, this is a matter for the army, and the Military Industry Bureau has no need and no jurisdiction over it.
The division of labor between the two parties is very clear, just to improve efficiency.
"Finally, I got an errand." Looking at Hu Zhigang's leaving figure, Li Qiang breathed out softly.
These days are killing me. The old chief kept asking about the production of the Type 37 howitzer. The head of the headquarters went to the Military Industry Bureau to hang out and care about it, which made him very stressed. In addition, there was Comrade Wu Ting's closeness, and Chen
Kang's 'care'.
Who is Wu Ting?
Head of the newly formed artillery regiment directly under the headquarters.
Who is Chen Kang?
Commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division and former head of the Military Industry Bureau.
The former represents the headquarters, and the latter represents the 129th Division. Their weight is not unimportant, and the signal they convey is also very obvious. Pressure from all sides is coming like a turbulent flow. Li Qiang has to temporarily put down what he is doing.
Personally responsible for the finalization and mass production.
Although the four Type 37 howitzers are not many at the moment, there is always an explanation. After all, in the rest of this month, only two more guns need to be delivered to meet the production quota.
"Report, urgent message from headquarters." At this moment, the correspondent quickly entered the workshop, raised his hand in salute, and gave the message.
Li Qiang took the telegram and read the content, with joy on his face and a smile on his face, and immediately made arrangements: "Correspondent, contact the heads of each department immediately and go to the headquarters for a meeting in two hours."
"yes!"
"What's going on?" Zhuang Qianding looked at the correspondent who left quickly, curiously.
"Yu Hua is awake, has recovered, and has arrived at the headquarters." Li Qiang said with a smile: "Professor Zhuang, let's go. This meeting is mainly to commend and reward you from the organization. It has been postponed for six days. Of course, there are also
I want to discuss things about the future development of the Military Industry Bureau, and I have some ideas in my mind. I will tell you on the way..."
"good."
After Zhuang Qianding heard these words, he nodded and did not decline the reward. He was also curious about what rewards the organization would have this time.
The two left the artillery assembly workshop together and took a bus to the headquarters. On the way, Li Qiang exchanged his thoughts on the future development of the Military Industry Bureau.
…
Military Industry Bureau headquarters, conference room.
Li Qiang, who is the top person in charge of the Military Industry Bureau and a senior official of the bureau, is sitting in the main seat. The top scientific and technical group on the left side of the conference table and the top leaders of various departments on the right side of the conference table are all old acquaintances.
At this time, all seats were basically full, and Tang Ziqing, the head of the Gunpowder Department, had not yet arrived.
Everyone in the conference room was chatting and waiting, and the content of the chat was naturally the focus of most attention at the moment - the Xinkou front line and the Battle of Songhu.
The Battle of Xinkou is related to the life and death of Taiyuan and determines the future direction of Shanxi. The Battle of Songhu is related to the safety of Nanjing and in a sense determines the future direction of China.
Most of the northern regions are concerned about Xinkou, while the southern regions are all concerned about Songhu.
"At first, 50,000 people couldn't defeat 5,000 people. I really didn't expect that the Battle of Songhu would be fought like this. Basically all the German weapon masters were killed. It seems that there is still a teaching corps left." Lu Yuan took a sip of Renmin brand cigarette and frowned.
Locking his hands tightly, a picture of the situation between the enemy and ourselves in the Battle of Songhu appeared in his mind, he shook his head slightly and sighed.
After two months of fighting, the Songhu battlefield initially had an advantage, but now it is in danger of overturning...
Really don't know what to say.
Nowadays, anyone with some knowledge of military knowledge can see that the Japanese army is encircling the main force of the Chinese army on the Songhu battlefield. They must withdraw from the Japanese encirclement of Songhu battlefield as soon as possible, return to Nanjing, and use the depth advantage to defend.
But the problem is that Chiang Kai-shek just didn't give the order to retreat.
The atmosphere on the front line was extremely depressing. The rest of the people in the conference room shook their heads. Yu Hua sighed inwardly after hearing this. He knew very well that Brother Zhongzheng was eager for the intervention of the League of Nations. It was his hope for the intervention of the League of Nations that delayed the fighter plane and caused the formation of the Japanese Central China Front.
The siege of the 700,000 main force of the national army.
When the encirclement was formed, Brother Zhongzheng had to issue a retreat order. However, it was too late by this time. After the frontline troops received the retreat order, they could maintain order at first. Later, with the continuous bombing and artillery shelling by the Japanese army, the retreat of the troops changed.
It became a huge rout, with countless casualties.
This was an imminent disaster, but Yu Hua was unable to stop it, because all the people more powerful than him had tried to persuade Zhongzheng, but all they got in exchange was a description in the history books - 'overcoming all opinions'.
"The ancients once said that an incompetent general will bring harm to the three armies. In my opinion, this is Chiang Kai-shek's incompetence and bring harm to China..." Hu Zhigang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
"Sorry, I'm late." At this time, the door of the headquarters conference room opened, and Tang Ziqing, the last senior executive of the Military Industry Bureau, walked into the room, apologized and found his seat to sit down.
"Everyone is here, I won't talk nonsense. Today's meeting is classified as top secret. The content of the meeting is mainly about the commendations and rewards given by superiors to Professor Zhuang and Yu Hua, followed by the future development of the Military Industry Bureau." When Tang Ziqing took his seat, Li Qiang faced him.
Everyone, be honest.
Everyone's expressions became serious and their eyes focused on Li Qiang.
"Let's talk about the commendations and rewards from superiors first..."