Jiang Cheng squinted his eyes and nodded. Yes, Roosevelt wanted to put Europe first and then Asia. But what he didn't know was that Germany was no longer the same as Germany in history. According to my intelligence, Germany was a little bit different during this period.
They are constantly integrating and annexing the resources of the occupied areas. The implementation of their Rome plan is extremely smooth. At the same time, their weapons have also begun to be fully upgraded based on the feedback from the French campaign. The testing ground for their new weapons is Africa. I believe that desert
The Fox has obtained a large number of new weapons, and Germany is more difficult to deal with than in history.
Speaking of this, the chairman suddenly said that talking about weapons, there have been many breakthroughs in the arsenal recently. Mr. Zhu proposed to make long-term plans for our weapons again. You go to Mr. Zhu tomorrow and work with Mr. Zhu to formulate our standard weapons.
Make a plan.
At this time, the sources of the Red Party's armed weapons were complex, including German-style weapons from China and provided by Jiang Cheng, Soviet-style weapons produced by themselves and provided by Jiang Cheng, and captured Japanese-style weapons. There were many bullets that were not universal, so they could only
For the unification of weapons at the regiment level, local armed forces can only unify weapons at the company and platoon level. However, in order to cope with a comprehensive counterattack or even liberate the whole country, the unification of weapons is indeed urgent.
Jiang Cheng nodded in agreement, and then said, Chairman, do we really let those two Americans watch it as they please?
The chairman smiled and said, "Don't worry. There are some sensitive things that they cannot see. Our party's confidentiality regulations are all there."
Jiang Cheng thought about it, and it was a bit unnecessary for him to worry like this.
Jiang Cheng returned to his residence and was gentle with Yu Yishan, not to mention the matter. The next day, Jiang Cheng and Li Qian came to the arsenal. Under the leadership of the guards, they came to a large open space. They only saw a few tables on the open space.
It was filled with all kinds of light weapons. Next to the table were various artillery pieces. There were even various captured 107 rocket launchers or tanks and armored vehicles provided by Jiang Cheng.
Mr. Zhu was discussing something with some veteran sergeants and engineers. When he saw Jiang Cheng coming, Mr. Zhu laughed and said, isn't this Xiao Jiang? The chairman just sent someone this morning to tell you that you are coming. As soon as the front foot left, you stepped back.
Here you are, you came so quickly. Miss Yu must blame me for coming so quickly.
Jiang Cheng looked at the weapons on the floor and replied, Mr. Zhu, you are here to do serious business, how dare I delay? Besides, I came so quickly but my Yu Na woke me up early. You have wronged her.
Mr. Zhu quickly waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I made a mistake. We have been discussing it for a long time. In fact, there are only three ways, either German style, Soviet style, or Japanese style. Come and take a look, and we will decide together."
Jiang Cheng stepped forward and asked: Hello, boss, please tell me your thoughts and ideas first.
Mr. Zhu nodded, stepped forward and said, let’s talk about light weapons first. In fact, we have many things to consider when we want to standardize weapons. One is the current situation of our weapons, the other is our strategic thinking, the other is our industrial level, and finally and the most important thing.
What is important is the adaptability of our soldiers to these weapons. After all, these are weapons. As the ancients said, soldiers are the most important thing for the country.
As he spoke, Mr. Zhu pointed to the rifles lined up in a row and said that our army is still dominated by infantry, so the most important thing is this rifle. It is our most widely used weapon. Now there are mainly these types of weapons in our army.
, from the older Shuilianzhu made in Hanyang to the more advanced Zhongquan, 38 big cover, Mauser 98k, new Mosin Nagant rifle, our homemade Bayi, and SKS.
You really don’t know if you don’t say it, but you will be shocked when you mention it. There are really many types of weapons.
Mr. Zhu smiled and put Shui Lianzhu and Hanyang Zao away and said that these two were outdated and we did not consider them. In fact, there are many other infantry, such as French, American, British, and Belgian, but the number
It’s not much, so we won’t consider it.
Jiang Cheng asked Mr. Zhu, how many troops do we have now?
Mr. Zhu suddenly said with difficulty, Xiao Jiang, you really asked me. Our army is constantly growing, comrades sacrifice every moment, and new comrades join. Do you want to say it accurately?
I'm afraid I can't come up with the numbers, but we ask each unit to report changes in personnel every quarter. The latest figures for June are that we have 70,000 armed forces in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and a total of 270,000 in Suiyuan, Shanxi.
There are 120,000 people in the Taihang Mountain base area, 80,000 people in the 115th Division in northern Shandong and Jiangsu, 130,000 people in various New Fourth Army units, about 40,000 to 50,000 people in other large and small base areas, and about 10,000 South China guerrillas. The total number of regular troops is
There are 745,000 people. If you include those militia organizations, the number should be more than 1.8 million.
Jiang Cheng took a breath. Unknowingly, the Red Party's armed forces had developed to this point. In fact, this number was not too much. You must know that the National Army at this time was known as five million, and the Japanese invasion force did not include the Kwantung Army.
Seven to eight hundred thousand, and the puppet army has exceeded the number of Japanese troops in the pass in the recent continuous expansion, and is close to one million. Of course, among the five million National Army, how many troops can fight well? History
The elder Chen Cheng once said that the budgeted strength of the National Army is 5 million, but in fact there are 7.2 million people eating military rations. According to the authorities' estimation, if it is verified and reorganized, there will be 3 million to fight.
The troops are very good. Based on this, more than half of the military expenditures are untrue.
Jiang Cheng said to Mr. Zhu that if weapons are advanced, then SKS is definitely the most advanced. It is also the only semi-automatic rifle among these weapons. Semi-automatic rifles are the development trend of rifles in the future. Unfortunately, for us now, it is not necessary to use them directly and comprehensively.
Semi-automatic seems unrealistic.
Liu Guifu, an old military man next to Mr. Zhu, said yes, we can imitate SKS rifles now, but the output will not be too large, and secondly, too many bullets will be eaten. We have analyzed that the barrel of the current SKS rifle is a
This kind of steel contains chromium and nickel. We have not found any large deposits of this mineral so far. In addition, a new steel we have developed, namely boron-containing 50ba steel, can also be qualified for this task, but there is also a lack of raw materials.
Boss Zhu looked at Jiang Cheng and asked Xiao Jiang, do you know where these mines are?
Jiang Cheng could tell that Mr. Zhu actually likes SKS the most. After all, it has strong firepower and represents the future trend. Jiang Cheng pointed to the northwest and said that they are all in the northwest and northeast. As far as I know, the ones you mentioned are
Minerals are mainly concentrated in the three northeastern provinces and Tibet, and there are indeed very few in our Central Plains.
What a pity... After hearing this, Mr. Zhu knew that there was no chance and put SKS aside with regret.
Jiang Cheng said, Boss, I think we can put the Sanba Gai aside. Although we have captured a lot of these guns, Japanese weapons really don’t have much development prospects, and his bullets are too incompatible with ours.
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Mr. Zhu nodded and threw the 38-style cover aside. The only ones left were the Soviet style and the German style, which were also the two most difficult to choose between.
Mr. Zhu asked the non-commissioned officers next to him: What kind of weapons do you feel when using them? Which one is the most comfortable?
A noncommissioned officer said to the report chief, "I think German weapons are more suitable for us. First, because Mauser rifles are produced in various parts of our country, which is good for production. Second, because Mauser rifles are shorter than Mosin Nagants, our squadron
He is not as tall as the Europeans, and his short rifle body and long bayonet are more suitable for our squadron.
Another noncommissioned officer immediately retorted and said, "I don't think so. I think we have to consider our future. We now have SKS rifles as our future rifle development direction, so we cannot waste such an advantage, and isn't it the case in China?"
Was it modified from Mauser? Isn't our Eighty-One Type modified? I think the Eighty-One Type should be continued to be improved to make it more suitable for our Eighth Route Army.
But what about machine guns? This time we are not unifying rifles, but unifying all weapons. Most of our machine guns are ZB series or MG series that use German bullets. Very few can use RPD machine guns. During wars
, one machine gun is more important than ten rifles. If the machine gun is taken into consideration, I think the German rifle is better. The first sergeant to speak immediately retorted.
All of a sudden, several non-commissioned officers started arguing, saying this was good and I saying that was good.
"Shut up, what do you think of this place? What does it look like in front of the commander?" Liu Ding roared angrily, suddenly waking up the non-commissioned officers, who quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to speak anymore.
Jiang Cheng said to Mr. Zhu that everyone is right, most of our machine guns are German, especially the light machine gun, which is a ZB26.
Mr. Zhu nodded and said it would be great if we could change the caliber of the light machine gun. That would solve the problem. Liu Gong, if we change the caliber of the machine gun, do you think it is okay?
Liu Guifu nodded and said it's not a big problem, we can do it, but with this change in caliber, many things have to be changed. After all, the recoil and other things will be different. Give us a month and we will strive to succeed.
Mr. Zhu nodded and said, okay, let’s settle it. Our weapons will not be completely copied from others. The rifle will continue to be modified from the Bayi Gun. We should absorb more features of the Mosin-Nagant rifle. The light machine gun will use ZB26, and the heavy machine gun will be used by you.
To absorb the advantages of mg gun, zb37 gun and rpd, let’s use zb37 as the prototype. After speaking, Mr. Zhu glanced at Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng immediately understood that this was so that his Skoda arsenal could complement this place. Jiang Cheng smiled and said: In addition, I can get some shotguns from abroad. They are very useful for trench warfare. As for pistols,
Boss Zhu took out the shell gun of the soldier beside him and said, let's continue using the shell gun first. The Ministry of Military Industry must speed up the design and cannot slack off.
Liu Ding replied immediately.
In fact, in trench warfare or street fighting, submachine guns are also excellent weapons. A noncommissioned officer said.
Jiang Cheng nodded and asked Liu Gong, what do we use for our submachine guns?
Liu Fugui said this, I have to say John, John, come here... Boss, comrade 203, this John proposed to us to modify the MP38, saying that it is the best submachine gun now, so we put the research and development team
I gave it to him. You see, this is the result of his research and development, and it hasn't been named yet.
All he saw was a submachine gun that looked like a pump placed in front of Jiang Cheng. Jiang Cheng immediately blurted out the Daosden submachine gun.
Mr. Sten submachine gun, has someone already designed this submachine gun? The white man named John asked in Chinese with an accent.
Jiang Cheng immediately knew that he had lost his composure. He smiled, picked up the submachine gun and took a closer look. He found that it was different from the Sten submachine gun in his memory. He also calculated that the current Sten submachine gun should not have come out. History
The Sten submachine gun was produced one year after the Battle of France. The time is probably May or June of 1942. Moreover, the rear body of this submachine gun is very similar to the Sten submachine gun. They are both cylindrical, but there is still a front section.
It has the shadow of MP38, and the butt on the back is also a little different.
However, Boss Zhu knew from Jiang Cheng's gaffe that this gun was extraordinary. His eyes lit up, he looked at John and said, "John, please introduce the characteristics of this gun."
John looked at Liu Fugui with some embarrassment, and Jiang Cheng could even tell that he meant to blame Liu Fugui.
Liu Fugui said to Mr. Zhu, this man’s name is John Daniel Wesker. He is from Germany. He is very talented and creative. This gun was designed by him. He usually keeps a low profile and just likes to listen to music and engage in military industry, so
You may have some stage fright when speaking to the chief. John, this is an opportunity. Don’t be afraid. You are still an engineer. Why are you not as good as me, a farmer?
John rolled his eyes at Liu Fugui and said, Liu, you are probably the best farmer in the world at making guns. I haven't named this gun yet, but just now Jiang seemed to call it "Stone Bench"
"Stern" means the English plural. Jiang Cheng corrected and said, "I have seen a gun like this in Europe, but if I look closely, I can see that there is something different. What I saw is a British gun, and yours
This gun still has a very Germanic style.
John shook his head and said no, I am very dissatisfied with this gun. But Liu said that the conditions here are difficult at that time, so I designed this gun based on the highest principle of low production cost. I think industrial products, like music, should be the most popular in the world.
The most beautiful thing on earth, this gun is so ugly.
Hahaha, everyone laughed immediately. Indeed, the appearance of this gun cannot be said to be too beautiful. This John is extremely tall and looks more like a soldier than an engineer, but he did not expect that he is a person who loves beauty.
So how low is the cost of this gun? Jiang Cheng asked.
We have calculated that if mass-produced, one such submachine gun would only cost about 35 guanghua. Liu Fugui said.
Jiang Cheng calculated in his mind that it would cost about 13 or 14 US dollars, and the historical cost of the Sten submachine gun was 9 US dollars, which means there is room for improvement. Of course, the extremely cheap labor costs in the border area are also one of the reasons.
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Why is it so cheap? Mr. Zhu’s eyes immediately turned red. He grabbed the gun and studied it. I said, Liu Gong, this is wrong. Why don’t you report such a good thing? You are making a mistake. I tell you.