The arms warehouse is a semi-crypt building with a large internal space. The arms inventory inside is indeed as the report says - very little.? ?
Liguschkov answered truthfully: "The factory was shut down for a long time, and all the artillery shells in stock were given to the troops. In this battle, we sent all our combat forces, and the ammunition for heavy weapons was delivered to the troops, and the rest were only some bullets."
"Bullet? Is it 7.62mm?"
"Yes, there are still more than 100,000 ammunition in this warehouse, including original and reloaded ammunition. Seventy percent of them are reloaded ammunition."
Yang Mingzhi was shocked. This meant that there were only 30,000 original Soviet-made rifle ammunition left in this warehouse. What was the concept? The standard base ammunition for a soldier was sixty, and based on this standard, only one battalion could be equipped.
If something goes wrong in this battle and a large amount of German ammunition is not captured, future battles will really encounter difficulties!
"I remember that we have a lot of ammunition in stock. Why are there only so few left? Those boxes over there should be captured German ammunition. Our Soviet ammunition is almost exhausted?"
Liguschkov explained: "That's not the case. As I just said, almost all ammunition has been delivered to the troops, and there will be no shortage of ammunition in a short period of time. It's just that we have difficulty coping with long-term high-intensity combat consumption."
Yang Mingzhi thought about it and it was indeed true. Natasha could fire out seven hundred bullets in luxury, and ordinary soldiers also had plenty of ammunition in their backpacks. Even in the swamp, the Soviet army's strength was higher than that of 10,000 kilometers away.
China's Eighth Route Army is doing better, at least the ammunition problem is not serious.
"If I were on the domestic battlefield now, a soldier would have five bullets on average, and grenades would be a heavy weapon. It would be difficult to destroy the Japanese invaders with such weapons, but in Belarus, we only dare to launch large-scale operations if we have sufficient ammunition." Yang Mingzhi closed his eyes.
After thinking about it, he was glad that not expanding the campaign was the most correct choice.
After the battle, soldiers cleaned up the battlefield. A large number of neatly loaded ammunition boxes were turned out. When the boxes were opened, 7.92mm rifle bullets were put neatly on stretchers and placed neatly. The ammunition for machine guns was neatly placed on bullet chains and put into iron boxes.
Then they were neatly put into wooden boxes. Now all these boxes have been transported to the warehouse, making the number of German-made weapons now seem to exceed that of Soviet-made weapons.
Liguschkov continued: "Since this battle is a battle, the division commander ordered each rifleman in the follow-up troops to carry two basic ammunition, and the submachine gunner four. Our pistol ammunition consumes a lot, but fortunately they are very small.
It’s easy to reload, but reloading the rifle ammunition is a bit troublesome.”
The topic led to another reply, and Yang Mingzhi asked casually: "Tell me now, how many workers do you have in the reassembly workshop and what is their average output? You said that the workers struggled until dawn last night, and what was their output.
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"Bullet reloading is our biggest job, from installing the primer, filling the gunpowder, then loading the warhead, to the final closing. These processes total 50 workers. From dinner last night to this morning, there are night shift workers
Eight thousand were processed."
This number sounds like a lot, but after Yang Mingzhi thought about it for a while, he could understand that the ammunition was too little. "I believe in the enthusiasm of the workers, but the bullets they worked so hard to make will soon be used up."
Liguschkov added: "Sir, the bullet reloading workshop operates in two shifts. These workers are all professionals. In fact, the maximum output value of this workshop in a day is 15,000. As long as we provide us with undamaged bullet casings,
The reinstallation work will not stop."
Yang Mingzhi calmed down and thought about it carefully. Seventy percent of the people in an infantry battalion were equipped with bolt-action rifles. Whether it was Soviet-made or German-made ammunition, each soldier had a standard base of sixty bullets. To satisfy these people, one base would be needed.
Twenty-five thousand bullets. It seems that two days of reloading in the arsenal can satisfy an infantry battalion.
But the problem with bullets is not here, the machine gun consumes the most ammunition!
At this time, there was still a lot of ammunition placed outdoors, some of which were soldiers who were too lazy to move into the arsenal for the time being, and some of which were ready to be loaded into trucks and transported to Black Earth Village.
Liguschkov explained again: "Sir, our largest arms warehouse is in Catfish Village, where the ammunition is relatively abundant. Many bullets and grenades are not here. Our current ammunition consumption is very large, and this warehouse has almost been moved.
Fortunately, our army captured a lot after the war, so there is no problem in using the enemy's ammunition."
Yang Mingzhi patted the man's shoulder calmly. "Your task is very difficult. The recoilless rifle performed very well in this battle, and the RPG showed its power. This is our most powerful weapon, but ammunition production
Not happy, but the consumption was huge. We wiped out 7,000 German troops. This was based on the huge consumption of ammunition. In the end, we are now poor."
"Ammunition is all consumable. We are still making gunpowder and explosives, and the blast furnace is still smelting shell embryos. There is no war now, and after my production returns to normal, these lost things will be back soon."
"I'm relieved with your words. But I'm still worried about the bullet!" Yang Mingzhi let out a long sigh, which made Liguschkov a little confused.
"Deputy division commander, are you still worried about the bullets?" The guy from the arsenal factory immediately slapped his chest and assured, "Your frown must be what you want to say. You must think that 15,000 reloadable bombs are produced every day.
If there are less, then I can increase the manpower and train a group of outstanding workers. The number of workers has increased, and I am urging them to work more than fourteen hours a day, and strive to process 25,000 a day. What do you think?"
Hearing this, Yang Mingzhi thought that having more workers can lead to an increase in production, but the work of reloading bullets cannot be increased on a large scale with just a few words. This is a technical job, and neither you nor I can do it.
I hope the bullets get into the hands of the soldiers and these round-nosed bullets turn into dumb bombs. Besides, it is already too hard for the workers to work for twelve hours, and you have to ask them to add two more hours."
Liguschkov did not agree with this. He asked: "Deputy Commander, do you know about Stakhanov in Donbas? That man is a labor hero. For the sake of socialist construction, he dug coal mines in one shift.
, which is thirteen times the quota. Maybe you come from a foreign country and don’t know us that well.”
This name appeared in a textbook, and Yang Mingzhi recalled it for a while. In that dimension, many labor competitions were held after the founding of New China, and the source was Stakhanov.
"Now that the war has reached this juncture, I am fighting hard with the workers. They are all old workers. Many of them were Red Army soldiers back then. Even if they are allowed to go to the battlefield now, as long as they don't mind the gray beard, they will
He is also a good soldier."
Yang Mingzhi was slightly happy and said: "I can guess what you mean, it's about their patriotic enthusiasm. Of course I believe they can work fourteen hours a day, but this will greatly damage them and start to age.
People who work at high workloads for a long time will be exhausted. I really don’t want them to work so hard. We must find a way to do this. You mentioned increasing manpower. Not only do I approve this, but I also support it because of the large-scale production in the spring.
The campaign is about to begin. In addition, we must also find the root cause of high bullet consumption based on local conditions!"
The division headquarters has long heard of the large-scale production movement. Furthermore, large-scale spring planting has been postponed due to interference from the war. It is still early March, so potato replanting can begin quickly.
But what’s a good solution to the problem of bullet consumption?
Yang Mingzhi faced this puzzled man and said: "Although the troops are on holiday now, I seem to be very free. After the enemy was eliminated, I saw bullet casings everywhere on the battlefield, especially the captured German mg34
Around the light machine gun, bullet casings can be laid on the floor. There is only one problem with fast bullet consumption - the machine gun shoots too fast." (To be continued.) 8