"Team Leader Liu, you are reloading bullets!" Looking at the completed bullets in Liu Guoyu's hand, Li Hao finally couldn't help but ask, his face full of excitement!
Political Commissar Wang Hong, Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng, and Deputy Regiment Commander Luo Yun also stared at the bullet in Liu Guoyu's hand with big eyes, their eyes were shining, and they wanted to snatch the bullet from Liu Guoyu's hand right away!
Only then did Liu Guoyu realize that the group leader Li Hao was standing in front of him!
He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied: "Hello, captain! Everyone else in the repair shop has work to do, and I can't be idle, so I asked Director Jiang for a deputy to study reloading bullets!"
"I can make propellants. I just need to use captured explosives to make them into granules. The most troublesome parts are primers, warheads, and primer caps! It took many experiments to get ten qualified primer caps and warheads, and they were all scrapped.
Lots of material!”
"The best raw material for primers is mercury fulminate. I also used mercury fulminate in the Taiyuan Arsenal. But I don't know chemistry. I only know the general composition of mercury fulminate and I don't know how to make it. So the primers I use now are what I heard about in the arsenal at that time.
It is processed by a local method, mixed with crushed nitrate and realgar powder, and its performance is unstable. I have made ten experimental rounds in total, but I don’t know how effective it is!"
"Experiment now, experiment now!"
Li Hao immediately ordered, very anxious.
Looking at the ten bullets handed over by Liu Guoyu was like seeing the piles of bullet casings in the warehouse turning into yellow bullets, his eyes were filled with anticipation!
"Captain, please pay attention to the experimental soldiers and be prepared. I'm worried that the performance of these bullets is unstable and will explode!" Liu Guoyu added immediately!
The rifle is fixed on the ground, and a rope is tied to the trigger of the rifle. The person hides behind the two-meter earth wall behind the rifle and pulls the trigger by pulling the rope. Even if the chamber is really exploded, there will be no danger!
Guard company commander Chen Wei personally conducted the experiment!
The first bullet is loaded into the magazine, the bullet is loaded, and then the rope is quickly hidden behind the earth wall, waiting for the firing order!
"Start experimenting!"
Li Hao was nervous and excited and ordered!
Pulling the rope hard, the rifle doesn't move at all!
"It's a dumb bomb, the primer must have not been fired!" Liu Guoyu analyzed with a flash of disappointment on his face.
A flash of disappointment quickly flashed across Li Hao's face, but he quickly responded: "It's okay. When you make mistakes in doing anything, continue the experiment!"
"Even if only one of these ten bullets can be used, it is still hope and shows that we can succeed in reloading bullets!"
The second bullet misfired, and the third bullet continued to misfire...
Just when the last hope in Li Hao's mind was about to be shattered!
"boom……"
The familiar gunshot finally rang!
Liu Guoyu's tense nerves also relaxed, and he almost jumped up with excitement and shouted loudly.
"Okay, this bullet is useful..."
Li Hao regained hope, stared at the rifle two meters away, and ordered decisively: "Continue the shooting experiment and shoot all the remaining six bullets!"
The fifth bullet was a dud, the sixth bullet was successfully fired, the seventh bullet was a dud, the eighth bullet was successfully fired, and the last two bullets continued to be duds...
"Captain, three of the ten experimental bombs were successfully fired, and the remaining seven were all duds!" Chen Wei reported excitedly!
Although the success rate of bullets is very low, if a bullet is successfully fired, it means that the idea of reloading bullets is feasible. Liu Guoyu's method is also correct. The independent regiment is one step closer to large-scale reloading of bullets!
This is definitely a great thing for the independent regiment. If the news spreads, the military division or even the military region may be alerted!
Li Hao was also very excited and immediately ordered: "Go and check the target immediately to see if the three rounds of bullets have hit the target, and what are their ballistics and performance!"
"Yes, leader!"
In less than five minutes, Chen Wei hurried over with a target in his arms. From the smile on his face, Li Hao knew that the result would not be too bad!
"Captain, all three bullets hit the target, and the bullet heads were completely embedded in the target!"
"Show it to Team Leader Liu, he is an expert!"
Li Hao immediately ordered, and then looked expectantly at Liu Guoyu, who was studying the target seriously!
Soon, Liu Guoyu showed an excited expression on his face!
"Captain, the depth of the three bullets embedded in the target is almost the same as that of ordinary bullets, which means that there is no problem with the propellant and warhead of the bullets. Even if there is a difference between the initial shooting velocity and the original bullets, there is not much!"
"But the probability of the primer being successfully fired is too low. This primer is definitely not suitable for large-scale reloading of bullets!"
"My opinion is to abandon this homemade primer and use the mercury fulminate used in original bullets!"
"The regiment headquarters will find a way to purchase a batch of mercury fulminate and come back!"
"The amount of mercury fulminate used in each bullet is very small. You don't need to buy too much at one time to reload tens of thousands of bullets!"
Without thinking about it, Li Hao shook his head and said in denial: "This road won't work!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops have blocked us too tightly. Now it is difficult for us to even buy medicines, let alone mercury fulminate, which can be used to produce bullets and artillery shells!"
"And relying on purchasing is not a long-term solution for us to reload bullets on a large scale. The best way is to produce them ourselves!"
"Only in this way can we reload bullets and develop military industry without being restricted by others!"
A look of helplessness quickly flashed across Liu Guoyu's face, and then he shook his head and replied: "I don't know much about chemistry. Although I know the basic ingredients of mercury fulminate, it will definitely be more difficult to produce it than reaching the sky!"
Hearing Liu Guoyu mention the word chemistry again, Li Hao's eyes lit up and he seemed to be thinking of something? He asked with expectation!
"Understand chemistry? Team Leader Liu, do you mean that as long as you find someone who understands chemistry to come and cooperate with you, you can get mercury chloride out?"
Liu Guoyu hesitated and affirmed: "This person must be proficient in chemistry, not just a superficial understanding!"
"With your words, I feel relieved!" Li Hao's face lit up with joy, and then he promised.
"I will solve this problem. The person you want will come to you and report to you the day after tomorrow at the latest!"
Liu Guoyu then pledged: "Captain, if there really is such a person, I promise to get rid of mercury chloride within ten days, and I will not let you down, Commander!"
"In addition, in addition to mercury fulminate, we also need some simple equipment to make bullets and primer caps, especially stamping machines. If there is no power, you can do it manually!"
"For the warheads and primer caps of these ten bullets, we worked in the forging team for three days and made more than a hundred before we selected ten qualified ones. The scrap rate was too high, and the production speed was slow!"
"If the regiment can get some stamping machines, even manual ones, as long as we make models of warheads and primer caps, we can easily make thousands of them in a day, and there will be basically no waste!"
"Are you sure a manual stamping machine will work too?" Li Hao asked, staring at Liu Guoyu.
"Okay, it's just that it's a little slower and requires more labor!" Liu Guoyu affirmed!
Li Hao immediately replied: "It may be difficult to get a mechanically powered stamping machine, but a manual one is fine! In this way, I will get it back for you in ten days at most!"
Liu Guoyu's reloading of bullets today was a real failure. The success rate was only 30%, and he didn't even have the chance to be deployed in the army!
But on the way back, both Li Hao and the political commissar had excitement on their faces!
Although the 30% yield was very low, it gave him hope of reloading bullets.
Especially the confidence Liu Guoyu showed just now gave them more confidence to successfully reload bullets!
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