Chapter 653 Rebuilding is the main thing, production is the supplement
"Very good!"
Hong Linfeng was even more excited than Li Hao and almost jumped up with joy!
"Captain, you don't know, what I'm most worried about now is that there are too few veterans in the army. Even if a large number of absentees are replaced, it will be difficult for the army to restore its combat effectiveness!"
"With the two hundred veterans given to us by the base area in northern Shanxi, I can guarantee that the troops will be able to regain their combat effectiveness within three months at most after returning to the base area!"
Li Hao answered decisively: "So I agreed at that time!"
"The next thing we have to discuss is how much military equipment to leave behind!"
"Comrade Li Yunshan, you are a military industry expert. Only you can answer this question!"
"If I only bring back one set of machine gun bullet production line, one set of hand grenade production line, one set of mortar shell production line, one set of mountain artillery shell production line, one set of propellant equipment, one set of gunpowder production equipment, one set of rifle production line,
A machine gun production line! Can a total of 68 vehicles transport all this military equipment back?"
"Of course, if you still can't transport it back, you can take out some of the small equipment in the middle and give it to our rescued workers and mules and horses from the baggage team, and let them transport it back through the mountain road!"
"Can!"
Li Yunshan thought for five minutes before giving Li Hao a positive answer!
"Then it's settled!" Li Hao was also very decisive!
"Tonight, all the equipment will be transported out of Datong City! Then we will distribute it. We will need the military equipment I just listed, and not much else. We will leave it all to the Northwestern Shanxi Base Area and let them set up an arsenal!"
Hong Linfeng kept wanting to speak, but as soon as the words came to his lips, he was interrupted by Li Hao and then swallowed them back!
I finally waited for Li Hao to finish speaking before seizing the opportunity to speak!
"Captain, would it be too little to have a bullet production line?
"Let me calculate it. A production line works overtime to produce 15,000 rounds of ammunition a day. On average, each soldier has at most five rounds of ammunition!"
"And after we set up the arsenal, we will definitely not be able to keep all the weapons and ammunition we produce for our own use. They will have to be handed over to the military subdivision and part of the military district. Even fewer will end up in our garrison regiment!"
"Also, if a set of bullet production equipment can produce rifle bullets, it cannot produce heavy machine gun bullets. The limitations are too great!"
"My opinion is: two sets of production lines for rifle machine gun bullets and one set of production line for heavy machine gun bullets!"
"You need one set each for other ammunition and weapons production lines!"
Under normal circumstances, Hong Linfeng's proposal would definitely be the best!
Once such an arsenal is established, it can produce everything from rifle bullets to mountain artillery shells, light and heavy machine guns!
More importantly, the arsenal's output alone can meet the needs of the bullets that are most in demand by the troops!
However, the garrison cannot support such a large-scale arsenal!
With so much equipment, 68 cars will definitely not be able to transport it back!
To put it another way, even if it is successfully transported back, with three sides of Lingqiu blocked by the Japanese, the raw materials available to the arsenal will definitely be very limited, and there is no guarantee that the entire arsenal can operate at full capacity!
Thinking of this, Li Hao decisively refused: "I want a machine gun bullet production line!"
"As for the two questions you asked, Chief of Staff, there is no need to worry at all!"
"The principle of producing rifle bullets is the same as that of heavy machine gun bullets. The only difference is the caliber!"
"As long as the production equipment is slightly adjusted, the rifle machine gun bullet production line can still produce heavy machine gun bullets!"
"My idea is to have an ammunition production line that alternately produces rifle machine gun bullets, heavy machine gun bullets, and our commonly used box gun bullets!"
"Use limited raw materials to ensure that the production line operates at full capacity, and do not waste such good military equipment!"
"As for the production problem you raised, the solution is very simple!"
"Due to the limitations of raw materials, the scale of the arsenal we set up cannot be too large!"
"But, we can reload bullets!"
"For ordinary bullets, reloading bullets can directly save the cartridge case!"
"In a bullet, the raw materials required to produce the shell are undoubtedly the most!"
"The raw materials needed to produce a new bullet can be used to reload at least three bullets!"
"We can also directly recycle the remaining bullet casings that cannot be reloaded to produce new bullets, minimizing the limitations of raw materials on the arsenal!"
"Weapons too!"
"In the future, the arsenal will still focus on repairing damage on the battlefield, with production as the supplement!"
"Weapons that really have no maintenance value are recycled to produce new weapons!"
"In addition, we can also obtain steel by scraping the railway to support the arsenal to produce new weapons!"
"The machine gun production line is mainly focused on transforming crooked machine guns, and is supplemented by the production of new machine guns!"
"This time when we fought in Datong, I found that the Japs were equipped with a new machine gun, which can also be said to be an improved version of the Waibaozi. The Waibao's magazine supply system was changed to a magazine supply!"
"Compared with magazine feeding, magazine feeding is more stable, and the machine gun can also be used as a submachine gun!"
"So I decided that after the arsenal was established, we would first renovate all the crooked parts of our equipment!"
"After the transformation of our garrison is completed, we will transform the military divisions and military districts, and then reuse the damaged machine guns to make new ones!"
At the former enemy headquarters in the Northwestern Shanxi Military Region, the chief of staff suddenly rushed in with a smile on his face!
"Commander, good news!"
"The garrison has made a list of equipment for us. It's more than we imagined!"
"With these equipment, our arsenal can be set up immediately!"
"What a good thing, let me see how happy you are, tell me about it!" The commander also showed an expectant expression, staring at the chief of staff and asked!
"If I tell you, you will definitely be happy from ear to ear!" the chief of staff affirmed, raising the telegram in his hand!
"There are three production lines for machine gun bullets. Although one of them is old equipment that has been eliminated by the little devil, it can still be used!"
"One production line for heavy machine gun bullets, one for hand grenades, one for mortar shells, and one for mountain artillery shells!"
"In addition, there is a rifle production line, a machine gun production line, and three sets of rifle machine gun maintenance equipment!"
"As long as all these equipment are transported back to the base area, the arsenal we have established can produce all other weapons and equipment except artillery, and the output is not bad! We can produce the equipment of a main division in a year!"
The commander was indeed frightened, with his mouth open and a look of shock on his face. He was stunned for a long time before reacting!
He stared closely at the chief of staff and asked: "Are you sure the garrison really allocated so much military equipment to us?"
"If I remember correctly, the introduction you just made was twice as much as what we proposed ourselves!"
"And the extra equipment can not only produce ammunition, but also weapons and even mortars!"
