Chapter 354 How much do you know about the arsenal?
"Genzi, how much do you know about our arsenal?" Mr. Liu led Liu Genqiang around the arsenal, not very fast.
Liu Gen shook his head in embarrassment, "Sorry, Mr. Liu, I don't know much about the arsenal. I just know that our arsenal seems to be the largest arsenal in the base area. A large number of weapons and ammunition are produced from our arsenal, which eases the
The pressure on frontline warriors.”
Liu Gen was not very clear about the specific information of the arsenal. He had been fighting the Japanese on the front line before, so he naturally didn’t know much about the arsenal. In addition, the Eighth Route Army protected the arsenal, so the information was easily leaked. Liu Gen wanted to know more.
It is still very difficult to get enough information. Unless Liu Gen reaches a certain level, he will be exposed to information about the arsenal.
Liu Gen did not expect to enter the arsenal before, and naturally he was not very interested in knowing the specific information of the arsenal. What's more, when Liu Gen was in the artillery team, he was quite busy and spent most of his time on the soldiers.
In terms of training, naturally you will not distract your energy to focus on the factory.
Liu Gen was certain that for most Eighth Route Army soldiers, they knew about the existence of the arsenal, but they did not know much about the specific location of the arsenal or the specific information about the arsenal.
"Don't be sorry. The headquarters keeps our arsenal very confidential. Apart from the headquarters, not many people know the specific information about the arsenal." Mr. Liu said with a smile.
After a moment of silence, Mr. Liu explained the origin of the arsenal and its development to Liu Gen in detail.
After Liu Gen listened to Liu Lao's explanation, he had a certain understanding of the arsenal. It was able to develop from the small arsenal when it was first established to the current scale. One can imagine the hardships involved. From Liu Lao's mouth, Liu Gen knew
The arsenal has made great progress.
The predecessor of Huangyadong Arsenal was the armory of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. The main people at that time were repairing damaged weapons and making some simple mines, grenades and rifles. But in 1939, Shinozuka, commander of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi
The righteous man organized Japanese troops many times to launch siege and suppression campaigns against the Japanese base areas.
In July 1939, the scope of the Japanese raids in the anti-Japanese base areas expanded, threatening the Eighth Route Army Military Industry Department, which was the armory of the Eighth Route Army headquarters! Considering that the Japanese raids on the anti-Japanese base areas were increasingly intensified, coupled with the seizure of Japanese weapons in frontline battles
There are not enough weapons for the soldiers, and the demand for rifles manufactured by the headquarters armory is increasing!
Therefore, Mr. Zhu from the headquarters decided to expand the headquarters repair shop and build an arsenal. Since the arsenal was of great importance and time was tight, Mr. Zhu assigned the important task of establishing the arsenal to General Zuo Quan.
At that time, General Zuo Quan traveled almost all over the vast 800-mile Taihang Mountains, and finally discovered Huangya Cave in Licheng County, Shanxi Province.
Huangya Cave is located on a cliff in a mountain with an altitude of 2,000 meters. It is halfway up the mountain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are more than ten kilometers around Huangya Cave, with dangerous peaks towering and the mountain is steep. There is only a long and narrow passage to enter the mountain. Passage
On both sides are cliffs thousands of feet long, about 1.5 kilometers long and only about ten feet wide. It is an 'S' shaped natural corridor.
After carefully observing the surrounding terrain of Huangyadong, General Zuo Quan decided to build an arsenal in Huangyadong. Based on the terrain here, unless the number of troops exceeds several times, even if the Japanese discover this place, it will be difficult to invade!
In addition, the space in Huangya Cave is large enough, which is most suitable for storing guns and ammunition. It is a natural warehouse. This also makes Huangya Cave the most suitable place to establish an arsenal. Finally, at the end of 1939, the Eighth Route Army’s first
The construction of Huangyadong Arsenal started.
When the Huangyadong Arsenal was first established, the conditions were very crude, not only in terms of manpower, but also in terms of materials.
At that time, Yoshio Shinozuka continued to organize Japanese troops to launch encirclement and suppression campaigns against the Japanese base areas. Although several of the encirclement and suppression campaigns organized by Yoshio Shinozuka failed, they still inevitably had a certain impact on various units of the Eighth Route Army. In such a harsh external environment
Under such circumstances, the Huangyadong Arsenal started construction with difficulty.
In the early days of the Huangyadong Arsenal, the technicians in the Arsenal were highly skilled, but because there were not many machine lathes in the Arsenal, the technicians could only work hard with hammers and files in their hands. In order to solve the problem of the lack of equipment in the Arsenal
General Zuo Quan kept thinking of ways to raise equipment for the Huangyadong Arsenal. Soon, the Huangyadong Arsenal had a 40-tai lathe!
With the lathe, the soldiers' efficiency in producing guns and ammunition has been greatly improved. With some experts and top students from major universities joining the arsenal, the Huangyadong Arsenal has developed rapidly.
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After Mr. Liu learned about the development process of the Huangyadong Arsenal, Liu Gen was a little excited. He found that joining the Arsenal seemed to be a pretty good choice! There are many experts in the Huangyadong Arsenal, and there are also many skilled people.
For skilled workers, it is hard to imagine that everyone would mix together.
But in the Huangyadong arsenal, this situation is very common. In the arsenal, everyone is fighting for the frontline, to drive the Japanese out of China, and for the freedom of the nation! Here, experts and technical workers work closely
We unite closely and constantly find ways to produce better guns and ammunition, thereby helping the soldiers on the front line.
Mr. Liu did not talk too much about the hardships in the development of the arsenal, nor did he say what role he played in it, but Liu Gen could fully imagine the hardships involved.
While wandering around the various troops in the arsenal, Liu Gen could clearly see that everyone looked at Mr. Liu with respect in their eyes. To be respected by so many people in the arsenal, Mr. Liu must have made a great contribution to the development of the arsenal.
strength.
It is worth mentioning that Huangyadong Arsenal has a general affairs department, equipment department, engineering department, lathe department, fitter department 1, fitter department 2, and forging department. Each department performs its own duties and cooperates with each other.
Under the leadership of Mr. Liu, Liu Gen carefully observed every unit he went to. He could see that every department was very busy, whether it was experts or workers. They were all busy. Seeing how busy everyone was, Liu Gen was
Somewhat ashamed, he is a young man, so it may not be a good idea to be idle like this.
However, Liu Gen also knew that his injuries had not yet healed, and since he had just arrived at the arsenal and did not know his specific position in the arsenal, there was no need to be too anxious.
Perhaps Mr. Liu noticed the change in Liu Gen's expression. He led Liu Gen towards the arsenal director's office. For others, it was appropriate to enter the director's office, but for Mr. Liu, it would not be possible for him to do so.
If you have any questions, of course, Mr. Liu still knocks on the door before entering the factory director's office.
I followed Mr. Liu into the factory director's office. It was said to be an office, but in fact it was a slightly small room, a shabby desk and a chair that had been repaired countless times.
"Mr. Liu, why are you here?" Seeing that it was Mr. Liu arriving, Director Cheng stood up quickly.