In the artillery department, Kong Jue carefully looked at the drawings in his hand. He was a little surprised. In fact, the weapons and equipment on these drawings were within the range that the arsenal could produce.
Kong Jue knew something about the Japanese submachine guns. The submachine guns seized from the Japanese special forces had been sent to the arsenal. The bosses wanted the arsenal to try to imitate them. However, after the technicians at the arsenal inspected them, they had to announce
It is impossible to imitate the submachine guns in the hands of these Japanese special agents. Many of their parts are very delicate and cannot be manufactured by arsenals.
Of course, arsenals can also try to make these parts by hand, but the risk is too great. It is too time-consuming and laborious to make exactly the same parts by hand, and imitation is not worth the gain.
And now from the design drawings Liu Gen took out, Kong Jue can see that it is not too difficult to produce these weapons and equipment early. It can be said that as long as there is enough attentiveness, there will be no problems in manufacturing these weapons and equipment.
Kong Jue knew that Liu Gen chose to hand over these weapons and equipment to him to test his abilities.
After knowing that Liu Gen was testing himself, Kong Jue had no idea of directly manufacturing these weapons and equipment. Maybe there would be no problem in directly manufacturing these weapons and equipment, but he still wanted to make a thorough understanding of these design drawings before choosing to carry out these projects.
In the manufacturing of weapons and equipment, he did not allow himself to have any problems when manufacturing these weapons and equipment.
Liu Gen was somewhat satisfied when he saw that Kong Jue did not directly start manufacturing weapons and equipment of his own design. He hoped that Kong Jue could do a good job in this matter. Only in this way can he safely hand over the artillery department to
Kong Jue. Due to Liu Gen's special situation, it is impossible for him to stay in the arsenal all the time, let alone the artillery department.
It can be said that among the things Liu Gen has done, his time in the Artillery Department was the shortest. This made him somewhat ashamed and felt that he was not suitable to continue to be a member of the Artillery Department and that someone more dedicated than him needed to take over.
The artillery department is the only one. As for the person who takes over the artillery department who lacks technical skills, with Liu Gen, he will definitely be able to help this person improve his skills.
Among the artillery departments, Liu Gen was most optimistic about Kong Jue. Based on his understanding of the artillery department, Kong Jue was undoubtedly the most suitable person to take over the artillery department.
You must know that in the artillery department, apart from Liu Gen, the person with the strongest technical ability is Kong Jue. Liu Gen is not in the artillery department on weekdays, and many things are solved by Kong Jue. It can be said that Kong Jue is the deputy director of the artillery department.
Now Liu Gen is ready to give Kong Jue a chance, an opportunity to take charge of the artillery department.
At present, Liu Gen is very satisfied with Kong Jue's performance. He knows that manufacturing these weapons and equipment is not a problem with Kong Jue's technical ability. He just wants to take over the artillery department and lead the artillery department well. Kong Jue needs more than just technical ability.
, but also requires certain management capabilities.
Only when Kong Jue has sufficient abilities in all aspects can Liu Gen safely hand over the artillery department to Kong Jue. He does not want the artillery department established by him to disappear silently from the arsenal. Regarding the artillery department, Liu Gen
Gen has great expectations. It may be difficult in all aspects now, but Liu Gen believes that as long as we can persist, the future of the artillery department will be bright.
Liu Gen is very clear about the positioning of the Artillery Department. The current task of the Artillery Department is to continuously cultivate relevant talents. When the time comes, the Artillery Department will be able to grow rapidly. For the Eighth Route Army, a sufficiently powerful artillery unit is a must
, and the number of artillery currently possessed by the Eighth Route Army is far from enough.
Two days later, Kong Jue began to organize the workers of the artillery department to make weapons and equipment. Liu Gen stayed aside and watched all of this carefully without any thoughts of opening his mouth. Since he chose to leave the manufacturing of weapons and equipment to Kong Jue, Liu Gen
If you choose Kong Jue, you will not get involved easily, so you should give him enough trust.
Under Kong Jue's organization, the workers of the Artillery Department devoted themselves to the production of weapons and equipment. Among the weapons and equipment designed by Liu Gen, the most difficult to manufacture was the submachine gun. As for other equipment, they were all gadgets and were not easy to manufacture.
Difficulty. As for the submachine gun, Liu Gen took out two drawings. One was suitable for use by frontline troops, and the other was much smaller and most suitable for use by soldiers in combat squads.
It is a little difficult to manufacture a smaller submachine gun, but it is still within the acceptable range of the soldiers. At least Liu Gen feels that there will be no problem in manufacturing the corresponding parts in a branch factory.
When Liu Gen learned that Kong Jue thought that manufacturing submachine guns was the most difficult, Liu Gen smiled quietly. In the design drawings he took out, the most difficult thing to manufacture was not the submachine gun, but the silencer. He wanted to create a qualified silencer.
It requires a lot of requirements. If Kong Jue doesn't pay attention to it, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort.
Even if Liu Gen is asked to make a silencer, he is not very sure. A qualified silencer requires too many things. Even if the arsenal can make it, it can only choose to make it by hand. If he wants to make a qualified silencer by hand, Liu Gen
He could imagine how difficult it was, but he had a glimmer of hope. Maybe the workers at the arsenal could bring him a little surprise?
Three days later, the Artillery Department successfully produced the first submachine gun. In the eyes of the workers, the submachine gun was a bit too simple to manufacture. There were not many things they needed to do, most of which was the assembly of the submachine gun. After all, in Liu
In Gen's design, the components used in the submachine gun are all stamped by machine tools, so the production difficulty is very low.
The workers participated in the manufacturing and assembly of the submachine gun. They all knew that the submachine gun consisted of 51 parts. The production process was very simple, and the structure was also very simple. The whole submachine gun looked a bit rough and ugly. The workers were a little skeptical.
, whether this submachine gun can fire smoothly, and whether it can really be sent to frontline troops for use.
At the same time, what puzzles the workers is that this submachine gun has a double safety design. They don’t understand why Liu Gen designed it like this. The double safety will indeed improve the safety of this submachine gun, but in the workers’ view
There is no need to come, as there will be no problem if you have primary insurance.
The workers did not take the initiative to ask Liu Gen about the related reasons, but Kong Jue came to Liu Gen. He also did not understand why Liu Gen emphasized the use of a double safety design. Usually, the rifles in the hands of soldiers only have one safety, and there is no
What's the big problem? The double safety adds two or three more parts to this submachine gun. Abandoning this design can save a lot of materials and speed up the production of submachine guns.
Facing Kong Jue's inquiry, Liu Gen was not too surprised. He knew that Kong Jue would come to him. Double insurance seemed unnecessary to many people, not to mention that the resources in the arsenal were limited and should not be used here.
The above consumes too many resources.
"Brother Kong Jue, a submachine gun is different from a rifle. With the power of a submachine gun, if it misfires, the lives of the soldiers will be in danger. With more insurance, the soldiers can have more protection. We cannot give up such a project just because of limited resources.
design."
"During production, you also know the condition of this submachine gun. The structure is very simple, there is no double safety, and the probability of misfire is very high. We need to take this into consideration when designing the weapon, and we cannot take the lives of soldiers at risk."
Liu Gen said to Kong Jue.
Kong Jue looked at Liu Gen's serious face and immediately understood Liu Gen's importance. He stopped talking. He knew that Liu Gen did the right thing. The submachine guns were to be delivered to the soldiers, and they could not be allowed to use the submachine guns.
The fire went off and the battle was unable to continue.
"Forger Liu, have you considered this a long time ago? When you first designed this submachine gun, there should be only one safety, right?" After a moment of silence, Kong Jue couldn't help but ask.
Liu Gen shook his head. He looked at Kong Jue in front of him, but realized that the information Kong Jue had access to was still a little too little. There was no way around it. Who made the current conditions of the Eighth Route Army too difficult? Kong Jue's talent was very good.
, and worked very hard, but he did not have enough knowledge to learn more information about other countries.
If Kong Jue had enough knowledge about submachine guns, then he would have recognized that this was not the submachine gun designed by Liu Gen, but the Sten submachine gun that was installed in the British army in 1942. Unfortunately, Kong Jue knew too little about this aspect.
Well, to be precise, it is difficult for the Eighth Route Army troops to know much external information.
Firstly, the educational level of the soldiers in the Eighth Route Army is relatively low and they are unable to read books and newspapers about the outside world; secondly, because the anti-Japanese base areas have always been blocked, even if the soldiers want to know more information about the outside world,
There won't be any good solution either.
"This is not a submachine gun designed by me, but designed by two British firearms designers, Shepherd and Du Saibin, and it was installed in the British army in 1942." Liu Gen said seriously.
Liu Gen has no such interest in putting this submachine gun design drawing on himself. In Liu Gen's eyes, the Siden submachine gun still has many shortcomings and has many areas for improvement. But Liu Gen has to admit that the Siden submachine gun
Submachine guns are very suitable for use by the Eighth Route Army troops because the Sten submachine guns are cheap enough and can be equipped on a large scale in various troops in the shortest possible time.
For the current Eighth Route Army troops, what they need is cheap weapons and equipment like the Sten submachine gun, which is not weak in power and can be deployed on a large scale. Even if Liu Gen can design a better submachine gun, it is not suitable
For the current Eighth Route Army, a good submachine gun means good enough materials and high cost, which is unacceptable to the Eighth Route Army.
"That's right. It seems that I am a little ignorant." Kong Jue scratched his head and said with some shame.
Liu Gen shook his head and said helplessly: "This is not your fault. In our team, there are too few ways to understand the outside world. Many people are like this."
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The first Sten submachine gun was successfully manufactured. Liu Gen was very satisfied, but he still needed to test the power of this submachine gun and conduct relevant shooting tests before he could truly feel relieved. Compared with the British-made Sten submachine gun
, the submachine gun manufactured by Kong Jue and others has undergone some changes. The magazine is placed under the gun body instead of placed on the side.
Liu Gen looked at the submachine gun in his hand, and he was still a little worried. He didn't know if there would be any problems with the quality of the steel in the arsenal. Even if the Sten submachine gun was cheap, it still had certain requirements for the quality of the steel.
However, after Liu Gen carefully inspected it, he found no problems. Apart from being a little ugly, there was nothing worth criticizing.
In order to avoid leaking the location of the No. 1 Branch Factory and being noticed by the Japanese, Liu Gen and others left the location of the No. 1 Branch Factory far away when they tested the gun, and chose to test the gun in the mountains. During the period, Liu Gen carried the submachine gun on his back.
The magazine was full of bullets, and if it misfired, his life might be in danger.
Kong Jue and others were worried that there would be a misfire problem, and wanted to carry it on their own, but Liu Gen refused. He asked Kong Jue and others to make the submachine gun, and he should be allowed to test the gun in person now. If there is really a problem with the submachine gun
, then Liu Gen deserves it, and he also knows that this submachine gun cannot be sent to frontline troops for use.
Along the way, Kong Jue and others were frightened. They had been worried that the submachine gun carried by Liu Gen would go off. Only then did Kong Jue and the others realize how important double insurance is. When they successfully arrived at the test site, Liu Gen could see
By the time Kong Jue and others' clothes were soaked with sweat, they were almost worried to death. Fortunately, there were no problems on the way.
"Are you okay?" Liu Gen asked.
Kong Jue and others shook their heads vigorously, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Liu, we finally understand why we need to use double insurance. The road is so bumpy, and the possibility of the primary insurance misfiring is very high. Even with double insurance, we are very worried."
I am always worried that the submachine gun will go off."
Liu Gen laughed. He had noticed the state of Kong Jue and others, but he did not choose to speak out. It would be very valuable for him to come with a submachine gun on his back to make Kong Jue and others realize the importance of double insurance.
On the way, Liu Gen was also worried that the submachine gun would go off, but he was not too nervous. These were uncertain factors. He could not give up just because he was worried about the submachine gun going off.
If even Liu Gen, who proposed to make submachine guns, dare not carry the submachine guns produced by the arsenal, then how can the submachine guns be delivered to the soldiers on the front line? Liu Gen hopes that in this way, Kong Jue and others can
Pay more attention when manufacturing submachine guns to avoid problems with the manufactured submachine guns.
Liu Gen didn't want to see the soldiers not sacrificed on the battlefield, but unfortunately sacrificed by submachine gun fire. If that really happened, then he didn't know how he would face his division commanders and bosses!