On the consequences of the dampness of the shells, Yang Mingzhi could not be clearer.

Once the primer of the shell gets wet, the shell is completely a dud. If the propellant is damp, the primer can only eject the shell from the barrel, and it will eventually be a dud. If there is a problem with the touch fuse on the top, the shell will most likely not explode! In short, damp shells will become a disaster for the soldiers, and these problematic shells will be delivered to the troops, and the Soviet troops will suffer huge losses on the battlefield!

After Riguskov's confession, the current recoilless artillery shells are damp with almost 7,000 rounds, and the RPG warheads are damp with 2,000 rounds! The reloaded bullets are conservatively estimated to be more than 100,000 rounds damp.

In fact, compared to the dampness of the shell, the most disgusting thing is the dampness of the propellant, which is the worst!

The guerrilla republics have always lacked metal, and all kinds of metals found on the battlefield have basically been made into weapons. The largest metal is naturally iron, followed by copper.

Copper is an excellent material for the manufacture of various types of shells, and its superior ductility easily solves the problem of air tightness of the gun chamber. At present, the guerrilla republics do not have the equipment to manufacture artillery shells, they are basically made by hand, and the cost performance is also terrible.

The three major collective farms of the guerrilla republics are now mass-producing a crude type of paper. This is a coarse cardpaper made mainly for tree fibers and reed fibers. It is absolutely impossible to write notes on this paper, or to use it as toilet paper. It is perfect for using it as a wrapper for propellants.

These paper wraps are basically black powder mixed with chemical fertilizers, and their properties determine that this is a material that is easy to absorb moisture. Various types of ammunition packages have actually become the hardest hit areas, and Yang Mingzhi really doesn't know about it, and he is shocked when he asks. Of course, he did not just listen to Rygushkov's words, but examined the ammunition packs in his own hands, especially cut a few of them himself, and found that the gunpowder in them actually had a hard lump due to moisture, which proved that Riguskov was right.

Yang Mingzhi stomped his feet anxiously: "Hell! How the hell did you manage it! When a rain falls, it's so wet! Soon, we will have a new military operation, the ammunition depot looks like this, how can I rest assured! ”

"Military action! Ah! I...... I was so wrong! ”

Rigushkov was also anxious with sweat on his forehead, and as the director of the arsenal, his responsibility was extremely important. In previous battles, he was responsible for dispatching most of the ammunition, but now there is a dampness of ammunition, which coincides with the critical moment of the next battle preparation period. Guilty, he wants to kneel down and admit his mistakes!

Yang Mingzhi is not the kind of stupid commander who only gets angry, he is indeed anxious, and now he must make a choice.

"Rygushkov! All these damp ammunition were scrapped, and weapons with quality problems could not be delivered to the troops! ”

"Did you really decide to scrap it?!" Rigushkov was taken aback, and then muttered: "Actually, part of it is also worth saving." ”

"Oh? Can it still be saved? Do you still have to cut all the ammo packs open and turn them over in the sun? ”

"You're making fun of me!" Rygushkov was well aware of the so-called flipping, but there were huge safety risks, and he didn't want to take any chances. "Commander, I mean that all the damp gunpowder and explosives are discarded, but the projectile body can still be used. We'll fill it with new explosives, install new fuses, and the job will be done soon! ”

"That's the only way to remedy! You have to do this quickly, and in addition, the moisture-proof work of the warehouse must be further strengthened! ”

Rygushkov assured: "Yes! Derelict administrator, I've been sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs! In the future, the problem of moisture-proof will definitely not go wrong again! ”

"I can only trust you now!" Yang Mingzhi smiled slightly, "In addition to these, the Catfish and Exocet rocket launchers are intact, and most of the rifle bullets used in the battle are no problem." I can still accept the losses we have suffered now, and now I can only pray that the Germans will not attack us in the muddy period without brains in the water! ”

"Hey, hey! The Germans are fools unless they are stupid! Rygushkov followed the commander's mood and said: "The Germans who march will be stuck in the mud, and they will not be able to touch our line of defense when they run out of military rations!" ”

"However, they have the Air Force! Now let's take a look at the radar! I hope that the construction of this equipment, you can surprise me. ”

"You're about to be pleasantly surprised!"

Regarding the construction of the radar, Rigushkov was confident. He didn't know much about radar, but it was like a pair of unique eyes that could see flying objects from a long distance! He never expected that the commander still understood the principle of such high-tech equipment, and he couldn't believe that this group of military workers in remote areas led by him had begun to build high-tech equipment that could only be produced by the Kirov factory!

It is impossible to build radar behind closed doors, and a whole set of detailed drawings provided by the design bureau gave this group of workers, who did not know anything about radar, a method of manufacturing. Moreover, during the period of Yang Mingzhi's cultivation, Popov of the Design Bureau led those college students who were well versed in science and engineering knowledge to personally come to the arsenal for guidance. Radar manufacturing is a big project of the Arsenal and the design bureau to work together again, and when Yang Mingzhi arrives in this unique workshop, everything is going according to plan.

In this noisy and slightly dim workshop, Yang Mingzhi saw a familiar figure. The guy in the tweed jacket and Lenin hat is Popov, the deputy head of the Weapons Design Bureau!

The sudden arrival of the commander interrupted the work of all the workers, and everyone stopped what they were doing.

Yang Mingzhi glanced and saw that they were assembling a machine. It's a steam engine!

"Hey, hey! Rigushkov, it seems that you guys are really making according to the drawings! Yang Mingzhi was overjoyed, they built a small steam engine according to the drawings, and the energy source of the radar was solved.

Popov soon came to report the work, and through his report, Yang Mingzhi also knew that the radar production workshop was carrying out the most important energy equipment manufacturing, that is, the transformation of gasoline generators and the manufacture of small steam engines, and the merger of the two into one steam generator!

With regard to the manufacture of steam engines, there are no technical problems with this equipment until now! The principle of the steam engine is very simple, to make a very reliable small machine, it is not to say that it is built! The biggest reason why it was not built before, and even the locomotive was a "super" engine modification of the BT tank, was the lack of an important material - rubber.

Now there is no shortage of rubber! Over the course of its long tenure, parts of the seized vehicle had broken wheels. Broken pneumatic tires have lost their usefulness, and sulfur-containing high-temperature resistant hard rubber directly solves the needs of steam engines.

The reason why the arsenal did not begin to manufacture steam engines until June was entirely due to the order of the commander. The total number of all workers currently working in the arsenal is as high as three thousand. In particular, the wounded who were wounded and amputated in previous battles have also turned to the military industry, producing conventional ammunition and repairing and transforming light weapons. Only these soldiers know what kind of weapons they know best, and they are most satisfactory to the soldiers.

The arsenal can be described as working 24 hours a day, and all the workers are working hard to produce ammunition, especially the large number of manpower weapons to produce rocket artillery. During the May battle, the rocket artillery was erected, and it is not surprising that Rigushkov organized more manpower and increased the production of Catfish and Exocet rocket artillery.

Therefore, there is naturally no time to produce non-weapon equipment, and to this day, the steam engine produced by the arsenal is also used for this.

A few days ago, Yang Mingzhi was listening to Riguskov's praise that the steam engine he built according to the drawings had excellent performance, which was actually touting Yang Mingzhi's excellent drawings.

Now that the steam engine is finally in good condition and workers are installing the final parts, the less than one-man tall piece of equipment, which carries the expectations of the guerrilla republic's air defense security, which will eventually convert coal into electricity, and then turn it into high-energy microwaves to scan the airspace within a radius of 70 kilometers.

It's exciting to think about!