For the commander-in-chief who sold a pass, Yang Zhen smiled and didn't care, and opened the box by himself. When the box was opened, looking at the several strange-looking submachine guns placed inside, both in appearance and structure, Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile. Yang Zhen reached out and took out the two submachine guns in the box, pulled the bolt a few times before pulling the trigger.

Listening to the crisp movement of the bolt slipping, Yang Zhen couldn't put it down and looked at the two brand-new submachine guns in his hand that had just been produced not long ago, but the styles were completely different, and rubbed the polished smooth and abnormal roasted blue and said happily: "I really didn't expect it to be produced so soon?" ”

Although there were some changes from the original design of the two submachine guns produced by his own arsenal in Yang Zhen's hand, Yang Zhen recognized at a glance that these were two of the copycat weapon drawings that he handed over to the arsenal with his memories. It is also the two simplest and easiest submachine guns to produce during World War II.

One is the British nine-mm Stern submachine gun, and the other is the Soviet PPSH Type 43 submachine gun. These two submachine guns are simple in structure and can be produced in many family workshops. Now that he has a full set of production equipment at hand and urgently needs a large number of submachine guns, Yang Zhen naturally thinks of these two weapons.

Although when Yang Zhen became a soldier in later generations, these two weapons had already been eliminated. However, in some war-torn countries, there are still small stocks of these two weapons. When Yang Zhen participated in the anti-terrorist war in later generations, he once captured these two submachine guns in a neighboring country in western China.

However, most of the two submachine guns I saw in later generations were not of British and Soviet origin, except for a small number of PPSH 43 submachine guns, which were originally manufactured by the Soviet Union when the Soviet Union supported the pro-Soviet regime in the country. One is the May Fourth submachine gun, which was modeled after the modified gun that China secretly provided to the people of the country to resist the invaders.

One is produced by a small tribal workshop in the country's southern neighbour, which is famous for its production of firearms and is of the same language as some of the country's ethnic groups. Of course, compared to the AK47, which is widely circulated in the country and can be found in almost all producing countries, these two antique weapons are very scarce in quantity.

But the worship of zài is the gift of the truth. These two weapons, which are simple to use and produce, and require little deliberate maintenance, still have their market in this country. Not only these two weapons, but also older ones, can be seen in countries that have been fighting for decades.

For these two antique firearms, it is not surprising that after the two older British-made Enfield and Soviet-made Mosin Nagan two hand-held rifles that Yang Zhen also saw in that country, as well as a large number of various weapons from World War II. That war-torn country could almost be called a firearms museum.

I have long been eliminated in later generations, and there are almost all kinds of weapons that can only be seen in museums. In particular, a wide range of Soviet-made weapons were produced simply and durably, from the oldest manual rifles to the latest AK-74 automatic rifles. There are even various German-made weapons captured by the Soviet army in World War II. From the early Soviet-made DP light machine guns to the German-made MP40 submachine guns, it can be seen and even used.

Of course, these weapons are already obsolete in later generations. Except for the local warlords, who are hungry for weapons and will not refuse to fire and kill anyone who can do so, no country will equip it. Except, of course, for the arrogant country in southwest China, where a large piece of cloth is wrapped around its head and used as a steel helmet.

However, for the era in which he is still mainly using manual rifles, and only a small number of semi-automatic rifles developed by a few countries have not yet been practical, it is still advanced equipment.

Yang Zhen was very fond of the two antiques that were seized, and if it weren't for the state's regulations that private people were not allowed to hide firearms, Yang Zhen really wanted to collect them together with the captured PPSH1 submachine gun. But before handing it in, Yang Zhen was fiddling for a while. According to his mastery of weapons, there is no problem in copying the drawings.

If it is not compared with the PPSH 43 submachine gun, the PPSH 43 submachine gun pays more attention to the simplicity of production and low cost, and mainly improves the shortcomings of the latter. Moreover, the production of the magazine used is also simpler than the drum used by the latter, and the weight is more suitable for Chinese use, Yang Zhen will not hesitate to choose the latter equipped with 71 drums.

The commander-in-chief looked at Yang Zhen, who was looking at the two submachine guns with love, and said with a smile: "The structure of these two submachine guns you designed is too simple and easy to produce. The equipment in our hands can be produced quickly. Except for the fact that mass production cannot be produced temporarily due to some shortage of raw materials, there are no technical problems. ”

"I really don't know how your head grows? Not to mention being able to fight, it can still design such a simple structure, but the power is not smaller than those flower machine guns imported from Belgium and Germany, and the structure is much simpler. Before coming to the Northeast, I also spent time in many units. I've seen a variety of flower machine guns. The Dian army, where I stayed in my early years, was armed with a large number of purchased or homemade machine guns. ”

"But whether it is weapons imported from Europe and the United States, or the armed forces of various factions in China set up their own factories to produce them, it is the first time I have seen weapons that are so simple and easy to produce. I thought it would be easy enough to spend a machine gun, but I didn't think you could shoot a simpler weapon. ”

With that, the commander-in-chief picked up one of the submachine guns with a magazine inserted on the side of the gun and said, "This is a Japanese-style southern style pistol cartridge. We didn't have a single round of the nine-millimeter pistol you asked for, and the number of seven-six-five-millimeter Browning pistol rounds was not much. After considering the source of ammunition, the eight-mm southern pistol cartridge was switched to because of the large number of Japanese pistol cartridges in stock. ”

"However, given the high lethality of the southern pistol bullets, the penetrating power is weak. In order to ensure the power of the ammunition, we have improved the ammunition that is ready to be dispensed with this gun. Although the caliber has not changed, it makes it much more powerful than the original Southern pistol bullets. After all, it is much easier to restructure the finished product than to re-produce. However, in order to fire southern pistol rounds, the submachine gun you designed has been modified according to the type of ammunition. ”

Putting down the submachine gun in his hand, the commander-in-chief picked up another submachine gun with a magazine under the barrel. That is, the PPSH Type 43 submachine gun said: "This submachine gun uses the Mauser 7.63 caliber pistol cartridge used by the fast and slow machine. We still have a large stock of such bullets, which should be enough for a while for the time being. And this kind of bullet, as long as it can be recovered on the battlefield, we can do it again. ”

"But because we don't have steel, we're in a wooded area now, and the last thing we need is wood. So after consulting me, in order to save the few raw materials we had on hand, we changed the metal butt you originally designed to wood. However, due to the urgency of time, we directly adopted the butts of the modified Type 38 rifle for these two guns. ”

Regarding the introduction of the commander-in-chief, Yang Zhen nodded. The arsenal had just begun production, and the seized stocks of raw materials were considerably large. But most of them were prepared for the production of Japanese weapons. As for ammunition of other calibers, it is not possible to produce it for a while. It would be a good idea to be able to use the large number of southern eight-millimeter pistol cartridges in the original stock and use them as ammunition.

After Yang Zhen handed over the two submachine guns in his hand to Guo Bingxun on the side, he picked up a few grenades in the box and looked at them. This grenade was modified from the Japanese Army's Type 97 grenade, which is now widely used by the troops. Using the body of the Japanese Army's Type 97 grenade, a wooden handle was added, and it was changed to pull fire and fire.

It's just that this kind of modified grenade is not like the six or seven grenades that I copied from later generations. The wooden handle, which is not long and is not installed on the upper side of the projectile body, is not used for throwing, but only to accommodate the pull fuse.

However, after the improvement, it is better than the original ninety-seven grenade, and it is better than the original one, and it has to be knocked a hard object. After throwing it out, I don't know when it will explode much stronger.

Looking at the improved grenade in his hand, Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly. Just now, he said that the troops were not proficient in the Type 97 grenade using a percussion fuse, and that it had caused quite a few casualties. The commander-in-chief immediately solved the problem for himself.

Seeing that Yang Zhen couldn't put down the submachine guns and modified grenades produced, the commander-in-chief smiled, waved his hand to open another wooden box, and took out a Taisho 11th type light machine gun that looked the same as the one used by the troops, but there was a magazine used by the Type 96 light machine gun inserted in the position of the original side bucket.

The commander-in-chief pointed to the light machine gun in front of him and said: "There are a lot of crooked machine guns in our troops, and the number of Type 96 light machine guns improved by the Japanese army is not much. The bucket-type ammunition supply method of the crooked machine gun is complicated, and once the entire gun is damaged, it loses its ability to use. The arsenal referred to the captured Type 96 light machine gun and made some modifications to the crooked machine gun. ”

"The retrofit was not complicated, and our plant could be completed in a short period of time. After a lot of practice, the reliability of this modified light machine gun has greatly increased, and the complexity of its use has also been greatly reduced. At least the fighters no longer have to interrupt their firepower because they are not skilled in pressing bullets. When the time comes, you only need to change the magazine. It's a good fit for our current situation where there are too many recruits in our troops. ”

After listening to the introduction of the commander-in-chief, Yang Zhen pondered for a while and said, "Commander-in-chief, how is the output of submachine guns?" How many are you producing now? How long will it take to fully meet the needs of the troops' equipment? ”

"This kind of modification is too light machine gun, how much time does it take to transform one? Can the number of magazines produced keep up? You know, a light machine gun needs to be equipped with at least three or more magazines. And what about the number and progress of the transformation of hand grenades, and whether they can meet the use of the troops? ”

In response to Yang Zhen's inquiry, the commander-in-chief shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You are too anxious." Our arsenal has only just begun to produce, and the number of qualified workers is strictly insufficient. The amount of raw materials is also insufficient. Even if these two weapons are simple in structure and easy to produce. Limited by the shortage of raw materials and manpower, only about 20 of these submachine guns can be produced a day. However, the speed of modification of eight-millimeter ammunition and grenades is still very fast. After all, these two kinds of material reserves are still sufficient. ”

"As for the modification of the crooked handle machine gun, on average, only two or three can be modified a day, and the progress is okay. However, the production speed of the magazine, because we have adopted the process of stamping as a whole, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, we can produce more than 20 a day on average. ”

"And you don't know, right? Under the guidance of several masters, the workers of the Arsenal used the cement to build a simple embankment on a mountain river next to the Arsenal. Two small hydroelectric generators were retrofitted from disassembled car engines and turbine blades cast in-house. In the future, as long as the rivers are not frozen, we can save a lot of gasoline for power generation. ”

"Although we have a lot of bullet propellants in stock, we lack qualified gun steel. Most of the military raw materials here are semi-finished products that have already been formed. There are not many raw materials, and there are only a few hundred tons of pure gun steel. It simply could not meet the needs of mass production. ”

"However, the masters of the arsenal who came out of the original 11th Army Arsenal said that the track steel used in the railway could be transformed. This time, Liu Changshun brought back a large number of rails to alleviate the shortage of raw materials. With this batch of raw materials, the progress of the production of this new submachine gun can be greatly strengthened. I think it will take a month or two to meet the current needs of the troops. ”

Speaking of this, the commander-in-chief took out the other two drawings that Yang Zhen handed over to the arsenal and said, "The weapons on your two drawings, to be honest, we can't produce them for the time being." Although the structure is equally simple, the production process is much higher than that of these two submachine guns. ”

"First of all, we don't have bullets of this caliber that you asked for on your drawings. Even if it is modified with Japanese-made 77 caliber heavy machine gun cartridges, at least for now, there are still some difficulties. It's almost the equivalent of re-production. There is also a casing that is stamped with integral steel, which we can now manufacture. ”

"But a qualified barrel can't be made. Although we have chrome plating equipment, there are not many chrome plating raw materials in stock. Moreover, the chrome plating process is more cumbersome, and we can only guarantee the production of submachine guns for a while. According to those military masters, we simply cannot afford to produce this kind of chromium, which requires a large amount of chromium. ”

"We used the barrel of a Type 92 heavy machine gun and modified one. Use a small number of improved seven-seven bullets to do it too. Its rate of fire is excellent, and the accuracy of burst fire is almost no worse than that of a crooked-handled light machine gun. But we can't change all the Type 92 heavy machine gun barrels in stock to this weapon, can we? For us with poor firepower, heavy machine guns are also an extremely important support weapon. ”

"We also tried to make one with other materials, but after only a few hundred rounds of bullets, the barrel became red and overheated. By the time more than 1,000 rounds were fired, the barrel had been deformed and scrapped. The rate of fire of this weapon was too fast, and the production of the barrel required a high level of craftsmanship. Even if it is modified with the barrel of a Type 92 heavy machine gun, it can only fire a few thousand rounds, and the barrel will be scrapped. We have only a small amount of chromium on hand, and the production of such weapons is simply not guaranteed unless the submachine guns are completely discontinued. ”

"However, a few workers have said that this weapon is simple to produce and durable. As long as there are qualified raw materials, it can be produced in large quantities in a short time. It's just that the use of Japanese-style seven-seven caliber bullets is somewhat unsuitable. But that's not a problem. Just make a few small changes to some of the components. ”

"As for what kind of anti-tank rocket launcher this is, we don't have the conditions to produce it, at least for now. First of all, we did not have the high-strength alloy steel used to make the launch canister, and there is no way to make it now. We don't have steelmaking equipment or steelmaking talent. ”

"Although we can produce the bomb body, hood, and bomb bottom cover, we lack the required thin steel plates. We can't produce this copper medicine cone with a cone angle of 70°. And this mechanical inertial firing fuse, as well as the elastic steel tail fin, we can't produce it. Not to mention other accessories such as hollow charges. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, at least this weapon, except for the black powder used as a propellant, the rest is at least for a short time, and we can't produce it. ”

After that, the commander-in-chief hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, I think that these two weapons, we should not produce them for the time being, or concentrate on the production of urgently needed submachine guns and modified crooked machine guns, as well as the problem of reloading bullets." As for the rest, we will wait until there are conditions to talk about it later. ”

"Especially this new automatic rifle, which is good, but the rate of fire is too fast, and the consumption of bullets is too great. One such gun consumes almost more ammunition than the Japanese light and heavy machine guns we use. Judging by the fact that we can only use captured raw materials to produce bullets from the Japanese army, once a large number of them are equipped, the production capacity of our arsenal will not be able to meet the needs at all. ”

The two weapons that the commander-in-chief pointed out were the famous AK47 rifle and the RPG2 anti-tank rocket launcher that Yang Zhen handed over to the arsenal. These two weapons, Yang Zhen was originally intended to trade with the big brother in the north, but he didn't produce some samples, and after all, there was still a lack of favorable evidence to convince others.

After listening to the words of the commander-in-chief, Yang Zhen did not rush to answer him. Instead, there was silence. His face flickered and he didn't know what to think about anymore.

Seeing that Yang Zhen listened to the advice of the commander-in-chief, he fell silent. Li Yanping, who thought that Yang Zhen had some ideas, took over the topic and said: "Commander, our arsenal can produce the weapons we need so quickly, which is inseparable from the attention of the commander-in-chief. The production of the arsenal is all that the commander-in-chief has been personally grasping all along. Our strength is limited, and there is a shortage of raw materials, except for some materials for Japanese-style weapons. To be able to get to this point is already the best effort. ”

Hearing Li Yanping's persuasion, Yang Zhen knew that he had misunderstood, so he smiled slightly: "Political commissar, you have misunderstood me." I don't have a problem with the commander-in-chief. I'm just thinking about something. Commander-in-chief, political commissar, you see, we can't produce these two weapons for the time being, but that doesn't mean that someone can't produce them. ”

As soon as Yang Zhen said this, the commander-in-chief, Li Yanping, including Guo Bingxun, immediately reacted that some of the people he was referring to were those people. They knew very well that it was impossible for Yang Zhen to hand over these weapon drawings to the Japanese. He was alone behind enemy lines, and it could be described as an embattled Manchuria, and it was impossible to hand over this drawing to others. This person can only be the big brother in the north.

It's just that Yang Zhen's true intentions are a little unclear, and a few people don't speculate. just looked at Yang Zhen expectantly. I hope this guy won't be like he is now, and speak his mind sooner.