Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

In the next few days, just as the middle-aged man said, many people came one after another to buy weapons from Zhao Tianyang.

Fortunately, he asked the arsenal to operate at full capacity in two shifts a few days ago, otherwise the goods would not be delivered.

"How is it going? Has anyone submitted the design drawings?"

In the office, Zhao Tianyang asked Li Yuncai.

"No."

Li Yuncai shook his head: "Now the factory is working in two shifts, and everyone has a heavy production task. There is no time to think about other things."

"And designing a weapon isn't that quick!"

"alright."

Zhao Tianyang admitted that he was overthinking it. It was impossible for an ordinary person to design a qualified weapon within a few days, let alone design a weapon under the existing conditions.

"Then produce the weapons according to my drawings."

Zhao Tianyang took out some blueprints and said, "Transfer some people from other factories to the Arsenal. Otherwise, we will only have blueprints but no manpower to conduct experiments."

For a weapon to appear, it is not enough to just have a blueprint. Not to mention the difficulties in production, even after the weapon is successfully manufactured, it still has to go through a series of experiments.

Otherwise, Zhao Tianyang would not feel comfortable handing an untested weapon to the Eighth Route Army.

"Shotgun, Elm Cannon, Heartless Cannon, Sapper Shovel?"

Li Yuncai was a little surprised when he looked at the drawing of the engineer shovel.

"What's the point of this, Director? Why not just ask the blacksmith to make one with a shovel? Why bother taking up the manpower of the arsenal?"

"Haha, this engineer shovel is the essence!"

Zhao Tianyang smiled indifferently. The engineer shovel is a good thing. It is very useful whether it is used to dig trenches or to chop down the Japanese.

"alright."

Seeing that Zhao Tian was just smiling but not saying anything, Li Yuncai had no choice but to believe it.

"By the way, Director, can you ask for more manpower? The production task is so heavy right now, and we are really short of manpower!"

"No problem, I'll ask Lao Li to go to the logistics department."

Zhao Tianyang nodded.

Now they are also considered as members of the logistics department. There is no point in asking them if they won’t help!

"Captain, why don't you go talk to the brigade commander? He keeps preventing us from moving, and the brothers below are dissatisfied."

"Damn it, you have an opinion but you can't think of a solution!"

"I made you the battalion commander, not to complain to me. I told you that even if you want to fight, I can't do anything about it. Do whatever you want!"

As soon as Zhao Tianyang arrived at the regiment headquarters, he heard an argument between Zhang Dabiao and Li Yunlong in the room. To be more precise, it was Li Yunlong who was bullying.

At the same time, you can also hear that Li Yunlong is very angry now!

"Ding ding... Old Li, it's me, Zhao Tianyang."

Zhao Tianyang knocked on the door and shouted.

With a creak, the door of the room was opened, revealing Li Yunlong's extremely dark and stinky face: "Brother Tianyang, if you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. I'm a little busy now!"

"Too busy grumbling?"

Zhao Tianyang walked into the room, glanced at Zhang Dabiao who was being scolded and felt wronged, and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you get to fight?"

"You heard it and you still ask?"

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Tell me what's wrong with the brigade commander. Why don't you use my new regiment equipped with all Japanese weapons and use Cheng Xiazi's troops? Does Cheng Xiazi know how to fight?"

"hehe."

Zhao Tianyang chuckled, picked up the thermos, poured hot water into the enamel cup on the table, and handed it to Li Yunlong.

"That's not the case. The 772nd Regiment under Commander Cheng is the main force of our brigade, and its combat effectiveness is still good."

"Main group?"

Li Yunlong took the enamel cup and smiled coldly: "How many heavy machine guns and cannons does his main force regiment have?"

Zhao Tianyang was a little speechless. Looking at the entire Eighth Route Army, no other unit could compare to Li Yunlong's equipment.

"Don't worry, the brigade commander won't leave your powerful regiment unused!"

"How to say?"

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhao Tianyang expectantly: "Think about it, although the brigade commander has left the New 1st Regiment unused, it's only because the enemy's mopping-up efforts are not strong enough."

"And the New 1st Regiment has a heavy responsibility to protect the arsenal. The brigade commander will not let you go unless it is absolutely necessary."

"When the Japanese intensify their raids, you can come out!"

"Who the hell knows when the Japs will intensify their raids?"

Li Yunlong slapped the table and said, "Alright, I think it's useless to ask you. Tell me what you want from me?"

Zhao Tianyang smiled. The Japanese had just occupied Shanxi and they had to withdraw troops to support the upcoming Battle of Xuzhou.

Those who are now participating in the mopping-up mission are all garrison troops, and there are even very few traitor troops.

After the Battle of Xuzhou is over, the Japanese troops in Shanxi will have time to form a large-scale traitor force and concentrate on dealing with the armed forces behind enemy lines.

At that time, it was time for Li Yunlong to appear.

"Go talk to the logistics department and ask them for some skilled craftsmen."

"Our arsenal is seriously short of manpower right now, and with all the friendly troops coming to buy weapons these days, we've run out of stock."

"Okay, I'll go in person."

Li Yunlong put on his military cap and stood up. He was going to go to the brigade headquarters to take a look. What if the brigade commander was kind enough to give him a combat mission?

Right! What if?

As for the craftsmen, he was not worried at all, because he was an old acquaintance of Logistics Minister Zhang Wanhe.

Now he is managing the arsenal together with him. If he doesn't give him craftsmen, he will just stay there and eat and drink his food and drink.

.................

"Old Li, please find a blacksmith, a carpenter, and a few employees."

After returning from the regiment headquarters, Zhao Tianyang found Li Yuncai and asked him to send a few people over.

The weapon he had recently given to Li Yuncai to make required a technological point to be unlocked.

"Okay, I'll take a look."

Li Yuncai nodded and took out the shift schedule in his hand and looked at it: "Director, it just so happens that Wang the Blacksmith and Li Mutou are on break today. Should I ask them to come find you?"

As for the other workers, Li Yuncai didn't say anything. He would just find a few smart ones to come over later.

"Let them come here to find me."

Zhao Tianyang was lying on the table writing and drawing, and said without raising his head.

"Row."

Li Yuncai closed the work schedule and went out. Soon six workers from the arsenal came in.

"Director, the deputy director said you have something to talk to us about?"

A middle-aged man stood up and asked nervously.

"Ah."

Zhao Tianyang looked up and found that he didn't recognize any of them. They must be new workers hired in the past few days.

"Which one of you is Master Wang, and which one is Master Li?"

"I'm Wang the blacksmith, the factory manager, from Tiejiagou."

The middle-aged man who just spoke answered immediately.

"I'm Li Mutou, the factory manager, from Qingshan Gorge."

Another middle-aged man with a big beard also followed suit and introduced himself.

"Very good, can you see if you can make these four drawings?"

Zhao Tianyang handed the four newly drawn design drawings to Li Mutou.

"No problem, but I may need the help of Master Wang."

Li Mutou took the drawings and looked at them, and found that they were all simple wooden machines.

Except for one machine which is similar to a noodle cutter and requires some specially made iron blades, the others are simple.

"Then go ahead and give it a try. If you succeed, you will be responsible for the production of smokeless propellant."

"Great."

Li Mutou and Wang the Blacksmith were very excited.

Being able to be responsible for a separate project is much better than working with everyone as they do now. Apart from anything else, the welfare benefits will definitely increase.

"Don't worry, Director. We'll go give it a try right away."

"it is good."

After Zhao Tianyang nodded in agreement, he looked at the other four ordinary workers who came with them and asked them to cooperate with the two master craftsmen to build the machine. If they succeeded, their salaries would also increase.