Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

At this point in the conversation, both sides had almost achieved their goals, and the relationship between the Punitive Forces and the Nationalist Government had eased slightly.

Next, Li Qinwu invited Director Yu to visit the Julong Steel Plant. Director Yu also wanted to see the development of the Julong Steel Plant, so he readily agreed.

Li Qinwu first drove him to the construction site to see the newly built thermal power plant and the 100-ton electric furnace.

Li Qinwu pointed to two dusty construction sites and said: "These two buildings can be completed by the end of June. The thermal power turbines used in the power plant can generate about 6 million kWh of electricity annually.

After the 100-ton electric furnace is completed, it can produce molten steel three times a day, day and night without maintenance, and produce about 10 tons of steel per year! "

"How much? 4000 million kilowatt-hours of electricity? 10 tons of steel?"

These data almost made Director Yu's jaw drop, and he shouted in disbelief.

"Are you sure this data is correct? Last year, our country's electricity generation was only over 10 billion kWh, and our steel production was less than 5 tons. How come your steel mill's output is more than twice the national average?"

Li Jin replied with a smile: "What's so strange about this? The steel production of our Republic of China is not even as good as that of the Han Dynasty. Wouldn't it be easy for a steel plant with a 100-ton steelmaking furnace to surpass you?"

Director Yu felt like he was hit so hard that he couldn't even control his facial expression.

Li Qinwu patted his shoulder and consoled him: "Don't be sad, your comprador government is like this, and it has never been good at managing the economy."

Director Yu was silent. What the hell did he want to hit someone?

Just kidding, the power plant and electric furnaces of the Dragon Steel Plant were designed by Zero, and many of the precision equipment were made using the mechanical arms from Warhammer 40k. The Mechanicum is the best when it comes to production.

After visiting the construction site, Li Qinwu took Director Yu to see the bicycle charcoal car production line, and the other party showed interest in the charcoal car.

"Is this the famous charcoal cart? It runs on burning wood, a national treasure! I wonder if the designer, Mr. Tang, is here?"

Li Qinwu immediately sent someone to invite Mr. Tang, who was researching how to improve the efficiency of gas generators.

Director Yu held Mr. Tang's hand and praised him, calling him a pillar of the country and the pride of the nation. The words "I want to poach him" were written on his face.

When Li Qinwu saw that the corner was about to be dug, he hurriedly asked Mr. Tang to go back and continue his research, and pulled Director Yu away from the charcoal car production workshop.

Damn it, I have to be more careful next time and not let Director Yu and Mr. Tang meet.

However, it is still possible to do business. Li Qinwu transferred two finished charcoal carts from the production line and gave them to Director Yu, asking him to take them back to Nanjing for testing to see if they could cooperate.

After several people came out of the charcoal car workshop, Li Qinwu took him to see the bullet production workshop.

Director Yu's breathing became heavier as he watched the workers packing and sealing boxes of bullets.

This is a chaotic world. Bullets are money, they are lives! They are power!

He couldn't help but ask, "Director Li, what is your bullet production capacity? Would you mind telling me?"

"Our factory now has six bullet production lines, which run day and night and can produce more than 6 bullets a day!"

"3...3!"

Director Yu clenched his hands tightly. With a daily output of 3, the monthly output is 90, and the annual output is million!

There was something wrong with the way he looked at Li Qinwu. At first it was alert and cautious, but now it was filled with fear.

With an annual output of tens of millions of ammunition, this is already a force that can change the current situation. He no longer dares to underestimate the Punishment Army.

What's more, the numbers are just casually reported by others, so who knows the exact output volume!

In fact, the bullet output of the Julong Steel Plant is indeed more than this number. The 3 rounds a day are for the Yuannian rifle bullets. They also have Mauser rifle bullets, plate rifle bullets, intermediate power rifle bullets and pistol bullet production lines. If all these production lines are added together and work at full capacity, it will be no problem to produce over 10 rounds a day.

What limits bullet production now is that the bullets pulled out of the Infinite Desert Eagle need to be disassembled, and this process requires too much manual participation, so production has not been able to increase.

Lao Huotou is now researching a mechanized machine for dismantling bullets. Once he develops it, the Punishment Army will be able to truly achieve bullet freedom.

Now we pull out millions of bullets from the Desert Eagle every day. If we don’t consume them, the warehouse will be full!

Of course, although the daily production of one million rounds is a lot, the Punishment Army is now researching artillery. If the propellant of these bullets is removed and used in artillery, the consumption will be huge. It is hard to say whether the daily production of one million Desert Eagle bullets can withstand the consumption of artillery.

Speaking of artillery shells, the Punishment Army is researching a new type of artillery. It is not a big one with a range of over 200mm, but a long-barreled artillery with a range of about 155mm.

The barrels of today's artillery pieces are too short, and many of them are visual strike artillery. For example, the Type 6 mountain cannon, which is the most commonly used by the Punitive Army, has a range of only kilometers, and can only hit when it is sighted. That's roughly the approach.

But from the perspective of later generations, the correct development direction of artillery is indirect strike, that is, attacking the enemy out of sight.

To achieve this, a new gun mount needs to be designed so that the gun barrel can be pointed at a 45-degree angle to fire, an angle that can send the shells the farthest.

This is not difficult, just the gun mount, but the other point is a bit difficult, which is to lengthen the length of the gun barrel.

Today's artillery calibers are generally too short. For example, the Type 18 mountain cannon only has an 60x scope, while the calibers of later artillery are over x.

The extra-long gun barrel brings accuracy and long range, and later artillery can fire up to 30 kilometers.

Due to the limitations of steelmaking technology in the current era, many countries are unable to produce long-barreled artillery. If they force themselves to do so, the barrel may break under its own weight.

But the Punishment Army has the material of ceramic steel. Li Qinwu hopes that his intelligent clone can research suitable long-barreled artillery to add some strength to the artillery of this world and justify the title of Shura given by the devils to the Punishment Army's artillery!

After visiting the bullet field, Li Qinwu took Director Yu to see the tanks and planes parked in the warehouse.

The workers are wiping the tanks and planes with rags to make them clean. Chongqing will take these weapons away in a few days.

When Director Yu saw these mechanized heavy weapons, his eyes flickered. The local warlords were already too powerful to be eliminated, and now with these equipments to strengthen their military strength, they would probably be even less willing to obey the orders of the national army.

"Director Li, we also need these heavy weapons. If you have extra, you can sell them to us."

Li Qinwu spread his hands helplessly.

“Not for now. The tanks and planes of the Punishment Army were all captured from the battlefield and have now all been sold.

However, if Director Yu is interested in these things, you can wait a while. It won’t be long before the Julong Steel Plant will be able to produce tanks on its own, and it won’t be too late to buy them then.”

Li Qinwu felt very uncomfortable that he couldn't do business. He thought of the team visiting Germany. One of their important tasks was to get a tank engine production line. If they succeeded, the tank production of the Punishment Army would be able to take a drastic step forward!

In response, Director Yu just hummed, obviously not having much confidence in what Li Qinwu said.

It's understandable that the Dragon Steel Plant can produce bullets, but it's too unrealistic to say that it can make tanks. Even advanced European and American countries can't handle this thing. You, a punitive army with only one industrial zone, want to make tanks? That's just wishful thinking!

Li Qinwu saw his expression clearly, and he did not refute it. He would let the facts speak for themselves when the time came.

But even if the tanks and planes cannot be sold, there are other things that can be sold.

"Director Yu, I wonder if the national service is interested in armored trains?"