Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Li Qinwu waved to Hu Xiaoming at another table. Hu Xiaoming came over, opened the briefcase he was carrying, and took out the blueprint of a flamethrower submachine gun.

Li Qinwu not only had the submachine gun drawings, but also the data recording the experience of Fengtian Arsenal in setting up production lines. With these materials, Xiaoyi Arsenal could directly replicate the flamethrower submachine gun production line of Fengtian Arsenal.

In addition, Li Qinwu was in charge of the flamethrower submachine guns at the Fengtian Arsenal, so at the beginning of building the production line, he took into account that 918 was imminent and wanted to take the production line away. He did not connect the machines to the ground. The production lines of flamethrower submachine guns and anti-tank guns were taken away by him intact, and he only needed to find a place to lay out the production line to produce flamethrower submachine guns.

Director Huang took the blueprint and looked at it. There was no surprise on his face. He looked calm and didn't even care too much. It's not intuitive to feel something like a gun on a blueprint.

Li Qinwu then asked Hu Xiaoming to open the violin case he was carrying and take out a flamethrower submachine gun from it. This was the gun he had previously detained. He knew he would show it to Director Huang, so he brought one with him in advance.

When Director Huang picked up the flamethrower submachine gun and took a look at it, he felt the specialness of this gun. He had the same feeling as Deputy Director Zhang when he first saw the gun: mature. This gun is very mature!

It is not a conceptual product, nor is it a designer's wild imagination. It is a product that has undergone hundreds of tests and many improvements, can equip a country's army, and can be produced in millions!

Is a weapon effective? Is it strong in combat? Half of it can be determined by looking at its appearance. Generally speaking, things that conform to human visual aesthetics are also easier to produce in industry and conform to ergonomics.

The submachine gun in front of you is like this. It is constructed with a large amount of stamping. You can tell at a glance that it can be produced on a large scale. The streamlined gun body gives people a feeling of being easy to operate. Compared with the snail monster like the MP18 with the drum magazine hanging on the left side, the flamethrower submachine gun is simply too comfortable.

When Director Huang saw the gun, he was tempted, but he was still hesitant. If he agreed to open a submachine gun production line, then the 300 people here would have to be led by Li Qinwu, and there would be one more "warlord" in the arsenal, especially since this group of people came from the north and were inherently unstable.

Seeing his hesitant expression, Li Qinwu knew he had to increase the bid, so he took out a piece of letter paper from his waist bag and handed it to Director Huang.

"Director Huang, this is an order for 2000 flamethrower submachine guns. The police force of Fengtian City Police Chief Huang Xiansheng was once equipped with a large number of these submachine guns. They used these guns to fight the Japanese in an urban battle for a day and a night.

Director Huang told me at the time that the flamethrower submachine gun had an extremely fast rate of fire and performed excellently in urban warfare in narrow terrain. Two policemen using flamethrower submachine guns staying in a building could resist the attack of a 13-man Japanese squad.

This is Director Huang's order. He wants to order 2000 Spitfire submachine guns."

Director Huang's eyes widened, and he finally took it seriously.

"Has this gun ever been in actual combat?"

Li Qinwu nodded.

"The Japanese attacked Fengtian City on the night of September 9. The Northeast Army and Fengtian Police Force used this weapon to fight the Japanese and performed well."

When Director Huang received the order for 2000 flamethrower submachine guns, his expression changed. Like Deputy Director Zhang, Director Huang was not a purely technical official. They valued technology because of the political advantages it could bring to them.

For someone like Director Huang, his goal is to get through his term of office safely. He doesn't want to do anything too risky. He just wants to lie down and keep the arsenal running.

Do scientific research? Climb the technology tree? Don't be ridiculous. It's risky and exhausting. It's not worth it. You won't make mistakes if you don't do it.

But Li Qinwu's flamethrower submachine gun had already been tested and produced by the Fengtian Arsenal, and had also participated in actual combat. The most difficult preliminary research and development work and testing of this gun had been done by the Fengtian Arsenal, so he could reap the rewards without taking any risks!

What's more, as long as we can produce this kind of submachine gun, there will be orders for 2000 of them at least. Now there is still a war in the north, and there will be more orders in the future. It's not a loss, we can do it!

"Okay, in that case, let's open three factories first to build a production line for flamethrower submachine guns. I will transfer the machines from other production lines, and the skilled workers will be those present here. It's just right to arrange everyone together, so that everyone can work in the factory with peace of mind, right?"

When the workers heard this, they were immediately satisfied and the atmosphere on the scene eased.

In fact, even now, Director Huang still feels a little uncomfortable. He doesn't want Li Qinwu to become bigger, but he is also very clear that when others have brought out so many things, you just use the director of the weapons design department who hasn't even built a framework to fool them. This is really unacceptable. If you don't give them something real, what if you force them into a corner and they just pat their butts and take the workers away?

They are not far from the Jinling Arsenal in Nanjing. They have walked 1300 kilometers, so wouldn't it be easy for them to walk a few hundred kilometers to the Jinling Arsenal?

Director Huang sighed in his heart, but smiled and said to Li Qinwu: "Everyone is unfamiliar with the place here, we can understand that, and the factory also knows your difficulties.

In this case, let Director Li be in charge of the production of the flamethrower submachine gun. You all came from the north and are familiar with each other. If you have any problems in the future, please tell Director Li. Director Li will report to me and I will help you solve them! "

Now everyone completely put aside their worries and began to enjoy the food on the table. The meal lasted until after nine o'clock in the evening.

After the dinner, Director Huang took the workers to the housing area outside the arsenal, where there were rows of bungalows. The conditions were average, but they could barely accommodate a family. These workers had brought their families south, and living in these bungalows allowed them to reunite.

Fortunately, the leader Li Qinwu did not have to squeeze into the same bungalow with them. With so many people, it would be inconvenient for him to do his work. So he was assigned to a traditional building with a small courtyard, which had a large room and two side rooms. This was the treatment given to leaders and senior technical workers in the factory.

A group of leaders from the arsenal smiled and sent Li Qinwu home. Director Huang even kindly helped him make his bed. Li Qinwu felt a little uncomfortable that they were so familiar with someone they were not familiar with.

The leaders of the arsenal sat and chatted with him at his home for a long time, all of which were just empty promises to him and attempts to recruit him, hoping that he would become one of their own.

Li Qinwu defended everything. He came to Xiaoyi Arsenal with two purposes. To provide more weapon design drawings to make money and get promoted, and to use the resources of the Nationalist government to climb the technology tree. He didn't want to waste his precious time on personnel struggles.

This group of people chattered for a long time, and Li Qinwu's eyes became dull due to their concern and "tips". His patience was quickly exhausted, and he could hardly maintain the polite smile on his face.

Upon seeing this, Director Huang pulled all the leaders to retreat.

Lao Huotou did not leave. He was very curious about Li Qinwu's experience along the way. Li Qinwu was naturally not as impatient with Lao Huotou as before. He picked up some interesting things and told Lao Huotou. The two sat at the head of the bed and chatted until late at night.

"By the way, Master, why do you say that Director Huang is not a good person? Has he done anything special?"

The old fireman put some tobacco into his pipe, and Li Qinwu took out a lighter to help him light it. The old fireman took a puff of the cigarette and said, "This guy has evil intentions and often deducts workers' wages.

The time to pay the workers for the New Year bonus is coming soon. This guy is trying to get the money by colluding with others. He came to me and told me about it in a very veiled way. He plans to divide the money among the upper management and senior workers.

Li Qinwu's eyes widened. The workers' wages were so damn high. Wasn't he afraid of a workers' strike?

"Master, what do the workers say? Will they unite to resist after knowing this?"

The old fireman nodded and said with some worry: "This matter is too big to be concealed. Now the workers have begun to collude with each other, waiting to see what Director Huang will do when the New Year's pay is distributed. If he really dares to touch the money, the workers will definitely cause trouble.

Disciple, you are now also a leader. Director Huang may ask you to participate in this matter and make you pay. You have to consider this matter carefully. Don't offend Director Huang, and don't attract the hatred of the workers. I think this matter will become a big deal, so you have to deal with it carefully. "

"Master, I understand."

He said this but secretly cursed in his heart how difficult it was to deal with. This matter was a struggle between classes. Director Huang would definitely try to get him to join in order to form a united front. If he refused, he would be in big trouble until his death.

As for agreeing to join, let alone the trouble the workers caused him, he just couldn't get over it in his heart. The workers worked so hard all month just to earn that little bit of money, and they expected to use the New Year money to buy food and drink for their families, but it had to be deducted by these dog officials above. It was fucking beastly!

The two chatted for a while, and Lao Huotou kept yawning, so Li Qinwu asked Lao Huotou to sleep in his room. Lao Huotou refused and wanted to go home to sleep. Li Qinwu couldn't persuade him and wanted to send him home, but Lao Huotou stopped him.

"Let your oldest nephew take me there. I've been very grateful to him for taking care of me during this period. Now, go back to sleep. Bye."

The old fireman pushed Li Qinwu back into the house and followed the giant Li Xiongnu away.

During this period of time, Li Xiongnu has been serving Lao Huotou. Lao Huotou has become accustomed to Li Xiongnu's presence. Li Qinwu is happy with this, so he simply keeps this human-shaped Gundam by his side as a bodyguard. Anyway, when he needs him, he can just open a portal and take him away.

As time went by, the workers' families arrived one after another. Li Qinwu appeared in the bungalow area many times and asked Li Jin, who was working nearby, to buy daily necessities to bring to his condolences.

The workers were grateful to him and gradually walked out of the shadow of war and began to settle down and live their lives.

Time slowly passed until December 1931, 12. The three factory buildings and production equipment promised by Director Huang were ready, and the workers entered the factory to begin production activities.