Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Then, Kong Hao continued to suggest: "Two leaders, why don't you try it and see how it feels?"

In fact, Brigade Commander Chen had been itching to see others shooting, and when he heard his beloved general's suggestion, he readily accepted it.

Although Minister Zhang is a logistics personnel, he was a good marksman when he was a soldier.

Also because the army was short of bullets, he hadn't fired a gun for a long time.

In fact, according to his rank, he was fully qualified to be equipped with a Browning pistol, but he declined it. The reason he gave was that the intelligence personnel lurking behind enemy lines needed it more than he did.

As a soldier, everyone likes guns, especially those produced by their own country.

Kong Hao asked his secretary to bring two new guns that had just come off the production line, as well as the newly produced bullets.

After receiving it, Commander Chen carefully checked the various parts of the Ma Sihuan rifle and couldn't help but admire it:

"It's a really good gun. The Czech technology is impeccable. The various parts produced by this gun are very good and don't feel rough to the touch."

"Lao Zhang, how about we have a gunfight?"

Minister Zhang was checking the brand new bullets in his hand at this time, and asked curiously:

"Xiao Kong, this is the latest bullet produced by the 7.92mm bullet production line, right?"

"Yes, Minister Zhang, that bullet production line has been in operation for two days. Since we already have a 6.5mm one, we basically didn't encounter any major problems during its operation."

"The combined output of the two production lines now totals about 30,000 rounds of ammunition per day. We will still follow the old rules and ship all the five-day output together."

Minister Kong was originally very happy, but after hearing what Kong Hao said, he immediately shook his head.

"Xiao Kong, we only had one bullet production line before. In five days, that's almost 70,000 rounds of bullets. It makes sense to transport it once."

"Now we can produce 30,000 rounds of ammunition every day, which means 150,000 rounds in five days, which is basically enough for a division to fight a major battle."

"The frontline troops are already eagerly awaiting the newly produced bullets. We need to deliver them to them as soon as possible. We will use three days of production as the transportation quantity for each shipment."

"As for the increase in transportation frequency, that's fine. We'll just hire more people and transport more raw materials to the arsenal."

"These days, anything that can be solved with manpower is a small matter."

After hearing this, Kong Hao readily agreed, mainly because he also felt that transporting 150,000 bullets at a time was a bit slow.

In China today, the Eighth Route Army is engaged in small-scale battles with the Japanese in many places, and bullets are needed to arm the soldiers' gun chambers.

Ninety thousand rifle bullets are enough to supply ammunition to ten regiments, so that ten regimental-level battles can be carried out.

Even if the captured bullets cannot keep up with the consumption, with these self-produced bullets as a backup, the regiment commanders and political commissars will be much bolder when making plans.

Take a regiment with 1,200 soldiers as an example. In the past, the budget for a battle was 6,000 rounds of bullets. After each soldier fired four shots, he had to find a way to get close to the enemy for hand-to-hand combat.

Now that we have an extra 9,000 rounds of bullets, we can calmly fire ten shots in the trenches before charging.

In this way, perhaps a battle that was originally a tragic victory will turn into a small victory or even a big victory.

The most important thing is that even if these 9,000 bullets are used up, as long as there is an arsenal, they can be replenished in a few days, and the troops' sustained combat capability will be greatly increased.

Next, Brigade Commander Chen and Minister Zhang experienced the feeling of free shooting.

Brigade Commander Chen shot 94 rings with ten bullets, while Minister Zhang only shot 82 rings.

After Minister Zhang finished shooting, he put down his rifle and said with a smile:

"Old Chen, you are worthy of being one of the three heroes of Huangpu. After so many years, your shooting skills have not fallen behind at all. Unlike me, my shooting skills have regressed a lot since I transferred to logistics."

"But I have to say, this is a really good gun. The recoil is smaller than that of ordinary rifles, and it is more stable when shooting. It is very suitable for our troops to use."

After hearing this, Kong Hao immediately added: "In fact, this rifle can give our frontline soldiers a great advantage in the battle with the Japanese."

"Especially for the sharpshooters in the army, using the Ma Sihuan rifle to shoot against the Japanese Type 38 rifles, this advantage is huge."

"The Japanese Type 38 rifle was designed by the enemy for the common people. It is not suitable for us Chinese."

"It's just because the only rifles we can get on a large scale are the Japanese Type 38 rifles, and we have no choice."

"This Czech-made Vz-24 rifle is far superior to the Japanese Type rifle in terms of both performance and soldiers' adaptability."

"Of course, this rifle also has its flaws. Its total length is only 1110 mm, while the Japanese's Type 1280 rifle is mm long. We will be at a disadvantage in a hand-to-hand combat with bayonets. However, we can solve this problem by increasing the length of the bayonet."

"Besides, we will basically equip this rifle to sharpshooters and elite veterans for precision shooting, and rarely let them participate in hand-to-hand combat."

"Of course, the reason why the Vz-24 rifle is called the Horse Four Rings is that it can be used as a cavalry rifle. We also have some cavalry units that can be equipped with this newly produced rifle."

After listening to Kong Hao's analysis, Brigade Commander Chen nodded in agreement.

Then, he specifically asked:

"Xiao Kong, I don't think there are any major problems with this rifle. We need to put it into mass production as soon as possible, and we can even test it while it's being produced."

"Even if there are some minor problems, the equipment of our Eighth Route Army has always been made in various countries. No matter how bad it is, it is better than the old sleeve."

"Just let the soldiers inspect it during the battle. After all, if the production line is delayed by one day, it means one company will lose equipment."

"By the way, how many Ma Sihuan rifles have been produced by the arsenal now?"

"Brigade Commander, there are about 160 for testing, and another 100 will be produced today."

When Brigade Commander Chen heard this, his eyes lit up immediately and he said impatiently:

"Hurry up and tell them to pack up all these rifles and ship them back with me when I leave. Oh, and pack me 100,000 rounds of bullets produced in the past few days, too. I want to ship them with me."

Faced with the brigade commander's request, Kong Hao was definitely willing to do it. After all, they were his family members, and he had to take care of them more or less.

But his immediate superior, Minister Zhang, was right next to him, so such blatant favoritism was a bit hard to justify.

"Commander, according to regulations, all materials produced by our arsenal are centrally allocated by the logistics department. I can't make the decision on this."