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

Minister Zhang was also a very good person. He had already seen Kong Hao's embarrassed expression and said with a smile:

"Xiao Kong, I agree with this. Lao Chen's troops are closest to the arsenal. If any problems arise, they can be rescued immediately. It is reasonable to equip the troops of Taiyue Military Region with good weapons first."

Seeing that Minister Zhang said this, Kong Hao readily agreed.

Then he asked someone to bring a few Mauser pistols and introduced them in detail:

"My two commanders, this is our newly produced Mauser pistol, which uses the Spanish side-opening door technology. It is also what we seized at the train station last time."

"It's just that the production is a bit low. We can only produce 25 a day now. I have about 100 here. I see that your guards are all using very old Mauser pistols, so it's a good opportunity to replace them for you."

Brigade Commander Chen and Minister Zhang saw such a good thing and did not object. These were good things produced by themselves and they could use them with confidence.

Brigade Commander Chen brought a guard platoon with him this time. After hearing the news, they were overjoyed and immediately equipped themselves with the latest Mauser pistols produced by their own arsenal. Kong Hao also thoughtfully distributed 200 rounds of ammunition for each Mauser pistol.

Of course, Brigade Commander Chen would also take the replaced weapons back with him. These old Mauser pistols could be handed over to the armed work teams behind enemy lines. Any weapon that could fire effectively was very valuable.

In today's China, there is never a shortage of brave warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their country, but the brutal Japanese devils cannot be driven away with just a hoe or a shoulder pole.

The significance of producing one thousand Mauser pistols per month to the Eighth Route Army can be described as follows.

For example, a regiment is organized into three battalions, a battalion has three companies, a company has three platoons, and a platoon has three squads.

An infantry regiment has about eighty-one infantry squads, and each squad leader is equipped with a Mauser pistol. This situation is already the best. For many troops formed later, it is considered good if a regiment has forty Mauser pistols.

The arsenal can produce one thousand Mauser pistols a month, which means that the squad leaders and deputy squad leaders of the ten main regiments can be equipped with Mauser pistols. In this way, the Eighth Route Army's grassroots firepower output will be greatly enhanced.

Some companies that lack light machine guns will also see their combat effectiveness greatly increased due to the addition of a large number of automatic firearms.

There are also the armed work teams behind enemy lines, the railway guerrillas, the water guerrillas, as well as the county brigades and district squads. To be honest, the best rapid-fire weapon these local troops can obtain is the Mauser pistol.

If the leader of a guerrilla force of more than 20 people is equipped with a Mauser pistol and 50 rounds of bullets, and the other team members are armed with even homemade rifles, cannons, swords and spears, two or three Japanese soldiers will basically not dare to enter the village.

But if it weren't for this Mauser pistol, two or three Japanese devils would have been able to swagger into the village and steal things, or even massacre our villagers.

And the most important thing is that the bullet of the Mauser pistol is 7.63 mm. The bullet production line can be modified later to produce a large number of pistol bullets.

This is also the importance of the arsenal's weapons production line. As long as the equipment is not broken, various weapons and ammunition can be produced continuously.

After Commander Chen and Minister Zhang inspected the latest progress of the arsenal, they returned satisfied.

The entire arsenal was in a busy state. In the next few days, the acid and two alkali equipment purchased from Taiyuan were also delivered.

The arsenal has established a special construction team. As long as there are relevant drawings, various factory buildings can be built quickly, so Kong Hao does not need to worry about it.

As for the small garment factory, it was directly transported to the Logistics Department to be used to expand the original bedding factory.

Thanks to the cotton and cotton cloth seized from the Japanese Taikoo Railway Station, Minister Zhang had already arranged for the clothing factory to produce a large number of military uniforms.

When Li Yunlong was there, the clothing factory only had 22 sewing machines, and after working hard every day, they could only produce more than 800 sets of military uniforms. But with so many people in the Eighth Route Army, this was just a drop in the bucket.

In addition, there was a severe shortage of the most basic fabrics, which meant that the clothing factories could not operate every day. Most of the new soldiers of the Eighth Route Army wore clothes they brought from home, and many of them were only given a military cap, which barely distinguished them from ordinary people.

As for the old soldiers, they basically wear the same military uniform, which is patched up on top of patches. It’s new for three years, old for three years, and patched up for another three years.

Leaders like these often work at their desks directing battles, so their sleeves are easily worn out. So everyone came up with a good idea: make a pair of sleeves and sew them on their clothes.

If it is worn out, just replace it directly, which can save a lot of fabric.

But now, with hundreds of sewing machines and other cutting tools in the garment factory, we can produce at least 3,000 new military uniforms a day.

In less than a month, basically all the new recruits will be able to wear new uniforms, and later the old soldiers will also be given an extra set of clothes for replacement, which will also increase the soldiers' sense of identification with the army.

In this way, another week of peaceful days passed. Kong Hao was directing the work on the Mauser pistol production line when suddenly his secretary Xiao Wu came running over to report that Commander Li of the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment had arrived at the arsenal.

Kong Hao was just about to go and greet them, but unexpectedly Li Yunlong and Ding Wei came over directly.

"Xiao Kong, we are not outsiders, there is no need to be so polite."

"Lao Ding and I are going to the headquarters to receive commendations. We will come to see you after we are done and bring some supplies with us."

After hearing this, Kong Hao quickly responded politely:

"Captain Li, Captain Ding, you are all here, why are you still so polite? What did you bring?"

After saying this, he asked the other people on the production line to go about their business while he received the two group leaders.

Ding Wei looked at the assembly line in front of him. All the workers were working hard. From time to time, a batch of gun parts would be sent to the assembly line and then assembled together.

It can be seen that the workers are still relatively unfamiliar with this area, but fortunately it is not very busy now, so there is enough time for everyone to become familiar with it and grow.

In addition, the three-shift system formulated by Kong Hao is intended to train a large number of industrial workers as quickly as possible.

For example, the previous 6.5mm bullet production line was also operated in three shifts. Now a new 7.92mm bullet production line has been added. Skilled workers will immediately take over and complete the production work quickly.

The current arsenal has become a training base for the Eighth Route Army's industrial workers and technical personnel. It has recruited many high-quality talents with junior high school or primary school education for professional training. The main purpose is to send them to various major bases, especially other small arsenal workshops, as technical personnel after they complete their studies.

At present, the headquarters arsenal has a relatively complete range of machining equipment, such as milling machines, grinders, drilling machines, lathes, shearing machines, etc.

In addition, there are modern mechanical equipment such as welding machines, riveting machines, grinders and cutting machines, and we are capable of producing some simple mechanical equipment and tooling molds.

For example, various foot-operated machine tools, or primitive lathes that use a large amount of animal power to operate.

These are certainly useless to a department like the arsenal that has already moved on to electrification, but they are treasures among treasures to other bases that are still using manual labor.