Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Zeng Jiwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurried to the military factory with the political commissar and chief of staff.

After arriving at the military factory, Liu Guifu took Zeng Jiwen and his party to an open space, which was the temporary weapons testing site of the military factory. There, Zeng Jiwen saw the PRG rocket copper and rocket launcher that had been commissioned by Liu Guifu and others to manufacture.

From a distance, Zeng Jiwen was the first to see the familiar figure. The whole thing was square in shape, with twelve gun barrels shining with metallic luster in the sun, and was supported by two car tires.

The entire launch tube is in a simple cylindrical shape with a metallic luster on the surface. These launch tubes are closely arranged together, giving people a strong sense of oppression. At the same time, there is a delicate positioning pin notch at the front end of each launch tube.

The gun mount is made of solid metal, and the forked slide firmly supports the entire rocket launcher. The elevation wheels and steering wheels are exposed on one side of the gun mount. At the same time, a simple aiming device is placed next to it.

Except for Zeng Jiwen, Zhou Xi and Wang Zhuo were speechless when they looked at this strange-looking cannon. They had no idea what this thing was used for. They only knew that it was a cannon.

On the ammunition box nearby sat an oddly shaped gun. Its barrel was a thick, cylindrical shape, a dull metallic hue, with simple carvings and markings. The front of the barrel was a uniquely shaped bell-shaped mouth, and at the rear was a device resembling a protective disc.

After Zeng Jiwen and his team saw the prototype weapon, Liu Guifu said, "Brigade Commander Zeng, look, this is the weapon you commissioned me to make. It's incredible, it's so powerful!"

Liu Guifu sighed. Honestly, after seeing the sketches Zeng Jiwen had given him, Liu Guifu had only taken a few glances and, based on his years of experience, had determined that these were two unprecedented artillery pieces. They were fired by igniting gunpowder with a fuse, and the technical difficulty wasn't complicated. It was just that no one had imagined that artillery could be manufactured in this way.

Especially when he thought that the artillery could be operated by one person, he immediately admired Zeng Jiwen very much. He did not expect that in addition to his military capabilities, Zeng Jiwen also had such outstanding design capabilities for military industry.

"Brigade Commander, this weapon looks like a cannon, but why does it feel so weird to me?" Zhou Xi looked confused.

"Chief Engineer Liu, please introduce the performance of these two weapons. After all, they were made by you. I just provided an idea." Zeng Jiwen said to Liu Guifu with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Liu Guifu quickly waved his hands and said, "I can't take that responsibility, Brigade Commander Zeng. I've been designing weapons for so many years, but none of my designs are as sophisticated as yours. It's truly shameful."

"Chief Engineer Liu, you're too polite. I just have some ideas based on the weapons our troops currently need." Zeng Jiwen said modestly.

"Hahaha, Brigade Commander Zeng, you are so polite." Liu Guifu immediately smiled and began to introduce the two new weapons to the political commissar and chief of staff.

"Political Commissar Zhou, Chief of Staff Wang, these two weapons were previously designed by Brigade Commander Zeng. He asked if I could design two artillery pieces according to his requirements. One is a light artillery piece for individual infantry, and the other is a heavy artillery piece for large-scale combat."

"This single-infantry light artillery piece has a 40mm caliber, weighs 8.6kg with ammunition, and is 960mm long. Its effective range is approximately 300-500 meters. If equipped with armor-piercing rounds, it can easily penetrate 200mm of armor. This is the wrench, used to fire the round, and this is the sight, for aiming at distant targets."

After saying that, he picked up the artillery and handed it to the political commissar and others to watch. After listening to Liu Guifu's introduction, Zhou Shi and others immediately thought of the Japanese army's small tanks and armored vehicles. These things were amazing against the Japanese mechanized troops. After taking aim, they hit the target every time, and the two of them were immediately excited.