Starting from the bright sword to engage in military industry

Chapter 541 Chapter 540, Benefits before the war?
The time entered July 1939, and the Japanese devils were ready to move at various traffic hubs in southeast Shanxi, and the situation of overwhelming soldiers had formed.

Although Jiuzhai is deep in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, it also feels a heavy and depressing atmosphere.Although the workers still talked and laughed during the intervals of production, their tense facial expressions betrayed their inner tension.

Regarding the enemy situation outside, Hu Changyi did not hide these workers.Therefore, everyone knows that the little devil has concentrated a large number of troops of the main division and is preparing to launch an attack on the southeast of Shanxi.

Knowing the news, the workers became even more enthusiastic about their work when they were nervous.Those members of the Workers' Self-Defense Force who had seen life and death outside were also under the mobilization command of Captain Sun Xianghong, working and training while patrolling the factory area.

In the steel-concrete fortifications built around the arsenal, there are also wounded veterans and militiamen from various villages who have been on duty for a long time.

Of course, these things will not affect the battle outside.What made a difference was that the workers volunteered to work overtime until they could no longer see, so the production of weapons such as pistols, semi-automatics, various machine guns, etc. went up.

This is not the growth of unilateral weapons production, but the growth of all products.For example, the production of hand grenades has started again in various villages. The old and young men are sweating profusely every day, making shells and wooden handles;

Moreover, the fuze production team of the arsenal also mobilized a total of 30 female staff from Jiuzhai to help make the fuze of the grenade.Because the materials are sufficient, the women can make more than 200 pieces a day, which is still unskilled.

In this way, Jiuzhai's daily output of grenades can reach 1 or more.This kind of prefabricated fragmentation grenade, which uses black powder doped with dynamite as the explosive, is not as good as the new type of wrought iron shell, and the interior is filled with steel ball fragments, but it is still a very good weapon.

how to say?Although the effective power radius of the grenade is only 5 to 6 meters after it explodes, more than 100 pieces of pig iron fragments are enough for the devils and puppet soldiers to drink a pot.At least, it's better than the half-exploded frontiers of other military workshops, right?

There is also the production at the smelter, which is also taking advantage of the bombing before the devil's plane arrives, and seizes the time to start working day and night.After more than half a year of hard work, the small blast furnace that has been able to produce stably will produce qualified steel into round steel profiles of different sizes and thicknesses and send them to the arsenal.

There is also the smelting of copper ore, and the crude smelting copper exchanged from the former Zhao Village and the Jinsui Army will also be refined into copper plates that can be used as bullet casings and warheads.

Well, although this output is due to the raw materials and the scale of the factory, the output is at most two to three tons a month.But that's pretty good, right?Add up this year, no matter what, there are more than 20 tons of copper plates on the bullet production line, which requires a lot of bullets.

Of course, if there is no raw material from the Jinsui Army, then we can only accumulate the copper ore from Qianzhao Village little by little, and then smelt it again... This output is really free.

In Qianzhao Village, the seven-year-old Zhao Xiaohu woke up early.

Putting on a pair of shorts and a vest, and a pair of simple straw sandals on his feet, after breakfast, his day's life began.

In the headquarters of the village soldier team, all the children, big and small, gathered here, including children who have just been able to walk, and they were also held by their sisters or brothers.

Then, the older children will go to the mountains to herd sheep, pigs, cows,...everything they can.Of course, during the period, there are learning teachers to follow and help them learn culture.And the younger children, under the leadership of several women, chased some quacking ducks to release the ducks.

Well, for the smaller ones, there will be someone to help watch them.As for the grown-ups, they all work in the copper mines.

Jiuzhaigou is better, at least these children will be watched by the elderly at home.It's just that every family raises a lot of chickens, ducks and geese, and the children will follow the old man to release the ducks and geese.As for the chick with the old hen and the big rooster with the old hen at home?This one opened the door of the chicken coop, and went up the mountain to find something to eat.Those who are smart will go to the maggot pond outside the village to find maggots to eat... Well, the taste is not very good.

In Wuxiang County, to the north, the Xinyi Regiment was stationed in Songshu Village. Li Yunlong led the Xinyi Regiment and came back.After they came here, they actively trained to prepare for the next battle.

On July 7st, the cavalry transport platoon of the logistics department came from east to west and entered the regiment headquarters of the new regiment.

"Minister Zhang is so generous this time, he sent us another 5 rounds of machine gun bullets! Haha, thank you, Minister Zhang!" After receiving the things sent by the cavalry platoon, Li Yunlong laughed and expressed his gratitude.

Well, Li Yunlong did not stay in Jiuzhai for nothing. Knowing that the 5 rounds of machine gun ammunition was the output of the Jiuzhai Arsenal for more than two days, Minister Zhang is definitely very interesting.

"Leader Li, Minister Zhang's task is completed, and our factory director's task!" After the transportation platoon leader finished speaking, he handed the cloth bag he was carrying to Li Yunlong.

"What is this? It's light and fluffy, and your factory manager also played with me that the gift is light... the affection is serious, right?" Li Yunlong took the cloth bag and said.

"Okay, two big red chickens have been delivered, Captain Li, goodbye!" After completing the task of the transportation platoon leader, he rode his beloved pack horse and returned to Jiuzhai.

Well, these cute transport soldiers regard the pack horses as more important than themselves, and they are not willing to ride when they are carrying things, and even help the pack horses to carry the concentrate.

"Big red chicken? What is this?" Seeing the transport soldiers walking away, Li Yunlong went back to the regiment headquarters in doubt, and put the cloth bag on the table.

The burden was not big, and as the things were placed on the table, a familiar smell wafted over. Li Yunlong quickly untied the burden, and saw two strips wrapped in toilet paper.With a snort, a strip was pulled apart, revealing packs of cigarettes.

"Haha, Changyi, this little bastard, at this time I'm still doing my job for my own benefit." Seeing the big red chicken on the cigarette pack, Li Yunlong scolded with a smile.

That's right, as the director of the arsenal, Hu Changyi felt that it was necessary for his comrades to try something new, so he greeted Minister Zhang and sent some cigarettes to the brigade commander and the others.Is this considered a benefit?Probably.

The cigarette incident was just an episode. After smoking their own cigarettes, the group leaders prepared for the upcoming battle with a more energetic outlook.

In the past few days, those small troops who were sent out finally arrived at the designated place with their things and got ready.

(End of this chapter)