Starting from the bright sword to engage in military industry

Chapter 792 Chapter 801, the production capacity of the arsenal
Counting it, it has been two years since the arsenal was established.If you look at the small workshop that made grenades and modified shotguns from the very beginning, it has been more than two years.

The products of the arsenal have also gradually changed from the initial grenades, shotguns, and Bayi-style horse rifles to the current product structure.Even the Min [-] and [-] heavy machine guns, which were still regarded as heavy weapons, were only produced in the arsenal for a period of time before they were replaced by continuous machine guns.

With the increase of machinery and equipment, the increase of workers' proficiency, and the increase and resolution of raw materials, the output of these products is also increasing.

Production capacity table in May 1940:
火炮方面：50mm鼎龙掷弹筒：500具；82迫80门；120重迫（含有拖行载具）30门。火箭筒200具。废品炮管改制礼花炮4种口径（120重迫废品改制）合计100组；生铁铸造礼花炮生产已经下发到下级兵工厂。

枪械方面：连用机枪150挺；6.5mm启拉利轻机枪400挺；7.92mm启拉利停产；6.5mm半自动步枪500支；黑星手枪3000支；改装4倍镜马四环狙击枪100支：4倍镜半自动精确射手步枪150支（三个月合计）。

子弹生产方面：因为增加了一些生产线，所以7.92mm子弹日产量平均30000发，6.5mm子弹40000发，7.63mm手枪子弹20000发。合计日产子弹9万发，月产270万发。

In terms of grenades: Qingqiu military grenades: 9; militia grenades: 15; red grenades: 3 (not enough peppers).

Shell production: 50 12000mm Dinglong grenades, including 1200 red shells, 600 white shells, and 600 special armor-piercing shells; Training), 82 rounds of white phosphorus incendiary bombs, a total of 6000 rounds.

120 heavy mortar shells: 800 blasting bombs, 80 illumination shells, 80 white phosphorus incendiary shells, 100 pepper shells, a total of 1060 shells.

长炮榴弹：长炮榴弹筒体300组，150mm战斗部150枚，110mm战斗部150枚，延迟引信、迫发引信各配套2组（需要战斗单位根据战斗需要汇报并下发相应引信）。

Rocket launcher ammunition: 300 armor-piercing shells, 300 blasting anti-personnel shells, 100 pepper shells (Note: The scope of application of the rocket launcher is too small, it is recommended to reduce production)
Supplementary notes for shell production: Since the lower-level arsenal already has the production capacity of grenades, it is recommended to stabilize the current production capacity of grenades, and appropriately increase the production capacity of 82 grenades, long artillery grenades, and 120 grenade ammunition.It is suggested that lower-level arsenals experiment with the production of 82 mortar shells, long artillery shells and other shells.

In terms of industrial products: there is a 6.5mm bullet production line in the process of production and debugging, which will be put into production next month. It is expected to produce 3000 rounds of ammunition per day.

In terms of landmines: the arsenal stopped producing iron shell mines, and only produced fuzes. This month, it produced 10000 loose mine fuzes and 10000 trip fuzes.In addition, 300 simple iron sand mines with bamboo tubes were produced for the nine detachments for their own use.The production of directional mines is 2000.

Other aspects: produce 1000 sets of bullet reloading machines; bulletproof shields are available in three versions: civilian 100 version, continuous machine gun version, and shotgun version, with a monthly production of 200 sets.In addition, [-] sets of bulletproof plates have been produced and have been distributed to special forces for use.

The above are the production reports of Jiuzhai Arsenal in May reported by Hu Changyi. There are many types, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in production capacity.However, there are no smelters, forging factories, explosives factories, and the production situation of the arsenal at all levels. Minister Zhang is in charge of this. Hu Changyi only needs to manage the arsenal well.

In addition, Hu Changyi felt that 82 mortar shells and long artillery shells could also be produced in lower-level arsenals, which was also mentioned in the report.

In fact, what do you say in the arsenal now?The production of weapons has been improved a lot. 500 semi-automatics are produced a month, and it is enough to equip a regiment of precision shooters, right?In fact, the key is the production of bullets!

The monthly output of bullets is 270 million rounds, which seems a lot, right?Then, these bullets have to be supplied to 40 troops, and each soldier can have...

Compared with these, grenades are very popular.Because this is not just the reproduction of the Jiuzhai Arms Factory, but the lower-level arsenal, as well as the small workshops of those units can produce.The output of a month adds up to more than 100 million pieces.

Don't underestimate this output, even if it is distributed to 40 troops, it can only be divided into two or three, but this is a "heavy weapon", and it can be thrown out to blow up several people.

Another point to reiterate is that Jiuzhai Arsenal has discontinued the production of the 7.92 version of the Qilali light machine gun, and only produces the 6.5mm version.

As for why?Because of the two years of fighting, there are a lot of Czech-style light machine guns captured by the Eight Route Army, which can be distributed to the troops.In this way, the rifle bullets of two calibers in the arsenal can be effectively distributed.

Therefore, looking at the equipment level of the infantry squads of these main regiments, you can tell by looking at their light machine guns.Carrying the Czech style, the rifle is designated as the Bayi-style horse rifle, made in Hanyang, Chinese official, shotgun, semi-automatic rifle, etc. The weapons are more complicated.

As for the infantry squad carrying 6.5mm Qilari on their backs, their weapons will include Type 6.5 rifles, Type 6.5 horse rifles with a caliber of 6.5mm, and semi-automatic rifles as supporting weapons.Well, the bullets are all [-]mm Tomosaka rifle bullets or [-]mm bullets produced by the arsenal.

In fact, this is also good, the caliber is unified for a class, or even a platoon, which will reduce the pressure on logistics a lot.

Even if the output of ammunition in the arsenal is not enough to make logistics a headache for transportation.

"I've finished reading your report. It's very good! There are no chili peppers on your side, and I will urge the comrades in the south to help buy them. In addition, there are not many catalpa and walnut trees in the arsenal, and the surrounding troops are also in stock. Raise! Ha... Actually it's pretty good too, our one-month output is enough to arm two regiments!"

While Minister Zhang was speaking, he took out some documents, and then began to search for information in the jungle, and re-entered it into a new form.

Minister Zhang is in charge of logistics, and he does have the production capacity of several arsenals below.Now there are 6 large-scale arsenals under the ground, distributed in Taiyue, central Hebei, southern Hebei and other places. The main products are hand grenades, shotguns, Bayi-style horse rifles, shotgun shells, and shotguns.

And according to the aggregated production capacity.In a month, the Bayi-style horse rifle can produce 3000 pieces, and the shotgun can produce about 600 pieces. As for a simple double-barreled shotgun, it can produce 3000 pieces, and the production of shotguns is also very large. There can be more than [-] rounds.

On average, a factory-made shotgun or double-barreled shotgun can carry about 28 rounds of ammunition.

(End of this chapter)