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Chapter 223 Chapter [-]

"Less losses?" The little old major general stroked his white beard and commented: "If you think so, it seems like you are avoiding the serious and taking the light."

"It's actually a disregard of the head and the tail." A colonel next to him half-sarcastically said that he was Ding Hong, the supervisor of the Yingtian Army Arsenal.

"Senior may have exaggerated," Zhou Changfeng said calmly, with a normal expression, "According to my actual combat experience in the Battle of Uzbekistan and the Spanish Civil War, 80.00% of the time rifles and light machine guns can shoot within 200 meters. The enemy, uh... If the distance is set to 300 meters, then the proportion is more than [-]."

"What about the other [-]%?"

"Beyond 300 meters, the shooting accuracy of guns will be greatly reduced. At this time, ordinary guns should not be relied on. It is the turn of mortars and heavy machine guns to exert their power."

At this time, an old man pushed the door and entered, everyone followed the sound, it turned out to be Pang Lingqi, Marquis of Nan'an.

All the people present stood up at the same time, "I have met the commander."

Although the honorary title is more formal, it is well known that Pang Lingqi is not talented in military affairs but works hard, and he is talented in politics without working hard.The more you lack something, the more you like something, and everyone naturally likes it. It is more pleasing to call a military position than a title.

Pang Lingqi, who was still in good spirits, glanced at the people in the room, and then set his eyes on Zhou Changfeng, "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so the more adequate the preparations before the battle, the better. Bigger."

Isn’t this nonsense, co-authoring is really only a child’s choice, adults want it all?
"But... Senior, this is not the same thing. It would be best if we could have the best of both worlds. The problem is that the current technical conditions are not up to the mark, so we have to make a trade-off." Zhou Changfeng continued, "You can't have both. Since we want to increase the firepower of the infantry units at medium and short distances, we must give up something correspondingly."

"But there are too many things to give up. The adjustment of military production involved in the adoption of brand new bullets and guns is not insignificant." Ding Hong said.

He pondered for two seconds, then continued:

"Take our factory as an example. There are no shifts. The annual output of 23mm machine ammunition is 21 million rounds, and the monthly output is [-] Type [-] rifles and [-] Type [-] light machine guns."

"Once the production line is changed, one month of adjustment, half a month of trial production, and one month of testing will take two and a half months at the fastest. After that, the production capacity will only be half of the current production capacity, and it will take a year to recover to the present."

"What's more, your so-called new rifle is semi-automatic. Its man-hours and cost are much higher than ordinary bolt-action rifles. It only takes [-] man-hours and [-] yuan to make a [-]-style rifle. This new semi-automatic rifle may have to be refurbished. three times."

"The current world situation...you can't tell when the flames of war will start. Our country wants to expand its military and prepare ordnance. The main production capacity must not be changed."

Last year, the Advisory Council passed a basic combat readiness bill. The Ming Army expanded four first-class infantry divisions and one field heavy artillery brigade. The Navy received an additional 2000 million yuan.

And this year is bound to increase further. The military department has been lobbying around since the beginning of the year. It is said that members of the Advisory Council have been arguing since June, and it has been three months so far.

Obviously, compared with large-scale equipment that is too advanced, the Army prefers to use the same resources to produce more ordinary equipment, so as to arm as many troops as possible.

The priority is to fill the front line, followed by hoarding backups, and then make further attempts if there is room left. This is the view of the conservative Ming Army.

Although the United States on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is equally conservative, the difference is that they are not constrained by limited production capacity, but are purely stubborn and rigid, and even have some magical operations that return to basics.

So Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but think of the historical situation——

When the main rifle was updated after the end of the war, the Americans firmly chose the M14 automatic rifle that fired full-power ammunition. Its actual combat effectiveness in complex environments is not good, and it is difficult to control when fully automatic shooting. The more reasonable AK47, which fires intermediate-power rounds, pales in comparison.

Zhou Changfeng quickly considered the wording of the answer to the question from the leader of Yingtian Arsenal.

He said sternly: "I understand your concerns, but I don't think it should be killed with a single shot. Semi-automatic rifles that fire small-power rifle bullets are indeed expensive, but they should be within the acceptable range. Moreover, this kind of rifle bullets are completely fine. With the same caliber as the current bullet, modifying the production line can save a lot of time and resources."

Most of the full-power rifle bullets used in countries around the world are the second-generation rifle bullets that have been finalized after the era of smokeless gunpowder. The bullets have changed from round to pointed, and some details have been improved.

全威力步枪弹的枪口动能指标普遍很高，德制7.92㎜步机弹约为3700J、美制7.62㎜步机弹约为3800J，即使是较弱的日制6.5㎜步机弹也超过2600J。

The size of these ammunition is large, and if there are too many, it will become cumbersome. A Mauser 7.92mm heavy-tipped ammunition is about 27g, and a hundred rounds is 2.7kg. With the addition of bridge clips, it can basically reach 3kg.

Correspondingly, in order to launch these mighty ammunition, the guns are also large and heavy. Early automatic weapons such as automatic rifles and light machine guns are only suitable for continuous shooting after relying on the bunker and arranging the bipod.

During the interwar period, some people have realized that the combat distance between the enemy and our infantry generally does not exceed 400m. In most cases, the power of traditional full-power ammunition is obviously excessive, and the range and power can be properly reduced. It is sufficient to meet the combat requirements of 400m.

However, there is no doubt that the stubborn conservative forces have the upper hand in many cases, and this advanced concept is difficult to convince the army masters of various countries.

Therefore, until the end of the Great War in history, all countries were still equipped with traditional full-power rifle ammunition. Only the Germans led the trend and equipped with Stg44 assault rifles and 7.92×33㎜Kurz rifle ammunition, taking off the "world's first large-scale actual combat use of intermediate power" Ammunition and Assault Rifles" double laurels.

Moreover, the Germans had different opinions at first. The Stg44 almost died, and was forced to disguise it as a submachine gun and mass-produce it with the weapon number MP43. It was not until the frontline officers and soldiers sent good reviews that they reversed people's attitudes.

After the war, the Russians followed the trend and installed 7.62×39㎜M43 rifle ammunition, as well as SKS and AK47; while the Americans continued to be stubborn, and installed the 7.62×51㎜NATO ammunition, which is still considered a full-power rifle ammunition. It even forced Western countries to unify their equipment.

"In my opinion, let's put this idea on hold for the time being. The prospects are fickle. We can't tolerate major changes at the moment. We can think about it later if we have time." Pang Lingqi said so.

However, considering that such negation would easily dampen the enthusiasm of young people, he added another sentence, "It is of course excellent to have such an extraordinary idea, and it is worthy of recognition, but there are many factors to consider whether it is applicable or not."

Although the generals are overwhelmingly opposed to intermediate power ammunition, they are very interested in directional mines and jump mines.

The directional landmine that is still being improved will take at least half a year to produce results. Although the research on the jumping mine has just begun, it is much easier to disassemble and imitate it because of a real object that Zhou Changfeng brought back from Spain.

After a while, everyone was already discussing whether to hand it over to an existing factory for mass production, or choose a location to set up a separate factory.

Since Zhou Changfeng's report basically focused on weapons and equipment, and tactics were just embellishments, the face-to-face exchange meeting ended soon.

It can be said that Zhou Changfeng was not affected by the attitude of the army bosses. He just had the idea of ​​trying it out. If the Ming army really dared to change it, it would be a strange thing.

But the land does not change, and the army is not happy. Isn't there still the navy and air force?

The army would rather not take advantage than suffer losses, but it is not certain that the bigwigs of the other two services like to exchange small losses for big gains.

So after returning to Qixia Prison that afternoon, he wrote two similar letters and sent them to the Navy Department and the Air Force Department respectively.

The superiority of intermediate power ammunition is undeniable, not only can the amount of ammunition carried be increased, but the design of the gun will also be lighter as a result.

如今主流的、发射全威力弹药的轻机枪普遍有10㎏之重，ZB-26约10.6㎏、DP-28约10.7㎏，但若是改为发射中间威力弹药，设计合理的轻机枪可以做到7㎏的空枪重量。

The saved 3 kg will undoubtedly make soldiers much easier. On the contrary, they can also carry about [-] more rounds of ammunition under the same load.

In Zhou Changfeng's view, this advantage must be taken.Just relying on one's actual combat experience is not enough to reverse the views of stubborn army generals, and now we can only hope for feedback from the front line in the future.

On the last day of early September, follow-up relief for the Caozhou Earthquake was still in full swing.

On the same day, a [-]-ton freighter named "Aurora" docked at the wharf in the south of Yangzhou.

After half a month of sailing, the freighter hired by Wright Company to carry materials and parts arrived at its destination safely, and the efficiency of Wright Company's performance of the contract was so fast that Ming people were surprised.

Dozens of employees and employees of Zhongsheng Company have already been waiting on the dock, and cranes and trucks are also ready.

The [-] pages of technical drawings contained in dozens of boxes, the bulk of one hundred engine parts, and seventeen engineers and technicians were all negotiated in the production license and technology transfer contract.

The leading man is about 30 years old, and his gestures give people a sense of elegance. He said with a smile in English: "Welcome, I am Yao Chaowen sent by the company to receive you. I will be responsible for any life matters after that."

This London accent made Haydn Wilson, the chief engineer of the production guidance team, stunned for a moment, "Then let's go to the residence first."

As part of the big deception plan, the reception of these Americans cannot be taken lightly. Wu Zhengren, that is, Zhan Shi from the East Palace of the Crown Prince, after careful consideration, handed over this job to the London School of Economics and Political Science. Yao Chaowen, who has traveled in the Three Kingdoms for several years.

Naturally, this aspect has to be done by experts, and it would be embarrassing if the truth is revealed.

Different from engineering, people like Yao Chaowen who go to Europe to study political economy and other liberal arts are always just to deal with Westerners better, and familiarity with the local customs is the most important thing.

After settling in, Haydn proposed to check the situation of the factory buildings and machinery and equipment first, so the next day, the core technicians of the team, led by the employees of Zhongsheng Company, went to a site covering an area of ​​several square meters in the southwest suburb of Yangzhou. Kilometer-wide workshop.

The temperature in the autumn morning is still quite pleasant, neither hot nor cold, and the sun is shining brightly.

"This industrial park was completed only a month ago. We plan to arrange two production lines." After getting off the car, Yao Chaowen pointed out the window and said, "Over there is the factory building of the assembly workshop, and this is the No. [-] boring workshop."

Although at first it was only intended to set up a shell company to fool the Americans, but after doing it, people suddenly felt that it was so serious that it was too wasteful to abandon it after the engine production license was obtained.

Therefore, some people proposed to go a step further and upgrade this empty shell private aircraft company to a genuine aircraft parts manufacturing company.

In view of the fact that Ming made a windfall during the Spanish Civil War, it is completely reasonable to take part of it for investment in military preparations. The crown prince approved this proposal after discussing with all parties.

Ever since, the fake show came true.

The factory building with steel frame structure is spacious and bright, but when you walk in, you will have a strange sense of enlightenment.

Haydn looked around with admiring eyes, put his hands on his hips and said, "It looks really good, have your machines been set up yet?"

"There are still some precision machine tools that have not arrived, but the layout of the basic production line has already started." Yao Chaowen chose to answer truthfully.

A group of people shuttled among the dazzling array of machines, and many workers were moving, installing, and shouting to and fro.

From time to time, everyone pointed to the machine next to them and asked about some key technical indicators, so as to preliminarily judge whether they could process qualified parts.

"These are hexagonal turret lathes produced by Yanjing No. 120 Heavy Machinery Group, with a spindle hole of 10 mm, twelve-stage speed regulation, a speed range of 1000 to 4300 revolutions per minute, and a main motor with a power of [-] watts..."

"It's a semi-automatic gantry milling machine from Tianhua Machine Company. The beam stroke is 600 mm, the power of the milling head is 5000 watts, the speed range is 45 to 600 revolutions per minute, and the standard cutterhead diameter is 200 mm..."

"The forging workshop is over there. The planned thousand-ton hydraulic press has not arrived. Now these are 100-ton hydraulic presses and 300-ton hydraulic presses. This 300-ton forging hydraulic press is a product of Hannover Mechanical Engineering Company, and many factories are using it. , the performance is very good, the nominal force is 300 tons, the fixed output force is 6 tons, and the pressing speed is 20 mm per second..."

Seeing this, an engineer said quietly: "I remember that our company's E3 workshop still has a few British products from 30 years ago..."

To say how advanced the machine is, the Americans naturally disdain it, and it's not that they can't make it.But these machines in front of me are almost brand new things that have not been out of the factory for a long time, which is very enviable.

The old factory has the background of the old factory, and the new factory has the advantages of the new factory.

　The card has been reviewed, outrageous, and there are no harmonious words after thinking about it.

　　
　
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