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Chapter 13 The Last Glory of Black Powder
After hearing what the brigade commander said, Huang He was not surprised.

If someone asks what is the most important thing for the Eighth Route Army at this stage, it is undoubtedly bullets and grenades.

The former is the foundation of the army's combat effectiveness, and the latter is the best choice for the tactics of dealing with devils and pigs.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Eighth Route Army was plagued by insufficient ammunition.

The nickname "three guns and eight roads" is because the veterans in the army always emphasize that three bullets need to destroy an enemy, and they must launch a charge after shooting.

The old devils all knew that fighting the Eighth Route Army was very difficult and dangerous. Because they didn't have many bullets, they were forced to force out some sharpshooters.

But no matter how much ammunition is saved, the consumption of bullets is inevitable. Without purchase channels and without your own military factory, it will be nothing but rootless water.

In the early days of the war, our troops were mainly engaged in raids, ambushes and blocking operations.

In this process, destroy the enemy's transportation, cut off the enemy's supply lines, and strive to achieve the greatest results with the least consumption.

But even so, our combat discipline still requires troops not to fight for too long.

There was a surprise attack on the devil's airport, and the battle ended in just one hour.And 24 Devil fighter jets were blown up, which became the headlines of Chinese and foreign media for a while.

Therefore, the ammunition of our troops was generally sustainable at that time.

However, with the continuous expansion of the base area and the increase in the frequency and scale of battles, the army's demand for weapons and ammunition has increased sharply.

Demand expanded, but supply became increasingly scarce.Faced with this situation, the troops can only work harder on the capture.

Combat seizures can be said to be an important source of ammunition for the Eighth Route Army, but two conditions need to be met for this.

Not only must the Devils be eaten in an organized way, but the speed also needs to be fast.

Today's devils are very stubborn, and they often resist to the end and would rather die than surrender.

As a result, the devils consumed a lot of ammunition when resisting, and once the defeat was decided, these beasts would directly destroy the supplies, and it would be a loss-making business if they were not careful.

For many units, capture does not replace depletion, or merely equalizes it.

Especially ammunition, consumption is often more than seized, it is really unable to make ends meet.

Therefore, every shot and bullet is hard-won, and soldiers often need to pay the price of blood and even their lives.

In addition, due to the long-term shortage of funds, the funds that can be used to purchase weapons and ammunition are very limited.

The base area was blocked and embargoed, and there was no way to buy it.

When fighting the devils, the commanders of the army said the most that they aimed to shoot, put in close to shoot, and never fired until the enemy was killed.

By various chances and coincidences, the cavalry, who should have withdrawn from the stage of the times, ushered in a second spring in this land.

Because of the above reasons, reloading bullets has become a top priority for various military factories in the rear.

Reloading, in layman's terms, is to recycle shell casings.

Then the cartridge case is cleaned, reshaped, installed with a primer, loaded with ammunition, and loaded with a warhead.

On black powder, we are the ancestors.A large number of people in the base areas were mobilized to boil nitrate to make gunpowder. Reloadable bullets were not as simple as imagined.

There are many processes in this, the first is to collect used shell casings.

We all know that the troops have shooting discipline. The soldiers will recycle the shell casings as much as possible, and bring them back to the military factory of the Logistics Department for screening and repair after the battle.

Only those shell cases that have not been deformed and broken can be used to avoid accidents of bombing or misfitting.

But this is not a long-term solution after all.

After the soldiers used reloading bullets, the already battle-scarred weapons would be more or less bombed and bored.

Zhang Wanhe hears complaints from many frontline commanders every month.

The second is to remake the primer.

Comrades usually cut the copper skins from the bad brass shells and stamp them into copper bowls.

After adding thormer, re-embed the bottom of the shell, and then put the granulated gunpowder into the shell according to the specified weight.

Finally add the warhead.

The usual method is to make a mold for a bullet, stamp a copper plate into the mold to form the armor, and then pour molten lead.

The bullets reloaded through the above methods have many disadvantages, such as poor sealing performance, easy to get wet gunpowder, many shooting residues, short range, poor accuracy, low initial velocity, and unsatisfactory bullet shape.

And at present, the arsenal can only manufacture round-headed warheads.

Sometimes the copper plate is not punched well, which will cause a breach and expose the lead core.

However, it is also possible that a blessing in disguise will become a dum bomb in disguise.

Troops generally do not shoot enemies 100 meters away when using this kind of bullet. Beyond this distance, no one knows where the bullet will fly, and there is a high probability that it will have no lethality.

And even this kind of bullet, which is not even a defective product in the eyes of devils, can be regarded as a great achievement of the military factory of the logistics department in terms of the industrial level of the base area at that time.

The troops rely on reloading bullets to greatly alleviate the difficulty of ammunition shortage. This is the last glory of black powder in the world.

After sorting out his thoughts, Huang He looked at the three of them and said
"About bullets, although I personally look down on reloading bullets, we can't get rid of them in a short time."

"In addition to insufficient materials in the current base area, another problem is that the caliber of the bullets is not uniform."

“我们手上的武器型号实在是太多了，三八大盖和歪把子用的子弹口径是6.5×50mm，九二式重机枪又使用7.7×58mm。汉阳造和捷克式轻机枪用的子弹是7.92×57mm。”

"In addition to all kinds of Wanguo brand weapons. If we want to build a new bullet factory, the logistical pressure will be too great, and Lao Zhang and I will definitely die suddenly."

Huang He looked at the expectant eyes of the brigade commander, and he told his latest arrangement.

Uniform bullet caliber is something that must be done, but only gradually.

This is not only to reduce the logistical pressure, but also to improve the survival rate on the battlefield.

Many of our soldiers now use the weapons that captured the devils, and the sounds of different guns firing are also different.

If it is a deadlocked battle between the two sides in the dark, most of the comrades can't see anything, and can only rely on the sound to judge whether the devils have touched it.

Soldiers will feel more secure when they hear that the gunshots around them are made by Hanyang.

But if there are all loud voices, normal people will instinctively feel scared, and it will confuse the audience.

Therefore, in order to increase the survival rate of recruits and make them more heroic in combat, sooner or later their own weapon production line must be launched.

Deciding on the number of places provided in the first month of the "establishment of the Academy of Sciences", Huang He selected five researchers majoring in ammunition engineering and explosive technology.

Although his own chemistry is not bad, professional matters should be left to professional people.

These researchers are proficient in ammunition system analysis and design, explosion physics, ballistics, terminal effects, dynamic detection technology, impact dynamics, explosion technology, safety engineering, etc.

Moreover, they have strong hands-on ability, and they can make bullets by hand rubbing even under limited conditions.

These people are good at teaching, and can teach according to their aptitude and pass on their skills to comrades in the base area.

"I've arranged a lot of things in this month, and I specially got a batch of copper."

"And I can also increase the lethality of bullets, whether they are new or reloaded."

Hearing that it can increase the lethality of bullets, Li Yunlong, who was originally a good boy, suddenly regained his spirits, and hurriedly asked Huang He what to do.

"You two should know the biggest difference between our bullets and the devil's bullets."

Facing this question, the brigade commander and Zhang Wanhe nodded.

"We use black powder due to technical problems, but smokeless powder is indispensable for modern weapons."

"The power of black powder itself is limited. The bullets made with black powder can indeed kill and injure the enemy, but the effect is far worse."

"The first batch of smokeless gunpowder in the world was made by the French. I studied it when I was in school, and I knew it would be useful one day."

"For a month, I have been thinking about how to produce smokeless gunpowder under limited conditions. Recently, I have come to a general conclusion."

"You are not specialized in chemical engineering, so I won't explain the specific steps to you."

What Huang He said made Li Yunlong confused. As a big old man, he had seen black gunpowder, but he didn't know what smokeless gunpowder was.

But since the brigade commander was by his side, he didn't want to be confused, so he could only ask patiently:

"Director Huang, when can we use the smokeless gunpowder you mentioned?"

"The method I just mentioned is local refining, and the shipment rate of finished products is not high, and there will be certain dangers."

"But this step is a step we must take. In the next few days, I will find the right person to pass on the method. If it is the end of this year, or the beginning of next year at the latest, our bullets will have obvious changes."

Huang He rubbed his chin in thought, he didn't know how to word the next words.

Seeing that he obviously had concerns, the brigade commander took the initiative to ask: "If you have any problems, just tell me, and I will try my best to help you."

"My ability alone is limited after all. I hope to set up a school in the rear area. I want to teach talented people everything I know."

"And my friends will return to China one after another. They also want to contribute to the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War. Victory is based on the production of weapons."

When Huang He said this, he intended to pave the way for the researchers who would continue to come to the base area.

It is also from the heart for a better tomorrow.

　Although the conditions were poor at the time, it was not really bitter haha.

　　Although the military factory has less equipment, it is not without it.

　　A small amount of these equipment was procured, but mainly by requisition and seizure.

　　How could there be only screwdrivers, a stove, and a few sledgehammers?

　　The new book asks for everything!
　　Someone in the comment area said let me make more, then today is the whole 6K
　　
　
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