Zhou Changfeng, who looked confused, turned around and asked: "Why are you pinching me..."
"I'm really not dreaming." Xia Xiaoshi muttered, then stared at him and said resentfully: "Zhou Kexing, why did you know about this important national event so early? What other things are you hiding from me?"
In fact, Xia Bing had seriously told her long ago that someone from Zhou would definitely get involved in the government affairs, and many of these things were not suitable for the outside world to know, even his wife was no exception.
If he is willing to take the initiative to speak, then he can listen, but if he is unwilling to speak, he must not ask.
Xia Xiaoshi could naturally detect some abnormalities in her husband, but she had always followed her instructions without going into details, but today it was really difficult to suppress her curiosity.
"Actually, it's nothing. I just haven't been too lazy to talk about it before... Do you want to listen? I'll tell you."
Seeing her nodding, Zhou Changfeng explained the causes and consequences, as well as the current situation.
"It turns out that I was being targeted at that time..." Xia Xiaoshi recalled thoughtfully: "Dad often said that where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and where there are rights, there will be struggles. Talents like you, sir, are also It really deserves to be won over.”
"Ability is only part of it. In fact, it also involves a lot of luck." Zhou Changfeng got out of bed and stretched, "Actually, I don't like dealing with this kind of officialdom and worldly relations, but I can't help it. Since I'm following others, You still have to listen to her for the time being.”
"Huh? For now?"
Awkward! You spilled the beans!
When talking to my wife, my subconscious is too relaxed!
Zhou Changfeng coughed twice and hurriedly covered it up: "What I mean is... uh... you should follow the advice when it comes to pros and cons... um, yes."
Xia Xiaoshi did not break the casserole and asked the truth, but said with emotion: "When I was playing with my sisters when I was a child, we took turns making wishes. Some said that they would marry a wealthy businessman in the future, and some said that they would marry a high-ranking official in the court. I was thinking at that time, Dad often criticizes the court officials at home. Those people must be unreliable. In the future, I might as well marry a general. Now, I will really marry a general."
Zhou Changfeng, who was bending to get his clothes, couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "It can be said that it is good luck, or it can be said that it is fate."
"Hmph, it's obviously fate."
The radio was still playing the morning news. The female voice sounded clear and sweet, but after a long time, it felt a little soft.
Her voice is sweeter and thinner, with a hint of procrastination, and her speaking speed is not fast, about 200 words per minute, which is much slower than the 250 words on later news broadcasts.
As the announcer of the official news agency, this voice invisibly gives people a sense of singing and dancing, reveling in life, and being leisurely and contented.
And it's not just this announcer, the other announcers also have similar voices.
To be honest, Zhou Changfeng felt that now that the official preparations for the war had begun, the announcers of the Sun and Moon Club should be replaced by voices with a more neutral tone and smooth and cheerful voices.
He quickly came to the car with an umbrella. Fortunately, he was used to closing the car tarpaulin, otherwise the seats would have been too wet to sit on after the heavy downpour.
The Third Infantry Division is stationed on the southern outskirts of the city, adjacent to Jiangjun Mountain to the east and Niushou Mountain to the south. The station is in an irregular rectangular shape, covering an area of approximately 7,000 acres, which is much wider than the area in Jiangxinzhou.
This division belonged to the new army that was starting anew that year. When it was established, a small number of people were drawn from the Fei Xiong Guard, one of the twelve guards. Later, after the old army was gradually disbanded, the "Flying Bear" The code name officially fell to the third division.
I have been here for decades, and now I want to move out to make room for others. Obviously the officers and soldiers are a little reluctant.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but the entire division has to be adjusted according to instructions."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. I had expected that one of them would have to be moved, either us or the Fourth Division."
Li Liangjun, the commander of the Third Division, was very enthusiastic about Zhou Changfeng who came to visit him in person carrying a box of famous wine, fearing that he would not be well received.
The officers and soldiers below were reluctant, but they, the generals, were well aware of the reasons and had been mentally prepared for it.
After learning that the Ministry of War required the Third Division to leave before August 30, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help complaining: "You are asked to move out before the end of the month? The deadline is so tight, it's like driving people away."
Li Liangjun smiled bitterly and said, "It's not too troublesome. The small things will be taken away in a few minutes. If the big things are difficult to move, just keep them. It's the same for you anyway."
"As usual, new recruits will arrive in September. Our department is actually not in that hurry."
"Move in early and tidy up early. You have to practice harder from now on. Time waits for no one."
Maintaining basic social relationships is a must. However, Zhou Changfeng didn't care about this at all before. Now it's not that easy to make up for it within a period of time.
In addition to coming to the Third Division for a small exchange, he also planned to visit the Yingtian Arsenal today to show the submachine gun produced by Hengguang Company to the arsenal to see what the latter's attitude was.
According to the current progress of war preparations, major arsenals are preparing to use redundant and newly purchased machines to set up new weapons production lines to expand production capacity.
Type 3 and 4 submachine guns are naturally among them. According to the news Zhou Changfeng heard a few days ago, at least Yingtian Arsenal has made it clear that it will set up another production line for type 3 and 4 submachine guns, so that its output can be doubled from 600 per month.
This is obviously extremely uneconomical.
Once the production line is set up and put into production, it should not be stopped immediately, otherwise it will be a waste of precious resources and time.
For example, the high-quality and low-priced M3 submachine gun ($18-22) was finalized in 2002 and mass-produced in 2003, but the expensive M1 submachine gun ($55-70) was not gradually discontinued until the end of 2004.
The principle that "once a war machine starts, it is difficult to stop" also applies in this regard.
Unlike the army, which is accustomed to extravagance and waste and only likes good things, the Ming Dynasty's military industry department has always been careful in planning.
That’s why we can see that some old gadgets are still being modified and continue to exert their residual heat. The Type 19 infantry gun nearly 20 years ago was converted into a tank gun, and the Type 12 mountain gun more than 20 years ago was also converted into a tank gun. Although It certainly doesn't perform as well as a completely new design and build, but it saves a lot of money and allows you to use countless stock rounds.
The military industry department can be said to be a benchmark example of thrift and diligence, but the army is completely different. The army is not a householder and does not know the price of food and rice. It naturally likes to eat well, drink well and use well.
In particular, many young officers and soldiers are immersed in their pride in the vastness of the country and lack of a rational view of the productivity of the Ming Dynasty today.
When Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty returned to the court after his expedition to Mobei, the Ming army found it troublesome and abandoned countless baggage and weapons along the way. After returning to Beijing, Zhu Di had to organize civilians to pick them up again.
This was the case in ancient times, and it is the same today.
Similar situations occurred many times during the pacification of Japan. Zhou Changfeng occasionally saw in his reports that logistics officers complained about the waste of ammunition by frontline units, and "After a certain platoon finished patrolling, they thought the ammunition and dry food they carried were too heavy, so they burned them." and then return to camp lightly.”
This is probably a common problem among the imperialist powers. After all, they have never experienced hard times.
"Oh? You're a rare guest, come on, come on, sit down, sit down, wait a minute and I'll wash my hands."
Wang Yuanan, who was wearing an apron and had oil stains on his hands, asked Zhou Changfeng to sit down, and then hurried outside.
Unlike the few orders in the past, since last year, the Ministry of War has placed more and more orders, and the tasks assigned to major arsenals across the country are increasing day by day.
Yingtian Arsenal, which mainly produces light weapons, is doing relatively well. Enterprises such as Shenyang Arsenal and Shenyang Army Artillery Factory, which mainly manufacture heavy weapons, have begun to work overtime.
"This time, I have brought the favorite gadgets of you military engineers." Zhou Changfeng smiled and carried the suitcase to the table, "It's cheap and easy to use."
"Really? Generally speaking, cheap goods are not good..." Seeing the submachine gun trial-produced by Hengguang Company, Wang Yuan'an blurted out: "Huh? Is this a piece of junk made by some small workshop?"
Although it was embarrassing to say this in front of Mr. Zhou, for someone like him who dealt with mechanical processing all day long, the gun produced by the immature stamping process was just like an inferior toy.
That's it? Are you sure you didn't come here on purpose to cause trouble?
Please, everyone is very busy. The order for two thousand 13.2mm aviation machine guns is being reworked and modified due to a defect!
"Hey, hey," Zhou Changfeng waved his hands repeatedly, "Look again, I didn't lie, it must have been test-fired."
So the doubtful Wang Yuanan picked up the submachine gun and began to try to dismantle it.
In his opinion, the processing of this gun is very crude - the receiver is just a thin iron case, and the blue process is also very poor and uneven, just like the work of a child who is just learning to paint. Some areas are darker and some are shallower.
"How dare you use suppression technology to make a gun? How dare you make a living out of porcelain without the diamond?" He muttered while taking apart the gun.
Oh, the parts inside are even worse.
He raised his head and said, "Mr. Zhou, have you been fooled? This gun is far from passing the acceptance test according to our factory's standards. In ancient times, such a crude gun would have led to beheading."
"No, no, no, Lao Wang, you can't look at it according to the standard of a normal gun. The essence of a portable machine gun is a pistol bullet injector..."
After Zhou Changfeng's explanation, Wang Yuan'an and several other technicians present reluctantly believed it.
"First of all, the troops do not need exquisitely crafted portable machine guns; secondly, the troops need a large number of portable machine guns. So the conclusion is obvious, this kind of crude-looking thing is reasonable."
"..." After a long silence, Wang Yuanan mused: "However, small factories are not suitable for using this method to make guns. Suppression technology depends on the quality of the machine and the quality of the workmanship. This gun... I guess it is Made with a fifty or eighty-ton press.”
"seems like it."
"If we let our factory make it, the spare 100-ton and 150-ton presses can be put to use, and the workmanship will definitely be better than this."
"I heard that you are setting up a new production line for Type 3 and Type 4 (submachine guns)? I'm just here to give you a heads up." Zhou Changfeng pointed outside and said.
"Ah? Could it be that the Ordnance Bureau has identified this gun?" Wang Yuan'an still felt that this thing was unreliable.
Zhou Changfeng smiled slightly and said seriously: "That's not true, but they will definitely agree."
Next, under the leadership of a group of officials, he visited the latest test progress.
The rocket launcher performed surprisingly well in actual combat. Apart from its inherent poor accuracy, it received unanimous praise from all officers and soldiers.
The few tanks of the Japanese were basically eliminated by the Ming army's aircraft, tanks, and anti-tank guns, making the rocket launchers completely used by frontline units to attack hidden fire points that suddenly appeared during the attack.
This saves the time of waiting for one's own firepower and greatly increases the efficiency of advancement.
However, because only hollow-charge armor-piercing bullets were issued, they were not professionally matched, and the effect on hitting bunkers and bunkers was average. It often took several rounds, so now Yingtian Arsenal continues to develop various new types of bullets.
Prefabricated fragmentation anti-personnel bombs, white phosphorus incineration bombs, hexachloroethane smoke bombs, diphenylcyanoarsine sneeze gas bombs...
"Okay, you guys are fooling me." Zhou Changfeng exclaimed as he looked at the dazzling array of test bullets.
The anti-personnel bomb loaded with 300 steel balls is a thick flat-headed cylinder with a protrusion at the front, like a battery.
"Why is there a slight bulge here?" he asked, pointing to the bulge.
"Oh, that's a projectile." Wang Yuan'an, who looked slightly satisfied, explained: "It's filled with celluloid. When it hits the ground, it will explode and blow up the warhead several feet high. Then the warhead will explode again, and the damage range will be This is almost doubled, and it’s useless to lie down.”
Jump bomb head?
Hiss...you guys seem to be a little too extreme...
Zhou Changfeng is naturally no stranger to this. Later generations of the Type 69 rocket launcher had a dedicated jump-explosion anti-personnel bomb with a projectile height of 2m. The warhead was loaded with 900 steel balls, which was extremely effective against unprotected soft targets.
Facing this thing, the protective effect of lying down will be significantly reduced.
In addition, jumping mines and directional mines have also completed the second improvement. The production lines were laid out last month and this month respectively to start mass production.
On my way home after today's trip, I inevitably caught up with the rush to get off work in the evening.
The stagnant water formed by the heavy rain in the morning has been evaporated by the scorching sun without a trace. Both sides of the street are lined with citizens, and they are all densely packed with bicycles.
This morning's big news has not changed anything. People's lives are as usual. In the eyes of ordinary people, there is really no difference in who will be the emperor.
The news of the death of the crown prince and the creation of a new crown princess is like a big earthquake to the powerful, but to ordinary people, it is nothing more than something to talk about after dinner.
"It should be the abdication and ascension of the throne at the beginning of next month. The court will probably delay the sudden announcement until the day before." Zhou Changfeng muttered, and then suddenly laughed involuntarily.
Such big news came out today, and the great powers such as Britain, France, and the United States were probably dumbfounded. All the previous analysis data about the Ming Dynasty's prince were invalid, and some of them will be busy next.
World-News
"The news of the death of the Chinese crown prince has caused an uproar, and all countries are paying close attention to the progress of the matter. However, this morning, China announced that His Majesty the Emperor has established his eldest daughter as crown prince.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the authenticity of the news. The impact of this matter still needs to be closely monitored. Some people think this is a bad sign. "
【incredible】
[The Intelligence Department is going to work overtime]
(End of chapter)
