Due to the unprecedented victory achieved in the first phase of the Hundred Regiment War, this greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of comrades in various positions in the Logistics Department.
In the days that followed, both the military industrial zone and the civilian industrial zone maintained high-efficiency production.
The enthusiastic people even voluntarily started three shifts, using this shift system to produce the materials needed for the second phase day and night.
As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. As the supply base for the entire army, the Logistics Department plays a vital role in the fight against Japanese aggression.
With the production equipment and equipment brought back by the Yellow River, the headquarters and the rear area naturally provided full support. It can be said that they asked people to give things to people.
In just one year, the logistics department has grown to 1,500 people.
If you look at the production capacity of rifles and light machine guns alone, it is almost comparable to the Fengtian Military Factory in August 1931.
And it won’t be long before productivity in all aspects will improve dramatically. Because on June 28 this year, Huanghe unlocked assembly line production in the system.
The basic principle of the assembly line is not complicated, it is to split the repetitive process in production into several sub-processes.
The previous sub-process creates execution conditions for the next sub-process, and each sub-process can be performed simultaneously with other sub-processes.
In short, it means breaking down the functions. They proceed sequentially in space and overlap in time.
It's a pity that two months of training is not enough, and the technical level of the comrades is not yet up to standard.
In the absence of skilled technicians, using a power assembly line is a taboo.
For example, a certain site is not efficient enough and does not complete its work. This will cause some unprocessed parts to flow to the next process, causing the entire line to collapse.
This is not the most serious situation. You must know that safety accidents can easily occur without qualified mobile personnel.
Huang He and Zhang Wanhe were not the black-hearted factory owners of later generations who should be put on the street lights. Naturally, it was impossible for their comrades to risk their work.
However, the progress of training is generally pretty good. If it were not for the cessation of learning during the Hundred Regiment War, the first batch of workers would have passed the exam by the end of August.
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In these busy days, the time came to September 1st.
Today is a big day. Huang He was so excited that he had some insomnia last night.
He did not start theoretical study after lunch as usual, but stayed in the room waiting for the unlocking of new scientific research projects in the system.
As the deputy director of the Logistics Department, although Huang He is a bit of a homebody, he always cares about the needs of frontline soldiers and their feedback on new weapons.
Almost every once in a while, he would send Wang Dexing to the troops at all levels to conduct research to see what kind of weapons the soldiers needed most.
After the first phase of the Hundred Regiment War, many commandos of the main regiment hoped that the logistics department could solve the problem of insufficient firepower.
Due to the serious shortage of Jin-made Thomson and Qingdao-made MP18s, only a small number of elite troops were equipped with a few, resulting in the vast majority of soldiers having to use shell guns as replacements.
This is not to say that the box gun is not good. As a weapon that is a submachine gun with a wooden stock, it has many advantages.
It can be fired continuously or single-shot, has powerful firepower, can reload quickly, and has powerful close-range firepower. It can be said that it is tailor-made for commandos.
But the problem is that there are two types of shell guns used by soldiers, namely domestic products and imported products.
Imported goods generally come from Dezi and Military Academy Spain.
Among them, the German model has the best quality and is also the most popular among the troops. After all, the weapon itself was developed in Germany.
Spanish products are also good. After all, they were the first to come up with the shell gun with a speed switch.
However, as the famous copycat king in Europe, the weapons they produce are a bit bold and the materials are not as good as those made in Germany, which sometimes causes jamming.
However, there are still a small number of imported shell guns, and most soldiers use imitations from major domestic military factories.
Since this weapon with mixed reviews was introduced to the Republic of China, a hundred flowers bloomed across the country.
Hanyang, Gongxian, Taiyuan and other arsenals began to research and produce their own styles, and even Dagu Shipyard joined in the fun.
This makes it difficult to avoid uneven quality.
The quality of the shell guns of some soldiers in the army is very good. Not only does it have a speed switch function, it also has a twenty-round detachable magazine, and its workmanship is even comparable to imported goods.
But the quality of the guys in the hands of more gays is questionable.
They can only be fired once, and the failure rate is so high that they even need to be repaired after a few shots.
These bad conditions reduced the offensive efficiency of the commandos and also posed hidden dangers to the life safety of the soldiers.
But starting today! The Eighth Route Army is about to have its own submachine gun! With MAS-38, all problems are solved.
Although the Gallic Chicken was the victor after World War I, it does not mean that the weapons of the Zhengbai Banner Army were very advanced. Everyone knew what the French footmen were using at that time.
The Allied Powers had a battle loss ratio of 1.39:1 with the Allied Powers on the Western Front. The frontline soldiers were almost psychologically affected by the weapons in their hands.
This is the reason why both sides are squatting in the trenches, otherwise the data will have to be increased.
A large part of the reason why they were able to win the war was because Germany's limited resources were not enough to support them in continuing to wage war.
Therefore, after the war, the Gallic Chicken learned from the painful experience and determined to innovate light weapons.
The top brass of the Army even made bold statements, saying they wanted all light machine guns, submachine guns, pistols, semi-automatic rifles, and individual anti-tank guns.
As we all know! The victors of the world war were a negative influence, coupled with the fact that after the war the Gallic chicken economy was in ruins.
The army's limited resources had to be given N+1 to Shaosha. In order to produce a new light machine gun as soon as possible, Gaul Chicken spent a lot of effort.
Coupled with our old friend the indestructible Maginot, France can only get a MAS-36 with the little money in its pocket.
The plan was obviously proposed in 1919, but it was delayed until 1921 to draft it, and it was not until 1938 that the new submachine gun was finalized.
I won’t repeat the final result, the daily breast-feeding method is really boring.
In short, this gun took 20 years to come up with, but in the end it was cheaper than the Eighth Route Army, Vichy Gallic Chicken and Santoku.
Huang He concentrated his attention and looked into the system. In the infantry light weapons interface, there was a very gay submachine gun placed there.
Although he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the strong visual impact.
The appearance of this weapon is really hard to describe. Just like Adrian’s helmet, whether you like it or not is purely a matter of personal taste.
However, the MAS-38 is very recognizable because this gun fully embodies the romance of French men and the barrel is not straight.
If you place this submachine gun on the table, you will find that its barrel and receiver are not parallel, and appear to have a downward tilt angle of 6 degrees.
To put it simply, the barrel and the receiver are not in a straight line, but the receiver and the stock are on the same horizontal axis.
The purpose of the designer's doing this is actually to lower the aiming baseline.
Normally, when a soldier shoots from the shoulder, there is a height difference between the eyes and the sight. This is why the butts of many rifles and machine guns are tilted downward.
MAS-38 is a satellite that the Army has been tinkering with for nearly two decades.
In order to make it a blockbuster, the designer inserted the gun's recoil spring directly into the butt. This can reduce recoil, reduce the rate of fire, and enhance accuracy at the same time.
Due to the through-type design, the stock and receiver must be parallel.
That means that the usual method of tilting the gun stock downward can no longer be used with the MAS-38.
Logically speaking, if the gun stock and receiver are designed to be on the same straight line, then the aiming baseline should be raised.
Just like our Type 95 automatic rifle, get a handle, put the rear sight on the handle, and raise the front sight. This makes aiming more comfortable for the user.
But Gallic Chicken is very stubborn and thinks that the design of raising the baseline is not beautiful.
Their weapons designers adopted another approach, which was to design an angle between the barrel and the receiver.
When shooting, hold the barrel parallel to the ground, causing the receiver and stock to tilt downward.
This allows the height difference between the eye and the sight to make up for the shortcoming of the receiver and gun stock being on the same axis.
Although this design is a bit anti-human, it does not affect the accuracy of the weapon.
Even because of the small recoil of the 7.65*20mm bullet, this new submachine gun is superior to the German MP40 in terms of accuracy.
Moreover, it is easy to control when firing continuously, and the dispersion is relatively denser than that of submachine guns in the same period.
It's a pity that the Gallic chicken surrendered too early. Coupled with the low production capacity, this weapon never had a chance to compete with the MP40 on the European battlefield.
On the contrary, after Sandoko occupied Zhengbai Banner, they made full use of the existing arsenal and equipment to produce this submachine gun.
In the end, the name was changed, and they became brothers with MP40 in the name of MP722.
It is worth mentioning that as Gaul Chicken's weapon, he actually has insurance! However, the design of the safety is also a bit unusual, it is located at the trigger position.
The trigger of this gun can be pushed forward. No matter whether the bolt is in the front or rear section, it can be locked as long as the trigger is pushed up.
And the sight is also very romantic like a Gallic chicken.
A normal person's front sight is usually a relatively thin convex, but the front sight of this gun is a very thick concave.
But it's understandable. After all, a submachine gun is a weapon used at close range, and the crosshair is convenient for splashing water.
The rear sight is an aperture-type rear sight. The dual rear sight apertures with different ranges are cast on the receiver and can be folded when not in use. One aperture will not affect the use of the other.
One is 100 meters, and the other is 200 meters. Stand whichever one is in use, and fold both when not in use.
Gallic chicken really takes a lot of trouble in folding.
It should be noted that neither the front sight nor the rear sight are in the center above the gun body, they are all to the left.
Although there is rarely such a design on submachine guns, the intention is easy to understand. The butt of the gun is placed against the right shoulder to shoot, and the sight is set to the left to avoid tilting the neck to the right.
The last thing is the dust cover and speed machine.
Influenced by Shaucha, all new weapons of the Gallic Chicken in World War II were designed with dust covers.
On the outside of the gun's bolt handle, there is a dust cover that advances and retreats with the handle, which has the same function as the Japanese 38 large cover.
The original MAS-38 did not have a speed machine, and its rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute exceeded many weapons of the same period.
However, the 32-round magazine is not durable at all and can be fired in less than two seconds. The European typewriter's nickname is not for nothing.
Taking into account the situation of the Eighth Route Army, the system thoughtfully added a speed machine function to this weapon.
After browsing all the information about MAS-38, Huang He touched his chin with some unfinished thoughts. When he was studying in Paris, this weapon had not yet been produced.
In any case, it is a good thing that the army can install a new weapon. It is better than nothing. This system is so powerful, there may be MAT49 and FAMAS in the future.
This complete set of equipment also includes a production line for 7.65*20mm pistol bullets.
In order not to waste resources, Huanghe decided to launch scientific research projects on the MAS-35 pistol in the future. At that time, it will be used for self-defense by officers and pilots above the platoon level.
The second weapon unlocked at the same time is the Gallic chicken's kiss of death, the Hotchkiss M1914 heavy machine gun.
As the grandfather of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, this weapon is an old acquaintance of everyone.
As the ancestor of air cooling, this heavy machine gun has relatively high requirements for steel. However, Huanghe has private factories within the system that can be used for trade, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.
When Guoju was purchasing weapons, he also ordered a lot of Hotchkiss M1914s. Because of this, San Dezi's military adviser was very unhappy. After all, Germany and France were feuding.
But in a sense, air-cooled heavy machine guns have many advantages over water-cooled ones.
First, the winter in northern China is very cold, and water-cooled machine guns tend to freeze when not in combat, making the machine gun unable to function properly.
Second, there is a lack of water in the north, so the water-cooling type is not suitable for battlefields in the north, while the air-cooling type can take care of both the north and the south.
Moreover, the Hotchkiss M1914 produced by the system provides a version with canvas belt ammunition. Although air-cooled heavy machine guns do not last as long as water-cooling, watering the barrel can be used when necessary.
After these two heavyweight weapons are unlocked, the weapons needed by infantry at this stage are basically complete.
Everyone in the logistics department has long been accustomed to the various tricks of this logistics magician. Zhang Wanhe even re-planned a large area of land near the arsenal in order to quickly deploy new equipment and machines.
In order to see the new weapons produced by his logistics department as soon as possible, Huang He immediately set off for the idle factory in the military industrial zone.
The MAS-38's receiver is machined from a single piece of steel, with only a few stamped parts.
This level of production technology is not difficult for military industry veterans who can rub bullets by hand.
It will be relatively difficult to make a Hotchkiss M1914 heavy machine gun, but many technicians have experience in repairing the Type 92, which can provide more or less bypasses.
There are nanny-level instructions provided by the system, and the former director of the gun repair shop will soon be able to let everyone see the real thing.
After finishing everything, Huang He came to the communications class.
"Brigadier! There's a new guy here, hurry up and bring someone to see him!"
Many people are not familiar with the Mas38 gun, so the introduction is a bit long.
In a few days, I will write a 2K free chapter to compensate everyone, bah bah
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