"Now, that's the specific situation. I didn't expect the Japanese to be so crazy. If we hadn't found out in time, we would have suffered a big loss."
Brigadier Chen, who returned to the headquarters of the 386th Brigade, angrily introduced the situation to his colleagues.
"Then what?"
Political Commissar Wang asked while looking at the report.
"Then I sent the gas bombs to the division headquarters and came back."
"I'm not asking you, I'm asking Zhu Han. How do you plan to deal with him?"
Political Commissar Wang raised his eyebrows, poking at the vital point.
At this time, all the senior cadres in the brigade headquarters turned their attention.
"Although this kind of mistake can be big or small, taking action without reporting it is still a mistake, right?"
"Actually...it's not like he hasn't made a report before. After all, new weapons also need actual combat testing, right?"
Political Commissar Wang sighed with a half-smile: "Just pamper him."
"I dote on him? Me? Dote on him?"
"I always treat everyone equally, okay?"
"If you go and ask around in the army, who doesn't know that I, Mr. Chen, are selfless and selfless, and that I can do things that are not conducive to unity?"
Brigadier Chen was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
I tried my best to explain to everyone, for fear that everyone would misunderstand that I was engaging in malpractice for personal gain.
But he didn't realize at all that this was actually a sign of guilty conscience.
Commonly known as: Look, he is anxious, he is anxious.
"Then you can explain to me, where did the collected bullet casings and cloth go?"
"Now the logistics department is crying to me every day, saying that after all we still have some reloadable ammunition, why has it been completely stopped in the past few months?"
In fact, everyone present knows what these things are used for, but we are all old comrades in arms, and we like to make jokes when nothing happens.
"It's not just that."
"The arsenal is looking for people. Who gave the order to send all the top combat experts from the entire brigade?"
Chief of Staff Li didn't want to miss this rare opportunity, so he joined in very smoothly.
"Now the company commander complains to the battalion commander, the battalion commander complains to the regiment commander, and the regiment commander, they all come to me to complain. This makes it very difficult for me, the chief of staff, don't you think so?"
"Hey, don't take this with me."
The deputy brigade commander who was looking at the map didn't even look back and directly expressed his different opinions.
"If it were a day ago, I would have been teasing Lao Chen with you, but now, I really understand him a little bit."
"I watched the reports for all three games. They played well."
"Although everyone from the soldiers to Zhu Han himself are strongly emphasizing the power of new weapons, a little research can reveal that it is actually pre-war planning and wartime command that play a decisive role, and new weapons are just the icing on the cake."
"Especially the three-flower tactic he proposed (a tribute to senior Guo Enzhi), it is completely worthy of being promoted throughout the army."
"This is what I often emphasize. Talents are the most important factor in determining the direction of war, not weapons."
"Who can not love such a subordinate who goes wherever he goes and can always take the initiative to solve the most critical and difficult problems?"
Everyone nodded, obviously agreeing with these words.
"Old Chen, tell us quickly, how are the bullets produced by Comrade Xiao Zhu this time?"
When this was mentioned, everyone present became interested.
"Well...Lao Liu said it still needs to be tested for a while..."
"Then if it passes the test, what is the output?"
"Um, I'm not sure..."
"You should know what it looks like, right?"
"I guess... I don't know yet..."
"Is your trip to Gaocun this time just to be the transportation captain?"
"What can I do? First I was in a panic, and then it was about the gas bombs. How could I care about anything else?"
"Anyway, it's not that far away from the agreed date. Won't we know everything by then?"
Everyone said in unison: "Tch..."
At the same time, Zhu Han at the Shitouqiao Village Arsenal was already preparing for the next phase of the plan.
To be honest, it has only been one day and Zhu Han has already begun to miss the days of fighting.
It's not that he sensed the blood of the God of War or anything like that.
Simply because when fighting, I don’t have to do everything myself.
Now that I'm back, countless troubles have come up again.
The biggest difficulty turned out to be something that no one except Zhu Han had thought of before - people.
Because of the need to increase production, the original two-ton open-hearth furnace in the steel plant was already overwhelmed.
Building a new blast furnace requires people, and once it is built, it still needs people if it is to be put into operation.
In order to make steel, the coking plant also has to expand production and needs people.
Just improving the production capacity of the two processing plants is only one aspect. The supply of raw materials must also be guaranteed, right?
Not only coal and iron ore, but also sulfur and nitrate consumption is rising steadily.
This is just the production of primary products.
Come to the arsenal.
Not to mention milling machines, boring machines, and gear processing machine tools that are not sufficient by themselves.
Drilling machines, grinders, planers, broaching machines, saws and threading machines are all hard to come by without.
Not to mention the multi-functional lathe; a large stamping machine that can greatly improve production efficiency; and a forging machine that is powerful enough to knead steel as dough and has a three-story height of its own.
This is without establishing a precision casting process production line.
But let alone modern industry, even modern industry in the 21st century, precision casting technology is also a super important part of the entire metal processing industry.
The only progress over the past 100 years has been the increasing level of sophistication, while the rest has basically remained unchanged.
So it goes without saying the importance of precision casting production lines.
And when employment was so tight, Zhu Han insisted on dividing a large group of people against all opinions and built a large factory one kilometer away.
This time, a lot of production capacity in the machine tool production line was taken away for other uses.
The workers were worried about the dire situation.
They all offered their suggestions and advice, and when they encountered problems, they tried their best to solve them themselves without bothering Zhu Han.
Although sometimes the method they used was not necessarily the optimal solution, it did help Zhu Han solve nearly 30% of the problems.
Naturally, there are good suggestions and not so good ones.
For example, someone actually suggested that the two damaged cars should be melted down to alleviate the shortage of steel.
Zhu Han couldn't laugh or cry, so he personally said to him:
"Let's not talk about suspension, drive shafts, tires, etc. Let's just talk about the engine."
"It contains pistons, piston connecting rods, crankshaft, timing chain, oil rings, compression rings, main bearing caps, oil gallery plugs, fixed head nails, crankshaft studs, cooling sleeve plugs, crankshaft oil gallery plugs, bushings, Tubular pin…”
(Several hundred words omitted)
"As long as we can make a piston pin, I will agree with your plan..."
"That's why I still want to get those two trucks back after they were blown up."
"Repairing a car is much easier than building a new one. As for gasoline, just because we don't have it now doesn't mean we won't have it in the future."
The worker's face turned red when he realized how wasteful his idea was.
On the one hand, he really blamed himself for delaying Zhu Han's time, but on the other hand, he was also excited.
From what I hear, the factory manager can even build cars.
If we can even come up with such high-end gadgets, can we, China, have half a foot in the ranks of the great powers?
A few more days passed like this, and as the appointed date approached, half of the tests reached the final stage.
"Director Zhu, why don't we stay for a while longer? The current situation in the factory makes it difficult for the soldiers to leave safely."
Not only Wei Yong, but all the soldiers thought so.
Now it is time for the factory to employ people, but Zhu Han asked the soldiers of the guard company to return to their original troops.
This will undoubtedly make the already scarce manpower even worse.
"Why are you so depressed? I'm not sending you back to make you deserters."
Zhu Han patted the guns, ammunition and other things that had been prepared behind him.
"After you go back, when you follow the original troops, you should pay attention to the final test of our new weapons."
“In particular, we must observe issues such as maintenance difficulty, serviceability, failure rate, service life of wearing parts, and whether it can complete established mission goals and other issues that cannot be tested in the laboratory in the short term.”
"Let's line up according to their place of origin to receive weapons. Each person will receive a brand new five-six-and-a-half piece and 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Give me feedback within one and a half months."
"So don't think that me sending you back is a good job. I'm going to send you to fight on the battlefield!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Hearing Zhu Han's words, the soldiers all laughed.
When they are short of guns and ammunition, why don't they go to the battlefield and fight against the Japanese?
What about now?
Such a good gun, so many bullets, grenades, explosives, and a bunch of other stuff.
Why does this special girl return to her parents' home like a young daughter-in-law who married far away?
Before leaving, I packed a lot of big and small packages, and also secretly stuffed some personal money.
Is this what you call fighting for your life?
It's almost enough to kill the Japanese.
What a wonderful job!
Looking at the soldiers who were in high spirits, walking as fast as they could with two boxes of bullets on their backs and guns on their backs.
Zhu Han's heart trembled.
There were 1,500 rounds of ammunition in that box, and the total weight was 30 kilograms.
This girl must be tired and something will happen.
At that time, it was written on the death list: Cause of death - excessive excitement and exhaustion.
Isn't it a little strange?
Fortunately, the 386th Brigade only has a few regiments in total.
The livestock carts in the arsenal were sufficient to transport them to their respective regimental stations.
The group leaders who suddenly received the news were confused.
