February 7, 1940
This day is New Year's Eve, which is also what the Chinese call a happy reunion festival.
When the Japanese invaders invaded, countless people lost their homes and families, and a happy reunion became a luxury dream for many people.
But there is still hope.
The weeds on the roadside have been beaten by wind and rain, but they still fight against fate tenaciously.
Even if the Japanese invaders in front of us are brutal and terrifying, the Chinese people will never give in!
Border Arsenal
"Director Wu, this is the bullet sample produced after the eighteenth change according to your request."
Wu Ze was working hard to copy the drawings of the German-made 88 anti-aircraft gun from memory, when a technician from the arsenal came over with a new bullet sample.
The technicians were already a little afraid of Wu Ze's request.
Even a small bullet or a small problem would be rejected by Wu Ze and asked to be reworked.
Eighteen times of rework, the technician almost vomited blood.
The conditions in our border area are not good, and the requirements are so high, which is really harsh.
But the technician still suppressed his complaints and honestly followed Wu Ze's method to make changes.
Wu Ze put down his pen. The German-made 88 high-quality paper was almost finished.
Mainly, this 88 anti-aircraft gun is a semi-finished product, and the other half has to be restored entirely by memory.
Only after it is restored can we find a way to produce the other half of the parts and completely assemble the 88 anti-aircraft gun.
Wu Ze took the newly produced bullets and came to the testing site.
Wu Ze skillfully pressed the bullet into the chamber of the Hanyang-made gun, then fixed the gun and prepared for test firing.
Wu Ze pulled the rope, and the rope pulled the trigger.
boom!
The sound of the bullet is crisp, the trajectory is stable, and the range is acceptable.
Wu Ze tried a hundred rounds of bullets in a row, and none of the bullets jammed, and there were no duds. The pass rate was 100%.
A smile appeared on Wu Ze's face: "Yes, I finally passed the test this time."
"Director Wu, is it really qualified? Don't you need to change it again?" When the technicians saw the smile on Wu Ze's face, they were a little unconvinced.
The last time, which was the seventeenth bullet test, all 100 bullets were fired. Only a few bullets missed the range and had poor sealing. Wu Ze fired them back and redone them.
And this time, has it finally passed?
"Everyone, you have all worked hard." Wu Ze said, "Don't blame me for being demanding. We can't compare with the Japanese. The Japanese have one or two hundred rounds of ammunition per soldier, while each of our soldiers only has a few rounds of ammunition on average. This is Bullets are very precious. If the quality is not good, if the bullet misses or is wasted, it is a small matter. If it fails to hit the enemy, it is a big deal."
"Yes, yes, Director Wu, you are right." The technicians all nodded.
"Today is New Year's Eve. I'll give everyone a day off. Let's all go back and have a good rest and reunite with our families." Wu Ze said, "Tomorrow, bullets must be produced at full capacity."
"Director Wu, we won't rest!"
"Director, if you produce more bullets, we can equip our troops earlier."
"Yes, we don't take a break."
…
The technicians were shaking their heads, and the workers in the arsenal were unwilling to take a break.
"This is an order." Wu Ze said, "Your body is your capital. You have worked hard day and night to develop bullets these days. You have all worked hard."
"Okay." Technicians and workers also echoed.
Wu Ze asked the technicians and workers of the bullet production line to go back to celebrate the New Year. Instead of taking a rest, he came to another workshop.
This is the mortar production workshop.
This is the equipment obtained from the Hecun Arsenal of the Jinsui Army in the past. The machines and machine tools are all complete.
The production of mortars is going quite smoothly. The first batch of mortars has been produced and all have passed the test.
"Factory director, Brigadier Kong of the Independent Brigade is here to see you." Wu Ze inspected the mortar production. Just after returning to the office, someone came to report.
"Let him come over." Wu Ze responded.
"Xiao Wu, look here, what I brought you." Kong Jie's guard brought several baskets of ingredients to Wu Ze, all of which were hard food, pork, and canned food.
"Lao Kong, thank you." Wu Ze thanked him and asked people to take the things to the kitchen to prepare better meals for the workers in the arsenal.
Although, the food in the arsenal is already very good, with white rice and noodles for every meal.
"Xiao Wu, do you still remember what I told you before?" Kong Jie went straight to the point.
"Brigadier Kong wants to come to my place to ask for ammunition and weapons." Wu Ze smiled.
"I just heard that you can already produce bullets here, right." Kong Jie looked forward to it.
"It won't be officially produced until tomorrow." Wu Ze said.
"You have produced it, please give me a batch first." Kong Jie said, "Although I seized some 38-type caps and 38-type rifle bullets from the battlefield, I handed over a lot. I have many soldiers. They all still use Hanyang-made bullets, and Hanyang-made bullets are in short supply."
"Okay, okay, no problem." Wu Ze nodded.
The bullets produced by this arsenal are mainly supplied to Hanyang for the time being.
This is the most rifles temporarily equipped by the Eighteenth Army, and it is also one of the guns that is most short of bullets.
"Hahaha, that's interesting, that's interesting." Kong Jie laughed.
"Lao Kong, the first batch of mortars has been produced. You don't want any?" Wu Ze asked.
"No, leave it to other brother troops." Kong Jie waved his hand.
Kong Jie is not stupid.
Which is better, a mortar or a 155mm cannon? It must be the latter.
Now we asked Wu Ze for the mortars, and we went back to get the five cannons back and let the division commander see them. The division commander must have something to say.
And now that I have given up the mortars from the arsenal to others, I, Kong Jie, am so generous and not as shameless as that kid Li Yunlong.
When the time comes, when we get these five cannons back, the division commander will definitely... Even if he has something to say, there will definitely be a lot of room for maneuver.
Wu Ze smiled and said: "Old Kong, looking at you like this, you must have a better cannon, so you shouldn't look down on the mortars made in our area."
"I can't hide anything from you." Kong Jie didn't hide it, "That guy Li Yunlong hid the heavy artillery of three Japanese divisions. The Jinsui Army hasn't found it yet, and now he's talking to the headquarters." It’s nonsense. Li Yunlong promised me that as long as I find a chance to get the heavy artillery back next year, he promised me five 155mm cannons as a reward.”
"Hahaha." Wu Ze laughed and said, "It's rare for Lao Li to be generous. In the past, he captured an Italian cannon and asked him to give it to him as a treasure. But now, five 155mm cannons are given to you as a gift. .”
"Pull him down." Kong Jie curled his lips and said, "That kid Li Yunlong is very good at calculating. These are the heavy artillery of three Japanese divisions. It's not a small number. Five 155mm cannons. I guess they are all fractions. I When will I be able to take advantage of that guy Li Yunlong?"
"You idiot Kong Er, you're fucking saying bad things about me behind my back again, aren't you!" At this time, Li Yunlong's voice came from outside.
Soon, Li Yunlong also came in and brought a lot of good things.
"Xiao Wu, it's the Chinese New Year, and we, Lao Li, are here to see you." Li Yunlong sat down politely while talking.
"Li Yunlong, don't do this!" Kong Jie said directly, "You must have come to Wu Ze for ammunition."
"Kong Erluo, please pull me down. My troops have enough weapons and ammunition." Li Yunlong coaxed, "How can you be a poor guy like you? You must have come to Wu Ze for ammunition."
Kong Jie's expression was a little embarrassed, but he frowned: "Compared with you Li Yunlong, I admit that I am poor. But compared with other eight-way teams, I, Kong Jie, am not poor!"
"Hahaha." Li Yunlong laughed, "Kong Er is stupid, this is actually the truth."
"Xiao Wu, we grabbed some other semi-finished products from the Japanese army. I heard you said this is an 88 anti-aircraft gun. It can fight both Japanese aircraft and Japanese tanks." Li Yunlong approached Wu Ze and said, "This is Has the 88 anti-aircraft gun been produced?"
"Li Yunlong, you kid said you didn't come here to ask for weapons and ammunition. You're already targeting the 88 anti-aircraft gun." Kong Jie jumped up immediately, "Don't you have enough weapons and ammunition? You also have to open your mouth."
"Kong Erluzi, I said I have enough weapons and ammunition, but when did I say I wouldn't ask Wu Ze for weapons and ammunition?" Li Yunlong defended.
"You..." Kong Jie was stunned, as if Li Yunlong really said that.
"Old Li, I just barely restored the drawings of the 88 anti-aircraft gun. The parts haven't been produced yet," Wu Ze said.
"When can it be done?" Li Yunlong asked.
"Maybe half a year later." Wu Ze said.
"Half a year later, is it that long?" Li Yunlong scratched his scalp, feeling very anxious.
Yoshio Shinozuka and Jining Okamura have now changed their policy. They are no longer preparing to launch large-scale retaliation operations, but have changed to espionage and intelligence warfare.
Under such circumstances, for our old Li, it is a great opportunity to go out and cause trouble. Glutinous rice
Of course, Yoshio Shinozuka still has some airplanes in his hands, which is also a threat.
Without the 88 anti-aircraft gun, we sometimes have to pretend to be grandson, which is very unpleasant!
"Old Li, maybe I have to find a way to get some machine tools from the Taiyuan Arsenal so that these parts can be processed." Wu Ze said.
The current conditions in the arsenal are not enough to produce some parts, so we have to find a way from the Taiyuan Arsenal.
"That's easy to say." Li Yunlong said confidently, "As long as you give the order, I will lead the troops to take down the Taiyuan Arsenal for you and bring back all the machine tools inside. That's it."
Kong Jie interrupted: "Old Li, let's see what you can do. The Taiyuan Arsenal is an important defensive position for Shinozuka Yoshio. It is impregnable. You didn't grab anything else, but you got yourself in."
"Kong Er is stupid, so what if his Taiyuan Arsenal is impregnable? I have three divisions of heavy artillery. I can blast them directly or send them to the sky." Li Yunlong spat out his saliva.
"Old Li, please be patient." Wu Ze pulled Li Yunlong, "Now is not the time to attack the Taiyuan Arsenal."
"Why not? Once the heavy artillery from my three divisions is pulled out, the little defense of the Taiyuan Arsenal is nothing. By then, let alone the Taiyuan Arsenal, I will knock down all of Taiyuan!" Li Yunlong was so arrogant.
"Li Yunlong, you are so awesome, why don't you just go to Dagang Village to get some relief." Kong Jie glared, "You can work harder and take back the three eastern provinces together. There are more than one million Japanese in China, and you are alone. It’s all right, let’s just go back and farm the land for our other brother troops.”
"Kong Er is stupid, we have Wu Ze, what should I be afraid of?" Li Yunlong looked at Wu Ze, "With Xiao Wu here, we dare to do anything!"
"Old Li, now is really not the time to attack the Taiyuan Arsenal." Wu Ze shook his head and said, "First, Yoshio Shinozuka has launched an intelligence war and a spy war. As soon as your troops move, others will know about it. Even if the cannon was dug out and the scouts found out about it, they immediately called for a plane. We didn't have anti-aircraft guns at that time, and the heavy artillery was exposed to the bombing of Japanese planes and was blown into scrap. What would you use to attack the Taiyuan Arsenal? Secondly, even if If we want to attack the Taiyuan Arsenal, we have to completely and severely damage the First Army. There are still 60,000 to 70,000 Japanese in the First Army."
"Then what do you mean, if we want to attack Taiyuan Arsenal, we must have 88 anti-aircraft guns?" Li Yunlong was stunned.
"We must have anti-aircraft weapons." Wu Ze nodded.
"Xiao Wu, even if there are anti-aircraft weapons, our people probably won't be able to use them." Kong Jie remembered something and said.
"This is not a big problem. I have already told the superiors to ask them to look for soldiers with anti-aircraft weapons." Wu Zedao.
"Where can there be such anti-aircraft artillery?" Kong Jie asked.
"Didn't the teaching corps of the German Arms Division in the past be equipped with anti-aircraft artillery? Although the troops withdrawn from the teaching corps have been reorganized into other units, as long as the national army is willing to cooperate, they will definitely be able to find anti-aircraft artillery." Wu Ze said .
"As long as we can produce anti-aircraft artillery and cannot find anti-aircraft artillery troops, we will explore and train ourselves." Li Yunlong said, "Anyway, I can't trust the man named Jiang in Shancheng."
"Li Yunlong, although I don't understand this 88 anti-aircraft gun, it's definitely not as easy as you said. This is a weapon used to fight planes. The kid's plane flies so fast. The operation of this 88 anti-aircraft gun must be different from ordinary people." The artillery is different." Kong Jie said.
"Isn't there Xiao Wu? Xiao Wu is so smart, and he has figured out how to use the 88 anti-aircraft gun, so it will definitely not be a problem." Li Yunlong said directly.
"Old Li, I won't say anything here anyway, so don't lead your troops to act rashly." Wu Zedao, "I have a way to get the machine tools at the Taiyuan Arsenal. I will try my best to get the 88 anti-aircraft gun out in half a year. "
Over at the Taiyuan Arsenal, according to Zhong Ze's situation, Pu You, the owner of the ninth workshop, has been appointed as the deputy director of the Taiyuan Arsenal.
After becoming the deputy factory director, Pu You will be able to show off his talents.
At that time, there was a lot of room for maneuver.
"Xiao Wu, if you don't speak, I will definitely not take action." Li Yunlong nodded solemnly.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie had a drink at Wu Ze's place and then said goodbye.
A few days later, thousands of rounds of Hanyang-made bullets were delivered to the Independence Brigade.
"Brigadier Commander, the bullets sent to us by the arsenal here look very different from the ones before. They look heavy and not rough, and they are no worse than the bullets of the Japs." Xing Zhiguo held it. I looked at the newly arrived bullets carefully.
"That's definitely different. This is a new bullet made by Xiao Wu, not the secondary reloading stuff made by the border area before." Kong Jie said.
"Then let's try a few shots and see?" Xing Zhiguo said.
"If you want to try it, you have to test it with Japanese traitors." Kong Jie said, and he immediately asked the security forces to gather.
The rifles equipped by Kong Jie's security forces were all 38-type rifles. Kong Jie replaced them with Hanyang-made rifles, and each of them was issued ten rounds of ammunition.
"Everyone, this is a new bullet manufactured in our border area. Let's go to the battlefield to try its performance." Kong Jie said to the guards.
"Brigadier, do you want to go with us?" the soldiers asked.
"Of course, this is the first batch of new bullets made in the border area. I have to see its performance with my own eyes." Kong Jie said seriously.
"Brigadier, if you don't want the soldiers to go, don't..." Xing Zhiguo tried to persuade.
"It's okay, it's okay, we're just going to make a sneak attack." Kong Jie waved his hands and quietly set off with the guard troops.
Of course, just in case, Kong Jie's security forces brought a few mortars.
Although there are strict orders from above not to allow troops to leave the mountain, it is still possible to find an opportunity to make one or two sneak attacks on the enemy garrison at the mountain pass.
This is a stronghold in the mountain pass. The Japanese traitors built more than a dozen bunkers here, stretched steel wire mesh, and trenches.
Although today is New Year's Eve, the guards of the Japanese and traitors have not relaxed at all.
There are many patrollers and sentinels.
There are even dogs to help keep watch.
Kong Jie led the guard troops to the outskirts of this stronghold. According to the line of sight, eight targets could be seen, including a dog.
"In this way, each of the seven of you aims at a target, and leave the dog to me." Kong Jie quickly picked seven soldiers, and the dog became Kong Jie's target, "Wait until I count from three to one, and together we will shot."
"Brigadier, why don't we work in groups of three?" A soldier said worriedly, "This is made in Hanyang, not the 38-year-old Gai of the Japs. I'm afraid it's not that accurate."
"Yes, if we couldn't hit the Japanese traitor, they would be frightened and would definitely hide. Wouldn't this be a waste of the opportunity to eliminate them?"
…
"Who says our Hanyang is not as good as the 38 Gai of the little devils?" Kong Jie said, "This is a new bullet, no longer the second-time reloading of the past. You have to believe in the quality of our border arsenal!"
Do you believe in the quality of Border Arsenal? ? !
When the soldiers heard this, a picture came to mind.
In the past, Kong Jie received a batch of secondary backfill bullets from the border arsenal.
When the fight started, the bullets kept drilling into the soil, making it impossible to hit accurately.
At that time, Kong Jie cursed the poor quality of the products made by Bianqu.
Now, do you want to believe in the quality of the products made in Bianqu? ?
Of course, the soldiers had complaints in their hearts, but they suppressed them.
Everyone aimed at their own targets. In order to be more confident, everyone aimed at the chest and stomach area instead of the small target on the head.
However, the dog is not big, and it only has a head that sticks out, making it difficult to beat.
But Kong Jie still aimed at the dog carefully, and then began to count down: "Three, two, one!"
boom!
Hachijo Hanyangzo fired at almost the same time. The sound of the gunfire was very clear and clear to the soldiers. It was not like the noise or even smoke of reloaded bullets.
puff!
puff!
puff!
…
What stunned everyone was that all eight bullets hit the target.
All seven enemies were shot in the chest and abdomen and fell in a pool of blood.
The dog targeted by Kong Jie also had its head blown off.
"Good stuff, good bullets." The soldiers were instantly pleasantly surprised, and no one complained about Kong Jie's belief in the quality of the bullets made in the border area.
"The bullets made by Xiao Wu are very enjoyable. They are no worse than the little devil's 38-meter Gai. The power is much stronger than the 38-meter Gai." Kong Jie was also happy in his heart.
Da da da!
Da da da!
Da da da!
…
The Japanese traitors in the stronghold were frightened and began to shoot with machine guns.
Kong Jie fought back for a while. The quality of the new bullets was simply too good. Kong Jie was even able to drive the bullet along the hole of the Japs' machine gun, destroying the Japs inside. The ballistics were so precise and frightening.
The performance of the new bullets was very surprising. After returning from work at the stronghold, the soldiers all came to Kong Jie and said, "Brigadier Commander, can we get more of these bullets in the future? From now on, we will use Hanyang to make them, and there will be no need for 38-year-old bullets." ”
Although the Sanba Gai is accurate and has a long range, its lethality is insufficient.
The range of the weapons made by Hanyang is actually not bad, the bullets are well made, can hit accurately, and are very lethal. Soldiers still like to use this weapon.
"Of course, of course there's no problem, hahaha." Kong Jie laughed.
