At most, only twenty dozen units with equipment for producing bullets could be produced, but unexpectedly, in the end, a total of forty-one units were produced.
There are about a dozen more units than Su Bei expected. Including the original nine units, the entire arsenal currently has.
There are fifty pieces of equipment used to produce M1 Garand bullets. Judging from the fact that each machine can produce one hundred rounds of bullets a day.
This means that the current bullet production in the arsenal is enough to produce 5,000 rounds of bullets a day, although for the entire Eighth Route Army.
This kind of output is not enough for the Eighth Route Army to achieve self-sufficiency in bullets, but it is much higher than the original output.
If this continues, the monthly output will be 150,000 rounds of ammunition, and this does not include those reloaded bullets.
If reloading bullets are taken into account, the output will be even higher. After all, the production steps of reloading bullets are much simpler than original bullets.
Take the output as an example. If this equipment is used to produce reloaded bullets, the output can reach 300 rounds a day, which is three times that of original bullets.
In fact, it’s normal if you think about it carefully. The main thing about original bullets is that there are some troubles in the process of making the shells, which takes a lot of time.
Reloading bullets directly eliminates this step. The principle of reloading bullets is to pick up those bullet casings and then reuse them.
Whether it is an M1 Garand rifle or other weapons, when bullets are fired, the shell casings will be scattered directly on the ground.
So the soldiers only need to pick up these cartridge cases, take them back to the arsenal, and process them to make a reloaded bullet.
It is worth mentioning that if you follow the steps above in the technical drawings for reloading bullets provided by the system.
It can be guaranteed that the performance of these reloaded bullets is almost indistinguishable from the original bullets, which can be regarded as a big killer.
It can solve a series of problems such as insufficient accuracy, insufficient power and short range of reloaded bullets to the greatest extent.
At this time, Wang Ming came to Su Bei's room again to report on his work.
"Director, according to your instructions, I have sent all the remaining 2,500 M1 Garand rifles and 7,000 rounds of ammunition to the chief."
"At the same time, I also had a phone call with the headquarters agency and reported the situation of the shortage of workers in our arsenal."
"The chief said that he will transfer some workers from other arsenals in the next few days and let them come to work in our arsenal."
In response, Su Bei nodded.
"Well, once these workers arrive, I'll ask you, Lao Wang, to arrange for them to be divided into two groups. One group will be responsible for the various manufacturing processes of the M1 Garand rifle."
"Another group of people will be responsible for the various production steps of their bullets. Then you will have a few people to lead them."
"We must ensure that they are all familiar with the steps they are responsible for. After all, it won't be long before the leader may send another batch of machine tools and raw materials."
"Yes! Director."
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Yesterday, there were already 2,800 M1 Garand rifles produced by the arsenal, excluding the 300 for the Li Yunlong Independent Regiment.
Su Bei asked Wang Ming to arrange for all the remaining 2,500 M1 Garand rifles to be sent to the chief.
After all, it’s not good to keep it in the arsenal like this, so it’s better to send it directly to the chief, but the number of bullets is not that many.
In addition to Li Yunlong's 10,000 rounds, plus some more produced in the past few days, there are only 7,000 rounds of ammunition.
Su Bei also sent all of them to the chief. On average, an M1 Garand rifle has less than three bullets.
It does look a bit shabby. What can three bullets do? It was gone in the blink of an eye.
There was no way, Su Bei finally promised the chief that as long as he could rob the little devil's train this time.
Then the output of bullets will be greatly increased. Otherwise, it will not be justified to always have so few bullets. The M1 Garand rifle can have fewer bullets.
But the number of bullets must not be lacking. This is the most important thing. Regarding this point, the chief did not say much because he knew it.
The current situation of the Eighth Route Army. The failure to increase production is not due to Northern Jiangsu. The most important thing is the lack of raw materials. In the final analysis, it is still their Eighth Route Army's problem.
But then again, there has never been a shortage of materials in the entire arsenal for making the M1 Garand rifle.
This fact surprised Su Bei. When he first crossed over, Su Bei had considered that the Eighth Route Army was very poor.
Therefore, in the subsequent production of weapons, there may often be a shortage of raw materials, but it is only discovered when you actually start to make weapons.
The Eighth Route Army was not as poor as he thought. At least there was no shortage of raw materials for making M1 Garand rifles.
On the other hand, when it comes to making bullets, the subsequent raw materials are obviously insufficient, and I can't keep up. But fortunately, I have the ten tons of copper that the little devil delivered to my door.
The problem of raw materials for bullets has also been solved. Of course, it was only a short-lived solution and the problem has not been fundamentally solved.
If you want to fundamentally solve the problem, you have to open a copper mine. This thing is of great importance and should not be considered in the short term.
Soon, when the time came to 9:30 in the morning, everyone on the independent group was already in place, not just the independent group.
The chief also specially sent a main regiment there, the 715th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division.
It is also the only unit in the Eighth Route Army currently equipped with M1 Garand rifles, except for Li Yunlong's independent regiment.
Among the entire Eighth Route Army, the only two units equipped with M1 Garand rifles are the 715th Regiment and Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment.
Now that they have all been sent up, the purpose is self-evident, which is to tell them that your two troops are equipped with the most advanced rifles in the Eighth Route Army.
Now it's your turn to perform, and Li Yunlong has no idea that the 715th Regiment is also in Caixucun.
Speaking of which, the 715th Regiment provides cover for the Independent Regiment. If the Independent Regiment successfully completes its mission, the 715th Regiment will not take action.
If it cannot be completed, the 715th Regiment will directly make up for it. No matter what, we cannot let the ten tons of copper of the little devil get away.
The reason why Li Yunlong is not allowed to know is that he wants Li Yunlong to use all his strength and let him know that this battle can only succeed and cannot fail.
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