Chapter 227: Need Two Locomotives
Li Muzhi brought the students to the woods outside the Arsenal.
Due to concerns about Japanese Aircraft, the equipment things were not directly pulled to the Arsenal.
In the woods, sure enough, Liu Weidong’s troops had brought back a large amount of machinery and equipment.
The scale this time was larger than ever before.
The equipment this time was more than ever before.
Seeing Li Muzhi come out, Liu Weidong immediately smiled and said, “Factory Director Li, this is the next large Japanese Arsenal after the Cuicun Arsenal. We took it down.”
The next large Arsenal after the Cuicun Arsenal?
Upon hearing this, Li Muzhi was not unfamiliar.
The management personnel of the Cuicun Arsenal were all being interrogated by Brigade Commander Chen. From the looks of it, it was the management personnel of this Cuicun Arsenal who had confessed.
Liu Weidong followed Li Yunlong and the others to jump outside the Encirclement. This was prioritizing taking down this large Arsenal.
Li Muzhi couldn’t help but say, “Regiment Commander Liu, with this action of yours, won’t it attract the Japanese Encirclement and Suppression Army to your side?”
Taking down this large Arsenal would definitely poke the Japanese Invaders’ sore spot even more.
Your few regiments wouldn’t even be enough to fill the gaps in the teeth of the sixty to seventy thousand Japanese Army.
“Hehe.” Liu Weidong chuckled and said, “If the Japanese Encirclement and Suppression Army really heads toward Li Yunlong and them, that would actually be a good thing. As long as the Japanese Invaders don’t exert pressure on this side, your Border Region Arsenal won’t need to stop production and can continue producing weapons and ammunition.”
Immediately after, Liu Weidong said, “Didn’t they say that taking down this large Arsenal might have the equipment inside to make New Type Rockets? Quickly check if there’s the equipment you need.”
“Mm, then I’ll take a quick look.”
Li Muzhi agreed and immediately began inspecting.
The students also followed behind Li Muzhi one after another.
“This is the machine that punches copper sheets into small round discs.”
“This is the machine that presses the small copper discs into bullet casings.”
“This is the equipment for making mortar firing pins.”
“This is the projectile body mold for the Melon Grenade.”
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Li Muzhi brought the students and, like counting treasures, pointed out these machines to the students and briefly explained their uses.
As time passed, Li Muzhi’s expression became increasingly surprised.
There were five bullet production lines, four grenade launcher production lines, three mortar production lines, and seven or eight melon grenade and other cannonball production lines, all very complete.
It was truly worthy of a large Arsenal. If all these machinery and equipment were put into operation, our army’s light artillery and ammunition production would greatly increase.
Of course!
This was just the ideal state.
There were three problems to solve.
First, the Japanese Invaders were raiding now, so this equipment couldn’t go into production immediately.
Debugging the machines takes time, and once the machines are deployed, they can’t be easily moved.
And if things don’t go smoothly on Li Yunlong’s side and the Japanese Invaders’ raid comes this way again, forcing the Border Region Arsenal to relocate, the difficulty would be even greater.
The second is the raw materials issue.
Although Liu Weidong brought back sufficiently complete equipment, the raw materials and supplies were obviously very few.
It was clear that in the hasty withdrawal, they couldn’t take all the raw materials and supplies, so they weren’t able to bring them back.
Finally.
With so many more machinery and equipment added, the Arsenal’s power was insufficient again. This Japanese Locomotive still needed to be robbed.
Without lifting the Japanese Invaders’ raid, this locomotive couldn’t be obtained.
Without power, all this machinery and equipment would have to sit idle.
But there was still good news.
With the equipment here, Li Muzhi could modify it a bit, and the equipment for making 107 rockets would barely be complete.
Seeing the smile on Li Muzhi’s face, Liu Weidong smiled and said, “Factory Director Li, is the equipment for the New Type Rockets here inside?”
“Mm.” Li Muzhi hummed and said, “If I modify a few of the machines here, they can be used to make the remaining parts for the New Type Rockets.”
“That’s great, that’s really great.” Liu Weidong was overjoyed. “Then you must hurry. We need your New Type Rockets to break the Japanese Invaders’ raid.”
“Regiment Commander Liu, rest assured. I will make the New Type Rockets for you at the fastest speed.” Li Muzhi nodded emphatically.
Once the New Type Rockets were made, the probability of breaking the Japanese Invaders’ raid would be greater.
Then, these machines would have a chance to be deployed and operated.
“Factory Director Li, then let’s leave these machines here for now. When it’s dark, you can send people to move them. I still need to go back and report.” Liu Weidong said.
With Yan Kai in Li Yunlong’s hands, the Jin Sui Army would definitely be pulled in.
As long as they could attack the Japanese Invaders’ logistics and supplies, the success rate of this counter-raid would greatly increase. Liu Weidong needed to report quickly.
“Regiment Commander Liu, do you still need to go back and rendezvous with Li Yunlong and them?” Li Muzhi asked.
“It’s daytime now, Japanese Aircraft are out. I can’t go over.” Liu Weidong shook his head. “Moreover, Li Yunlong and them are definitely hiding now. Rashly contacting them might expose them. I’ll stay here and later find an opportunity to attack the Japanese Army’s logistics transportation.”
“Alright, then I won’t worry about fighting wars.” Li Muzhi nodded. “I’ll focus on making the New Type Rockets.”
The reason Li Muzhi asked these was also to understand how confident Li Yunlong and them were this time.
After all, that was sixty to seventy thousand Japanese Invaders and Traitors, not a pack of cigarettes.
If they were very confident, he could deploy some of these machines. Worst case, he could start up the backup power of the Iron Turtle Locomotive.
Forget it, forget it.
He should start up the backup power first.
He should make as much ammunition as possible.
In case the Japanese Army comes over later, more ammunition in the troops’ hands would mean less pressure.
Of course, if the Japanese Army could be repelled, the meaning of this extra ammunition would still be there.
After all, three hundred thousand troops needed a huge amount of ammunition.
“Factory Director Li, let me tell you this: we are still very confident about this raid, especially with your New Type Rockets made.” Liu Weidong saw through Li Muzhi’s thoughts and said directly, “With these machines brought back, do what you need to do without so many worries.”
Hearing Liu Weidong say this, Li Muzhi couldn’t help but say, “Regiment Commander Liu, are you really that confident?”
Sixty to seventy thousand Japanese Invaders and Traitors, and you only have a few regiments.
“Factory Director Li, from your tone, do you have some other request?” Liu Weidong asked suspiciously.
“Regiment Commander Liu, I’m not making things difficult for your combat troops.” Li Muzhi stopped hiding it and pointed to the machinery and equipment in front of him. “Look, your combat troops brought back so much more machinery and equipment. Running them requires even more power, so…”
Before Li Muzhi finished speaking, Liu Weidong understood: “Factory Director Li, the way you put it! Your Arsenal’s weapons and ammunition production is the foundation of our combat troops. As long as your machines here don’t stop and can continuously produce weapons and ammunition for our combat troops, we’ll have solid backing when fighting the Japanese Invaders. Since you need more power here, wait for my good news. I’ll get you Japanese Locomotives later. By the way, how many Japanese Locomotives do you need?”
“Two.”
“Alright, no problem. I’ll get you two.” Liu Weidong agreed directly.
The logistics and supplies of these sixty to seventy thousand Japanese Invaders and Traitors couldn’t rely solely on automobile transportation; they still needed military train transportation.
Anyway, they were going to attack the Japanese military train at that time. During the attack on the military train, they could bring along the Arsenal’s disassembly team and dismantle the locomotive to bring back.
What, you’re asking what to do about Japanese Invaders’ reinforcements when attacking the Japanese military train?
Does that even need consideration!
The Japanese Invaders’ heavy troops would definitely be drawn away by Li Yunlong and them. When attacking the military train then, even if the Japanese Invaders’ heavy troops pulled troops for reinforcement, they couldn’t arrive in a short time.
“Alright, Regiment Commander Liu. When you’re going to disassemble the locomotive, notify me, and I’ll send the Arsenal’s disassembly team with you.” Li Muzhi nodded.
“Mm.” Liu Weidong hummed and said, “Factory Director Li, you go ahead with your work. I’m heading back.”
“Take care. I won’t see you off.” Li Muzhi nodded. Liu Weidong took his men and quickly withdrew.
“Guard Captain, trouble you to send someone to notify Minister Zhang to come over immediately.” Li Muzhi turned to the Guard Captain and said.
With this large batch of equipment here and Liu Weidong’s troops gone, the Guard Captain would definitely send people to guard it.
“I’ll go call him myself.” The Guard Captain said happily, “Regiment Commander Liu brought back a large Arsenal with so many production lines. Minister Zhang will be overjoyed when he hears, haha.”
The Guard Captain laughed heartily and ran off quickly.
The students crowded in front of Li Muzhi: “Teacher, what is the New Type Rockets you just mentioned to Regiment Commander Liu? Didn’t we already have rocket launchers on our shoulders? Could it be that the New Type Rockets are an improved version of the rocket launcher?”
Regiment Commander Liu said that with the New Type Rockets, the chance of breaking the Japanese Invaders’ counter-raid would be greater.
The students were naturally very curious. If the New Type Rockets could affect the success rate of the counter-raid, what exactly was this weapon? Would it be more powerful than the Hell Cannon?
“The New Type Rockets are not an improved version of the rocket launcher.” Li Muzhi patiently explained, “The rocket launcher is light tactical artillery. The equipment brought back now is mainly for making light tactical artillery. The Hell Cannon is heavy artillery, and our army still lacks medium artillery. The New Type Rockets are to fill that gap in medium artillery.”
“Teacher, what is the principle of the New Type Rockets and what is their power like?”
“The principle of the New Type Rockets is the same as the rockets fired by the rocket launcher. Both use self-carried ammunition to provide flight power…” Li Muzhi taught everything he knew.
