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Text Chapter 137: Copycat Martial Arts in 1939

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    Yang Zhen smiled and didn't care about the commander-in-chief who had betrayed him, and opened the box himself.  When the box was opened, Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile when he saw several strange-looking submachine guns placed inside. They were two completely different submachine guns in appearance and structure.  Yang Zhen reached out and took out both submachine guns from the box, pulled the bolt a few times and then pulled the trigger.

    Listening to the crisp sound of the bolt sliding down, Yang Zhen couldn't put it down and looked at the two brand-new submachine guns in his hand that had just been produced not long ago but had completely different styles. He rubbed the polished and unusually smooth blue color and said happily: "I really didn't expect it.  , produced so quickly?¡±

    Although the two submachine guns produced by his own arsenal in Yang Zhen's hands had some changes in appearance from the original designs, Yang Zhen recognized at a glance that these were the two types of copycat weapons that he had handed over to the arsenal based on his memories.  .  It was also the two submachine guns with the simplest structure and easiest to produce during World War II.

    One is the British 9mm Sten submachine gun, and the other is the Soviet ppsh Type 43 submachine gun.  These two submachine guns have simple structures and can be produced by many family workshops.  Now that he had a full set of production equipment on hand and was in urgent need of a large number of submachine guns, Yang Zhen naturally thought of these two weapons.

    Although in later generations, when Yang Zhen was a soldier, these two weapons had already been eliminated.  However, in some war-prone countries, there are still small stocks of these two weapons.  When Yang Zhen participated in anti-terrorism operations in later generations, he once seized these two submachine guns in a neighboring country in western China.

    However, except for a small number of ppsh 43 submachine guns that were originally manufactured by the Soviet Union when the Soviet Union was supporting the country's pro-Soviet regime, most of the two types of submachine guns that I saw in later generations were not from the United Kingdom or the Soviet Union.  One is the imitation of the May 4th-type submachine gun based on the modified gun that China secretly assisted the people of that country to arm themselves against the invaders.

    ? One type is produced by a small tribal workshop in the country¡¯s southern neighbor that is famous for its firearms production and shares the same culture and ethnicity as some of the country¡¯s ethnic groups.  Of course, compared with the AK47, which is widely circulated in the country and can be found in almost all producing countries, these two antique weapons are very rare.

    But thanks to the saying that existence is truth.  These two weapons, which are simple to use and produce and require almost no deliberate maintenance, still have their market in this country.  Not only these two weapons, but also older weapons can also be seen in countries that have been at war for decades.

    For these two antique firearms, Yang Zhen was also surprised after seeing the two older manual rifles made in England, Enfield and Mosin Nagant made in the Soviet Union, as well as a large number of various weapons from the Second World War in that country.  No more weird.  That war-torn country can almost be called a firearms museum.

    ¡°I have already been eliminated in later generations, and all kinds of weapons that can only be seen in museums are almost everywhere there.  In particular, there are various Soviet-made weapons that are simple to produce, strong and durable, from the oldest manual rifles to the latest AK 74 automatic rifles.  There are even various German-made weapons captured by the Soviet army in World War II.  From the early Soviet-made DP light machine gun to the German-made MP40 submachine gun, you can see and even use it.

    Of course, these weapons have become obsolete antiques in later generations.  Except for the local warlords who are hungry for weapons and will accept anyone who can fire and kill, no country can equip them.  Of course, except for that arrogant country in southwest China, which wears large pieces of cloth around its head as a helmet.

    "But for the era he is currently in, where manual rifles are still the main use, and only a small number of semi-automatic rifles developed by a few countries are not yet practical, it is still advanced equipment.

    Yang Zhen was very fond of these two antiques that were seized back then. If it weren't for the state's regulations that prohibited private possession of firearms, Yang Zhen would have wanted to collect them together with the seized ppsh1 submachine gun.  But before handing it over, Yang Zhen fiddled with it for a while.  According to his mastery of weapons, there would be no problem in copying the blueprints.

    If it were not compared with the ppsh type 41 submachine gun from the same family as the ppsh type 43 submachine gun, the ppsh type 43 submachine gun pays more attention to the simplicity of production and low cost, and mainly improves the shortcomings of the latter.  Moreover, the magazine it uses is simpler to produce than the drum magazine used by the latter, and its weight is more suitable for Chinese use. Yang Zhen would not hesitate to choose the latter equipped with a seventy-one-round drum magazine.

    The commander-in-chief looked at Yang Zhen who was looking at the two submachine guns fondly and said with a smile: "The two submachine guns you designed are too simple in structure and easy to produce. The equipment in our hands can be produced quickly. Except for the shortage of raw materials.  , and apart from the temporary inability to mass-produce, there are no technical problems.¡±

    "I really don't know how you got such a long head? Not only can you fight, but you can also design such a simple structure, but the power is no better than those from before.The fancy machine guns imported from Belgium and Germany are small but have a much simpler structure.  Before coming to Northeast China, I also served in many military units.  I have seen many kinds of fancy machine guns.  The Yunnan Army where I stayed in my early years was equipped with a large number of outsourced or homemade fancy machine guns.  "

    "But whether it is weapons imported from Europe and the United States, or weapons produced by various domestic factions in their own factories, this is the first time I have seen such simple and easy-to-produce weapons. I thought a machine gun was simple enough, but I didn't expect you could also shoot.  Come out with simpler weapons."

    After that, the commander-in-chief picked up one of the submachine guns with the magazine inserted on the side of the gun body and said: "This uses Japanese-style southern pistol bullets. We don't have a single round of the nine-millimeter pistol bullets you requested, and the seven-point pistol bullet is  There were also not many 65mm Browning pistol bullets. After considering the source of ammunition, because the Japanese army had a large number of Southern-style pistol bullets in stock, they switched to 8mm Southern-style pistol bullets."

    "However, in view of the fact that although the Nanbu-style pistol ammunition is highly lethal, it has weak penetrating power. In order to ensure the power of the ammunition, we have improved the ammunition to be distributed to the gun. Although the caliber has not changed, it is more powerful than the original Nanbu-style pistol ammunition.  Type pistol bullets are much larger. After all, it is much simpler to modify the finished product than to re-produce it. However, in order to fire the southern pistol bullets, the submachine gun you designed has made certain modifications according to the type of ammunition. "

    Putting down the submachine gun in his hand, the commander-in-chief picked up another submachine gun with a magazine under the gun body.  That is, the ppsh Type 43 submachine gun said: "This submachine gun uses the Mauser 7.63 caliber pistol bullet used by the speed machine. We still have a large inventory of this kind of bullet, which should be enough for a while. And this kind of  As long as the bullets can be recovered on the battlefield, we can reload them."

    "But because we are short of steel, and we are now in a forest area, the most indispensable thing is wood. So after the military industry asked me for instructions, in order to save the few raw materials we have, we changed the metal gun stock you originally designed to a wooden one. However,  Due to time constraints, we directly used the buttstocks of modified Type 38 rifles for these two guns."

    Yang Zhen nodded at the commander-in-chief¡¯s introduction.  The arsenal has just started production, and although there is a lot of raw material inventory seized.  But most of them are prepared for the production of Japanese military standard weapons.  As for ammunition of other calibers, it cannot be produced for the time being.  It would be a good idea to make use of the original large inventory of eight-millimeter pistol bullets in the south to improve them and use them as ammunition.

    After Yang Zhen handed the two submachine guns to Guo Bingxun on the side, he picked up a few grenades in the box and looked at them.  This kind of grenade is modified from the Japanese Type 97 grenade that is now widely used by the army.  The body of the Japanese Type 97 hand grenade was used, a wooden handle was added, and it was changed to a pull-fire firing method.

    It¡¯s just that this modified grenade is not like the Type 67 grenade that I copied from later generations.  The short wooden handle is installed on the upper side of the missile body. It is not used for throwing, but just to accommodate the pull-type fuse.

    However, after the improvement, it is better than the original 97 grenade. Before use, it had to be knocked hard on a hard object.  After throwing it out, I don¡¯t know when it will explode much stronger.

    Looking at the improved grenade in his hand, Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly.  I just said that the troops were not proficient in the Type 97 grenades that used impact fuses, which caused a lot of casualties.  The commander-in-chief immediately solved the problem for himself.

    Seeing that Yang Zhen couldn't put down the produced submachine guns and modified grenades, the commander-in-chief smiled, waved his hand and opened another wooden box, and took out a Taisho 11-year-old light machine gun that looked the same as the Taisho 11-year-old light machine gun widely used by the army.  But it turned out that there was a magazine for the Type 96 light machine gun inserted in the side hopper.

    The commander-in-chief pointed to the light machine gun in front of him and said: "There are a lot of crooked machine guns in our army, and not many use the Type 96 light machine gun improved by the Japanese army. The hopper-type ammunition supply method of the crooked machine gun is complicated. Once  If the entire gun is destroyed, it loses its ability to be used. The arsenal made some modifications to the crooked machine gun based on the captured Type 96 light machine gun."

    "This modification is not complicated, and our factory can complete it in a short time. After a lot of experiments, the reliability of this modified light machine gun has been greatly increased, and the complexity of its use has also been reduced a lot.  At least the soldiers no longer have to interrupt their firepower because they are not skilled in pressing bullets. At that time, they only need to replace the magazine. It is very suitable for our current situation where there are too many new recruits in the army. "

    After listening to the commander-in-chief's introduction, Yang Zhen pondered for a moment and said: "Commander-in-Chief, how is the production of submachine guns? How many have been produced now? How long will it take to fully meet the needs of the army's equipment?"

    "How long does it take to modify a light machine gun like this? Can the production quantity of magazines keep up? You know, a light machine gun must be equipped with at least three magazines. There are also the number of grenade modifications.How is the progress and can it meet the needs of the troops?  "

    In response to Yang Zhen's inquiry, the commander-in-chief shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You are too impatient. Our arsenal has just started production, and the number of qualified workers is seriously insufficient. The quantity of raw materials is not enough. Even if these two weapons have simple structures and are easy to  Production. Limited by raw materials and manpower constraints, we can only produce more than twenty of these submachine guns a day. However, the transformation speed of eight-millimeter ammunition and hand grenades is still very fast. After all, the reserves of these two materials are still sufficient."

    "As for the modification of crooked machine guns, we can only modify two to three guns a day on average, and the progress is not bad. However, the production speed of the magazines, because we adopt the overall stamping process, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, we can produce an average of two guns a day.  more than ten."

    "And don't you know? Under the guidance of several masters, the workers of the arsenal built a simple embankment on a mountain river next to the arsenal using the cement here. They used disassembled car engines and cast them themselves.  The turbine blades have been modified with two small hydroelectric generators. As long as the river is not frozen in the future, we can save a lot of gasoline used to generate electricity."

    "Although we have a lot of bullet propellant in stock, we lack qualified gun steel. Most of the military raw materials here are semi-finished products that have been formed. There are not many raw materials, and pure gun steel only has a few hundred tons. It is simply unable to meet the needs of large-scale  production needs.¡±

    "However, the masters at the arsenal who came from the former Eleventh Army Arsenal said that the track steel used in the railways can be transformed. The large number of rails Liu Changshun brought back this time played a considerable role in alleviating the shortage of raw materials. With this batch of raw materials  , the production progress of this new submachine gun can be greatly enhanced. I think it will be able to meet the current needs of the army in one or two months."

    Having said this, the commander-in-chief took out the other two drawings that Yang Zhen handed over to the arsenal and said: "To be honest, we cannot produce the weapons on these two drawings for the time being. Although the structure is also simple, the production  The craftsmanship is much higher than these two submachine guns."

    "First of all, we don't have the caliber bullets you requested in the drawing. Even if we use Japanese-made 77-caliber heavy machine gun bullets to transform them, at least it's still a little difficult now. It's almost equivalent to re-production. The receiver also uses an integral steel stamping process. We are now  It can be made."

    "But qualified gun barrels cannot be made. Although we have chromium plating equipment, there are not many chrome plating raw materials in stock. Moreover, the chromium plating process is relatively cumbersome, and we can only guarantee the production of submachine guns for the time being. According to several military industries  The master said that the production of this requires a large amount of chromium, and we simply cannot meet it.¡±

    "We used the barrel of the Type 92 heavy machine gun and modified one. We used a small amount of improved 77 bullets for experiments. Its rate of fire is excellent, and the burst accuracy is almost as good as that of the crooked light machine gun. But we always  Can¡¯t all the Type 92 heavy machine gun barrels in stock be converted to produce this kind of weapon? For us with poor firepower, the heavy machine gun is still an extremely important support weapon.¡±

    "We have also tried to make one using other materials, but the barrel became red and overheated after only a few hundred rounds. After more than a thousand rounds, the barrel had been deformed and scrapped. The characteristics of this weapon  The rate of fire is too fast, and the production process of the barrel is relatively high. Even if it is modified using the barrel of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, it can only fire a few thousand rounds, and the barrel will be scrapped. We only have a small amount of chromium on hand, unless  Stop the production of all submachine guns, otherwise the production of this weapon will not be guaranteed at all.¡±

    "However, several master workers have said that this kind of weapon is simple to produce, strong and durable. As long as there are qualified raw materials, it can be mass-produced in a short time. It's just that it is not suitable to use Japanese-style 77-caliber bullets. But this  It¡¯s not really a problem. It¡¯s just a small change in some parts.¡±

    "As for this anti-tank rocket launcher, at least we don't have the conditions to produce it yet. First of all, we don't have the high-strength alloy steel used to make the launcher, and we have no way to make it now. We don't have steel-making equipment, nor steel-making talents."

    "Although we can produce the projectile body, hood, and bottom cover, we lack the required thin steel plates. We cannot produce the copper powder cone with a cone angle of 70¡ã. There is also the mechanical inertial ignition fuse, and the elasticity  We cannot produce steel tail fins. Let alone hollow charges and other accessories. Deputy Commander Yang, at least for this weapon, except for the black powder used as propellant, we cannot produce the rest in a short time at least.  come out."

    After saying that, the commander-in-chief hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, I think we should not produce these two weapons for the time being. We should concentrate on producing the urgently needed submachine guns, modified crooked machine guns, and reloaded bullets.  As for the other issues, let¡¯s wait until conditions are met later.¡±

    ?"Especially this new type of automatic rifle is good, but the rate of fire is too fast and the consumption of bullets is too high. A gun of this kind almost consumes more ammunition than the Japanese light and heavy machine guns we use. According to our current  Judging from the fact that we can only use captured Japanese raw materials to produce bullets, once a large number of equipment is used, the production capacity of our arsenal will simply not be able to meet the needs."

    The two weapons the commander-in-chief refers to are the later-famous AK47 rifle and RPG2 anti-tank rocket launcher that Yang Zhen handed over to the arsenal.  These two weapons were originally used by Yang Zhen to make deals with the big brother in the north, but without producing some samples, there was still a lack of convincing evidence.

    After listening to the commander-in-chief, Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to answer him.  Instead, he fell silent.  His face was suddenly bright and dark, and he didn't know what he was thinking about anymore.

    Seeing Yang Zhen listen to the commander-in-chief's advice, he fell silent.  Li Yanping, who thought Yang Zhen had some ideas, took over the topic and said: "Commander, our arsenal can produce the weapons we need so quickly. This is inseparable from the commander-in-chief's attention. The commander-in-chief has been personally overseeing the production of the arsenal.  . Our strength is limited, and all raw materials are in short supply except for some materials for Japanese weapons. To reach this point is already our best effort."

    After hearing Li Yanping's persuasion, Yang Zhen knew that he had some misunderstandings, so he smiled slightly and said: "Political Commissar, you have misunderstood me. I don't have any objections to the commander-in-chief. I am just thinking about some issues. Commander-in-chief,  Political Commissar, you see, we are temporarily unable to produce these two weapons, but that does not mean that someone cannot produce them."

    As soon as Yang Zhen said this, the commander-in-chief, Li Yanping, and Guo Bingxun immediately realized who he was referring to.  They knew very well that Yang Zhen could not hand over these weapons drawings to the Japanese.  He was alone and trapped behind enemy lines. It could be said that Manchuria was besieged on all sides. It was impossible to hand over this blueprint to others.  This person can only be the big brother from the north.

    It¡¯s just that some people were not sure about Yang Zhen¡¯s true intentions, so a few people didn¡¯t make random guesses.  He just looked at Yang Zhen expectantly.  I hope this guy won't be so hesitant now and will express his thoughts soon.
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