"Captain, there is a secret door here, and there are a lot of scrap copper and iron piled up inside!" The reconnaissance team soon made new discoveries.

The secret door is in the corner of the cave, perhaps because no one has cleaned it for a long time, and it is covered with dust. The color is exactly the same as the surrounding walls. If you don’t look carefully, you can hardly find the gap between them.

In addition, the cave only has a few flashlights to illuminate, and the team members are all focused on ammunition, so they did not discover the existence of this secret door.

Zhou Cheng held up the flashlight and looked inside and was filled with joy.

Because it was stored for too long, the things stored in the dark room also fell into a thick layer of dust and were covered with spider webs of all sizes. At first glance, it was indeed no different from scrap copper and iron.

But Zhou Cheng knew that they were the treasures he was looking for.

If these things are really bullet production equipment that you guessed, then the value of these "scrapped copper and rotten iron" is definitely higher than that of the bullets outside.

Zhou Cheng didn't understand military industry and couldn't understand what these equipment were used for.

But someone in the National Salvation Army understood military industry. Zhou Cheng was excited and quickly ordered: "Captain Wang, after counting the ammunition in the arsenal, the troops immediately withdrew from the arsenal. No one could come in without my order. Be sure to guard it for me."

"The investigation team, one or two, immediately set off back to the regiment headquarters and told Deputy Commander Tang that he would immediately arrange for Director Kong of the Mechanism Repair Center to come here, and the investigation team would be responsible for protection."

Kong Dewen is an old military engineer. He joined the Taiyuan Arsenal when it was established and grew from an apprentice to a workshop leader step by step.

Because I spent a long time in the arsenal and had a lot of equipment, after arriving at the arsenal, Kong Dewen could see at a glance what those equipment were used for.

"Captain, I know these devices..."

After saying these words, Kong Dewen wiped off the dust from one of the equipment with his hands. After checking it again, he answered with great certainty: "They are a set of bullet machines purchased by Chief Yan from abroad when the Taiyuan Arsenal was first established, which was specially used to produce bullets."

"A few years ago, the arsenal imported a batch of new bullet machines. Compared with the bullet machines in front of us, the new bullet machines not only save raw materials and electricity, but also have much higher pass rate and output of bullets. Chief Yan eliminated those old machines."

"We thought that all the machines and equipment were sold, but we didn't expect that they would hide them in the mountains."

"But these equipment are too old. Several arsenals in China have more advanced equipment to use. We will definitely not buy these equipment that have been eliminated. If you want to sell it, no one will buy it."

"Instead of treating scrap iron, it's better to find a place to store it, and maybe it will be available on a day."

After hearing this, Zhou Cheng's eyes brightened: "Director Kong, what you mean is that although these devices are very old, they can still be used!"

"Of course it can be used!" Kong Dewen blurted out.

"When I was an apprentice when I set up the Taiyuan Arsenal, I watched foreign engineers assemble these equipment with my own eyes. After more than ten years of use, I became an old man in the factory. At the request of the above, I personally dismantled these equipment and replaced it with more advanced ammunition production machines."

"When the dismantling was done, these machines and equipment were all good. As long as there were no parts lost and they were well maintained, they should be able to continue to use it. The output of these old equipment was a little lower, and they could only produce 5,000 bullets a day. If they were working in two shifts and were produced day and night, the daily output could reach 8,000 rounds."

Zhou Cheng felt that he had picked up the treasure and continued to ask: "What about the output of new equipment in Taiyuan Arsenal?"

Kong Dewen blurted out: "The daily output of 20,000 bullets can reach 30,000 bullets if they are produced in shifts!"

"How come the gap is so big?" Zhou Cheng asked in confusion.

Kong Dewen not only had contact with two types of equipment, but also had disassembled and assembled it himself. Few people knew the difference between the two equipment better than him. When he saw that the regiment commander was interested in military industry, he immediately explained.

"The gap is mainly in the production of bullet shells. Old equipment needs to be forged and formed... It takes several steps to produce a complete intact bullet shell, and the scrap rate of bullet shells is still very high."

"There are no problems with the new equipment. After adding the materials, they will be formed once, and the scrap rate of the bullet case is still very low."

"There is no bullet shell, no matter how fast the drug and bullet loading are at the back, it is useless!"

Zhou Cheng immediately had a bold idea in his mind, staring at Kong Dewen and asked: "What you mean is that if we can increase the production speed of bullet shells, the output of this set of bullet production equipment can be increased a lot."

Kong Dewen thought about it and replied: "This is the principle."

"If the bullet shells are sufficient, the machine keeps stopping, it will be no problem to produce 10,000 bullets a day and overnight."

"Enough!" Zhou Cheng was even more excited than just now!

"Produce 10,000 bullets a day, and 300,000 a month. It can completely guarantee the ammunition consumption of the National Savior Army, and even more!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Cheng thought of another question: "Is the caliber of the production bullet fixed or adjustable!"

This time Kong Dewen didn't think about it. He was too familiar with the equipment in front of him and replied without hesitation: "If the entire set of equipment I removed was here at that time, then we could adjust the caliber."

"When the arsenal was established, we used this set of equipment to produce three caliber bullets!"

Zhou Cheng's face was already full of joy and immediately made a decision: "Director Kong, I decided to change our regiment's machinery repair shop into an arsenal. All the equipment in front of you will be taken back as the foundation of our arsenal, specializing in producing ammunition."

"When the regiment headquarters gets better equipment in the future, our arsenal will strive to produce weapons as well."

Kong Dewen didn't know that there were fire medicines and fire medicines in the arsenal. He answered with a embarrassed look in response to Zhou Cheng's anticipated gaze: "Captain, is it not as simple as you think to build bullets?"

"In addition to equipment, it also needs raw materials and requires enough electricity to launch machines to achieve the current capabilities of the National Salvation Army. It is impossible to get so many raw materials, especially special firing drugs and launch drugs."

"And I remember that there are only two low-power generators in the entire defense zone. The power they emit cannot even start the machine, let alone make the machine run continuously!"

Zhou Cheng smiled, pulled Kong Dewen and walked out to the place where ammunition was stored.

I reopened the box containing the launching medicine and firing medicine and asked happily: "Look at what these are!"

Kong Dewen glanced at the gunpowder in the box and began to illuminate his eyes: "This is the firing medicine... This is the firing medicine..."

"Captain, where did you get these things? I remember that only Taiyuan Arsenal can produce them in Shanxi, and I can't buy them even if I want to."

Zhou Cheng did not hide it: "We have seized all of them in this arsenal. In addition to the gunpowder you mentioned, we have also seized a large number of copper ingots."

"I guess it was before the Japanese attacked Shanxi, this arsenal was specially found here!"

Kong Dewen thought about it seriously and replied: "I remember that before the Japanese attacked Shanxi, a large amount of equipment and raw materials were transferred from the Taiyuan Arsenal. I heard that they were all sent to southwest Shanxi and continued to produce weapons and ammunition there to prevent hundreds of thousands of Jinsui troops from losing ammunition supplies after the Japanese occupied Taiyuan."

"At that time, all the raw materials produced by the gunpowder factory and the copper factory were transported away."

"Especially, gunpowder is very large in quantity. If it is used to produce bullets, it will be fine to make hundreds of millions of them. I thought all these raw materials were sent to southwest Shanxi, but I didn't expect that they would still leave some of the raw materials hidden in the local area."

"But that's good. Ordinary people know that eggs cannot be put in a basket, and the people on them must also know this."

After saying that, he focused his attention on the gunpowder in the box and analyzed while looking: "These gunpowder is stored very well and can be used directly!"

"Captain, how much of this kind of gunpowder is stored in the arsenal? If there is enough quantity, we can indeed move the equipment inside back to produce bullets."

Zhou Cheng was very happy: "Two types of gunpowder are fifty kilograms per box, of which there are 400 boxes of launching medicine and 100 boxes of fire medicine. Director Kong, you are a military expert. How many bullets do you think these gunpowder can produce!"

Kong Dewen quickly calculated the answer Zhou Cheng wanted: "The six-five-caliber bullets used by the Japanese army generally charge 1.8 grams, and the seven-nine-caliber bullets generally charge 2.6 grams. If all six-five-caliber bullets are produced, these firing drugs and firing drugs can produce about six million rounds. If the seven-nine-caliber bullets are produced, only more than four million rounds can be produced. If the regiment commander is going to produce shells, tens of thousands of shells will probably be used up. The larger the caliber of the shells, the more gunpowder it loads."

Zhou Cheng quickly shook his head: "Forget the shells, we don't have the ability yet, unless one day the arsenal can produce gunpowder by itself."

"After the arsenal is built, priority will be given to the production of six-5 caliber pistol bullets, then pistol bullets and submachine gun bullets, and finally, 79 caliber pistol bullets and heavy machine gun bullets."

"Because the number of copper ingots is limited, if it is used to produce bullet shells, I estimate that the copper ingots here can only make hundreds of thousands of bullets, so the copper ingots we seized here try to use them to produce bullets."

"Let the limited copper ingots produce more bullets."

"Of course, after the arsenal is established, the regiment will find ways to collect copper and iron for the arsenal!"

Kong Dewen frowned and asked, "It is indeed very costly to produce bullet shells, but if we don't have bullet shells, we can't make bullets!"

Zhou Cheng quickly explained: "We have ready-made bullet shells for use, and there is no need to specialize in producing bullet shells."

"Pistol bullets and submachine gun bullets are rarely collected on the battlefield because the enemy does not use them, so their bullet shells need to be produced by the arsenal."

Kong Dewen understood as soon as he heard this: "Captain, you plan to reload bullets with the bullet shells collected from the battlefield?"

Seeing Zhou Cheng nodding, Kong Dewen immediately showed an expression of approval: "This is indeed a good way to solve the shortage of raw materials, but the regiment headquarters must provide the arsenal with enough manpower to clean and inspect the bullet shells."

"For the safety of the use of the soldiers, only bullet shells that pass the inspection can be reloaded. Moreover, one bullet shell can only be reloaded once. If it is sent to the arsenal again, it must be melted into copper ingots to produce new bullet shells!"

Zhou Cheng had no objection: "Director Kong, you are an expert in military industry. I will listen to you whatever you say."

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