As soon as the engineering company was established, Zhao Hu became the boss and handed over all training matters to Wang Shubing. Unfortunately, translator Wang had only joined the army not long ago and had been serving as a civilian in the army. He was not familiar with this aspect. Fortunately, Wang Kaishan and Feng Yushui were there.

The two old platoon commanders, together with Xu Hongyuan, also often trained new recruits. Under Wang Da's guidance from time to time, they quickly made the company's construction a success.

It was early summer, and there were countless creatures of all kinds in the mountains. As long as they were willing to put in the effort, there was no need to worry about food. More than a hundred soldiers, led by a few veterans, drove directly into the mountains, training and making food at the same time.

Worry about food.

Under the leadership of Zhang Laoshi, Zhao Hu came to the Paoquan Factory Repair Station. This place was different from the south. Commander Nie didn't want to put all his eggs in one basket, so the various ordnance factories were widely separated, including the explosives factory.

There is a bullet factory, as well as a grenade factory and a gun repair and gun factory.

As the first armory station of the Military Region Supply Department, Paoquan Factory has a relatively large number of personnel, more than fifty people. As for the ordnance engineering team that originally set out from Yan'an, it has been scattered and remains here.

There are only three acquaintances: Zhang Laoshi, Guo Congjun and Li Feng.

Zhang Laoshi was not good at pioneering but good at maintaining success. He took Zhao Hu to carefully introduce the treasures of the entire armory.

"Company Commander, look, we now have a round lathe and a broaching machine. Commander Nie ordered the round lathe to be found from a mining machine repair shop. Although it is a bit old, it is still capable of doing the job."

He patted another broaching machine and said: "This multi-tooth broaching machine can be regarded as the best among the best. Our personnel snatched it from the Youyu Japanese. Several soldiers were sacrificed for this!"

"Youyu? Is there a factory there too?"

"Of course. Lao Zhe just bought a batch of petroleum equipment to Youyu, and the war started. So these machines were transported separately. Unfortunately, most of them fell into the hands of the Japanese. This hydraulic broaching machine can be regarded as one of the

The most accurate piece of equipment.”

Then, Zhang Laoshi pointed to a radial drilling machine and said: "This drilling machine is old and imported from abroad. It was originally in a coal mine equipment repair shop and was snatched out after we re-captured the county town.

However, this thing can be used to make ordinary holes, but it is a bit difficult to use it to make gun barrels. I have tried it, and even I can barely make a barrel within two wires. This is still using a diesel engine.

If driven by that steam car, it can only reach four wires."

"Four threads? That's not bad. It would be weird if the barrel of the gun is not deflected."

"Yes!" Zhang said honestly: "This machine is too old, and it was not originally used to make gun barrels, so we can only drill the holes smaller and then slowly open them with a broach.

I really can’t keep up with this speed!”

Zhao Hu looked at the existing equipment and said honestly to Zhang: "This is already good. Look, we have a boiler, two diesel engines, and even a lathe. What else is there to be dissatisfied about? Let's start with

Let’s start with the existing equipment. By the way, how much steel raw material do we have now? Can we make some guns first?”

Zhang Laoshi smiled bitterly and said: "There is no steel. Some rails were ripped off from the railway a while ago, but these rails are not made of steel at all. They can't make guns or bayonets. They can only be melted to make grenades. But this

The angle steel brought by the miners is of good quality, but it is not good enough to make gun barrels."

Zhao Hu picked up two angle steels and knocked them lightly, and said to Zhang Zhen: "This kind of angle steel is bridge steel made by the Japanese. It is low-alloy high-carbon steel, probably 16 manganese steel. It is not satisfactory for making knives.

It’s not even better to make a gun.”

Zhang Laoshi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I have seen Xu Hongyuan's dagger, and I heard that it is made of spring steel. The steel mouth is very good, but it is a pity that the angle steel is not as sharp as their war knives."

When the two came outside the door, they saw a row of five blacksmith furnaces being worked on. In front of each furnace, there were four people stabbing bayonets. One of them was pulling the bellows, one was holding the tongs, and the other two were hammering.

It's just that the work efficiency of these people is really not very good. When an iron piece is hot and three people are beating it, the person pulling the bellows stops. After a while, the iron piece is cold, and only the one pulling the bellows is working.

, the other three were idle again.

Zhao Hu asked: "How many bayonets can these twenty blacksmiths make in a day?"

Zhang said honestly: "One stove has four guns, and we can only shoot twenty bayonets a day. Now that the troops are in a hurry, I asked everyone to work overtime, and we can produce twenty-five bayonets every day. However, these bayonets are not very durable, and they are used on the battlefield."

Once or twice, you have to go back and remake it.”

Zhao Hu pointed at the seven or eight people who were idle and said: "Look, this efficiency is a bit low. The reason is that it is not managed well, so you should study more and learn more about coordination. Look, if you take five

The steel parts are placed in front of the furnace mouth. When the person holding the tongs pulls out the first piece, he puts the second piece in and burns it. After the first piece is cooled, the second piece is also heated. In this way, the person pulling the bellows does not need to empty the steel piece.

Wait, the hammer hammer just hammers, and at the end of the day..."

"That's right! Why didn't I think of that?" Zhang Laoshi slapped his head: "In this way, no one will have to wait. At the end of the day, we can fight at least thirty rounds! Xiao Zhao, your idea is really good.

He is worthy of being a company commander, but his mind has more twists and turns than I do..."

Zhao Hu rolled his eyes and thought to himself, "Did you talk like that?" But he also felt a little embarrassed. This method was summed up by Liu Zaisheng after he arrived at the arsenal. He used it himself and didn't know if anyone would blame him.

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So he continued: "Old Zhang, actually I am not optimistic about this kind of imitation San0 bayonet. The reason is that we do not have advanced cold forging equipment, so the bayonets we make are not more durable than the Japanese ones. I wonder if you have ever seen the North

China’s Mosin-Nagant rifle?”

"Are you talking about water-like shooting? I've seen that gun before. It's pretty accurate, but it's not very easy to use. Sometimes the bolt gets stuck and you have to push it with your feet. On the battlefield, comrades don't like to use it. Plus, the bullets

It’s not matching and will become obsolete after a short period of use.”

"I'm not talking about Shuilianzhu's gun, but I'm asking you, have you seen the bayonet of that kind of gun?"

"I've seen it before. It's four-sided and quite strong. But I heard that the bayonet is milled. We don't have a milling machine, so we can't make it."

"I don't think that round lathe is of much use now. How about we turn it into a milling machine? Just for making bayonets?"

"Converting turning to milling? How to ensure accuracy?"

Zhao Hu smiled: "It's just a bayonet. Even if the groove depth is not up to standard, it won't affect its use, right? As long as it can be stuck in the back, it won't be a problem even if it's one person and one person, as long as it's strong."

Lao Zhang nodded: "That's right. It's not put in a gun. It doesn't matter if it's longer or shorter. But can you change this lathe?"

"It's not difficult. We install the turning tool on the rotating shaft, then add a transverse axis, and use a hand crank to push the steel rod forward to pick up the tool. Even an apprentice can make a bayonet in just two or three days."

Just do it. Lao Zhang stopped twenty blacksmiths and asked them to refine the angle steel into steel rods and cool them for use. For this purpose, Zhao Hu also specifically told Lao Zhang to go to the drugstore to buy some arsenic and add it.

Going in, this stumped Lao Zhang. He could find it in one or two small pharmacies. This should weigh more than ten kilograms or dozens of kilograms. Where can he find it? Later, Minister Cha heard that he needed to make bayonets.

I specially sent people to the provincial capital to search and purchase more than ten kilograms.

Here, Zhao Hu used other machine tool parts to build a not too long horizontal axis and installed it on the round car. He then installed several tungsten steel knives on a disc and put them on the machine axis.

The milling cutter was launched.

The small boiler started, and the pulley drove the round car to start running rapidly. Zhao Hu carefully shook the handle, and the round steel rod was slowly fed. When it reached the turning tool, a few iron filings began to fly. When the steel rod reached the end, a

Deep grooves have appeared in the steel rods.

After adjusting the steel rod, the other two sides were quickly milled out. When a three-edged bayonet with a T-shaped horizontal head appeared in front of Zhang Laoshi, he couldn't believe his eyes: "It was completed so quickly?"

"I just started testing knives, and the speed is still slow. Once you get familiar with it, it won't be a problem for one person to mill 1200 knives a day. Of course, this still needs to be heat treated to make the surface blue to be considered qualified."

Zhang Laoshi grabbed the bayonet and looked at it carefully: "The roasted blue ones are all in batches. In this way, one person can be used by twenty or thirty people. It's amazing."

Zhao Hu quickly stopped and said: "Be careful, this knife is filled with arsenic. Don't cut your hand. I won't be able to save you!"

When Zhang Laoshi heard this, he quickly put the bayonet on the iron table next to him. He laughed again the next second: "It's poisonous. If you just scratch the little devil's skin, they will suffer. I'll call him right away."
Chapter completed!