The Republic of China: I can change jobs infinitely

Ren Tingting was shy and happy when she heard this. Brother Yue cherished his body and restrained himself, so Ren Tingting was naturally happy. But as a wife, she was secretly angry that she could not satisfy her husband.

Chapter 83 Guns and Cannons

After Ren Tingting had breakfast, Yue Zhenshan called the guard Zhu Yuan, "Zhu Yuan, we will go to the arsenal to follow up on the progress later, you go and prepare."

"Okay, General Yue."

Zhu Yuan was Yue Zhenshan's guard before, and after the establishment of the Yue Family Army.

The guard was reorganized into a guard team, responsible for protecting the safety of Yue Zhenshan and Ren Tingting. Their main task was to protect the core members.

After a while, Zhu Yuan came to report that the guard company was ready and could set off at any time.

Everyone rode out of Renjia Town and went upstream along the Qingyuan River.

A flat road has been cleared along the Qingyuan River. This road has been hardened with cement, and there are fertile fields beside the road. This land was originally mostly the fields of the Ren family. After the land reform of Yue Zhenshan, it has become a farm subcontracted by the Ren family.

The crops designated by the Ren family to be planted are divided according to the agreement, and the extra grain is purchased by the Ren family at the market price.

Of course, in order to protect the interests of farmers, Yue Zhenshan also issued a minimum purchase price that must not be lower than 80% of the previous year. This is to prevent his subordinates from messing around and trampling on the hard-earned grain of farmers.

Yue Zhenshan rode on a horse and saw farmers working in the fields, children herding cattle, and green rice fields.

After walking along the road for more than ten minutes, we arrived at the military factory upstream of the Qingyuan River.

First of all, there are several huge water wheels and the roaring sound of mechanical collisions.

In addition, in a location far away from the river, several chimneys were newly built in the newly opened factory area, and black smoke was coming out of the chimneys. The expansion of the new factory, relying on the power of the river, naturally could not continue to meet the demand, so steam engines were used as power.

Passing through the factory area, Yue Zhenshan saw a checkpoint with a sign next to it that read "Military restricted area, no entry!"

Now, the entire machinery factory has been divided.

The civilian machinery factory is on one side, and the military machinery factory is on the other side, which can be said to be clearly divided.

In addition, at the bend of the Qingyuan River, there is a section of land suitable for building a wharf. Yue Zhenshan built a wharf here, and this wharf is basically used by Yue Zhenshan's family. Most of the purchased steel, ore, and machinery are unloaded at this wharf.

This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as the waterway of the Qingyuan River and the intersections along the coast are guarded, everything will be fine. It is very likely that the enemy will be completely destroyed before approaching the wharf.

Zhu Yuan stepped forward to show the sentinels his credentials, and the sentries saluted Yue Zhenshan and let him pass.

After passing through three checkpoints, they came to the arsenal. Now there is a towering wall outside the arsenal, and there is a prismatic fortress at a certain distance, with soldiers defending inside.

Because the sentinels reported in advance, the main person in charge of the arsenal is now waiting at the door.

"A Yue, you are so diligent in coming here!"

"Let's go inside and chat."

"Everyone has worked hard, there is no need to be so grand. I am just going to take a look at the new equipment today, everyone can go about their own business."

As he said this, he entered the arsenal under the guidance of Fu Yubao.

Fu Yubao is his senior brother, and he has a cheater (a high attribute amplification tool) given by himself. Since he switched to studying guns and cannons, he has studied the traditional bird system or matchlock gun thoroughly.

Later, he bought some Western weapons books and magazines from Guangzhou and let him study them on his own. In addition, he has recently communicated and learned with the Germans, and his skills have gradually improved.

Yue Zhenshan's arsenal lacks professional talents, and all talents are trained by himself.

As for recruiting the great cows that have appeared in history, others may not pay attention to him.

In this case, it is better to train talents by yourself, and the talents trained by yourself are more loyal.

The entire arsenal covers an area as large as several football fields, divided into large and small workshops. Of course, this also includes the weapons testing plant behind the factory. By continuously pouring money into it, this arsenal has finally begun to take shape.

Yue Zhenshan came directly to the test gun range. The first thing he wanted to see was the replica of the Mauser 1898 rifle.

This gun also has a sister version, which is the classic Hanyang rifle, a classic bolt-action rifle.

Mana Mullen and several technicians were waiting for Yue Zhenshan's arrival at the test site. Mana loved and hated this boss. He loved his generosity. If the gun was successfully developed, he would receive a large bonus. What he hated was that Yue Zhenshan was not easy to fool. He knew a little bit about everything, which made their technicians feel extremely headache because he would pick out some design defects that were difficult to solve.

Mana Mullen is now the chief engineer of the arsenal. After signing the confidentiality agreement, he is ready to move his family to Shenzhou and join Shenzhou nationality. His family will live a good life in the area under Yue Zhenshan's jurisdiction.

There are too many gun technicians like him in Germany, so the arsenal is under great competition.

It is impossible to give too high a salary to the gun technicians. This time he wrote a letter to ask his family to come over. He even called several of his friends to come to Shenzhou together. They were not living well in Germany.

Yue Zhenshan walked over with a smile. The streamlined rifle on the table and the bolt handle with a metallic luster on the side moved his heart. In his previous life, he was a gamer. The 98K weapon often appeared in various games.

Now his own arsenal can make it. This is the happiness of simplicity.

In the game, if you want to find a 98K, you have to run around the map. Now he can use it however he wants, and he can use one and throw one away.

He walked straight forward and took the rifle from the tester. He habitually pulled the bolt and checked it before taking the gun to prevent residual bullets in the magazine.

Seeing Yue Zhenshan's skillful movements, Mana Mullen was very shocked. This boss not only knows guns, but also knows how to play with guns.

He didn't know that Yue Zhenshan's profession was a general.

Yue Zhenshan is professional in playing with guns.

The imitation Mauser 1898 rifle in Yue Zhenshan's hand inherited the classic Mauser-style rotating bolt of the 98 series Mauser rifle, and the tail of the bolt is a safety device. The bullets are arranged in a double row of staggered built-in magazines. A 5-round magazine is used to load the bullets. The bullets are pressed into the magazine through the top of the receiver, and can also be loaded individually.

Before shooting, first rotate the bolt and pull it back to open the receiver, insert the bridge magazine with five bullets into the magazine loading interface, press the bullet with your thumb to make the bullets separate from the magazine and enter the magazine, then remove the bridge magazine, rotate forward to push the bolt to complete the locking, and at the same time, the bullet feeding iron on the bolt pushes the first bullet into the chamber to be ready to fire.

Yue Zhenshan picked up a magazine and put it in skillfully.

The standard range of the gun is 1,000 meters, the actual combat range is 300 to 500 meters, and the best range is within 200 meters. Yue Zhenshan picked up the rifle very familiarly, aimed at a 200-meter target, hit 10 rings with one shot, and then shot farther targets one by one.

"Bang, bang, bang--"

Chapter 84 Genius Vinci

Pulling the bolt continuously, he fired all five bullets, and all 10 rings hit the bull's eye.

"Mana Mullen, how is our production of this gun?"

"Boss, you know that our gun barrels are all made by two-roller oblique rolling and perforating machines, but we only have this one machine at present. If we use all the time of the two-roller oblique rolling and perforating machine to produce gun barrels, we can produce more than 2,000 guns a month."

"If you want to increase production, you have to increase the production of gun barrels!!"

"As for other firearms parts, there are no technical difficulties, and production can be expanded on a large scale. We use standardized production parts, and there is a complete assembly line behind."

"This number is too small. I will give you one month to build three two-roller oblique rolling and perforating machines to triple the production capacity. In addition, you are also responsible for imitating pistols. We need not only rifles, but also pistols."

At this time, the artillery test site on the other side was also ready. Otis Hurley was an artillery expert of Krupp. When he came to Yuezhenshan, the first task he accepted was to imitate mortars.

Artillery is the god of modern warfare. If an army does not have strong enough firepower support, it will inevitably face difficult times, and may need to exchange the lives of many soldiers for victory.

A mortar is a type of artillery with a short barrel, a large firing angle, a low initial velocity, a curved trajectory, and mainly curved firing. The mortar can shoot targets behind cover. It has a short barrel, a short range, and is light and flexible.

The reason for imitating mortars is mainly determined by the environment.

With the current road conditions in Shenzhou, if large-caliber artillery is used, the movement of artillery will definitely be a nightmare for engineers. With the backward road conditions in Shenzhou and the complex terrain conditions, this mortar is the best support weapon.

Two soldiers can quickly assemble a pile of parts.

This is the 60mm mortar that Yue Zhenshan has always dreamed of. The mortar has a barrel length of 618mm, a barrel length of 550mm, a total gun mass of 15.5kg, a barrel mass of 7.5kg, a gun mount mass of 4.6kg, a base plate mass of 3.4kg, a maximum range of 950m, a minimum range of 70m, a maximum rate of fire of 30-35 rounds/min, a vertical range of 40°-80°, a directional range of 4.2° on each side, a maximum muzzle velocity of 140m/s, and a minimum muzzle velocity of 70m/s. It can be carried by one person.

"Can I produce a full set of mortars by myself now?"

"Can the mortar shells be produced by myself?"

Yue Zhenshan turned to Fu Yubao and asked, if the mortar cannot make shells, the shells will be blocked by others, and the mortar itself cannot solve the problem. Only by fully producing them and mastering the full set of technologies can Yue Zhenshan feel relieved.

"The shells can be produced independently. Otis Hurley is an artillery expert. The detonation system and accuracy are within the design license."

Yue Zhenshan walked around the arsenal for a long time. In front of all the employees in the factory, he rewarded several technicians who made outstanding contributions to the research and development of new weapons. In addition to cash rewards, each of these people also received a new house in Renjia Town.

The new house is a property built by Yue Zhenshan's construction company. Each building is six stories high, with four units on each floor. Each unit has 100 square meters. It belongs to the old city renovation project. Most of these houses will be sold to his employees.

Leaving the arsenal where his senior brother Fu Yubao is in charge, Yue Zhenshan's next stop is the Institute of Chemistry.

As soon as he arrived at the Institute of Chemistry, Yue Zhenshan met the bearded Taoist Master Ding Wenxi.

"Master Ding, how is your research recently?"

"Have you thoroughly studied the thunder bomb?"

"Huh!?"

"So it's General Yue who's here. I've failed to live up to your trust and haven't studied it thoroughly. The evolution of Tao is too complicated. I'm still at the first step, synthesizing the so-called ammonia."

Ding Wenxi had a full beard on his face, and he looked a little unwell.

It looked like he stayed up late to cultivate immortality in his previous life.

Yue Zhenshan was speechless when he heard this.

When he eliminated the six-winged demon cicada in Mawei Village before,

he saw Ding Wenxi using thunder and hellfire, which looked like special versions of high-explosive grenades and napalm bombs.

So he tried to recruit this unique Taoist priest Ding Wenxi, and he didn't expect it to work. The Changchun Valley where Taoist priest Ding Wenxi was located belonged to the Danding Sect, and he was the only one left in his lineage.

He didn't learn much of the alchemy and medicine techniques passed down by the sect, but he developed the process of refining petroleum based on the "Dream Stream Essays" by the Northern Song Dynasty scientist Shen Kuo, and developed it to make the weapon of hellfire.

As for the thunder bomb, he studied saltpeter, gunpowder and other things and developed a new type of explosive, which is a bit like nitrocellulose gunpowder.

Yue Zhenshan brought him back to standardize the production of the so-called thunder bomb (grenade).