It was indeed more impressive to see than to hear.
Zhang Xueming only understood when he saw how the workshop worked.
The difference between the manufacturing of firearms could make a huge difference.
The M1 Garand was lucky to have Han Linchun's backup plan.
Therefore, mass production could be achieved in a short period of time.
However, for the MG34, even if they forcefully built a production line, they would only be able to open two production lines.
It was currently very difficult to mass produce them.
"We have the equipment now. If we can modify it to make semi-automatic guns in 30 days, we can directly modify the foundation.”
"If the modification time exceeds 30 days, it can be directly replaced and rebuilt.”
"Time is money."
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xueming said in a deep voice.
There was no need for more than 30 days of modification.
With that money and time, it would be more convenient to go to America and Germany to buy equipment that could be produced directly.
Even though the MG34 machine gun was only successfully developed three to four years later.
However, the current equipment in Germany could be mass-produced with a slight modification.
The main point was that besides the MG34, Zhang Xueming also had a gun blueprint.
German ten-cal heavy machine gun, ZB26 light machine gun made in the Republic of Azeroth.
The production requirements for the ZB26 light machine gun were not high, so Zhang Xueming was not worried about mass production.
However, the MG34 and De Shika belonged to the same category.
If they could not mass-produce the MG34, it meant that they could not mass-produce the Deca.
Therefore, if there was a need, Zhang Xueming would not hesitate to purchase manufacturing equipment from America and Germany.
Zhang Xueming also had the financial ability.
The 100,000 gold bars from the marshal's residence, the assets left behind by the wealthy people of Fengtian City.
They were all taken by Zhang Xueming.
At present, even Zhang Xueming himself did not know how terrifying Fengtian's wealth was.
At least, no matter how much the US and Germany demanded, Zhang Xueming would be able to get back the money needed to produce the MG34.
"I understand, Commander."
Han Zhenguo responded to Zhang Xueming in a deep voice.
Then, Han Zhenguo introduced the cannon factory to Zhang Xueming.
If it was a cannon factory, there would be more production lines.
There were 36 workshops alone.
The types of artillery produced included mortars, wild mountain cannons, howitzers, and many other types.
However, Zhang Xueming wasn't particularly satisfied.
There were many types of weapons, but they could not create a 120mm heavy force.
Zhang Xueming was very clear about the future mainstream.
Therefore, Zhang Xueming asked Han Zhenguo to give up on the production of the 210mm cannon and increase the production by 120cm.
The mainstream mortars of the future era were concentrated between 80mm and 120mm.
This was because the birth of rocket launchers would cause many cannons to lose their original function.
However, Zhang Xueming did not give up on the 150mm.
The root cause was that the Fengtian troops were not mechanized enough.
In the future, it would be a waste of resources if the logistics could not keep up with the transportation of troops.
This meant that the regiment-level heavy artillery could be replaced with 150mm mortars.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xueming's plan became clearer.
After thinking it through, she looked at Han Zhenguo.
"It's more about quality than quantity. Otherwise, it's a waste of resources.”
"Continue to produce the 37mm flat-fire cannon and the 75mm wild mountain cannon.”
"For the howitzers, just leave the 105 and 150mm ones.”
"Also, you can think of a way to imitate the German howitzers.”
"The cannons of the Japanese camp are rubbish. It's useless to copy them.”
Zhang Xueming had to say that the biggest flaw of the arsenal was the mass production of the Japanese artillery.
This was too disappointing.
What the hell is a Japanese artillery?
Even if it was given to the great powers, it would take up space.
"I understand."
Han Zhenguo did not dare to neglect Zhang Xueming's decision and quickly remembered it.
In fact, Han Zhenguo had also suggested to Zhang Xiaoliu that there was no need to replicate the cannons of the Japanese camp.
But Zhang Xiaoliu insisted on copying it.
Although Han Zhenguo was the person in charge of the arsenal, he could not disobey Zhang Xiaoliu. He could only continue to produce the Japanese artillery.
Fortunately, Zhang Xueming was not Zhang Xiaoliu. He was like an old man reborn. He had great foresight.
Finally, they could stop mass-producing the Japanese cannons.
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He continued to inspect the arsenal. Zhang Xueming finally asked Han Zhenguo to bring him to the gun production workshop.
"What is the mainstream caliber of bullets in the factory now? What about the production line branch?"
Zhang Xueming stared at Han Zhenguo and spoke bluntly.
"Marshal."
"Regardless of the caliber, there are ten fixed production lines.”
"The mainstream caliber bullets are concentrated between 7.92, 7.6, and 12.7.”
"In terms of production capacity, it can basically reach 200 million a year.”
Han Zhenguo was very familiar with it.
Hearing this, Zhang Xueming started to think.
Zang Shiyi also had an idea and quickly voiced out.
"Commander, if we are limited to production capacity, we can produce one billion bullets a year.”
Zhang Xueming smiled and shook his head.
He didn't say anything, not because he felt that 200 million bullets a year was too little.
The caliber of the bullets involved didn't need to be so complicated.
The Fengtian troops wanted to fight against the Japanese invaders and the foreign powers. They had to establish an advantage in terms of the caliber of their bullets.
Therefore, unifying the caliber of the bullets was something that had to be done.
Another important point was that the firearms of the Fengtian troops were mainly M1s.
Once Han Zhenguo had completed the semi-automatic gun production line, the M1 Garand would be mass-produced sooner or later.
However, the M1 Garand used 7.62 bullets, while Fengtian's mainstream production used 7.92 bullets.
One had to know that recovering the three northeastern provinces occupied by the Japanese invaders was only a short-term goal of Zhang Xueming.
The real goal was to expel the Japanese invaders and return to the top of the world.
This meant that the Feng army's demand for bullets was very exaggerated.
Therefore, if the Munitions Factory did not mass produce 7.62 bullets, the Feng Army would be in big trouble.
No matter how unafraid the soldiers were of death, without bullets, how could they fight with the Japanese invaders and the foreign powers with the butt of their guns?
Don't joke around.
"Zhenguo, my idea is to mainstream the production of 7.62 bullets.”
"The caliber of the guns will be 7.62.”
Zhang Xueming looked at Han Zhenguo and asked.
This?
Han Zhenguo didn't quite understand Zhang Xueming's actions.
A large variety of bullets meant that the number of firearms supported was also large. Wasn't this a good thing?
Unifying bullets meant that there were limitations to the use of firearms.
Was this necessary?
Moreover, it was not easy to modify the production line and unify the caliber of the bullets.
"Marshal, your idea can be realized.”
"But I need time."
"In addition, it's very difficult to change the caliber of a gun that has already been manufactured. If you forcefully change it, the rate of failure will be very high.”
Han Zhenguo still hoped that Zhang Xueming would change his mind.
"This subordinate is not trying to get away with this. It's just that the firearms in our Munitions Factory are basically rifled guns.”
Hearing the word " rifled ", Zhang Xueming understood Han Zhenguo's hesitation.
Rifle, as the name suggested, was a line drawn at the muzzle to determine the caliber of the firearm.
It was relatively easy to change the caliber of the production line, but it was difficult to change the caliber of the original firearms, and the success rate was low.
"Marshal, may I ask why you want to unify the caliber of bullets?”
"What's the advantage of 7.62?”
Zhang Xueming replied.
" The biggest advantage is that it's universal."
The US camp took advantage of the rise of the Second World War to make American machinery popular in the world.
It was currently 1931, and Old Eagle was still the world overlord. Everyone used Eagle weapons.
Yan Huang's words, putting aside all kinds of factors, he loved German machinery the most.
The local warlords in the Yan Huang camp also had 7.62 caliber bullets.
Therefore, unifying the caliber of the bullets to 7.62 was in line with the national conditions of the Yan Huang camp. The benefits were much more than he imagined.
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