1940.
The War of Resistance Against Japan had entered a stalemate.
The arsenal in the Taihang Mountains.
This was one of the few arsenal factories of the Eighth Route Army.
In fact, it was the so-called border manufacturing.
As the scale of the war expanded, the number of soldiers continued to increase, and the demand for ammunition was great.
In order to solve the problem of ammunition, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army built their own arsenal on their own.
Due to the backward industrial technology, even if the Eighth Route Army built an arsenal, it was difficult to produce some high-quality weapons. They could only produce some grenades, mines, bullets, and other items. These items were called "border manufacturing" at that time.
It was worth mentioning that the weapons manufactured in the border area were relatively complete, including mines, grenades, bayonet, and so on.
The Taihang Mountain Munitions Factory was one of the many Munitions Factory of the Eighth Route Army.
Today, a rare talent came to the Taihang Mountain Munitions Factory. This person was Su Wen.
Su Wen was a high-level talent in weapon manufacturing who had returned from studying in Furry Bear Country.
The 8th Route Army was founded by peasant workers, so it was very lacking in high-level talents, especially in the field of weapons.
At this moment, at the entrance of the Munitions Factory, the factory manager, Zhao Tianming, personally welcomed them.
Giddy-up...
After a while, two men wearing the Eighth Route Army uniform rode to the entrance of the arsenal.
"Gasp!"
The reins of the horses were pulled, and the two young men on the horses dismounted.
One of them was Su Wen, and the other was a guard.
Zhao Tianming took the initiative to step forward and said,"You must be Comrade Su Wen? I am the factory manager, Zhao Tianming!"
Su Wen shook hands with Zhao Tianming and said,"Hello, Factory Manager Zhao!"”
"It's been a tough journey."”
"It's not hard at all!"
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Zhao Tianming said,""Let's go, Little Su. Let's have lunch first. After lunch, we'll take a quick look at some of the weapons factories.”
With that, the two of them entered the Munitions Factory.
After a simple lunch, Zhao Tianming brought Su Wen to tour the arsenal.
The arsenal built by the Eighth Route Army was not a real arsenal. There were no guns produced in the arsenal because there were no machines in the arsenal. Only the blacksmiths could repair the weapons that had been used for a long time.
Not only that, the 8th Route Army's arsenal was very simple and crude. It was made up of some small bungalows. There were not many large-scale equipment inside, just some simple machine tools.
It could be said that the conditions for the military were very difficult.
There was no other way.
In the beginning, the Eighth Route Army was incorporated into the Anti-Japanese National Army. The National Government of the Chairman, except for providing some military pay and weapons in the early stages, never gave a bullet or military pay in the middle and late stages.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army's ammunition was very scarce, and their weapons were seriously damaged because there was no place to repair them.
Therefore, after the Eighth Route Army advanced into Shanxi, they immediately set up many "border manufacturing centers" to manufacture ammunition and repair weapons.
The border manufacturing center mainly manufactured grenades, mines, explosives, and other weapons, especially grenades. The production of grenades could reach tens of thousands of pieces in an overloaded production day, which basically met the combat supply needs of the Eighth Route Army.
However, due to the production process and conditions, the grenades made in the border region were all inferior. After exploding, only two shrapnel flew out, while the Japanese's grenades exploded with 46 shrapnel.
Due to the long manufacturing time, the shortage of raw materials, and the easy discovery of the Japanese veterans, the mines manufactured by the border area often produced some stone mines because of their simple craftsmanship, lethality, and low manufacturing costs.
In addition, the explosives manufactured by Border Region were real homemade bombs. Their power was only a little smaller than the Japanese's mountain cannons. They were specially used to blow up the Japanese's tanks and turrets.
Therefore, when Su Wen entered the arsenal, he saw the first generation of military workers busy making grenades, mines, and explosives.
Zhao Tianming said," Comrade Little Su, the conditions in our arsenal are very simple. Due to the lack of technology and equipment, we can only make some simple grenades, explosives, and mines. We can't make other cannons and machine guns, let alone planes and tanks.”
There were three things that the border region could not manufacture: first, it could not manufacture cannons, second, it could not manufacture machine guns, and third, it could not manufacture aircraft and tanks.
Su Wen nodded and said,"It's already very difficult to create a simple weapon under such difficult conditions.”
Zhao Tianming held Su Wen's hand and said,"Comrade Little Su, the development of the Munitions Factory depends on talents like you.”
"Alright, I'll do my best!"
Su Wen did not have any confidence when he said this.
Therefore, he was a transmigrator and not some military student.
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