Three days later, Liu Gen delivered the drawings he had drawn in the past few days to Director Xu.

After seeing the drawings taken out by Liu Gen, Director Xu immediately understood why Director Cheng attached so much importance to Liu Gen when he was there. In terms of technology, Director Xu could not compare with Director Cheng, but in terms of eyesight, Director Xu was still good.

At least Director Xu could clearly see how the drawings drawn by Liu Gen were like. If you just read them briefly, he could see how serious Liu Gen was when drawing the drawings. The various data on them were very clear, and it was even more accurate to millimeters.

At the same time, Director Xu can also see that these drawings taken out by Liu Gen are all within the scope of production of the arsenal. It can be said that as long as the arsenal invests a certain amount of resources, these machine tools will inevitably be produced. However, Director Xu is a little confused. These machine tools are good.

But the helpless thing is that the arsenal cannot produce all the machine tools. There is not much steel in the arsenal. If it is really used to produce machine tools, it will not be able to produce enough weapons and ammunition to supply to various troops. For this reason, Director Xu could only find out several urgently needed machine tools to make it to ensure that the arsenal's steel will not be consumed too much.

Among them, the machine tools that produce gun barrels are also among several types of machine tools that need to be manufactured. Liu Gen was also helpless when he saw that the arsenal could not produce all the machine tools. However, Liu Gen was depressed, but he could also understand the situation of the arsenal. If he really wanted to produce all the machine tools, then supplying weapons and ammunition to the front line would become a problem.

In this regard, Liu Gen could only place these drawings in the backup process and place them with Director Xu to ensure that these machine tools can be manufactured when the arsenal is capable.

When Director Xu was mobilizing the workers and technicians from the arsenal to build new machine tools, Liu Gen did not let himself go. He was thinking about designing a rocket launcher that the arsenal can now produce. With the current conditions of the Huangyadong Arsenal, it would be impossible to produce rocket launchers like Katyusha of the Soviet Union.

However, it is still very simple to produce rocket launchers with simple structure and easy operation. Among the large amount of information about rocket launchers that Liu Gen learned, he learned that one of the simplest rocket launchers has the simplest structure, which is very simple to manufacture and operate. There are two ways of ignition, one is electric start, and the other is to use a ignition-induced rocket fire transmission device to ignite the rocket fire transmission device for launch.

The rocket launcher that Liu Gen is interested in is the Type 63 107mm light-torched rocket launcher. Under the conditions of the Huangyadong Arsenal, there are still some problems that need to be solved to directly manufacture this rocket launcher, but it will be much easier to produce this rocket.

What Liu Gen values ​​most is that it is powerful enough and does not require careful maintenance. The operation is actually very simple. This rocket launcher has no machined parts, but only a steel pipe structure. Even a smaller handicraft workshop can be processed and produced. Even a low-quality rocket launcher can be manufactured just now.

It can be said that even if this rocket launcher is produced in this era, it will not be too difficult. For Huangyadong Arsenal, the biggest problem in producing this rocket launcher is the shortage of steel supply. If there is enough steel supply, then this rocket launcher can naturally be easily produced in large quantities.

However, Liu Gen still had a headache if there was an engine inside the rocket. It would probably take a lot of effort to build the engine inside the rocket.

Found Director Xu who was working in the office, and Liu Gen took out the drawings of the Type 63 107mm light-torque rocket launcher. However, when Director Xu looked at the drawings carefully, he could not see too much joy on his face.

But for the Eighth Route Army, rocket launchers seem to be less necessary, and more grenade launchers and mortars are what the Eighth Route Army troops need the most. Moreover, after looking at the drawings, Director Xu also found that there are many differences between rocket launchers and shells, and the engines in them require a lot of energy to consume.

The engine required in the rocket and the size of the rocket can be seen that the amount of gunpowder is loaded beyond ordinary shells. It can be imagined that the cost of a rocket is far more than that of a shell.

The most important thing is that from the drawings taken out by Liu Gen, Director Xu did not see the advantages of the rocket launcher. The range of the rocket launcher is good, but this does not mean that the artillery cannot reach such a range. Judging from the drawings, the only advantage of the rocket launcher compared to the artillery is that it is much lighter.

"Director Xu, is there any problem?" Liu Gen couldn't help but ask when he noticed that Director Xu's face was wrong.

Director Xu nodded. He put down the drawings in his hand and said directly: "Genzi, the drawings you took out are good, but I can't see where the advantages of rocket launchers are. I know that the big brother of the Soviet Union also has rocket launchers, but they have not proved the power of rocket launchers. When it comes to equip the troops, they still use artillery as the main one."

The Katyusha rocket launcher was officially equipped with the Soviet Red Army in 1939, and it was not invested in practical applications during this period. However, from the information about the rocket launcher in my mind, Liu Gen knew that in August this year, the Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher would be officially applied to practice and became a nightmare for German soldiers.

The 63 107mm light-torched rocket launcher that Liu Gen looked a bit simple, but it was quite powerful. As long as it could be manufactured, it would inevitably become one of the main weapons equipped by the various Eighth Route Army units in the future.

Although rocket launchers have poor accuracy compared to mountain cannons, their firepower is much stronger than mountain cannons. Especially in fierce mountain wars, the firepower of rocket launchers is equivalent to 8 to 10 times the number of mountain cannon troops, which can easily suppress the firepower of the cannons.

"Director Xu, in my opinion, rocket launchers will be the mainstream in the future battlefield. Compared with artillery, rockets have very obvious advantages."

"In the battle with the Japanese, what our Eighth Route Army lacks the most is firepower suppression. With rocket launchers, they will inevitably be able to easily suppress the Japanese firepower. Of course, every volley of rocket launchers is burning money, which may not be able to bear. But in a critical battle, when we use rocket launchers, it will definitely be worth the money!" Liu Gen looked at Director Xu and said with a serious expression.

Director Xu frowned. He could see Liu Gen's seriousness on his face, which made him feel a little inaccurate. Could it be that the rocket launcher is really as powerful as Liu Gen said?

"Root, I have looked at your design on the drawings. If you want to use rocket launchers to form enough firepower, you should need more than five gates. This is a huge burden for our arsenal."

"It's not bad to have the rocket launcher as you said, but if it's not as powerful as the artillery, or even worse than the artillery, then you have to take responsibility. Our arsenal needs to consume a lot of steel every day. If you really want you to build the rocket launcher, it will definitely have a significant impact."

"Let's do this. In the evening, we will call on the heads of various departments and vote. As long as it can pass, you will be allowed to build a few rocket launchers directly." Director Xu thought for a moment and decided to bring this matter to the meeting for discussion.

It is really impossible for Director Xu to make a decision alone. Liu Gen's rocket launcher will definitely consume a lot of steel and affect various departments of the arsenal. As long as other departments have no opinions, Director Xu will naturally have no problem.

Liu Gen was a little helpless when he left the office. He did not expect that his intention to build a rocket launcher would be hindered by Director Xu. Although Liu Gen was a little helpless, he also knew that Director Xu was doing right. Making a rocket launcher was not a simple thing, and it was still very necessary to discuss with the heads of various departments in the arsenal.

During the past few days of drawing, Liu Gen has not been locked in the room. He has carefully observed the current situation of the arsenal and knew that the arsenal really needs to consume a lot of steel every day, just as Director Xu said.

In order to ensure that the arsenal has enough steel, soldiers will occasionally send some steel, which are bought from the people in the anti-Japanese base area. Due to the crazy sweep of the Japanese invasion in the anti-Japanese base area, the Eighth Route Army units were unable to take action against the Japanese railway, and it was difficult to get a large amount of steel in a short period of time.

But under such conditions, the workers in the arsenal worked hard to overcome many difficulties and continued to produce weapons and ammunition.

There was still some time before night time, and Liu Gen had not returned to the room. In the past few days, he had been in the room to draw drawings of rocket launchers and rarely appeared and wandered around. Now that he had finished the drawings of rocket launchers, Liu Gen had enough time to relax himself.

It was just because Liu Gen was concerned about the rocket launcher, even if he was wandering around, it would be difficult for him to calm down.

Liu Gen knew this clearly and wanted to find something to do in the arsenal, but found that the workers' cooperation was very tacit. Joining it rashly may only affect their work efficiency. Originally, Liu Gen wanted to return to the Ministry of Works to help repair the machine tool, but after he went back, he found that he still couldn't intervene.

After meeting Liu Gen, Foreman Qi pulled Liu Gen up and said something, asking Liu Gen to help repair the machine tool. Even if Liu Gen proposed to repair the machine tool, he was rejected by Foreman Qi. Liu Gen finally returned to the arsenal, how could he let Liu Gen do such a thing?

Besides, it’s not that no one can repair the work department. After Liu Gen left, the work department also trained some young people to help.

After finding out that he really couldn't find anything to do in the Ministry of Transportation, Liu Gen talked with Foreman Qi for a while and chose to leave. He was unable to help the Ministry of Transportation repair the machine tool, and Liu Gen continued to stay here, which would only affect the work efficiency of the Ministry of Transportation.

Leaving the Ministry of Trusteeship, Liu Gen simply left the arsenal and headed towards the cliff on the back of Huangya Cave, where soldiers from the secret service regiment were on guard.

During the days after coming to Huangya Cave, Liu Gen found that the daily vigilance of the soldiers of the secret service regiment was very tight, and there were open and secret whistles and whistles. On the cliffs on both sides of the Huangya Cave in the east, the business regiment also had suspension bridges. There were soldiers patrolling the suspension bridge. Ordinary soldiers would be worried when they walked on the suspension bridge, worried that they would fall from above.

After greeting the soldiers on patrol, Liu Gen walked onto the suspension bridge. Walking on the suspension bridge, Liu Gen could feel the suspension bridge swaying. Occasionally, a gust of wind blew, and the suspension bridge swayed even more. Liu Gen looked down and saw that the soldiers patrolling the passage below were very small.

Leaving from the suspension bridge, Liu Gen looked at the soldiers patrolling around him with obvious admiration. The courage of these soldiers is undoubtedly worthy of recognition.

Liu Gen wandered around the cliff at will. He carefully observed the surrounding environment. It is true that Huangya Cave is a terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but even so, it cannot be taken lightly. During this period, the Japanese infiltration of the Japanese base area was very powerful, and the entrance to Huangya Cave had a significant possibility of being exposed.

On the cliff, Liu Gen could see that there were many stones prepared by the soldiers here. These stones were divided into piles. If there was a battle, these stones would become nightmares for the Japanese troops.

"Genzi, why are you here? I heard you have been in the room these two days." Just as Liu Gen was walking on the cliff, Captain Ou came to Liu Gen.

Liu Gen was a little surprised when he saw Captain Ou coming to him. He didn't see Captain Ou just now. Could it be that Captain Ou just came up? Looking at Captain Ou in front of him, Liu Gen realized that Captain Ou should have something to do with him, but he just didn't know what happened to Captain Ou.

"Captain Ou, why are you here?" Liu Gen asked with a smile.

Commander Ou also laughed, "I was patrolling here just now. When I saw your Genzi's figure, I followed up and take a look."

"You kid is so brave. You dare to cross the suspension bridge alone. If you fall off the suspension bridge, you will die without a complete body. I saw you just now. When you cross the suspension bridge, you were very calm and you were afraid of not seeing it at all."

Liu Gen shook his head and said, "I am nothing compared to these comrades patrolling every day. They are more courageous."

Looking at the soldiers on patrol, Liu Gen could see that these soldiers were not affected by the arrival of Captain Ou, and they were still patrolling seriously. Noting this, Liu Gen realized that the daily training of the headquarters' secret service regiment was very good.

"There is no way to patrol the suspension bridge. The cliffs on both sides are right, but if the Japanese troops quietly touch them, the arsenal will be in trouble."

"Every day the soldiers strengthen the suspension bridge to avoid any problems with the suspension bridge. Our secret service regiment has never relaxed in terms of the safety of the soldiers." Captain Ou explained seriously for Liu Gen.

As the leader of the headquarters secret service regiment, Captain Ou does a lot of things every day and pays enough attention to the soldiers in the secret service regiment. Every day, Captain Ou will come to the suspension bridge to personally check the situation of the suspension bridge to avoid negligence from the soldiers.
Chapter completed!