In the artillery department, Kong Jue carefully checked the drawings in his hand. He was a little surprised. It was because the weapons and equipment on these drawings were within the range that the arsenal could manufacture.

Kong Jue has some knowledge of the submachine guns of the Japanese special forces. The submachine guns seized from the Japanese special forces were sent to the arsenal. The bosses wanted the arsenal to try to imitate them. However, after the arsenal's technicians inspected them, they had to announce that it was impossible to imitate these submachine guns in the Japanese special forces. Many of the parts were very exquisite and could not be manufactured by the arsenal.

Of course, the arsenal can also try to make these parts by hand, but the risk is too great. It is too time-consuming and labor-intensive to imitate the parts by hand.

Now from the design drawings taken out by Liu Gen, Kong Jue can see that it is not too difficult to produce these weapons and equipment early. It can be said that as long as you have enough effort, there will be no problem in manufacturing these weapons and equipment. Kong Jue knows that Liu Gen chose to hand over these weapons and equipment to himself to do them in order to test his own abilities.

Knowing that Liu Gen was testing himself, Kong Jue did not have the idea of ​​directly manufacturing these weapons and equipment. Perhaps there would be no problem in directly manufacturing these weapons and equipment, but he still wanted to choose to manufacture these weapons and equipment after he understood these design drawings. He did not allow himself to have any problems in manufacturing these weapons and equipment.

When Liu Gen saw that Kong Jue did not start directly in manufacturing the weapons and equipment he designed, he was a little satisfied. He hoped that Kong Jue could do a good job in this matter. Only in this way could he be confident in handing over the artillery department to Kong Jue. Because Liu Gen's situation was a bit special, it was impossible for him to stay in the arsenal, and even more impossible for him to stay in the artillery department all the time.

It can be said that among the things that Liu Gen has done, he spent the shortest time in the artillery department, which makes him somewhat ashamed. He feels that he is not suitable to continue to be the artillery department. He needs someone who is more attentive than him to take over the artillery department. As for the person who takes over the artillery department, the technical ability of the artillery department is insufficient, with Liu Gen, he will definitely be able to help this person improve his skills.

Among the artillery department, Liu Gen is most optimistic about Kong Jue. Based on his understanding of the artillery department, Kong Jue is undoubtedly the most suitable person to take over the artillery department.

You should know that in the artillery department, except for Liu Gen, the one with the strongest technical ability is Kong Jue. On weekdays, Liu Gen is not in the artillery department, and many things are solved by Kong Jue. It can be said that Kong Jue is the deputy director of the artillery department. Now Liu Gen is preparing to give Kong Jue a chance, an opportunity to be responsible for the artillery department.

At present, Kong Jue's performance has made Liu Gen very satisfied. He knows that using Kong Jue's technical ability to manufacture these weapons and equipment is not a problem. Just want to take over the artillery department and bring the artillery department well, Kong Jue needs not only technical ability, but also certain management ability.

Only with enough ability in all aspects of Kong Jue can Liu Gen hand over the artillery department to Kong Jue with confidence. He does not want the artillery department established by himself to disappear from the arsenal quietly. Liu Gen has great expectations for the artillery department. Perhaps it is difficult in all aspects now, but Liu Gen believes that as long as he can persist, the future of the artillery department will be bright.

Liu Gen was very clear about the positioning of the Artillery Department. The current task of the Artillery Department is to continuously cultivate relevant talents. When the time comes, the Artillery Department will grow rapidly. For the Eighth Route Army, a sufficiently powerful artillery unit is necessary, and the number of artillery troops currently owned by the Eighth Route Army is far from enough.

Two days later, Kong Jue began to organize the workers of the artillery department to make weapons and equipment. Liu Gen stayed aside and watched all this seriously without any idea. Since he chose to hand over the manufacturing of weapons and equipment to Kong Jue, Liu Gen would not easily intervene in it. If he chose Kong Jue, he should give him enough trust.

Under Kong Jue's organization, the workers of the artillery department were all involved in the production of weapons and equipment. Among the weapons and equipment designed by Liu Gen, the most difficult thing to make is the submachine gun. As for other equipment, they are gadgets and it is not difficult to make. On the submachine gun, Liu Gen took out two drawings, one suitable for front-line troops, and the other is that it looks much smaller and is most suitable for the soldiers of combat squads.

It is difficult to manufacture a smaller submachine gun, but it is within the range that the soldiers can accept. At least Liu Gen feels that there will be no problem in manufacturing the corresponding parts in a branch factory.

When Liu Gen learned that Kong Jue felt that the manufacturing of a submachine gun was the most difficult, Liu Gen smiled quietly. Among the design drawings he took out, the most difficult thing to make was not the submachine gun, but the silencer. It took a lot of requirements to create a qualified silencer. If Kong Jue didn't pay attention to it, it would probably take a lot of effort.

Even if Liu Gen was asked to make a silencer, he was not sure. A qualified silencer requires too many things. Even if the arsenal can be made, he can only choose to make a hand. If he wants to make a qualified silencer manually, Liu Gen could imagine the difficulty, but he had some hope. Perhaps the workers in the arsenal could bring him some surprises?

Three days later, the artillery department successfully made the first submachine gun. In the eyes of the workers, the manufacturing of submachine guns was a bit too simple. They didn’t have much to do, and most of them were assembled by submachine guns. After all, in Liu Gen’s design, the components used by submachine guns were stamped by machine tools, and the production difficulty was very low.

The workers participated in the manufacturing and assembly of submachine guns. They all knew that the submachine gun had 51 parts, the production process was very simple, and the structure was also very simple. The entire submachine gun seemed a bit rough and ugly. The workers were a little doubtful whether the submachine gun could be fired smoothly and whether it could be actually sent to the front line troops for use.

At the same time, what puzzled the workers was that the submachine gun adopted a double insurance design, and they didn't understand why Liu Gen designed it like this. Double insurance will indeed improve the safety of the submachine gun to a certain extent, but in the eyes of the workers, it is unnecessary, and there is no problem with a single insurance.

The workers did not come to ask Liu Gen for the reasons related to it, but Kong Jue came to find Liu Gen. He also didn't understand why Liu Gen emphasized the need to adopt a double insurance design. Usually, the soldiers only had one insurance in their hands, and there was no big problem. The double insurance gave the submachine gun two or three more parts. Abandoning this design can save a lot of materials and speed up the production of the submachine gun.

When facing Kong Jue's inquiry, Liu Gen was not surprised, and he knew that Kong Jue would come to him. Double insurance is somewhat unnecessary in the eyes of many people, not to mention that the resources in the arsenal are limited, so too much resources should not be consumed on this.

"Brother Kong Jue, submachine guns are different from rifles. With the power of submachine guns, if they really go out of fire, the soldiers will be in danger of life. With more insurance, the soldiers can also have more protection. They cannot give up such a design because of the obvious resources."

"In production, you also know the situation of this submachine gun. The structure is very simple and without double insurance, the chance of fire will be very high. We need to consider this when designing weapons and cannot joke about the lives of the soldiers." Liu Gen said to Kong Jue.

Kong Jue looked at Liu Gen's serious face and immediately understood Liu Gen's importance. He stopped talking. He knew that Liu Gen was doing right. The submachine gun was to be delivered to the soldiers, and they could not continue fighting due to the fire of the submachine gun.

"Foreman Liu, have you considered this a long time ago? When I first started designing this submachine gun, I should have only one level of insurance, right?" Kong Jue couldn't help but ask after a moment of silence.

Liu Gen shook his head. He looked at Kong Jue in front of him, but realized that Kong Jue had contacted a little too little information. There was no way. Who made the current conditions of the Eighth Route Army too difficult? Kong Jue has a very good talent and works very hard, but he does not have enough knowledge to learn more about other countries.

If Kong Jue had enough knowledge of submachine guns, he would recognize that it was not the submachine gun designed by Liu Gen, but the Sden submachine gun that the British had been in power in 1942. Unfortunately, Kong Jue had too little knowledge of this. To be precise, it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army troops to learn too much information outside.

First, the soldiers in the Eighth Route Army have a relatively low level of cultural level and are not able to read books and newspapers about the outside world; second, because the anti-Japanese base has always been blocked, even if the soldiers want to learn more about the outside world, there will be no good way.

"This is not the submachine gun I designed, but was designed by two British gun designers, Shebbod and Du Saipin, who were appointed to the British troops in 1942." Liu Gen said seriously.

Liu Gen did not have such interest in putting this submachine gun design on himself. In Liu Gen's eyes, the Side submachine gun has many shortcomings and has many areas that can be improved. However, Liu Gen has to admit that the Side submachine gun is very suitable for use by the Eighth Route Army troops, because the Side submachine gun is cheap enough to be equipped to various troops on a large scale in the shortest time.

For the current Eighth Route Army troops, what they need is cheap weapons and equipment like the Sden submachine gun, which is powerful and can also be equipped on a large scale. Even if Liu Gen can design a better submachine gun, it is not suitable for the current Eighth Route Army troops. A good submachine gun means sufficient materials and high cost, which is unacceptable to the Eighth Route Army troops.

"That's right, it seems that I'm a little ignorant." Kong Jue scratched his head and said with shame.

Liu Gen shook his head and said helplessly: "This is not your reason. In our team, there are too few ways to understand the outside world, and many people are like this."

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Liu Gen was very satisfied with the first Sden submachine gun being successfully made, but he still needed to test the power of the submachine gun and conduct related shooting tests to make him truly relieved. Compared with the Sden submachine gun made by the British, the submachine gun made by Kong Jue and others had some changes, and the magazine was placed under the gun body instead of aside.

Liu Gen was still a little worried when he looked at the submachine gun in his hand. He didn't know if there would be any problems with the quality of the steel in the arsenal. Even if the Sden submachine gun was too cheap, it still had certain requirements for the quality of the steel.

However, after Liu Gen carefully checked, he found no problems. Apart from being a little ugly, there was nothing worth picking about.

In order to avoid the leak of the location of a branch factory, the Japanese discovered that Liu Gen and others were far away from the location of the branch factory when testing the gun, and chose to test the gun in the mountains. During this period, Liu Gen carried the submachine gun on his back and the magazine was filled with bullets. If it really went fire, he might be in danger of his life.

Kong Jue and others were a little worried about the fire going on, and wanted to carry it on their backs, but Liu Gen refused. The submachine gun was made by him and asked Kong Jue and others to test the gun now. If there was a problem with the submachine gun, then Liu Gen deserved it. At the same time, he knew that the submachine gun could not be sent to the front line troops for use.

Along the way, Kong Jue and others were frightened. They were always worried that the submachine gun that Liu Gen was carrying would go fire. At this time, Kong Jue and others realized how important it was. When they successfully arrived at the gun test site, Liu Gen could see that Kong Jue and others' clothes were wet with sweat. They were about to worry to death. Fortunately, there were no problems on the road.

"Are you okay?" Liu Gen asked.

Kong Jue and others shook their heads vigorously and said with a wry smile: "Foreman Liu, we finally understand why we need to use double insurance. The road is so bumpy, and the possibility of a fire from a first insurance is very high. Even if it is a double insurance, we are very worried, and we are always worried that the submachine gun will fire."

Liu Gen laughed. He noticed the status of Kong Jue and others, but did not choose to speak out, which made Kong Jue and others realize the importance of double insurance. It is still very valuable to come with a submachine gun on his back. On the road, Liu Gen was also worried that the submachine gun would fire, but he was not too nervous. These are uncertain factors. He could not choose to give up because he was worried that the submachine gun would fire.

If the submachine guns made by the arsenal were not afraid to carry even Liu Gen who proposed to make submachine guns, then how could the submachine guns be delivered to the soldiers on the front line? Liu Gen hopes that in this way, Kong Jue and others can be more attentive when making submachine guns, and avoid any problems with the submachine guns.

Liu Gen didn't want to see the soldiers not sacrificing on the battlefield, but unfortunately sacrificing them under the fire of the submachine gun. If such a thing really happened, then he didn't know how he would face the division commander and the boss!
Chapter completed!