Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 612 I am now more powerful than the brigade commander. It will be no problem for one regimen

In the next half month, the entire Northwest Shanxi Military Sub-district launched a vigorous mass production and reorganization campaign. Everyone was very busy. It was not until early September that the base area finally calmed down.

The Shuiquan Oilfield operation, which had been suspended for a long time, was once again put on the agenda. For this purpose, Lin Zhenhua specially convened a combat meeting to prepare for a major counterattack and achieve the established development goals.

"Everyone, we are now strong and powerful, and have become a wealthy local tycoon. After two expansions of the arsenal, the production capacity has increased several times. We can now pat our chests and say that we are not afraid of fighting a war of attrition with the Japanese!"

"Let me first briefly tell you about the situation at the Arsenal so that you can have a general idea of ​​the situation. This way, when you formulate a battle plan, you will be more at ease!"

"First, let's talk about fighter jets. Since we started the production capacity expansion plan, we can now produce 150 fighter jets of various types per month. In fact, there is still room for improvement. However, the raw materials are limited, especially the supply of rubber. There have been some problems in recent times, which has prevented us from further increasing our production capacity."

"I have contacted Chen Minggeng to resolve this matter, but Chen Minggeng told me that there is a war going on in the Nanyang region, which has caused problems in the transportation of rubber. He cannot solve the problem in a short time. This means that we can only obtain 50 tons of rubber from the outside every month. Such a small amount cannot meet our needs at all. As a last resort, I had to use the rubber reserves in advance to maintain the production capacity of fighter jets to 150 per month!"

"My previous plan was to produce at least 220 fighters per month, but plans cannot keep up with changes. Before we can find a stable supply of rubber, we can only control production. Not to mention that I already have a design for a new fighter. Next, we need to test-produce a prototype. There is no need to produce too many old models. The upgrade of fighters is too fast. I estimate that in half a year, the performance of our fighters will surpass the Japanese air force in all aspects!"

"Next, let me talk about the production of tanks and armored vehicles. The lack of rubber has also had a significant impact on the production of our tanks and armored vehicles. I don't need to tell you much about the importance of rubber. It is indispensable just to reduce the wear of the tracks."

"Although we have 1000 tons of rubber in stock, we also have many uses for rubber, which means that our rubber supply has never been sufficient. I have thought of many ways to solve this problem, and even planned to conduct secondary refining from discarded rubber, but the technical difficulty is too great and it cannot be completed for the time being."

"We currently produce 260 Rhino tanks and 530 Cheetah armored vehicles per month. The reason why our production capacity has increased so much is that we have changed the original welding to casting, which greatly saves technology and time, resulting in a surge in our production capacity."

"If it weren't for the shortage of some raw materials, our monthly output of armored vehicles could reach 1000 units, and we could produce tens of thousands of units a year. This is absolutely no joke. We now have this capability."

"Before, we only had 102 machine tools, but now we have 496 machine tools of various types, which is nearly four times the number. In order to greatly improve the production efficiency of weapons, I have carried out large-scale modifications on the machine tools and transformed them into special machine tools, which further increased the production capacity of our weapons!"

"The next thing to talk about is the most important artillery. Now we can produce 1000 artillery pieces of various types per month, including 160 heavy artillery pieces, 280 medium-caliber artillery pieces, and 560 small-caliber mortars and anti-aircraft guns, which can fully meet our current needs."

"In terms of heavy artillery production, I want to emphasize one point, that is, in terms of battlefield performance, the 105mm heavy artillery is not as effective as the 160mm mortar. We have now switched to heavy mortar production on a large scale, reducing the production of 105mm and 120mm heavy artillery, controlling their production quantity to 30 per month, and focusing on the production of 120mm, 160mm and 180mm heavy mortars as the strongest ground support firepower."

"The next thing to talk about is the rocket launcher that everyone is most concerned about. After being re-finalized, there are now only two types of rockets, one is a 100mm light rocket, and the other is a 200mm heavy rocket. The production of air defense rockets has been completely suspended. It did not play a big role in the previous air defense performance, so it was decided to completely stop using it."

"From now on, our troops' air defense will be entirely handled by fighter planes and anti-aircraft guns in the air. Anti-aircraft rockets have begun to be fully miniaturized. I plan to install them on fighter planes or bombers for use in air battles with the Japanese."

"We can currently produce 1000 light rockets and 480 heavy rockets per month. We have more than 3000 rockets in stock, which is enough to launch a saturation attack on the Japanese. We are still trying to further increase the production capacity of rockets, and it is expected that the monthly production will reach 2000 by the end of next month."

"Finally, let's talk about firearms. We have already completed mass production of rifles. To be honest, I really don't want to produce bolt-action rifles anymore. Their firepower is too weak. But if we switch to semi-automatic rifles, we are really not well equipped. The main reason is that our copper supply has always been very unstable, which has led to our inability to produce bullets at full capacity."

"There's nothing much to say about our rifles. Everyone has tried them before. In general, their performance is average, and they are more than enough to equip second-line troops. We can now produce 1500 rifles per month, and we expect that in two or three months, the number will increase to around 2500. They use 7.92mm bullets, which will facilitate our logistics supply."

"As for submachine guns, the production capacity is relatively high, reaching 3000 per month, which can basically meet our needs. Submachine guns put a lot of pressure on logistics, especially after the change to 100-round drum magazines, the consumption of bullets is even more alarming. For this reason, I have specially added six submachine gun bullet production lines to ensure the supply of submachine gun bullets."

"The rest are bullets and shells. There's really nothing much to say about these two. We now produce 600 million rounds of various bullets per month. Originally, the production capacity could reach 1000 million rounds, but due to the shortage of copper materials, we had to reduce the production capacity. Our current bullet production line has been greatly upgraded and transformed from the original fully manual to semi-automatic. This has greatly improved our ammunition production capacity. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said that you can shoot as much as you want on the battlefield, and I will replenish as much as you shoot."

"But a good cook cannot cook without rice. We are in dire need of copper now. I even thought about using steel-tipped bullets, but after trial production, I found that they often jammed when shooting, and the continuity of firepower could not be guaranteed. So I had to stop research and development."

"In terms of the use of copper materials, I prioritized the supply of copper for artillery shells, which has enabled our artillery shell production to remain stable. We can now produce 16 artillery shells of various types per month, of which anti-aircraft shells account for the largest number, about , and the other are ordinary artillery shells."

"After talking about weapons and ammunition, let's talk about fuel, which is what everyone is most concerned about. After completing the mechanization and deployment, our demand for fuel has once again reached a new level, not to mention the hundreds of fighter jets, which are even bigger consumers of fuel. If we don't find a way to solve the fuel problem, then no matter how many planes and tanks we produce, it will be useless. It's no better than a firewood stick."

"Our fuel comes mainly from two sources. One is to produce synthetic gasoline from coal-to-oil. We currently have 36 coal-to-oil equipment, and the oil produced by them accounts for % of our current fuel supply. Previously, this proportion was %, but now it has dropped a lot, which makes our current fuel shortage much better than before."

"The other is to extract and refine oil, which accounts for 40% of our current fuel supply. With the second phase of the oil field expansion, it will account for 60% of our fuel supply. However, since the oil field's reserves are not large, I estimate that it will only be enough for us for half a year. If we want to keep our war machine running, occupying the Shuiquan Oilfield has become an urgent matter."

"This is why I called everyone to a meeting. The next fuel crisis will be even more terrible than this one, and it may even be unsolvable for us. In order to solve the fuel crisis in half a year, we must take over the Shuiquan Oilfield at all costs. Once the counterattack begins, we will not stop until the Japanese are driven out!"

Before, everyone didn't really know much about the base's financial situation. After hearing what Lin Zhenhua said today, everyone had a relaxed smile on their face.

"Damn it, I never dreamed that we would be this rich. We are even richer than the local rich. The previous 2000 million was worth it. We have to spend the remaining 3000 million and convert it all into our strength."

"After this reorganization, I now have nine battalions under my command, with a total strength of 6200 people, which is equivalent to the strength of three reinforced regiments. I am now more powerful than his mother's brigade commander. If I encounter a brigade of the Japanese, I will not be afraid at all. I will have the courage to chase the Japanese directly. I am so confident!" Li Yunlong laughed heartily.