Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 108 Yellow River = War Industrialist + Deputy Minister of Logistics

 With sufficient materials in hand, the laboratory in the Logistics Department began to operate around the clock.

In order to learn more new technologies, many technical backbones of the military industrial zone, including several directors, almost live here and come to help whenever there is no work at hand.

 Under the leadership of Wu Sixue, it only took the comrades a week to cast the first barrel. Due to the size of the train axle, the caliber of this new gun is a full eight millimeters larger than the original one.

The weight of the shell also reached 4.5 kilograms, which is heavier than the 82mm mortar high-explosive shell.

After determining the caliber, the military industrial zone worked overtime to produce the shells in order to avoid delaying the test firing time.

 After lunch that day, all the managers from various areas of the Logistics Department came to the shooting range to visit. Although only one component was independently developed and produced, it was of great significance and no one wanted to miss this moment.

 In order to test the practicality of this cannon on the battlefield, Huanghe specially arranged for people to disassemble the cannon into a pile of parts.

The person responsible for this test launch was a director of the military industrial zone.

It is really helpless for a technical soldier to do this kind of thing, because only these workers have more time to be exposed to infantry artillery. At this time, Huang He even missed Commander Li.

Looking at the dozens of comrades who had no idea what to do with the mountain of parts in front of them, the corner of Huang He's mouth twitched helplessly.

“Director Liu, why do I feel like you don’t know how to assemble it? When you were dismantling it, weren’t you very fast?”

Facing doubts from their own people, the workers became even more confused. Director Liu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with some embarrassment:

“Isn’t there a structural diagram, and Mr. Wu was still there to direct it? Besides, it is always easier to destroy than to build.”

Five minutes have passed, and the improved infantry gun still has not been assembled. Wu Sixue in the crowd knew that he had to stand up.

Originally, he wanted to give his apprentices some hands-on opportunities. Although it seemed a little unsatisfactory, practice makes perfect in everything.

 But we can’t wait any longer now.

 The sun at noon is a bit poisonous, and an old man with physical problems cannot withstand such exposure.

Mr. Wu walked to the improved infantry cannon and used his crutch to direct Director Liu, who was covered in feathers. The assembly speed was much faster to the naked eye.

 A Type 92 infantry gun can be assembled by the Japanese's skilled gun crew in almost five minutes.

But since it was the first time for the comrades in the military industrial zone to get started, it took them almost twenty-five minutes, but fortunately there was not an extra part.

Amid the expectant gazes of everyone, a weapon that was both familiar and unfamiliar appeared in the open space of the shooting range.

Even though he successfully passed the first level, Director Liu was still a little nervous. In order to make him relax, Huang He joked:

“I would like to ask, this first shot won’t kill us all. If something happens to us people, the logistics department will be shut down.”

To be able to reach the top of the logistics department, in addition to having strong technical skills, the emotional intelligence should not be too low.

Director Liu obviously understood what Huang He meant and followed his words.

"Then you have to be careful. Our troops are in poor condition and very few infantry artillery pieces have been captured. I am just a production director, not an artillery battalion commander."

“It’s my first time to use this thing. I just can’t find anyone who knows how to use it. Let me give it a try.”

“Everyone, please be careful. I can’t take the responsibility if something goes wrong.”

 Amidst the laughter of everyone, the comrades responsible for the test gun were obviously more relaxed.

Artillery is not a firearm. In this era, direct aim may not necessarily achieve 100% hit. It is a range of damage. Huang He pointed at the sandbags more than a thousand meters away and said:

“Have you seen that area? Let’s try the accuracy of this gun first. After all, the rifling is hand-engraved, and no one knows what the situation is.”

Director Liu covered the dazzling sunlight with his hand and looked in the direction of the other person's finger. Then he began to direct his comrades to push the cannon and mount the cannon at a place he thought was suitable.

Then they squinted at the sandbags in the distance and began to adjust the height of the barrel according to Wu Sixue's teachings.

  It seems that it is a bit sloppy and the aim is not stable enough. Director Liu changed several positions to observe respectively, and finally lowered the muzzle slightly.

 After doing all this, he turned back to everyone and said: "Comrades! I'm ready to fire!"

Now is not the time to be clever. Huang He looked at the artillery crew in front and said seriously: "Pay attention to safety! Try to give us a Chinese-style shock."

“Okay!” Director Liu opened the loading port, pushed the shell in from the back, then closed the loading port and pulled it sharply.

 “Bang!”

 After the first round test, there was no problem with the barrel, and there was not even any change at all.

 In the distance, a cannonball exploded.

Everyone immediately looked at the sandbags in the distance. The area had been bombed into a mess, and the impact point was about 20 meters away from the sandbags.

This result was something no one expected. After all, the cannon body had no experience to draw from when designing it, and it was completely a matter of feeling the stones.

When he looked at the hero at this time, he saw that Director Liu was already more than twenty meters away from the cannon. He forgot to cover his ears when he was firing, and now he looked a little dazed.

The people present hurriedly gathered around to check on his condition. Director Liu suddenly happily pulled up the people around him and shouted:

“I succeeded! We also succeeded! Not only is this gun no problem! It’s even more powerful than the original!”

“When the cannon was fired, I was shocked! Now my ears are buzzing.”

 The next few shells further proved the success of this gun, and smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

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 Another week later, the brigade commander personally brought the transport team to the logistics department. Recently, various regiment-level units have launched attacks one after another and captured a lot of enemy weapons and equipment.

 A large part of them are damaged and need to be sent to the military industrial zone for repair. The reason why he came in person today was to do two things.

 The first thing is to retrieve the two infantry guns.

 When he learned that the two cannons had been successfully repaired and had been improved to become more powerful, even the brigade commander couldn't help but laugh out loud despite his experience.

 The second thing is to deliver a new letter of appointment to Huang He.

 Since arriving at the base area in August last year, Huanghe’s contribution has been seen by everyone. The numerous materials he brought not only improved the combat effectiveness of the troops, but also promoted the development of the base area.

Not to mention there are so many scientists, engineers, and teachers who came here because of his existence. These people have now become the treasures of the rear.

Although the base areas and troops are now living better, they are barely out of poverty at best, which is difficult to reward Huang He materially.

However, considering that the other party is not a person who is greedy for enjoyment, otherwise he would not choose to stick to the dangerous front line.

 So according to the unanimous decision of the head of the headquarters, Huang He will be promoted to the deputy director of the Logistics Department first, and he will be added later when the conditions are good.

After the brigade commander arrived, he got down to business first, sending all the damaged weapons to the military industrial area, and then asked the transport team to take away the two infantry cannons.

 After doing all this, he took Zhang Wanhe to the laboratory and found the Yellow River under the leadership of Wang Dexing.

"Hey! Brigadier! I'm a rare visitor. Sit down quickly. What's going on today?"

The brigade commander with an aunt's smile on his face took out Huang He's new appointment letter from his arms, saluted with a military salute and said:

“Comrade Huang He, due to your outstanding performance, the headquarters has decided to appoint you as the deputy director of the Logistics Department. The original scope of work remains unchanged, and you are still assisting Zhang Wanhe in his work.”

 At this moment, the system in my mind suddenly became active.

 The interface that originally did not have any portraits suddenly appeared with a picture of the Yellow River. After concentrating, he also saw a line of introduction.

　　　War Industrialist: Yellow River

 Advisor effect: +10% production rate for naval docks and military factories. "

   This chapter is not satisfactory. It has been so long since I wrote about the main character and I am already feeling rusty.

 (End of this chapter)