Chapter 730 The radar is about to light up!
“Be serious. We are talking about serious matters. Why are you talking about this to the Japanese?”

Tong Meng rolled his eyes at Bi Sheng. When the two brothers were bickering, Xu Chaoyang fell into deep thought.

The problem of the lack of bullets for 217 has now been completely solved, although the production problem has yet to be solved. However, the problem of time has arisen. If the Japanese invaders attack Shanxi after the New Year, perhaps a fierce battle will break out, resulting in the consumption of hundreds of thousands of bullets. After all, the number of your troops is there. Even if we don’t count the number of troops to be expanded, and only count the number of Sichuan troops and 217, there are nearly 5 people. Isn’t it normal for each person to fire a dozen bullets in a battle?
This is considered a super-rich family for our real army in history!
At least I didn’t ask you to fight with a bayonet in one, two, three seconds, right?
But what about the enemies you face?

They occupied the Gongxian Arsenal in Henan and the Fengtian Arsenal in Northeast China, two of the four largest arsenals in the world. What was their production speed? What was the scale of their firepower?
Even if you ask someone who can’t fight a war to do the math, he can still figure it out for you easily.

“Yuke’er.”

“arrive.”

The Chief of Staff came over.

“Send a telegram to Yan’an and ask if we can discuss the purchase of bullets with the Soviets. We still need at least 1.5 million rounds of bullets as a base.”

“Yes!”

The Soviets can sell you a mining company and tanks because they know you don’t have the ability to imitate. But they will never sell you advanced bullet production lines and standard weapons production lines. Even if they are willing to sell you, they will only sell you outdated production lines. This has almost become an international practice.

But if you buy bullets from them, you will become a big customer.

Bullets!
This is a business that is sure to make money…it is the most favorite business of Americans.

As long as you are willing to pay, those people dare to bring a few Russian women to dance “Bang Cha Cha” with you while talking business with you.

No matter what Xu Chaoyang thought, the Soviet side had no reason to refuse. Who could refuse to take advantage?
If he had these 1.5 million bullets as a base, plus the 1.2 to 1.3 million bullets he produced himself, then before the Japanese arrived in Shanxi, Xu Chaoyang would have a total of nearly 3 million bullets in his hands, which would give him the confidence to fight the Japanese head-on.

What about Shanxi’s natural advantages?

What about the BT5 light tank?
Light machine gun Xu Chaoyang will definitely cling to the MG30…

“Other!”

Before Youkuier was about to leave the house, Xu Chaoyang said, “Ask if we can buy a small number of M1910 heavy machine guns!”

“Yes.”

What about this red killing sickle?
Xu Chaoyang began to get a little excited. When he finished speaking, he turned to look at the experts and asked, “If we buy the M1910, do you have the confidence to copy it?”

“Maxim?”

“No, it’s the most successful Maxim imitation, the Sokolov M1910.”

This is the heavy machine gun that is closest to Xu Chaoyang and that he can reach with his own hands. This thing is a donation from the Russians to the National Government!
Several experts looked at each other, smiled and said, “No problem.”

When they were working in the arsenal for a long time, Xu Chaoyang would ask people who came back from the United States to bring back newspapers and magazines about the development of weapons outside. These people were only half a year behind the most advanced level in the development of world weapons, and of course they knew what the Sokolov M1910 was.

“Yuquier, the report clearly states that we don’t want the 762 caliber, we want the 79 caliber!”

Xu Chaoyang quickly added, if you really buy a 762 caliber one and have to modify it yourself, wouldn’t that be a waste of money?
At this time, Xu Chaoyang only had one last question: “Heavy artillery!”

“It would be best if it was a large-caliber heavy artillery or howitzer. We lack this kind of powerful firepower for targeted destruction now.” During the Soviet-Japanese War, the Japanese used imitation Krupp howitzers against the Russians, which strengthened the Russians’ determination to develop heavy artillery. Afterwards, this group of lunatics devoted themselves to research, and in 1936, they even mounted the Su B-4 heavy artillery on tracks!

That is a 203mm caliber gun muzzle. Although the maximum traction speed is only 15 miles per hour, if such a big thing moves, it will be a mobile artillery position, and it even affected the creative direction of many Japanese comics.

Later, the Russians became more and more obsessed with the research of this thing, until the appearance of BR-5, which made the 280mm caliber field gun available. 280mm! Except for naval guns…where else can you find such a large caliber in this era? Are these people crazy?
So, how powerful is this thing?

The weight of the warhead is basically over 200 kilograms, and some special grenades even reach 286 kilograms. The amount of explosives is equivalent to three or four times that of the Su B-4. Each shell can create a bomb crater with a radius of ten meters and a depth of six meters!
Xu Chaoyang couldn’t reach the BR-5, a big gun second only to naval guns. This thing was not introduced until 1939. Even if the Russians were already in the trial stage, they couldn’t sell it. However, Xu Chaoyang really wanted to try the B-4, a 203mm caliber gun. This was a mobile turret mounted on tracks. As for the tractor, Xu Chaoyang even dared to dismantle the truck seized from the Japanese and use it as a special tractor for this thing…

“Commander, the heavy artillery…is out of our reach at the moment.”

This is not an excuse made by the experts, but their production equipment is not qualified for production, and they have no experience in producing heavy artillery. This is not something that can be thought of on the spur of the moment, and the strength of the gun barrel cannot be produced with the technology in Xu Chaoyang’s hands.

Tong Meng’s eyes lit up and he said, “But we can already produce 150mm caliber heavy mortars. Although it has nothing to do with heavy artillery, it can allow our infantry to further increase their firepower.”

Xu Chaoyang obviously had no interest in Chongpo. He looked out the window listlessly without saying a word.

Several experts seemed to see Xu Chaoyang’s urgency and said in a consoling tone: “Commander, science and technology cannot be achieved overnight. It takes time to develop…”

Xu Chaoyang was happy: “I understand.”

Of course he understood that technological development takes time, but the Japs didn’t leave him any time!

At this moment, Xu Chaoyang finally looked at the man at the end of the group. He was wearing a gray military uniform but had a long hair on his head. Although his hair was not “frizzy”, it was out of tune with this era. This was not the 70s when all Americans were pursuing freedom. It was awkward to see such a man suddenly appear.

“What happened to your hair?”

“Uncle…”

At this time, everyone in the room looked at the boy.

Of course not. If he calls Yuan Jialiu brother-in-law, then Yuan Fuzhen is of course his aunt, and he is his uncle.

“I asked you what happened to your hair.”

The boy seemed to have just understood. He lifted his hair by his cheek with his hand, shook his head, and said in the same posture as Master Fan Wu in “The Fragrant Sophora Flower in May”: “I have been calculating radar in the laboratory recently and have no time to take care of my hair.”

No time to take care of your hair?

Tong Meng interrupted, “This is a real lunatic. It’s been more than half a year, and I haven’t seen him leave the lab. He eats and sleeps in the room. The scrap paper he uses for calculations alone takes up half of the room, and that can be used as a bed!”

Several experts nodded at the same time. This could not be fake.

Xu Chaoyang looked at the boy with a hint of surprise and asked, “Do you understand?”

He actually nodded at Xu Chaoyang!
“As long as you bring back what I want, I can help you light up the radar in Shanxi!”

Damn it…

Xu Chaoyang really didn’t expect that in this era, he would be able to light up a radar on the ground in Shanxi. That’s a radar!
(End of this chapter)