kvmb Chapter 377: My Army, Why Are You Rewarding Me with Inland Gunboats?
Chapter 377: My Army, Why Are You Rewarding Me with Inland Gunboats?
Ding Wei secretly returned to the command center, closed the door, and checked the gains of the Liaohe blocking battle.
[The Liaohe blocking battle received logistical support, including 2 tons of military flour, canned food, rice, etc.; 1.2 bolt-action rifles, 3000 semi-automatic rifles, 800 submachine guns, 1200 semi-automatic rifles, 500 light and heavy machine guns, and 180 million rounds of ammunition.]
[Obtained 60 300mm mortars, 120 30mm mortars, 107 20mm mortars, 36 mountain guns, 105 12mm howitzers, 36 anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns, and 80 rounds of artillery shells]
[Obtained 12 inland gunboats and 1 copy of inland gunboat production materials. 】
Looking at the list of reward materials, the first two are normal. They are nothing more than rewards for combat materials and replenishment of firearms and ammunition. This is normal.
From the rewards for the last combat sniping, Ding Wei had already seen some clues. The last reward was the drawings of the SKS semi-automatic rifle.
This time, the means of production for inland gunboats were given.
We have the army all over our hands, why give us inland gunboats? Is that something that our Ding Wei can play with?
Could it be related to the area of the blocking operation? In the Liaohe blocking operation, the reward was an inland gunboat. If the blocking operation was in the Pacific, would the reward be a warship?
Along the Songjiang River, several Japanese-style inland gunboats were salvaged from underwater, most of which were deliberately sunk.
After a simple repair, it was used as a patrol ship to maintain patrols in Songjiang.
But it mainly relied on Wang Chao's Independent 1st Army stationed along the Songjiang line, with its headquarters in Jiamusi.
The water and the sea are our eternal pain, as if they do not belong to us yellow people.
The technical difficulty of inland gunboats is not high, and many small countries can also equip them. As early as 28, Harbin established the Northeast Shipyard, which was able to manufacture 1000-ton gunboats.
Technology is not a problem. As long as Ding Wei can produce steel and technical skills, he can build an inland fleet in Songjiang.
The 12 inland gunboats awarded to him were small and medium-sized gunboats.
None of them can be classified as gunboats.
12 small gunboats with a full load of about 60 tons, 26 meters long, 4.1 meters wide, 0.9 meters draft, and 58 people can run along the Songhua River and Heilongjiang River.
Equipped with a turret similar to the T34 tank, with a caliber of 85 mm.
In the absence of air defense means, the vehicle can be modified to include two 37mm anti-aircraft guns.
Wang Chao has an inland patrol team at his disposal, and he can also consider establishing the Songjiang Fleet, using these 12 small gunboats as the foundation.
It would be embarrassing to tell others about it. How dare you call it a fleet?
The means of production are quite valuable, including three types of shipbuilding materials: large, medium and small. As long as a reliable person is arranged, the shipyard in Harbin can be reopened.
No one is more suitable than Mu Wanqiu, who controls a series of commercial industries in Ding Wei's hands.
It would be a good idea to transform the Northeast Shipyard into a commercial industry and change it to Songjiang Shipping Company, mainly producing transport ships, commercial vessels and fishing boats.
As for why it can produce gunboats and gunboats, I don’t know.
That night, he arranged for the means of production to be transported to Harbin by truck, and personally instructed Mu Wanqiu to receive them.
It is such a blessing to have a capable woman to help run the business.
Not only can you manage the industry, you can also manage... (I don’t need to explain what this pause means) manage other things.
Ding Wei looked through the production materials and planned to produce 30 small inland gunboats after the Songjiang Shipping Company was established, forming a small patrol fleet of 42 ships.
It can strengthen the water defense capabilities from Songjiang to Heilongjiang.
Manufacture another 10 armored gunboats of about 150 tons to give the water fleet a certain ability to support army operations.
Whether it is crossing the Heilongjiang River or fighting in the Songjiang River Basin, the water fleet can play an important role.
Although Ding Wei and others are not in North Manchuria, the affairs of North Manchuria must still be promoted.
Mu Wanqiu's identity is not revealed, but her subordinates Zhou Weiguo, Sun Desheng and Wang Chao are very clear about the relationship between this woman and Ding Wei, and her actions represent Ding Wei's intentions.
In the territory of North Manchuria, outsiders cannot interfere.
After the order was issued to repair the Harbin shipyard, the army was directly involved and all the existing assets and equipment were taken over unconditionally. The technical workers involved in the shipyard were put under militarized management.
Concentrate resources to accomplish big tasks, renovate equipment that needs to be renovated, and replace equipment that needs to be replaced.
Let someone inform Zhou Weiguo in Hailar to go to Europe. The contradictions between the Russian bear and the American hawks are numerous, and they have divided up Dezi.
During this period, the company can consider hiring its laid-off workers, especially some technical workers related to the military industry.
After the large military industrial factories were split up, the employment situation further deteriorated and workers lost their jobs. They could consider coming to North Manchuria and joining the North Manchuria Military Factory.
Some of the most elite experts and scientific researchers must have been divided up.
What Ding Wei needs are grassroots technical workers with skilled skills who can directly expand the production capacity of the military factory.
The first batch of semi-automatic rifles was transported to the front-line command, and several thousand were produced in small batches and handed over to Zhang Dabiao's troops for testing.
The SKS semi-automatic rifle has superior performance, simple structure and is easy to maintain.
We already have the blueprints of AK46, and the automatic rifle may appear in the second half of the year. It will not be mass-produced in the future, and it is considered to be used as a semi-automatic sniper rifle.
It is equipped with a scope for use by sharpshooters and snipers in the army.
The focus of the modified design is on three advantages. The first is to enable the sniper to have the ability to shoot quickly, and the second is to have less recoil and easier to control the gun.
If the troops are to be equipped, the AK47 automatic rifle is obviously more suitable.
However, at the current stage, with the country's poor industrial capacity, it is obviously unrealistic to equip fully automatic rifles. Even if semi-automatic rifles are used, they must be interspersed with bolt-action rifles.
It’s good to have one, why do you need a bicycle?
Compared with the SVT semi-automatic rifle, the SKS is obviously superior. After the troops tried to use it, the comments they gave were more realistic.
An extremely suitable weapon for offensive use, it is light, reliable, easy to maintain, has a 10-round ammunition capacity, and has low recoil.
At least Zhang Dabiao himself asked the commander for 3 guns so that the entire column could be equipped with them.
"What are you doing? Are you trying to beat up the rich? Do you really think I'm rich? No, no."
After hanging up the phone, I replied to the Harbin Military Factory and told them to start mass production. They would gradually replace the SVT with SKS semi-automatic rifles and equip them to the troops.
The initial production capacity is small, so replace the squad leader and deputy squad leader first.
Once the production volume increases, we will strive to fully equip our main forces.
After solving the problems in the rear, we turned our attention to the battlefield in Northeast China. After more than two years of procrastination, it is time to end it.
Several field columns were renewed after fighting tough battles. The army's combat effectiveness is honed in constant battles. There are only troops that become stronger as the battle goes on, and no troops that become weaker as the battle goes on.