Chapter 18

In the busy arsenal, all workers are busy producing. Unnoticed, Kuster hurried into a room and took out several drawings.

Finding Fox and pulling him to him, Kuster said to him with a smile:

"Our production capacity is very good now. The reserve of rifles has exceeded a thousand, and the output of submachine guns and machine guns is not bad. So I plan to develop a new project."

Looking at the drawing in his hand, Fox frowned and had some questions:

"General, are you kidding me? Are you asking us to produce a hammer? We have so many hammers that we can't even use them all. And the hammer head of this hammer is still cylindrical, so what's the use of it?"

"No, no, no, he's not a hammer. Take a closer look. I've marked out the structure of this thing. It's so densely packed. I don't know why you only noticed its shape."

Afraid that he might misunderstand, Kuster quickly waved his hand and said:

"This is a grenade. The iron cylindrical shell is filled with explosives. Its triggering principle is that the friction between the pull rope and the steel wire ignites the fuse, and when the flame spreads, it will explode. In order to facilitate the use of the grenades, I also added a wooden handle to it."

Fox's eyes lit up, and he shook the drawing in his hand excitedly, but soon became decadent again:

"General, this is indeed a very good design. It is much more advanced than the grenades we are using now. But the production of our arsenal has been under high load these days, and each worker works diligently 10 hours a day. . But we won’t be able to produce too many firearms.

If we really want to produce this kind of grenade, it will inevitably lead to a decrease in the production capacity of other ordnance. Moreover, workers have gradually become familiar with the production of semi-automatic rifles. If they were suddenly switched to the production of an unfamiliar thing, I don’t think anyone would adapt.

So I suggested that we open one more factory, but we don't have much money. "

"Ha! Isn't it just about money? There are plenty of them!" Kuster took out a stack of green and red banknotes from his waist:

"This is a sum of money given to me by others, a total of 320,000 kronor. I'll give it to you. Go buy an explosives factory nearby, and then step up the production of this kind of grenade. I ask you to make me at least 10,000 kroner in mid-October. ”

Foxx excitedly took the money, without asking the origin of the money, stood up and saluted him, and then ran away as fast as he could.

Watching Fox's retreating figure, Kuster took a deep breath. Turning back, he hurried to the artillery repair room.

He called the workers over and asked them about the progress of the artillery production.

One of the men, who looked like a foreman, responded to his question.

The artillery is currently still under research and has not been put into production. Although Kuster's light artillery requires less materials than large-caliber artillery, its structure is complex and its manufacture is no less difficult than the artillery installed by the army.

And they only repaired ancient bronze cannons. They had never even touched a cannon made of pure steel, let alone made it.

Even though Kuster provided complete drawings, the cannon-casters lacked the experience and skills. If you want to manufacture these highly technical artillery pieces, you have to hire experts. But that requires money, and Kuster doesn't have any money now.

Moreover, Kuster was pressed for time, and news had already come from Wiltok. The emperor has read this letter of recommendation and is expected to visit him soon.

Kuster had to accept the reality and took out another drawing from his waist. Said somewhat helplessly:

"Well, let's terminate this plan. We don't produce high-tech artillery. Let's produce a simple, more advanced mortar."

This mortar is actually a mortar, but it hasn't appeared yet.

The principle of the mortar is very simple, it is basically to insert a firing pin into the base. The important thing is its shell, which has a detonator on the breech. After impacting the base, it burns rapidly, igniting the propellant inside the shell. After landing, the fuse hits the ground and explodes.

Therefore, mortar manufacturing is very simple, which is very suitable for Kuster's current development needs. As for the cannonballs, 10 cannonballs are enough to deal with the emperor.

The 60MM caliber is a good choice and can be produced quickly. The cost of its shells is also low, and it is also very logistically friendly.

The foreman looked at the drawings carefully, and for a moment, he felt a little appreciative and excited:

"This structure is very simple, and we can quickly manufacture its gun mount. But the shells it uses are difficult to produce, and we may not be suitable for it."

Kuster heard his metaphor, but said indifferently:

"I will leave the job of making artillery shells to others. I just bought an explosives factory and they will make the artillery shells."

The conversation was pleasant. After Kuster left, the cannon-casting workers also began their new work.

Kuster returned to the arsenal and had someone pull out the tank chassis he had made previously.

This chassis can be said to be very perfect, and it is no different from the craftsmanship produced 20 years later.

Kuster carefully removed the exterior with a wrench and examined it carefully.

The suspension adopts the torsion bar spring type he requested, with a total of five pairs of road wheels, and every part is very delicate. It's a pity that there are big problems with the connection technology between this chassis and other components, otherwise it would really be a tank with excellent performance.

Kuster touched his chin, frowned and thought for a while.

At present, the plan to manufacture 75mm and 88mm guns has been abandoned, not to mention 105mm. So the plan for self-propelled artillery needs to be postponed, but it is a pity to throw away this excellent chassis.

And it is impossible to remake it into a tank. The special machine gun and artillery are still in the theoretical stage and have not been put into production.

The emperor's sudden agreement also put Kuster under great pressure. Now, time will not wait for them, but it does not mean that they cannot seize the gap of time passing.

It may be a good choice to load the mortar on it. It only needs to modify the gun mount, and this kind of high-angle parabolic shooting weapon is very important under certain conditions. As a long-range support unit, they do not need bulky defense, so the cost will become low.

But this kind of thing is too useless. It is a waste to install the mortar on the vehicle, but it can also be regarded as improving mobility. But installing the mortar on the tank chassis is a big problem.

But the chassis of this tank must be modified, otherwise it will not impress the emperor. But the power of the 60mm mortar is too low, at most it is useful to the people around the emperor.

And only some semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, grenades and other things can not attract people's attention, so he must think of a more powerful weapon as soon as possible.

Just as Kuster was thinking hard, he heard a "whoosh" explosion outside the room.

The door was also kicked open by someone, and the man shouted at Kuster:

"General! Run! There's a fire!"

Kuster didn't react, and he was dragged out of the armory full of flames.

But soon, the fire was controlled. Ten minutes later, the last trace of flames was completely extinguished.

Although the fire destroyed part of the facilities, fortunately, the fire did not spread to other places. The production loss was not great.

He hurried to the warehouse, saw the burnt wooden door, and kicked it open. He saw two soldiers with black smoke on their faces inside.

After hearing their explanation, Kuster realized that they were guarding here. After the fire, they stayed here and tried every means to prevent the fire from spreading here.

After seeing that the weapons and equipment in the warehouse were not lost, Kuster looked at them with admiration. He saluted with respect, and after receiving their return gift, he walked out of the warehouse with confidence.

Although there were some losses in this fire, the "whoosh" sound gave Kuster inspiration. He had no time to investigate the cause of the fire.

Go back to the room as soon as possible and take off the bandages on your hands. After a period of recuperation, the right hand finally has some human appearance.

Kuster did not hesitate, took out a piece of white paper and a pen, and devoted himself to work awkwardly.

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