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#228 - New infantry three-piece set

The First Ordnance Factory of the Border Region.

Jiang Chongjing and Ren Zhong looked at the newly produced infantry weapons with completely different feelings.

For Ren Zhong, his heart was as still as water. This great weapon had arrived a little later than expected, but it was not too late.

The production capacity now unleashed was sufficient to support this weapon in shining brightly in the future.

Faced with the imminent capture of most of Jin Province, ammunition supply was no longer a factor to be meticulously calculated. Now, the main force of the Eighth Route Army needed stronger infantry firepower to form a greater forward advantage.

Based on the AK series of individual weapons, the Type 81 assault rifle was improved with a stamped and riveted receiver. The bolt carrier rails inside the receiver were formed in one go during the stamping process, making the gun more robust and durable. It used the same 7.62 caliber bullets as the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, providing fierce firepower, good sustained firing performance, and high accuracy, significantly improving individual combat firepower in positional warfare.

"Is this the latest Type 56 assault rifle (Type 81 version) from the Dawn Research Institute?" Jiang Chongjing picked up the newly produced Type 56 assault rifle, which was still warm. He tried it out and felt that it was not much different from the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in terms of feel.

"Yes, this is a real assault rifle with fierce firepower. We can go to the shooting range to try it out." Ren Zhong's visit here today was not just about welcoming the first batch of Type 56 assault rifles.

More importantly, he needed to start mass production of a new item, a real individual weapon of mass destruction: the RPG-80 disposable rocket launcher!

With the breakthrough in chemical engineering for the production of engineering plastics, Ren Zhong brought the PF89A rocket launcher from his main world to the world of "Bright Sword."

Compared to the original RPG rocket launcher, the biggest improvement of the new RPG-80 disposable rocket launcher was its light weight, truly achieving single-soldier launch and disposal after firing. The entire weapon, including the rocket and tube, weighed only 3.7 kilograms, with the launch tube weighing 1.86 kilograms and the rocket weighing 1.84 kilograms. It was extremely lightweight, and everyone could carry it.

Not only was it lightweight, but its power was also greater than the RPG, with an explosive kill radius of up to 20 meters, with a power comparable to a heavy artillery shell. Its range reached 1000 meters, and it could penetrate 180mm of armor at a direct firing range of 300 meters. This weapon's lethality was astonishing for armored targets and fortifications.

For infantry fighting on the front lines, it was equivalent to having a reliable ability to attack armor and bunkers on their own.

Moreover, the weight was less than 4 kilograms, which was the weight of six hand grenades, but the range and accuracy of its damage were not comparable to hand grenades at all.

This was the best gift Ren Zhong had prepared for the infantry.

Today, he brought a sample developed by the Dawn Research Institute, as well as a complete set of production process drawings.

Compared to the RPG, this set of production was simpler.

Of course, some new equipment also needed to be added to the production line.

However, seeing that Jiang Chongjing was very interested in the new assault rifle, Ren Zhong accompanied Jiang Chongjing to try the Type 56 assault rifle first. It was not until Jiang Chongjing was satisfied with the powerful firepower of the Type 56 assault rifle that Ren Zhong took out the RPG-80 rocket launcher. After Jiang Chongjing saw it, he instantly felt that the Type 56 assault rifle was not so appealing.

Because according to the instructions provided by Ren Zhong, the destructive power of this disposable rocket launcher was quite amazing. Compared to mortars, it could be used closer to the scene, and it had higher precision and greater destructive power!

In extreme cases, if the entire company carried an RPG-80 rocket launcher each and fired a volley at a large group of Japanese soldiers, Jiang Chongjing could not imagine how amazing it would be!

If the Japanese soldiers were marching in formation, one wave could probably take away an entire Japanese battalion!

What was the concept of an explosive kill radius of 20 meters? That was more than 1,200 square meters, equivalent to 3 basketball courts!

The key was that this thing was very easy to carry and could be used to infiltrate the core area of the Japanese soldiers to cause greater damage!

The production priority of this weapon must be raised to the top priority!

Jiang Chongjing decided almost instantly.

However, there was more than one surprise. Another new gift that Ren Zhong brought made Jiang Chongjing feel conflicted.

Ren Zhong took out the grenade launcher that was paired with the modified Type 81 assault rifle, which could further push the firepower of the infantry to the extreme.

Unlike the disposable rocket launcher, this type of rifle grenade launcher could be used repeatedly, indirectly turning the hand grenade into a rocket launcher. The range of such a grenade launcher could reach 200 meters, which was several times farther than throwing a hand grenade for frontline soldiers, and the accuracy was increased countless times!

After Jiang Chongjing finished reading the two items that Ren Zhong had brought over, he fell into a dilemma.

"Minister Jiang, I'll leave these two to you. See how to maximize production capacity. In the upcoming battlefield, this will increase the guarantee for the improvement of our frontline strength." Ren Zhong patted Jiang Chongjing, who couldn't put it down, and said.

"For the production of these two items, I suggest you use an assembly line method. Some parts can only be manufactured by the border region ordnance factory, so we will arrange for mass production in the border region ordnance factory. If the remaining parts can be manufactured by various ordnance factories, we can distribute them to achieve comprehensive production and increase production capacity to quickly realize the replacement on the front lines."

In the previous production process, Ren Zhong instilled the concepts of standardized production and assembly line production, forming the standardization of ordnance manufacturing in the border region. This enabled the same item produced by different base ordnance factories to be interchangeable.

In this time and space, this was a huge improvement.

You should know that even in the 1950s and 1960s in the main world, domestic military industry did not achieve such a standardized operation mode.

The complete military standard was not released until 1996, which can be said to have taken a long detour.

"Yes, yes, yes, why didn't I think of this? We now have a large number of factories. When we decompose the tasks later, the production of these three products will not be delayed." Jiang Chongjing woke up.

"Old Brother Ren, what other good things does our Dawn Research Institute have? Although our production capacity cannot be fully released now, it is no problem to achieve mass production." Jiang Chongjing looked at Ren Zhong with a smile, as if looking at a treasure.

"Minister Jiang, I only have these things in my hands now, not too many. But I estimate that you will be busy enough with these few things. Now that the war is starting, the demand for weapons and ammunition on the front lines is almost endless. After these three new weapons come out, they will probably chase you every day." Ren Zhong said with a smile. Of course, the Dawn Research Institute was still constantly researching new weapons, but the only things that could be mass-produced were these two.

To be honest.

With just these three items, if they were configured in large quantities for the troops, the combat effectiveness of the troops would be further improved.

Especially in positional warfare within a 500-meter range, the current weapons and equipment can be said to have transformed the Eighth Route Army into the number one light infantry on the Blue Star without any problems.

Compared to light artillery such as mortars and grenade launchers, the RPG-80 rocket launcher was not only more powerful, but also simpler to use. Aim, fire! These two simple steps were all that was needed.

Even auxiliary personnel were not needed. There were scales on the sight that could directly assist in aiming at Japanese clusters or targets at different distances!

The same was true for grenade launchers, which greatly simplified the use of frontline light artillery.

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"That's right, the Type 56 assault rifle, grenade launcher, and RPG-80 rocket launcher that we just trial-produced are all much stronger than the current weapons. The troops who used to treat the Type 38 rifle as a family heirloom are now so picky that they don't even like the Japanese weapons. How many Japanese weapons do the main regiments still have? Even the grenade launchers know that our range is farther and the destructive power is stronger. The Type 11 light machine gun and the Type 38 rifle have now been distributed to the guerrillas. Thinking back to these two years, our military industry workers have really taken a new path under the leadership of Old Brother Ren." Jiang Chongjing sincerely admired.

"Don't, Minister Jiang, you are praising me too much," Ren Zhong felt a little overwhelmed and quickly said, "I'm just leading everyone to do research and development. Minister Jiang, you have always been working hard in terms of production. I don't dare to take credit for the work of Heaven."

"I dare to say this to anyone. They say that you are the father of our Eighth Route Army and the border region's military industry. I don't think there is any problem with that. May I ask which of our main weapons was not created by Old Brother Ren?" Jiang Chongjing sincerely sighed.

"I heard that we are now launching a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese soldiers in Jin Province. I feel that it is time to counterattack. We have accumulated so much wealth in these two years, and I know the configuration of the troops very well. Not to mention that there are enough bullets, but now our heavy firepower is equivalent to the main division of the Guo army in the past! Now, when we fight the Japanese soldiers, we don't need to rush up to fight with bayonets at all. We can just bombard the Japanese soldiers to death.

What's the big deal about artillery shells? We can now produce tens of thousands of rounds a day! How many Japanese soldiers can be bombarded?"

This was Jiang Chongjing's vision. Although he didn't know much about the overall situation, it didn't prevent him from being very confident in our troops. Because he knew that the true colors of our troops had not changed, and the equipment had undergone a transformation.

The main regiments had almost completely replaced their equipment with weapons produced by our own border region and base areas.

"Minister Jiang is right, our soldiers are brave and good at fighting. As long as we do a good job in supplying weapons and ammunition, no matter how many Japanese soldiers come, we will kill them all, and none of them will want to go back properly!" Ren Zhong thought of the evil deeds of the Japanese soldiers and wanted to say a word about not taking prisoners.

But in the end, he didn't publicly propose this to Chief of Staff Ye and the others.

After all, the Eighth Route Army also wanted face now.

It was okay for Li Yunlong and other frontline commanders to shout, but at the army level, they really didn't dare to talk nonsense.

But it didn't matter, Ren Zhong could manufacture some mass-killing weapons for the front lines to make it easier to harvest the Japanese soldiers.

Thinking of this, Ren Zhong suddenly felt that he had another research direction.

The first update.