After completing the military expansion of the column, Deng Chenggong's subsequent focus shifted to factories in the base area. He knew very well that a war that swept the world was about to begin soon. Compared to eliminating the Japanese in North China, Deng Chenggong paid more attention to developing the industrial system of the base area.

He wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to try to make a fortune in this world war while attacking the Japanese. He could not create high-end weapons to sell them, so he would produce some military supplies and sell them abroad to earn foreign exchange.

Even if he had the opportunity, he could use the powerful force of the column as a backing to import some high-precision mechanical equipment from abroad that he could not usually buy. After all, rather than consuming these equipment in the smoke of war, Deng Chenggong believed that those business owners would rather convert these easily depleted machinery into money and store them.

Of course, all this was imagined out of thin air by Deng Chenggong. As for whether he can get what he wants in the end, it depends on whether he can find the prices that the business owners are willing to sell.

Since the end of the Battle of Peking City, the countries where Deng Chengcheng placed orders have loaded the things he ordered to ship to the country. Considering that the military factory is no longer suitable for placement in the cave in the Yinlong Base, Deng Chenggong specially arranged for Xu Mingyuan to find an excellent location in the Taihang Mountains not far from the base to serve as a resettlement site for the new arsenal factory. Today, the first factory Deng Chenggong inspected was the new arsenal factory that had just moved here.

In recent years, Deng Chenggong's investment in the arsenal was undoubtedly the most invested in the arsenal directly under the column, with an arsenal that originally had only a few hundred people. After years of development and recruitment, it has now become a large arsenal with nearly 5,000 people. The arsenal has also developed from the initial restorative weapons to the scale of being able to independently develop and research weapons.

Considering the excellence of civil-style rifles, the civil-style rifles produced by the arsenal over the years are still equipped with many entire units. Of course, the confidentiality of this rifle has been preserved since the day of its execution, and there has been no loss or loss of guns yet. In a sense, the confidentiality work of the militia column is still done quite well.

Deng Chenggong, who had experience in the top special forces in later generations, knew very well that the quality of a weapon could determine the outcome of a battle in a sense. Therefore, he always emphasized that the engineers of the arsenal should use their brains to develop new weapons as much as possible while ensuring that the production tasks are not affected.

When he came to the arsenal this time, Deng Chenggong mainly wanted to see the two design drawings he gave before the mobilization campaign. He didn't know whether the arsenal had made some progress. You should know that these two things were good things he planned to use to earn foreign exchange.

In today's arsenal, in addition to thousands of workers, in order to prevent the intelligence of the arsenal from leaking out and being attacked by others, Deng successfully arranged two regular militia brigades outside the arsenal, and also arranged a Flying Eagle Special Operations Squad and a counter-espionage intelligence team.

Every factory entering and leaving the arsenal must undergo a strict inspection when leaving the factory. What's more, workers in the arsenal are rarely allowed to go out, and their families are mostly placed near the arsenal. Of course, the treatment given to these workers can also be said to be impossible for any arsenal in China to give.

This kind of tight guard, which sounds a bit unkind, is mainly because the things in the arsenal are too sensitive. Once the news leaks, Deng Chenggong cannot guarantee that the Japanese will go crazy and bombard or destroy the arsenal that he has been building for so hard.

The current director of the column arsenal is Zhao Tiezhu, the son of former director Zhao Tiechu. Although it sounds a bit inappropriate for this father to inherit his son. However, compared to Zhao Tiechu, his son Zhao Tiezhu is more aware of management, and has long-term contact with such mechanical equipment.

After some consideration, Deng Chenggong finally chose Zhao Tiezhu as the director of the arsenal. After saying that, both father and son of this family were from the arsenal. In addition, after the Zhao family came, they could indeed consider that they regarded the factory as their home, so it was natural to give the Zhao family some more care.

Deng Chenggong did not notify the arsenal before coming to inspect the inspection. After several strict inspections on the outside, the group of people entered the arsenal. It was not until he walked into the workshop that a master who was working recognized Deng Chenggong. At this time, Zhao Tiezhu, who was also checking the operation of the mechanical equipment, learned that the commander had actually come to inspect it in person.

Seeing the commander Deng Chenggong coming in person, someone naturally informed Zhao Tiezhu immediately. Looking at Zhao Tiezhu who was covered in oil on his body, Deng Chenggong smiled and said, "You two fathers and sons are really like the factory directors. They are busy every day than the factory masters. By the way, Tiezhu, how are your father's health recently? Is that okay?"

Compared to Zhao Tiechu's bad temper, Zhao Tiezhu's temperament is relatively gentle. He was still excited to face Deng Chenggong's inquiry: "Thank you for your concern. My father is in good health. Since there was a medical center in the arsenal, the doctors checked his father twice in three days. Although he didn't like it, he knew it was for his own good. In this way, he didn't have any problems. By the way, where is the commander here today?"

Deng Chenggong smiled and said, "It's nothing big. Your arsenal has just been relocated. I want to come over to see if it will affect your production progress. Also, I want to see how the two weapons you were asked to develop last time?"

Hearing this, Zhao Tiezhu immediately said with a smile: "Oh, the commander came here for those two weapons. You came here really coincidentally. Today is the time for the last test of the Weapons Research Institute. We originally wanted to send someone to notify you after the product was finalized, but we didn't expect the commander to come here in such a hurry. Then let's go to the Weapons Research Institute now! If nothing unexpected happens, they should be all at the experimental shooting range now."

The commander in front of him and the weapons researchers in the arsenal were very impressed. Many soldiers can fight, but few people can design weapons. However, the young commander in front of him can always come up with some weapon drawings that are very practical and have excellent performance in the eyes of weapons researchers.

Before leaving, Deng Chenggong handed over the two weapons to the newly established Weapons Institute of the Arsenal, namely the 40-bazooka and the 107-caliber light rocket launcher used by later national defense forces for a long time.

It goes without saying that the former is mainly used for infantry attack and confrontation with thin-skinned tanks and armored vehicles in the current Japanese army. Having a 40-bazooka means that when the infantry faces the Japanese armored troops and fortifications, this light but practical weapon can have an unexpected counterattack effect.

The latter was found by Deng Chenggong from a series of rocket launchers he had seen in later generations. This "AK47" which was known as rocket launchers in later generations is famous for its lightness, practicality and wide coverage of firepower strikes. Even in the export of weapons in later generations, this model of rocket launcher was deeply loved by the armies of some poor countries.

The most rare thing is that rocket launchers of this caliber are produced in this era by transportation, and as long as they are added to pack horses, they can maneuver randomly. There will be many restrictions and requirements like some vehicle-mounted rocket launchers, which are very suitable for supplementing them to the current series of militia weapons and equipment.

When Deng Chenggong and his group arrived at the experimental shooting range of the arsenal, Director Yu Wenbin of the Weapons Research Institute learned the news and immediately stopped the factory preparing for the experiment. He led the researchers in charge of these two weapons to greet the shooting range.

Deng Chenggong was undoubtedly very happy to hear that these two weapons could be basically fixed and only needed to conduct the last precise experiment. He brought the artillery division commander and Wu Zhongyuan who came to inspect the inspection together and walked into the shooting range experimental area.

Looking at the two 107 rocket launchers placed on the experimental site, Situ Liang, the commander of the Artillery Division, said with some doubt: "Commander, this is what you said to be the killer weapon to give to our artillery division in the future? But I think this thing doesn't seem to be very special except for the more gun barrels, right? This thing is really as terrible as you said?"

Compared to Situ Liang, who saw this rocket launcher for the first time, Deng Chenggong knew more clearly how powerful the seemingly inconspicuous rocket launcher was. This light rocket launcher, which looks simple and high-precision weapons, has received unanimous praise from soldiers in the army in subsequent battles.

If you are good or not, you will only know if you fight!

Deng Chenggong did not explain much about Situ Liang's suspicion, so that Yu Wenbin could start the experiment normally. Yu Wenbin, who had tried several times, knew very well how powerful the short and strange gun car in front of him was. He looked at Situ Liang, who suspected his weapon performance, and immediately ordered the researchers from the Weapons Institute to fill the two gun cars with rockets.

As the twelve rockets were filled, the shooting range for the rocket shell was set five kilometers away. Situ Liang's expression was undoubtedly a little surprised when he heard that such a short gun barrel could hit so far.

This shelling distance can almost be compared with howitzers with a caliber of 120 caliber. However, compared with the transportation and transfer of howitzers, the inconspicuous small cannon stand in front of us is undoubtedly lighter. Moreover, the howitzers can only be fired one by one, and the thing in front of us can be fired twelve times in a row. That is better, and professionals like Situ Liang are undoubtedly more clear.

What surprised him even more was that after the weapon researcher turned on the launch switch and fired, the honeycomb-like cannon truck that looked like a leaky honeycomb made a series of harsh "chubby" sounds. Rockets flew directly to the set shooting range. All twelve rockets were launched, which took less than a minute. This launch speed undoubtedly made Situ Liang overturn his first feeling of the small cannon truck!

After the rocket was fired, Situ Liang quickly observed the bullet point through the telescope. Seeing the shooting range being covered by a round of artillery fire from the two rocket launchers, Situ Liang was completely shocked. With this thing, who would use that bulky howitzer!

Moreover, the strike range and shooting speed of a rocket launcher can completely exceed the firing of about ten howitzers. Whether in terms of loading convenience or gunner personnel configuration, the large-caliber howitzer he liked before suddenly turned into a slag in front of this little thing!
Chapter completed!