Chapter 41: The Li Clan's Military Arsenal (Continued)
Try shooting, adjust the gun, from the first shot off target to later every shot is on target. Soon, Li Ruofeng, Feidi Qing and Qi Dongming got familiar with the 56 semi-automatic rifle, 56 submachine gun and 54 pistol.
"Master, these three guns are really great! Where did you get them from? What's the name of this gun?" Fedi excitedly asked, holding up the 56-style assault rifle with the muzzle pointing upwards and slung over his shoulder.
Li Ruofeng opened and closed the three-edged bayonet at the front of the 56-style semi-automatic rifle in his hand, fiddling with it a few times before answering: "This is our Li family's self-designed, developed and manufactured product. They will also become the standard weapons of our army. The one I'm holding is called the 1928 Li Semi-Automatic Rifle. The one you're holding is the 1928 Li Assault Rifle. The handgun in Rongyang's hand, I've named it the 28-style Military Handgun. Within three years, I want to fully equip the new 38th and 39th Divisions with our own products. In addition to what you see today, we will also use our own products for heavy machine guns, light machine guns, mortars, and infantry artillery in the future. I must let my most elite soldiers use the best equipment that matches them!"
After finishing, Li Ruofeng handed the gun in his hand to Qi Dongming beside him, walked to the ammunition box with 56-style 40MM rocket launcher, carefully assembled several components against the drawing paper, and then communicated with the American brought by Li Chenglong.
"Mr. Galand, welcome to China. Look, I've assembled this rocket launcher, is there anything wrong with it?"
He had previously heard from his uncle that Mr. Galand was currently working for the Li consortium, and when Li Chenglong introduced him, he just nodded and greeted the American engineer before rushing to test the gun, without much courtesy with the American, intentionally making things cool for him, dampening the spirit of this American who wore a clear American superior air on his face.
"Li, you are an excellent weapon design master. The drawings and design concepts you provided have further perfected my original design idea, creating the world's best weapons." Galande took over the rocket launcher assembled by Li Ruofeng, checking it while saying: "This rocket launcher is designed by you, and there is no problem with it at all. The weapons we Americans make are the best! You can try its power, I guarantee that its birth will turn those tanks into iron coffins."
"The processing technology of American workers is indeed excellent, Mr. Galand. I'm glad you can turn it from drawings into products. I believe we still have the opportunity to cooperate more deeply." Li Ruofeng smiled and took back the rocket launcher from Galand's hand.
"Li, you mean you have new weapon blueprints?" Galande asked sensitively.
Li Ruofeng nodded and smiled: "Yes, Mr. Galand, you should know that China's four great inventions have promoted the development process of the entire world to a large extent. China is the first country to use firearms, and the Chinese people are the ancestors of designing and manufacturing firearms. Although we were once backward, I guarantee that you will witness the resurgence of the Chinese nation in the future."
"Li, I believe your confidence comes from your strength. Because what I've seen is not just these new-style weapons, but also the walkie-talkie you invented. China is indeed a mysterious ancient civilization of the East." Galand said sincerely: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes and participated in its design and manufacturing, I really wouldn't have believed that such an incredible lightweight wireless communication device was invented by your Chinese people."
"Because I stand on the shoulders of giants." Li Ruofeng smiled mysteriously and didn't say anything more, carrying this 56-style 40mm rocket launcher to a specially set up steel target.
He stood at the shooting position, half squatting on the ground, with the rocket tube's body fixed and clamped on his shoulder, opened the sight, aimed at the target 100 meters in front of him made of a 50mm thick steel plate, took a deep breath, and then pulled the trigger.
A fiery light with a flaming tail shot out of the rocket tube, and in the blink of an eye, it hit the steel target, blasting a hole with a diameter of half a meter through the thick steel plate.
Qī Dōngmíng stared blankly at the rocket launcher on Lǐ Ruòfēng's shoulder, muttering: "Young Master, with this kind of rocket launcher, when fighting against tanks or bunkers on the battlefield, we won't have to use our brothers' lives to hug explosive packs and risk their lives..."
Li Ruofeng put the rocket launcher back in the box, closed the lid and locked it, saying to Sun Zhen and Zhuang Yu: "The importance of these weapons, I believe you two can understand without me saying much. How to keep them safe and confidential, you two will handle it. This rocket launcher, I'll name it Huo Long!"
"Yes, young master, I guarantee it will be done under my personal supervision!" Feidi Qing replied solemnly.
If Li Ruofeng was quite satisfied with the four weapons brought back by his uncle, Li Chenglong, what he valued more in his heart was the wireless walkie-talkie packed in an iron box.
In his past life, he was a pseudo-military enthusiast, but his exclusive profession was that of a communications engineer. The importance of communication on the battlefield sometimes far outweighs that of advanced weaponry.
In the 1930s, various countries in Europe and America were already developing electronic tube walkie-talkies. Li Ruofeng took advantage of his innate advantages and introduced more advanced design concepts on the basis of electronic tube walkie-talkies at that time, making this kind of walkie-talkie have greater power and smaller volume.
This 3KG weight, volume shape is larger than the later "brick" by one time, the farthest call distance reaches fifteen kilometers military communication equipment, is Li's financial group developed and manufactured the world's first small wireless communication device, at that time for its design, Li Ruofeng can be said to have invested a great deal of effort, from electronic tubes to batteries, all beyond the technological level of this era by at least ten years.
The emergence of this first-generation walkie-talkie has enabled the communication and coordination of Li Ruofeng's troops to be configured at the company and battalion level, which is of paramount importance for battlefield situation reporting.
Especially for the future special mode of Inferno, it's like a tiger adding wings.
In the subsequent walkie-talkie experiment, the clear call quality within a distance of fifteen kilometers made Feidi Qing and Qi Dongming ecstatic about the "black brick" in their hands, even more excited than playing semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns before. As commanders, they were well aware of the strategic role of this small and lightweight communication equipment on the battlefield.
To know, now the new 38th Division and 39th Division are equipped with that kind of radio station, the smallest and lightest one weighs nearly twenty kilograms, and it also needs to be equipped with a hand-cranked generator. A radio station is equipped with at least four people for use and maintenance. Now there is this lightweight and compact walkie-talkie, the two of them can't wait to throw away all the radio stations in the whole division and replace them with the treasure in their hands.
Li Chenglong brought back to the country with him: 1928 Li semi-automatic rifle 500, 1928 Li submachine gun 500, Type 28 military pistol 500, matching bullets for each type of firearm 100,000 rounds, 50 flamethrowers, and 500 rockets. Also included were "Wind Language" machine guns and accessories, 200 sets, named by Li Ruofeng.
All equipment is temporarily stored in the new 38th Division Armory, and no one is allowed to move this batch of new equipment without Li Ruofeng's personal signature.
However, when leaving the new 38th division's base, Li Ruofeng couldn't withstand Feidi Qing and Qi Dongming's persistent requests. They took out five sets of each equipment for prior testing under the pretext of being familiar with the equipment.
After returning to Ganzhou, Li Ruofeng only then found out that his elder uncle had an even bigger surprise waiting for him.
