All the technicians who had been invited back finally arrived. Other than a few who were still angry, the rest quickly threw themselves into the research materials and equipment operation of the new weapon.
The outside world was still in an uproar about this kidnapping case, but the government did not investigate much. They focused more on fighting for territory and making money. Therefore, the crisis that wasn't considered a crisis was finally over. Nie Wenzhou looked at the information he received and heaved a sigh of relief. Although he had expected this operation to cause a sensation, he did not expect the intellectual to cause such a huge commotion.
Famous ones such as Ta Kung Pao, Shen Bao, New Youth, etc. were all reported on a large scale, and various places also sent people to investigate on a large scale. Nie Wenzhou quickly bribed some newspapers to divert attention. In addition, the warlords did not have the time or intention to investigate further, so things quickly calmed down.
Nie Wenzhou broke out in a cold sweat as he thought about it. He swore that he would never cause trouble like this again unless he had no other choice. His heart could not take it anymore.
......
Time passed quickly, and the autumn planting had already ended. The weather was getting colder and colder.
What warmed Nie Wenzhou's heart was the completion of the factory.
Now, the technicians and engineers were installing the equipment according to the blueprints. The civilian factories had already started production, and only the heavy industry factories were one step behind.
The first thing to be installed was the power plant, which was used for both life and production. Fortunately, most of the equipment existed as a whole. As long as he faced the blueprint, it would be done very quickly. Other than one or two instruments, the current equipment was basically mechanical. There were not as many instruments and electronic equipment as in the future.
Then, the steel factory and the arsenal were the main points. Even if he had studied the blueprints and equipment in advance, it would still take him a month to complete the installation.
Nie Wenzhou waited until the flowers were about to wither. The purchased steel ingots, scrap iron, and ores came in along Longhai Road. They had accumulated tens of thousands of tons. Finally, they received the news that the installation and testing were completed.
Fortunately, the equipment did not need to be bought from abroad. If they were to buy all the equipment from abroad, it would take at least half a year for them to purchase, transport, and install the equipment. The larger the scale of the project, the longer the duration of the project. Usually, an expansion project would take one or two years.
Nie Wenzhou thought that if a small-scale arsenal took such a long time this time, the steel joint project with a million tons of production would take at least half a year to a year. He had to make plans as soon as possible. Whether it was the location, the training of workers, or the management, it was better to do it sooner than later.
He simply bought a batch of cars, forks, and other auxiliary equipment to strive for sufficient manpower and material resources for the next major construction project. It would not be like this time, where everything was rushed and ducks were driven.
this day
The north wind was howling, but it hadn't snowed yet. The weather was a little gloomy.
However, everyone in the steel factory was burning with excitement because the first batch of steel was about to come out.
"Is it time yet? Can we start the furnace? We should be able to refine qualified steel, right?”Nie Wenzhou muttered.
Wang Fengchun and Yang Yining were also feeling uneasy. Although they felt that they had thoroughly understood the formula on the information and the workers were familiar with the operation, no one dared to make any guarantees without opening the furnace to test it.
Suddenly, someone shouted,"Alright, it's time. We can open the furnace."”
Everyone hurriedly moved back according to the rules they had set earlier. Of course, if anyone felt that they were not afraid of the high temperature and boiling heat of the molten steel, they could come closer and take a look.
As the furnace slowly tilted, the molten steel flowed down along the grooves. Soon, it was turned into steel ingots by the workers or pressed into the embryo membrane. The group of people were eager to touch the remaining temperature on the surface.
"Quick, quick, take it and test it to see if it meets the standards.”Wang Fengchun instructed a few workers to carry a small steel ingot to test it, leaving behind gasps of admiration.
"Tsk tsk, look at this steel. It's indeed much harder than the iron in the past. Listen, this sound is really nice!”
"Yes, yes. This time, we can be considered to have steel. We won't need foreigners in the future.”
"But some of our raw materials come from foreigners?”
"Ahem, these are all details. There's no need to worry about them!”
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"The test results are out.”
Soon, a technician ran out with a piece of paper. As he ran, he waved his hand. His excitement was much better than marrying a wife.
"Let me see, let me see, haha. I knew it would work, it would work, it would work.
Nie Wenzhou hurriedly went forward to take the report. Actually, he couldn't understand it either, but it didn't stop him from being hysterical as he read it. After a long while, he finally passed the paper to someone else. Everyone came over to take a look, not caring if they understood or not.
Nie Wenzhou turned to Yang Yining and said,""Mr. Yang, I remember that this batch of steel is gun barrel steel, right? So now we can start making our own rifles, right?”
"Yes, Major. Now that we have steel, we can take it to the rolling mill to process it. Then, the arsenal can start making rifles. However, he didn't know if the Young Marshal was planning to imitate the Mauser or make the semi-automatic type.”
"Of course, we'll build semi-automatic machines. It's okay to have a small number in the early stages. We have to ensure the quality first, improve the proficiency of the workers, and train more workers. We'll build a large arsenal later, and we'll be able to increase our numbers.”
"Yes, Major. However, the caliber would be inconsistent, and the ammunition consumption would also increase. The logistics might be more tense.”
"Yes, it doesn't matter. Now that this semi-automatic production has been produced, we'll store it for now. It's not suitable for the army for the time being. The purchased firearms were still sufficient. When the time came, the logistics would be much simpler. In the next two years, they would build a larger scale factory to equip the entire army.”
"Young Marshal is right. Now, the chemical plant and gunpowder manufacturing department can already provide qualified gunpowder. As long as the quantity of copper can be guaranteed, our bullet factory can guarantee to increase the production to eight million rounds per month in a month. At that time, we can barely supply the entire army.”
"We already have more than 40,000 people now. This amount of production is not much. Can't we increase it a little more?”
Nie Wenzhou was very unhappy. The equipment he bought was sold at a monthly production rate of 20 million yuan. The current production rate was only enough for the army to shoot daily, let alone hoard it for storage. Previously, he had wanted to buy everything, but he did not dare to let them shoot freely. There were only 100 rounds of training per month, which was far from the elite soldiers he wanted.
Yang Yining had no choice but to explain," Young Marshal, it's not that we don't want to increase production. It's just that we lack skilled workers now." Many of the workers that he had recruited previously did not have knowledge and were not proficient enough. Now, he had barely started half of the machines. The rest had to wait for the workers to be trained.”
"Looks like I'm in a hurry. Then let's recruit more workers and train them slowly. In any case, he did not lack money now, but he lacked people.”Nie Wenzhou could only sigh. In the past, Taiyuan and Shenyang Munitions Factory had more than 10,000 people. Now, he seemed to have fewer people here. It was imperative to recruit and train as soon as possible.
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