The full name of K31 is Karabiner-31, which means Type 31 carbine. It fires 7.5x55mm GP11 pointed bullets with high chamber pressure, fast firing rate and extremely high accuracy. It is the main rifle of the Swiss Army.
At the same time, the shooting accuracy of rotating bolt action rifles such as Lee-Enfield, Mosin-Nagant, and Springfield was generally between 2.5-4.0MOA, but the K31 could reach an exaggerated 1.5MOA.
It is not surprising that Switzerland, which is famous for its precision manufacturing, can make such a precise and deadly rifle, but the direct-pull bolt has inherent reliability problems and the manufacturing process is relatively complicated.
The Ming army dismissed this useless gadget, but Jin Yiwei and the Yi'an Police Department purchased 200 of them together and installed sights on them for use by special service units, because they did not need to face the muddy and bad use environment; while the Ming army Then continue to use the self-produced Type 21 rifle as the basis of the sniper rifle.
"How is the trial production of the production line going?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, starting from the day before yesterday, a total of 94 vehicles were trial-produced in three days, and 70 vehicles passed the inspection. During this period, a fifth of the defective parts were returned..."
The group of people had now arrived at the assembly plant. The main structures of the trucks were placed at intervals on the long heavy-duty conveyor belt, and the tires were suspended one by one on the transmission cables in mid-air next to them.
However, the assembly lines are now at a standstill, and production has not resumed since the end of get off work yesterday evening.
Zhu Lichi walked to the conveyor belt, tilted his head and asked: "How long will this situation last? If it is officially put into production in the future, the output may be stable?"
An engineer handed over his hand and replied: "The rate of parts scrap and defective products is not low now, and it will take some time to debug and familiarize with it. When everything is normal, the theoretical daily output will be about 75 vehicles, and the annual output will be about 25,000. "If we work overtime, we can reach 40,000 vehicles."
"This output is still less than that of many car manufacturers in Thailand and Spain. Hmm... maybe they will continue to manufacture now?"
"It will probably take a while to get back to Your Highness."
Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to observe with his own eyes, everyone will naturally let him get his wish. Anyway, we will do it step by step.
So under the organization of the managers and supervisors, the employees went to their respective posts one after another, and the blowers, electric motors, steam hammers, conveyor belts, etc. were all started one after another.
A moment later, led by the manager of this branch, Zhu Lizheng and his party arrived at the foundry.
You can feel the heat wave hitting your face even before you walk in. The cupola has not actually stopped, and the employees inside are shouting loudly at this moment.
"It's time to poke the eye of the storm, hurry up!"
"It's time to cast iron!"
In the furnace, the coke at the bottom is burning, and the huge heat seems to melt everything. A series of physical and chemical reactions are taking place inside.
In a short while, yellow-white hot molten iron gushes out of the tap hole, then flows down the trough into the barrel-shaped molten iron ladle. It is then pulled up by the hook and sent to the casting workshop next door.
The sand molds have been prepared long ago, and several workers not far away are constantly making molds with shovels and hammers.
Naturally, the huge ladle of molten iron cannot be moved manually, so it was tilted and poured some molten iron into a smaller bucket. Then two workers picked it up with large pliers and walked steadily to a sand mold on the ground. , slowly pour the molten iron in...
Here is the scene of a foundry, and in the forge, you can hear the short, thick and loud sound of "dong dong dong" from a long distance away.
Four or five shirtless workers worked together to hold a red-hot steel blank with large pliers, stretched it onto the huge steam hammer table, and then continued to forge it rapidly, rotating it while forging it. Become the shape you want…
In this era when automated production was not yet developed, many manufacturing processes seemed primitive, but that is the current situation, and even many countries still use this manufacturing method decades later.
Of course, only some of the parts that the factory can produce itself, such as window glass, wipers, tires, engines, etc., are handled by other manufacturers and companies.
The group of people wandered around and finally returned to the assembly workshop.
The main structure of the truck placed on the heavy conveyor belt stopped every time it passed a "checkpoint", and more than a dozen workers gathered around to install parts, and the cycle continued.
In this way, the truck that was originally just a "skeleton" gradually took shape. Zhu Lichi saw the 65-horsepower six-cylinder gasoline engines hanging on the transmission cables in mid-air. When the basically formed truck stopped on the assembly line, the workers They immediately helped install the engine into the front of the car.
He watched a completed truck drive off the production line, and then asked: "I have seen your future plans. In addition to building a new truck production line with an annual output of 25,000 units, there is also a tractor production line with an annual output of 100,000 units. What’s your plan?”
"Yes, Your Highness, the original plan was actually more ambitious. It was to open a separate workshop and build a large factory with a daily output of 150 vehicles." This time the answer was from a fat manager.
"Oh? Then why cut it in half."
"Well... the main reason is that we are afraid that there will be insufficient skilled workers and the yield rate will not increase."
Although his expression was normal, Zhu Lizheng was not satisfied with this answer.
Building a factory and arranging production lines doesn't mean it can be done right away. It can only be done in two years? It is entirely possible to solve the problem of skilled workers during this time.
"There are never too many trucks. The so-called lack of skilled workers leading to poor yields... shouldn't be a problem." He said calmly: "Whether it's old-timers bringing in newbies or organizing training and teaching, try to solve it. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand, His Highness's intention will be conveyed in time, and we...will make adjustments."
After staying in the newly built branch of Yangyue Company for nearly two hours, a satisfied Zhu Lizhen finally left.
After returning to the palace where he stayed, he was pacing in the backyard and thinking. Zhan Shi Wu Zhengren accompanied him.
"The more cars we have, the better. Management and construction are indispensable. The world situation is like this now..."
"Your Highness, our country started late in this regard. It has only improved in the past ten years. There is no rush."
"Of course I know, but we have to hurry now. We have to seize the time of the past three years." Zhu Lizhen stood with his hands behind his hands and said slowly: "I intend to build a large-scale truck assembly workshop. The location should be in Shanghai. It is convenient. ; and then order a large number of component trucks from Ford, Dodge, and General Motors companies in the United States and Canada, and assemble them after delivery. I am afraid that the financial affairs will need to be fine-tuned, and the money will have to be allocated from some aspect."
Wu Zhengren, who was a little surprised, was stunned for two seconds before hesitantly replied: "But the financial affairs planned should not be changed significantly. I wonder how much the 'large amount' His Highness mentioned?"
In fact, due to the needs of modernization construction, Daming has a very large demand for trucks. When self-produced cannot meet the demand, some trucks are actually imported every year.
"In two years, 150,000 vehicles."
"This seems to be a lot... Automobile companies in the United States and Canada mostly focus on civilian cars and do not produce many trucks. Besides, this money..."
(End of chapter)
