Because of the mature drawings, the steam engine was assembled in just one day.
This also means that Zhu Han can finally settle down and implement his plan.
The arsenal in Shitouqiao Village where he is currently located is the closest arsenal to chemical plants and steel mills.
Originally there were only about 30 people, but Lao Liu recruited more than 400 people.
Fortunately, Zhu Han's requirements are not high.
Be reliable, obedient, and better yet have a more flexible mind.
According to normal standards, technical departments often only need educated people.
Especially in factories like theirs that are in contact with dangerous goods all day long.
We can only have a shortage rather than an excess, and we have never been able to expand the scale.
And it is impossible for Zhu Han not to know about this situation.
But he also knows that nowadays a person with a junior high school education is considered a rarity.
If we rely solely on this limited amount of intellectuals, we will have to wait until the year of the monkey to develop military industry.
So his initial idea was to cultivate talents himself.
There were originally more than thirty people, plus ten more people from the steel plant came to support, each with seven or eight people.
After getting familiar with it slowly for half a year, you will know everything.
Don't look at the crowd of more than 400 people standing together in a huge crowd.
In addition to taking away 50 people from Zhao Sizhe's grenade production line.
The rest was gone after a while.
Boring machines that produce seamless steel pipes and milling machines that can cut steel billets into any shape must be built, right?
After all, this is the basis for making guns.
The hydraulic press is also critical, after all, without it there would be no cranes and presses.
Every machine requires a large number of gears, screws, and nuts.
The original ones were either made of cast iron or carved from wood.
Poor coordination, short lifespan, and low efficiency.
So grinding machines, gear processing machines, and thread processing machines also need to be built, right?
That's it, the rifling machine hasn't been built yet.
A roller press is also indispensable.
The most critical thing.
Now we don’t even have machine tools.
The production line is even missing.
Therefore, it is far from being able to integrate power and have a large steam engine drive the entire production line.
One or two small steam engines are definitely not enough, they have to be built.
In this way, in the next two months, Zhu Han truly experienced what it means to hit the back of the head with his heel.
Anyone who has really been involved in front-line work should have experienced this.
Many seemingly simple things often cause many inexplicable problems during the execution process.
The more people there are, the more trouble there is.
For example, you want to collect information about employees’ immediate family members.
Very simple, right?
Don’t worry, someone will soon come to ask you how to fill in the divorce form, how to fill in the death certificate, what are immediate relatives, and some people will tell you the next day that they didn’t see the notice...
Fortunately, these workers in the Soviet area burst out with incredible enthusiasm for their work because of their love for the Eighth Route Army.
Zhu Han works nearly 19 hours a day.
Basically, workers draw drawings during their breaks.
When workers encounter problems at work, they go over and teach them how to solve them.
Then, before the backlog of problems was solved, a bunch of new problems arose.
Of course, such efforts are not in vain.
In the repeated cycle of Zhu Han wanting to give up several times, but gritting his teeth and pushing through, the days passed day by day.
The entire factory is also developing at an incredible speed.
…
"Kid, are you sure this is it? This is our Eighth Route Army's fucking arsenal? Didn't you get lost and lead us to the enemy's territory?"
A soldier with a beard rubbed his eyes and looked at the huge factory in front of him in disbelief.
The person he asked was a 16-year-old soldier named Li Dayou, who was Zhu Han's guard.
The hundred or so soldiers following them also stared at the incredible scene in front of them with their mouths wide open.
It's not that they don't have questions, it's that they were so shocked that their minds went blank and they just forgot to ask.
"Hehe, you're right!" Li Day had a mischievous smile on his face.
"Isn't it amazing? This is what we, Factory Manager Zhu, and hundreds of comrades workers worked hard day and night!"
"Dear me! When I sent the weapons for repair half a year ago, it seemed that there were only a few bungalows, right?"
"Good guy, this big black chimney looks mighty, and there are so many more!"
"This house is so big and tall. It's almost as big as the courtyard of the rich man's house in our village!"
"Look at your potential, at least four..."
They say that when a country bumpkin comes to town, he will see everything new.
This group of soldiers had already started talking nonsense even before they entered the factory.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Just then there was a burst of gunfire from inside the factory.
"Lie down!"
As the temporary company commander and the oldest veteran among them all, Bearded Beard had the fastest reaction.
Listening to the sound is an unknown gun.
First there were two sounds, and then several sounds came in succession.
I'm afraid there will be no less than 8 people with this kind of firepower. If they are elite Japs, it will be troublesome.
"The first platoon followed me towards the front entrance to attract firepower. The second and third platoons followed Xiao Li and reached for the back door. The second and third platoons of the third platoon climbed over the wall to look for fighters. We must rescue the comrades in the factory!"
I originally heard that they were issued guns at the factory.
So now, apart from the box gun in Beard's hand, the only thing left in Li Dayou's hand was the old sleeve with smooth rifling.
But just when everyone was preparing to fight the enemy with their bare hands, a burst of warm cheers erupted in the factory compound.
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, I should be testing the gun."
Li Dayou quickly explained to everyone.
"The factory director said that if everything goes well, the first gun can be rolled off the production line today, but I didn't expect it to be so fast."
"What?! You said we made the gun ourselves?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then quickly accelerated their pace and ran towards the factory.
There was no way, because of confidentiality reasons, they only knew that they were coming to the arsenal to perform a special mission.
Originally they thought they would be issued damaged firearms that had been repaired.
Who knew it was a new gun.
The sudden good news made these men who were not afraid of shells excited.
"Director Zhu, the soldiers are here!"
"Huh? Just in time!"
Compared with a month and a half ago, Zhu Han has lost a lot of weight now, and his eyes are bloodshot.
But his mental outlook is better than before.
For three years, he ate less than an ox, worked more than an ox, and became a housekeeper.
Now, the sunk costs are finally starting to pay off.
He also knew that this was just the beginning.
The so-called accumulation makes little difference.
The development going forward will only become more intense and crazy.
"Report, I am Wei Yong, commander of the temporary guard company!"
"Okay, he looks like a good soldier at first glance. What kind of guns have you shot?"
"Reporting to Director Zhu, I have been a soldier for 6 years and joined the Red Army four years ago. I have fought hundreds of battles, large and small. It can be said that I have fought with more than 80% of the rifles!"
"It's not just me. Among the soldiers who came this time, the ones who have been soldiers for the shortest time have been fighting for two years. From pistols and rifles to machine guns and mortars, there are people here who know how to use them."
"good!"
Zhu Han was very happy to hear such an answer.
It seems that Brigadier Chen has no secrets and has really mobilized the best soldiers.
He took the gun directly from the tester on the side and handed it to Wei Yong.
"Let's try this. This is the first gun made by our Eighth Route Army. I call him Wu Liu Ban."
"It can fire semi-automatically and has a maximum ammunition capacity of 10 rounds."
"yes!"
Wei Yong took the gun without hesitation.
I originally thought I could get started directly, but I didn't expect that this gun was different from the guns I had seen before.
But after all, he has rich experience. Under the guidance of the workers next to him, he quickly learned all the characteristics of the five and six half.
Load, aim, and fire accurately.
"Bah! Bahba...baah!"
Every time Wei Yong shoots, the people around him cheer.
The soldiers were even more excited than the workers
The workers cheered because the shot was so accurate. There was no straw man at 200 meters that could not be hit with one shot.
And this kind of marksmanship can only be said to be basic skills to the soldiers present.
They cheered that such an excellent rifle was made by the Eighth Route Army itself.
Since the day the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was established, the lack of guns and ammunition has been a problem that has been lingering on their heads.
If there were enough bullets, would fewer people die?
Don’t you have to be cornered a few times?
And now that I can make a gun, it is still such a good gun.
How could we not excite them?
What's more, the thought of having a five-six-and-a-half of my own soon makes me even more excited.
So just laugh, cry, cheer!
These lovely warriors need such an outlet so much.
