If it is always under the protection of Commander Tomps, Saint Jose will not be able to grow more, so the opinions of Commander Tomps, Professor Pukins, are combined.
Which political party to choose to join in order to strengthen yourself and win over more people is also a very serious question.
Saint Jose was soon delayed by another matter.
Friday, June 22nd, the weather was cool and the breeze was not dry.
He had just finished studying in the morning when St. Jose, who was taking a nap, suddenly jerked and fell off the bed. The phone in the study room rang non-stop at noon.
St. Jose walked to the study cursing, and a black British bakelite telephone rang.
"Hello, who's there?" Saint Jose suppressed his voice.
"Boss, I'm Sean, Sean Tad, and I have some bad news for you."
Saint Jose's ears were ringing,
"You're up day after day, staying up at noon, flying, is it because the explosives factory exploded, or because the fireworks can't be sold?"
Saint Jose suppressed his anger and spoke word by word.
"Boss, that's not the case. It was the pistol we developed and the imitation exploded during testing."
As soon as Sean opened his mouth, it was clear that something was seriously wrong.
"Is anyone injured? Please send him to the hospital immediately. Don't talk too much."
"It's okay. It's just that the mold factory can't handle the product development. Can the boss ask some people to come and take a look? They are all one-to-one replicas of parts, but after assembly, there are all kinds of small things. Something wrong."
"By the way, boss, the one who was injured this time was Philip, the director of the mold factory. He insisted on testing, and the result was
It exploded..."
"Should you send him to the hospital? Let me solve the problem of firearms experts."
Saint Jose was a little worried about Philip's injury. At least Philip was doing a good job in the mold factory and was very motivated.
"Boss, it's no problem anymore.
In fact, we used blank ammunition for the test... There is another problem, that is, the cost of replicating the M1911A pistol is too high.
It may be a process problem, or it may be the poor quality of Brazilian steel. The yield rate of our parts is very low, and stamping and lathe production are difficult. This is what Philippe relayed. "
"Would it be possible that the wound would have healed if I had sent him over a little later?" Your uncle, it's fine as long as everything is fine. He was still shocked.
"Boss, how do you know, hehe."
I didn’t expect that it would be so troublesome to imitate a pistol. It shouldn’t be. Saint Hesse clearly remembers the famous Peshawar International Vegetable Market in Pakistan.
The crude knockoffs and hand-forged weapons produced in their village are very cheap and functional. How could it be that they couldn't even make a pistol with so much machine tools and equipment?
"Okay, let me solve this problem. I found someone to get a few samples of Beretta M series pistols, and I will send them to you when the time comes. Try this to see if it will be easier."
Thain got this from Europe and it is made in Italy. It is relatively high-quality and cheap. The production process should be simpler and the material strength does not need to be that high.
"Boss, there is one more thing, which is good news. The first batch of production capacity of the Rennes Fertilizer Plant is in sight, and the factory building has been built. However, it will take a few months to debug the production equipment, and the raw materials for docking with Thunder Mining are already in place. ,
It is expected that part of the production capacity, about 20,000 tons, can be put into operation as soon as January next year.
I want to expand the production scale of the explosives factory in the near future. Prali International has contacted the Australian coal mining company, and the mining explosives needed are very large.
Now the demand orders have begun to pile up. I have sent a telegram and plan. You can see if it is feasible when you have time. "
"Okay, next time I call you, do it in the evening. Don't call me in the middle of the day, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.
Your boss and I are also the ones who need a break. "
St. Jesus hung up the phone, and Sean reported three pieces of news. One was that the M1911A copycat plan might be aborted. This was a big problem.
St. Jose found that he still underestimated the production process of pistols. The knockoffs he produced were higher than the original ones. He was still playing lonely, making no money, and could not get orders from the Ministry of National Defense.
It's definitely not possible to continue like this. If you build your own production line and you don't have the ability to do research and development, even if you're doing precise imitation and reverse engineering, it still requires technical craftsmanship. Purchasing a production line is the way to solve it.
Second, the first phase of the fertilizer plant's production capacity will be put into operation in January next year, which is good news. Saint-Jesse can handle the fertilizer sales itself, and the fertilizer sales around Cologne and María are probably sold out.
There is also the expansion of production capacity of explosives factories, which is good news. By the way, Australia in my impression not only has coal mines, but also high-grade iron ore!
It seems that we need to investigate the situation of iron ore in Australia. It seems that it can only be mined in the 1960s in my memory. Now Australia is not an exporter of iron ore. If we can buy shares or establish an iron ore company,
In the future, there will be no problem with the source of iron ore for the steel plant. After all, Vale belongs to Brazil. The infrastructure in Bolivia is poor and the mining investment is not cost-effective. Moreover, now I do not have the strength to occupy the Bolivian iron ore.
Bolivia is now home to various guerrilla groups. Thunder Mining has not even established a foothold in the potassium triangle. It is too early to develop Bolivia's iron ore and coal mines, and the initial investment alone cannot support it.
Since I'm not in the mood to continue taking a nap, I plan to go to the engineering department to see if there are any weapons development talents in Putrajaya.
…
Maria Mold Factory,
The atmosphere in the entire factory was very depressing. Phillip's physical condition was not as optimistic as Sean said. A bandage was wrapped around his right hand and fixed with a splint. His left hand was burnt by gunpowder. It was a bit black and he was smeared with trauma medicine.
, it doesn’t look that serious.
"Philip, are you sure you don't want to notify your boss about your physical condition? Hey, it's not me telling you. You can just use blank ammunition for testing, so why do you need to test it yourself?" Sean couldn't help but sigh. In the past three or four months, The two had a lot of contact and became good friends.
"This is the first time our mold factory has developed firearms, and it is also the boss's first important task. I can't live up to the boss's hope. It is the right thing for me to do dangerous things. Otherwise, the boss will give me so much salary and produce these covers every day. Covers, iron rings and other small gadgets, there is no technical content at all." It was also Philip's first time to produce high-precision products, so he was somewhat unable to do what he wanted.
The trial production pistol has reached the final stage. The test started a few days ago. The results of the test reaction show that the designed performance results of the entire gun have come out. It could have been finalized on the base board. This is the prototype gun, but there are too many problems. Too many, leading to big problems without professional solutions.
"I'm sorry, boss. Everything is obviously right, but the performance and safety are far behind, and the bullets used are all the same."
"Is the process of this pistol too complex, causing metal fatigue, or is there a problem with our process or stamping."
"We have made a total of 7 versions, but each one has minor flaws. There is still a huge gap between mass production and it has even completely failed." Philip said painfully.
Philip was a laid-off state-owned factory manager in Rosario. He was robbed of his position. Many factories did not dare to use him, and it was even difficult for him to work as a worker. When Lucifer found him, he was really on the verge of collapse.
He pretended to go to work in the factory every day and did not dare to tell his family that Philip was of British descent. When he first met him, he felt like a gentleman. In fact, he had not worn that tuxedo for ten years. In order to leave a good impression for his boss, I put it on just for impressions.
He is full of affection for the start-up mold factory and attaches great importance to the tasks assigned by St. Jose. He strives for excellence even in bottle caps, but the production of firearm parts is indeed not that simple.
Including blanks, stamping, forging, rifling, engraving, anti-corrosion, metal cutting, no ready-made molds, manual lathes, anyway, various problems are overcome step by step. As a result, the products produced have problems when armed, and even explode. It is not just a technical problem. The problem of scrapped parts is too big. As a result, producing one is more expensive than importing it from the United States. The performance is not great, and the problem cannot even be found.
"The problem may lie in these steel materials, or it may be a problem in process processing. We are just mold workers and cannot solve the assembly problems that arise after one-to-one imitation." Philip actually tried several times, but it was indeed beyond his ability. range of abilities.
"We can only wait for news from the boss. It is best to find engineers or technical experts to find out where the problem lies."
Phillip's eyes were red and he had stayed up late for several days. His hand was injured and dislocated in the explosion, but it was not serious. It was estimated that his right hand would be disabled in a month or two, and he could only eat with his left hand.
"Actually, it would be better to have an original production line. Our factory's development capabilities are too poor and we still can't get enough of this decades-old product.
After all, these machine tools are fine for producing small parts, but large-scale cutting requires more powerful lathes. Our factory is not supported by the talents of the entire country, and there are many small problems. "
Cultivating talents and developing weapons is not something that happens overnight. Maria Mold Factory does not even have a second-hand production line. It is still difficult to rely on these to produce light weapons. Saint Jose is a little too impatient.
…
University of Putrajaya, Department of Engineering,
San Jose looked at Cicero and his teacher who seemed to be working on a new gadget, which seemed to be an engine?
"Cicero, what are you doing?"
"Cohen, this is a motorcycle internal combustion engine made in Japan. My teacher and I are planning to do some mapping to see if there is any chance of replicating one. This is my final assignment."
"So awesome. By the way, Cicero, do you want to have dinner together tonight? I have something to ask you and I want to ask you for a favor."
"That's too kind, that's too kind."
"We are quite free, why don't we go have barbecue tonight instead of drinking."
"No problem, you go get busy first."
Saint Jose cannot pin the solution to the problem on Cicero. It just so happens that the intelligence team has no tasks recently, so they asked them to find out if there are experts in mechanical manufacturing in Putrajaya, preferably weapons experts.
There is indeed a problem on Lucifer's side. If he continues to poach people, he will be targeted. Now he has raided all the free skilled workers in Rosario, offended many people, and almost got blackmailed.
Argentina only has a few small arms factories in its own country, many of which use imported parts and components to produce weapons.
All firearms technical experts are valuable and rarely leave the country. There are several military factories in Putrajaya. Unfortunately, the locations have not yet been found out, so it is difficult to find people to do the work. Everything is difficult at the beginning.
After all, this is not a canning business, nor a soda beer production, nor a clothing and textile factory.
It's very technical. You can't even buy production line equipment, and even the steel materials have to be imported. It's very difficult, but it has to be done.
If that doesn't work, you should consider buying production lines in Europe. Italy, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Austria all have small arms production lines.
I just don’t know if they will sell it to me. After all, I am not the Argentine government. The introduction of weapons production lines is mostly a matter between countries. It would be a pity to give up.
If you can take advantage of the situation to develop your own mechanical equipment company, even if you lose a little money in the early stage, it will be very useful, especially in terms of talent training.
The French also have some weapons production lines, while the German military factories have been almost completely demolished by the Yankees and the Soviet Union. There is not much left, and the rest will not be sold.
The bullet production line is not a big problem. 9mm bullets will be the standard caliber of NATO in the future. If we can get a bullet production line, we can at least capture a bite of the international market. Of course, the production of bullets also requires high metal smelting processes.
6 p.m., mozzarella grill restaurant,
Cicero came slowly with his teacher and some senior brothers, there were five of them in total.
San Jose hurriedly asked everyone to sit down, and the waiter had already served the dishes, including corn stew, tamales, alpaca sashimi, charcoal grilled beef, beef empanadas, and sausage sandwiches. , all classic Argentinian cuisine.
Saint Jose took a sip of the stew and ate a piece of bread.
"Cohen, this is my professional teacher, Professor Williams McGee."
"Hello, Professor Williams, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Cicero introduced his senior brothers, who were all mechanical experts, Tom Parker, Louis Dampas, and Martin Bugle.
Everyone enjoyed themselves and chatted for a long time, including about the automobile industry, before Saint Jose got down to business.
"Professor, I would like to ask if there are any kind of mechanical experts here in Putrajaya, the kind who are relatively idle and preferably know something about weapons production."
"Oh? What is your purpose?"
"I am helping a person named Rennes Military Firearms Factory find a mechanical expert. We are going to produce a pistol for the Ministry of Defense. All the parts are the same, but it cannot be assembled well. There are also problems with test firing, and the chamber explodes. ”
"Well, I know some of them, but they all have confidentiality agreements. Some of them are not munitions machinery people. I can introduce them to you."
"Great, Professor, thank you for your help this time." Saint Jose decided to set up a firearms laboratory in Putrajaya for research and development, and the actual production would be in Maria Town.
Then San Jose introduced him to the productivity tools of the Maria Mold Factory and introduced the specific equipment. He remembered them clearly.
"Cohen, let me tell you a possibility, just listen."
"I think you may have been tricked by the Americans. Now there is a more advanced machine tool."
"CNC machine!"
"CNC machine tool, CNC machine tool..." St. Jose muttered to himself, his eyes became dull, and his face suddenly turned pale. The bastard Americans cheated me of more than one million U.S. dollars. More than a million,
This is something I have worked hard to save for a long time.
"It seems that I was really tricked by the Americans. I bought a bunch of low-precision second-hand machine tools at a high price. They are just a pile of scrap metal. I have been complacent for so long." No wonder it is no problem to produce beer bottle caps, and it is even pretty good. .
“There’s no need to be so pessimistic, it’s not as serious as you say.
Old-fashioned machine tools are still very useful, and they are not useless. They can still produce some gadgets, but for firearms, even a little bit of accuracy may cause big problems. And the steel you mentioned is the best The one with higher performance is better. "
“With the participation and assistance of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CNC machine tools finally achieved success in 1949. They officially produced the first prototype of a vacuum tube CNC machine tool, successfully solving the problem of automating the processing of complex parts in small batches of multiple varieties. .”
"In the final analysis, our motherland is too backward and has too little knowledge."
"What a bastard Yankee." St. Jose said through gritted teeth.
