"This kind of thing is called a snowboard. You step on the buckles with your feet and only use two poles to walk smoothly on the snow."
"This is a specially thickened cotton jacket with fur sewn into the lining. It is airtight and watertight, and has a better cold protection effect."
"These are velvet underwear. Wear them under cotton pants. They are very close-fitting. You no longer have to worry about freezing your legs."
"This is a new style lunch box. It's tin-plated and won't rust. It can be used all the time."
"This is a cotton hat. The ears on the side can be lowered and tied at the chin to cover the face and prevent frostbite."
Huang Sanhu and Fu Gang were both dumbfounded as they brought out good things one by one.
No wonder their response was so late. It turned out that the logistics department had prepared so many good things.
The thing that shocked them the most was the new bullet.
Although it still has a Mini warhead, the paper bullet casing has been eliminated. Behind the warhead, there is a small round iron pipe inlaid with the warhead.
When using it, you only need to pull out the bullet and pour the gunpowder in the iron tube into the barrel.
There is an obvious convergence at the connection between this small iron tube and the warhead, and the caliber is much smaller than the barrel, which makes it very convenient to load gunpowder into the barrel.
"Frontline troops generally responded that when paper cartridges are loaded, they are easily blown away in strong winds. This results in insufficient charge, which has a great impact on the range and power."
"After receiving the feedback, our equipment department organized craftsmen to conduct detailed research. We drew on the principles of rifle artillery shells to create this iron bullet case. The gunpowder in each shell is custom-packed, and It is easier to separate the iron cartridge case and the bullet than the paper cartridge case. Because the front end is gathered, the cartridge case can be directly inserted into the barrel, avoiding the inconvenience of operating in wind or rain."
In the bullet factory, Zuo Dai walked with Zuo Mengeng and introduced him to the new bullets.
Today's bullet factories have completely bid farewell to the purely manual style of the past.
Especially for the production of Mini warheads, a mechanized production line has emerged.
Zuo Mengeng saw the newly smelted lead being placed on the conveyor belt and sent all the way to two rollers that were rotating up and down.
After this extrusion, the lead block becomes a thin lead plate when it comes out.
The lead sheets pass through a slightly inclined conveyor belt and are transported to the next process, where five cutting knives stand side by side. After the lead plate passes, it becomes a lead bar about two fingers wide.
To the front is a very thick large iron block.
There is a round hole as thick as a thumb in the middle of the iron block. The lead bar is squeezed in hard, and when it comes out from one end, it becomes a round lead bar with the same diameter as the barrel.
Although Zuo Mengeng doesn't understand industry, he also understands that today's craftsmen have realized cross-rolling and extrusion. This makes the production of bullets free of manpower to a great extent, and the production efficiency has been greatly enhanced.
The extruded lead bar is fed forward again.
Directly ahead there is a knife that rises and falls at a high speed, so fast that it is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Every time the knife fell, it accurately cut the lead bar into a cylinder the size of a finger.
Zuo Mengeng deliberately walked to the side to observe carefully.
Only then did I discover that there was a long sink on the side of the machine.
The water in the reservoir outside is transported to a high place and then pours down the flume. The drop from high to low greatly enhances the water flow speed.
When we arrived here, the turbine in the tank began to rotate rapidly under the impact of the water flow.
After the gear coaxial with the turbine rotates, it drives a large number of gears of different sizes to rotate in conjunction.
Through the different rotation speeds of the large and small gears, the blades are finally able to perform work at the same frequency, and each lead block is cut to the same size.
After this process, a few workers appeared.
They quickly picked up the lead blocks on the plate and placed them on the conveyor belt at the other end.
This conveyor belt is full of long iron blocks. Each iron block has five grooves with the same diameter as the lead block.
All the workers had to do was place the lead weights in the grooves.
After the iron block was moved to a fixed position in front, five iron pillars with sharp arc-shaped front ends fell quickly and hit the lead block.
After this process, the lead block changed from a cylinder into a bullet shape with an internal depression and a rounded front end.
The last process on the production line is to place the preliminarily formed warheads side by side on the upward iron pillars.
Further forward on the conveyor belt is an extremely thin steel plate that gradually tightens inward like the mouth of a river, with three layers at the top and bottom, arranged inside and outside.
Three layers of steel plates are stacked together, and the gap between each layer is not even a decimeter.
Therefore, the total thickness of the three-layer steel plate is only about 0.5 centimeters.
The distance between the steel plates on the inner and outer sides is slightly smaller than the diameter of the warhead, and the steel is harder than lead. Therefore, when the warhead is pushed in, the inner and outer steel plates work together to carve three grooves on the bottom of the warhead.
The most novel thing is that when the warhead enters this machine, it will continue to rotate on the cylinder.
In this way, as the conveyor belt continues to advance, the groove of the warhead will be completely cut by the steel plate, eventually forming a complete circle.
Zuo Mengeng squatted down and saw that there was a small gear on each cylinder below the machine.
These gears are connected to the bearings of the conveyor belt.
When the bearings rotate and push the conveyor belt forward, these gears also drive each cylinder to rotate on its own, causing the warhead to be carved with grooves.
After these processes, a Mini warhead is initially formed.
The subsequent polishing, calibration and other processes have to rely on manpower.
Even so, today's warhead production efficiency is more than ten times faster than before.
As for the iron bullet casings shipped to Lushun, they were also produced in this factory.
After the red-hot molten iron comes out of the furnace, it is crushed by rollers on the conveyor belt and becomes thin iron sheets.
The subsequent cutting, rolling, shaping, and warhead production are all similar.
As for the tightening of the front of this iron cartridge case, it also uses the extrusion method, which can be formed in one go.
Finally, workers manually connect the warhead and cartridge case together. Place it in an ammunition box and send it to the front line for use by soldiers.
"After this transformation, our factory can now produce 100,000 bullets every day. This is still because our machines are insufficient. When our production lines are expanded in the future, the output will double."
Walking in the factory, you can hear the roar of machines.
Watching countless workers running back and forth, the sense of accomplishment of creating new things with the industrial wave made Zuo Menggeng feel relaxed and happy.
"Our strength has become stronger, so our hope of transforming the world will be greater. And all this is not only due to the soldiers on the front line, but also to those of you who are working in the rear. I will It is proposed to the Administrative Committee to award all of you collective first-class merit.”
Everyone in the factory felt happy when they heard Zuo Mengeng's praise.
This first-class merit is not just an honor, but there are also generous rewards behind it.
Workers here in Shandong are always very motivated, which is directly related to the value they create in exchange for corresponding returns.
To transform a society from agriculture to industrialization, it is necessary to use various means to encourage it, and gradually it becomes a reality.
Zuo Mengeng seemed to have already seen the day when the brand new army under his command would sweep across the world.
But Zuo Liangyu, who was far away in Zhangde Mansion, felt that the sky was falling.
Xie Wenju invited him to drink, which made him very happy.
The army commander must have a good relationship with the eunuchs who supervise the army, so that they can work with each other and have a smooth life.
But when Zuo Liangyu came to Xie Wenju's house alone and saw the smiling Gao Qiqian and the eager swordsmen and axemen around him, he realized that this was the Hongmen Banquet.
"The general has always been loyal, strives to be the first, and is diligent in the king's affairs. He does not dare to neglect. But I don't know what crime the general has committed. Why did the two masters of the Chinese army mobilize the troops like this?"
Gao Qiqian didn't ask him to kneel down, but instead poured him a glass of wine.
"Zong Rong Zuo, you are here fighting for the country, but do you know that your backyard has caused a huge disaster?"
Zuo Liangyu's heart felt relaxed and tense.
It turns out it was not my fault...
So who could it be?
"Thank you, Zhongjun, for your testimony. The last general is in the army and has not returned home for a long time. I really don't know who caused the big disaster? I would like to ask the two lords of the Zhongjun to clarify."
The high dive lengthens the tone.
"Zongrong Zuo, your precious son doesn't take you seriously! Do you know that your son has second thoughts and is preparing to rebel?"
Zuo Liangyu shivered immediately and dropped his wine glass to the ground.
"This...this...this...are there any misunderstandings between the two Central Military Masters? Or are there some rumors? There must be some discrepancy between them."
Zuo Mengeng disobeyed his order and blocked the marriage.
Although Zuo Liangyu was furious, he was waiting to go back and punish him. But after all, it was his son who had broken bones and connected tendons.
Besides, rebellion is no joke.
Which of the rebels in the past has not been implicated in the nine tribes and wiped out in ashes?
Zuo Liangyu didn't live enough.
He has finally managed to get into the position of commander-in-chief and has amassed a lot of wealth. He is also thinking about going one step further, feeling that endless glory and wealth will be waiting for him in the future.
"That little beast must be ignorant of the importance of the matter, or he may have listened to other people's slander. I would also like to ask the permission of the two officers of the Central Army. The general will return to Linqing immediately. I will tell him to return to his lost ways and start a new life."
"Hahahahaha..."
Gao Qiqian laughed so hard that tears came out.
"Zong Rong Zuo, what your son has done, but our family went to Linqing in person and saw it with our own eyes, how can it be false? I'm afraid you don't know yet, but your son now has tens of thousands of elite troops, complete with guns and cannons. With one order, the entire army will be destroyed." Shandong is shaking three times."
He looked over suspiciously.
"The most elite Guan Ning army in the imperial court was defeated at the hands of the Dongjiang rebels, but now your son has beaten the Dongjiang rebels to the sky and the earth, leaving him with no shame. He, I am afraid that there is no imperial court in his eyes now."
Zuo Liangyu was shaking like chaff and realized that things were getting serious.
Now Gao Qiqian and Xie Wenju were watching eagerly from the side, and the weapons of the swordsmen and axemen were cold and gleaming. What's even more terrible is that the glory and wealth that you have been dreaming about seems to be disappearing.
What should he do?
