Although there are plenty of manpower now, this is only when making the M1 Garand rifle.
Later, I produced technical drawings of light machine guns, heavy machine guns, artillery, howitzers, etc.
So judging from the current scale of the arsenal, it is completely insufficient and the manpower cannot keep up. Therefore, it is best to prepare for this in advance.
Avoid not being able to keep up with production due to insufficient manpower. Once this happens, the losses will be huge.
After thinking for a moment, Su Bei nodded and then said in a deep voice.
"This is indeed a problem. Let's do this. We will report this situation to the chief and see if the chief can find a way to transfer some workers from other places."
"As far as I know, our Eighth Route Army not only has one arsenal in Taihang Mountain, but also has several other arsenals, although the scale is not as large as ours."
"But it also has a lot of workers. If these workers are transferred to our Taihang Mountain Arsenal, the number of workers will directly increase dramatically."
"In a short time, we don't have to worry about manpower issues. At the same time, we can recruit or poach some workers from outside."
"Poaching people? Director, what do you mean?"
To be honest, Wang Ming understood both the transfer of some people from other arsenals and the recruiting of others from outside.
After all, he also knew that there were not only their Taihang Mountain arsenal in the Eighth Route Army, but also several other arsenals.
It's just that the scale is a little smaller than the Taihang Mountain Arsenal. Before Su Bei arrived, the difference between the several arsenals was not much.
However, after Su Bei took office at the Taihang Mountain Arsenal, he directly relied on his own efforts to widen the gap with other arsenals.
Especially with the arrival of these ten machine tools, the output of their arsenal can be further increased.
Last time, the chief only sent them five machine tools and asked them to produce two thousand M1 Garand rifles in the next half month.
Based on this calculation, the monthly output is almost 4,000 pieces, and now we have these ten machine tools sent by the chief.
If nothing else happens, the arsenal's output will increase from 4,000 to more than 11,000 M1 Garand rifles per month.
This kind of output, even if all the other arsenals of the Eighth Route Army were added together, would not reach one-third of their Taihang Mountain arsenal.
As a result, other arsenals have become less and less important. Of course, not all arsenals make rifles.
For example, some arsenals specialize in producing grenades and the like, while others only produce explosive charges and landmines.
But in any case, the Taihang Mountain arsenal where northern Jiangsu is currently is far more important than other arsenals.
So when they make a request to the chief to transfer some workers from other arsenals, they will definitely agree.
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But what Wang Ming doesn't understand is where to dig people.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Bei smiled mysteriously.
"Old Wang, who is closest to our Eighth Route Army? Isn't it the Jinsui Army? If I remember correctly, the Jinsui Army also has several arsenals."
"They are quite large. We can start from this aspect and recruit some people. I believe the Jinsui Army will know about it."
"I am definitely very happy. Everyone is contributing to the anti-Japanese war, but for the sake of safety, it is best to act in private."
Su Bei's words made Wang Ming roll his eyes. If the Jinsui Army knew that the Eighth Route Army had sent people to dig out people from them.
They all wanted to chop them alive, how could they be so happy about it, but everyone knew this kind of thing.
As long as the Jinsui Army doesn't discover it, it won't be a big deal. Wang Ming nodded in agreement.
"Well, then I will report these things to the chief later and ask the chief to transfer some workers from other arsenals first."
When looking at the mountains of raw materials in front of him, Su Bei ordered again.
"That's right, you should arrange a few people now to move these ten machine tools to our factory specifically used to make M1 Garand rifles."
"At the same time, this batch of raw materials can be utilized and made into equipment for producing bullets. I took a rough look."
"This batch of raw materials can be made into at least twenty pieces of equipment for producing bullets. You will have to work hard during this period."
"In the shortest possible time, all these raw materials will be made into equipment for producing bullets, and the output of bullets will be increased."
"No problem, director!"
At this point, Wang Ming remembered the guard class outside, and immediately patted his head and said with a smile.
"Director, look at me, in this excitement, I forgot to tell you one thing, that is, the director has assigned you a security squad, which is outside now."
Su Bei looked at Wang Ming in surprise: "Guard squad? Why do you equip me with this?"
"The chief said it was for your safety. Director, you are now the treasure of our entire Eighth Route Army, so we can't have any accidents."
"So for the sake of your safety, the director, the director has assigned you a security class specifically responsible for your safety."
The chief's decision caught Su Bei off guard. He didn't expect that he was fine when he made the phone call just now.
But now a security squad was suddenly sent over. Su Bei felt strange when he thought of a security squad following him at any time.
"Old Wang, I don't think this is necessary at all. I won't go anywhere else. I will only stay in the arsenal. What accidents can happen?"
This made Wang Ming joke and say: "Director, this is the chief's decision. Could it be that you want to imitate Li Yunlong last time and directly disobey orders?"
Before Su Bei could reply, Wang Ming continued.
"The chief said that if he wasn't afraid of the big impact, he would even want to send you a security company."
"Your safety is the first priority. If you are really in danger, director, a security group will be deployed to ensure your safety, so a security squad is nothing."
When the conversation came to this point, Su Bei no longer refused.
"Okay then, obey the chief's arrangements."
"Well, in that case, I will take you to see the guard squad outside. There are a total of twelve soldiers, one squad leader and one deputy squad leader, and the other ten are ordinary soldiers."
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