Anti-aircraft guns are the most urgent equipment at present. The flak 38 anti-aircraft guns that have completed trial production are now officially named Vulcan and are put into production as the Type 43 20mm anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns.
The initial monthly production capacity is 12 doors, and the production capacity will be increased to 24 doors immediately. The released production capacity will not be reduced until 5 air defense battalions are produced and equipped.
Given the size of Jinyang and the demand for future field air defense, five air defense battalions are actually far from enough. But there is no way. Various weapons are now in urgent need, including Type 43 assault rifles, 60mm mortars, and 82mm mortars. The cannons are all missing.
Not to mention the Type 43 mountain cannon and the killer 107mm rocket launcher that just exploded.
What's more, training anti-aircraft gunners is much more difficult than training mortars, and it will take a long time to train five anti-aircraft battalions before they can master it proficiently.
Gao Jianwu recruited the best from the entire 386th Brigade and Ping An Group Artillery before he could catch up and train two air defense battalions, which are barely usable now.
The technical and tactical level needs to be further honed to become more proficient. Otherwise, the first time 10 enemy planes bombed Jinyang Arsenal, they would not have been in a hurry and only shot down two!
Gao Jianwu saw that Wang Houpu was also inside, followed by a group of backbones from the 101 Arsenal who were busy manipulating the machine tools to process a thicker barrel.
Some of the people Wang Hopu brought from the 101 Arsenal became technical backbones and led apprentices in the workshop, while others became directors of the workshop for management.
At this moment, what they are processing, if Gao Jianwu saw it correctly, seems to be the new Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun barrel provided by him!
This is a key component of the entire new anti-aircraft gun. No wonder Wang Houpu wants to stay here!
This workaholic who thinks he is 007 is indeed very resolute and does not need any urging at all to start trial production of new weapons again.
This time he already had experience in anti-aircraft artillery production. Although the caliber was different, with the full set of production process and technical information provided by Gao Jianwu, Wang Houpu quickly understood the design and began to directly invest in trial production.
"Director Wang, how is this factory? I am not satisfied with my current life and work." Gao Jianwu walked to Wang Houpu and asked softly.
"Ah, detachment Gao, why are you here?" Wang Houpu heard a familiar voice and raised his head to see that it was Gao Jianwu. He couldn't help being surprised and happy.
"You go on processing this barrel, don't worry about me, I'll come as soon as I go." Wang Houpu told the people in the workshop, and then turned around and faced Gao Jianwu.
"The conditions now are even better than when we were in the veteran factory, especially because these machine tools are so advanced. All my ideas can now be realized with these equipment. I can stay in this factory 24 hours a day." Wang Houpu said with a simple smile.
The eyes were bloodshot.
Obviously this is what he thinks, and this is what he actually does.
"Director Wang, that's not possible. We still have a long way to go in the future. What's the point of dragging your body down like this? We have to both produce and live here."
Gao Jianwu was startled when he heard Wang Houpu's voice was hoarse and revealed an indescribable tiredness. This was a talent he had finally acquired from the border area. What would happen if he accidentally overworked himself?
Although he is now taking out detailed process information on product production and design one after another, he is like a genius in the eyes of people like Wang Houpu, but Gao Jianwu himself knows that he is just a stupid porter.
He really has to realize these things by himself, which is not to say that it can't be done. After all, his foundation and vision are no worse than those of Wang Houpu, but he definitely doesn't have the energy to come up with such things by himself!
He knew that Wang Houpu would not listen to just talk, so he turned to his personal guard Li Changqing and said:
"Xiao Li, I'll give you a task. From today on, you will be Director Wang's personal guard and attendant. Remember, Director Wang can work until 12 o'clock in the evening at most. When the time is up, you must take Director Wang to Send me back to the dormitory to rest. If you can't do it, I'll try it on you."
"Yes! Detachment leader, promise to complete the mission!" Li Changqing stood at attention and responded.
As Gao Jianwu's personal guard, he knew better than others the status of the arsenal in Gao Jianwu's mind.
"No! No! Detachment Gao, my work is at a critical moment. I can't take a break so early and affect the progress." Wang Houpu's head is like a rattle.
"Director Wang, you are the backbone of the arsenal. You cannot focus all your energy on these front-line tasks and tire yourself out. You should appropriately allocate tasks to the comrades below to complete, and explain to them the task objectives, process and process manufacturing key. You know, the worst thing is to open an extra group to study at the same time, use this method to grab the progress, it is better than you alone." Gao Jianwu said earnestly.
"What we need is a large number of Wang Houpu, and your task now is to cultivate this large number of Wang Houpu for me as soon as possible, instead of burning yourself out like a candle in a short period of time."
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Gao Jianwu's words were like drums in the evening and bells in the morning, which gave Wang Hopu an enlightenment. Indeed, after arriving at the 101 Arsenal, facing the ideal working environment in his mind, Wang Hopu was immersed in his career and could not extricate himself.
But he somewhat forgets that a person's energy is limited. The 101 Arsenal is a small place, and he doesn't have to worry about too much work other than technical improvement.
But now that he is the director of Jinyang Arsenal, it is no longer feasible to manage with the mentality of a small factory.
"Detachment Gao, you are right. I really need to change my thinking. In the future, I will focus on coaching apprentices and pass on some of my experience as soon as possible so that more comrades can grow up." Wang Houpu said sincerely.
"You see, Director Wang is growing very fast. Our foundation is different now. I hope that the Jinyang Arsenal can regain its original size within a year, with tens of thousands of experienced workers to carry out large-scale operations." Now I heard that there are less than 2,000 people in production, which is too small.
Now the machinery and equipment here can produce more machine tools by themselves. We are doing everything possible to use the current materials and various machine tool design processes to put the production of this production equipment on the agenda. We generally produce weapons, but we must also continue to produce them. Expand our size! "
"Detachment Gao, you are absolutely right. The biggest problem we face now is indeed not the lack of equipment, but the lack of manpower.
Although recruitment has begun throughout Jinyang with the assistance of the management committee, there are not many applicants at the moment, and everyone still has many concerns.
As a result, there is still a huge shortage of skilled workers in many workshops, especially skilled technicians.
If we need to produce machine tool equipment ourselves, I looked at the production process design information and found that we also need more highly skilled lathes and fitters. These workers are difficult to find even in Jinyang itself. "
Wang Houpu said to Gao Jianwu. As a factory director, of course he doesn't just stay in the workshop and focus on products. He is also working on these management matters. He has assigned a recruitment deputy to keep an eye on them. The key is that recruiting workers at this time is not easy. matter.
They placed a recruitment advertisement in the local newspaper, but it took time to recruit workers. Now that Jinyang has just been liberated, many people are worried about working in the Jinyang Arsenal. Many people still have a wait-and-see mentality.
"I think the problems you mentioned can be solved faster. I will go back and ask the management committee to find a way. First let the people in the city hall establish the basic organization, and then put this matter into action as soon as possible. The whole city will be divided into districts. Go door to door and ask who are the lathes and fitters, and mobilize them to come to the factory.
The human resources support work you have here is our top priority on the municipal side.
Another point I want to emphasize to you is that if you encounter an air attack by enemy planes, your most important thing is to save your personnel. After receiving the report of the air attack, you must immediately stop work and evacuate personnel, and leave the equipment alone!
People are everywhere.
Don't sacrifice your life in vain to rescue equipment. We can repurchase the equipment, but human lives cannot be saved. Remember to implement this principle and let every worker comrade know it.
Now we are facing the Japs' air attacks, and we haven't been able to do much to effectively prevent them. However, as the more anti-aircraft guns you produce are put into use, we will have stronger countermeasures against the Japs' air attacks. A strict air defense system will eventually be formed to ensure everyone's safety, but before the air defense system is formed, you must make ensuring the safety of personnel your first priority. "
Gao Jianwu said to Queen Pu very seriously.
This is what he means sincerely, because capable technical experts are so rare nowadays, and he has to treat every one of them as a treasure.
Even if the factory suffers some losses, as long as the people are there and equipment and other things are lost, he can still rebuild it, especially since he already has a batch of various machine tool industrial machines and a complete set of various types of machine tool equipment. Craftsmanship.
Now if there are suitable materials, more machine tools can be manufactured immediately.
Now these industrial machines are in a more secretive place. Although they are managed by Wang Houpu, they are not in Jinyang Arsenal.
It's just that Gao Jianwu's people at Jinyang Iron and Steel Plant have just taken over.
Although he has come up with the special alloy formula, it is not that easy to refine qualified high-grade tool steel.
The formula and production process of a certain kind of alloy steel are provided, which can greatly reduce the research and development time, but it will take a period of running-in to turn it into a product.
These are not things that happen overnight.
The raw materials required for the weapons now produced were all assembled by Gao Jianwu and thrown into the warehouse that the little devil had tightly guarded.
Although these high-strength alloy steels are not too much, only about thirty tons, they are now enough to produce a lot of weapons and equipment.
Especially for anti-aircraft guns, the demand for special alloy steel is mainly for gun barrels.
Jinyang can still collect a lot of ordinary steel and cast iron now. Not to mention more, more than a hundred tons is ok.
Just in time to catch up with the lean period before large-scale mass production of steel plants.
Wang Houpu nodded solemnly, fully agreeing with Gao Jianwu's words.
Now he can see that as long as the person is still there, he will have plenty of opportunities to display his talents.
Gao Jianwu's ability to reverse was really strong. Wang Houpu had already inspected all the machine tools and equipment in the factory, and they were much better than the equipment in his original arsenal.
It may even be several generations behind. If he evaluates it based on his knowledge, what he sees now is the best mechanical processing equipment in the world!
There is no difference from the top machine tools in Europe and North America. With such a good environment, how could he be willing to sacrifice in vain?
A scholar dies for his confidant. He, Wang Houpu, can catch up with such a good era and will never let it down!
