Long before the Norman army occupied the city of Somsonas, the important equipment and stockpiles of the Clumberg-Haysen factory were evacuated in advance, and in the course of the fighting, some of the factory facilities were damaged, and it was not easy to restore production in such a factory during the war!

When Weiss once again stood in front of the gates of the Clumberg-Heisen factory, he was greeted by a very familiar scene: the layout of the factory was the same as before, with many chimneys, neat factories and workers coming and going...... It's as if the war was just a fantasy, and everything was still the same.

Ze, dressed in a neat Norman military uniform and wearing a white helmet, walked over to Weiss with his hands behind his back. At this time, although he was dressed as a Norman officer, he was still full of emotion about the changes in the Clumber-Haysen family.

"When I left here, I never imagined that the inheritance of the Clumber-Haysen family would be restored to its former glory in your hands...... I'm amazed by your performance, O Dragon! ”

Weiss looked calm: "This is not so much my credit, but the power of capital!" Without the injection of external funds, the factory would not have been able to expand its production lines on a large scale, purchase new equipment, and would not have been able to win large orders from the military. ”

Ze patted him on the shoulder: "Anyway, you solved the problem that I have been distressed about, thank you!" ”

"However, if you hadn't left, these achievements should have been achieved together, and I believe that with you, the scale of the factory would be even bigger than that." In Weiss's view, although the family's sense of honor is not enough to replace Ze's yearning for status, status and power, in terms of origin, the family's sense of honor is the factor that can most affect his position at the moment, so he said this.

Ze didn't pick up, but sighed heavily.

The current manager of the factory was a Norman officer with the rank of major, who looked to be in his forties and close to fifty years old, and walked with a slight limp, presumably a retired man recalled after the outbreak of war. The man led the way, followed by several heavily armed Norman soldiers, and Ze led Weiss into the factory and walked towards the central square. Along the way, the workers stopped to pay attention. Many of the brothers of the Clumber-Haysen family are no strangers to them, but when they look at them, it is difficult to see the intimacy of the past, but the elements of vigilance and even hatred are the majority.

"The factory's production has been back on track, and by the time the more than 2,000 laborers joined, the manpower problem was basically solved. If you can't complete the set number of tasks, I can't explain it to you. Ze said as he walked.

The topic finally came back.

"What are they targeting?" Weiss asked.

Ze asked rhetorically: "Otherwise? ”

"One is a dignified prince of the Norman Empire, and the other is a general who commands hundreds of thousands of troops, and he actually directly orders the production tasks of such a factory, which makes people feel incredible!" Weiss said with a sneer.

"I was also surprised, and the only plausible explanation was...... They are very interested in you, very attentive, and want to test you in some way, envelop you until you are truly useful to them. When Ze said this, there was a rare sense of envy.

Even if he was really targeted by the big men of the Norman Empire, Weiss did not have any joy, but felt full of disgust. Ze's pursuit, what he desired, although he used to envy and yearn for, but since he was born in Ulster, grew up in Ulster, and chose to serve in the federal army, he was proud of his loyalty and ashamed of betrayal, and unless he was greatly wronged and ruthlessly abandoned, he would not consider changing his court at all. So, he said disapprerovingly: "Forget it! This planet doesn't revolve around someone. No matter who is missing, the world will not be destroyed, it will be business as usual! ”

Ze glared at him, subconsciously wanting to correct it, but thinking that this was in Lorraine, in the Clumber-Haysen factory, not in public in the Norman Empire, he didn't say anything to reprimand him after all.

Next to the central square of the factory is an office building where the manager's office and the broadcasting room are located. When the group reached the central square, the factory manager who led the way, the rather old Norman officer, shouted at his men: "Play military music!" ”

The sound of the Norman army's military music was immediately heard over the loudspeakers, and the workers stopped their work and gathered at the gates of the various factories.

After asking Ze for instructions, the major officer with a slight leg problem walked into the radio room, and his awkward Ulster voice came over the loudspeaker: "Attention! Note! Attention all the staff at the Clumber-Heisen plant! In accordance with the mandate signed by the military governor of Lorraine in the Norman Empire, from this day onwards, the production and operation of the Clumber-Heyssen factory will be handled by Mr. Long Clumber-Haysen, a member of the Klumber-Haysen family you are familiar with. All personnel, with the exception of the factory guards, must unconditionally obey his orders and must not resist in any way. It should be emphasized that starting from this week, the weekly output will be achieved, and the ration will be issued in full, if it cannot be achieved, the ration will be halved, and the team with the lowest output and the most defective products will be issued by one-third. If the standard is not met for two consecutive weeks, the entire ration will be distributed at a rate of one-third, and the team with the lowest output and the most defective products will be put into the labor camp with the worst conditions. Failing to meet the target for three weeks in a row will cost someone even heavier. So, we hope you will cherish the opportunities we offer you! ”

These words clearly put Weiss in the position of the backstabber. So when Ze asked him "do you want to say a few words to an old friend", he decisively refused.

Weiss's non-cooperation made Ze a little unhappy, and he raised his chin and said in a businesslike tone: "Remember, whether the yield is up to standard or not determines the food ration that all the workers will receive next week. Whether you have enough to eat and work, or work hungry, you can do it yourself! ”

"If the workers are hungry, don't expect them to be able to make a good product." Weiss reminded stiffly.

The brotherly warmth just now is like a rainbow after the rain, seemingly beautiful, but disappears in a blink of an eye. Ze skimmed out, "Now, this is something you have to worry about, not me!" He left with a straight face.

When he came to the factory, Ze accompanied Weiss from the gate here, and when he left, he got into the car directly in the central square of the factory and left.

After seeing the military governor leave, the former manager of the factory, the lame major, who was now only in charge of security, took Weiss to the office next door to the radio room in a polite manner.

"According to the orders of His Excellency Baron Alla Scala, the military governor of Lorraine, from now on, this is your office. The production organization of the factory is now also officially handed over to you. ”

The Norman Major's Ulster language is not only pronounced out of standard, but also has poor grammar. With that, he pulled out a document from the file shelf in the corner of the desk and handed it to Weiss.

"This is the task schedule of the factory, and this week's work is to produce 1,400 G-shaped parts, 350 L-shaped parts, and no matter how much equipment is delivered, all of them must be rebuilt. There's also technical drawings for both parts in there, oh...... By the way, I heard that they are derived from your designs...... The genius designers of the Clumber-Haysen family! ”

Weiss glanced at the major and took the folder from him. Sure enough, the so-called G-type parts are hydraulic buffers designed for single-barreled machine guns and small-caliber guns, and their role is to improve the firing accuracy and speed of weapons, while the L-shaped parts are four-wheel towed gun mounts designed for large and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and their role is to improve the movement speed and cross-country ability of the gun truck. These two pieces of equipment were indeed derived from the technical papers submitted by Weiss at the Barston Military Academy, which were eventually published in the Academy's internal publications. The original intention of writing these two articles was not to bring revolutionary advances in weapons technology to the Union army, and it was even a little comical to say that in order to obtain honors in the ordnance technology course with Nikolai, Weiss used his strengths to develop these two weapons improvements that did have some practical significance. At first, they did not arouse the interest of the federal military, but later Weiss worked deeply with the fat vice president of the Grumman Group, whose private property involved a variety of artillery pieces, and Weiss gave away two improved designs that would improve the energy efficiency of the equipment in service. Fat Vice President's factory successfully trial-produced samples and recommended them to high-ranking officers in charge of armament technology. If it weren't for the growing signs of war, the federal army began to build up its combat readiness across the board, the senior officers in charge of armaments production wanted to get as much mature equipment as possible, and the senior officers in charge of military training also believed that the most important thing for the army was to learn weapons, and these two designs that could effectively improve the effectiveness of existing equipment would have a good chance of being adopted by the military......

Things often happen as "flowers bloom in the walls", and improvements that the Union Army eventually shelved were accidentally acquired by the Normans and quickly put into practice. The cost performance of old equipment and new parts is usually higher than that of producing new equipment, and the time required is relatively short, but how much the actual combat effectiveness can be improved depends not only on the improvement potential of the weapon and equipment itself, but also on the degree of compatibility between the two. In Weiss's view, the Normans' "insight" is fundamentally a contingency caused by changes in the battlefield situation - when the Norman fleet was rampant in the sky, the ground air defense units of the Norman army did not have the urgent need to improve air defense weapons, but now, the Norman fleet was embarrassed under the strong suppression of the federal army's flying troops, and the Norman army, which could not get air protection, had to fight against the federal fighters alone, and the importance of air defense weapons became more and more prominent.

Weiss had little experience in organizing production, but the production organization of the factory had a lot in common with the logistics supply of the army - whether the production tasks assigned by the Normans could be completed, the efficiency of the workers was not the only factor, but also depended on the production capacity and arrangement of machinery and equipment, the quality and quantity of materials, etc., but when he asked his "predecessor" for various data on the production of the factory, he was prevaricated by the other party. It is ridiculous that the lame major refused to provide him with a roster of factory personnel and statistics on the gender, age and health status of the employees, citing safety reasons.

Weiss was on fire, but he couldn't get it, so he said, "Within the walls of this factory, I still have the most basic freedom, right?" ”

The major thought for a moment: "As long as you don't do dangerous things, including verbally incitement to the workers, you can go wherever you want in this factory." Of course, in order to ensure your safety, as soon as you step out of this room, my security staff will accompany you throughout the whole process, and I hope you can understand. ”

"What about understanding, and what about not understanding?" Weiss asked angrily.

As if he didn't understand this, the major didn't say anything at all.