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Accompanied by Liu Pu and Sun Bin, Li Mingyuan came to Arequipa to inspect the military factory.

The munitions factory was built in the middle of the city, and a platoon of soldiers was stationed next to the gate to guard it.

The Chinese Independence Army was about to move in, but there was no sign of the military factory being moved, and three or four hundred soldiers were busy carrying the ammunition and guns produced in the vast compound.

"Shizi, the military factory used the ten days before the transfer to work overtime to strive to produce more weapons and ammunition to supply the troops." Liu Pu pointed to the soldiers who were busy unloading their weapons and introduced.

"Military factories are important strategic materials, which must be protected, and there can be no accidents before relocation."

"Yes, Shizi, I will add another platoon of guards soon."

Li Mingyuan nodded, stayed in the compound for a while, and then walked into the production workshop of the military factory.

The Arequipa military factory has six lines of ammunition, two lines of rifles, one line of small artillery.

Among the ammunition production lines, five are rifle bullet production lines and one small artillery production line.

As for large and medium-sized artillery and machine-gun ammunition, military factories do not yet have this capacity to produce.

Li Mingyuan first inspected the rifle production line, and there were more than 200 workers in charge of the production of rifles in the workshop, except for the original workers of more than 30 military factories, the rest of the workers were apprentices selected from the Chinese workers.

Li Mingyuan's inspection of the munitions factory naturally alarmed the local management personnel of the munitions factory.

White was the director of the munitions factory, and when the Chinese Independence Army captured Arequipa, White, like the rest of the factory's workers, was controlled to continue producing weapons.

White speaks English and can communicate with Li Mingyuan in English.

"Your Excellency, the two Enfield rifle production lines in the workshop are the front-loading rifled gun production lines that were introduced from the Enfield Company in the United Kingdom three years ago." White followed Li Mingyuan and introduced.

Li Mingyuan was noncommittal, picked up a freshly assembled rifle, pulled the bolt with a "click", and aimed at the wall clock hanging on the wall of the workshop.

"It feels okay, but it's not very good." Li Mingyuan tried it for a while, put down the rifle and said.

"The Enfield front-loading rifle does not perform as well as its improved Snyder-Enfield rear-loading rifle,

But the British did not allow Snyder's rifle technology to leak out, and only agreed to sell the front-loading rifle production line to foreign countries. White explained.

Front-loading rifled guns have been outdated, and Western countries generally use rear-loading rifled guns as standard equipment, and the Dreiser rifles purchased by the Chinese Independent Army from the Prussians are typical rear-loading rifled guns.

Li Mingyuan was somewhat dissatisfied with the performance of the Enfield front-loading rifle, but in the absence of better production equipment at this stage, he had to use the Enfield rifle production line to fill the weapons gap and train skilled military factory workers.

"How are the new apprentices doing?" Li Mingyuan asked.

"They are very energetic to learn, after nearly a month of familiarity and learning, most of them can complete the basic assembly steps, except for the dozen core steps of polishing the firearms, the other firearms assembly is all completed by the workers sent by Your Excellency."

The treatment of Chinese workers who did apprentices in military factories was the same as that of soldiers of the Chinese Independence Army, and after they had a stable base area, they would also receive 300 acres of land, and skilled workers would also receive financial and other rewards, so the Chinese workers in military factories were very serious about their work.

Rifles are assembled from the assembly line and stacked in wooden crates in the corner of the workshop waiting to be transported.

"Shizi, when there are abundant materials, the two production lines are started together, and they can produce two hundred rifles per day, and these days, for the sake of the armed forces, the military factory adopts a shift system, and produces guns in three shifts a day, and the output can reach three hundred a day." The military factory is the place where Liu Pu focuses on it, and he is very familiar with the weapons output of the military factory.

"Overtime production should also pay attention to safety, and workers should not be fatigued and cause accidents."

"There are quite a few workers in the military factory, and after the shift system, the workers have plenty of rest time." Liu Pudao.

"Your Excellency, are you going to quit Arequipa?" These days, the Chinese troops are constantly moving supplies, and the Peruvians in the city are allowing them to leave freely, and White senses the signs that they are leaving, so he cautiously inquires.

"Yes, we are only revolting to gain freedom, and we will not occupy your land for long."

More than 100,000 troops turned in and left and couldn't hide the inspection of those who were interested, so Li Mingyuan directly admitted.

"Since Your Excellency is leaving, you will also let us go, right?" White expected.

"Mr. White, we haven't had a great time working together! I want to continue to hire you and your workers, and I will pay you twice your usual salary. Li Mingyuan said with a smile.

"No, sir, thank you for your kindness, I still want to stay in Arequipa." White didn't hear the news he wanted, and hurriedly waved his hand and refused.

"Mr. White, my sincerity is very real, I hope you don't be stubborn." Li Mingyuan said indifferently.

Li Mingyuan's cold appearance and the soldiers standing next to him made White understand his situation, they were rebel Chinese laborers who killed people without blinking, if he didn't agree to their conditions, he was sure that the rebel leader who was still laughing and talking to him just now would definitely use a rifle to force him to submit.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Whiteqiang smiled, "I didn't think it through, I rejected Your Excellency's kindness, now I think about it, and I'm willing to go with you." ”

"Hehe, don't worry, you won't suffer if you cooperate with us." Li Mingyuan's face turned from gloomy to clear, and he patted White's shoulder with a smile.

After visiting the rifle production line, Li Mingyuan inspected the artillery production workshop and encouraged the Chinese workers in the military factory for a while.

Li Mingyuan set off to leave.

"Liu Pu, a Peruvian mechanic at a military factory, is under close surveillance and can't let anyone go." On the way back, Li Mingyuan rode on a horse and instructed Liu Pu.

"My subordinates understand that I will arrange for people to control the Peruvian mechanics and their families in the military factory."

"When the troops left, they took their families with them." Li Mingyuan said.

"Shizi, after arriving in Rio Gran do Sul, the construction of the base area must start from scratch, should we loot Peruvian craftsmen and mechanics from the occupied area to build a new country?"

"No, moving with a large group of Peruvians would increase our logistical burden and increase the danger to which our troops are exposed." Li Mingyuan replied after carefully considering Liu Pu's suggestion.

Liu Pu thought of the benefits of relocating Peruvian craftsmen from the families of Peruvian technicians who transported them away, but did not take into account the difficulties of relocation.

"Rio Gran do Sul is sparsely populated, but we can use the captured Brazilian army to help us build our homeland."

Turning into southern Brazil, once the Brazilian army is defeated, it will capture a lot of Brazilian troops, and it is impossible to put back a large number of captured troops immediately, and using them to build Rio Gran do Sul can temporarily solve the shortage of Chinese population.

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