When Wang Jue heard Chen Zhaoming say this, he nodded and said, "Very good, at least we have more choices in our hands this time!" How is the improvement of Tank No. 1 going? You also know that there will be big moves on the front line, and we need to strengthen all the troops, no matter what the front line is missing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"The technical workers of the entire 1014 factory have not rested for 30 days, they are working overtime until late at night every day, and all of them are supporting the war preparations at the front with the greatest enthusiasm...... To be honest, I can't imagine that the workers in the rear are fighting a war of their own if I hadn't seen the intense work here with my own eyes. Chen Zhaoming's tone was full of admiration, and he solemnly described Wang Jue beside him: "They should be commended, just like the soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line." ”

"Yes! I know they deserve to be commended. Wang Jue nodded approvingly, then walked towards the factory, and said as he walked: "You mean that the entire factory is already running at full capacity?" Is it possible that, within 10 days, another 30 tanks will be rushed out and sent to the front? ”

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult...... After all, we have achieved the degree of calculation in many places, and the only way to greatly increase production is to extend working hours......" Chen Zhaoming explained a fact to Wang Jue with some helplessness, that is, the production capacity of the entire factory seems to have reached a limit, and it is impossible to move more production capacity to increase the output of various types of tanks.

In the process of production, the industrious and intelligent Chinese workers have improved countless details of the production process. They try their best to shorten the production time, and the large-scale use of mature and efficient production technology.

Chen Zhaoming happened to see a skilled worker in the production workshop riveting some load-bearing structures at the bottom of his tank hull to fix small parts, so he walked over with Wang Jue to see the worker skillfully hitting these steel parts one by one.

He pointed to the process that the worker was operating, and introduced to Wang Jue: "We have eliminated the original welded structure in the car body and started to use a large number of rivets to fix it, which can save costs and mobilize more skilled riveting workers from other factories." ”

Although the use of rivets will make the body of the car heavier, it also has a certain effect on the strength of the body. However, this will shorten the construction time, save a shortage of skilled welders, and use a large number of rivet workers with more mature technology and a larger base.

Moreover, when producing tanks, the workers of the Ming Empire, who were almost paranoid about the cost, also tried their best to save every piece of hard-won steel. They made the internal lieutenants very thin, made the seats of the crew members hollowed out, and replaced the original leather seats with wooden planks - this did save time and money, but still had a considerable distance from the frighteningly large demand at the front.

Including the old army of the Ming Empire, the total demand for the No. 1 tank and its successor model No. 2 tank was about 5,000 to 8,000. But now, even if they are working overtime, several tank factories have only produced less than 1,000 tanks in total, which is simply not enough to meet the needs of all parties.

The production of 1,000 tanks seems like a lot, but if you count all the other problems, it's not much. Since the birth of tanks, more than 100 tanks have been paralyzed and destroyed on the road and on the battlefield, that is, one-tenth of the total production, and now they have disappeared.

Of these 900 tanks, 78 were converted into 100 mm howitzers and equipped with mechanized artillery units; 110 vehicles were converted into an assault version of 75 mm caliber, which was rationed to several main forces; In addition to the earlier 200 oldest No. 1 tanks still in service, about 50 more were assigned to the southbound trains......

Among the new tank chassis, 20 have been converted into various special vehicles, such as 2 experimental armored command vehicles for the 1st Armored Division of the New 1st Army, 4 special ammunition supply and tank towing repair vehicles, and 14 experimental products converted into special bridge-building tanks.

The overall distribution results are as follows: in addition to the 1st Armored Division of the New 1st Army, which is equipped with 290 No. 1 tanks of various types, the 2nd Armored Division of the New 2nd Army is also equipped with only 90 vehicles. The second most tank-armed unit is the 1st Panzer Division of the Praetorian Guard, which has already acquired 220 tanks of various types.

Unfortunately, the 3rd Armored Division of the New 3rd Army in Wang Yan's hands, after the establishment of this armored division, only 37 old No. 1 tanks were obtained as weapons and equipment. This is not so much an armored division, but an infantry division that strengthened an armored battalion. However, what was even worse was that General Sima Mingwei had just reorganized and reformed the New 2nd Group Army, and only then did one group army get a pitiful 35 old No. 1 tanks for teaching and learning.

"Can it be any faster? I want another 100 armored vehicles of various types, such as the No. 1 howitzer for mechanized artillery, the gun shield and the hull, all of which are constructed with rivets...... Anyway, I don't go to the front line, as long as the strength is enough! Wang Jue came up with his ideas indiscriminately, in fact, he also knew that these days, the Ming Empire had overdrawn a lot of industrial capacity near the Tangshan Industrial Zone in order to produce tanks.

After all, the Ming Empire did not enter a state of full-scale war, nor did it involve factories all over the country in the production of tanks. This kind of production of 1,000 tanks in about two months is not because of the lack of production capacity of the Ming Empire, but in the final analysis, the Ming Empire itself did not invest all its strength.

Chen Zhaoming looked at the workers in the distance who were welding the steel plates used for bulletproof in front of the tank, sighed and said to Wang Jue: "Do your best, at least we will ensure the production of the 30 No. 1 75 mm caliber artillery assault type in the plan......"

"It's too embarrassing, in the future, this type of No. 1 tank will be called No. 1 assault gun! It's a convention with the No. 1 howitzer! With a wave of his hand, Wang Jue gave this strange tank without a turret a resounding name.

After he gave the tank a name, his eyes were drawn to the roaring machinery in the production hall in the distance. He looked at the huge industrial machines that were running, and asked Chen Zhaoming, who knew this knowledge, "What kind of machinery are those?" What parts of the tank are being produced? (To be continued.) )