Chapter 922: Destroying Industry (Medium)
The Springfield Arsenal, this arsenal may be thought to be a Japanese arsenal just by listening to the name, but this Springfield Arsenal is not an arsenal of the Japanese, but an arsenal of the Americans. The capital of Massachusetts in the United States is also known as Springfield, so the arsenal set up here is naturally called Springfield Arsenal. And this Springfield Arsenal is the largest arsenal in the United States, they are a large arsenal from production and research, it is an arsenal specializing in the production of rifles, and a large number of military industry talents are gathered here, and then they are responsible for the production of rifles for the vast majority of Americans.
"What's going on lately? I heard that Washington, D.C. is also letting ******** around? Someone asked.
And another said: "Yes, Washington, D.C. has been very uneasy lately, and more than a dozen middle-level and high-ranking officials have been assassinated, which has made people panic in Washington, D.C." It's a shame to even hear that the federal government hasn't even caught a single ********. President Roosevelt, who had just taken over the presidency, had already requested an expansion of the army, and now in the next six months, it will be expanded by 600,000! At that time, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of weapons produced, and we will have to be busy here! ”
Hearing that there are a lot of orders going to be from this Springfield Arsenal, these workers are also in mixed moods. Because once the U.S. government's arms and arms orders increase, it means that their production volume increases rapidly. In the past, the U.S. army was only tens of thousands, and their production pressure was not much, and it was impossible for tens of thousands of U.S. troops to change their equipment at the same time, so they were not under much pressure. But now the army has been expanded by 600,000, and the number has even increased by about eight times, and it is a one-time expansion of the army, and those military weapons are even more massive.
In such a situation, these workers will definitely have to work overtime, especially the rifle factory will have to produce more quickly. But in this day and age, I work overtime as a worker. That's not necessarily a good thing! In this era, the exploitation of workers is very serious, and every worker works at least nine hours a day, and it is good to be able to work nine hours. The real idea of an eight-hour workday was only a few decades later for Ford, and the nine-hour workday has not yet been popularized. These workers work at least 10 hours a day, and even 12 hours a day, and some black-hearted bosses even let them work as long as 13 or 4 hours. Even in this era there are records of sixteen hours of work. And if it's overtime, it's even more incalculable.
So when they heard about the expansion of the army, this made these workers feel not only not happiness, but a headache. In this era, the capitalists exploited the workers so badly that although they worked overtime, their wages did not necessarily increase much, or even at all. The exploitation of workers by capitalists is the craziest era, and these workers are very helpless when they hear that they have to work overtime. Not only do these workers have almost zero benefits, but they also have low wages, which is simply incomparable with the workers of later generations.
Heard the news of the expansion of the army. These American workers, especially those in the arsenals, are even more troubled, and obviously do not think that the expansion of the army is a good thing. As for the profits to be made by those who expand the army and produce weapons, these have nothing to do with them, the low-level workers, and will be the income of those bosses. And they may be paid overtime, but not by 200 or 300 percent, as in later generations. In these years, it is not impossible that the overtime pay will be less than the normal work pay.
If it were not for the persecution of the workers too much, where would there be the rise of those working-class soviets?
"Hahahaha. Do you not want to work overtime? A man suddenly said in English.
Immediately, some workers subconsciously replied: "Of course, of course I don't want to work overtime." Who wants to! Overtime is more than worth the loss, why do we want to work overtime? ”
The man who spoke in English replied again: "In that case, then we will help you blow up this arsenal, will it be possible for you to take a vacation?" ”
Those American workers were immediately surprised, who the hell was this, and they actually said that they were going to blow up the arsenal? That's a big rebellion. If those capitalists heard it, it would definitely be a dead one.
"Who are you?"
"We are Chinese!"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Several ******** immediately knocked these workers of the American Springfield Arsenal to the ground, and then took out short knives and threatened them.
"Don't talk, cooperate with us, we don't want to kill people next. Do you understand? ******** said.
"Okay, well, we will cooperate! What did you want to do? Said the American worker.
Then he said: "It's very simple, we're going to blow up this Springfield Arsenal, and I hope you can cooperate with me." I don't mind killing people if I don't cooperate, understand? ”
"Okay, well, we will cooperate! As long as you don't kill me, then I can do anything. ”
The American workers immediately nodded their heads, apparently thinking that they should cooperate well.
"Oh? So cooperative? ”
They all know that these American workers have no loyalty to these American companies at all, and for them, these American factories are too hard to oppress them, and these capitalists almost compress their workers' welfare, labor protection, and even wages as much as possible in order to make huge profits, and then desperately squeeze them regardless of their health and working hours. This made them very miserable, and in this era there was no protection for the workers, and even the trade unions were still very weak and could not confront the capitalists.
So these workers have no loyalty to the factory, and the loss is the boss's, not their own. Bankruptcy is also the boss's, not their own, so what is there for them to be heartbroken? They sold the boss directly, and they didn't lose anything anyway. The factory belongs to the boss, and life is their own, so of course they are not willing to give up their lives to protect the interests of this so-called boss.
"Very well, next, you tell me, where is the workshop that produces bullets?" Asked.
"Where is the bullet shop, but you have to wear special work clothes!" The American worker said, pointing to a factory building.
Then he said, "Very well, whether you survive or not depends on your own luck!" ”
"Smack!"
The ******** punched the American worker, and then the American worker fainted.
"Captain, this time we are going to find the ammunition workshop, the ammunition workshop is the most suitable!"
Since you want to blow up this Springfield Arsenal, the most suitable place is to start from the workshop that produces ammunition. Because a small number of agents infiltrated them, it was impossible for them to carry a large amount of explosives, and naturally it was impossible to blow up this arsenal directly. Naturally, they wanted to blast it with gunpowder inside the arsenal, so that they could detonate the entire arsenal at once.
And there is also an advantage in this ammunition production workshop, that is, the workers in the ammunition production workshop need to change their clothes, and they need to change the kind of clothes that are relatively heavy and have no static electricity. In this ammunition production workshop, once there is a little static electricity, the consequences are unimaginable. So the clothes are special and they have to wear a mask, which helps them hide their identity. The appearance of an Oriental is completely different from that of a Westerner, and if you swagger directly into it, it will definitely be dangerous. And wearing this mask and those anti-static suits is naturally the best way to help them hide their identity.
"Ready, go steal some clothes, and we'll get in!" The agent captain said.
It wasn't difficult for these agents to steal a few clothes, so they quickly stole a few clothes, and then brought a few of the workers' passes, so that they all came here and walked into this gunpowder factory, and then they walked in, and began to prepare to take out the gunpowder.
"Lao Zhang, you have been specially trained in explosives, there is no problem with this, right?" The captain asked.
"No problem, I was originally a top student in the American construction industry, and later joined here to learn blasting, I know what to do!" That old Zhang replied.
Lao Zhang began to prepare to get some gunpowder to make explosives. Package, he also has to calculate the process of this blasting. In particular, the power of this gunpowder and these are to be calculated, and the blasting is not just a casual light of gunpowder and can explode. Especially directional blasting, precision blasting, etc., these are all arts! Blasting, if used well, is an art.
How to blow up this Springfield Arsenal, and how he can escape in time, so as not to stay here for this arsenal to be buried, this is the most important thing. This plan is very important, it is not possible to explode for a long time, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered. If it's short, it won't work, because then they won't be able to escape. Therefore, this explosion, especially when there is no specially customized bomb and you have to make your own improvised explosive equipment, is a test of an agent's ability.
"Lao Zhang, are you okay? Hurry up, or we'll be easy to find out if it drags on for a long time! This is someone's territory, and if we don't play well, we'll all have to trouble. Especially since it's all security and an arsenal. They will not be short of firearms, and once they mobilize the workers to come, we will all be turtles in the urn! The Agent Captain said.
"Okay, the explosives package is ready, I can use the power of explosions and ammunition to blow up this arsenal!" (To be continued.) )