After inspecting several arsenals in Nanjing, Xiao Zhenlei and his entourage took a train to Henan, where there were eight factories for military clothing, military shoes, and belts.

Xiao Zhenlei and others were the first to inspect a military clothing factory, and the director of this clothing factory, Zhou led the way, and introduced the situation of the clothing factory to Xiao Zhenlei and others while leading the way.

On the way to the production workshop, Director Zhou introduced: "President and Vice Minister Bao, at present, we have a total of 3,236 male and female workers in the clothing factory, of which 3,008 are female workers, and the rest are male workers. Male workers are mainly responsible for some heavy work, such as factory security work, maintenance and repair of machinery and electricity, transportation of raw materials, finished products, machinery and equipment, logistics, etc., while female workers are responsible for the production of clothing.

Our factory currently adopts three shifts of work, production system, eight hours per shift, the use of assembly line production operations, we currently have a total of ten production lines, each production line more than 100 people, a workshop has two production lines, a total of five production workshops, a total of 1,000 sewing machines, we have our own canteen, dormitory, bathhouse, infirmary, and night school classroom! ”

Walk into a production workshop, this workshop is very large, and because of the large number of workers, it seems to be very lively, everywhere is the sound of sewing machine work, the sound is not loud, the female workers are sitting in front of a sewing machine nervous work, a piece of fabric is sewn up by them, through the assembly line process to the next production link, the last set of military uniforms are produced.

Director Zhou introduced: "President, there are two production lines in this workshop, one of which produces tops for military uniforms. Another production line produces trousers for military uniforms, and finally forms a matching set of military uniforms according to the matching sizes. This job is done by someone! ”

Xiao Zhenlei and others walked down the various production links of the production line, watching the female workers carefully sew each piece of fabric with a sewing machine. Xiao Zhenlei came to the final packaging link, he picked up a set of military coats and unfolded it to look at it, touched the fabric again, and then looked at the density of needlework and thread in the sewing part, nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad!" Is this an officer's coat or a soldier's coat? ”

Director Zhou introduced: "President, this is an officer's coat, the fabric is made of wool and linen and spun using a special knitting method. Sturdy and wear-resistant, both warm and sweat-dissipating! ”

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Why do officers have overcoats to wear but soldiers don't?" Isn't this hierarchy? ”

Bao Yuzhen, vice minister of logistics, explained next to him: "President, our logistics department was originally going to customize soldiers' coats, but considering that soldiers wearing coats in winter cause inconvenience and will also affect combat capabilities, so the production of soldiers' coats has been cancelled, but the soldiers standing guard and patrolling have military coats, and the soldiers' winter coats are short cotton clothes and cotton pants, which are both warm and convenient for combat."

"I see!" Xiao Zhenlei nodded when he heard this, but still said, "We are not short of this money." In addition to the weapons such as pistols and other treatments, what officers have, soldiers should also have, what is the saying? It's called, 'No Afflictions.' In addition to the short cotton coat for winter, the soldiers were also given a set of military coats. When fighting, let the soldiers wear short cotton clothes. You can let them wear military coats when they don't fight or train, who doesn't like to dress a little better. And the soldiers are all young men, all of them are at the age of courtship, which one doesn't want to be looked at by a beautiful girl outside? This military coat should be designed to be worn on the body to make people feel heroic and handsome! ”

Bao Yuzhen hurriedly stood up and said: "Yes, President, I will arrange someone to deal with this matter after I go back."

Next, Xiao Zhenlei watched all aspects of the production line of military pants, the production management of this quilt factory was done in an orderly manner, without the slightest chaos, everyone was doing things, and there were no idlers.

Xiao Zhenlei walked while observing, and asked Director Zhou: "Director Zhou, can the clothing factory produce other clothes in addition to military uniforms and uniforms?" ”

Director Zhou shook his head and said: "President, we are a military clothing factory, in addition to the production of military clothing, there is no spare capacity to produce other clothing, although our workers are skilled and skilled workers in tailoring, but we have no clothing designers, no styles and versions of other clothing, we can not produce other clothing!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei asked: "Director Zhou, after the end of the war, the army's demand for military clothing must be greatly reduced, since the demand has declined, the production capacity of the clothing factory has to decline, after all, no matter how much you produce, the military needs it is limited, have you thought about how to solve the problem of overcapacity?" ”

"This ??????" When Director Zhou heard this, he was speechless for a while, and then asked, "President, the war didn't end so soon, did it?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile: "Whether it's fast or slow, it will end sooner or later, and it will be too late to think about what to do when the war is over, I suggest that you military industrial enterprises should start thinking about the problem of surplus now, the country cannot solve the problem of eating the workers of all state-owned factories with excess capacity, I hope that the heads of your factories will find their own ways to solve the problem of workers' survival, I give an example, although you don't need so much capacity to produce munitions, But now you can think about how to use the excess capacity to produce civilian goods, and then find a way to bring these products to the market to earn wealth to maintain the livelihood of factory workers, and you can also obtain research and development funds for factory technology research and development, in addition to paying state profits and taxes, you can add equipment, update equipment, increase workers' wages, and build new production workshops, which are all feasible. But you can't scrap the production line for the production of munitions, once the country needs you again, you need to produce munitions with all your might, and you can produce munitions for the country at the fastest speed and maximum capacity! ”

Director Zhou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "I understand what the president meant, our factory will recruit some clothing designers to research and design clothing, and after the country's demand for military supplies declines, our factory can use part of the excess capacity to produce ordinary civilian clothing, and we can also produce employee clothing for other factories, government civil servant clothing and so on!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was very satisfied with Director Zhou's reaction so quickly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Very good, you can think of so many feasible methods so quickly, it can be seen that the ability is very strong, not bad!" ”

Next, Xiao Zhenlei and other people visited and inspected several other military clothing factories and military shoes and belt factories, the quality and durability of military products are nothing to say, after all, considering the particularity of users, the military logistics department has extremely high requirements for the quality and durability of military supplies, and the quality inspection is also particularly strict.

Based on the durability and super quality of military products, not only the military favors them, but these non-combat equipment is especially loved by the labor insurance market, a large number of people engaged in manual labor prefer military training uniforms, shoes, socks, they can be used for a long time, and the wear resistance is very good. However, because it is a time of war, these munitions production factories do not have excess capacity to provide supplies for the civilian market, and it is estimated that after the end of the war, these munitions production factories can provide supplies for the civilian market, and providing supplies to the civilian labor insurance market and military supplies enthusiasts can also bring a part of the source of income to these factories and solve the problem of overcapacity a little bit.

Military shoes production plant, these factories produce three kinds of military shoes, the first is ordinary military shoes, mainly made of canvas and rubber sole, the advantage is wear-resistant, low cost, the disadvantage is the lack of protection of the calf, in the field training is easy to be drilled by mosquitoes, in addition to the disadvantage is easy to cause foot odor. The second type is military leather shoes, which are military dress leather shoes, which are available to both officers and soldiers. The third is combat boots, the fabric is made of cowhide, the sole is made of thick wear-resistant plastic rubber sole, and the high-top can protect the calf area, which is conducive to fighting, and adapts to long-term combat in the field without making the feet feel tired.

Among these three types of military shoes, the demand for ordinary military shoes is the greatest, mainly because the distribution object is soldiers, because soldiers often need training, the wear and tear of this kind of military shoes is also very large, and each soldier is issued two pairs per year. Military leather boots, one pair for each soldier and officer for three years, are worn on vacation, family visits and important occasions. Combat boots are only issued to elite soldiers of the Special Forces and the Wehrmacht Army's reconnaissance units.

The demand for three kinds of military shoes in the civilian market is also quite large, but there is no such product on the market at present, and the factories that are allowed to produce these military supplies have no remaining capacity to provide supplies to the civilian market, and other manufacturers have no qualifications and are not allowed to produce military supplies, and there is no considerable production technology, and the quality is not up to par, even if it is produced, the quality of the goods cannot be compared with the quality of real military supplies.

There are several military shoe factories that have excess capacity, but they are not authorized by the military logistics department and are not allowed to provide supplies to the civilian market. What if there are ordinary people wearing military supplies and pretending to be soldiers? Therefore, this is also the reason why there are no munitions on the market.

After visiting these factories, Xiao Zhenlei said that the higher-level departments will consider gradually relaxing the control of general non-combat munitions and non-high-tech munitions in light of the actual situation, and gradually allow these munitions production factories to provide supplies to the civilian market. On the one hand, it is necessary to let these munitions production plants have more sources of income, increase employee welfare, and let these munitions enterprises have more funds to improve production technology and increase production equipment. On the other hand, it is to make these munitions factories more competitive in the market, allowing them to make profits in the market, and solve the problem of overcapacity that the state cannot solve for the time being. (To be continued......)