Now it was Mr. Jack Duvalin's turn to be impressed by the warlock, and nodded his head and humbly accepted Kafta's advice. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jack is an alchemist, a genius inventor who has a lot of fantastic ideas and the ability to turn them into results in a craft way. However, he knew little about machining, knew nothing about industrial production processes, and did not understand the meaning of "automation" and "standardization" that Kafta repeatedly emphasized. It's hard for a genius to be a good teacher, Jack can't teach people who aren't as ingenious as him to perfectly copy his work, in short, he can't help the ordinary workers in the arsenal. Kafta did not dwell on the perfection of the "grenade" itself, but reminded him from the point of view of mass production that some of the designs he himself felt proud of were not necessary for industrial production and could even seriously hinder production efficiency.

"Mr. Roland, Mr. Jack, I graduated from the Dolphin Bay School of Mechanical Engineering, worked in the Mecha Research Institute for ten years, and then transferred to the airship company to be in charge of the processing workshop, I believe that no one knows what the factory is like better than me, and there is only one most important indicator for any product to be mass-produced in the factory in an efficient and concise way - all parts must meet uniform standards." Kafta said as he draw, disassembling the grenade into several mechanical parts, and his proficiency was not like he had just come into contact with this new invention, "I don't care about the enchantment process, that's Mr. Jack's job, just these twenty-seven metal parts, we have to build a standard model before production, and all the parts must meet the standard, so that we only need to give the twenty-seven sub-workshops production instructions, let them focus on producing one part, and then put all the parts together." ”

"You said it very well, Mr. Kafta, that standardization is necessary, so that when a component is defective, we can replace it with another part of the same specification, and the assembly and repair work will be very simple, no longer need long technical training, and the novice will still be able to do it." Roland said.

As a traveler from the earth, influenced by an industrialized society, he understands the deep meaning of "industrialization" better than Jack. But after all, he is not a person engaged in related professions, and at most he has heard of concepts such as "assembly lines", and after coming to the world of Vares, he wants to copy them bluntly. It turns out that the rhetoric on paper is useless, and the grenade factory he and Jack put together simply doesn't work as efficiently as envisioned, either here or there. It was only then that Roland felt that the so-called "big industry" was by no means as simple as the book said.

This is true even on Earth. In the United States at the beginning of the 19th century, the most troublesome of all the steps involved in the production of a rifle was the processing of the stock. Converting wood into a good stock required dozens of processes, which at the time required manual work and were only available to the most experienced craftsmen, which could seriously hamper the production of rifles. The same problem exists in any sector of the industrial sector. In order to solve the problem of quickly replacing gun parts, the US military industry has put forward the concept of "standard parts" since the beginning of the 19th century, requiring that the parts of two similar guns can be interchangeable at will, in order to achieve this goal, the major military factories have launched fierce competition, but it was not until half a century later that this problem was really solved, and it took decades before the standardized process of the military industry was extended to civilian industrial products, and then housewives finally did not have to worry about broken sewing machines - they no longer had to send the whole machine to the factory for repair, All you need to do is write a letter to the manufacturer for help, and soon you will receive a brand new part, and you can replace the broken part yourself and get the sewing machine back to working properly.

These seemingly simple things have been a lifelong problem for countless skilled craftsmen in the history of human industry. The traverser is not omnipotent, and Roland cannot solve many problems in the mass production of "grenades" with only the superficial knowledge in his memory, so he wrote to Sukhoi and Morozov to ask for the help of professionals, and invited Kafta and his team of warlocks from Baigull Harbor. It turned out that his decision was very correct, and the professional work had to be left to the professionals. Under Kafta's guidance, the problems that had plagued him and Jack were solved, and the production process was rearranged by Kafta, removing all unnecessary parts and emphasizing safety.

"Mr. Roland, I don't have anything new to say about the 'grenade production line', if it goes well, it can be put into production tomorrow, according to the data provided by you and Mr. Jack, I think it is not a problem to reach 3,000 pieces per month, the first factory is running smoothly, the second, third and even more factories with the same standards and management methods can be built, as long as the workers and materials are guaranteed, we can continue to produce more grenades." Kafta slipped a pencil into his jacket pocket and calmly made his closing remarks.

"You're amazing, Mr. Kafta!" Jack took out a treasure trove of good wine and diligently poured a glass for the warlock.

"Thanks, I don't drink alcohol at work." Kafta smiled and pushed away his glass, "Mr. Roland, you just said that the Ordnance Institute currently has three tasks, except for the production of grenades, what are the other tasks?" ”

"The second job is to assist Jack to complete the research and development of the 'grenadier canister' and come up with a mass production plan as soon as possible."

As soon as Roland's words fell, Kafta's eyes lit up.

"Grenadier? I almost forgot that I had something for you. He opened the storage bag, took out a box the size of a cello case, picked it up and put it on the table, "This is a sample of a grenadier barrel that Mr. Sukhoi gave me before leaving. ”

"Samples made so quickly?!" Curious, Jack opened the lid of the box, and there was a steel-cast device in the box, which looked like a disassembled cannon barrel, with a folded stand. ”

"This is a small grenade launcher, embedded with the magic crystal cannon core, the shell is loaded from the breech, adjust the firing angle and then pull this lever to close the magic crystal loop, the strong magnetic force generated by the cannon core will make the shell fly out of the gun chamber and fall along the arc to the enemy position, with a maximum range of 1500 yards." Kafta said as he lifted the grenadier and put his hands on it, looking effortless, "This device weighs only 20 pounds including the stand, and I haven't seen a cannonball ......"

"Jack Bullet." Roland handed over the design drawings of the "grenadier" grenade in due course.