The full name of K31 is Karabiner-31, which means 31 carbine, firing 7.5x55mm GP11 pointed bullets, with large chamber pressure, fast rate of fire, and extremely high accuracy, and is the main rifle of the Swiss Army.

At the same time, the shooting accuracy of Lee Enfield, Mosin-Nagant, Springfield and other rotary bolt machine rifles was generally 2.5-4.0 MOA, while the K31 could achieve an exaggerated 1.5 MOA.

It is not surprising that Switzerland, known for its precision manufacturing, could make a rifle so accurate and lethal, but the straight-pull bolt has inherent reliability problems and is a complex manufacturing process.

The Ming army was dismissive of this frivolous thing, but Jinyiwei and the Yi'an Police Department procured 200 of them together and installed scopes for the use of special service units, because they did not have to face the muddy and poor use environment; The Ming army, on the other hand, continued to use the self-produced Type 21 rifle as the basis for sniper rifles.

"How is the trial production of the production line?"

"Back to Your Highness, since the day before the big day, a total of 94 vehicles have been trial-produced in three days, and 70 vehicles have passed the inspection, and a total of one-fifth of the defective parts and components have been returned during the period......"

The group has arrived at the final assembly plant at this moment, with the main structure of the truck placed at intervals on the long heavy conveyor belt, and the tires hanging on the conveyor crane in mid-air next to it.

However, the assembly lines are now at a standstill, and production has not resumed since the end of work yesterday evening.

Zhu Liqi walked to the side of the conveyor belt and asked sideways, "How long will it take to be in this situation?" If it is officially put into production in the future, the production may be stable? ”

An engineer replied: "Nowadays, the rate of parts and components is not low, and it still needs to be debugged and familiar for a period of time." When everything is normal, the theoretical daily output is about 75 vehicles, and the annual output is about 25,000; If you work overtime, it can reach as many as 40,000 vehicles. ”

"This output is still less than that of many Taixi car factories. Well... Now it is possible to continue manufacturing? ”

"Back to Your Highness, you probably have to wait for a while."

Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to observe with his own eyes, everyone naturally wants to let him get his wish, anyway, he will come step by step.

So under the organization of the managers and stewards, the employees went to their respective posts one after another, and the blowers, motors, hammers, conveyor belts, etc. were started one after another.

After a while, under the leadership of the manager of this branch, Zhu Ligong and his party came to the foundry plant.

Before you even walk here, you can feel the heat wave blowing in your face, and the cupola has not stopped, and the employees inside are shouting loudly at this moment.

"It's time to poke the eye of the storm, get over quickly!"

"It's going to be iron!"

In the furnace, the coke at the bottom is burning, and the huge heat seems to melt everything, and a series of physicochemical reactions are taking place inside.

In a few moments, the yellow-white hot iron gushed out of the tap hole, and then flowed down the trough into the barrel-shaped molten iron bag, and then was pulled up by the hook and sent to the foundry next door.

The sand casting mold has already been prepared, and several workers not far away are holding shovels and hammers to make the casting mold.

The huge ladle of molten iron was naturally not something that could be moved by man, so it was tilted and poured some molten iron into a smaller bucket, and then two workers picked it up with large pliers, walked steadily to a sand mold on the ground, and slowly poured the molten iron into it......

This is the scene of the foundry, and in the foundry, you can hear the short and loud sound of "dong dong dong" from a long distance.

Four or five shirtless workers work together to hold a red-hot steel billet with large pliers, extend it to a huge steam hammer table, and then continue to forge rapidly, rotating as they go to make it into the desired shape......

In this era of automated production, many manufacturing processes looked primitive, but this is the case today, and even many countries are still using this manufacturing method decades later.

Of course, the parts that the factory can produce itself are only a part, such as window panes, wipers, tires, engines, etc., which are the responsibility of other manufacturers and companies.

The group went around and around, and finally returned to the final assembly workshop.

The main structure of the trucks on the heavy conveyor belt stops at each "checkpoint", and a dozen workers surround it to install the parts, and so on.

In this way, the truck, which was originally just a "skeleton", gradually took shape, and Zhu Liqi saw that the transmission cable in mid-air hung with 65 horsepower six-cylinder gasoline engines, and when the truck that had been basically formed stopped on the assembly line, the workers immediately helped to install the engine into the front of the car.

He looked at a truck that had been fully assembled and drove off the production line, and then asked: "I have seen your future plans, in addition to building a new truck production line with an annual output of 25,000, there is also a plan to produce 100,000 tractors per year?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, in fact, the original plan was even more ambitious, which was to open a single workshop and build a large factory with a daily output of 150 vehicles." This time it was a chubby manager who answered.

"Oh? That's why cut it in half. ”

"Uh... The main reason is that there is a shortage of skilled workers, and the yield rate will not go up. ”

Although his expression was as usual, Zhu Likai was not satisfied with his answer.

Building factories and arranging production lines doesn't mean that you can do it well, and it doesn't take two years to do it? It is entirely possible to solve the problem of skilled workers during this time.

"There are never too many trucks, and the so-called lack of skilled hands leads to poor yield... It shouldn't be a problem. He said calmly: "Whether it's the old with the new, or the organization and training, try to solve it, can you understand?" ”

"Understand, understand, Your Highness's intentions, it must be conveyed in time, let's... It must be adjusted. ”

After staying for nearly two hours in the newly built branch of Yangyue Company, Zhu Lijun, who was satisfied, finally left.

After returning to the palace where he was staying, he paced in the backyard and pondered, while Zhan Shi Wu Zhengren accompanied him.

"The more cars you have, the better, and the strategy and construction are indispensable, and the world situation is so ...... today"

"Your Highness, our dynasty started late in this regard, and it has only improved in the past ten years, so I can't rush it."

"I naturally know, but I have to be in a hurry right now, and I have to hurry up for nearly three years." Zhu Ligong stood with his hands in his hands and said slowly: "I intend to build a large-scale truck assembly workshop, which is conveniently located in Shanghai; Then, we ordered a large number of bulk trucks from Ford, Dodge, and General Motors in the United States and Canada, and assembled them after they arrived. I'm afraid that the financial affairs have to be fine-tuned, and this money has to be withdrawn from some aspect. ”

Wu Zhengren, who was a little surprised, was stunned for two seconds before hesitating and replied: "But the proposed financial affairs should not be changed drastically, I don't know what His Highness said about 'large quantities'?" ”

In fact, because of the needs of modernization, Daming's demand for trucks is very large, and in the case that self-production cannot be met, in fact, some trucks will be imported every year.

"Two years, 150,000 units."

"It seems like a lot... Most of the automobile companies in the United States and Canada are mainly civilian cars, and the production of trucks is not large. Besides, the money ......"

(End of chapter)