Bright sword: starting from the logistics department

Chapter 12 Next Steps

In this way, after 3 days of busy logistics, the logistics department took away 7% of their output, and the smelting workshop successfully smelted the first furnace of molten steel. The blacksmiths recruited by Wang Wei began to beat the damaged parts of the firearms that could not be reused.

Zhao Qian began to arrange their next work.

Zhao Gan called the four workshop directors to the foyer of the dormitory assigned to him. There was only a square table, four benches, and a map hanging on the wall in the foyer.

Zhao Gan asked the four of them to sit down, put a pot of water on the table and finished it, and said to the four of them, "I brought the four of you here today to make arrangements. What is the next step for the arsenal? First of all, the first furnace of molten steel is reserved for the bullet workshop, and all of it is handed over to the firearms workshop. Director Wang, what parts are easy to make, and which parts to make first. Repairing a rifle will give our troops more strength. Live ammunition detection prevents jamming and burst chambers, and the detected bullets are shot into sandbags, so that we only waste some gunpowder and manual work, and there will not be too much waste of materials.”

"Okay, factory manager, I understand." Wang Wei replied after listening to Zhao Qian's order carefully.

Zhao Gan nodded: "Well, you need to pay more attention here, and try to hand over the same parts to one master to build them. But the guns that are easy to repair can be repaired first. Li Qing, the molten steel allocated to your workshop is all cast into steel bars with the thickness of bullets. You must remember that the size can be slightly larger, but it must not be smaller, you know."

Hearing Zhao Gan say that the size of the warhead is larger, he asked in puzzlement: "Director, why do you want to cast a bigger one? Such a warhead is not easy to polish, and the error of the warhead after polishing will be even more difficult to control?"

After hearing Li Qing's words, Zhao Qian explained to him: "After the steel bar is cast, it is cut to the length of the warhead. Then the warhead is rolled out on the lathe, so that the error of the warhead will be infinitely close to zero."

Li Qing frowned and said: "But the factory manager, the fitter who masters this kind of technology must reach level 6 or above. Our arsenal only has 8 people, so the output will be too low."

Hearing what Li Qing said, Zhao Gan continued, "I've considered this issue, so you can find the best fitter in our arsenal, let those blacksmiths cooperate with him, and use the remaining motors to make a few more simple lathes, as long as the file can be frustrated and the rotation is stable without shaking. At the same time, add a base to the file, and a slide on the base, so that the file can only slide according to the shape of the bullet, so that ordinary workers can be competent with a little training."

Hearing Zhao Qian's words, Li Qing showed an excited expression: "Yes, I will definitely make arrangements as soon as possible, and produce with a new method as soon as possible."

Zhao Qian continued: "Li Huaiyi, after the second batch of molten steel comes out, it should be able to supply the amount of guns and bullets. I can give you a little of it. The molten steel allocated to you is all used for mortar shells, and the cast iron shells of grenades are enough for the time being. Our output of molten steel is not so much. You are wronged here. I am preparing to build a second melting furnace. After the second melting furnace is built, our molten steel will no longer be a problem."

Li Huaiyi also nodded when he heard Zhao Gan's order: "Good factory manager, I know that our army has fewer guns, more people and fewer guns, so the most important ones must come first."

After listening to Li Huaiyi's words, Zhao Qian continued: "Liu Qi, the materials for new gunpowder are very common. You must produce as much as possible under the premise of ensuring quality and safety. The more the better, the output of our arsenal will usher in a big explosion in a few days. It's time to test you."

Liu Qi heard Zhao Gan's words, although he didn't know how the output of the arsenal exploded, he replied: "Okay, factory director, I will make arrangements as soon as I get back."

(End of this chapter)