The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 22 Two million rounds of ammunition production mission? How much!?

The conference room seemed to explode.

The participants in the meeting were discussing the matter.

"Director, the guns are easy to produce. We can all work together to overcome difficulties and barely complete the production task. But we can't produce so many bullets. Even if we don't sleep, there is only one production line and we can't produce enough!"

"Yes, there are many guns. If everyone works hard, it may be possible to complete it. There is only one production line for bullets, and it can only produce a few thousand bullets a day."

"The ammunition depot was emptied before, so why do they need so many guns and ammunition? I haven't heard that they are going to conduct exercises."

"It's a drill, but we use training ammunition, not live ammunition!"

"It will take us almost a year to produce more than two million rounds of ammunition! Isn't this nonsense from our superiors? We have been learning for some time that practice is the only criterion for testing truth. The superiors don't even understand this and just issued the production task. It's simply nonsense."

Everyone was very dissatisfied. There were more than two million bullets, but the Panshan Machinery Factory had only one old production line and could not produce that many.

Wang Tiezhu said in a deep voice: "This is a military order. The higher-ups have issued an order to teach the monkeys a lesson. A war requires so many bullets. Without bullets, are our soldiers going to fight the monkeys with bayonets with guns?"

“If it can be completed, it must be completed. If it cannot be completed, you must overcome difficulties and complete it!” Wang Tiezhu’s eyes were very sharp.

As a soldier, it is your duty to obey orders.

Military orders are as heavy as a mountain and there is nothing to bargain with.

"Director, I have something to say." Liu Tao raised his hand.

Wang Tiezhu frowned. Young people are young people. They will only complain when encountering difficulties. It seems that he still needs to polish his skills.

Jade is not cut, not a device!

"Minister Liu, if you want to talk about difficulties, then don't say it." Wang Tiezhu waved his hand, his eyes were very sharp, "Whoever dares to complain about difficulties and disrupt our army's morale, I will shoot him first."

"Director, what I want to say is that two million bullets are too few! As long as we have enough materials, we can produce them in less than half a month." Liu Tao shrugged.

Suddenly, the entire conference room fell silent, as quiet as death.

Everyone looked at Liu Tao in a daze, then scratched their ears, thinking they had heard it wrongly.

Wang Tiezhu was also stunned. "Comrade Liu Tao, you are right, right? If we have enough materials, we can produce it in half a month?"

"Yes, Director, you heard it right." Liu Tao nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss~ Comrade Liu Tao is not too tired recently and hasn't woken up yet, so he is talking nonsense, right?"

"Producing two million rounds of ammunition in half a month? Isn't this just a dream?"

"If I had drunk a little bit of wine, I wouldn't dare to say that. If I said that, I might get tongue-tied."

"Touch Comrade Liu Tao's forehead quickly. He might have a fever."

As they spoke, their eyes were filled with worry. Lin Shengli, who was sitting next to Liu Tao, quickly reached out to touch Liu Tao's forehead.

"Minister Lin, I'm fine." Liu Tao blocked Lin Shengli's hand. He didn't expect that time had come to this point unknowingly.

This battle laid the foundation for more than 40 years of peace in the border areas.

He has been working day and night during this period just to prepare for this battle so that his soldiers will suffer less losses.

"Director, I've been assembling the bullet production line recently. I worked until five in the morning last night and just finished this production line." Liu Tao smiled and said, "According to my estimate, this new bullet production line can produce 14 to 15 automatic rifle bullets every day."

Everyone looked at Liu Tao in shock.

Everyone naturally admired Liu Tao's ability. The production machine Liu Tao had developed some time ago was like a brand new one, very easy to use, and everyone in the production workshop praised it.

Many people knew that Liu Tao was building a new bullet production line, but no one expected that Liu Tao had actually succeeded, and that the daily bullet production capacity could reach 14 to 15 rounds.

This directly increased the bullet production capacity of Panshan Machinery Factory by 20 times!

"Comrade Liu Tao, you are right, right? You have really assembled a new bullet production line? And it has such a high production capacity?" Wang Tiezhu was full of disbelief.

Liu Tao nodded heavily: "Yes, I guarantee it with my party spirit!"

"The production line is now in the production workshop. If you don't believe me, you can go and have a look." Liu Tao said, "I will personally operate the machine and test production for an hour, and then you will know."

"Let's go to the production workshop and see it with our own eyes!" Wang Tiezhu made a prompt decision.

Everyone immediately left the meeting room and, led by Liu Tao, came to the newly built factory.

At this time, there were machines in the factory.

Liu Tao personally introduced the functions of these five machines.

Then someone brought the raw materials, Liu Tao added the materials into the raw material slot, and then pressed the switch.

The machine started moving.

The conveyor belt also started moving.

Wang Tiezhu and others were stunned. The entire production line only needed a few workers, and the most important things were to add materials, clear out unqualified parts, and take out the bullets and put them into bullet boxes.

Production was suspended for only one hour.

"Director, a total of 6100 bullets have been produced." Tang Changzheng was dumbfounded. The speed of bullet production was simply terrifyingly fast.

Liu Tao showed a look of satisfaction. It was worth his efforts, even though he only slept three or four hours a day. This production line really met his expectations.

Of course, he had seen a documentary in which the production speed of bullets was even faster, with tens of thousands of bullets being produced in one minute.

Even the loading of bullets is automated, and workers only need to carry boxes of bullets away.

But there is no doubt that the bullet production line he developed is one of the most advanced in the country, and even in the world, it is estimated to be at the leading level.

If we can use CNC machine tools in the future to improve automation and unmanned operations, it is estimated that the Panshan Machinery Factory alone can produce hundreds of millions of bullets every year.

After personally setting up such a production line, Liu Tao finally understood why China in later generations produced 25 billion bullets a year, but the production line operation rate was less than 5%.

"Comrade Liu Tao, is this bullet qualified?" Wang Tiezhu's mind went blank.

Having lived through the war years, Wang Tiezhu could not imagine that bullets could be produced in this way.

He is very worried now. The bullets are produced very quickly, but if the bullets are not up to standard, then no matter how fast the production is, it will be useless.

"Director, we'll know whether the bullets are qualified or not by trying them!" Liu Tao smiled faintly.

This production line has been modified many times and upgraded again and again to its current appearance.

Liu Tao is very confident about this production line, or he is confident in his own golden finger.

His golden finger has never failed and never let him down.

And this golden finger is also his greatest reliance in this world. If even the golden finger goes wrong, then he’s doomed.

(End of this chapter)