The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 25 Re-planning the Factory

Wang Baoguo left.

Wang Tiezhu and Liu Tao began to discuss the matter.

Finally, the bullet production line and the gun production line were included in the report, and an application for 200 million yuan was made from above.

"If this money comes in, our factory can have a prosperous year this year, and everyone can have a good year." Wang Tiezhu said with emotion.

This period of time is the best time of my life in all these years.

When attending meetings, Wang Tiezhu always holds his head high and looks toward the sky. When he speaks, he is full of pride and confidence.

Panshan Machinery Factory developed the 'Type 78' pistol and the 'Type 78' automatic rifle, which was a remarkable achievement in the military industry of the province and even the country.

Now, a production line has been developed that can quickly produce bullets.

There have been huge breakthroughs in scientific research, and there is also a lot more money available. Not only are the workers' wages paid on time, but even previously overdue wages have been paid.

The entire Panshan Machinery Factory is radiating a unique vitality. Everyone is full of energy and there is a gleam of hope for the future in everyone's eyes.

And all this was brought by this young man Liu Tao!
"Director, I think we need to re-plan our Panshan Machinery Factory." Liu Tao pondered for a moment and put forward his suggestions to Wang Tiezhu.

Panshan Machinery Factory was built in a hurry after all.

The buildings, made of red bricks or even earth bricks, appear rather crude and unsafe.

This is a bit disdainful for Liu Tao, who is used to reinforced concrete and steel structure factories.

Looking at the dormitory area, the dormitories are very simple and the lighting is not sufficient.

Before, Panshan Machinery Factory was extremely poor, and even if Liu Tao wanted to, he couldn't do it according to his own ideas.

But now it’s different, Panshan Machinery Factory has the conditions.

"Re-planning?" Wang Tiezhu was quite puzzled.

Liu Tao patiently explained: "Director, our factory is just a small- to medium-sized military factory. It was built in a hurry and there are many unreasonable things. If our factory wants to grow and develop, it must be re-planned and rebuilt."

"But we don't have anyone who knows how to plan. In the beginning, everyone built this place according to their own ideas." Wang Tiezhu looked embarrassed. "If we want to re-plan it, I'm afraid we have to go to the city to find someone. But the college entrance examination has just been resumed. It's hard to say whether we can find professional people."

Liu Tao's idea moved. He had designed houses before, and had participated in the design of commercial housing, shopping malls, and industrial plants.

He could definitely give it a try.

"Director, how about I design this first?" Liu Tao said.

Wang Tiezhu asked doubtfully: "You can also design?"

"When I was in college, I learned some in my spare time," said Liu Tao.

"Okay, you design it first." Wang Tiezhu said, "But remember, you can't fall behind in your work. This is the real thing."

"Don't worry, this design won't take much time." Liu Tao said with a smile.

After Liu Tao left the factory director's office, he called three technicians and started working with the instruments.

Liu Tao is very familiar with the area around Panshan Machinery Factory and knows exactly where is suitable for construction.

As soon as the relevant data was measured, Liu Tao began to get involved.

In fact, Panshan Machinery Factory only occupies a part of the entire valley, and there is still a lot of space.

However, all of these have been turned into fields, used to grow crops or build farms.

Liu Tao measured the entire valley, which was approximately two thousand acres in size.

In this era, labor is cheap, prices are cheap, and the purchasing power of money is extremely amazing.

As for the land, there is no such thing as approval. It all belongs to the state and is built by state-owned factories. The local government has no control over it.

In this deep mountain, there is not a single village within a radius of ten kilometers.

Among them, 500 acres are farmland, dozens of acres are breeding farms, and the rest are forest land. Deep mountains and old forests, that's it!
The Panshan Machinery Factory was originally built on forest land, and a factory was forcibly built on it.

Even now, there are still many trees in the factory area, which can provide good concealment.

Liu Tao has big ideas and great ambitions.

Draw directly at the two narrow places in the valley. This will serve as the gate and also the only way to enter the valley.

This kind of place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is the most suitable place to build a gate, and the entire valley will belong to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Liu Tao even drew a circle along the mountain ridge based on the topographic map and marked the place where the sentry post would be built. The entire area enclosed by the red dotted circle reached 100 square kilometers.

Then, the plan layout of the valley was carried out.

Production area, office area, residential area, shooting range.
As Liu Tao continued to work, the A0 drawing gradually became more complete.

It only took three days to complete the floor plan layout.

Liu Tao also drew some drawings, including the design drawings of the factory areas, office areas, and residential areas.
Just as Liu Tao was replanning the Panshan Machinery Factory, a steady stream of materials were transported to the Panshan Machinery Factory by car, and then the guns and ammunition produced by the Panshan Machinery Factory every day were transported away.

With the support of superiors, we coordinated the delivery of various production materials to Panshan Machinery Factory.

As the materials arrived, Liu Tao had to continue to lead people to manufacture machines and assemble production lines.

With previous experience, this time it was much faster.

Directly produce according to Liu Tao's design drawings and then assemble the machine.

Liu Tao used the golden finger to constantly solve problems.

In just five days, a new bullet production line was assembled.

This new bullet production line was directly installed inside the original bullet production line, and after installation, debugging began.

This debugging is simple.

The problem has been solved by Liu Tao using the cheat code, and the debugging went very smoothly.

As for the worker teams, a group of workers have been arranged to receive training during this period, and can now be directly assigned to this bullet production line.

"Once this bullet production line goes into operation, our factory will have two bullet production lines. If we operate at full capacity, we can produce hundreds of millions of bullets a year!" Wang Tiezhu grinned from ear to ear.

Hundreds of millions of bullets, it’s incredible to think about it.

How many bullets do the military factories in the entire Yun Province produce every year?

With these two bullet production lines, other military factories in Yunnan Province no longer need to produce this type of rifle bullets.

Even the neighboring province doesn’t need it anymore.

What's more, according to the instructions from superiors, another bullet production line needs to be built.

If Panshan Machinery Factory builds a few more bullet production lines, the bullets produced by Panshan Machinery Factory alone can meet the needs of all the rifle bullets in the country.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Director, this is a special period. We have to work in three shifts and produce 24 hours a day. This will cause serious damage to the machines. Normally, we can just produce for a few hours a day."

When it comes to bullets, the more you produce, the better.

If too much is produced and piled up in the warehouse, it will also take up space.

"Our factory has a heavy production task now, and our superiors have high expectations of us. We cannot let them down." Wang Tiezhu said in a deep voice.

The three armies have not moved yet, food and grass go first!
In today's war, it is impossible to fight without weapons and ammunition.

If Panshan Machinery Factory produces more weapons and ammunition, it can replenish the troops faster.

He wished that the bullet production line could be built in no time.

As a veteran, even though he has been away from the army for nearly 30 years, Wang Tiezhu still considers himself a soldier in his heart and has a deep love for the army.

(End of this chapter)