The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 9 Repairing a Boring Machine
"Can we produce a batch of this type of pistol first?" Wang Tiezhu looked at Wang Baoguo with bright eyes.

You can't produce anything at will, everything has to go according to plan.

Only with planned indicators can production be carried out.

If the Panshan Machinery Factory had not been given any indicators from above, then the products produced by the Panshan Machinery Factory could at most be equipped for the factory's garrison.

A platoon of security forces only has 30 people!
30 brand new pistols could not satisfy Wang Tiezhu's appetite at all.

Wang Baoguo looked thoughtful.

"Well, you should first produce 500 of these pistols and equip the cadres of the 40th Division first," said Wang Baoguo.

The 40th Division is Wang Baoguo’s old unit, and the 119th Regiment is also stationed in these mountains to guard the Panshan Machinery Factory.

To attack Panshan Machinery Factory, we must first break through the defense line of the 119th Regiment.

The 40th Division has a total of 1.7 people, and 500 new pistols are enough to equip almost all platoon-level officers of the 40th Division with new pistols.

Wang Tiezhu showed a look of delight.

500 pistols, this is an additional planning indicator.

Moreover, Wang Baoguo's words also enlightened him. He could also find the leaders of his old army and ask them to equip themselves with new pistols.

His old unit was the 41st Division.

As long as this new pistol is liked by the soldiers in the army, it can be promoted quickly.

At the very least, the entire military region will support the replacement.

The next day, Wang Baoguo and others left.

Wang Tiezhu began to arrange the production of this new pistol.

The original Type 54 pistol production workshop no longer produces Type 54 pistols.

Technicians from the technical department are guiding the production of brand new pistols.

But at this time, the single-axis gun barrel drilling and boring machine got upset and went on strike.

The single-axis gun barrel drilling and boring machine is a special machine tool for processing gun barrels. It is mainly used for drilling and expanding gun barrels. It is a high-precision machine tool.

Lin Shengli cursed: "This old machine tool is like an old person, with problems all over the body and it gets sick all the time."

"Minister Lin, this boring machine has been used for many years?" Liu Tao asked.

"This machine tool was imported from the Soviet Union in 55. It has been 23 years since it was imported. Moreover, it is not a brand new machine tool, but a second-hand machine tool. Who knows whether it has been 30 or 40 years since it was manufactured," said Minister Lin.

Even if it is 23 years old, it is definitely considered an old machine tool.

"Minister Lin, let me check this boring machine." Liu Tao volunteered.

"Comrade Liu Tao, can you repair a boring machine?" Lin Shengli asked with doubt in his eyes.

"I took some classes at school and read some books in the library." Liu Tao said without blushing.

In fact, his greatest reliance is the system!
"Okay, come and take a look." Lin Shengli said.

Liu Tao approached and touched the boring machine. The virtual panel changed:
[Item: Single-axis gun barrel drilling and boring machine]

【Maker: James】

[Item Level: LV1 (0/10) (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Upgrade Points: 0]

[Item status: old (faulty), analyzable]

Cannot be upgraded! ?
Liu Tao was not surprised when he saw the annotation.

The items that can be upgraded by the system must be those he made.

What really surprised Liu Tao was that the manufacturer's name was obviously not a Soviet name, but sounded like an American name.

"Could it be that this machine tool was imported by the Soviet Union from the United States?" Liu Tao guessed secretly.

This speculation is not without basis. In 1929, an economic crisis broke out in the United States, which soon swept across major capitalist countries around the world. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the Soviet Union bought up a lot of good things at low prices.

It is not impossible that this machine tool was imported at that time.

If it is true as Liu Tao guessed, then this boring machine may have been around for half a century.

"I wonder if I can get upgrade points by changing the screws and engine oil?" Liu Tao thought to himself.

If you want to analyze, you need to have upgrade points.

Without upgrade points, Liu Tao couldn't analyze it at all.

Thinking about it, Liu Tao picked up the wrench, knocked it left and right, and applied lubricating oil.

Ten minutes later, Liu Tao discovered that the virtual panel had changed again: [Upgrade Points: 1]

"System, analysis!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

"Please select the analysis direction." The system voice sounded in Liu Tao's mind.

Liu Tao quickly understood that this analysis also has different directions, analyzing the cause of the failure and analyzing the old points.
"Analyze the cause of the failure." Liu Tao muttered to himself.

As Liu Tao selected the analysis direction, a three-dimensional image of the boring machine appeared on the virtual panel. The three-dimensional image showed twenty red dots. These red dots were the locations of faults that caused the boring machine to stop working.

Each red dot has a corresponding description.

"The screw is loose." Liu Tao saw a red dot, and then found the corresponding screw of the boring machine according to the three-dimensional diagram, picked up the wrench and tightened the screw.

As this screw was tightened, the red dot disappeared.

"Lubricant special 5, you should choose lubricant special 7." Liu Tao saw a red dot and frowned slightly.

"Come, take down this moving part and clean out the grease." Liu Tao said to his two colleagues.

"Why? I just applied this grease ten days ago." a colleague asked puzzledly.

"Yes, Comrade Liu Tao, look at this grease, it can still be used for a long time and cannot be wasted." Lin Shengli said.

"Minister Lin, for high-speed moving parts like this, we shouldn't use Special 5 grease, but Special 7 grease." Liu Tao explained: "Although they are both greases, different types have different functions."

"High-speed moving parts like this generate a lot of heat when running at high speed, and grease is very poor at dissipating heat. If too much grease is added, the temperature of the machine parts will be too high. Just apply a thin layer of Special 7 grease," said Liu Tao.

Lin Shengli frowned slightly, but finally chose to believe Liu Tao.

Soon the moving parts were removed, the Special 5 grease cleaned off with a cloth, a thin layer of Special 7 grease applied, and the parts reinstalled.

Liu Tao solved all those marked with red dots.

Then Liu Tao said, "Come on, let's try now to see if it can start."

The boring machine started up smoothly.

"Awesome! So awesome!"

"I didn't expect that Comrade Liu Tao could not only design guns, but also repair boring machines. Amazing!"

"Why didn't you ask Comrade Liu Tao to come before? Alas, it broke down again just a few days after it was repaired."

The workers in the production workshop were all full of admiration.

You know, this boring machine has had problems more than once or twice.

A technician from the technical department came to check and repair it, but it broke down again after a few days of use.

Now Liu Tao can not only find out the reasons, but also tell what caused it and solve it.

In the past, maintenance personnel only knew how to use grease, but they had no idea whether it was Special 5 or Special 7.

Every time you apply grease, you want to apply as much as possible.

Liu Tao's face turned slightly red as he listened to the workers' praise.

He is not that great. In fact, he knows nine out of ten things about machine tools - but he knows nothing at all!
The ability to find these problems and solve them is simply because we have a system, and the problems are solved through system analysis.

(End of this chapter)