Rock once had a plan to open a cannery, but before he could implement it, Stoudemire took the lead.
Speaking of this aspect, Rhodesia has advantages that neither Johannesburg nor Nyasaland has. The farms in Johannesburg and Nyasaland are both growing and growing. Apart from potatoes, they have no spare capacity to provide excess food for external supply.
Rhodesia is different. Although Rhodesia under Cecil Rhodes failed to develop further, the farms in Rhodesia are still quite good. In the past, Rhodesia was able to supply Nyasaland.
, now Xiaosi is just processing the food originally used to supply Nyasaland into cans for sale to the outside world.
Rhodesia now has several canneries, and luncheon meat is only one of the products of the Rhodesia cannery. In addition to luncheon meat, Rhodesia also sells canned soybeans, canned fruits, and canned fish. With the help of Rock
Due to the relationship, Xiaosi even planned to set up a canning factory next to Lake Nyasa to process the aquatic products in Lake Nyasa into cans for sale to the outside world.
When it comes to external expansion, Stoudemire is indeed not good at it, but in business, Stoudemire is still good at it. Cecil Rhodes's training of Stoudemire for so many years is not in vain.
Nyasaland is the largest dumping ground for Rhodesian canned goods. Including luncheon meat, which is disliked by the Nyasaland vigilante group, the sales volume of all canned products in Nyasaland is actually good. Stoudemire is quite interesting.
Yes, the price given to Nyasaland is not high, because the cannery uses a large number of Zulu people, so after all calculations, it is actually cheaper than Rock directly setting up a factory to produce it, so Rock no longer bothers and puts this
The industry was left to Stoudemire.
"Canning is just a small business, and you can't make much money. If Xiao Si is willing to do it, let him do it. We should focus on heavy industry, steel plants, engines, shipyards and tractor factories, as well as our arsenal, whichever one
, the profit after making it is much higher than canning it." Rock thought reasonably. If Nyasaland eats meat, Rhodesia must drink the soup, otherwise the brothers will not be able to cook it in the future.
"Everything else is easy to say, mainly the arsenal. This is a money-losing thing. We can only produce Martini Henry rifles and Mauser pistols now, and the Yao people have no money to buy them. If we produce each one, we will lose money. I think
It's hard to make money!" Duncan was very worried. In fact, the arsenal is now in a state of semi-stop production, and the Yao people's ability to pay is not good. If you don't pay for things, it's not good to always lose money.
In the past, Nyasaland Arsenal could only produce Martini Henry rifles. After the war in Portuguese East Africa, the Yao people's demand for weapons was greatly reduced. Nyasaland could not hang people from a tree, so Nyasaland
The arsenal purchased the patent of the Ruger P08 pistol from the German Arms and Ammunition Arsenal, and produced the Ruger P08 as standard equipment for the police and as a defensive pistol for army soldiers.
Compared with Mauser pistols and Kimberley revolvers, the Ruger P08 pistol has extremely high production process requirements, complex structure, more parts, higher cost, and many other disadvantages.
The reason why Rock still chose the Ruger P08 pistol as the first standard pistol in Nyasaland is mainly because he wanted to cultivate more skilled workers and provide workers with technical levels through the production of Ruger P08 pistols, so as to prepare for the next step of the arsenal.
Prepare for expansion.
Of course, it is also for this reason that the cost of the Ruger P08 pistol produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal is extremely high. The current monthly output of the Ruger P08 pistol is still very low, and it is still far from being sold to the outside world.
Far.
"Don't focus on such trivial matters. The arsenal would rather lose money than stop production in order to train more qualified workers. There is no need to worry about losing money at this stage." Roque is not afraid of losing money. As long as more skilled workers are trained now,
The money you lose now will be earned back tenfold or a hundredfold in the future.
Since Rock has mentioned this, Duncan has no reason to object. In fact, the arsenal has not always been losing money. Although the Martini Henry produced by the arsenal cannot be sold, the explosives produced by the arsenal are still very popular.
After all, there are many mines in the Transvaal and Nyasaland, and the demand for explosives is huge. Now the Nyasaland Arsenal has sold explosives to the Transvaal, and the sales volume is still good.
"Let Stanley Warren work harder. It's best to make the big eight pills as soon as possible. With the big eight pills, our arsenal will be on the right track." Rock doesn't even look down on Lee Enfield, even if he does it now
If the ak47 is not to be produced, at least it must be produced in large size, so that the Nyasaland Arsenal can have a truly competitive product.
The "Big Eight" is the famous M1 Garand. In another time and space, the M1 Garand would not appear until 1932. This time and space did not take that long. Rock purchased the Ruger P08 patent from the German Arms and Ammunition Arsenal in Germany.
At that time, several engineers were recruited, and Stanley Warren was the leader among them.
When it comes to designing guns, it’s actually not that complicated. It’s just a matter of changing concepts. The current objective technical level is already very good. Rock just introduced the future development trends of pistols and rifles to Stanley Warren, and then detailed
Leave the design to professionals. I believe Stanley Warren can give Rock a satisfactory answer.
"Stanley has already made a prototype gun, but now the prototype gun is very controversial. The Lee Enfield we issued still uses a magazine separator, but the big eight-pellet is a repeating weapon, which fires bullets faster.
And the cost is also higher. Now many people are doubting whether it is necessary for us to equip repeating rifles like the Big Eight." Duncan raised a very realistic question.
As far as the current world is concerned, the emergence of Big Eight Pills is really too advanced.
During the Boer War, the British army had just been equipped with Lee Enfields with a ammunition capacity of ten rounds. This was considered a waste by many people, including senior military officials, so the British army was equipped with additional weapons.
A nondescript thing like a magazine separator forcibly turned Lee Enfield into a single-shot rifle.
After Rock got Lee Enfield, he immediately threw Lee Enfield's magazine separator into the trash. This thing was definitely an anti-human design, and Rock hated it deeply.
Just because Rock thinks so does not mean that others think so too. Especially since the troops are already equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns, whether it is necessary to increase the firepower of the soldiers has become a focus of debate.
A very important reason for the opponents is that the more automatic weapons the troops are equipped with, the greater the pressure will be on logistics. The Maxim heavy machine guns currently equipped by Nyasaland troops are inherently biased compared to other countries around the world.
If the firepower of individual soldiers is increased, it will definitely be a disaster for logistics.
"Have you made a prototype gun? Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Rock immediately wanted to get up and take a look. With Big Eight Pills, no matter how heavy the logistical pressure was, Rock would have to completely redress the troops. Others didn't know Big Eight Pills.
Rock knows the value of it all too well.
In the Second World War, the U.S. military troops who used the Big Eight pellets killed all directions. On the battlefield, two Big Eight pellets could suppress a squad of enemies. The bolt-action rifle was useless in front of the semi-automatic Big Eight pellets.
Oh, not the Yao tribe.
"It hasn't been finalized yet. It's just a prototype gun. The failure rate is too high. Stanley still needs to improve it." Duncan explained why he did not report the news to Rock.
"Very good. We must continue to improve. Don't listen to the nonsense of those who oppose it. Once the troops are equipped with big eight pills, their firepower will reach a new level. Now our troops cannot do without Maxim wherever they go. This situation requires
Change, so not only the big eight grains, but also the automatic rifles for squads must be studied as soon as possible. There are too few people in Nyasaland and we cannot afford to use them against the enemy on the battlefield, so we must use our industrial capabilities to bury the enemy.
"Roque resolutely pursues the supremacy of firepower, and if something can be done with money, Roque will never use people.
If Stoudemire were here, Stoudemire would definitely roll his eyes right now.
Nyasaland, which has Chinese backing, is still short of manpower. What about Rhodesia and Transvaal, which cannot even ask for immigrants?
"Speaking of industrial capacity, when will our arsenal be able to produce artillery?" Anton has higher requirements and is obsessed with artillery.
The enemies of Nyasaland are not too strong now. Although the Nyasaland troops do not have artillery, the enemies of Nyasaland do not have artillery either, so they can still fight.
Although Anton doesn't know what Rock's ultimate goal is, as the person Rock trusts most, Anton knows that Rock's ideal is definitely not just Africa, so Nyasaland's future enemies will definitely have powerful
In terms of firepower, Nyasaland must also seize the time.
Hearing Anton's words, Duncan rolled his eyes. He hadn't even figured out the rifle yet, but Anton wanted an artillery piece. Even if he forced Stanley Warren to death, Stanley Warren still couldn't get an artillery piece.
Compared with individual weapons, the structure of artillery is too complex. Designing an artillery is not a task that two people can complete. It requires the precise cooperation of a team to gain something in artillery. Many famous gun masters in history
, all designs are individual weapons. In terms of artillery, few people can leave their names.
"Don't worry about the artillery. We still need time to get the individual weapons ready first." Roque knew that it would be difficult for Nyasaland to develop conventional artillery to compete with European countries, but Roque also had backup options.
, the development of conventional artillery is not enough, Rock still has a trump card in his hand, and that is mortars.
Compared with conventional artillery, the structure of mortars is much simpler. In other words, the difficulty of mortars is mainly in the shells, while the mortars themselves do not have any technical difficulties.
Calculating the time, the Russo-Japanese War is about to begin, so Rock must seize the time. Maybe Nyasaland can still make a fortune by catching up with the Russo-Japanese War.
