After entering the train station, the first thing Hong Chengjun saw were dozens of cars loaded with machines.
Hong Chengjun felt disappointed. As a soldier, what he wanted to see most was truckloads of ammunition and equipment. It would be better if there were also machine guns and mortars. The mortars of mechanized troops were not enough!
Hong Chengjun originally wanted to order these machines to be freed up so that the cars could be loaded with munitions in the warehouse, but the machines installed in the cars were all very large in size and weight, and it would take a lot of time to free them up. On the other hand, Hong Chengjun
Cheng Jun thought again: Didn't the Eighth Route Army go through all kinds of hardships to get a batch of machines from the Japanese? These machines were used to produce cans, compressed biscuits, and weave cloth, etc., and they supported a lot of people in the base area.
people.
These machines now look like the Japanese are in a hurry to transport them out. They are probably not cheap goods. They may be looms.
Thinking of this, Hong Chengjun was too lazy to vacate the car and ordered his subordinates to drive all the cars containing machines back to the base area. What he reported to Wang Xuexina was that a batch of looms had been handed over.
Wang Xuexin didn't think there was anything wrong with it. As for the loom, he dismantled it in the base and started to imitate it. At this time, he had produced several units. Although the performance was not as good as the original one, it also meant that the value of the loom was
The base area was greatly reduced.
Now that a batch of looms was being handed over from the train station, it was a "more, not more, and sometimes not too little" situation, so I didn't take it to heart and ordered these machines to be shipped directly to three stores without thinking.
Unexpectedly, when these machines were transported to Yuncheng for refueling, Alexey accidentally took a glance at them, and then he was ecstatic and kept asking in Russian:
"Where did these come from?"
"Why do you have these things?"
…
When he knew that these machines had been seized and were going to be sent to the weaving factory, Alexey immediately stopped the machines and reported to Wang Xuexin.
Alexei rushed into Wang Xuexin's office, his face flushed with excitement, and said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, do you know what we seized? That's a machine tool, Comrade Commander! It's a machine tool that can produce automobile engines!"
Wang Xuexin couldn't help but be stunned. Is there such a good thing?
Actually they would seize a batch of machine tools from the Japanese?
It turned out that the Japanese had lost a lot of equipment due to the continuous war, including cars.
These things all need to be transported from the production base in the Northeast by railway lines, which increases the pressure on transportation and wastes valuable resources and time.
Therefore, the Japanese planned to transport machine tools to Shanxi, which is rich in coal and iron ores, to build an automobile industry. This would allow them to utilize Shanxi's mineral resources nearby and reduce transportation pressure.
But no one expected that just when these machine tools arrived in Yuncheng and were loaded onto cars for transfer, the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army would come in... This is also one of the benefits of the mechanized troops. Because of its speed advantage, it took only a few hours to
Entering into important areas behind the enemy's rear means that the enemy has no time to prepare, so there are often some "surprises".
And this "surprise" is exactly what the Eighth Route Army needs:
The transportation of the Eighth Route Army will be cars in the foreseeable future and even for a long time.
On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army needs to form a mechanized force and also needs to produce automobile engines... half-track vehicles also use automobile engines.
The batch of machine tools that Hong Chengjun seized from the Japs were machine tools that the Japs imported from Yingjiang. Their quality, precision and advanced level were even better than Mao Xiong.
(Note: Most of the Japanese industries relied on technology from countries such as Yingjiang and the Sun Never Sets. Whether it was before or after the war, even the machine tools for producing "Zero War" engines were imported from Yingjiang)
Wang Xuexin still didn't believe it when he heard this. He asked Alexey: "Are you sure that is a machine tool used to produce automobile engines?"
"Of course!" Alexey nodded firmly: "I used it when I was studying in Yingjiang, I am 100% sure!"
Wang Xuexin asked again: "With it, can we produce automobile engines?"
"In principle, yes!" Alexey nodded: "I mean, there is no problem with the production equipment, and the technical problem is not big. I can disassemble the car engine and reverse design it. The only difficulty is
, that is, whether we can produce the steel needed for the engine!”
Wang Xuexin felt relieved when he heard this.
The problem with steel is not that big. The reason is that in order for the three stores to produce the barrels of Springfield rifles...the requirements for the steel used for the barrels are also very high, because the production of the barrels is actually a whole section of steel, which is continuously forged on the machine tool.
Turning and finally grinding out the internal rifling.
If the quality of the steel is not up to par, it will easily cause problems or even break during the forging process. Even if the rifling is barely carved out, it will easily explode and become useless in actual combat.
Therefore, when establishing the rifle production line, experts and equipment from Yingjiang were introduced to partially solve the problem of steel quality.
The reason why it is said to be a "partial" solution is because its output is not large and it only meets the demand of the rifle production line.
So the difficult problem before Wang Xuexin is:
If automobile engines were to be produced, that would mean production of Springfield rifles would decline.
If we want to ensure the production of Springfield rifles, we cannot produce automobile engines...
Both are important.
The Springfield rifle represents the issue of upgrading military equipment and improving the overall combat effectiveness.
As for automobile engines...that is the issue of the Eighth Route Army's logistics supply capabilities, mechanization, and modernization.
What's more important is that uukanshu automobile engine represents the rise of industry to another level. It solves the problem of "travel" in "food, clothing, housing and transportation".
It is of least importance to survival.
Because if a person does not have “food, clothing, and shelter”, it is very likely that his life safety will be threatened, which means that he cannot survive without them.
But "ok"...I won't go out if I can, and just stay at home as long as I can have enough food and clothing.
This is also consistent with the living habits of the people. Most people consider the convenience of "travel" after solving "food, clothing and housing".
Because of this, when the industry develops to the "operation" stage, it indicates that other problems have been basically solved and raised to another level.
Wang Xuexin wondered, had the Eighth Route Army already solved the problem of "food, clothing, and housing" at this time?
Obviously not, many refugees are still hungry!
Is it too early to start entering the automobile industry at this time?
From a people's livelihood perspective, this seems to be the case.
But then Wang Xuexin thought:
This is wartime, and wartime is different from peacetime.
Cars are very important to the Eighth Route Army's operations and future development, and even to preventing others from getting stuck.
Therefore, no matter how hard it is, we must develop.