The backbone of workers in Factory 834 are all poached from brother factories.
A considerable number of their staff are middle-aged and elderly men, and some of them have been hired back after retirement.
Among them are general lathes, stampers, fitters, riveters, carpenters, heat treaters and paint workers.
A firearm is composed of many parts. All parts are processed using different processing techniques. Workers of all colors complete the related production and manufacturing. Finally, all parts are gathered in the final assembly workshop.
Taking the manufacturing of firearms as an example, any current firearms manufacturing factory follows this production model.
However, the history of this model is not that long.
The history can be traced back to the American Revolutionary War. During that era, even in the British Empire, the firearms equipped by the Red Shirt Army were all manufactured by relevant professional gun manufacturers.
The work that these professionals have to do is very complicated. From making wooden gun stocks to the critical and complicated barrel curling process, all parts are made by professionals.
For a long time, matchlocks or flintlock guns have been made in this way.
At that time, firearms from all over the world were manufactured in this model until the Revolutionary War forced the North American Continental Army to make changes.
They creatively changed the manufacturing and processing model, and many gun-making professionals were organized. Some specialized in making gun stocks, curling barrels, producing various parts and components, and some were responsible for shaping lead bullets.
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Individual gun-making professionals only need to consider the process they are engaged in and strive for excellence. In this way, the production efficiency of firearms will be improved, and the quality of firearms will also be improved. Most importantly, due to the large number of spare parts, the repair of firearms will also become easier.
Gotta be fast.
War forced this production model, and by the 19th century, major powers had established professional arsenals to produce weapons using this model.
The United States was at the forefront of the production and processing industry early. A hundred years later, they invented the "Fordist system", which is the so-called assembly line processing.
Assembly line processing is a mode that does not strictly require a professional "assembly line conveyor belt".
Yang Mingzhi estimated that he could not handle the conveyor belt. Maybe he could in 1943? It was not something he considered for the time being.
What Yang Mingzhi consciously could do was to mobilize all processing departments in the factory, give each department a plan, order them to complete the task within a limited time, and have the dispatcher hand over the completed parts to the next department for processing.
Therefore, the dispatcher assumes the function of the "conveyor belt". Therefore, as long as the work of each department is completed as planned and the dispatcher's work is meticulous, won't a huge assembly line system in the 834 factory be successful?
Of course, the final link here is the assembly workshop.
Yang Mingzhi soon met Andlovna, a young girl who was only nineteen years old, for whom he had high hopes.
Although she is only nineteen years old, she will not leave others with a feeling of youthfulness.
Once upon a time, Andlovna imagined a peaceful life in the future, where she could spend wonderful time with her lover.
Who would have thought that when the war broke out, she had just become an adult and had just gotten married, and her newlywed husband would be drafted into the army! She knew that this was an obligation that men must fulfill to defend the country, and she also knew that she had to fight for her own safety in this catastrophe.
Struggle for the country.
However, the husband who went to war, like many young men who went to war, sacrificed his young life for the Soviet motherland.
Andlovna finally received her husband's death certificate, and as a widow she received a meager pension.
The once beautiful life suddenly ended, and she had no choice but to "imprison" herself in a busy workshop and numb herself with hard work. Just like a sad person who drinks as much as he can, and when he is drunk, he will naturally forget the pain.
She worked hard, firstly to paralyze herself and suppress her inner pain with fatigue, and secondly, for more food rations.
Of course, when her colleagues saw it, she probably worked hard just to produce more firearms and deliver them to the troops so that those soldiers could avenge her.
When the factory director Nikolayevsky saw it, it was clear that this young girl had great enthusiasm for struggle and a high level of ideological awareness.
The appearance of Yang Mingzhi made her, who had lost her husband, think of another possibility in a new job and create more as a manager.
Because Yang Mingzhi made some demands to Director Nikolayevsky of Factory 830, Andlovna's food standards were greatly improved. In the next month, Andlovna ate more food.
The situation of malnutrition gets extremely linked.
Since then, everything has really changed.
Because Yang Mingzhi had just left Novosibirsk, the first thing Umov, who had taken control of local power, did was to secretly mass-produce assault rifles.
Umov is not a pure bureaucrat at all, he is also a man of action.
All the technical workers who participated in the design of prototype guns in the past were entrusted with important tasks by Umov. People like Andlovna who had been specially cared for by Yang Mingzhi had to take even more care of them when they arrived at Umov.
In addition to giving her a separate ration of fresh beef, she was also ordered to do one thing well: to teach half of the personnel in the assembly workshop of the submachine gun factory how to equip assault rifles.
Yang Mingzhi did not miss the mark. With great enthusiasm, Andlovna gave up almost all her spare time. Except for eating and sleeping, she has been working as a teacher in the factory and began to take the lead in equipping assault rifles.
All the various parts of assault rifles produced secretly are eventually transported by trucks to Factory 830, a factory specializing in the production of submachine guns.
The production capacity of submachine guns was reduced and replaced by assault rifles. As Moscow issued a mass production order and the behavior of "stealing" was legalized, the factory's mission goals suddenly skyrocketed.
Before Andlovna was transferred, she had trained a group of professional assault rifle assemblers. Although they were all female workers, since everyone had to complete a large number of tasks every day, they were proud to accumulate a large amount of money in a short period of time.
production experience. They are not only equipped with basic assault rifles, but also know how to equip the gun family with mid-range machine guns. After all, the core bolts of the two are exactly the same.
They have also learned how to use banana-type magazines and two types of drum magazines, and are already quite skilled in their skills.
Once, Androvna was a reliable technical backbone of Nikolaevsky, the director of the 830 Factory. When Yang Mingzhi asked to take away such a person, he felt very unhappy for a time.
Now this unhappy mood has disappeared, because more "Andlovna" have been trained, and the 830 Factory was able to complete the production transformation in more than ten days. As time goes by, the output of submachine guns is gradually decreasing.
, the production capacity of assault rifles is increasing day by day.
Nikolayevsky knew that when the inventor, General Berekov, returned, the factories under his command would be working hard to produce assault rifles, but by that time, his factory already had a lot of production capacity. Who is better?
Where's the deal?!
In the warm assembly workshop, the workers who were outside just now and dressed like black bears all took off their thick coats.
The temperature inside is really good. All the workers are wearing the standard cotton-padded jackets issued by the authorities, which are the ones issued to the troops. After all, the cotton-padded jackets are not purely military uniforms. They are a helpless choice for the Soviet authorities who pursue practicality and productivity. In fact, they are
Most preferred.
Everyone wore the same clothes, but Yang Mingzhi could easily tell the gender of the people.
Even though the women were wearing cotton-padded clothes, they were all wearing jumpsuits under the cotton-padded clothes. They were also wearing burlap hats with their braids tied inside, which was exactly the same as what happened in the machine shop.
People lose a little hair every day. When eating, it is a bad feeling to find the chef's hair in the soup pot. In the production and processing of ordnance, it is often disastrous to have excess hair like hair inside the ordnance.
Taking a closer look at these workers, Yang Mingzhi saw a few middle-aged men with melancholy eyes and big beards under their noses. Their thin faces showed their depth.
In addition, the others are all female workers, and Yang Mingzhi can confirm that they are all very young.
It happened that Andrenov, the director of Factory 834, was standing next to him. Yang Mingzhi hurriedly asked: "I saw a lot of young women. Is it possible that they are all students who graduated this year?"
"Yes, Comrade General. It's exactly the same as what you saw in the machine shop. I think these young people will prove their reliability with actions."
Yang Mingzhi nodded: "I believe they are reliable. There are some middle-aged people like you here. What are their conditions?"
"Oh, they serve as dispatchers, and when necessary, they can also serve as assemblers."
"That's okay, the assembly work is boring, and the daily work is very intense. Young people are more suitable for this job. Now let everyone gather together urgently! By the way, let Andlovna go out alone.
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In Factory 834, soon after Director Andrenov was appointed as the director, his authority was already established. Of course, there was a very funny reason for this, because a considerable number of workers, especially those new female workers,
They are so young!
Yang Mingzhi puffed up his chest. The row of medals on his chest and his unique military temperament were enough to give a strong shock to the majority of young Soviet girls.
Women always have a soft spot for strong men. In war times, a man's "strength" is reflected in his combat effectiveness. What's more, Russian women seem to be born to worship heroes. Yang Mingzhi just stood here, but he didn't know that he had already gained something for himself.
got many fans.
Of course, if a soldier with the same medal stood here, he would still gain many fans.
Yang Mingzhi also has another advantage. He has shaved his beard cleanly and looks very young. A young and promising general is actually his top boss. A group of young female workers can't help but look at him with admiration.
Especially the young girls in the crowd who were mostly Tatar and Yenisei ethnic groups. They couldn’t believe that this general had a classic Asian face, as if he was one of their own race! There are so many natural people here.
There is a natural sense of closeness.
The most excited one was the young Androvna. After all the workers were combined and lined up in three rows, she walked with sonorous and powerful steps, deliberately imitating a regular female soldier, and approached Yang Mingzhi and stood beside him.
before.
"Reporting to Comrade Director, all the staff of the 834 factory assembly workshop have been assembled. Please give instructions."
Yang Mingzhi was startled. Looking at the girl's determined eyes, and then looking at the personnel, Yang Mingzhi felt as if he was inspecting an infantry company.
In this situation, Yang Mingzhi subconsciously raised his right hand, saluted the standard military salute, and then said: "You did a good job, Comrade Andlovna."
"Thank you for the compliment."
After a short period of close observation, Yang Mingzhi can confirm that her physical condition, which was once chronically hungry, has been greatly improved. I am afraid that her mental aspect as well, whether the pain of losing her newlywed husband has also been temporarily buried in the new work environment,
What about the bottom of your heart?
Yang Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, "Comrade Andlovna, the original plan was for you to serve as the director of the final assembly workshop of the 835 factory. Now the plan has changed slightly. The main assault rifle production factory has become the 834 factory. Now I will
You have been appointed as the director of the final assembly workshop of Factory 834. What do you think? Do you have the confidence to do this well?!"
"Yes! Comrade Director! I will not let you down."
The girl's eyes are as bright as a torch, and her resolute eyes prove her strong confidence and her ideological consciousness of working hard.
At this moment, Umov, who was accompanying him, introduced this girl to Yang Mingzhi at the right time.
"Ah, Comrade Berekov. You have always attached great importance to her. You may not believe it, but she is really a talent."
"Oh? You..." Yang Mingzhi turned around in surprise, "Comrade Governor, you... you also attach great importance to her? You just said so."
"Of course. Comrade Andlovna has the potential to win the Red Flag Labor Medal. As long as she continues to work hard, I think she can get this honor. To be honest, as long as she continues to work hard, I even
I will personally write a letter of introduction for her so that it will be easier to get the medal."
Yang Mingzhi never expected that Umov would give this girl such a high evaluation.
The "Red Flag of Labor Medal" is the highest medal that ordinary workers can receive in their daily labor, at least for now.
Umov did not hesitate to explain her contribution to the city of Novosibirsk during the transformation of multi-factory assault rifle mass production.
Umov patted Yang Mingzhi deeply on the shoulder and said meaningfully with a smile: "Comrade Berekov, you have a pair of discerning eyes. You have discovered a smart and diligent worker, little Andlovna.
At a young age, she has trained a group of outstanding assemblers for Factory 830. Now that she has arrived at your factory, I think your firearms production at Factory 834 will quickly get back on track."
"Oh? Really?!"
"Of course! What we need is a doer. Maybe one day, Comrade Andlovna will have the qualifications to become the director of a state-owned factory. By that time, hey..."
Yang Mingzhi knew the current job promotion model in these state-owned factories. It was very similar to the military. Because of the extreme shortage of management talents, promotion was inevitable as long as you made achievements at work. He turned his head slightly and saw Andlovna.
Smiling and rosy.
Yang Mingzhi had never seen this girl smile before. When he saw her before, she was either immersed in the depression of losing her beloved, or showing fatigue after a busy day of work.
The smile shows her confidence, and her shyness after being praised?
"I can't believe it, Comrade Andlovna!" Yang Mingzhi approached the girl, looked at her eyes that could not help but tremble, and said solemnly: "Now! Listen to the order."
"Yes...yes!" The girl stamped her feet, tensed her body and raised her chin, looking exactly like a soldier.