A large amount of high-quality wood is delivered to the factory, and its shapes are beyond imagination.
Yang Mingzhi glanced at the document and clearly learned that the diameter of these logs was about one meter!
They are really big trees in Siberia!
"What kind of wood are these?!" Yang Mingzhi asked urgently.
Andreev immediately explained: "They are all birch trees, probably cut from the woods near the city."
"Really?" Hearing this, Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but feel nervous, because he couldn't help but feel that the big trees that were cut down and the still damp wood were suitable for making gun butts.
"Were they really cut down recently?" Yang Mingzhi asked.
"It should be, I feel its moisture. You know, I am very lacking in metal knowledge, but I am the most professional in this wood."
"I know very well that you are a professional carpenter. It's a pity." Yang Mingzhi shook his head with his mouth tightened, "It seems that we have to take a few more steps to make the gun stock. Comrade Andreyev, did you give me a short time?"
Will it become dry inside?”
"No problem. We have drying technology."
"Okay, I'll leave this to you."
As for the best material for wooden butts of firearms, Americans gave the best answer: walnut.
Unfortunately, the growing environment of walnuts is quite harsh. In the vast territory of the Soviet Union before the war, only a few areas could be planted. It can be said that the Soviet Union was a country lacking in walnuts, and it also lacked the best gun stock materials.
Of course, to meet the requirements of the gun stock, there are many woods that can do the job. In the Soviet Union alone, there were three woods that could do the job: beech, oak and birch.
In the dense forests of Western Siberia, there are two main types of trees, one of which is the beech tree.
Strictly speaking, Novosibirsk's climate is not that extreme, and beech trees can still grow. Therefore, there are a large number of woods around the city, and of course more of them are pine forests. In terms of the scale of use, the Soviet Union still prefers to use it.
Beech and birch trees.
Large tracts of virgin forest are in urgent need of development. During the war, people gave priority to felling giant beech trees with a diameter of one meter and a height of 30 meters.
In the 21st century, this giant birch tree has become less and less common, and today it is quite common.
Precisely because of its qualified hardness, astonishing diameter and length, it is difficult to estimate how many gun butts a felled tree trunk can turn into.
Let's talk about that big tree. The trunk was sawn by two workers at the logging site, and was cut into "wood cakes" with a thickness of 20 centimeters. A "wood cake" composed of one tree can fill at least three trucks.
The most suitable wood for making gun butts is naturally walnut. The Soviet Union is extremely short of it, so just use some inferior wood to make gun butts and make do with it.
A suitable war weapon does not need to have excellent performance, because it is a consumable in itself.
According to the current weapons logic of the Soviet Union, it is not only light weapons, but even heavy weapons such as tanks.
The ordnance department was not yet confident enough that they, who had reduced production for the sake of production, could use it perfectly in the hands of soldiers and hit Berlin in one go.
All the big trees are still wrapped in thick bark. Andreev, who is experienced in dealing with these big trees, has his own ideas.
The problem is very simple, use the existing equipment to process this wood, and process it with the attitude of making furniture.
Yang Mingzhi didn't need to worry about what happened next. The next thing was that the trunk was cut into strips by a machine and placed in a wood lathe for polishing.
If you are producing a long-bodied rifle like the Mosin Nagant, the length of the wood strips required will be longer.
This is not necessary for assault rifles. The butt is connected to the wooden stock that holds the bolt system. It is a wooden part that is easy to process.
The turning tool and milling cutter kept running on a piece of wood, and it was completed in a short time. Even compared to the Mosin Nagant, its production efficiency was faster.
First, it is dried, then cut, drilled to install the holes for the positioning pins, and finally polished with sandpaper.
Then make some wooden sleeves for gun barrels and wooden supports to prevent hot hands. This is basically what carpenters do.
Today it is still the so-called last rest room before mass production. There is no so-called rest for the workshops responsible for wood processing.
Yang Mingzhi saw clearly that the busyness of the workers was not a sign of his leadership's awareness of production.
Rather, all pre-processing is done so that it can be officially put into production tomorrow.
Does tomorrow's official production still need to start with cutting logs?
Suddenly, Yang Mingzhi heard violent noises in his ears, and he felt that he was in a huge wood processing factory.
The sound of an electric circular saw came from the factory. The sound was not only harsh, but when he looked closely, he felt that a large amount of sawdust was actually floating out of the open door.
"Haha! I just arrived and you guys started working?!"
"Of course!" Andreev said proudly: "When it was still dark, the first load of logs was used. Since the power system was already operating normally, I ordered the early workers to take action immediately. Believe me, Comrade Director
, they are excellent woodworkers. From producing tables and chairs to producing gun stocks, they don’t need any excessive time.”
"Ah! I really want to thank you on behalf of the soldiers."
The woodworking shop has taken action, but what about other departments?
Yang Mingzhi estimated that it should be exactly the same as Andreev's carpentry.
The situation was indeed as he imagined. Because of Umov's authorization, his subordinate departments did not dare to neglect the governor's orders.
Throughout the morning, a large number of trucks loaded with various production raw materials continued to pour the materials into the wasteland in the 834 and 835 factory campuses.
Truck drivers are very busy because their own tasks are also very complex.
The climate is getting colder and the days in Siberia are getting shorter.
Yang Mingzhi stayed in the hospital area throughout the day, but even after the sun went down, the trucks carrying goods had to deliver supplies to the factory area even with their headlights on.
The open space in the 834 factory is the largest unloading point. The honking of trucks outdoors, the noise of cranes carrying materials, and the roar of machines in the factory that have begun preprocessing make this place in the suburbs very lively!
Especially in the wood processing factory, the workers were wearing goggles and makeshift masks made of burlap on their faces. They had already started working.
Specifically, after a large number of female workers dressed up, Yang Mingzhi could no longer see their female figures, only their capable and heroic postures.
Black smoke is already emitting from the chimney of Factory 834, which is the result of the drying furnace being started.
A huge furnace with high-quality coal-fired baking, filled with a large amount of wood.
In pursuit of efficiency, Andreev directly ordered the temperature to be adjusted to 200 degrees!
This temperature is less than the ignition point of the wood, but it dehydrates the wood very violently. As for whether wood cracking will occur, it is not that much affected.
Although some wood will be damaged during this process, most of the wood is still intact, and its advantage is of course that it can produce more than a thousand assault rifle stock blank boards in one day.
It's like a real fight!
In short, an excellent World War II commander pursues the rapid defeat of the enemy, so he will pay the price of more casualties. As long as the team can maintain good combat effectiveness after the battle, this price is worth it.