"Foreman Qi, this is Captain Liu of the Artillery Team of the 386th Brigade Headquarters of the 129th Division. He received an order from the headquarters and came to our arsenal."
"Captain Liu will be studying in your lathe engineering department next. I hope you can take good care of him." Director Cheng took Liu Gen to the lathe engineering department, went directly to the busy Foreman Qi, and explained to Foreman Qi.
Foreman Qi stopped what he was doing and asked with a surprised look on his face: "Captain Liu? Is he the one who took out the 60mm mortar paper before?"
The arsenal is in the rear, but this does not mean that everyone in the arsenal is unaware of the battles on the front line. What's more, the arsenal has a certain connection with the front-line troops and needs to replenish weapons and ammunition for them. Foreman Qi has heard of Liu Gen's achievements.
He was very accurate in his artillery fire, and even successfully shot down a Japanese plane with a mortar. He was even called the "Gun God" by the soldiers.
When I first heard that Liu Gen used mortars to shoot down Japanese fighter planes, the staff in the arsenal discussed it for a long time, and some experts even gathered to discuss the possibility of using mortars to shoot down Japanese fighter planes!
After discussions among experts, everyone came to the conclusion that unless the technology really reaches a certain level, successfully shooting down the Japanese fighter planes with mortars will completely depend on luck!
In the end, experts regarded Liu Gen's success in shooting down the Japanese fighter plane as luck.
But some time ago, Japanese fighter planes retaliated against the 386th Brigade Headquarters of the 129th Division. The specific reasons were not very clear to everyone in the arsenal, but they knew everything about the achievements of the 386th Brigade Headquarters Artillery Team.
!This time the Japs took revenge, and once again the artillery team led by Liu Gen successfully shot down the Japs fighter planes!
It could be said that it was luck to shoot down the Japanese fighter jets before, but what about this time?
After learning about the achievements of the 386th Brigade Headquarters Artillery Team, the experts at the arsenal became silent. At this time, they did not understand that it was not luck at all that Liu Gen was able to lead the artillery team to shoot down the Japanese fighter jets again.
But real technology!
"That's him. He was invited to our arsenal by Mr. Liu. Let him study in your lathe engineering department for the time being." Director Cheng said with a smile.
Foreman Qi nodded. Being able to design two mortars showed that Liu Gen's ability was good, but he was not sure whether Liu Gen could do a good job in the lathe engineering department.
"Are you sure you want to join the lathe department? The lathe department is very tiring and works long hours every day." Looking at Liu Gen aside, Foreman Qi asked.
Liu Gen nodded vigorously and said firmly: "Foreman Qi, I am determined to enter the lathe engineering department. No matter how hard it is, I can persevere."
"Okay, then you can stay with me from now on. How much you can learn depends on your ability." Foreman Qi took a deep look at Liu Gen and said.
Liu Gen's face showed obvious joy. He had never expected to be able to directly follow Foreman Qi after entering the lathe department. Being able to follow Foreman Qi was both an opportunity and a challenge for Liu Gen.
Liu Gen can learn a lot from working with Engineer Qi, but there will undoubtedly be greater pressure.
But Liu Gen believes that he can persevere with his own abilities. If he cannot do his best under the leadership of Engineer Qi, then it will undoubtedly be impossible to learn more techniques in the arsenal.
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Director Cheng looked at all this with satisfaction and handed Liu Gen over to Foreman Qi. He was still very relieved. Foreman Qi originally worked in Taiyuan Arsenal, but due to layoffs in Taiyuan Arsenal in 1931, Foreman Qi finally
They had no choice but to leave the Taiyuan Arsenal. After the layoffs, the Taiyuan Arsenal had less than 2,000 employees left, and it only did some work of repairing ordnance and producing civilian products.
Being able to become the foreman of the Lathe Engineering Department of Huangyadong Arsenal, Foreman Qi’s ability is beyond doubt. Under the leadership of Foreman Qi, the Lathe Engineering Department has also developed quite well, and the workers are very motivated to work.
"Then I will leave my roots to you. I will rest assured that I will leave him to you."
"There are still some things that need to be dealt with in the factory, so I will go back first. If you have any time, come to me, Genzi, and I will try my best to help you solve it." Before leaving, Director Cheng explained to Liu Gen again.
Director Cheng takes great care of Liu Gen. A genius like Liu Gen naturally needs to pay enough attention! Director Cheng hopes that Liu Gen can study peacefully at the Ministry of Military Industry so that he can get enough promotion again. He hopes to see
Until Liu Gen made some other achievements again.
As Director Cheng left, Liu Gen followed Foreman Qi and wandered around the lathe department.
It can be seen that the lathe engineering department is the most important place in the arsenal. Judging from the distribution of the camp, the lathe engineering department is in the center of the camp and is protected by soldiers everywhere. Just following Foreman Qi, Liu Gen also discovered
There are many problems in the lathe department.
There are not many machine tools in the lathe department. There are only 17 cutting machine tools, all of which are powered by steam and driven by shafts and belts. Some of the special equipment is made by the workers themselves using rail steel as the surface.
Many of the equipment appear to be a bit old, but it is worth mentioning that the lathe department has lighting, which means that the lathe department also has to work at night.
When the workers in the lathe department saw Liu Gen following Foreman Qi, they were a little surprised. At the same time, they also realized that there was a new person in the lathe department. Due to the special nature of the lathe department, there are the most talented students from major universities here. Among them are
Many people did not study this major, but in order to support the frontline battle, they chose to enter the arsenal and became a member of the lathe engineering department.
"Captain Liu, what do you think of the lathe department?" Foreman Qi asked after taking Liu Gen around.
Liu Gen was silent for a moment, organized his speech and said: "The lathe department is not bad, but there are some unreasonable things. In addition, there are relatively few types of machine tools."
"In addition, because we use steam machine tools, the production efficiency is still a bit low."
Foreman Qi nodded. He knew that what Liu Gen said was right. There were many problems in the lathe department, but there was no way. The conditions in the arsenal were like this. If you wanted to get better machine tools, there was nothing good at all.
Method. The arsenal can have so many machine tools, which is already quite good. You can't expect too much.
"Captain Liu, how do you think we should solve this problem? What restricts our lathe department is the number of lathes, but it is very difficult to design qualified machine tools. Previously, Director Cheng came up with drawings of several lathes, but they were not manufactured.
Later, many problems arose." Foreman Qi said helplessly.
The design of lathes is not that simple. Even Director Cheng doesn't have many solutions. In addition, the Eighth Route Army does not have many talents in this field. It is naturally impossible to manufacture lathes.
Liu Gen fell silent. He knew that the design of lathes was very difficult, not to mention the high accuracy requirements of machine tools. In addition, the Eighth Route Army was relatively weak in steel and could not produce very good steel, which would naturally increase the difficulty of machine tool manufacturing.
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The most important thing is that the processing of machine tool castings requires some related processing equipment, which are lacking in arsenals.