NFBE Chapter 351: The Japs' Response
Chapter 351: The Japs' Response
How to produce the first industrial mother machine is a very difficult problem for the industry.
In fact, going back to 40 or years ago, China had already begun importing some Western industrial machine tools and building its own machine tool factories.
However, due to the turbulent times and the lack of a highly qualified talent pool, the development of industrial mother machines came to a standstill.
Although various warlords also made some moves to import machine tools, including the Fengtian Arsenal and Taiyuan Arsenal and even the southwest region, which had mastered a number of outdated industrial mother machines, we started from scratch.
For the industry, this is also a big challenge, not so much a challenge in terms of theoretical knowledge, but a challenge in terms of actual hands-on operations.
In terms of mechanical processing, in addition to being able to read drawings, very profound experience is also required at this time. Yu Ye himself does not have "literary precision", it is the result of decades of experience.
Every time Yu Ye finished drawing the design and started processing parts in the laboratory after the Liaoyuan Arsenal resumed work, he felt a little resentful. Since he had already robbed so much money from Shanghai or stolen or collected a lot of machine tools from Lao Yan, why couldn't he get a few experienced mechanical processing masters?
Alas, there is really nothing missing.
The newly smelted steel and ingots from Changzhi Iron and Steel Plant are transported here and to Ping'an Industrial Zone in batches. The steel from Ping'an Industrial Zone and the gun processing plant can be quickly put into production after heat treatment and hammering to eliminate some stress. After all, they are products to be sold outside, and if the accuracy decreases after a period of use, they can be replaced with new ones.
However, the steel shipped to the industrial machine tool experimental factory cannot be put into use immediately. It must be placed in natural conditions for a long time to eliminate stress before it can be used.
Yu Ye threw a large number of steel ingots in the wild. These were the raw materials he had reserved for the future mass production of machine tools. They needed time to settle before they could be better used.
The materials used in the industry now are actually the frames of old machine tools that are too damaged to be used as raw materials to make new, higher-precision machine tool workpieces, so that the structure and precision will be more stable.
In the absence of a higher level of lathe skills, Yu Ye could only use the method of brute force to make miracles happen. Since the accuracy could not be guaranteed if only one of the same component was processed, he would process ten or twenty of them and pick out the one with the best accuracy.
It can be said that in order to build an industrial machine with sufficient precision, Yu Ye can make parts for more than a dozen similar industrial machine tools.
The main point is that violence can create miracles.
This is a painstaking process, which is a huge test for the worker both physically and mentally. The same work will be repeated dozens of times, with constant rework and redoing, just to select the most precise and suitable parts.
Yu Ye repeated these tasks over and over again in this laboratory, and his heart felt a peace he had never felt before. It was a very rare experience.
He even had a feeling of sudden enlightenment. This feeling of concentration only appeared occasionally in his previous life when he was in charge of designing large-scale scientific research projects.
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In the mountains, one does not know the cold or heat.
While Yu Ye was in seclusion creating a higher precision industrial machine, the reactions from other parties were not so calm, especially the Japanese who reacted a little too radically.
Yoshio Shinozuka threw a vase to the ground, breaking it into pieces. This was an antique that he had confiscated from the home of a Chinese merchant after entering Taiyuan City. He was very fond of it and had originally planned to take it back to the Japanese homeland, but now it became the object of his anger.
It is conceivable how angry Yoshio Shinozuka was.
"Say it again? The Independent Regiment actually held an arms exhibition?"
Yoshio Shinozuka, who was always able to control his emotions well, tried his best to suppress his anger, but the oppressive feeling that leaked out still made his staff tremble like quails.
"Y-yes, G-General."
"Why can they hold an arms exhibition? Isn't this a slap in the face of the Locust Army? The Eighth Route Army, which has always used fire sticks to fight, can actually hold an arms exhibition!
Moreover, they have managed to develop to such an extent despite our full efforts to suppress them!
How can I explain this to General Tojo!
How can I explain this to His Majesty Tian Huang? "
Shinozuka Yoshio almost uttered the last few words in a roaring tone.
There is no doubt that if Yu Ye was in front of Shinozuka Yoshio at this moment, he would be torn to pieces by the angry Shinozuka Yoshio.
"Tell me, what did they sell?"
"General... General, due to their very strict review, our Special High Section personnel cannot enter at all. We can only get information from other buyers.
According to their information, the independent regiment is not only selling automatic submachine guns and semi-automatic submachine guns, but they also sell a lot of special mines, incendiary bombs, and some 155 caliber howitzers. "
The aide reported the information he had to Yoshio Shinozuka.
"What? They even dare to sell 155-caliber howitzers? In the previous battle of Bizigou, the independent regiment only had 6 155-caliber howitzers, but it completely changed the situation of the battle.
This kind of heavy artillery has overwhelming firepower that can change the course of a battle. How dare they sell it?
Are they crazy because of poverty?
Who did they sell it to?”
When Yoshio Shinozuka heard the news, he had a series of question marks in his mind.
"General, the Liaoyuan Arsenal was sold to Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. Not only that, the independent regiment also equipped the 358th Regiment with a full set of main combat equipment according to their existing firepower level. Each squad has a submachine gun, and the basic weapon in the hands of each soldier is a semi-automatic submachine gun.
General, the independent regiment is not crazy about poverty now. They received an order of nearly 200 million dollars for this arms sale. Considering the military expenditure level of the Eighth Route Army, this can be regarded as a huge income. "
When the aide talked about this order, there was envy in his eyes, which made the well-equipped locust soldiers a little jealous.
"Submachine guns? Semi-automatic submachine guns? Everyone has one?"
Yoshio Shinozuka opened his eyes wide, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Yes, General, it would be great if we had such firepower." The staff member said sourly.
"No, if we had such firepower, it would wear us down. Our country is a country without resources. If we choose this kind of weapon, our logistics supply will collapse directly.
It is very possible that this will lead to our demise.”
As a general, Yoshio Shinozuka obviously had a longer-term vision than ordinary staff members.