Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

After sending the farmers away, Li Qinwu found Li Jin and Lao Huotou and walked around the factory. Li Jin told Lao Huotou about the current condition of the factory machinery.

Excluding the coking, steelmaking and steel rolling workshops, there are two workshops in the factory for the production of industrial rice screws and nuts, one for the production of axles, one for the production of bicycle rims and pulleys, and one for the production of chains. Then there are five mixing, baking and drying workshops for ceramic steel body shells.

The size of this factory amazed the old man. It had everything from steelmaking to parts manufacturing. It was simply an industrial zone. He was especially shocked when he discovered that the factory had a kind of metal-like material that could be shaped simply by adding water, stirring, and heating!

"Boss Li, this, this, this... this material must be kept secret! Don't let outsiders steal it! This thing... this thing is a national treasure!!"

The old fireman smashed the ceramic steel car shell with a hammer several times and found that these car shells made of mud could bend and deform like metal, instead of shattering like ceramics. The steel could be as plastic as mud, which was so stimulating that he could hardly speak clearly.

Li Jin quickly replied: "Hey, old factory manager, don't call me Boss Li, just call me Little Li.

The old factory director may not know that my Li family is a big family in the United States, and Li Qinwu is our young generation... a role similar to the eldest grandson of the emperor, so the old factory director can just treat this place as his own home!"

Li Jin was sweating profusely and managed to make up a complete lie.

Li Qinwu was the one who presided over the peasant riot before. The old man realized something was wrong and kept asking him all sorts of questions, saying that Boss Li Jin seemed to be the same as Xiao Si beside you. Li Qinwu had no choice but to perform such a trick and pretend to be the eldest grandson of a big family.

Li Qinwu took over the conversation and said: "Master, this powder is called Taogang. It is a formula developed by the master of my Li family. You have seen the effect. The things burned by this thing are harder than steel and lighter. The family attaches great importance to this thing and keeps it very secret.

The powders you see are already finished products, which have gone through nearly a hundred processes. Don't worry, it's impossible for anyone to steal them."

Only then did the old man look relieved.

"That's good. This thing is a national treasure. We must keep it firmly in our own hands and never let foreigners steal it. It takes all the strength of the country to smelt iron and steel. With this thing, we can take a shortcut. I don't know how many people will benefit from it!"

Li Qinwu nodded.

"Yes, Master. Look at the first bicycle our factory made. The main parts are made of ceramic steel. Bicycles made in this way are cheaper than those made entirely of steel. Poor people can also afford them."

Li Jin also agreed, "Yes, old factory director, you see how hard it is for those farmers to dig for food in the fields, and they have to walk dozens of miles to the city to buy vegetables.

With these vehicles, they can transport more goods with ease, but our production line still needs you to supervise it. You are the only two senior technical talents here. Without you, this factory will not last long. "

This was not entirely flattery. Although Lao Huotou had always said that he was not capable of being a factory director, from Li Qinwu's point of view, Lao Huotou could supervise several workshops in the Fengtian Arsenal and was familiar with the production process of the products. He could even make guns well, so what difficulty would there be in checking the production of bicycles?

The old fireman felt a little embarrassed. The young man called him "old factory director", which made him feel a little ecstatic. He had been driving trains for the first half of his life and was now a mechanic. He never thought that one day he would be called factory director.

"Well... okay, I, an old man, will keep a close eye on your Li's factory and make sure it doesn't make a fool of itself. But why does your car only have two rims? Where are the tires?"

Lao Huotou touched the bare steel rims on the bicycle with his fingers. It had some amplitude, so it was obviously going to be equipped with rubber tires. He had seen bicycles that did not require rubber tires, but only used steel rims, but those were too shaky, and steel wheels were easy to wear out, and were not as useful as rubber tires.

Li Qinwu and Li Jin looked at each other, and Li Jin spoke first: "Don't worry, old factory manager, the tires will be available in two days..."

Rubber, an industrial ligament, is an indispensable resource for the development of human civilization. It is mainly obtained through petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and rubber trees.

Rubber trees are mainly distributed in Africa, South America and Southeast Asia, especially in Southeast Asia. After the British and French colonized here, they ordered the locals to plant rubber trees on a large scale. After years of operation, Southeast Asia has become the region with the largest number of rubber trees in the world.

At this time, in a French rubber forest, a figure was moving quickly, blowing up pieces of soil and branches on the ground, and several ceramic bowls placed on the rubber trees to extract glue were blown away.

The sweaty guy ran for more than 20 minutes and finally reached the edge of the rubber forest.

He stood on the mountainside. At the foot of the mountain was a big river. Beside the river was a large factory area. Several chimneys in the factory area were emitting smoke, and some pipes were discharging wastewater into the river.

Seeing that they had finally arrived, Li Jianfeng shouted, "I'm done!" and fell to the ground without moving.

The next moment, a portal opened beside him, and 30 special forces soldiers and 100 snipers with full vision points walked out, filling the rubber forest.

The last person to walk out of the portal was Li Jun. He looked carefully at the factory by the river, took out a map from the briefcase on his waist, compared it carefully and nodded.

"Yes, that's it. You got to the right place the first time. Jian Feng, you're great!"

Li Jianfeng, who was lying on the ground, panted like a dog. He waved his hands and got up listlessly.

"Damn it, I've been running around all day and I feel like I'm going to die of exhaustion! I won't participate in the next operation, I want to go back to sleep!"

As he said this, he walked straight into the portal. In the past few days, he had braved the primeval forest, ran all the way from Yunnan to the French colony, fought with snakes, insects, rats and ants for several days, and finally arrived at the French rubber factory. Now he didn't want to do anything, just wanted to take a shower and sleep for three days and three nights.

"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to us!"

Li Jun said this and looked at the watch on his wrist.

"It's 6 o'clock now. The brothers from the special forces team are going out to scout the factory. We will take action when it gets dark!

Now let me explain the situation. I got information from my classmates that this is the third largest rubber factory built by the French in Southeast Asia. More than half of the tens of thousands of acres of rubber in the surrounding area are transported here for processing.

The factory has a large amount of rubber stored in it, and a complete set of vulcanization facilities. There is also a processing plant in the factory itself that can make tires and rubber shoes. If we just take it down and transport everything inside, we can immediately produce bicycle tires!"

He paused to make sure everyone had heard what he said, and then added: "The factory has more than 1000 workers, all of whom are locals. They are required by French managers to work until 10 o'clock. After 10 o'clock, only security personnel will stay in the factory.

The factory has a company of French vassal troops stationed there, but the local natives hate the French and have organized many guerrillas to attack the French, so the factory security may be increased. The exact number will be determined after the investigators come back."