Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

It was a huge surprise that hit them right on the head.

The ability to produce 300,000 rounds of ammunition in the previous month had already made all the leaders extremely happy, and even many combat plans at the headquarters were formulated around this production capacity.

Now that the arsenal has doubled its output at once, many previous plans must be re-formulated.

However, it is foreseeable that after the combat staff at the headquarters learn about the actual production capacity of the arsenal, they will certainly be happy to modify the combat plan, even if it means changing it every day.

However, Director Ren's next words dampened the enthusiasm of the two.

"My two leaders, things are not that simple. This is only the first step, and it is also the most automated step."

"There are also processes such as cutting the bullet shell, cutting the bullet extraction groove, and drilling the firing hole. These are all done manually one by one, and each one takes a long time."

"Loading the primer, propellant and warhead is also a manual process."

After hearing this, Minister Zhang asked seriously:

"Old Ren, after completing these processes, how many bullets can be produced in a day?"

Lao Ren did not respond, but just looked at Kong Hao, wanting him to answer the question.

After all, the person who is most familiar with the actual situation of the bullet production line in the entire arsenal must be the chief consultant Kong Hao.

Kong Hao thought about it carefully in his mind before speaking:

"There is a proverb in the West: How much water a bucket can hold depends on the shortest piece of wood in the bucket."

"This sentence also applies to the bullet production line of our arsenal. At present, we still have many shortcomings, which seriously restricts the production quantity of bullets."

"For example, the raw materials for bullet shells and warheads, the processing steps for warheads, and the equipment for the assembly process of propellants."

At this time, Brigade Commander Chen interrupted Kong Hao and asked with a serious expression:

"Xiao Kong, I don't understand technical matters, just tell me the truth. After the bullet line is opened, how many qualified bullets can be produced and handed over to the soldiers every month?"

"As for those difficulties, your arsenal's technicians should find ways to solve them. I just want to know the production capacity of bullets, which is related to many of our future combat plans."

"Commander, the bullet production line has just started operating and many processes are not yet mastered. We can only produce a maximum of 150,000 rounds of bullets per month."

"But next month we can increase production to 250,000 rounds, and the month after that we can increase production to 300,000 rounds."

"After reaching the highest output, we will try to make some auxiliary tooling for the bottleneck process, recruit more people and train them well, and strive to achieve the maximum production capacity that can be achieved in the first process, but this will take a long time."

After hearing the data reported by Kong Hao, Minister Zhang and Brigade Commander Chen praised it highly.

"Xiao Kong, you can't be impatient about this kind of thing. Take your time, lay a solid foundation, and take steady steps."

Then, the five people went to visit the bullet assembly line.

After the yellow bullets were loaded with warheads, the staff at the back conducted a thorough inspection and picked out the bullets with defects or improper assembly for rework.

Watching the bullets being loaded into the ammunition boxes, Minister Zhang felt as if he had seen a large amount of treasures.

He quickly grabbed a few bullets and played with them carefully. Suddenly, a sense of pride surged in his heart. This was their own bullet production line.

From now on, their troops will be able to obtain bullets continuously, and the troops' sustained combat capability will be greatly improved.

"Old Ren, Old Qin, as soon as the number of bullets here reaches 50,000, they will be immediately packed and shipped to the headquarters. The division commanders of various troops have been looking forward to the newly produced bullets."

"If the boss hadn't repeatedly emphasized that the bullets produced by the arsenal were to be distributed by our logistics department, I guess everyone would have rushed to the arsenal to ask for bullets."

At this moment, Factory Director Ren and Political Commissar Qin broke out in cold sweats when they thought of the leaders at the division and brigade levels looking at them with pitiful eyes just to ask for more bullets.

At the same time, they were both extremely grateful that the boss was so wise and capable, and that this arrangement was the best.

At this time, two people came in from outside, took out two bullets from each bullet box, put them into special boxes, and marked them.

Brigade Commander Chen asked curiously: "Xiao Kong, what are you doing?"

"Commander, this is the standard sampling inspection operation I specially formulated based on the actual situation of the arsenal."

"You must be aware that the quality of bullets will determine the success or failure of a battle. Especially when a large number of scumbags are involved on the battlefield, it will be a disastrous result for the frontline combat troops."

"Many battles that could have been won were lost because of our lack of bullets. Even if the personnel in our arsenal died a hundred times, it would not be enough to atone for our sins."

After hearing this, Minister Zhang and Brigade Commander Chen hurriedly spoke to comfort them:

"Xiao Kong, not really, really not. You are exaggerating. This is the only condition we have at our arsenal. It is already a great honor to be able to produce a large number of bullets."

"It's just a small hole. Don't worry too much. Everyone has encountered a few bad guys during the war. Even the original bullets of the Japanese may not fire occasionally, not to mention our newly launched production line."

After hearing the two leaders' consolation, Kong Hao said seriously:

"That being said, as military workers, we must strive for excellence and try to prevent defective bullets from leaving the arsenal."

"So I specially formulated this set of sampling standards. Every time 500 rounds of ammunition are assembled, two rounds are randomly selected for shooting tests. If any unqualified rounds are found, the entire box of ammunition must be inspected."

"The benefit of doing this is not only that it can save a lot of manpower, but also avoid batch defects."

"Our arsenal is now using machines for mass production. If we don't do a good job of testing, it's easy for batch defects to occur."

"I have specially formulated inspection standards based on our actual situation. And it is not just for the bullet assembly process. Starting from the production of bullet shells, a large number of inspectors have been trained to conduct a full inspection of the products produced to ensure that every bullet is qualified and can be fired."

"Good, very good! We feel relieved to have you here, Xiao Kong."

After listening to this, Minister Zhang and Brigade Commander Chen kept nodding and praising.

To be honest, what Kong Hao said made a lot of sense. Although the two of them could not yet understand the purpose of these measures, they could tell by feeling that they were very powerful.

Director Ren also spoke up at this time: "Two leaders, how about we go to the test site to see the specific situation?"

"Okay, let's go check it out together."