Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

"Ha ha!"

Hearing Luo Ming's words, Chu Feng smiled with satisfaction and said, "I'm relieved to hear about your arrangement. Your car factory director is not bad, not bad!"

This is not the place to talk, so we just chatted and continued our inspection.

Luo Ming took Chu Feng and his group to continue their tour of the final assembly workshop. Pointing at the busy workers and the first car being driven out, he said, "Commander, today the first car we assembled rolled off the assembly line."

"With our current production lines and workers, if we run them at full capacity, with three shifts a day, we can produce 500 cars a month, with an annual output of 7000 cars."

"Originally, this number would have been even greater, but we can't just assemble cars. We've started developing them ourselves, and many of our staff have been transferred to R&D. The production positions are now staffed by experienced employees who are mentoring newly recruited workers."

"Once they've been running in for a while, production will double. The auto parts we have in stock and those we bought from the Bear Country will last for about six months."

"My idea for this batch of parts is to use them to train skilled workers and to build a large reserve of skilled workers."

Luo Ming paused for a moment, organizing his words a bit, and continued, "We have already purchased engine plants, gearbox plants, and other auto parts production lines and factories."

"We have also introduced a lot of technology. We already have production lines for core automotive components, and we have also established corresponding supporting production workshops for other low-tech supporting parts."

"In half a year at most, truly domestically produced cars will roll off the production line."

At this point, Luo Ming pointed to the factory building in the distance and said, "That's our supporting production workshop. When the time comes, all the parts will be produced there and assembled here."

"If there is sufficient raw materials, electricity supply, and skilled workers, our annual production of trucks of various models will reach 100,000 units."

Chu Feng's smile grew even brighter upon hearing this, and he said, "Good, not bad, Director Luo, your work is very solid."

After the tour, Luo Ming returned to the gate and looked at the five brand new trucks parked outside. He couldn't help but say, "Commander, please give our new trucks a name!"

Hearing Luo Ming's request, everyone in the surrounding car factory looked at Chu Feng expectantly. Uncle Zhao Wu and Li Mingqiang also looked at Chu Feng with a smile.

"Ok!"

Chu Feng did not refuse. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Our country is currently being invaded, and we don't know when the Anti-Japanese War will be won. In this case, let's use the word [Victory], which has a beautiful meaning, as the name!"

"Victory brand trucks. Our soldiers drove Victory brand trucks to fight the Japanese invaders, and our civilians and workers drove Victory brand trucks to build our homes."

When Chu Feng heard what he said, there was warm applause all around.

At this point, the five truck models of the automobile factory had their own unified name, Victory brand trucks.

Of course, due to differences in appearance and load capacity, car manufacturers need to further subdivide them.

Next, the group visited other assembly workshops, and then went to the engine factory and various supporting factories to take a look at the entire automobile factory.

Just as Luo Ming said, there is no shortage of equipment for automobile factories now. A steady stream of equipment is shipped in every day, some from the Bear Country and some from the United States.

But there is a lack of talent, whether it is skilled workers, technicians, or researchers.

When the inspection was over, it was already dark. The group went to the canteen of the automobile factory for dinner and then went into the conference room.

“I am very happy with today’s inspection!”

In the conference room, Chu Feng sat in the main seat, next to him were Li Mingqiang, Uncle Zhao Wu and Luo Ming, and next to them were the middle and senior managers and researchers of the automobile factory.

Chu Feng's voice echoed in everyone's ears: "The automobile industry is a major industrial category within the industry, involving all aspects of the upstream and downstream. The good or bad development of the automobile industry is related to national defense construction and national economic construction."

"Your Yuanxian Automobile Manufacturing Plant is the seed of our automobile industry. I am very happy that this seed has sprouted and grown into a strong one."

"I'm not demanding a certain number of cars our factory must produce each year. I also agree with Director Luo's suggestion. We can use the parts we purchase to produce cars for the Bear Country, the United States, or even the Hans Country. Even though we're producing IWC-branded cars, we can still cultivate much-needed talent."

"Instead of short-sightedly pursuing a short-term burst of car production, we end up producing a bunch of cars that others have eliminated without improving our own capabilities. This is not what I, Chu Feng, want."

Having said this, Chu Feng looked at everyone, his tone becoming more serious, and said: "There is a saying that talent is the primary productive force of scientific development."

"Without talent, even if we spend a lot of money to buy production equipment, we won't be able to operate it, and we won't be able to develop our own innovation, design, and R&D capabilities. It will just be a pile of junk."

"So industrial workers need training, and our researchers need to intensify their training. We never have too much talent, and we must always remember one thing: to continuously increase our talent pool."

"So I'm here to state on behalf of the city government that the automotive industry is an industry we strongly support, and the Yuanxian Automobile Factory is an important part of our automotive industry."

"To support the development of the automotive industry, we will provide $500 million in funding each year to purchase technology, equipment, parts, and personnel training."

"Our city government's attitude can be summed up in one sentence: if you need talent, we'll recruit it for you. We'll help you find talent from all over the country. If you need technology, we'll buy it for you, we'll help you exchange it. If you need money, we'll give it to you."

After hearing Chu Feng's words, both Luo Ming and other people from the automobile factory stood up excitedly and applauded. They could feel how much Chu Feng valued the automobile factory.

"Commander, rest assured. Our automobile factory will definitely not let you and all the leaders down." Luo Ming also stated on behalf of the automobile factory: "We will definitely repay the support of the commander and leaders with concrete actions."