UGB #152 - The aftermath of rampant production capacity
#152 - The aftermath of rampant production capacity
As the Bianqu Arsenal grew stronger, the number of workers rapidly expanded from more than 1,000 to nearly 4,000, causing Jiang Chongjing both pain and joy.
The exciting and joyful things were naturally numerous. The monthly production capacity of the dozen or so arsenals in the Bianqu area was now breaking historical records every month!
The monthly output of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle exceeded 3,000 units!
The monthly output of 82mm mortars exceeded 100 units!
The monthly output of grenade launchers exceeded 300 units!
The monthly output of 82mm mortar shells exceeded 3,000 rounds!
The monthly output of grenade launcher grenades exceeded 10,000 rounds!
The monthly output of various bullets exceeded 100,000 rounds!
The monthly output of hand grenades exceeded 20,000 units!
The monthly output of landmines exceeded 5,000 units!
Jiang Chongjing never dreamed that one day the arsenals in the Bianqu area could produce enough guns in a month to arm a main regiment!
With the successful tackling of using wrought iron to make bullet casings and adopting the steel-core bullet production process, bullet production broke through the limitations of copper materials. The disadvantage of wrought iron bullets being prone to rust was not a concern under the current high-intensity combat consumption, as they would be sent into the bodies of the Japanese devils before they even had time to rust.
This was early 1941, only a few months after Ren Zhong arrived in the Bianqu area.
When Zhang Wanhe talked about the changes in the Eighth Route Army's base area over the past six months, Jiang Chongjing still felt it was unbelievable, like a fantasy. Now, miracles were reappearing around him, and Jiang Chongjing had to admit that Zhang Wanhe's exaggerated description back then now seemed outdated.
In the Bianqu area, Ren Zhong's role seemed even more significant!
However, relatively speaking, the fierce development of the Bianqu Arsenal had left Jiang Chongjing unable to keep up! More than 4,000 fully employed workers were already an unbearable burden for the current Bianqu area!
Jiang Chongjing couldn't conjure up silver dollars to support this team, even though each worker's total monthly salary was only 25 kilograms of grain!
Old Jiang, you don't look so good. Have you been overworking lately? Or are you sick?" Ren Zhong asked worriedly, looking at Jiang Chongjing, who had come to see him and was becoming increasingly thin.
Compared to a few months ago, Ren Zhong and Jiang Chongjing had become like brothers, calling each other Old Jiang and Brother Ren, just like Li Yunlong.
However, compared to when he first met Ren Zhong, Jiang Chongjing's appearance had changed too much. His originally square face had now completely turned into an oval face, with almost no flesh visible, and his cheekbones were almost showing!
His whole body was also as thin as a bamboo pole, as if he would fall over with a gust of wind.
"It's nothing, my body is fine. Brother Ren, today I brought you the agricultural expert. The improved seed cultivation plan you mentioned is about to reach March, the time for wheat planting. We have also reclaimed more than 70,000 mu of new land one after another. We have built more than a dozen dams on the Yan River to store water. The improved seed cultivation plan is related to winter wheat and next spring's corn planting, so we have to work harder to turn your plan into reality," Jiang Chongjing said weakly.
"This comrade is called Li Zizheng, Section Chief Li, who is responsible for the reclamation work in the Bianqu Construction Department. Section Chief Li graduated from the Yanjing University School of Agriculture. In his early years, he served as the section chief of the Jin Sui Army Reclamation Office, responsible for organizing and implementing the agricultural development of Suixi. Later, he received the rank of 'Major General' in the Guofu and was responsible for preparing the national military reclamation work. In September 1937, he brought agricultural and forestry technicians such as Jiang Xin, Xiangli Ju, and Gao Yingming to the Bianqu area, and has since been responsible for the Bianqu reclamation."
Ren Zhong took a deep look at Jiang Chongjing, said nothing more, but stepped forward and shook Li Zizheng's hands tightly.
"Section Chief Li, welcome, welcome! I'm really sorry to have troubled you this time."
"Not at all, it's because I didn't do my job well. After reading Mr. Ren's plan and seeing the new type of machinery developed by Mr. Ren, Li feels that he has lived in vain for these decades. I'm really ashamed," Li Zizheng was wearing a washed-out blue cloth shirt, and his face was tanned black, indicating that he was a person who worked on the ground.
"It's just some borrowed ideas, not worthy of Section Chief Li's praise," Ren Zhong said modestly.
This was like putting a noose around Jiang Chongjing's neck. Now, there was at least half a year before the new grain harvest. In these six months, life would only be more difficult!
Buying grain would not solve the problem. Ren Zhong had taken the lead last year to solve the grain problem of the Liming Research Institute by using existing silver dollars to reserve wheat and corn to eat until the summer harvest. Now, not only has the external grain price in the Bianqu area risen sharply, but also bulk purchases are simply prohibited.
Smuggling three to five hundred catties of grain into the Bianqu area is completely useless.
Not to mention the workers in the Military Industry Department, Ren Zhong actually found that the grain of the Eighth Regiment of the Garrison, which cooperated with his work, seemed to be insufficient. However, Ren Zhong also had no way to conjure up grain at this stage.
Now that he has taken root in the Bianqu area, carrying goods is already at full capacity. Either he carries core equipment spare parts or rare metals such as nickel, chromium, platinum, and tantalum from the Bright Sword world to build alloy steel needed for artillery steel, or he carries silver dollars. Now, a cave near the outermost road of the Liming Research Institute is where Ren Zhong receives supplies from the main world.
No one is allowed to approach within a few hundred meters. Only Ren Zhong and Huzi have the keys to the steel door. It is said that the third key is in the hands of Ren Zhong's organization, and they will transport the supplies in place and evacuate at night without anyone knowing.
"So that's how it is, Section Chief Li, the plan and detailed implementation plan and planting requirements are all here. You can see if there is any problem. Our agricultural research center must simultaneously take into account the improved seed breeding and the planting and topdressing technical guidance of the newly reclaimed land. Both hands must be tough, otherwise we will still have to go hungry next year," Ren Zhong said to Li Zizheng.
"In addition, we also need to open up a dozen acres of land to find new improved wheat varieties, and select local varieties and some foreign varieties for hybridization according to my plan, and continuously select the best ones to complete the breeding."
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The hybrid breeding plan given by Ren Zhong is already the best plan he can find. Although the varieties produced are still a big difference from the improved varieties in the main world, they are at least twice as high as the current varieties in the Bright Sword world. Using the current wheat varieties, local people generally consider a yield of more than 200 catties per mu to be high. Ren Zhong's topdressing and irrigated land may reach 300 catties.
However, the new varieties after hybridization can yield at least more than 400 catties per mu!
And using Ren Zhong's improved wheat varieties plus organic fertilizer topdressing and watering, the yield per mu can be superimposed to more than 700 catties! One mu of land is equivalent to 2 mu of land under the current cultivation methods.
"No problem, Mr. Ren, with such a detailed plan, we can definitely do it according to these planting requirements. Our main task with the Eighth Regiment of the Garrison this year is to ensure that 100,000 mu of new land becomes fertile land!" Li Zizheng said confidently.
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