1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 95 [Distributed Pipeline]

Browning didn't answer first, but turned around and asked, "Are you really so sure that the United States and Mexico will go to war soon?"

"Of course, as long as the United States completes the annexation of Texas, it will take half a year at most, and a war between the United States and Mexico will inevitably break out." Ma Shao said, "In fact, as long as you read the newspapers more, you will be able to smell the gunpowder in the west. .”

"I also read newspapers, but I only read guns and pornographic news." Browning said.

Horse whistle: "As a gunsmith, you should at least pay attention to the news of the war."

"What did the papers say?"

"Manifest Destiny." Ma Shao's height is no longer growing, but his nervous system is obviously still developing, and his increasingly sharp mind has given him an excellent memory.

In fact, he memorized almost every word of these pivotal stories: "In August, in the Democratic Review, New York City reporter John O'Sullivan published an article titled "Mergers," in which he said : We take the continent bestowed by the gods to accept the manifest destiny of the free development of the peoples that multiply every year... What a mouthful."

“And then not long ago, on October 10, the Republic of Texas held a referendum and voted overwhelmingly to approve the merger proposed by the United States.”

"By the end of this year at the latest, Texas will legally become part of the United States, then there will be a transfer of power, and then the war will break out."

Browning thought for a while: "For what reason?"

"Of course it's a territorial dispute." Ma Shao said, "The United States has annexed Texas, so it will naturally inherit the territorial dispute between Texas and Mexico.

Browning nodded: "Sounds reasonable, so Sleeping Bear can take this opportunity to make a lot of money by selling arms?"

Ma Shao: "That's right, the premise is that we complete the construction of the 'distributed pipeline'."

Browning laughed, his stomach trembling: "It's a good thing you can come up with this name. It sounds like a high-tech gadget like the telegraph."

"..." Horse whistle didn't speak.

The so-called distributed assembly line is actually a reference to the military product production model of an unnamed East Asian island country in later generations-small workshops are responsible for producing simple parts and prefabricated parts, and large companies are responsible for assembly.

During World War II, it was precisely because of this unique production model, coupled with the many wooden buildings in Tokyo, that the U.S. Air Force had to change its tactics from precision bombing to large-scale incendiary bombing air strikes.

Curtis LeMay also rose to fame and became a world-renowned barbecue master.

Now Mashao decided to refer to this model and design a "distributed assembly line" for Sleeping Bear City for the production of firearms in order to make a fortune next year.

After all, it is impossible for Sleeping Bear City to build a large-scale military factory in a short period of time. Only this kind of production model that is divided into parts can support the output.

Over the past few months, Whistle and Browning iterated on the structure of the Browning pistol, eventually dismantling it into a series of parts and prefabricated parts.

Most of these parts can be made with relatively simple tools after a short training.

Preforms of the parts produced would be sent to Browning and his apprentices for further processing and assembly into the final product - the Browning pistol, or more specifically, the Browning 1845.

In addition to the revolver, under the guidance of the horse whistle, Browning also designed a new rifle.

It can be seen as a cross between a Kentucky rifle and a plains rifle, with some French ancestry as well.Of course, the French ancestry here certainly does not refer to some special military salute or the like.

However, the design of this rifle is not perfect, mainly because the production process is a bit complicated, and Ma Shao is convinced that this thing can change the human war mode, so it has not been put into mass production at present. In fact, only a few samples have been produced.

"Show the chest!" The horse whistle shouted.

"Here we come." An Apache boy with short hair ran over, "Great chief, what do you want me to do?"

Zhanbo is a talented gunsmith's apprentice, especially good at pulling rifles.Because he didn't have a name yet, after learning about his talent, Ma Shuo gave him the name - Expanded Rifling, or Zhanbo for short.

It was nothing at first, but since Ma Shao gave him this name, the more Ma Shao looked at him, the more he looked like Bai Zhantang in Wulin Biography.

"Have you finished the work I gave you before?" Ma Whistle asked.

Zhanchao: "It's done. We selected 100 people in the city. They all passed the written test and have some manual experience. We also explained the knowledge of the corresponding parts to them."

Horse Whistle nodded: "Distribute the tools and materials to them."

"Understood." Immediately, Zhanbo called a dozen people, and distributed the purchased tools and materials to the distributed assembly line employees who had been selected.

In addition, they also handed over the standard structure and size data of various parts to the employees for production accordingly.

"It's standard for prefabricated barrels..."

"It's standard for wooden stocks..."

"...This is the size standard for the foldable pressure rod." Zhan Cheng handed the paper with the size standard for the pressure rod to a bald man.

While looking at the explanatory text on the paper, the bald man asked, "I just need to make a pressure rod according to this size and sell it to you?"

Zhanbo nodded: "That's right, but it must meet the standard size. If it fails the inspection, Apache Armory will not pay for it."

The bald man asked again: "Do I need to pay for these tools and materials?"

Unfold: "As long as you can meet the minimum production quota and the tools are not damaged, you don't need to pay."

After a pause, he continued: "The minimum production quota is also written on this. If you are worried that you will not be able to complete it, you can give up now. I will hand over the things and production tasks to other people."

"No, I can't finish this task! Leave it to me, don't worry!" the uncle said with a wave of his hand.

The distributed assembly line started running quickly, and after a short run-in period, this production mode showed considerable production efficiency.

At least in this era, there should be few more efficient factories.

The Browning 1845 pistol produced was naturally first used to equip the army of Sleeping Bear City. It didn't take long for the three hundred soldiers to fully popularize this new pistol, and each of them had two.

The old-fashioned revolver was handed over to the recruits - Sleeping Bear City recruited another hundred recruits.

Although the number of professional soldiers has increased by another 100, the ratio of soldiers to civilians has not increased much, because in the past few months, several clans have successively joined Sleeping Bear City, bringing the population of Sleeping Bear City to 3300.

3300 people, not counting the prisoners who are undergoing labor reform.

What surprised Ma Shuo was that among the several clans who came to defect to Sleeping Bear City, there was actually a Pawnee clan.

(End of this chapter)