Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 628 Chapter 628 No One Appreciates
"Squeak..." With a thick mask with dark lenses covering his face, an electric welder was kneeling on one knee, leaning over a steel plate, busy working on the welding spots.

The electric welding in his hand was shining brightly, and sparks shot out around him, illuminating a row of half-finished tank hulls neatly arranged nearby.

This is the production base of the No. 4 tank chassis in Tongcheng Industrial Zone. Next to the welder, a group of apprentices wearing sunglasses are learning how to operate electric welding and splicing two pieces of steel together.

In fact, the technology of the No. 4 tank is not advanced. If you look closely, there are many rivets on its chassis.

And because of the design, there are many holes in the chassis of the tank, there are manholes for the tank, and there are also escape hatches below for the escape of the crew.

A huge gantry crane is on the top of the workshop, transporting a newly produced semi-finished chassis to the corresponding position, and the other side of the workshop is where the fuel tank and other parts are installed.

Then these chassis will be transported to a distant place, where the engine and gearbox will be hoisted and the drive shaft in the middle will be installed.

It was even more lively there, and there were a lot of workers waiting there. They used wrenches to fix screws. These jobs are almost all contracted by robotic hands in the 21st century.

"Hum..." When the crane was moving, the huge sound of the motor echoed in the workshop, dotted with the crackling sound of electric welding, which sounded like a symphony.

Every process is very rigorous and complicated, and sometimes even spray anti-rust paint in advance to ensure the service life of internal parts.

Such a huge factory is in full production every day, as long as there is no problem with the supply of raw materials, all links will not stop.

In the corner of the noisy production workshop, there is an iron staircase. When you go up the stairs, you will find the management office of the production workshop.

At this moment, the person in charge of the workshop was smoking a cigarette, looked down at the blueprint that had just been delivered, and looked at the engineer who came to deliver the new blueprint with a puzzled face: "Changed again?"

They just revised the drawings a few days ago to further increase the thickness of the front armor of the car body. A batch of "cut corners" versions of the chassis were produced before: the thickness of the front armor is 30 mm, which is thinner than the previous version.

The chassis of this batch of No. 4 tanks is exclusively for the artillery unit, in order to install a 155 mm caliber howitzer and make it into a wild bee self-propelled artillery.

Anyway, it is a self-propelled artillery, so there is no need for such a thick front armor, so it is simply saved, and it can also reduce weight, which is the so-called killing two birds with one stone.

"Yes, there was a serious loss to the frontline troops. An assault gun crushed a landmine. All the crew members were killed, and five infantrymen nearby were also killed." The engineer who sent the drawings explained with some heartache.

He pointed to the escape hole at the bottom that was canceled on the drawing, and there were several inspection holes and said, "A request from the military."

In actual combat, most of these bottom openings are actually useless. Except for a few necessary inspection ports, the rest of the openings are not often used.

But these openings will reduce the bottom defense, so canceling a few can be regarded as simplifying the process, increasing the production speed, and reducing the production cost.

"Well, I'll hold a meeting after get off work to ask the workers to modify it according to the new production requirements." The workshop manager said, "However, changing the production process may affect the production speed, which is impossible."

"I understand." The engineer nodded and adjusted his glasses: "Our enemies are getting stronger and stronger, and they actually use the method of laying large-charged mines to cause trouble for us."

"Landmines?" The person in charge of production obviously didn't know the names of the military's weapons.Although he is a tank manufacturer, he knows very little about landmines.

"It's okay, I'm just complaining." The engineer didn't intend to introduce another kind of weaponry to a production worker. He waved his hand, grabbed his briefcase, and walked out of the office of the workshop leader.

The work in the workshop is still going on, and everyone is very busy, busy with the work in their hands.Through precise coordination, these dexterous workers sent the chassis of the No. 4 tanks out of their production workshops.

Farther away, the chimneys kept emitting thick smoke, and in the distance the white smoke formed into one piece, as if the clouds in the whole world were produced here.

Sitting in a car and driving on a smooth road, this engineer can still recall the scene when he first came here.

Although there were quite a few factories here at that time, they were nothing compared to now.If the factory here was a few bags of rice at that time, then Tongcheng is like a huge granary now!

Countless workers work here, and the surrounding air is filled with the smell of steel.Even if plants are planted in any corner that can be seen, the black ash on the leaves here can be wiped with a finger.

Now, these black ash is not a harbinger of environmental disaster, but a symbol of wealth and production capacity!With such a symbol, it can be proved that this place has been completely industrialized, and it can be proved that it has a huge production capacity.

The engineer stuffed his briefcase in the front basket of his bicycle and rode out of the factory.A car passed by him and gradually disappeared at the end of the road.

The People's car, which sped past the engineer, sped down the road, slowed down and stopped in front of a crossbar.

On both sides are farmlands full of grain. Farmers are busy on the ridges of the fields. Just like workers in industrial areas, they must work from sunrise to sunset so that they can enjoy the joy of a good harvest in the future.

On one side of the crossbar, the red light reminding people to pay attention to safety is constantly flashing, and the crisp sound like a bell is dutifully warning people not to approach.

Soon, the locomotive pulling the long carriage passed here at a slow speed, the rails crossed the road, and the different roads carrying the two means of transportation crossed here.

Accompanied by the sound of a long siren, the locomotive with thick smoke passed in front of the car, followed by the coal carriage, and then the flatbed wagon, one after another, as if there was no end.

On the wagons are fixed, brand new self-propelled guns that have not had time to cover the canvas. These 4mm howitzers using the chassis of the Panzer IV tank have just been produced and have not even been painted.

These self-propelled artillery with only brown-red anti-rust paint do not look mighty, but soon they will be painted with camouflage colors, and a red dragon flag made of rainproof canvas will be covered on the top of the open-air combat compartment as an identification mark of friend or foe. Then issued to the armored units.

Sitting in the back row, the director of the production bureau who was in charge of the factory area counted the self-propelled artillery that passed in front of him one by one, and found that there were 60 of them in total.

It seems that several artillery regiments will receive their own weapons and equipment—at least, they will be able to receive some of the weapons and equipment they urgently need.

There is no way, with the continuous expansion of Tang's army, there are almost no troops that can be equipped with all weapons and equipment.

Most armored divisions have only two-thirds of the quota for tank support, and the newly formed armored units even have only one-third of the tanks for training.

At the same time, there is also a large shortage of cars. Many troops require 500 cars, but they may only receive 300 or 400 cars in the end.

It's just that compared with heavy equipment like tanks, the shortage of cars is not so huge, and the replenishment speed is also very fast.

The self-propelled artillery in front of me can probably be distributed to several artillery regiments. If a regiment receives 10 similar artillery pieces, it can already laugh out loud.

"Minister Matthews is coming to inspect this place tomorrow. I hope there will be no problems in the area I am in charge of." The director sitting in the car said to the secretary on the co-pilot.

In fact, he doesn't like Renmin cars very much. The shock absorption of this kind of car is very poor, the engine power is average, and the ride experience is very bad.

It's a pity that the production of luxury cars has been affected to a certain extent because of the loss of Bunas. Tang's current production capacity of mid-to-high-end cars is seriously insufficient.

If you consider that there are still a large number of nobles waiting to use good cars in Chang'an and other regions, it seems so logical that government departments in other places only issue Renmin brand cars.

"Don't worry, Director... I just checked it yesterday. The factory is operating normally, and there is no problem with the newly-built lion-wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle factory." The secretary immediately turned around and reported: "You just need to accompany Matthew Master Si just walk around and take a look at it casually."

"Thank you." Closing his eyes, the 23-year-old director fell asleep, looking very powerful.

And his secretary is an old official of Zheng State, and he stayed to cooperate with the work here.This secretary was a senior official in Tongcheng back then, and he is 48 years old this year.

Due to the shortage of manpower, there are still many former Zheng State officials in Tang State.The remaining ones are those with better official voices, capable ones, and the best among the former Zheng Guo officials.

Corruption and corruption were dealt with early when Zheng was eliminated, and those who were incompetent were also eliminated in subsequent use.

In short, those who can get along today are more or less considered talents.It's just that these people can only hold deputy positions, or work like secretaries and clerks, and they cannot take charge of one party.

"It's not hard work! It's what a humble job should do." The secretary, who was a few years older than the other party's father, said humbly with a smile on his face when he heard the chief officer's compliment.

The train had already passed, the railings were raised high, and the car bumped violently as it passed the railroad tracks, but the road was smooth afterwards, and soon the young director really fell asleep.

On both sides of the road, there is still endless farmland. The scenery is beautiful, but no one seems to appreciate it.
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