Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 152: The aftermath of rampant production capacity
As the border area arsenal grew and developed, the number of workers quickly expanded from more than 1000 to nearly 4000. Jiang Chongjing felt both pain and joy.

There are naturally many exciting and happy things. The monthly production capacity of more than a dozen arsenals in the border area is breaking historical records every month!
The monthly output of 56 semi-automatic rifles exceeded 3000!
The monthly production of 82mm mortars exceeds 100!
The monthly production of grenade launchers exceeded 300!
The monthly production of 82mm mortar shells exceeded 3000 rounds!
The monthly production of grenade launchers exceeds 10000 rounds!
The monthly production of various types of bullets exceeds 10 rounds!

The monthly production of grenades exceeds 2!

The monthly production of mines exceeds 5000!
Jiang Chongjing never dreamed that one day the guns produced by the border area’s arsenal in a month would be enough to arm an entire main force regiment!

With the mastery of the bullet production process of making bullet casings with wrought iron and adopting steel core bullets, the production of bullets has broken through the limitations of copper materials. The disadvantage of wrought iron bullets is that they are easy to rust. Under the current high-intensity combat consumption, they will be sent into the bodies of the Japanese before they have time to rust.

This was at the beginning of 41, only a few months after Ren Zhong arrived in the border area.

When Zhang Wanhe talked about the changes in the Eighth Route Army headquarters base over the past six months, Jiang Chongjing felt that it was unreal, like a fairy tale. Now that the miracle is happening again around him, Jiang Chongjing has to admit that Zhang Wanhe's exaggerated description now seems outdated.

In the border areas, Ren Zhong’s role appears even more powerful!
But relatively speaking, the ferocious development of the Border Region Arsenal has made Jiang Chongjing unable to continue! More than 4000 full-time workers are already an unbearable burden for the current Border Region!

Jiang Chongjing couldn't find a lot of money to support this team, even though all the wages for each worker was just 25 kilograms of food per month!
"Old Jiang, you don't look well. Have you been overworked recently? Or are you sick?" Ren Zhong asked worriedly as he looked at Jiang Chongjing, who had come to see him and was becoming increasingly thin.

Compared with a few months ago, Ren Zhong and Jiang Chongjing have become brothers, and they call each other "Old Chiang" and "Brother Ren" just like Li Yunlong.

However, compared to when I first met Ren Zhong, Jiang Chongjing's appearance has changed a lot. Her originally square face has now become a melon-shaped face. There is almost no flesh on her face, and her cheekbones are almost exposed!
His whole body was as thin as a bamboo pole, as if it would fall down if the wind blew.

"It's nothing. My health is not a problem. Brother Ren, I brought an agricultural expert to you today. The high-quality seed breeding plan you mentioned is about to arrive in March when wheat is planted. More than 3 acres of new land have been reclaimed. We have built more than ten dams on the Yanhe River to store water. The high-quality seed breeding plan is related to the planting of winter wheat and corn next spring. We have to work harder to turn your plan into reality, Brother Ren." Jiang Chongjing said weakly.

"This comrade is Li Zizheng, Section Chief Li, who is in charge of the reclamation work in the Border Region Construction Department. Section Chief Li graduated from the Agricultural College of Yan University. In his early years, he served as the section chief of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army Reclamation Office, responsible for organizing and implementing agricultural development in western Suiyuan. Later, he was promoted to the rank of "Major General" in Guosu and was responsible for organizing the national military reclamation work. In September 37, he brought agricultural and forestry scientific and technological personnel such as Jiang Xin, Xiang Liju, and Gao Yingming to the border region, and has been in charge of the border reclamation since then."

Ren Zhong looked at Jiang Chongjing deeply, and said nothing more. Instead, he stepped forward and tightly held the hands of Li Zizheng beside him.

"Chief Li, welcome, welcome! I'm really sorry for taking you on this labor trip."

"No, no, it's my fault that I didn't do my job well. After reading Mr. Ren's plan and seeing the new machinery developed by Mr. Ren, I feel like I have lived in vain these decades. I'm really ashamed." Li Zizheng was wearing a blue cloth shirt that was washed white, and his face was tanned black. You could tell at first glance that he was a practical man.

"It's just some plagiarism, not worthy of Section Chief Li's praise," Ren Zhong said modestly.

In front of Jiang Chongjing, Ren Zhong enthusiastically met with agricultural expert Li Zizheng, and the two quickly completed a brief negotiation on the temporary establishment of an agricultural science research center at the Liming Research Institute. Li Zizheng was responsible for the specific implementation of the work and was responsible for assisting Ren Zhong in completing the breeding of fine varieties and the comprehensive construction of newly reclaimed land in the border area.

"Minister Jiang's health was worn out by hunger and worry." After Jiang Chongjing left, Li Zizheng said to Ren Zhong with some emotion. "Mr. Ren, you don't know that the Ministry of Military Industry has added more than ten branches in just a few months, and the number of workers has increased by more than 3000, but the supply from above cannot be guaranteed. Minister Jiang and the workers have to eat two meals of steamed bread with wild vegetable soup a day, and they are still not full." "As far as I know, there are several people who die on duty in the Ministry of Military Industry every month. They are hungry and tired, but they have to grit their teeth and work at full capacity. Seeing that the Japanese's spring sweep is about to begin, the front line is waiting for them. No matter how difficult it is, the workers can only grit their teeth and hold on."

Ren Zhong was dumbfounded when he heard this. He had never expected that his arrival would leave such serious sequelae for the border area's rampant production capacity.

This is like putting a noose around Jiang Chongjing's neck. Now it's still at least half a year before the new grain harvest. During this half year, life will only get more difficult!

Buying grain will not solve the problem. As for the grain problem of the Dawn Institute, Ren Zhong took the initiative last year and used cash to stockpile wheat and corn for the summer. Now, not only have grain prices outside the border area risen sharply, but large-scale purchases have been banned.

Smuggling three to five hundred kilograms of grain into the border area is completely useless.

Not to mention the workers in the Military Industry Department, Ren Zhong actually discovered that the Eighth Guard Regiment that cooperated with him seemed to be running low on food. However, Ren Zhong had no way to conjure up food at this stage.

Now that he has taken root in the border area, he is fully loaded with goods. He either brings core equipment spare parts or nickel, chromium, platinum, tantalum and other rare metals in the world of Bright Sword to make alloy steel needed for artillery steel, or oceans. Now, a cave near the outermost road of the Dawn Research Institute is where Ren Zhong receives the materials from the main world.

No one is allowed to approach within a radius of several hundred meters. Only Ren Zhong and Hu Zi have the keys to the steel gate. The third key is said to be in the hands of Ren Zhong's organization. They will transport the supplies to the destination and evacuate without anyone noticing at night.

"So that's how it is, Chief Li. The plan, detailed implementation plan and planting requirements are all here. You can take a look to see if there are any problems. Our agricultural research centers have to take into account both the breeding of improved varieties and the technical guidance of planting and topdressing for new land. We have to be good at both, otherwise we will starve next year." Ren Zhong said to Li Zizheng.

"In addition, we are looking for new high-quality wheat varieties. We will also open up more than ten acres of land to crossbreed the local varieties selected in my plan with some varieties from other places, and continuously select the best ones for breeding."

The hybrid breeding plan proposed by Ren Zhong is the best one he can find. Although the varieties produced are still far inferior to the fine varieties in the main world, they are at least more than twice as good as the current varieties in the world of Bright Sword. Using the current wheat varieties, the local race generally considers a high yield of more than 200 kilograms per mu, while Ren Zhong's top dressing and irrigation may bring the yield to 300 kilograms.

However, after hybridization, the new variety can produce at least 400 kilograms per mu!

By using high-quality wheat from Renzhong, topdressing with organic fertilizer and watering, the yield per mu can reach more than 700 kilograms! One mu of land is equivalent to two mu of land under the current farming method.

"No problem, Mr. Ren. With such a detailed plan, we can definitely carry it out according to these planting requirements. Our main task this year with the Eighth Security Regiment is to ensure that 100,000 acres of new land become fertile farmland!" Li Zizheng said confidently.

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