Each machine was individually covered with an oilcloth, providing excellent protection.
Lin Sen excitedly rushed forward, his steps nimble and not at all like an old man in his fifties or sixties.
Carefully lifting the oilcloth covering the machine tools, Lin Sen's eyes were filled with joy.
“This is a lathe, that's a drilling machine, that's a boring machine, that's a milling machine… Heaven!”
Zheng Yi and the other experts also rushed forward, touching and inspecting here and there.
They looked as if they wanted to sleep with these machine tools.
Xiao Yun chuckled watching these experts, waiting for their emotions to calm down slightly before stepping forward.
“How is it? Are the machine tools of our 399th Regiment enough to build a small arms factory?”
“Enough, absolutely enough!
Regimental Commander Xiao, I’ve taken a rough inventory. We have a complete bullet production line and a complete artillery shell production line.
We can produce bullets of most calibers and small and medium caliber artillery shells.
More importantly, these machines are all brand new!
Besides these, there is also a hydroelectric power generator. As long as we find a suitable river to build a small power plant, we can provide electricity for the factory’s operation.
There are also simple manual lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, boring machines, etc., which can give the factory the ability to make simple firearms.
However, because the equipment is old and the performance isn’t the best, it is only limited to rifles.
And because it is manual machine tools, production won’t be high unless we can find better machine tools in the future.
Besides these machine tools, all that’s left is some small mining and smelting equipment.
I wonder what our base’s mineral resources are like. If there are related minerals in our base.
Perhaps our factory can achieve self-sufficiency to a certain extent, reducing our dependence on external materials!”
Lin Sen excitedly said to Xiao Yun.
A hint of joy also flashed in Xiao Yun's eyes.
Besides the complete bullet and small and medium caliber artillery shell production line that he fished out himself, Shuazhou City really did have some good things.
Putting them together, they were able to put together a rifle production line.
Although it is only a manual machine tool, production is limited, but at least it allows the factory to achieve a breakthrough from 0 to 1, from nothing to something, isn't it?
Moreover, having a simple rifle production line makes the factory sound more professional.
Otherwise, just producing bullets and shells, it always feels like a munitions factory!
This rifle production line was something he hadn't expected!
After all, he was only a half-baked mechanic. It was good enough that he could recognize the hydroelectric generator and some mining and smelting equipment.
He really couldn't tell what the other manual machine tools were used for.
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Suppressing his thoughts, Xiao Yun cleared his throat and said: "Comrades, the construction of the 399th Regiment’s arms factory depends on you from now on!
Now, on behalf of the regiment, I appoint Comrade Lin Sen as the factory director of the 399th Regiment, in charge of the technical aspect. Comrade Zheng Yi is appointed as the deputy factory director of the 399th Regiment, responsible for production and management.”
“Factory Director Lin, Deputy Director Zheng, professionals do professional things. From now on, we will depend on you to worry more about the factory!
Also, if you encounter any problems during the construction process, you can contact me or Political Commissar Wang for solutions!”
After announcing the appointments, Xiao Yun solemnly said to Lin Sen and Zheng Yi.
“Please rest assured, Regimental Commander Xiao. We will not let you and the soldiers of the 399th Regiment down. We will build the factory and put it into production as soon as possible.
We will contribute our part to the development and growth of our 399th Regiment and the base!”
Lin Sen and Zheng Yi also excitedly shook Xiao Yun's hand, their eyes filled with determination.
Soon, the construction of the factory was carried out in full swing.
After much investigation, the factory was finally built in a hidden mountain valley cave not far from the regiment headquarters in Yan’ao Village.
The cave is large, with an area of over a thousand square meters, which is enough to accommodate the current three production lines.
It is also very well hidden, making it easy to hide!
Currently, Xiao Yun's 399th Regiment does not have air power, nor does it have any decent air defense weapons.
The Japanese planes pose a great threat to the 399th Regiment and the soon-to-be-completed factory.
Building in a mountain valley cave can undoubtedly reduce the threat from Japanese planes to the greatest extent, and it is also more convenient for secrecy.
In addition, in another slightly smaller cave not far from the cave, there is an underground river with a large flow rate and a high drop.
After careful consideration, Lin Sen, the factory director, decided to place the hydroelectric power unit here and build a small hydroelectric power station to provide electricity for the factory’s production!