Reborn in 1977

Chapter 631: Saying Hello

Mechanical Factory, Workshop One, New Product Laboratory.

Deputy Factory Director Xue took the small baton from the workshop director, held it in his hand, and then flicked it forcefully. Originally only 15 centimeters, it instantly became 40 centimeters.

He held the short baton and waved it a couple of times, then turned to look at Chen Fan, "What can you do with such a small baton?"

Chen Fan took another baton from the workshop director, flicked it open, and waved it, creating a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the air.

He walked to the side, aimed at a red brick that had been prepared on the table, and smashed it down with force. The red brick was immediately broken into two pieces.

Especially the place where the baton hit, scattered a puff of dust, and was actually smashed to pieces.

The workshop director said from the side, "This is the best special steel that our mechanical factory can currently access. It is generally used for key components such as axles. This short baton, made of such tough steel, can cause skin to break and flesh to tear with a light hit, and broken bones with a heavy hit. The lethality is very alarming."

Deputy Factory Director Xue's eyes instantly brightened. He raised the short baton in his hand, quite fond of it, "This thing doesn't take up space when it's put away. Put it in a sheath and attach it to your waist. It can be very useful at critical moments!"

He immediately said to the workshop director, "Make more of these later and equip the security department with them."

After speaking, he turned back to explain to Chen Fan, "The comrades in the security department only have guns. These things can cause death or injury with the slightest movement. If we switch to short batons, it will be much more convenient to catch those petty hooligans in the future."

Chen Fan twirled the baton, and smiled, "Since it's for the security department, why use a telescopic baton? This thing has a complex manufacturing process and is mainly prepared for places like jungles where movement is inconvenient.

You can just equip the security department with a rubber baton. It's simple and convenient, it hurts when you hit someone, and it won't easily injure people."

Deputy Factory Director Xue thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he nodded, "Then I will assign this task to Workshop Three. They have rubber parts there, so let them handle it."

Hearing this, the workshop director couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This special steel is not cheap, and the process is complicated. Ordinary low-level workers are not capable of making parts. If hundreds of them are really made, who will pay for it? Where will the people be transferred from?

The main point is that this is not a planned task, and the materials are not easy to obtain!

At this time, several master craftsmen walked over from a short distance away, each handing over a folding entrenching tool, the leader's face full of pride, "The craftsmanship of this thing is not ordinary, ordinary masters can't really make it, we old guys have also spent a lot of effort."

Chen Fan, Deputy Factory Director Xue, and the workshop director each took one in their hands.

Deputy Factory Director Xue unfolded the entrenching tool, his eyes full of surprise, "Looking at your drawings, I only felt that this thing was unusual, but now looking at it again, this is an all-purpose shovel."

The workshop director also nodded repeatedly, "It can be used as a shovel, it can be used as a machete, this side can also be used as a saw, and it can also be used as a weapon at critical moments."

The master craftsman next to him continued his words, "More than that, you guys twist open the cap at the very top and take a look."

Chen Fan was already twisting the cap while he was speaking.

The so-called cap actually has two layers, one thin and one thick. The thick section is the knife handle. After twisting it open, a multi-functional jungle tactical dagger can be pulled out from inside. The thin end is the handle cover of the dagger. Inside the knife handle, there are several small steel thorns hidden.

Deputy Factory Director Xue looked at it carefully, turned to look at Chen Fan, "I remember on the drawings, this knife handle can also hide matches and dry food?"

"It's the shovel handle. The first section of the shovel handle hides the knife, and the dry food is hidden in the second section of the shovel handle,"

Chen Fan explained, "The third section of the shovel handle, which is connected to the shovel, can hide ropes. On the handle cover at the very top, you can also install a fixed compass."

Deputy Factory Director Xue couldn't help but marvel, "Your design is ingenious enough."

Chen Fan smiled slightly, and looked at the master craftsman next to him, "It also requires the masters to have the ability to make it."

The master craftsmen all grinned and smiled when they heard this.

My country had already equipped the engineering corps with the first generation of entrenching tools a long time ago, …commonly known as "shovel".

That's right, the first generation of entrenching tools is not much different from ordinary shovels, except that the handle is slightly shorter.

(First generation of entrenching tools)

This kind of entrenching tool originated in Germany, and was later introduced to my country through the Soviet Union. It was directly adopted by our army, and was often used to replace bayonets and broadswords on the battlefield. It was used for direct hand-to-hand combat.

The effect was quite good.

So it was used until the 1980s, after which the second generation of entrenching tools was invented.

However, compared with the first generation, the second generation shovel only had an extra folding function. Apart from that, it was not very useful, so it was not equipped on a large scale.

In fact, until today, many grassroots troops still use the first generation of entrenching tools.

And what Chen Fan brought out, rather than saying it was the third generation of entrenching tools, it was better to say it was a brand new piece of outdoor survival equipment.

It can dig, chop, saw, stab, shovel, pry, open beer bottles…, disassemble the handle, and there are various survival equipment inside, including dry food, ropes, matches, daggers, steel needles, flat thorns, compasses, first aid medicines, and so on.

That is, there are many special steels in the mechanical factory, and there are various mechanical equipment and skilled eight-level workers, which can be said to be "everything", so that it can be made in such a short time.

If it was another place, Chen Fan could only be helpless.

Telescopic batons, entrenching tools, multi-functional hand axes, there are only three things, but several structural drawings have been drawn.

In addition, there are multi-functional storage bags, tactical uniforms, and ghillie suits that need to be made.

However, these things cannot be done by the mechanical factory, and need to be solved by going to the cotton textile factory.

The cotton textile factory not only has the most complete textile fabrics in the Yunhu area, but also has two subordinate clothing factories, which are enough to solve everything in one go.

Dropping the drawings, Chen Fan took all the equipment that had been made and went straight to the cotton textile factory.

Turning right out the door, the car drove into the gate of the cotton textile factory in about five minutes.

Like the mechanical factory, he is also a consultant to the cotton textile factory. Naturally, there is no need to report. He goes straight to the director's office.

Saying hello along the way, it took a while to reach the door of the director's office. He knocked on the door and went in. Jiang Heng was wiping his face with a towel.

Seeing Chen Fan, he couldn't help but look astonished, forgetting to put down the towel, "Where did you hear the news from?"

Chen Fan walked in, closed the door casually, his face full of puzzlement, "What news?"

He looked at Chen Fan, put the towel on the washbasin stand, walked over and said, "You didn't know I just arrived? Then what are you here for?"

Chen Fan was immediately surprised, "You just came back? Where did you go?"

Jiang Heng motioned him to sit down, and smiled, "Where else can I go, I went to the provincial capital to run errands for the down jacket fabric."

He picked up the kettle and brewed two cups of tea, brought them over and put them on the coffee table, and then sat down with a thump, before exhaling a long breath, "Ah, this time I was really exhausted."

He made a gesture to Chen Fan, "For more than a month, I have been running around for this matter for more than a month. If your Lujiawan doesn't run a down jacket factory, it would be a disservice to my hard work."

While speaking, the door was suddenly knocked, and Jiang Heng raised his head and shouted, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Shen Xueyi walked in, closed the door, and greeted Chen Fan first, "Little Fan is here. When did you come back?"

Chen Fan chuckled dryly twice, "A couple of days ago. I went back to Lujiawan first."

It's been half a month since he returned to Yunhu, but he only came here today, and it was because he had something to do. He was really heartless.

Shen Xueyi just asked casually, walked to Jiang Heng, sat down beside him, and looked at him, saying, "Is the matter settled?"

Jiang Heng nodded, with a hint of excitement in his eyes, "Last month, I went to the Provincial Department. The leaders in the department are also interested in this project, but they don't know much about the relevant information. No one dared to make a decision easily for a while.

In order to understand the real situation of the relevant aspects, I and two supervisors ran to Shanghai, Ningbo, Wuxi, Jiangxi and other places, and also went to Beijing and Guangzhou to understand the sales of down jackets."

He turned his head to look at Chen Fan, "According to the information we learned, it is similar to what you said before. At present, only a few companies in China can produce down jacket fabrics, and the factories in China that produce down jackets do not exceed one hand.

However, according to the transaction records of the Canton Fair, the sales momentum of down jackets abroad is very good."

He picked up his teacup, blew on the hot air a few times, took a few sips of water, put it down and continued, "According to the information we learned from the Guangdong Import and Export Company, down jackets are divided into two types. One is a thinner style, which is generally sold to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia and other regions.

The temperature in these places is not low in winter, and the requirements for the warmth of clothes are not high, so down jackets are mainly light and thin.

The other type is naturally cold regions, such as the United States, Canada, and Europe. These places have very clear requirements for the thickness and length of down jackets.

In addition, there are also great differences in the fabric technology of down jackets. For example, thin models generally use two or three layers of fabric, but generally not a single layer, because a single layer is prone to feather leakage.

The thick models can have up to 6 or 7 layers of fabric, which is more than double that of the thin models. Because the thick models require more duck down, if the fabric is not enough, not to mention the feather leakage, it can't even block the cold air in the air."

He looked at Chen Fan with a serious expression, "I made a guarantee in front of the leaders, guaranteeing that Lujiawan can produce qualified down jackets. Only then did the leaders agree to add a down jacket fabric production line to the Yunhu Cotton Mill, and send a letter to relevant units in Shanghai to provide us with relevant fiber raw materials and production equipment.

If there are no accidents, the production line will be put into operation as soon as the end of this year.

Little Fan, you have to keep an eye on Lujiawan, don't let me down. I have made a military order."

Chen Fan nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, I just came from Lujiawan today. Now Lujiawan has submitted an application to the County Commercial Bureau to set up a clothing factory. In order to ensure the production of electricity, we have also cooperated with the neighboring Qingshan Commune to build a small hydropower station."

He looked at Shen Xueyi again and continued, "During the summer vacation, I took a student to Shanghai. Lili and the others also know that the student took a tailoring course in Shanghai for more than a month and learned how to use industrial sewing machines.

This time when I came back, the production team specially set up a clothing training school to train production workers for the upcoming clothing factory."

If it were a year ago, this clothing factory would probably be hopeless, because clothing manufacturing has exceeded the scope of rural "sideline business".

Unless it is "down washing", it is almost the same.

But this year, policies in various aspects have begun to slowly loosen, especially the legendary Huaxi Village, which not only openly set up factories, but even turned the entire production team into a scenic spot.

This news has been published in the newspaper. Not to say that everyone knows it, but almost everyone who should know it knows it.

In this case, it is not a big deal for Lujiawan to set up a factory.

Anyway, no matter what, the Lujiawan Production Brigade is still a collective. The enterprises run by the collective are ultimately enterprises of the people, which are essentially different from private enterprises. It is completely okay to relax a little.

When Jiang Heng heard Chen Fan's words, he couldn't help but look surprised, "You even sent people to Shanghai to study and specially learn industrial sewing machines? You set up a clothing training class when you came back?"

Shen Xueyi also said with emotion, "Then you are well prepared."

Jiang Heng continued, "What surprises me the most is that you are planning to use industrial sewing machines. This is a big deal!"

Chen Fan looked at the two of them with some confusion in his eyes, "It seems that there are two clothing factories under the cotton mill, right? Don't they use industrial sewing machines?"

This time Jiang Heng didn't speak, but Shen Xueyi shook her head repeatedly and said with a wry smile, "What? Those two clothing factories were opened to solve the livelihood problems of some employees' families. They use household sewing machines produced by the neighboring machinery factory.

The things produced by this factory are also very simple, basically bed sheets and labor protection clothing.

The other one is a little more formal, mainly supplying goods to the supply and marketing cooperatives and the city department store, but they also use household sewing machines.

Industrial sewing machines are important resources, and it is not enough to supply them to those key large clothing factories, how can it be our turn?!"

Chen Fan blinked, Shen Xueyi's words were beyond his expectations.

A clothing factory uses household sewing machines?

How many clothes can be produced in a day?!

At this time, Jiang Heng looked at him and asked, "Are you planning to use industrial sewing machines? Do you have a definite source of goods? If you have extra goods, can you introduce them to our factory?"

Chen Fan "uh"ed and said with a slightly embarrassed expression, "There is no source of goods. The brigade secretary submitted an application to the commune through the commune, and the commercial bureau stated that it would fully promote it."

After speaking, he paused and added, "Well, that's it."

It seemed that this would show more confidence.

Unfortunately, Jiang Heng had serious doubts about his confidence and said with a speechless expression, "We can't buy it through the Provincial Commercial Department. Is your Gufeng County Commercial Bureau so powerful that it can buy industrial sewing machines for a factory?"

Chen Fan rubbed his face and smacked his lips, "Since this is the case, then I can only show my trump card."

Jiang Heng raised his eyebrows, "You still have a trump card? Tell me about it."

Chen Fan pointed to the east, "Can't the machinery factory make motors? Let them think of a way. If that doesn't work, buy two industrial sewing machines back, dismantle them for research, and then produce them for us."

When Jiang Heng heard this, he almost fainted.

Do you think the machinery factory is your home? Do you want them to make whatever you say? Such a big machinery factory has always only listened to…

Thinking of this, Jiang Heng's eyes turned slightly, and the look in his eyes at Chen Fan became quite complicated.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not be able to command the machinery factory. Even the Commercial Bureau of the Prefectural Committee would have to discuss it with them.

But if this little guy is willing to speak, the machinery factory may really listen to him!