Chapter 39 General Ammunition Issues
Not long after, Uncle Guillaume came back with a group of workers.
Uncle Guillaume knew this group of workers. They had excellent skills and were completely different from those who were flattered or relied on nepotism to get into middle- and high-level positions.
In addition, these people are quite loyal.
Uncle Guillaume took them to Charles and said, "Master Charles, after they heard about you, they all said they could modify these motorcycles for us for free!"
The workers said all at once:
"Helping the army is helping ourselves, Master Charles. We also want to contribute to France!"
"Yes, many of us have children serving in the military and we support what you are doing!"
“If you don’t have enough funds, we can still chip in!”
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"Thank you, thank you all!" Charles greeted the workers: "I appreciate your kindness. I need workers who will work for me for a long time, so of course you need wages, otherwise you will not be able to feed your families!"
Charles wouldn't be greedy for such a small amount of money. He might as well be generous and earn more character.
Sure enough, the workers silently nodded in acceptance as soon as they heard about their families, who were not yet rich enough to work for free.
"Don't worry!" Charles said with relief: "If you guys work hard and manage the motorcycle factory well, I can make money, so I can pay you wages and continue to help those in need. What do you think? ?”
"Of course, Master Charles!"
"This is our goal!"
“We’d love to do that!”
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Shire will train these people to become the backbone of the motorcycle factory.
In their future work and life, they will spread the story and spirit of Shire to every worker. By then, all workers will know that their hard work is not being exploited, but indirectly helping those in need. Help people.
This may not seem important, after all, workers are the ones who work and you pay them wages.
However, the labor enthusiasm of workers is very different. At least in France during this period, the average of more than 500 strikes per year would not occur in Shire factories, and it is difficult for management talents and technical workers to be poached by others with high wages, because They want more than just wages.
Without saying a word, the workers began to modify the tricycle, and soon someone discovered the shortcomings of the "prototype":
"Hey, Guillaume! Isn't it too fragile to only have one steel pipe? It can easily break during driving. We should add a few more steel pipes!"
"That's right. There is also this machine gun stand. We need to support the Maxim machine gun. I suggest changing it to a tripod, which will be more stable!"
"Also, should we equip it with a shock absorber? Otherwise, a small hole can break the machine gunner's butt in half!"
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The workers laughed, and Guillaume responded one by one and made improvements to the three-wheel wheel on the drawing.
The results of brainstorming are quite amazing. In less than an hour, the side three-wheeler has been upgraded several levels to basically look like a modern side three-wheeler.
"Uncle Guillaume!" Charles stopped Guillaume who was about to test drive the new car: "You should pay attention to a few points when driving: start or accelerate as gently as possible, otherwise you will be pulled to turn to the right; the same applies when braking to slow down. In this way, the front of the car will be pulled to the left when braking suddenly..."
Guillaume looked at Charles in surprise: "Master Charles, how did you know? I thought it was a problem with the prototype car."
Guillaume had noticed this before while driving, but he didn't know the reason and didn't dare to say anything.
Now that Ciel reminded him of this, he realized that this might be a common feature of all three-wheelers.
"No, Uncle Guillaume!" Charles explained: "This is because the power and braking of the sidecar are not in the center, it is asymmetrical! The sidecar always does the opposite of the motorcycle under the action of inertia. The greater the weight of the sidecar, the more obvious this effect will be. It is important to know this! ”
Guillaume nodded in understanding.
He didn't know what inertia was, but Master Charles could accurately tell this problem without ever having a test drive, so he was definitely right.
Those who have read the book are different, Guillaume sighed in his heart!
Only then did Major Browne arrive with his men.
More than two hundred soldiers walked into the factory in neat formation, and they spontaneously saluted Charles and said hello.
In the eyes of the soldiers, Ciel was their comrade because he had fought alongside them in previous battles.
Charles was their savior, because the tank invented by Charles saved them more than once.
They even think that Charles is the hope of France, because only Charles, a capitalist, will help the army and the country so selflessly!
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Major Browne loudly ordered the disbandment. He walked up to Charles and saluted, then turned around and waved to direct the carriages behind him to follow:
"I'm worried that you need machine gun testing! So I'll ship a batch first, and more will be shipped later!"
"You're thinking of me, Major!" said Charles, "but I think you'd better bring a batch of German rifles!"
"Rifle? German?" Major Browne looked at Charles in confusion: "Why?"
"Have you ever considered a question?" Charles explained: "The machine gun you use is a German Maxim, but the rifle is a French Lebel. What will happen on the battlefield?"
Major Browne said "Oh" and nodded slightly. The bullets used by the two were different.
When the battle was extremely fierce, the soldiers grabbed a handful of bullets from the ammunition box and rushed to the battlefield. Only when they arrived in front of the enemy did they realize that they were holding Maxim machine gun bullets.
Or conversely, a few rounds of Lebel rifle bullets were mixed into the magazine of the Maxim machine gun.
Either way, there's the potential for deadly chaos.
Major Browne looked at Ciel with trust in his eyes. Although he still had questions, he had become accustomed to thinking that Ciel must be right:
"So, if we are going to use the Maxim machine gun, we should be equipped with and familiar with the German rifles?"
"Of course!" Charles nodded.
"But what about the supplies?" Major Browne asked again: "If we run out of ammunition, but our comrades and logistics troops send French 8MM bullets..."
"Major!" Charles interrupted Major Browne: "If you drive this three-wheeled combat, there will be more Germans around you. In other words, compared to 8MM bullets, it is easier for you to get German 7.92MM bullet!”
"What?" Major Brownie looked at Charles in horror. Does this mean we are going to fight deep into the enemy's heartland? But we only have more than two hundred people...
"We should discuss tactics!" Charles seemed to see through Major Browne's thoughts. He asked calmly: "Do you have a map, Major?"
"Yes, of course!" Major Brownie quickly took out the military map from his arms and spread it out in front of Charles. There was fear in his eyes. Does this little guy think of us as supermen?
Of course, Ciel did not regard Major Brownie as a superman. He just wanted to teach Brownie how to fight in sports.
There is a Maxim machine gun on the three wheels beside the driver. If you do not engage in mobile warfare but follow a step-by-step positional warfare, it is no different than seeking death!
Charles didn't want to see this result, because it meant that he couldn't sell even one tricycle!
