Three Kingdoms: Cao Chong's will, in fact, my eldest brother is not dead!

Chapter 102

Just talking about standardized manufacturing of weapons is not unique to later generations, it was in the Qin Dynasty.

Manufactured just like the assembly line of later generations, of course it will not be completely the same thing, but the ancients can understand it if I explain it.

But here, Cao Ang is not referring to standardization.

The thinking he is talking about now is the trade-off of scale and cost in later generations. The simplest example is the tanks of World War II in later generations. Simple, cheap and large-scale tanks won the battle with complex and fine performance.

This is a kind of war thinking. In the case of huge usage, you don't have to do it so finely.

If a crossbow is scrapped after ten high-quality shots, it is acceptable.

That's because a soldier might not have the chance to fire ten times on a real battlefield...

"Kong Ming's hands and feet are really done to my liking."

Cao Ang smiled, "Original Force, do you think that only one part of this crossbow will be damaged under high-intensity use?"

Yuan Li didn't know what he was thinking, nodded and said: "Yes, the rest are fine."

"That's good. You follow this as a model and manufacture a large number of crossbows. Let's start with a thousand."

"What! Young Master, this crossbow machine has a huge defect, if it only fires more than ten rounds, it will break..."

"Then you don't specialize in making vulnerable parts, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Hey...Young master is brilliant!"

The original force figured it out in an instant, "If only one component is added, the difficulty will definitely drop a lot... No, it will even be easier to manufacture than a more perfect crossbow, because the lifespan has dropped too much!"

So, it's a matter of perception.

Do you want to make something as a family heirloom that has a long lifespan, or do you want to make something that can be equipped in large quantities quickly but has a short lifespan?

As long as it is a large-scale all-out war, obviously the latter has an advantage.

It can be mass-produced by cheaply manufacturing things with a short lifespan. Anyway, you don’t expect this thing to last a lifetime.

It is obviously the most efficient way to replace where it is broken, and it does not require a long life.

The so-called long life is the main point of military equipment in peacetime, or the situation of high training intensity.

"The villain understands, let's get people to build a lot!"

"Well, the original force, you still need to make a little change. Other craftsmen don't need to read all the drawings and divide them into several parts. For each person, they are only responsible for making one part."

Cao Ang began to instill the practice of standardized processes, "But it must be precise. Do you know about Daqin? Each person is responsible for a part, but in the end it will be assembled without any problems."

"The villain understands, let's do it!"

If it is said that a little standardization thought would be difficult for the ancients, then it would be too small to look down on them.

Since Qin Shihuang, there has been standardized manufacturing. The premise is that these craftsmen must be unified and manufactured according to the same model.

Of course, the smaller the error between parts, the easier it is to achieve, so it is necessary to unify the weights and measures.

The original force went to start manufacturing, and Cao Ang threw the crossbow aside.

"Fortunately, it was me, otherwise Zhuge Liang's hands and feet would have stumped people."

Cao Ang shook his head, not boasting. In ancient times, arrows were consumables, and crossbows could not be old and broken. If they were replaced by others, they might give up.

But when you change your mind, there is actually not much difference. You can even cut corners during manufacturing. If you use part of the crossbow as a consumable, it will be over, and it will be replaced regularly.

If it is a really elite army, even the entire crossbow can be used as consumables.

One-time use, such as ten arrows, can be thrown away after shooting.

It is a luxury for ordinary troops, but for some elite troops, they perform key tasks, and they can't use it better. This is the time to score points.

Some wars do not count the cost, as long as you win, you can take everything and get everything!
……

The next day, Cai Mao's people came to inform Cao Ang again that Jiang Gan was back!

Upon receiving this news, Cao Ang immediately rushed to Cao Cao's military tent, and it will depend on this time whether he can save Cai Mao.

When he came to the camp, sure enough, Cao Cao was furious, and no one dared to stop him.

He called Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, and they all knelt in front of the tent. To be honest, Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were quite confused at this time.

Cao Cao got the letter of communication with the enemy that Jiang Gan stole back, but others don't know, Cai Hao and Zhang Yun are still crying for injustice.

"Drag it on, the owl head will suppress the army's heart!"

At this time, Cao Cao will not suspect that Jiang Gan is playing tricks. He has a good idea in his employment, and whether Jiang Gan obtained the direct information from Zhou Yu, or obtained it accidentally, can this be false?

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun panicked and kept begging for mercy, because they didn't know what was going on and couldn't explain it.

And the Cao Jun generals next to them didn't have anyone to speak for them, because no one wanted to see them descending soldiers.

Cao Ang knew that it was time for him to go out.

"Father, no!"

For Cao Ang who suddenly appeared, Cao Cao was in a bad mood: "Why, do you want to speak for them? There was another leak of military information that led to the robbing of food and grass. Zixiu, have you forgotten?"

At this time, it is absolutely impossible to stand up to Cao Cao's fury and intercede for anyone.

Cao Ang can't do it either. It would be naive to plead for mercy at this time, and he doesn't take IQ seriously.

"Father, my son also thinks this matter is strange, there must be someone among them collaborating with the enemy!"

First affirmed Cao Cao's statement, and then changed his voice, "But father, a single tree cannot make a forest. These two are the commanders of the navy, and even if they cooperate with the enemy, they cannot be the only ones!"

"Well, what is Zixiu going to do?"

"I implore father, hand over Cai Mao to the boy, and definitely ask out the accomplices in the army!"

Cao Cao suddenly woke up, if these two colluded with the enemy, then there must be someone under his command who is accomplices, and he will never escape.

At the same time, after Cao Ang interrupted him, Cao Cao suddenly came to his senses, could this be Zhou Yu's scheme...

Because, if these two are killed, there will be basically no one to command the navy!
But it is impossible for Cao Cao to admit his mistake so quickly: "Zixiu, my son, why do you only want Cai Mao?"

"Father, Zhang Yun and his followers are no longer in our army, even torture is useless."

"Well, that makes sense..."

Cao Cao just said this, and Cao Zhi came out: "Father, hand over that Zhang Yun to the child for interrogation!"

It was not so easy to deal with Cao Cao who stopped the top, and he had a lot of doubts in his heart. What Cao Ang said was that Zhang Yun and his followers were no longer under his account...

In that case, Cao Ang should also have doubts about the robbery of food and grass?

In doing so, it seemed that Zhang Yun was weird, and Cao Ang seemed to be protecting someone.

Cao Cao, who calmed down, was not so easy to deal with, and immediately figured out some joints.

"Zijian, you should take care of the grain and grass. Interrogate Zhang Yun, and leave it to Zhongkang to ask for my father."

(End of this chapter)