In order to speed up the research project, Roland slightly adjusted his schedule, sleeping for two or three hours in the office after lunch every day, which was equivalent to indirectly increasing the number of times he entered the dream world.
For this reason, the God's Punishment Warriors who appeared in droves after noon became a major spectacle in the castle district.
Thanks to the help of the Graycastle Design Bureau, the new batch of industrial projects progressed quite smoothly. By the last week of autumn, the tractor had basically completed its final design.
Before this, all project processes in Neverwinter were first hand-made and verified for feasibility by Anna, and then finalized. Afterwards, production parts were divided and handed over to the factory for single-machine trial production, and finally the assembly line plan was determined until the assembly was completed. This was not only time-consuming, but also prone to detours.
Especially in the division of production parts—since Blackfire's processing ability far surpassed any machine tool, the parts that Anna could cut out might not be able to be made by the factory. A machine had hundreds of parts, and determining which ones could be completed by the factory itself and which ones had to be handed over to Anna for later processing was undoubtedly a huge workload. Only after a complete product was assembled could the project enter the mass production stage.
In fact, they had suffered in this link when producing the second-generation steam engine. A pressure valve part seemed simple, but it was not until formal mass production that they discovered that the pass rate was surprisingly low, resulting in the relevant production line being torn down and rebuilt, and the final product was delayed by more than half a month.
The Graycastle Design Bureau was equivalent to completing all the preliminary work for Anna, from testing and finalizing to assembly line design, and whether ordinary machine tools could meet the requirements. These processes could be completed directly in the dream world. Therefore, once the plan was finalized, the Ministry of Industry could immediately organize production, which greatly shortened the research and development cycle and cost of new projects.
Roland named this agricultural machinery, which he had high hopes for, the "Harvest" No.
It will inherit the name of the five pairs of road wheels and cultivate the land of Neverwinter.
Of course, he didn't let Xie Shifu idle. The current Harvest No. was just a simple chassis. It was no problem to hang a plow on it and use it as a tractor, but there was still a long way to go before the ultimate form of the five pairs of road wheels.
He hoped to realize all the needs of the army on this chassis.
As for the transmitter, Qingqing quickly recruited several applicants, including both recent graduates and amateur radio enthusiasts. However, Roland's head swelled as soon as he saw those circuit diagrams, and he finally ordered them all to be changed to physical diagrams before he could barely distinguish what was what. Even so, his learning of this knowledge was extremely slow. He could only forcibly memorize the sample diagrams and slowly study them with Anna.
In addition to these two major projects, the other key war preparation projects in Neverwinter City have successively produced results.
The first is the North-South Artery Plan.
Huo Fude. Kuiyin sent him a letter, saying that Dawn has invested nearly a thousand people and set up cement calcination plants in two border cities. These plants can produce hundreds of tons of cement every day to meet the needs of hardening the road surface. Now the road from Windward Territory to Glitter River has been basically paved, and the second half of the road to Cage Mountain has also started, and it is expected to be completed in about half a month.
Even with the help of Lian and Molier, such a construction speed can be regarded as excellent performance. Obviously, the Kuiyin family has put a lot of effort into this matter. Adding the road from the turning point of the eastern border of the Redwater River directly to Evernight City, which was completed first, it means that Neverwinter is only one step away from projecting its power from the land to the war zone thousands of kilometers away.
Secondly, the supporting project of the artery plan—the "Camel Hump" steam truck, the first one was also put into service off the assembly line.
It adopts a classic flat-head cab, front-mounted engine, and six-wheel layout with single front and double rear. Except for the slightly longer head (in order to fit the huge water tank), the appearance is almost the same as the trucks of later generations. The dead weight is about ten tons, the design load is six tons, and it can maintain a stable speed of forty kilometers per hour on a flat cement road, and drive continuously for three hundred kilometers.
When necessary, the driver can also fill it with rainwater, well water, or even urine to increase the mileage—of course, even without any supplies, it is enough to travel back and forth between the city and the river.
Unlike armored trains, each truck requires at least two drivers.
In other words, even if Neverwinter could immediately produce a large number of trucks, there would be a huge shortage of drivers. Fortunately, there is already a prototype car, and next, as long as a driving school is established, a group of qualified personnel can be quickly trained—after all, there are no traffic laws in this era, as long as you can drive the car, everything else is easy to say.
Finally, there is the lead-acid battery.
Although it is not very eye-catching, and the technical content is much lower than the previous major projects, it is very useful.
For example, in trucks, it provides power for vehicle headlights and taillights—this is also the only electrical equipment of the Camel Hump. With lights, the truck's driving time instantly expanded from day to the entire day and night, and the efficiency almost doubled.
It is also used to start biplanes, which can save ground crew a lot of effort. More importantly, if the engine stalls in the air, the pilot can directly try to start it again, which indirectly improves safety.
In short, relying on the influx of a large number of immigrants, Neverwinter City's industrial capacity has once again broken through the bottleneck and entered a period of rapid rise.
However, Roland is also clear that such an increase is not entirely due to the population—if it is still a handicraft workshop-style production, let alone a few months, it may not be possible to train an amateur into a qualified worker in a few years. And here, those experienced old workers are only afraid that you will not learn, not afraid that you will not be able to learn, because promotion and salary increase are greatly related to the apprentices under them. They are always eager to impart everything they have learned.
Ordinary people only need one or two weeks of hand-in-hand guidance to understand the basic operation of the machine tool. Even if a newcomer does not know a single word, they can imitate the steps and process qualified parts.
With the new system suitable for productivity, the promotion of popular education, and the emphasis on creation and research and development, the city's industrialization process will only get faster and faster in the future.
However, what he got was not all good news.
According to Tie Axe's report, the pressure on the First Army on the front line is getting greater and greater. With the spread of the red mist, the devils have been able to reach the Cage Mountain area, and some people have even seen the figure of Terrorbeasts within the Dawn Territory.
In the Fertile Plains, Roland knew about the enemy's tactics of rushing thousands of miles. Although there were not many troops that could be mobilized, even a few Mad Demons could cause considerable damage to the rear.
Now those scattered Terrorbeasts are likely to be sentries exploring the route for a raid.
If the First Army wants to counter this, it must have the same mobility.
He sighed softly, perhaps it was time to dispatch the Witch Union and the Air Knight Corps to the front line.