Chapter 128: Overall Planning

The rise of the United States after World War II can be said to be a combination of the right time, right place and right people. It spared no effort to pit its British father. However, the United States and Britain are of the same lineage. The two countries' hegemony is similar to the succession of the father's business, which is not a big loss.

And Yannick sneered at the American conspiracy and trickery. After all, victory or failure, everything is not developing according to the script of history. Even if he can't win in the end, the United States can't think about it. It's not a bad thing to let the Ming Dynasty take advantage of it.

So he welcomed the large-scale entry of American capitalists, the more the better. The more the interests of both sides are entangled, the more people will oppose Roosevelt's declaration of war on Germany in the future. Once the two countries declare war, all the assets of Americans in Germany will be frozen and confiscated, which is also a considerable fortune.

No longer thinking about the United States, Yannick continued to inspect the next arsenal, Bruno Firearms Factory.

Several models produced here are world-class famous guns.

The ZB37 heavy machine gun, its barrel can be easily changed. On the battlefield, as long as the barrel heats up to a certain degree, the soldiers can quickly replace the barrel, which can ensure that the machine gun works more efficiently. The performance is very reliable and has been exported to many countries.

ZB26 light machine gun, this machine gun is familiar to many friends. It is one of the famous machine guns during World War II and one of the famous guns in China's anti-Japanese war. Its production structure is very simple and easy to operate. It can maintain good performance in various environments. The bullet capacity is a bit small and cannot maintain sustainable firepower. Overall, it is a very good machine gun.

CZ83 pistol, this is a very famous Czech pistol during World War II. The pistol is very small and comfortable to hold. It can use two different bullets. It has extremely high shooting accuracy and great lethality. It is a good and trustworthy pistol. It has been unanimously praised by soldiers on the battlefield. Not only is it equipped in large quantities in the Czech Republic, but also in the troops of many countries. Moreover, it uses a conversion kit, which allows the CZ83 to use both 7.65mm Browning bullets and 9mm Browning short bullets, as well as the former Soviet Makarov bullets.

ZK383 9mm submachine gun, this gun is very unique, it is more like a 9mm machine gun than a submachine gun. It is equipped with a bipod, which is installed under the barrel sleeve and can be folded into the front handguard when not in use.

It can also quickly replace the barrel. The barrel is fixed to the receiver through two flanges at its rear end. As long as the barrel fixing catch behind the front sight is pulled and the front sight is rotated 90°, the barrel can be pulled out of the receiver.

Although the design is a bit weird, the performance of the gun is very reliable and has been recognized by soldiers in actual combat.

Yannick also admitted that these guns were excellent, but it was a pity that Germany had already used the MG3 general-purpose machine gun, the submachine gun was the classic MP40, and the pistol was the Walther P38. In addition, the German rifle bullets had long been changed to the standard, but these light and heavy weapons of the Czech Republic still used 92x57mm Mauser rifle bullets. It would definitely increase the logistical burden to incorporate these equipment.

However, the performance of these guns was very good, and it would be too wasteful to re-melt them. "The ZB37 heavy machine gun and ZB26 light machine gun will be sealed first. See which ally needs them in the future, and then support them. The CZ83 pistol and ZK383 submachine gun will be left to the second-line troops. We must fully produce our standard weapons."

After visiting all the arsenals and returning to the presidential palace, Yannick called Speer to his room. "Professor Speer, it's up to you now. Integrate the production capacity here as much as possible and tap their full production potential." Currently, the Czech arsenal can produce 20,000 heavy machine guns and 60,000 light machine guns each year; if the MG3 is manufactured using simple and cost-saving stamping technology, at least 100,000 can be produced each year, right?

Speer replied solemnly. "Your Highness, these require the most precise calculations and arrangements, and some extraordinary means must be used."

Yannick nodded. "I know this is a huge project, and it's really difficult for you, but those who are capable should do more work, and no one is more suitable for this job than you." Integrate a country's military industry, its systematic statistics and planning, and the calculation content is even so complex that it can crash a supercomputer. Pick up a handwritten notebook on the table and hand it to Speer. "This is my idea of ​​the overall planning method. Take it and have a look. It should be helpful."

Overall planning method is a mathematical method for arranging work processes. It means to optimize work efficiency by changing the original inherent work format through various means. Its practical scope is extremely wide. It can be applied in enterprise management, infrastructure construction, and the organization and management of complex scientific research projects.

Let's use a very simple example of making tea to illustrate.

Method A: Wash the kettle, fill it with cold water, and put it on the fire; while waiting for the water to boil, wash the teapot, wash the teacup, and take the tea leaves; wait for the water to boil, and make tea.

Method B: Do some preparatory work first, wash the kettle, wash the teapot and teacup, and take the tea leaves; everything is ready, fill water and boil water; wait for the water to boil and make tea.

Method C: Wash the kettle, fill it with cold water, put it on the fire, and wait for the water to boil; after the water boils, hurriedly find tea leaves, wash the teapot and teacup, and make tea.

It can be seen at a glance that the first method is good, and the latter two methods are all useless.

But this seemingly simple scientific application did not really develop systematically until the 1950s.

In 1956, the United States first began to study the coordination method.

In order to coordinate the work of different business departments within the company, the American chemical company Du Pont and the Rand General Computer Company jointly developed the critical path method (abbreviated as CPM). This method was used for the first time in the preparation and construction of a chemical plant. As a result, the preparation and construction project was completed two months ahead of schedule. Subsequently, this method was used for factory maintenance, which resulted in a reduction of downtime by 47 hours, and a considerable benefit of saving millions of dollars that year.

In 1959, the Special Planning Office of the U.S. Navy Weapons Planning Bureau developed the Polaris missile submarine program with about 3,000 work tasks, with more than 11,000 manufacturers participating. In order to implement such a complex task in an orderly manner, the leaders of the Special Planning Office actively supported and promoted the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (abbreviated as PERT) created by the special team. As a result, the development plan was completed two months ahead of schedule, which was a great success.

The remarkable results of CPM in civilian enterprises and PERT in the military industry naturally attracted widespread attention. In a very short period of time, CPM and PERT were applied to complex planning and management work such as industry, agriculture, national defense and scientific research, and then promoted to countries around the world. In the process of applying and promoting CPM and PERT, a variety of similar methods with different characteristics and focuses were derived, but the basic principles of various different methods all originated from CPM and PERT.

CPM and PERT are essentially the same, so people refer to CPM, PERT and other similar methods as network planning technology, abbreviated as network technology or network method, and simply as overall planning method.

Speer took the notebook as if he had found a treasure, looked at it carefully for a while, and the whole person was suddenly in awe. "Your Highness, you are a genius!"

Having heard such praise countless times over the years, Yannick has long been immune. "I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants." It's just that the name of this giant is history.