Cibor Tasilovic started off the day with a bit of a hangover, last night he and some of his fellow technicians and factory workers decided to celebrate with a few rounds at the tavern. They had recently completed a long-term project which they had been working on for about a year and were happy to see it done. After the war began, efforts were were accelerated, more people, most of which being experienced workers taken from other places were brought in. A couple of times a member of the Central Committee dropped by to see how things were proceeding. Both to take note of how production was going in the cannon foundry in general andHis part of the project was the lathe. There were a few of them in the factory and in terms of simple mechanics, this one was similar enough to those that were already in use. The main difference for this one was it's size, being twice the scale of the older ones and requiring it's own engine to power it. Once that was done, tested and re-tested, it was put to work. A huge barrel was cast and was, cleaned and threaded out on the barrel, the breech and the plug. It was nerve wracking for the crew as their work was put through its trial by fire but to everyone's joy and relief the process seemed to go smoothly and there were no obvious defects.After things were cleared up, the finished project was loaded up on a special wagon to be taken to the proving grounds to make sure it was functional. It weighed more than 26 tonnes so it required a steam tractor to pull it about. Cibor and a few other guys went to see her off. Hopefully the new 23cm gun would work out well and be put to good use while the gear she set up would be put to good use wherever the Central Committee planned to put her. If that happened, Cibor looked foward to making her sisters.Previous- imperator-zor.deviantart.com/a… Next- www.deviantart.com/art/Infrast…