The Adventures of China Iron

How is the fort's work structured like an assembly line, and what is the Colonel's purpose in structuring it this way?

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The work at the fort is like an assembly line in that each worker does only a small part of the overall task, quickly and repetitively. This allows the workers to produce much more rapidly, which is part of the Colonel's plan to bring "speed" to the pampas (115).