The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 11: Retreat

meeting room.

A production meeting is being held.

Wang Tiezhu attached great importance to the suggestions put forward by Liu Tao and presided over the meeting personally.

The workshop directors, workshop technicians, technical department and main leaders of the factory all participated in the meeting.

"Dear leaders and comrades, I think everyone knows or has heard about what happened in the production workshop yesterday." Liu Tao introduced: "The boring machine has been repaired now, but I found that there are problems with the machine tools and measuring tools in the entire workshop. Regarding this, I suggest that the production of the workshop be temporarily stopped, or even the production of the entire factory be stopped, to inspect, repair and maintain the equipment."

"If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools! Checking and repairing the machines will not affect production, but will improve production efficiency." Liu Tao said: "At the same time, the pass rate of the new pistols produced yesterday was very low. We don't pay attention to quality."

"For any process of military products, there are three procedures: initial inspection, process inspection, and final inspection. But now, we have not done any of them." Liu Tao said in a deep voice: "If my judgment is correct, it is very likely that a large number of the guns and ammunition we produced before were substandard."

When everyone heard this, their expressions changed.

"Comrade Liu Tao, this is too alarmist!" Deputy Factory Director Zhang Hongjun said unhappily, "The firearms we produce are all mature firearms. Not long ago, we handed over a batch of rifles to the troops, and we haven't heard any feedback from the troops about any problems."

"Yes, it has been nearly ten years since Panshan Machinery Factory was established and put into production. It has been producing like this and there has been no problem." Another deputy factory director, Sun Weihua, also said.

Wang Tiezhu looked solemn: "Comrade Liu Tao, what is the basis for your statement?"

"This is no small matter. We produce a lot of guns and ammunition." Wang Tiezhu was very serious.

The Panshan Machinery Factory has already filled its warehouse with guns and ammunition produced over the years.

The ammunition consumed by the 118th Regiment during training is usually replenished directly from the Panshan Machinery Factory. Even if the guns and cannons are broken, they will be repaired at the Panshan Machinery Factory.

"For example, the boring machine. The boring machine itself has big problems. There are problems with the machine tool. Do you think there will be no problems with the gun barrels produced?" Liu Tao asked in return.

At this moment, the factory director's assistant came over in a hurry, along with two unfriendly-looking leaders, all of whom were cadres in military uniforms.

"Captain Liu, Political Commissar Wang, why are you here!" Wang Tiezhu was startled and stood up quickly.

"Boom~~"

Captain Liu slammed his hand heavily on the table, showing his anger at the moment.

"Director Wang, I respect you as an old revolutionary and a senior, but how can you deliver unqualified guns to us? This is a crime and irresponsible for the lives of grassroots soldiers!" Commander Liu said angrily: "If it were wartime, it would be enough to bring you to a military court."

As he spoke, Captain Liu began to roar.

The murderous aura on his body made everyone else in the meeting room feel a chill in their hearts.

Liu Tao swallowed his saliva and his legs went weak.

Captain Liu is like an angry lion, ready to eat people.

"Captain Liu, calm down. What's going on? If you want to scold us, you should let us know the situation." Wang Tiezhu's heart skipped a beat and he said quickly.

"Director Wang, you can't blame Lao Liu. Of the 1200 rifles you delivered to us before, almost every one of them jammed before a magazine was fully fired." Political Commissar Wang looked at him unkindly, "You are also an old veteran on the battlefield. You should know how to fight if you take these guns to the battlefield. How many soldiers have been injured or even lost their lives because of this."

Soon, Liu Tao understood what had happened.

不久前，盘山机械厂交给118团1200支63式自动步枪，替换掉118团原本装备的56半以及56冲。

As a result, problems continued to arise, and it was proved that this batch of 1200 Type 63 automatic rifles had serious quality problems.

以至于刚刚换装的118团，不得不再次换装成了56半以及56冲。现在两人便是带着那1200支63式自动步枪来退枪，以及前来兴师问罪着。

Liu Tao was not unfamiliar with the Type 63 automatic rifle because it was produced by Panshan Machinery Factory.

The Type 63 automatic rifle is an automatic rifle developed in China in the late 20s. It was successfully developed based on the Type 50 semi-automatic rifle.

Liu Tao couldn't help but think of a documentary he had watched before. It was about the Type 63 rifle that had various problems on the battlefield, was disliked by various soldiers, and was eventually abandoned.

Unexpectedly, I ran into him now.

Others looked at Liu Tao.

They didn't expect that what Liu Tao said would come true immediately.

Wang Tiezhu invited the two to his office, and then called Liu Tao.

"Captain Liu, Political Commissar Wang, this is Liu Tao from our factory. He has improved the Type 54 pistol, which has been accepted by the provincial government. He is reporting to his superiors and striving to finalize the production." Wang Tiezhu said, "I hope you can give my machinery factory a chance to correct the problem."

"You guys are the only ones who want to improve the Type 54 pistol?" Captain Liu didn't believe it at all.

Panshan Machinery Factory is just a small and medium-sized military factory and has no R&D capabilities at all.

Wang Tiezhu took out a pistol and put it on the table. "Look, this is the improvement result of Comrade Liu Tao. Comrade Wang Baoguo from the Provincial National Defense Management Office praised it highly and took away nine pistols."

Captain Liu and Political Commissar Wang looked surprised.

Look closely at the pistol on the table.

The first impression is that the appearance is much better than the original Type 54 pistol.

Captain Liu picked up the pistol and it felt good.

"This magazine holds 14 rounds, which is a lot more than the original capacity." Wang Tiezhu said with a smile, "Comrade Wang Baoguo also asked us to produce 500 of these pistols and equip them to the 40th Division. How about going to the shooting range to try them out?"

Captain Liu was deeply moved by what he said.

"Comrade Liu Tao, give your gun to Political Commissar Wang, and we'll go to the shooting range to test it." Wang Tiezhu said, "We were having a production meeting just now, and Comrade Liu Tao actually discovered the problem. I was thinking of calling you after the meeting, but I didn't expect you two to come."

"Trust us. Now that we have discovered the problem, we will definitely solve it and ensure that we provide the troops with qualified and high-quality guns." Wang Tiezhu said solemnly: "I swear on my party spirit."

This is definitely a big deal. If it gets out of hand, not only will the factory leaders be punished, but even the entire Panshan Machinery Factory will be directly closed down.

The military system is different from the civilian field.

Once something happens, it is not just a matter of the military-industrial system, but involves the troops. No one can ignore the attitude of the troops.

If the troops get angry, no one will be spared.

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