The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 16 Adventure
Factory director's office.

Liu Tao and his men came to the factory director's office with a dozen Type 63 automatic rifles manufactured yesterday and his new automatic rifle that had been upgraded many times.

In addition to Liu Tao, Zhang Hongjun, Sun Weihua, Lin Shengli, Tang Changzheng and others are all here.

"Comrade Liu Tao, has the problem with the Type 63 automatic rifle really been solved?" Wang Tiezhu asked impatiently.

You know, the 1200 guns returned by the troops were not only a shame for Panshan Machinery Factory, but probably the only such case in the country.

Furthermore, the Type 63 rifle costs 400 yuan each, so 1200 of them would cost 48 yuan. Even if the army did not hold them responsible, without this money, the entire factory would be left with nothing.

"Well, the problems have been discovered and solved." Liu Tao nodded.

"That's great!" Wang Tiezhu looked happy.

Liu Tao said in a deep voice: "But Director, the problem has been solved, but the Type 63 rifle is not optimistic."

"What do you mean?"

Everyone looked at Liu Tao, puzzled.

Now that the problems with the Type 63 automatic rifle have been solved, isn't that good?

"The design of the Type 63 automatic rifle itself has many problems. Even if it is produced according to the design drawings, there are still problems with accuracy and malfunctions will often occur," said Liu Tao.

"The previous batch of guns had such serious quality problems. On the one hand, it was because our factory did not control the quality well. On the other hand, there were problems with the design itself." Liu Tao said confidently.

Wang Tiezhu's eyes widened. "How is this possible? Millions of Type 63 automatic rifles have been produced nationwide. How could there be a design problem?"

The Type 63 automatic rifle was developed in 1959, finalized in 1963, and put into mass production and equipped to the troops in 1969. In nearly 63 years, millions of them were produced. At that time, a factory with people was tasked with producing hundreds of thousands of Type automatic rifles per year.

It is the Panshan Machinery Factory, which has produced tens of thousands of Type 63 automatic rifles over the years, all of which are piled up in the warehouse.

The planned production price of a Type 63 automatic rifle is 400 yuan per rifle. If 500 million rifles are produced, it will cost 20 billion yuan. The design problem means that the 20 billion yuan is wasted.

"I made these guns, and I improved this gun." Liu Tao said, "You can go to the shooting range and shoot a few times, and you will know."

"Come on, everyone take your guns and go to the shooting range to practice," said Wang Tiezhu.

Afterwards, everyone took a Type 63 automatic rifle and went to the shooting range.

At the shooting range, in addition to Liu Tao and others, five other soldiers were called over.

Everyone was holding automatic rifles and aiming at the target.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang".
Target shooting began and the sound of gunfire continued.

One by one, they fired four magazines, which means 80 rounds of bullets.

Wang Tiezhu was still a little unsatisfied: "What a good gun, much better than the Type 56 semi-automatic. Comrade Liu Tao, this gun is very good."

"Yeah, I also think the gun is very good. I've fired four magazines without any jams, and it's very powerful." Tang Changzheng also thought the gun had good accuracy. Every bullet he fired hit the target, and it was very powerful.

"Director, please try my improved rifle." Liu Tao handed the automatic rifle in his hand to Wang Tiezhu: "This gun has a 30-round magazine."

Wang Tiezhu smiled and said, "Your gun looks much better, but it's not a silver-plated gun head. It looks good but is not practical."

"Haha~~" Zhang Hongjun and others couldn't help but laugh.

Liu Tao raised his eyebrows, "Director, appearance is combat effectiveness! The performance of my automatic rifle is much better than the Type 63. A magazine holds 30 rounds, the rate of fire is fast, the accuracy is high, the stability and reliability are improved, and the lifespan is 20000 rounds."

"Come on, let me try!" Wang Tiezhu took Liu Tao's rifle, raised it and aimed.

boom!
Pull the trigger, and a fire snake spews out. "Hey, the recoil is much smaller, and the gun is lighter too." Wang Tiezhu was surprised and said, "You hit the 3rd ring with the first shot?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Wang Tiezhu.

The first shot hit the triple ring, which is incredible.

After all, it's a new gun and I just got my hands on it, so the feel is a little poor and it's normal to miss the target.

What made everyone feel incredible was that Wang Tiezhu had hit 10 rings before he even finished firing a magazine.

The others also tried it one by one and each fired a magazine.

"Director, colleagues, I don't think we can wash away the stain on us by just delivering qualified Type 63 automatic rifles. But with this new automatic rifle, it will be different. I think we can get the favor of the troops." Liu Tao said.

The others nodded in agreement with Liu Tao's words.

Sun Weihua said: "But we have 63 Type automatic rifles piled up in our warehouse. What should we do?"

"That's right, we can't waste it, it's 600 million yuan!" Zhang Hongjun also said.

Liu Tao thought about it and said, "I think this is easy to solve. The Type 63 automatic rifles with qualified quality can be given to the troops, and the troops can give them to the frontline soldiers or the militia."

It is impossible to destroy or pile up millions of Type 63 automatic rifles in warehouses.

It can be used to train new soldiers or equip militia.

The Chinese are too poor, and thrift is ingrained in their DNA.

A piece of clothing is sewn for three years and mended for three years, and then sewn and mended for another three years.

Not to mention weapons!
Besides, even if they retire in the future, they can still provide support overseas or be sold to make money.

The Type 63 has flaws, but it also has advantages.

It is considered a good gun for many places that cannot even produce guns.

In the past, the support given to monkeys was quite a lot, at least hundreds of thousands.

Unfortunately, this ungrateful person is now jumping around.

"We can produce a few first and ask our superiors and the troops to test the guns. If the results are good, we can start with small batch production. As for the Type 63 automatic rifles in the warehouse, we can inspect and maintain them while we are at it, and whenever the troops need them, we can immediately deliver them to them." Liu Tao said.

To be honest, Liu Tao was already prepared in his mind that the automatic rifles in the warehouse also had quality problems.

However, even if there are quality problems, it will only take one or two months to rectify them.

"Well, Comrade Liu Tao, you will be responsible for small-batch production first, and write a report. I will report to my superiors." Wang Tiezhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Produce 1200 first."

Zhang Hongjun, Sun Weihua and others were surprised. They did not expect Wang Tiezhu to be so bold as to go straight into small-batch production without producing a few sample guns first.

If the superiors and the army did not have this intention, these guns would have ended up in the hands of the factory itself.

Everyone will be left with nothing by then.

"We all know guns. We all know how good this gun is. So we should have confidence in it." Wang Tiezhu said in a deep voice, "We need to be bolder and take bigger steps."

Wang Tiezhu knew that his decision was very risky.

But he still decided to take a risk. Firstly, Wang Tiezhu had a good experience with the gun. As a veteran, he thought it was a good gun. Secondly, he had confidence in Liu Tao.

(End of this chapter)