The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 17: Praise from the Troops

2 p.m.

Everyone gathered together in the square.

A commendation meeting is being held at this time.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Liu Tao, who was standing at the podium with a big red flower on his chest and a certificate in his hand.

Praise from the entire province’s military industry system!

This is the greatest honor Panshan Machinery Factory has received since its establishment.

Liu Tao had a bright smile on his face, and he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

Although the time was short, the superiors gave it such a high honor, which shows that it was temporarily named the "Type 78 Pistol" and was recognized by the troops and superiors.

In addition to the certificate, there is also a reward of one thousand yuan.

One thousand yuan is definitely a huge sum of money in this era.

Nearly three years’ salary for an average worker.

Of course, Liu Tao worked at Panshan Machinery Factory, where he ate, lived and wore the same things as the factory, and actually spent almost no money.

Everyone looked at Liu Tao with envy. At this time, Liu Tao was the most handsome guy in the factory.

"Comrades, you must learn from Comrade Liu Tao, work diligently, strive hard, and strive for the rise of our country's military industry." Wang Tiezhu called on everyone to learn from Liu Tao.

The commendation meeting ended very quickly.

Liu Tao put the honor aside. This honor is already a thing of the past.

Now he needs to get the design drawings of the new automatic rifle.

In addition, it is necessary to make molds for the various components of this automatic rifle.

Explain each design indicator and process clearly to the technician!
Liu Tao is busier than before.

The rifle production workshop and assembly workshop also gradually resumed production.

At the beginning, the speed was very slow, and only a few new automatic rifles were produced a day.

Slowly, production efficiency gradually improved.

The design drawings of the entire set of new automatic rifles have been kept confidential at the highest level by the Confidentiality Department. Except for Liu Tao and Wang Tiezhu, no one else can view the design drawings, not even the deputy factory director.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.

One hundred new automatic rifles have been produced.

The number of the new automatic rifle has reached 100.

At this time, gun testing was being carried out at the shooting range.

Commander Liu and Political Commissar Wang of the 119th Regiment personally brought a company here.

Those who are close to the water get the moon first. Now the new pistols have been equipped to the platoon level in the entire 119th Regiment, which has become the first in the 40th Division to replace the new pistols.

The Type 78 pistol was loved by officers and soldiers.

It was also because of this that after receiving the news, Captain Liu and Political Commissar Wang came over in person.

A platoon in the factory is under the jurisdiction of both the factory director and the 119th Regiment.

If the new automatic rifle is really that good, then there is no doubt that the 119th Regiment will replace it with the new automatic rifle first.

There is no commander who does not want his troops to be equipped with good guns and improve their combat effectiveness.

At this time, one hundred targets had been set up in the shooting range.

One hundred soldiers, each holding a new automatic rifle.

"Captain Liu, this new automatic rifle is powerful, accurate, stable, reliable, and easy to maintain. More importantly, it has a lifespan of 20000 rounds, and a magazine holds 30 rounds. Each gun is equipped with four magazines, which holds 4 rounds of bullets," Liu Tao introduced.

Automatic rifles, unlike pistols.

It is extremely difficult and takes a long time to obtain approval from superiors or even pass national review.

However, if you get the approval of the troops and use their influence, it will be a different story.

The users are all full of praise for it, why are you guys sitting in the office still comparing it?

It is for this reason that the expert group organized by the superior will arrive at the factory tomorrow, and the people from the 119th Regiment will arrive first. "We will know whether the gun is good or not after we try it!" said the head of the regiment Liu.

Political Commissar Wang said, "Now, let's start testing the guns."

"Well, let's get started!"

The gun test began.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!".
As the order to test the gun was given, the soldiers pulled the triggers, fire spurted out of the muzzles, and the entire shooting range was filled with the sound of gunfire.

Each soldier will have 4 magazines, which means 120 rounds of bullets.

Normally in the army, everyone just relaxes and shooting targets only involves a few bullets.

It is a rare opportunity to practice shooting without restraint now, and the soldiers are so happy.

Liu Tao looked at this scene and felt secretly sad.

In this era, China was really too poor. A soldier could only fire a few bullets in a year of training.

In comparison, each American soldier fires a thousand bullets a year in peacetime.

It is said that in the following war, it took an average of 1200 bullets for Chinese soldiers to kill a monkey. Although this is related to the battlefield environment, once the soldiers are on the battlefield, they are psychologically shocked by the real scene of killing, which leads to unstable psychological quality when shooting, and they shoot randomly and open fire at the slightest movement. However, it is also related to the fact that the soldiers lack shooting training in normal times.

The ammunition depot is not without bullets.

However, the bullets in the ammunition depot were mainly used in preparation for war, and the troops were used to being frugal and were simply reluctant to spend them lavishly.

For example, in target shooting today, with one hundred automatic rifles and four magazines with each person holding 120 rounds, that would be 1.2 rounds of bullets.

Even though there are a lot of bullets, if you use them lavishly, the consumption will be extremely alarming.

"Commander, this is a good gun." Company commander Deng Qiang personally practiced shooting and fired four magazines, his face full of excitement.

Deng Qiang has been a soldier for ten years. He is a very good soldier as he can be a company commander.

You can tell whether a gun is good or not by just shooting it.

"Come on, the political commissar and I will try it too." Captain Liu had a smile on his face.

Captain Liu was very happy and trusting of the enthusiastic response from his soldiers.

Soldiers know best whether a gun is good or not.

"Political Commissar, how about we try out this gun by shooting together?" Captain Liu looked at Political Commissar Wang.

Political Commissar Wang is also a veteran in the army. He has been a soldier for more than 20 years and his marksmanship is very good.

"Okay, let's try this gun ourselves today." Political Commissar Wang said with a smile.

The two men took the guns from the soldiers, and the magazines were already loaded with bullets.

Then the two began target shooting.

Liu Tao held the telescope and was secretly amazed.

"My goodness, their shooting skills are so accurate, they are both sharpshooters." Liu Tao saw that the two hit the eighth ring with their first shot.

You know, it was the first time for the two of them to touch this type of gun, and they were unfamiliar with it, but they hit the eight rings at once.

Soon, both of them hit the ten rings.

This is simply incredible.

"Not bad, not bad, it's a good gun!" Commander Liu praised: "Political Commissar, what do you think?"

Political Commissar Wang said: "It is indeed a good gun. Not to mention the previous Type 63 automatic rifle, even the previous Type 56 semi-automatic rifle cannot compare to this gun."

"We must report this to our leadership. Our regiment can serve as a test regiment for this new gun." Political Commissar Wang's eyes sparkled.

If this automatic rifle is replaced, there is no doubt that the firepower of the entire regiment will be greatly improved, and the combat effectiveness will also be greatly improved.

The 40th Division is an infantry division, and the 119th Regiment is also an infantry regiment. Rifles are the most important weapons, and the performance of rifles largely determines the firepower and combat effectiveness of the regiment.

In the army, although inheritance is important, the most important thing is combat effectiveness.

If the combat effectiveness is strong, then it is the main force regiment or the ace regiment. If the combat effectiveness is average, then it is the reserve regiment. When there is a mission, it cannot grab meat and can only drink soup.

(End of this chapter)