The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 37 Heavy Machine Gun Test

Soon, Wang Tiezhu organized an expert jury.

This time, the military also sent people to participate in the expert review panel. After all, the weapons and equipment developed are ultimately to be used on the battlefield and to be tested on the battlefield.

Only weapons and equipment that have experienced the test of battlefields are qualified.

Furthermore, the excellent performance of Panshan Machinery Factory is also worthy of the military's expectations.

The military representative this time was Liu Changyou, the commander of the 40th Division. Of course, he did not come alone, but brought a company to the Panshan Machinery Factory.

To this day, the militia of Panshan Machinery Factory is still retained, and the entire Panshan militia camp still maintains combat training and is ready to fight at any time.

Liu Changyou arrived at Panshan Machinery Factory in advance and inspected the Panshan militia battalion.

In the open space, the Panshan militia battalion was arranged in company formation, with four militia companies, each equipped with weapons.

Those who are close to the water get the moon first. As the militia battalion of Panshan Machinery Factory, Panshan Militia Battalion is equipped with "Type 78" pistols, "Type 78" automatic rifles, and "Type 78" squad machine guns.

Liu Changyou looked at the Panshan Militia Battalion's sophisticated weapons and equipment, and muttered to himself that, apart from the lack of heavy weapons, many troops on the front line were no match for the Panshan Militia Battalion in terms of gun equipment alone.

"Hello, comrades!"

"Hello, Chief!"

"Comrades have worked hard!"

"Serve the people!"

Liu Changyou reviewed the Panshan Militia Battalion, and the Panshan Militia Battalion responded loudly.

After reviewing the Panshan militia camp, Liu Changyou said to Liu Tao: "Director Liu, your factory militia is well managed. They can even be deployed to the battlefield to fight!"

"Commander, our Panshan militia battalion is conducting wartime training and is ready to go to the battlefield at any time!" said Liu Tao.

Even now, the defense of the surrounding area is still the responsibility of the Panshan Militia Battalion, and the 119th Regiment has not yet returned to its base.

"Very good!" Liu Changyou nodded and praised.

Although Liu Tao is young, he is a promising young man. He has developed four types of firearms in a short period of time.

Now they have even developed heavy machine guns. One must know that military squads highly value individual heavy firepower, and the Type 53 heavy machine guns and Type 67 dual-purpose light and heavy machine guns currently in service can only be considered makeshift.

If Liu Tao really develops a heavy machine gun, it will greatly enhance the heavy firepower of the infantry.

Near noon, Wang Tiezhu and others finally arrived at Panshan Machinery Factory.

There was no rush to start the review. Everyone drank some water and took a short rest. Then Liu Tao took everyone to the cafeteria.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon and the sun was shining brightly.

At the shooting range, Liu Tao brought a team of experts here, and four 'Type 78' heavy machine guns had been set up.

Originally, Liu Tao was supposed to introduce the development of the 'Type 78' heavy machine gun in the conference room, but Liu Changyou suggested testing it first, so they came to the shooting range.

The first step is to conduct a distance test, which starts with a 1000-meter distance test. This 1000-meter distance is the maximum range of the Type 67 dual-purpose light and heavy machine gun.

"Da da da~~"

A militiaman was operating a Type 78 heavy machine gun, which was spewing flames. The firepower was so fierce that it was shocking.

A target was torn into pieces.

1000米、1200米、1400米、1500米、1600米.直到2000米距离，准度方面才出现下降。

Effective range 2000 meters!
Everyone was shocked. This effective range was already twice that of the Type 67 light and heavy dual-purpose machine gun. The increase in effective range meant that it could kill the enemy better.

When conducting the armor-piercing test, everyone couldn't help but gasp when they saw a thick steel plate being pierced by a shot from a distance of 500 meters.

This means that on the battlefield, if the enemy hides behind a brick wall, he will be shot!

And this is just an ordinary 12.7mm bullet, not an armor-piercing bullet!

There is no doubt that if this gun shoots at the body, then 'one shot to the soul', two shots to 'ascension to heaven', three shots to 'scatter the soul', and continuous shooting can directly return to the universe!
On the battlefield, even if you are wearing a bulletproof vest, you will still die if you are hit by this heavy machine gun.

Wang Tiezhu looked at the pierced steel plate and swallowed hard.

The power of this heavy machine gun is really terrifying.

This is simply a powerful weapon on the battlefield. If a squad is equipped with one of these heavy machine guns, the firepower will increase exponentially.

If there were no tanks, setting up this kind of heavy machine gun on the fortifications would probably cause the enemy's casualties to increase exponentially.

Such a big 12.7mm bullet can penetrate steel plates. Even armored vehicles probably won’t be able to stop it!

Sure enough, when the armor-piercing bullets were used, the power was so strong that Liu Changyou's scalp tingled.

"Comrade Liu Tao is indeed a genius in firearms. He was able to develop such a powerful heavy machine gun, and the soldiers can carry it and move forward on the battlefield." Liu Changyou led the 40th Division this time and it had an outstanding performance on the battlefield. As a Type A infantry division, it was the first to re-equip and start training, which made the combat effectiveness of the 40th Infantry Division significantly higher than that of its brother units.

In this "Red Dragon's Roar" military operation, the 40th Division achieved the greatest results with the least casualties.

As a commander, he is more aware of the power of this heavy machine gun.

If a heavy machine gun is too heavy, it will be difficult to transport on roads and cannot reach the battlefield. No matter how powerful the heavy machine gun is, it will be useless.

Heavy machine guns can only exert their maximum power on the battlefield.

One of the characteristics of the 'Type 78' heavy machine gun is that it is light and can be carried by one person. It will be even easier if the gun body and the gun mount are separated.

This is simply a mobile firepower point.

Not to mention the Type 78 heavy machine gun's effective range of up to 2000 meters and its enormous power.

Equipped with special bullets such as armor-piercing bullets and armor-piercing incendiary bullets, they are extremely powerful!

This reminded Liu Changyou of the achievements made by the snipers holding the 'Type 78' heavy sniper rifles during the 'Red Dragon's Roar' military operation.

In addition to hunting high-value officers and generals, these snipers also use special bullets to shoot armored vehicles and armed helicopters, and have reaped rich rewards.

Unless it is a very advanced tank, a normal armored vehicle will basically be scrapped if it is hit by a bullet from the "Type 78" heavy sniper rifle.

Part of the 40th Division's success came from snipers.

"If the 40th Division is equipped with this heavy machine gun, the firepower can be improved to a higher level!" Liu Changyou's heart was excited.

The fear of insufficient firepower is common in the military.

Liu Changyou also suffers from "fear of insufficient firepower". He wishes that the firepower of his troops was as strong as possible!

At this time, Liu Changyou had already made up his mind. As long as the review was passed, he would use the funds of the division headquarters to take the lead in purchasing a batch of "Type 78" heavy machine guns, even if the entire division had to tighten its belt and go austerely.

After all, compared with the heavy machine guns currently equipped by the troops, the performance of the 'Type 78' heavy machine gun is far superior, and the two are simply a generation apart.

Besides, Panshan Machinery Factory is a military factory within the jurisdiction, so it can definitely get more favorable prices than other purchases.

(End of this chapter)