The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 50 Sniper Rifle
The next day, personnel supporting the construction arrived one after another.

The area around Panshan Machinery Factory suddenly became lively.

Production is going on in the factory, and the area outside the factory has turned into a large construction site.

Just as Liu Tao had planned before, an area of ​​100 square kilometers was incorporated into and governed by Panshan Machinery Factory.

The small number of natural villages originally in the area will be relocated to nearby towns.

Liu Tao also became busy. He had to participate in both production and construction.

Every day on the roads, there are transport vehicles constantly transporting production materials, weapons and ammunition, or construction materials.

This made the already widened road suddenly become crowded.

Although things were hectic in the early stages, with the process of adjustment, things gradually got on track. When June came, Liu Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He finally had extra time and energy to devote to research.

During this period, workers from Factory 991, Factory 9815, and Factory 9807 arrived in batches, and a total of 600 workers have arrived.

After simple training, these workers can start work immediately.

This has allowed the Panshan Machinery Factory to expand its production capacity and some workers to get vacations.

In the laboratory, Liu Tao is assembling a gun.

Soon, the gun was assembled.

It is very similar to the Type 78 automatic rifle, but with an additional scope.

This is the sniper rifle that Liu Tao wants to build.

The heavy sniper rifle he developed before was expensive and the bullets were expensive. It was suitable for sniping important targets, but it was not suitable for popularization at the squad and platoon levels.

Therefore, he planned to develop a sniper rifle based on the 'Type 78' automatic rifle.

Improve accuracy through the scope, and the most important thing is to increase the range.

After all, the previous Type 78 automatic rifle had an effective range of 400 meters!
Liu Tao held the sniper rifle and looked at the virtual panel in the corner of his eye.

[Item: Type 78 Sniper Rifle]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV1 (0/10)]

[Upgrade Points: 3]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

Looking at the detailed information, Liu Tao pondered for a moment.

Due to its basic limitations, this sniper rifle can only be improved in two ways: accuracy and range.

By manufacturing a sniper rifle, Liu Tao can obtain 3 upgrade points.

Liu Tao continued to assemble the sniper rifle. Although its current range was only 400 meters, it could still be used after being assembled.

At the very least, the militia battalion can be used.

By late at night, Liu Tao had made three sniper rifles.

The upgrade points also reached 9 points.

After checking the time, Liu Tao placed the three sniper rifles in place, put the parts back in place, checked them, and left the laboratory after finding no problems.

It was already three o'clock in the morning, but the factory was still brightly lit and the machines were still rumbling.

There are three shifts, each shift is eight hours, and production continues 24 hours a day.

Even now with three shifts, it's almost one-to-one.

It's the canteen, which is open every night, and the chefs have to prepare meals for the workers.

Liu Tao walked towards the cafeteria.

Now there is not just one canteen, but four canteens.

"Director, what would you like to eat?" the chef asked familiarly.

"Master Chen, give me a bowl of noodles." Liu Tao said.

For supper, he usually had a bowl of noodles. "Okay!" Master Chen responded and started to cook noodles for Liu Tao.

If you are eating, there are hot rice and hot dishes that you can eat directly.

Soon, about ten minutes later, Master Chen came over with a bowl of noodles.

"Thank you!" Liu Tao started eating noodles.

Master Chen couldn't help but ask, "Director, I heard that temporary workers in the factory can also be transferred to regular employees. Is that true?"

"Well, the document will be made public in a few days." Liu Tao nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

He fought for this and finally got the approval of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office.

Of course, the establishment was provided, but the salary and benefits were all borne by Panshan Machinery Factory itself.

"Great! Great!" Master Chen grinned.

His wife, son and daughter all work in the factory, but they are not regular employees but temporary workers.

Although since the end of last year, the basic salary for both regular and temporary workers has been the same, the only difference is length of service and professional title, but at this time what everyone cares about is the establishment.

Having a regular job means having a stable job, which gives you peace of mind and status.

It will also become easier to talk about a partner.

"Work hard, and your life will definitely get better and better." Liu Tao encouraged, "Maybe if you perform well, you can apply for a separate room when the dormitory area is built."

"Director, can we ordinary workers also participate in the housing distribution?" Master Chen's eyes lit up.

The living area is under construction. We all have eyes and naturally know how good and beautiful those houses are.

The pillars, beams and slabs are all reinforced concrete, and the bricks are not adobe bricks, but red bricks.

Everyone has been discussing it for a long time.

"Of course, as long as you perform well, you will have hope of getting a house." Liu Tao nodded.

This time, there will be 3,000 residential houses built in the living area.

Liu Tao himself lives in the dormitory, and he knows how bad the living conditions are.

Since it is being rebuilt, it is natural to build it in a better way.

Anyway, Panshan Machinery Factory is not short of money now.

Liu Tao even specially built dozens of villas for leaders and high-end technical talents to live in.

These houses are not high, the tallest one has only seven floors. As for the villas, they are all three-story, so they are not difficult to build.

When Master Chen heard what Liu Tao said, he was even happier and felt that his life had more hope.

He had heard that in the residential area, there would be shopping malls, cinemas, hospitals, schools, parks, etc.

If we can really get a house, our living environment will be greatly improved.

Master Chen was worried when he saw that his son was getting married but had no house to live in.

Liu Tao ate noodles while chatting with Master Chen.

We not only want to hear the workers' real thoughts from Master Chen, but also want to use Master Chen's words to tell the workers something to improve their production enthusiasm.

Next, Liu Tao has some more actions to take.

For example, strengthening the leadership of the party organization, improving the trade union, improving the titles and grades of workers,
There are still many things to be done.

To accomplish these things, a very important factor is the support of the broad masses of workers.

Although Liu Tao never published an article, there is no doubt that he is a reformer of this era.

To further reform, it is necessary to break some of the current rules and regulations.

This is also why Liu Tao would chat with workers during meals every day, and walk around the factory after meals to listen to what the workers said.

As people from the other three factories arrived one after another, the problems Liu Tao faced became more severe, because everyone had their own demands, and it was not easy to unite everyone.

Especially those educated youth, we have to comfort their hearts.

(End of this chapter)