The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 7 Report
Technology Department.

Liu Tao is concentrating on drawing the blueprint.

In this era, there was no CAD or computer graphics, so the only way to draw the drawings was by hand, stroke by stroke.

Pencils of different line widths, rulers, triangles, compasses, dividers, T-squares, small brushes, pencil sharpeners, and drawing erasers.
Drawing blueprints is a time-consuming and laborious task. It is not only the eyes that are most damaged, but the cervical spine and sleeves of clothes are also the most damaged parts.

Modifying a drawing is also a difficult task, because it means that the entire drawing may be ruined due to a small mistake.

Even Liu Tao didn't need to think too much. He had to concentrate and be careful when drawing the blueprints.

The virtual panel has already formed a number of design drawings. What Liu Tao needs to do is to turn these design drawings into paper design drawings one by one.

Drawing the blueprint is very slow, so calm down and polish it.

It takes about two hours to complete one drawing.

I have to take a break after drawing a picture, otherwise my eyes won’t be able to bear it.

In one morning, I only drew two drawings.

In one day, I only have to draw six drawings.

Time flies. It took Liu Tao a whole week to complete a complete set of design drawings and a report.

On this day, Liu Tao and Lin Shengli went to the factory director's office with design drawings and reports.

"Comrade Liu Tao, is it done?" Wang Tiezhu looked at Liu Tao expectantly.

Liu Tao nodded confidently: "Report to the factory director, I have fulfilled my mission!"

"The improved Type 54 pistol has much less recoil, improved accuracy, and the bullet capacity has been increased from 7 to 8 rounds to 14 rounds. The barrel life is 5000 rounds." Liu Tao reported and briefly talked about the improvements and corresponding indicators.

"Director, this is the report I wrote, and this is a complete set of design drawings!" said Liu Tao.

"Good, good!" Wang Tiezhu said excitedly, "Liu Tao, you have made great contributions to the Party and the motherland. I want to recommend you for merit."

As he spoke, Wang Tiezhu called the Confidentiality Department and said, "Comrade Chen Weiguo, please come to my office. I have a confidential document to give you."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Tiezhu made a call, "I am the director of Panshan Machinery Factory, please connect me to the Provincial Defense Management Office."

Liu Tao's mind moved. Provincial National Defense Management Office?

Then I understood why I made this call.

Nowadays, among the many military factories in China, except for a few extremely important ones, which are directly managed by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, the vast majority of the remaining military factories, especially those small and medium-sized military factories established during the Third Front Construction, are under the management of the Provincial National Defense Management Office, which was later the Provincial National Defense Science and Technology Office.

The Provincial National Defense Management Office is the management unit of Panshan Machinery Factory.

"Hello, I'm Wang Tiezhu, the director of Panshan Machinery Factory, looking for Director Wang Baoguo." After the call was connected, Wang Tiezhu went straight to the top leader.

Wang Baoguo, director of the Provincial National Defense Management Office, is in charge of the entire Yunnan Province’s military industry system.

In terms of administrative level, he is a department-level cadre, which is considered a senior state cadre.

"Lao Wang, what do you want to talk to me about? Let me make it clear first, these are the indicators, no more, and no money to subsidize you. You have to find ways to solve the difficulties yourself." A vicissitudes and tired voice came from the phone.

This era is still the era of planned economy.

The whole country is like a chessboard, everything is planned in advance before production, it is not possible to produce as much as you want.

"Comrade Wang Baoguo, this time I want to report a happy event to you." Wang Tiezhu spoke with excitement.

"Oh? What good news is going on in your Panshan Machinery Factory?" Wang Baoguo was a little skeptical.

Wang Tiezhu said: "Comrade Wang Baoguo, Comrade Liu Tao from our Panshan Machinery Factory has completed the improvement work on the Type 54 pistol. We have applied to our superiors to organize experts to conduct acceptance."

"What? Old Wang, this is no joke!" Wang Baoguo was shocked. The firearms research institute under the provincial defense management office has also been carrying out the improvement of the Type 54 pistol.

There is good news every year, but the design cannot be finalized and the samples produced are not satisfactory.

Thinking of this, Wang Baoguo's tone became bad, "Old Wang, you are also an old revolutionary, how come you have learned this kind of fraud?"

"Comrade Wang Baoguo, I swear on my party spirit that this is true." Wang Tiezhu said in a deep voice, full of unquestionable confidence.

"Tomorrow I will bring relevant experts to your factory. If it is proved that you are deceiving the organization, I think your factory's targets for next year will be reduced by half." Wang Baoguo said after a long time.

Deceiving the Organization! ?
This is already a very heavy word.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Tiezhu said to Liu Tao and Lin Shengli: "Comrade Liu Tao, Comrade Lin Shengli, you will produce a few samples next. The superiors will organize experts to inspect them tomorrow."

"Yes, Director!" Liu Tao and Lin Shengli looked serious.

They all heard it with their own ears and knew the importance of this matter.

If we don’t get the approval of our superiors and experts, we will all be out of business next year and will become the laughing stock of our peers.

The two left the factory director's office and went directly to the technical department.

At this time, the people from the Confidentiality Department were watching the whole process and the drawings could not leave their sight.

Liu Tao pinned the drawings on the board and explained them.

For mass production of a gun, Liu Tao alone cannot understand it. He needs to teach the technicians in the technical department, and then the technicians in the technical department can guide and teach the production workers.

After explaining the drawings, Liu Tao personally operated them, explaining as he went along.

After all, the brand-new pistol is actually very different from the original Type 54 pistol. There are big differences in appearance and it looks much more beautiful.

As for the changes inside, there are even more.

Even the materials and craftsmanship of the gun barrel have some differences.

Although they are just some differences, the slightest change will have a huge impact on the gun.

By late night, Liu Tao and his team had produced a total of ten improved pistols.

Lin Shengli and others went to rest.

Liu Tao checked the gun one by one, and after confirming that it was correct, Liu Tao was still not at ease, so he took the gun to the shooting range.

Two soldiers followed, and Liu Tao tried the guns one by one, loading two magazines for each gun.

"It should be fine!" Liu Tao said secretly. After putting the ten pistols away, Liu Tao felt at ease to leave.

"Comrade Liu Tao, you must be hungry. Come and have a bowl of noodles." At this moment, a kind voice came.

"Director!" Liu Tao showed a surprised look: "Why are you here so late and not resting?"

"Haha, I heard the gunshots and knew that you, Comrade Liu Tao, had not rested yet, so I asked my wife to cook you a bowl of noodles." Wang Tiezhu smiled and said, "I am almost 70 years old, and my sleep is shallow and short. It's okay to sleep less. When I close my eyes one day, I can sleep as long as I want."

A warm feeling flowed through Liu Tao's heart.

This is the old revolutionary, a heart full of selfless dedication.

While he and others were busy, the factory director was paying attention to the whole process and caring about everyone.

With such a leader, and everyone's original intention to love the country and the Party, even if there are problems of one kind or another in the factory now, we can solve them and make the factory stronger.

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