The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 74 New Anti-aircraft Machine Gun
"Da da da~~"

Liu Tao operated the anti-aircraft machine gun and kept firing.

When a magazine is used up, it is replaced with the next one. Two militiamen are responsible for filling the empty magazine with bullets.

Finally, Liu Tao was so tired from beating that he stopped.

A total of 159 magazines, 11130 rounds of ammunition, were used.

The powerful recoil made Liu Tao feel as if his arm was not his own.

He also had a feeling that if he continued shooting, the barrel of the gun would be scrapped.

After a break, two militiamen pushed the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun back to the production workshop.

After half an hour.

Liu Tao placed his hand on the anti-aircraft machine gun, and a virtual panel appeared.

[Item: 54 anti-aircraft machine gun]

【Manufacturer: Liu Tao】

[Item Level: LV2 (11120/100) (Upgradable)]

[Upgrade Points: 350]

[Item status: intact, analyzable]

"System, continuous upgrade!" Liu Tao muttered.

According to the experience points, three upgrades can be performed.

"Host, please choose the upgrade direction." The system prompted.

The virtual panel already displays upgrade directions such as range, weight, volume, reliability, bullets, stability, accuracy, and life.

"Upgrade lifespan, stability, and precision!" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

Brush brush!
With faint flashes of light, this Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun has undergone obvious changes.

Afterwards, Liu Tao used upgrade points to improve it.

At low levels, it is more cost-effective to use shooting to accumulate experience points to increase the level. At level 4, it is no longer suitable.

从1级到4级，只需要打11110发子弹即可。可是从4级升到5级，就得打10万发子弹。

According to the barrel life of this Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun, 10 barrels are needed.

But every time the gun barrel is replaced, the experience is reset to zero.

What a bad deal!
Next, you need to use upgrade points to upgrade the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Liu Tao continued to smash upgrade points.

Brush brush brush~~~
Tiny rays of light flickered.

When the faint light stopped flickering, the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun in front of him had completely changed.

The most obvious change is that the appearance has become more refined and the appearance has improved by more than ten times.

Appearance is fighting power, this is Liu Tao’s belief!

Liu Tao looked at the instructions carefully.

The effective range is 2500 meters, the barrel caliber is 14.5mm, the weight is 73kg, it can be equipped with a tripod and wheels, the magazine capacity is 150 rounds, and it can fire 14.5mm tungsten core discarding sabot bullets, armor-piercing bullets, incendiary bullets, and tracer bullets. The barrel has a service life of 40000 rounds, and the initial velocity is 1000~1350m/s.

The more he understood, the more excited Liu Tao became.

There is no doubt that the anti-aircraft machine gun in front of us is a brand new anti-aircraft machine gun, and its performance far exceeds that of the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun.

"It requires titanium alloy, which requires special effort!" After the excitement, Liu Tao had to think about a problem.

That is, this anti-aircraft machine gun is fundamentally different from the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun. It uses titanium alloy and the barrel requires precision forging. In this regard, communication with specialized factories is required, and existing production equipment and processes must be improved.

Even the workers who originally produced the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine guns had to receive special training!
"Looks like I have to find the old factory director and have him come forward to coordinate!" Liu Tao said secretly.

At this time, he felt a sense of being controlled by others. When it came to new materials, Panshan Machinery Factory could not directly issue requirements. Other factories such as steel mills did not care about Panshan Machinery Factory at all. They had to go through the Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office. This was not a matter of whether to give money or not, but a result of the planned economy.

"But the most important thing now is to analyze it!" Liu Tao began to analyze this anti-aircraft machine gun.

After analyzing this machine gun, Liu Tao did not draw a drawing.

Because at this time, it was almost time for the driver to pick up his second sister and her family.

The last time when Liu Tao returned from the capital, when he was in Kunming City, he asked Wang Tiezhu to do this.

These days, his second sister has dealt with the matter and came to Kun City today.

Liu Tao specially sent his driver to Kun City to pick people up.

After returning home, Liu Tao took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

As soon as he walked to the balcony, Liu Tao saw a jeep driving towards him and immediately knew that his driver had returned.

This year the factory has one more jeep, making a total of two jeeps.

Liu Tao hurried downstairs and just as he reached the gate, the jeep had already stopped.

"Director, I'm glad I have accomplished my mission and picked up the person!" The driver turned off the engine, got out of the car and said to Liu Tao.

Liu Tao was looking at the people getting off the car at this time, his eyes resting on a woman in a simple green military uniform. The woman's face was about 60% similar to his sister Liu Ziyu, and familiar scenes emerged in his mind.

"Sister!" Liu Tao couldn't help but shout out excitedly.

This woman is Liu Tao's second sister, Liu Honglei, who is three years older than Liu Tao.

But the brother and sister have been separated for eleven years.

When Liu Honglei was 16 years old and had just graduated from junior high school, she responded to the call for educated youth to go to the countryside and went to Yunnan Province to join the Yunnan Construction Corps to build the southwest.

"Brother!" Liu Honglei looked at Liu Tao, her eyes reddened and tears fell.

The brother and sister hugged each other.

"Sister, this must be your brother-in-law!" Liu Tao held Liu Honglei's hand and looked at a thin young man who was about 1 meters tall.

"Well, this is your brother-in-law, Chen Weimin!" Liu Honglei introduced him.

Then three children were introduced.

"Are you my uncle?" A chubby little boy looked up.

Liu Tao secretly sighed in his heart. His second sister was only 27 years old, but his eldest son was already 8 years old, his eldest daughter was 6 years old, and his youngest son was years old.

In this era, the legal age for marriage for men and women is 20 years old for men and 18 years old for women.

But even one year in advance is very normal. Even in rural areas, many people get married two or three years in advance.

"So good!" Liu Tao picked up the little boy and lifted him up high. The little boy smiled happily.

"Uncle, I want one too, I want one too!" The little girl and another little boy immediately asked for it.

Liu Tao burst into laughter and took turns lifting his hands high. He soon became friends with the three children.

"Sister, brother-in-law, let's go in and talk!" Liu Tao said, holding the little girl.

"Brother, is this beautiful house really yours?" Liu Honglei asked.

Liu Tao explained: "To be precise, this house belongs to the factory. I only have the right to live in it, and I cannot sell it to others."

"Sister, brother-in-law, you will live with me from now on. After you get a job, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to get a house in the future." Liu Tao said.

This time I brought my sister and her family here to arrange for them to work in Panshan Machinery Factory.

It was impossible for him to let his sister and her family live in a tent, so he naturally arranged for them to live in his own house. He had plenty of rooms anyway, and he was the only one living there now.

"I didn't dare to think about it when I read the newspaper and heard the radio broadcast before. I thought it was just someone with the same name as you." Liu Honglei thought about the newspapers she read and the radio she heard, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "My mother wrote to me, and I received the letter, then I knew about you."

(End of this chapter)