The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 79 Anti-aircraft Machine Gun Test
"Da da da~~"

A soldier sat at the tail of the anti-aircraft machine gun with his feet on the iron frame.

There was an open tripod at the bottom of the anti-aircraft machine gun. After opening fire and firing a burst of shots, the automatic mode was directly turned on. The scorching flames kept spurting out from the muzzle like tongues of fire, splashing out a torrent of 14.5mm bullets, which instantly penetrated the cold and dense atmosphere and rushed towards a scrapped car in the distance.

In just a blink of an eye, the scrapped car was instantly smashed to pieces by the hail of 14.5mm bullets.

Several experts couldn't help but swallow.

When I just looked at it, I thought the gun looked nice.

But when they actually tested it, they were all shocked by the power of this anti-aircraft machine gun.

This is just an ordinary bullet, without the tungsten core armor-piercing discarding sabot incendiary tracer bullet!
They had no doubt that this anti-aircraft machine gun would become a nightmare for the infantry on the battlefield. As long as there were one or two anti-aircraft machine guns, no matter how many infantrymen came, it would be difficult to capture important positions.

A series of tests were carried out in a flat-shooting manner, and each test data was recorded.

The other anti-aircraft machine gun was firing into the air.

Of course, this won't be tested using an actual plane or helicopter, but rather a balloon.

The balloons were burst one by one in the hail of bullets.

The more the team tested, the more shocked they became.

Because this anti-aircraft machine gun has much better performance than the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun.

The range really reaches 2500 meters, which is nearly 54 meters higher than the Type 1000 anti-aircraft machine gun. This improvement is amazing.

There is also the ammunition box capacity. The ammunition box capacity of the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun is only 70 rounds, while the ammunition box capacity of this anti-aircraft machine gun is as high as 150 rounds, which is three times the capacity.

Moreover, this anti-aircraft machine gun can be equipped with wheels, and then the wheels can be removed and converted into a tripod on the battlefield to facilitate movement on the battlefield. It can also be directly disassembled into several pieces, so that two or three soldiers can carry an anti-aircraft machine gun and then assemble it immediately at the position.

Of course, if time is tight, three soldiers can carry a complete anti-aircraft machine gun to the position.

They don't understand that everyone has been working very hard on improving the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun, and countless R&D personnel across the country have racked their brains, but their research results are far inferior to Liu Tao's.

Could this be the work of a genius! ?
Is it true that genius is 99% perspiration and 1% talent? Is this wrong?

Each expert in the expert group fell into deep self-doubt.

At this time, Liu Tao was taking Wang Tiezhu to visit Panshan Machinery Factory and introducing some changes in the factory to Wang Tiezhu.

Unlike the previous factory area which was in one place, Panshan Machinery Factory now established four production areas within its large area.

However, two production areas are now under construction, and two newly built production areas are gradually being put into use.

"Once the production area is fully built, the annual output of Type 78 pistols alone will reach 20." Liu Tao introduced, "The annual output of Type 78 automatic rifles can reach 50!"

The annual production scale of pistols and rifles is the most frightening.

These two weapons are the most in demand in the army.

In particular, it has been made clear that automatic rifles will be used as standard weapons in the military.

As for weapons such as light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and heavy sniper rifles, their numbers have dropped significantly.

Light machine guns are fine, they can be equipped to squads. If a squad can be equipped with one light machine gun, the number should reach 200,000 to 300,000 light machine guns. But for heavy machine guns, the total purchase volume is estimated to be only 20,000 to 30,000.

As for heavy sniper rifles, the troops have been very frugal until now, and the maximum number is estimated to be no more than one thousand.

This is because Liu Tao occasionally provides support to the troops and donates some heavy sniper rifles!

Of course, the more powerful the weapon, the more complicated the manufacturing process, and the higher the technical level of the workers.

"Now Panshan Machinery Factory is undoubtedly the largest military factory in Yunnan Province!" Wang Tiezhu exclaimed with emotion.

In just one year, Panshan Machinery Factory has undergone tremendous changes.

Back then, Panshan Machinery Factory couldn't even pay wages on time and had to delay wages for a month or so. He had to cry poor to Wang Baoguo from time to time and try to get some funds to keep the Panshan Machinery Factory running.

But since Liu Tao came to Panshan Machinery Factory, everything has changed.

The number of people arranged to produce the Type 78 automatic rifle alone has reached tens of thousands. It is conceivable that now that the construction is completed and full production capacity is reached, the Panshan Machinery Factory will probably have to people.

This is just this side, not including the two other arsenals that Liu Tao is planning to build.

Wang Tiezhu said: "I think the working group of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building will be shocked when they come to Panshan Machinery Factory! If Panshan Machinery Factory cannot be upgraded to a large military factory, I am afraid there will be few military factories in the country that can be called large military factories."

The development of Panshan Machinery Factory is not just about Panshan Machinery Factory itself, but also involves other supporting factories in Yunnan Province.

Due to the rapid development of Panshan Machinery Factory, many factories in Yunnan Province have also developed quite well.

This also means that the third-tier factories in Yunnan Province will not fall into trouble all of a sudden like those in neighboring provinces.

"Comrade Liu Tao, can Panshan Machinery Factory be merged with two or three more factories?" Wang Tiezhu asked, "You also know that three of the third-line factories under the jurisdiction of our Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office are in trouble and have almost no production targets."

This matter also made Wang Tiezhu worried.

After all, these third-line factories are under the jurisdiction of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office, which is equivalent to the children of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office.

As a parent, we can't just watch our children go hungry.

"Hey, Director, we just merged three factories, and we still have to digest them. We really can't absorb so many workers now!" Liu Tao smiled bitterly, "At least we have to wait until after the Chinese New Year before we can accept more people!"

During this period, the human resources department of Panshan Machinery Factory has been training and assimilating the workers from the three merged factories, allowing them to integrate into Panshan Machinery Factory and adapt to their new jobs.

But this is just the first step!
You know, there are still many workers living in tents!
Many people's families are still in the original factory area and have not moved to the Panshan Machinery Factory, otherwise the Panshan Machinery Factory would have been blown up.

According to estimates, it will take at least until the Spring Festival for all the workers in these three factories to have a place to live and their families to be accommodated.

Not to mention, Liu Tao has been busy with hospital matters during this period. The hospital is almost completed, but there is no sign of medical staff. This makes him anxious.

He tries his best to recruit women, especially single women, for medical staff, teachers, etc.

There are really too many men of marriageable age in Panshan Machinery Factory.

Marriage is a lifelong event. If there are too many bachelors, it will be a big destabilizing factor for Panshan Machinery Factory.

As the factory director, Liu Tao is particularly concerned about this.

(End of this chapter)