Expedition to Europe

The importance of enterprise innovation is self-evident, and many people understand it.

Qin Zhiyuan has been working hard to get all Lan Fang enterprises back on track without Qin Zhiyuan, which is far more important than short-term profits in Qin Zhiyuan's view.

Lan Fang enterprises are actually a bit congenitally deficient, because Qin Zhiyuan's "prophet" existence, Lan Fang enterprises basically did not take detours, and have always been on the right path, so there has always been a problem of insufficient innovation.

The last time the 20-type light machine gun was finalized, it was actually the first time that Lan Fang military enterprises tried to independently develop it without Qin Zhiyuan's creativity. This is of course a good thing, and Qin Zhiyuan did not stop it.

After the test of the Manantenina battle, although the 20-type light machine gun had some problems, they were all within an acceptable range. Compared with the losses of the front-line troops, the growth of the military enterprise's engineering team made Qin Zhiyuan even more happy, such as Jeffrey Defoe, who proposed the concept of "universal machine gun" which is very valuable.

The benefits of weapon "versatility" are huge. It can reduce costs and logistical burdens. In some ways, weapon "versatility" is more important than power and is the first factor to be considered in weapon design.

Jeffrey Defoe is not just talking, he has already formed drawings. After hearing Qin Zhiyuan's praise, Jeffrey Defoe immediately took out those drawings and asked Qin Zhiyuan to review them.

This is a general-purpose machine gun improved on the basis of the new light machine gun. It still uses a belt to feed ammunition, which fully guarantees the continuous vitality. From the drawings, it can be seen that whether it is a light machine gun with a bipod or a heavy machine gun with a tripod, the structure of the bolt part is basically similar. The difference is the barrel part. The barrel of the heavy machine gun is obviously much longer than that of the light machine gun. There is no difference other than that.

"This design is very good, and there is no sample produced?" Qin Zhiyuan Ma Shan was delighted to see the prey.

"Yes, in fact, there are two general-purpose machine guns being tested over there in the form of light machine guns. We have already done tests. If the barrel is replaced with a heavy barrel and a tripod is used, the range can reach about 1,500 meters, and the stability is very good. However, there are still problems with the materials. If the barrel is to ensure sufficient strength, the weight must be increased a lot. This problem will not be solved to the greatest extent until the material has made a breakthrough." Tang Zhengyang, the director of the 104th Factory, was not very happy, and still looked bitter and resentful.

Materials, materials again, it seems that Qin Zhiyuan needs to put some pressure on Long Chengxuan.

"The material issue will always be resolved. Now accumulate experience first. Anyway, the barrel can be replaced. It's heavier now, so it's heavier, and it can be replaced later." Qin Zhiyuan made up his mind and chose the lesser of two evils.

It can't be said to be harmful. Generally speaking, it is still improving, but compared with the previous two years, the degree of improvement is not that great.

This is also normal. In the past two years, Lan Fang had just established a country and was poor. The first thing to solve was the problem of "whether there is or not", so as long as the factory is built and can be officially put into production, it will be a huge progress.

In the past two years, with the successive production of various factories, military enterprises have begun to change from "whether there is or not" to "how good it is". This is a qualitative change. It is not easy to achieve the progress of the past two years.

In the final analysis, Qin Zhiyuan was just an agent in his previous life, not a material expert. If Qin Zhiyuan was a material expert in his previous life, Lan Fang could easily cross these thresholds now.

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. If Qin Zhiyuan was a material expert in his previous life, there would probably be no Lan Fang now.

At noon, Qin Zhiyuan still gathered all the experts and held a symposium on the future development direction of light weapons.

Simply put, the future development direction of Lan Fang's light weapons does not require the maximum power, but begins to develop in the direction of artificial machine effect. Light weapons are the most used weapons by soldiers, and they are generally carried with them. At this time, the requirements for human-machine effect are getting higher and higher. How to make soldiers more comfortable to use is the problem that these light weapons experts need to study.

At the same time, with the development of industry, Lan Fang has now gotten rid of the dilemma of relying on imports for all materials. Because of the input of iron ore in the Pilbara region, Lan Fang's steel production has reached a very high level. With the construction of steel mills in the Pilbara region, the ore mined from the Pilbara region will be smelted on the spot in the Pilbara region. Lan Fang will get more and more steel on the basis of protecting the environment. At this time, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages and use steel to smash the enemy to death, rather than relying on the high quality of soldiers to defeat the enemy.

Qin Zhiyuan still remembers the firepower preparation before the British and French coalition forces launched the attack in the world war. The British and French coalition forces often gathered tens of thousands of artillery and then bombarded the German army for a long time. After using artillery to kill the German army to the greatest extent, the British and French coalition forces would launch an attack, which achieved very good results.

Lan Fang now has this strength. With the development of Lan Fang's industry, Qin Zhiyuan's ideal form of war is to fully promote the mechanization of the troops and use steel to fight against the flesh and blood of the enemy.

Specifically for light weapons, Qin Zhiyuan's requirement is to vigorously promote the development of automatic weapons, such as the MP5 that is now equipped in small quantities. This is a good way. If Lan Fang can now replace all the rifles in the troops with automatic weapons, then Qin Zhiyuan dares to start the Second World War now.

Don't talk about how big the gap is between the navy. The navy is only part of the war. The real solution to the problem still depends on the army. Even if the British navy still has an absolute advantage, Qin Zhiyuan has a hundred ways to wipe out the advantage of the British navy.

In addition to rifles and artillery, another focus of Qin Zhiyuan is rifle grenades.

In fact, rifle grenades have been used in the world war. At that time, rifle grenades were hand grenades with a tail rod, directly inserted into the muzzle and fired with blank cartridges. This firing method is not applicable to the B-2 rifle currently equipped by the Lan Fang troops. The B-2 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle. It is not easy to replace the bullet in the chamber. The entire structure must be adjusted, which is a big project.

Qin Zhiyuan's request went a step further and asked the light weapons department to develop a special grenade launcher that can be carried by a dedicated person and has a range of about 500 meters. At that time, the Lan Fang infantry squad can add a grenadier to accompany the squad to further enhance the squad's firepower.

The requirements for the launcher are not difficult to achieve. The difficult part is the grenade. To design a new weapon, the first thing to do is to determine the specifications of the ammunition. It is a common practice for military production to research the ammunition first and then determine the weapon system.

Regarding the grenade, Qin Zhiyuan prefers the 40X60 mm grenade. Based on this grenade, an automatic grenade launcher can be developed, which can be installed on the car or distributed to the first-level machine gun platoon of the company to replace the role of some mortars.

In fact, the most suitable carrier for using the automatic grenade launcher is the helicopter, but Lan Fang’s current helicopter research has not yet produced a finished product, so this can only be thought about.

Speaking of helicopters, in fact, as early as the Corsica period, Qin Zhiyuan mentioned this idea to Long Chengyuan. It was also because of the communication with Long Chengyuan that Qin Zhiyuan knew that in fact, as early as seven years before the start of the World War, someone had already made a helicopter, and it was a Frenchman.

Of course, although the test flight of the helicopter at that time successfully left the ground, it was only 30 centimeters above the ground and only flew for 20 seconds, which did not show the value of the helicopter at all, so it did not attract widespread attention.

Qin Zhiyuan certainly understood the value of helicopters, so he casually drew the structure of the helicopter for Long Chengyuan, showing its features including the rotor and tail rotor, and then Qin Zhiyuan no longer paid attention to the progress of the helicopter.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Shu/bar!

Now it seems that Long Chengyuan still needs to be urged. After all, the role of helicopters is too great. The sooner the finished product is designed, the sooner the benefits can be obtained.

Qin Zhiyuan's idea still caused a strong response among light weapon experts, especially the concept of "human-machine efficiency", which simply subverted the foundation of light weapon design. Before this, all weapons pursued high range, high power, high precision, etc. No one has ever paid attention to "human-machine efficiency". At most, they just reduced the weight appropriately, even if they were already considering the soldiers' perspective.

The concept of "human-machine efficiency" proposed by Qin Zhiyuan can be said to be the first time that the concept of "people-oriented" was proposed. It no longer requires physical effects such as range and power, but focuses on "user experience", which is undoubtedly a huge progress.

Qin Zhiyuan's role now is just like this. He can only make overall requirements from a high-level perspective, and it is impossible to overcome specific technical difficulties. That is the job of light weapons experts.

That night, Qin Zhiyuan originally wanted to stay in Factory 104 and continue to talk with these experts tomorrow to give them more inspiration, but Jin Taihe's phone call handed Qin Zhiyuan to Pontianak.

Something happened in Sarawak.

The former Sarawak, through the hard work of the "Sarawak Self-Government League" and with the support of Lan Fang, finally drove away the British and fully obtained the autonomy of the Sarawak region.

In this process, Lan Fang really blackened the British. The British also knew that Lan Fang must be supporting the "Sarawak Self-Government League" behind the scenes, but because they did not catch Lan Fang's handle, the British could only swallow their anger.

There is a popular saying in the Chinese world, called "We can share adversity, but not wealth", which is also perfectly reflected in the "Sarawak Self-Government League".

After driving the British away, some people in the "Sarawak Self-Government League" became arrogant again. They did not want to obey Lan Fang's management, but wanted to establish a "self-governing league" in the true sense.

This is called "If you don't commit suicide, you won't die."