Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"Adding an air tank beneath the barrel? I've never heard of that before!" Liu Yong and the others were incredibly surprised, holding the blueprint drawn by Qin Yang.

"That's right, air guns use compressed air, don't they? When air guns first appeared, they used a spherical tank to hold the compressed air." Qin Yang knew these people would make a fuss and explained to them impatiently.

In the early days, the world's first air guns used a spherical compressed air tank as a power source. Later, with the advent of coil springs, modern spring-piston air guns became popular.

However, in shooting competitions, a return is coming: air guns with air tanks will gradually become the mainstream!

"I see, then why don't we use the original structure? Yangzi, the shape of your air gun is completely new!" Master Zhang Guoqiang asked curiously.

"Professional competition guns must have a professional appearance. Every subtle design is for the competition." Qin Yang continued to introduce: "For example, we switched to an air tank to avoid the recoil of spring air guns. We also changed the structure to make it more perfect."

Originally, Qin Yang planned to simply modify the Lion brand air gun, but since he was going to do it, he wanted to do it the best he could. So he tore up the original design and decided to start over.

To the Chinese, the name Steyr is associated with trucks, because domestic heavy trucks were developed from the Steyr 91 heavy truck. However, heavy trucks are only a negligible product line of Steyr. Steyr is the most important military enterprise in Austria, a small European country. It mainly produces weapons, such as the L7 tank gun introduced by China from the West, which gave China the ability to penetrate T-72 tanks for the first time.

At the same time, Steyr also produces various firearms, including air guns.

This air gun has a very special design, with a synthetic material body, a two-stage stock, a special cheek pad, a pistol grip, a special sight on top, and a special adjustable hand rest under the gun body, suitable for various shooting positions.

Its shoulder rest, grip, trigger, and cheek pad can all be adjusted three-dimensionally and infinitely. Even the initial velocity and kinetic energy can be precisely controlled. Thanks to its advanced design and excellent performance, this air gun has almost become the dedicated gun for Olympic shooting competitions. At the same time, the price is also very high: one gun costs 300,000 euros!

Qin Yang doesn't need to build this air gun to the standards of later generations, just make it more advanced than the Olympic air guns of this era!

At this time, everyone was marveling at the advanced nature of this gun. Liu Yong frowned and said, "I'm afraid the air tank suitable for this gun can't be found anywhere in the country, right?"

The barrel runs through the entire gun body, and the air tank is under the barrel, which is a thicker cylinder, with a special pressure gauge in the front. Such an air tank has never been seen before.

"Yes, it has to be specially produced."

"The material marked on it seems to be aluminum alloy?"

"Yes, in order to make this gun lighter, more than twenty parts on it are made of aluminum alloy," Qin Yang said.

"Yangzi, we haven't processed aluminum alloys before!" Liu Yong was even more worried.

"That's right, we haven't processed it, but other units have the experience." Qin Yang said: "I have already bought the train ticket and will leave tonight to coordinate the aluminum alloy processing for this batch of guns."

"Other units? And take the train? Where are you going?" Liu Yong asked in surprise.

"Chengdu, Factory 132."

"That's so far away?" Liu Yong was even more stunned.

Being in the military industry system, Liu Yong naturally knew that Factory 132 manufactured fighter jets. Their factory had advanced aluminum alloy processing equipment, which could completely process the complex parts on this design drawing.

But, there's no need to go so far!

The capital has factories that manufacture Long March rockets that can process aluminum alloys, and even going to Factory 112 in the Northeast is closer than Chengdu!

Qin Yang smiled: "That's right, just consider it a trip."

Qin Yang certainly had a purpose. Choosing Factory 132 was not only because this factory had advanced aluminum alloy processing technology, but also because this factory was actively engaged in exports!

After the country focused on economic construction, the military began to enter a period of forbearance. Military spending was greatly reduced, and the procurement of weapons and equipment was also greatly reduced. Not only were the third-tier military factories having a hard time, but the first and second-tier military factories were also having a hard time.

In terms of the aviation industry, the Air Force could only invest meager funds in Factory 112, after all, this factory was the elder brother of the aviation industry and was still working on the J-8 fighter. As for the other factories, they had to find their own way!

Factory 132 is located in Sichuan Province, which belongs to the rear. During the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan Province did not fall. In the war plan formulated in that special era, the entire north might be abandoned, and Sichuan Province must have a stable industrial base.

As a result, in the 1980s, these factories also faced the problem of survival.

Factory 132 did not wait or rely on others, and found its own way out. The first military trade business was done with Egypt, which was a good start, and then a new crisis awaited them! To solve this crisis, they could only go to the Middle East to find a new customer.

Qin Yang also planned to sell air guns in the Middle East. In this way, if the two parties went together, Qin Yang would have a companion, so that his father would not worry.

That night, at the Capital Railway Station, Qin Yang, with an excited Zhang Chao, stood on the platform, saying goodbye to the people who came to see them off.

"Yangzi, you can go with confidence. Whether it succeeds or not, the factory affirms your spirit of pioneering and innovation! Even if the cost of the air guns made this time is higher, our factory can afford it." Zhu Zizhong came to see them off in person, expressing his affirmation of Qin Yang's behavior.

"Please rest assured, factory leaders." Qin Yang said: "When we come back, we will bring back the parts and will not delay the delivery to the customer. We will definitely create a new miracle like the Lion brand air gun!"

Woo woo!

The train whistled and slowly left the station.

Watching the train leave, Zhu Zizhong sighed: "We are all old, and when it comes to pioneering and innovation, it is still these young people!"

"Yes, according to what Yangzi said, the air guns produced in this batch can reach the highest level of Olympic competition air guns. Our factory can also obtain sufficient profits by producing this kind of air gun in the future." Qin Baoguo said: "The future of our factory is unlimited."

The two looked at the departing train, their hearts filled with confidence in the future.