Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"Again!" Zhuang Shuren shouted loudly.

The third extractor was taken apart. Like the first, the three-jaw chuck was already deformed. Zhuang Shuren wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, his brow furrowed.

"It's already dark. How about we try again tomorrow?" A leader at the scene couldn't bear to watch any longer and said to Zhuang Shuren.

Clearly, the conventional extractor was no longer capable of completing the extraction task. In any case, the barrel had long since cooled down after such a long time; time was no longer important.

Stopping now would allow for an evening of brainstorming, thinking of solutions. Perhaps someone would have a breakthrough and come up with a new plan, making the extraction work easy tomorrow.

Hearing the leader's words, Zhuang Shuren nodded: "Okay, then let's go eat first. Leaders and colleagues, please join us in our cafeteria!"

Old Huang nodded: "Alright, let's go to the cafeteria. You don't need to rush. Our Factory 447 is an old artillery factory; we'll definitely find a way to solve this problem."

Old Huang was also afraid that these people would get anxious and cause some kind of accident. This matter couldn't be rushed; they had to think of a solution slowly.

Zhuang Shuren nodded. His gaze turned towards Qin Yang's direction, and he noticed that Qin Yang was currently in discussion with Old Zhu. His throat moved, but in the end, he didn't voice his request for help.

They couldn't compare to the other side in artillery manufacturing, nor in shells. If even the final extraction had to rely on Factory 960's help, what face would they have to continue in the military industry?

They had to brainstorm tonight and come up with a solution!

Because he was preoccupied, this dinner was eaten without much enjoyment. Even with wine and meat, Zhuang Shuren and his subordinates didn't eat their fill. On the other hand, Factory Director Fu Ansheng and Yu Zheng of Factory 447 accompanied everyone and ate comfortably, not at all annoyed by the day's setbacks.

This was the demeanor of the older generation: calm and unperturbed by honor or disgrace.

For this bidding, Fu Ansheng was unwilling to interfere with his old qualifications, so he had been busy in the factory and hadn't come to the bidding site. For the people of Factory 960 to come to their Factory 447 was already accommodating enough; he was unwilling to flaunt his old qualifications.

The next day, the sky was clear.

In the morning light, a golden eagle sculpture made of artillery shell casings in front of Factory 447 was soaring with its head held high.

Standing in front of this sculpture, Qin Yang also felt a lot of emotions. Before transmigrating to this world, he had come here countless times, always passing by this sculpture. Because he was always in a hurry, he often only had a glance, but now, he could have ample time to appreciate this sculpture.

Steel-cased shells were not easy to use. Whether it was bullets or shells, they would encounter problems with difficult extraction. After all, steel was not as soft as copper. However, the country insisted on making steel-cased shells, even if it increased the risk to the soldiers' weapons, simply because copper resources were scarce and could not withstand consumption.

Now, the solution was to replace copper with steel. In the future, they could purchase copper ore from overseas to solve the problem.

However, not all the blame could be attributed to the steel-cased shells. Factory 960 also used steel-cased shells for their guns and artillery. Why didn't they get stuck? It was still a design problem! However, Qin Yang didn't feel comfortable making this judgment, because he was a competitor, and saying so would easily lead to misunderstandings.

"The technical personnel of this Factory 447 are really amazing," Zhu Lao walked over at this moment: "I just came from the workshop. They rushed to make an extra-large extractor overnight! This extraction should be no problem this time."

"Extra-large?" Old Huang became interested: "What's it like?"

"You'll know when you go take a look. Let's go directly to the scene."

Yesterday's extraction failure had already made many people feel stifled with anger. Many of their eyes were red. They had worked for an entire night. This time, they had to save face!

The ordinary extractor was just a screw rod. Now, this extractor had been sublimated into a steel pipe!

A section of steel pipe more than six meters long constituted the main body of this extractor. It had an outer diameter of 76 millimeters and an inner diameter of 65 millimeters, which was one size smaller than the common two-and-a-half-inch pipe. It was unconventional on the outside, but Factory 447 had everything, so this kind of pipe could certainly be found.

Such a pipe was naturally meant to be extended into the barrel, but it still had a certain amount of clearance inside the barrel. Therefore, on the outside, a thick ring was set every meter. The outside of the ring also had a layer of rubber made of bicycle tires, obviously to prevent the inner bore of the barrel from being worn out. Combined in this way, the outer diameter was exactly 120 millimeters.

After being inserted like this, one end of the steel pipe inside could be precisely stuck in the center of the projectile head cone!

The previous extractor had a conical sleeve at the front end that was placed on the tip of the projectile head, facing the fuse. Even with rubber wrapping it, it couldn't be used with great force. But now, this steel pipe was inserted into the barrel, precisely placing the fuse in the center of the steel pipe, without contact, and stuck in the center of the projectile head cone, allowing for safe and bold operation.

The other end was still a spiral structure. Yesterday's lead screw was welded on, and the three claws were also reinforced. It could be installed on the muzzle. This upgraded version of the extractor looked very powerful at first glance.

"Please rest assured, leaders, we will definitely succeed in extracting this time!" Zhuang Shuren said, and in the gaps between speaking, he also glanced at Qin Yang out of the corner of his eye, but saw Qin Yang shaking his head.

"Engineer Qin, what do you think of our extractor?" Zhuang Shuren said: "Please advise."

"Everyone, I only have one question." Qin Yang looked at the unfriendly eyes and still spoke. As a colleague, since he was present, he had to remind everyone.

"You have innovated by avoiding the fuse part of the warhead, but have you considered whether the rigidity and strength of the side wall of the warhead is sufficient? If it is not enough, and the warhead is deformed or damaged, will it cause..."

Steel-cased shells also refer to the casing. The warhead is still made of brass. The material of brass is certainly not as good as steel. Qin Yang didn't know how thick the opponent's warhead material was. In this contest between the steel pipe and the warhead, who would win and who would lose.

"You don't need to worry about this. Our warhead is hard enough!" Before Zhuang Shuren could answer, a technician from Factory 447 retorted.

So, Qin Yang stopped talking. If the warhead wasn't hard enough, it might be broken. If the warhead was hard enough, then this steel pipe might not be able to withstand it!

The creaking sound rang out, and the steel pipe on the muzzle side could be seen entering little by little, but the warhead on the other end remained motionless!

"Something's not right, take it out and see!" Zhuang Shuren said.

The steel pipe was taken out, and everyone's hearts fell to the bottom again: the end of the steel pipe inside was directly enlarged by the warhead of the shell! The warhead was still stuck inside, refusing to come out!

"Sure enough, it's stubborn." Qin Yang sighed.