The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Factory director's office.

Liu Tao came to the factory director's office with a dozen Type 63 automatic rifles made yesterday and his brand-new automatic rifle that had been upgraded many times.

In addition to Liu Tao, Zhang Hongjun, Sun Weihua, Lin Shengli, Tang Changzheng and others are all here.

"Comrade Liu Tao, is the problem of the Type 63 automatic rifle really solved?" Wang Tiezhu asked impatiently.

You know, the 1,200 guns returned by the troops were not only a shame for Panshan Machinery Factory, but probably the only one in the country.

Furthermore, the Type 63 costs 400 yuan each, and 1,200 of them is 480,000 yuan. Even if the army doesn't hold them accountable, without the money, the entire factory will have to suffer from the northwest wind.

"Well, the problems have been discovered and solved." Liu Tao nodded.

"Great!" Wang Tiezhu looked happy.

Liu Tao said solemnly: "But director, the problem has been solved, but the Type 63 rifle is not optimistic."

"What's the meaning?"

Everyone looked at Liu Tao, very puzzled.

Now that the problem with the Type 63 automatic rifle has been solved, wouldn't that be great?

"There are many problems in the design of this Type 63 automatic rifle. Even if it is produced according to the design drawings, there are still problems with accuracy and frequent failures." Liu Tao said.

"The previous batch of guns had such big quality problems. On the one hand, our factory did not control the quality well, and on the other hand, there were problems with the design itself." Liu Tao said with confidence.

Wang Tiezhu glared, "How is it possible? Millions of these Type 63 automatic rifles have been produced across the country. How is it possible that there is something wrong with the design?"

The Type 63 automatic rifle was developed in 1959. The design was finalized in 1963. It was put into mass production and equipped with troops in 1969. In the past two decades, millions of them were produced. At that time, a factory with a workforce of 10,000 people was tasked with producing hundreds of thousands of Type 63 automatic rifles annually.

Even Panshan Machinery Factory has produced tens of thousands of Type 63 automatic rifles over the years, and they are all piled in the warehouse.

The planned production unit price of a Type 63 automatic rifle is 400 yuan per unit. If 5 million units are produced, that will be a full 2 ​​billion yuan. There are problems with the design, which means that the 2 billion yuan is wasted.

"I made these guns, and I improved this gun." Liu Tao said, "You can go to the shooting range, shoot some targets, and then you will know."

"Let's go, everyone, take your guns and let's go to the shooting range to shoot." Wang Tiezhu said.

Afterwards, everyone took a Type 63 automatic rifle and went to the shooting range.

At the shooting range, in addition to Liu Tao and others, five other soldiers were called over.

Everyone held automatic rifles and aimed at the target.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang."

Target practice began and gunshots continued.

Four magazines were loaded one by one, which is 80 rounds of ammunition.

Wang Tiezhu was still a little unsatisfied: "What a great gun, much better than the 56 semi-automatic. Comrade Liu Tao, this gun is very good."

"Yes, I also think the gun is very good. I have loaded 4 magazines and none of them jammed. It is also very powerful." Tang Changzheng also felt that the accuracy of this gun was good. He hit the target with every bullet and it was very powerful.

"Director, try my improvement again." Liu Tao handed the automatic rifle in his hand to Wang Tiezhu: "This gun has a 30-round magazine."

Wang Tiezhu said with a smile: "Your gun looks much better, but it doesn't have a silver-like pewter tip. It's just fancy but not useful."

"Haha~~" Zhang Hongjun and others couldn't help laughing.

Liu Tao raised his eyebrows, "Director, appearance means combat effectiveness! The performance of my automatic rifle is much better than the Type 63. A magazine has 30 rounds, a fast firing rate, high accuracy, and improved stability and reliability. Cut-off, life span is 20,000 rounds.”

"Here, let me try!" Wang Tiezhu took Liu Tao's rifle and raised it to aim.

boom!

Pull the trigger and the fiery snake spits out.

"Hey, the recoil is much smaller, and the gun is lighter." Wang Tiezhu said in surprise: "The first shot hit 3 rings?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Wang Tiezhu.

The first shot hit 3 rings, which is incredible.

After all, it’s a new gun, and it’s just taken over, so it feels a little worse in the hand, so it’s normal for it to miss the target.

What makes everyone even more incredible is that Wang Tiezhu has already hit 10 rings before he has finished a magazine.

The others also tried one by one and each fired a magazine.

"Factory director, colleagues, if we only deliver qualified Type 63 automatic rifles, I think it will not be able to wash away the stains on us. But with this new automatic rifle, it will be different. I think it can win the favor of the troops. Liu Tao said.

Everyone else nodded, acknowledging Liu Tao's words.

Sun Weihua said: "But there are fifteen thousand Type 63 automatic rifles stacked in our warehouse. What should we do?"

"That's right, we can't waste it. That's 6 million yuan!" Zhang Hongjun also said.

Liu Tao thought for a while and said: "I think this can be easily solved. Type 63 automatic rifles with qualified quality can be given to the troops. The troops can be given to front-line soldiers or militiamen."

Naturally, it is impossible to destroy all the millions of Type 63 automatic rifles or pile them up in warehouses.

Can be used to train new soldiers or equip militia.

China is so poor that diligence and frugality are engraved in our bones.

A piece of clothing requires three years of sewing and three years of mending, and another three years of sewing and mending.

Not to mention weapons!

Besides, even if they retire in the future, they can still support overseas or sell them to make money.

Type 63 has flaws, but it also has advantages.

For many places where even guns cannot be produced, it can be considered a good gun.

In the past, there was a lot of support given to monkeys, at least hundreds of thousands.

It's a pity that the white-eyed wolf that was not well-raised is now jumping up and down.

"We can produce a few first and ask our superiors and troops to test the guns. If the effect is good, we can produce them in small batches first. As for the Type 63 automatic rifles in the warehouse, we can inspect and maintain them at the same time. When the troops need it, they can Ship it to the troops immediately," Liu Tao said.

To be honest, Liu Tao was already prepared in his mind, that is, the automatic rifles in this warehouse also had quality problems.

However, even if there are quality problems, the rectification time will probably only take a month or two.

"In this way, Comrade Liu Tao, you will be responsible for small batch production first, and write a report, and I will report it to my superiors." Wang Tiezhu pondered for a moment: "Produce 1,200 pieces first."

Zhang Hongjun, Sun Weihua and others were surprised. They did not expect Wang Tiezhu to be so courageous and go directly to small batch production without producing a few sample guns first.

If the superiors and troops had not had this intention, these guns would have fallen into the hands of the factory itself.

Everyone will have to drink the northwest wind by then.

"Everyone knows about guns. Everyone should have a deep understanding of the excellence of this gun. Since this is the case, we should have confidence in it." Wang Tiezhu said solemnly: "Be bolder and take bigger steps." Some."

Wang Tiezhu knew that his decision was risky.

But he still decided to take a risk. Firstly, this gun gave Wang Tiezhu a good experience. As a veteran, he thought it was a good gun. Secondly, he had confidence in Liu Tao.