Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zhang Xiuzhi went to the branch office for a meeting. It was her first time to attend a meeting of this scale. After arriving, she found that the situation was far more serious than Zhao Hongqing said.

There were a large number of participants, including security departments of factories within the jurisdiction of the branch. The steel rolling mill and the main factory were the areas that received special attention.

The spirit of the meeting instructed that all factories must be extremely vigilant and not allow saboteurs to succeed in their destruction.

The branch leaders deliberately mentioned Zhang Xiuzhi's name and asked the security departments of each factory to learn from Zhang Xiuzhi and to fight this defense battle well.

Zhang Xiuzhi didn't hear much about other things. She only cared about one thing: the branch leader said that those who performed outstandingly and made meritorious contributions in this defense battle would receive special rewards.

She felt that this was a good opportunity to get a house.

At the same time, at the University of Science and Technology, Zhou Yuanbai’s office.

After not going to the West, Zhou Yuanbai taught at the University of Science and Technology and also worked in a research institute of the military industry department.

At this time, Zhou Yuanbai had a research task on hand. The logistics department required the development of a submachine gun suitable for scouts and special GA forces. Zhou Yuanbai joined an expert group to participate in the research and development.

But at this moment, he was attracted by a series of drawings on the table.

There is no title on the first page of the drawing, only a picture of a rifle that is different from all the current firearms. Starting from the second page, it contains details about the gun, including size and so on.

This is the result of Zeng Wangcai's nearly two months of hard work - the 81-bar blueprint.

When Zhou Yuanbai first saw the drawings, he was not surprised at all, thinking that it was just Zeng Wangcai's hobby. But after reading further and seeing the detailed dimension markings and Zeng Wangcai's final summary of the characteristics of the gun, he could no longer remain calm.

As an expert in this field, Zhou Yuanbai knew very well what the characteristic data represented if the gun on the drawing could achieve the characteristics summarized by Zeng Wangcai.

That would most likely lead to a major equipment upgrade for the entire army.

Zhou Yuanbai looked at the drawings intently, page by page, detail by detail. As a result, he found that the drawings were perfect and he could not find any problems at all.

So Zhou Yuanbai did not dare to delay. He excitedly and carefully put the drawings in his briefcase, went out immediately, and rode his bicycle to the research institute.

Arriving at the research institute, Zhou Yuanbai went in with his briefcase and found Li Fan, the leader of the submachine gun project team.

"Old Li, Old Li, look at this!" Zhou Yuanbai started yelling as soon as he entered Li Fan's research institute.

"What? Blueprints? Have you made any progress on your glimmer?" Li Fan asked subconsciously when he saw a pile of blueprints.

The research and development of submachine guns has just started. As the leader, Li Fan has formulated three basic requirements for submachine guns in accordance with the requirements of his superiors: low sound, low light and low smoke.

Among them, Zhou Yuanbai is responsible for the breakthrough research on micro-light because of his field direction.

"It's not that there's any progress on the glimmer of light, look at this gun." Zhou Yuanbai unfolded the blueprint.

Li Fan was slightly stunned when he saw the full picture of the 81-bar. "This is not the size we need. Lao Zhou, have you developed other areas? This progress is too fast. The full picture is out..."

"It was not developed by me, but by one of my students..." Zhou Yuanbai said anxiously, "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's discuss whether there is any problem with this gun. Anyway, I have checked it over and over again. In theory, there is no problem with this gun. If all the details are correct, it can even be put into production directly, which will reduce our R&D time and make our army's rifles a big step forward..."

This is a big statement. The main gun of the active troops is the Type 56 rifle, a copy of the Russian AK-47.

Let’s not talk about performance for now. The Type 56 is a semi-automatic rifle, while the Type is automatic. This difference is very big.

When Li Fan heard Zhou Yuanbai say this, his expression became serious and he began to carefully examine the Type 81 rifle, which looked a bit like the AK.

Reading page by page, Li Fan, like Zhou Yuanbai just now, had a very interesting look in his eyes. He was shocked at first, then the shock began to transform into joy, and then into ecstasy when he saw the final data.

"Awesome gun, awesome gun!" Li Fan praised excitedly, muttering, "This design is simply ingenious. I think there is absolutely no problem with the design of this gun. It can be directly used to produce samples to verify the performance of the gun.

"If the performance of the gun can meet the requirements of what is written in the summary, such as guaranteed accuracy, easy maintenance, long life, etc., then what you just said about making our rifles a big step forward is entirely possible."

Both of them were experts. They could tell at a glance that there was nothing wrong with the blueprint and they could also tell the value of the Type 81.

In fact, the Type 56 was only replaced not long ago, and the Type rifle is not necessary.

But it is precisely because the Type 56 rifle was replaced not long ago that the advantages of the Type rifle become so obvious.

"If you think it's feasible, then this gun is really feasible." Zhou Yuanbai said happily, "Although our submachine gun research has just started, the appearance of this gun means that our army's squad firearms can be comparable to those of advanced countries in the world."

"Great, Lao Zhou, you dropped such a big bomb without making any noise." Li Fan was also very happy. "I haven't heard that there is such a talent among your students. Tell me honestly, where did you hide him? You should have brought out such a talent earlier and let him enter the research institute..."

"Uh..." Thinking of Zeng Wangcai's identity, Zhou Yuanbai felt strange, "He is not my university student. To be precise, he only learned calligraphy from me, and he is only a high school student..."

puff!

Li Fan dropped the teacup he had just picked up to take a sip of tea to the ground, and choked on the water he had just drunk.

After a while, Li Fan calmed down, wiped the water off his chin and said, "Old Zhou, don't be ridiculous. A high school student can design this? If so, where will our research institute be placed? What a fuss..."

"I'm not kidding, really!" Zhou Yuanbai took out an envelope without thinking, "Look, the envelopes are all here. He sent the blueprints from the army. To be honest, I also find it strange. I've never seen him have such talent before. How come he has this ability after being in the army for half a year? Is there something wrong with his brain?"

"A high school student really designed it?" Li Fan's jaw dropped to the ground when he saw that Zhou Yuanbai was not joking.

What is most important to them?

It's talent!

There is a lack of talent in all fields, which has led to the phrase "cross the river by feeling the stones" being frequently used in all fields today.

"I'm not lying to you, I'm really not lying to you!" Zhou Yuanbai said, "We can't make the decision on this matter. I think we should report it to the Logistics Department and see what they say."

"Yes, yes, yes, let's go find the director first and report to the logistics department!"

"Let's go, let's go..."

Immediately, the two of them went to find the director, and then the entire institute was in an uproar, and reported directly to the logistics department.

The reporting process is rather complicated. It first goes to the Ordnance Supply Bureau, then to the Ordnance Department, and then to Minister Lin of the Ordnance Department.

When a new firearm was born, Minister Lin of the Ordnance Department could not make the decision on his own. After getting the blueprint, he made a special trip to the superior department, the Logistics Department, to report to Minister Qiu.

Coincidentally, Minister Qiu and Old Man Liu and other bigwigs have an important meeting today...