Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 142: Surprises one after another (Subscription required)
On the fourth day, when people heard the news on the radio that our first large-scale computer 104 with a computing speed of times per second had been successfully assembled and tested, many of them were excited, but at the same time they couldn't help but wail in their hearts.

"Take it easy and wait for your people. The firecrackers we prepared are really not enough."

If it weren't for Yang Ning, Machine 104 would definitely be kept strictly confidential, and would have been working in the dark for our key scientific research projects.

But now that Yang Ning is here, after much consideration, the higher-ups decided to make this achievement public, which would also provide cover for Yang Ning.

Yang Ning now understood why Professor Xia had time to participate in the development of CNC machine tools some time ago. Perhaps the 104 machine had been completed by then.

Looking at the few firecrackers left in the box, Yang Ning ignored the second weirdo who was almost jumping in anxiety, and instead looked at his father who was sitting on a chair smoking.

"Dad, are you really still letting it go?"

"Go buy some firecrackers later. Just be generous this year."

When the father heard Yang Ning's question, he put out the cigarette in his hand, quietly looked at his mother who was cleaning the house, and seeing that she didn't respond, he nodded vigorously and said.

"That's great!" Erguai jumped up excitedly after hearing his father's words. Then he climbed onto the kang, snatched the firecrackers from Yang Ning's hand, and ran out.

If you ask which group is the happiest during this period, apart from the leaders, it would be these little brats of Erguai.

During this period, they were able to set off as many firecrackers as they wanted, which in previous years could only be set off at specific times, all at once.

Moreover, Yang Ning secretly checked this guy's belongings. Not to mention the firecrackers he set off every day, the firecracker heads he picked up outside almost filled up two paper boxes.

In order to prevent Yang Ning from stealing his cannon head, this guy hid the box under his pillow. He was literally sleeping on gunpowder.

Yang Ning could only give him great admiration for his courage, and then secretly told his mother about it.

Of course, the second weirdo was eventually beaten up by his mother. After all, it was New Year’s Day and they were free to do nothing…

Although Erguai's cannon head was not confiscated, he was only ordered by his mother to move it to another place. However, from then on, every time Erguai looked at Yang Ning, he looked as if he was guarding against a thief.

"Wait a minute, you two will sweep the house, clean from top to bottom." At this time, the mother raised her head and looked at Yang Ning and father and said.

"Oh!" After hearing what his mother said, his father quickly agreed.

Yang Ning also quickly agreed. Although his mother didn't say anything when his father asked him to buy more firecrackers, it was because she felt embarrassed to stop him under the current circumstances.

However, I still feel a little uncomfortable about the father and son spending money lavishly.

Asking them to clean the house is to give them a warning: this is the only time, and it won't happen again.

Seeing that Yang Ning and his father agreed, the mother nodded and said to Hu Yinghong, who had just finished cleaning her room, "Let's go and clean up the old man's room, and then let them clean it together later." After that, she took Hu Yinghong to the next yard.

Yang Ning and his father looked at each other and were silent for a while. Finally, his father sighed helplessly and said, "Let's go, finish the sweep quickly, or your mother will punish you later."

After saying that, he walked outside with his hands behind his back.

"I didn't set off the cannon, nor did I ask them to buy it. How unfair it is for me!"

Yang Ning followed behind his father, muttering to himself.

The father suddenly stopped and looked back at Yang Ning: "What did you say?"

"I want it so much!" Yang Ning showed his eight teeth and said happily.

"Virtue!" The father didn't care and picked up his worn-out work clothes and threw them to Yang Ning: "Put them on!"

Then the father and son wrapped themselves up tightly, took a broom with a long bamboo pole, and started sweeping the dust in the house.

In the next few days, one achievement was announced every day. On the fifth day, our self-made 1.2 kW large steam turbine was assembled and put into use.

On the sixth day, our first independently developed 1.5-kilowatt turbine was installed and put into operation, and it has started generating electricity.

These two achievements will greatly ease our electricity consumption pressure.

Thanks to the fact that our industrial production capacity is much better than in history, these two achievements are not only achieved two or three years ahead of the original historical standards, but the power of generators has also been greatly improved.

This made Erguai and his friends very happy, as they could set off fireworks for two consecutive days.

Just when they were expecting to continue for the next two days, they didn't expect it to end there.

Yes, that’s all. The news for the next two days will be about people from all over the country welcoming the New Year, border guards staying at their posts, and reports on the deeds of various advanced figures.

However, just when everyone thought that was it, on New Year's Day, when people were reuniting with their families and welcoming the New Year.

In addition to the leaders' New Year's greetings, our troops' new team weapons and equipment, the Type 56 gun family, appeared prominently on the front page of the newspaper that day.

After reading this report, people who had experienced the difficult times of the war could not help but burst into tears.

Only by experiencing that period can you truly appreciate the significance of this report.

Although it is just a light weapon, it is a dream that is unattainable until death for many people.

However, this weapon not only evoked our memories of those difficult years, but also caused a great sensation abroad.

You should know that the world's first real design concept of interchangeable rifle and light machine gun parts was not born until the 60s.

After seeing the reports on our Type 56 gun family, especially the design concept that the commonality rate of parts between our Type 56 submachine gun and light machine gun is over 60%, people abroad were directly stunned.

"So weapons can be designed like this?"

Combined with the tactical rail system and the 56mm grenade launcher mounted on the gun, in the eyes of foreign military experts, this is definitely a new tactical model of the future!

No one would have thought that we, who have always been considered backward, could design such a groundbreaking gun family.

The first to react were our big brother, with whom we now have a very close relationship. Before the Spring Festival was over here, the big brother sent a professional technical team to inspect our Type 56 gun family.

"Oh! This is a genius design."

At this time, it was still the shooting range where Yang Ning had tested his gun before, watching the soldiers skillfully use the Type 56 gun family to perform various tactical actions.

Especially when encountering a bunker, the soldiers used the grenade launchers they carried with their guns to quickly destroy the bunker, which caused bursts of exclamations from Big Brother's experts.

Also, when the machine gun broke down, the soldiers could quickly replace it with Type 56 parts, which was an eye-opener for Big Brother's team of experts.

"...The design concept of this weapon is absolutely epoch-making. It not only greatly enhances the offensive capabilities of small units, but also greatly reduces the production cost of light weapons and increases the survival rate of soldiers on the battlefield. We need this weapon, I am sure..."

When the inspection results of Big Brother's experts were transmitted back and appeared on Khrushchev's desk, Khrushchev only thought for a while and immediately gave the order.

"get it!"

Although this is only the most basic light weapon, it is also the weapon with the largest equipment volume. If the design technology of this weapon can be obtained, then the deterrent effect of Big Brother's Iron Torrent can be improved to a certain extent.

What's more, the current economic conditions of Big Brother are not very optimistic. A large amount of foreign exchange is used to import food. It is also very important for Big Brother now to be able to save production costs without affecting or even enhancing the combat effectiveness of the troops.

　The company has an end-of-year dinner tonight, so that may be all for today.

　　I would also like to wish everyone a happy holiday!!!
　　At the same time, thank you all for your support along the way!!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)