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Chapter 40, Factory (Please collect)

The conflict that occurred in the rice fields of Dahonggou Village soon calmed down. Liu Guihua suffered a loss and was scolded severely by Wang Meifeng. Everyone watched with great interest.

Wang Duoyu had no idea about all this. After wandering around for nearly five hours, he finally arrived at the state-owned Qinghua Tool Factory, which is the legendary and famous 626 Factory.

But he didn't know what unit this was called, because he was brought in wearing a black hood. When he took off the hood, he was already in an office.

There were more than ten people in the office, including quite a few technicians, but as far as Wang Duoyu could see, he only saw Lin Dehong and did not see Fan Rongqing.

"Comrade Xiao Wang, let me introduce you. This is Team Leader Ge Jianshe, the technical director of the institute. Please share your firearm design with Team Leader Ge."

After Lin Dehong's introduction, Wang Duoyu and Ge Jianshe exchanged a few pleasantries. Since they were both technicians, Wang Duoyu didn't exchange too many pleasantries and got straight to the point.

"Is this automatic rifle of yours based on a carbine design? The bullet size doesn't match ours. The higher-ups will definitely not approve."

After hearing Wang Duoyu introduce the bullet size of the improved automatic rifle he named Type 78, Ge Jianshe immediately shook his head regretfully.

王多鱼这把步枪就是基于M4A1卡宾枪设计的，子弹自然不变还是5.56*45毫米口径的尺寸，然而五六全家桶和六三式自动步枪的子弹都是7.62*39毫米。

Even the future Type 7.62 family barrel used 39*5.8mm bullets. It was not until the Type 42 automatic rifle and the Type family barrel that they began to use *mm bullets.

Only by standardizing the types of bullets can we reduce the pressure on logistics, because we suffered losses in this regard on the battlefield on the peninsula. At that time, there were still a large number of International brand firearms, and the bullet sizes were different, which caused great pressure on logistics.

Therefore, during the development of the 41 family barrel of firearms, the caliber of the firearms was unified. Ge Jianshe still remembered that the 1 Factory began to imitate the PPSH-1 submachine gun and the Sam M carbine at the end of . After the trial production of several hundred imitation M carbines, the production was stopped in early .

One of the reasons is that the caliber of guns is not uniform, which will put huge pressure on logistics in the later stages.

"Team Leader Ge, you haven't even heard him finish yet, why are you being so arbitrary?"

Before Wang Duoyu could speak, Lin Dehong had already spoken. Upon hearing this, Ge Jianshe refused in a firm attitude. Even if Lin Dehong was the leader, so what?

Ge Jianshe is from the 626 Factory, and Lin Dehong is just a local military leader, so he really has no control over him.

In fact, the reason why Ge Jianshe opposed it was not only because of the inconsistent sizes, but more because the Type 63 automatic rifle had been eliminated, not to mention other automatic rifles.

Adhering to the principle of "the more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make; and if you do nothing, you make no mistakes", Ge Jianshe has gradually developed a life of muddling through and playing it safe, so he is unwilling to take risks.

The 50 Factory is very large. It started producing Type 54 submachine guns and Type pistols a long time ago. It has continued to produce them after the Type family bucket came out. After withdrawing the Type automatic rifle this year, it has devoted all its efforts to producing the Type family bucket.

At this point, the higher-ups hadn't yet requested a new generation of firearms, merely improvements to the Type 63 automatic rifle to see if it could be salvaged. For Ge Jianshe, even if the Type 63 automatic rifle couldn't be salvaged, it wouldn't matter. After all, it had been temporarily abandoned, so it wasn't surprising that it couldn't be salvaged. After all, this weapon had become notorious within the military.

Lin Dehong was immediately furious and pointed at Ge Jianshe and cursed, because the frontline soldiers needed a gun with strong firepower, fast firing rate, and the ability to fight with bayonets, not a family bucket of five or six.

"Do you know how much this automatic rifle weighs? Including the magazine and thirty rounds of ammunition, it's only three kilograms. What about the Type 63 automatic rifle? The whole gun with twenty rounds of ammunition weighs over four kilograms. Do you know what this means?"

"This means each soldier can carry an extra magazine. According to the standard for the Type 63 automatic rifle, each firearm is equipped with four magazines. Therefore, the firearm designed by Comrade Xiao Wang can carry five magazines, for a total of 150 rounds of ammunition."

"With the same weight, carrying more bullets also means stronger and more powerful fire suppression, which will greatly enhance the soldiers' survival competitiveness."

Ge Jianshe shook his head repeatedly. He still insisted on his own opinion. Besides, he didn't know Wang Duoyu, so he was naturally unwilling to take the risk.

Just when the two of them were in a stalemate, Wang Duoyu spoke.

"Leader, Team Leader Ge, it's like this. If it's because of the caliber of the gun, it's actually very simple. I can modify it, and I'm going to..."

Before he could finish his words, the technicians at the Firearms Research Institute were all dumbfounded. Changing the caliber of a gun is so simple? Or should we listen to what he's talking about?

"Comrade, you can change the caliber, but can you ensure that the modified firearm can be produced and pass the test successfully?"

Wang Duoyu's mentality was somewhat affected by being interrupted by Ge Jianshe, but he did not show it on his face, and still said with a smile:

"Team Leader Ge, I know you're an expert in firearms research and might look down on people like me who come from a lesser background, but that's okay. Could you please let me finish what I'm saying before you speak? You've already interrupted me twice. Could you please let me finish?"

He was not from this unit, so he spoke very politely at first, but some people are like this, they like to take advantage of others.

At first, Ge Jianshe respected Lin Dehong very much, so for the latter's sake, he did not make things difficult for Wang Duoyu. However, since he learned that the caliber of the improved Type 5.56 automatic rifle was 45* mm, his attitude has become very different.

Upon hearing this, Ge Jianshe nodded stiffly, feeling very embarrassed, but Wang Duoyu didn't care about that. Who made the other party rude first?
At this time, the leader of the 626 Factory, Director Hao Guoliang, came. As soon as he arrived, he completely suppressed Ge Jianshe and politely asked Wang Duoyu to continue introducing his firearms.

"Okay, thank you, Director Hao. It's like this. I personally prefer the gun I have. In my opinion, the 5.56x45mm rounds are more than enough. A small caliber doesn't mean a lack of firepower. I'm planning on using it for hunting, so I haven't given it much thought."

Wang Duoyu smiled and nodded at Hao Guoliang to express his gratitude. He said, "But since it's a caliber issue, it's actually very simple. I also brought the design drawings of another firearm. The caliber is 7.62*39mm, and the barrel length is..."

(End of this chapter)