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Chapter 598 Mass Production Immediately! (First Update!)

For a moment, the sound of the tank cannon and the gunner's cries mingled together, and Lin Yi didn't know which one to listen to.

Because he felt that the voice sounded like that of an incompetent husband.

It's more like the Luo Tianyi doll that I bought was given to me by someone else to be turned into a minotaur.

He picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance again.

The target on the distant hilltop had vanished, leaving nothing but the continuous bursts of fire and the dust billowing from them, proclaiming to him the unrest that had gripped that hilltop.

5 tanks.

Each tank had 60 anti-personnel rounds, and they were wiped out in just 10 minutes.

When the last shot was fired and Huang Jie crawled out of the tank compartment, the gunner of Tank No. 1 knelt down with a thud, clenching his right fist and pounding the ground repeatedly.

"My shells, those were the shells I fired, those were the shells I was supposed to fire!"

Huang Jie was in a good mood when he crawled out of the tank, but when he saw the gunner kneeling on the ground crying, a guilty look appeared on his face. He quickly turned his head away and jumped off the tank from the other side.

Then, taking advantage of the gunner's inattention, he circled around to Lin Yi's side:

"Mass production! I'm extremely satisfied with this tank, let's get it into mass production immediately!"

Hearing that he was very satisfied, Lin Yi smiled, then raised his right hand, put his thumb, index finger and middle finger together, and gently rubbed them together twice:

"So, my dear Commander Huang, since you're so satisfied and want me to mass-produce it, where's the money?"

"You can't possibly not pay, can you?"

Huang Jie grabbed Lin Yi's right hand and pinched three fingers into his palm: "Director Lin, you're being too polite!"

"Furthermore, as the director of the Naval Equipment Research Institute, don't you know that the military is not allowed to engage in business?"

"Next time, you can't just say things like that on matters of principle!"

"Heh!" Lin Yi let out a cold laugh, turned his head, and ordered the supply vehicle behind him to drive up and begin loading ammunition.

During the reloading interval, he called the crews of the five tanks together:
"You were practicing stationary target shooting just now. Now, you'll be practicing moving target shooting."

"Remember anything that doesn't go smoothly during the mobile target practice; we need to keep a record of it."

"Now, if you clearly explain what's not convenient about it, then you'll be able to use it conveniently from now on."

"If you don't explain this clearly now, and it becomes inconvenient to use later, don't blame me for not saying anything!"

The ammunition was reloaded quickly; in less than 10 minutes, all 60 rounds were reloaded.

The gunner of vehicle number 1 was the first to climb onto the tank and the first to crawl into the tank compartment, while simultaneously locking the hatch above his head.

To prevent Huang Jie from knocking on his door, they threw him out again.

Upon seeing this, the driver of vehicle number 1, along with the commander, rolled their eyes and climbed into the tank, driving it to the starting point of the mobile firing range. The other tanks followed closely behind, lining up outside the starting point.

Once the last tank was ready, Huang Jie gave the order:
"All units are ready. Target at 10 o'clock, distance 4800. Moving fire, speed 30, 6 rounds."

The target for the mobile shooting was on another hilltop, almost perpendicular to the direction of the tank's movement. However, because this was a specially set-up training ground, the terrain was not vertical; it was winding and involved climbing slopes and descending ridges.

In this kind of venue, you need to maintain a speed of 30 kilometers per hour while shooting at a target 4800 meters away.

That's almost impossible.

But if you can do that, even if you only hit one out of ten shots, you'll be invincible!

At 4800 meters, fire one shot, turn around and leave. If the enemy catches up, fire another shot, then leave, and keep pulling each other.

Anyway, someone will be beaten to death!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the first tank slowly drove into the arena, where it was greeted by a series of S-curves.

In this S-shaped bend, there are uphill and downhill sections, so from Lin Yi's perspective, it looks like a cannon barrel protruding, retracting, protruding again, and retracting again in the descending S-shaped bend.

After passing through the S-Bridge Expressway, Lin Yi checked the data on the laser speedometer: 33 kilometers per hour, not bad.

As he wrote down the data, he heard the tank commander of vehicle number 1 cursing at the gunner through his earpiece:

"Why the hell don't you fire?!"

“The entire track is less than 1 kilometer long, with the S-curve taking up 300 meters. The next 700 meters are also difficult to shoot. If you didn’t shoot earlier, it will be even more difficult now.”

Before the cursing had even stopped, the gun barrel of Tank No. 1 suddenly flashed with fire, and a shell was fired.

In just two or three seconds, it traversed a distance of 4800 meters, slammed hard into the edge of the target, and the next second, the shell exploded.

The entire edge of the target was blown apart.

The tank's firing accuracy was not very good, but its powerful firepower masked this.

After the S-shaped curve, there is the wave-shaped curve.

It truly resembles a washboard, with water seeping into its crevices.

The driver lurched out of the S-curve, then slammed headfirst into the water of the wave channel, splashing mud and water everywhere, covering the tank completely. The tank commander's curses rang out once again:
"Can't you drive a tank with a little skill? Do you know how many shots were covered in mud and water just now?"

"Drive slowly, don't rush to your next life!"

"And another thing, fire the cannon! Is it because there aren't any shells you like here?"

The turret swayed up and down, and as it swayed, a shell was fired horizontally, traveling a distance of over four kilometers, and struck the target.

This time, it crashed into the large circle created by the scattered lime.

The sheer power of the attack completely suppressed the fact that accuracy was not so good at high speeds.

The gunner fired a total of three shots on the wave track, two of which hit the edge and one of which hit the circle.

These three shots have completely destroyed the distant target.

After the wavy road, there's a Z-shaped bend, even more aggressive than an S-shaped bend.

Commonly known as a drift track.

After entering a series of zigzag bends, Lin Yi heard the driver's frantic voice in his earpiece:

"My dear comrades, please hold on tight, and gunner, remember to fire! I'm about to start drifting!"

The entrance to the continuous Z-shaped bends is a straight section about 300 meters long. When the driver shouted, the tank had only gone halfway.

Upon hearing his shout, the gunners reacted as if they had seen a ghost and began firing wildly.

A distance of 150 meters is not far for a tank that is charging recklessly. In less than 10 seconds, the tank rushed across the distance and reached the entrance of the first zigzag bend.

The next second, the tank came to a sudden stop, but the entire tank slid on the ground due to its own weight. Halfway down the track, the engine started up again, forcibly dragging the tank along the straight section of the zigzag bend.

At that moment, the tank's turret suddenly swung around, like a slap in the back, and slapped the mound of earth next to it.

Fortunately, the soil wasn't very thick, and the steel pipe reinforced with special alloy didn't even break the paint when it was thrown up.

On this straight section, the gunners gave it their all and fired the last shell. This time, the fire control system aimed very accurately, and the gunners aimed very accurately as well.

One shell flew, hitting the bullseye!

Before the gunner could even cheer after firing, he let out a scream.

"Can you drive slower? Can you drive more steadily? Can you stop drifting?"

"Vegetables will rot, pigs will fall off, but you, my dear comrades, you are the guardians of the Republic, you are soldiers of steel, you are the backbone of the earth, you have to secure yourselves in your seats!" "Whoever vomits, washes the car; if it's not clean enough, I'll take your clothes to wash!"

The driver's threat came through the earpiece. Lin Yi turned to look at Huang Jie, who chuckled, turned to the side, looked at the sky and whistled, pretending not to know anything.

As soon as vehicle number 1 stopped, the commander and gunner crawled out of the hatch, one on each side, hanging there like sausages drying on bamboo poles, spitting out large mouthfuls of liquid.

After car number 1 finishes its run, car number 2 departs.

The gunner of vehicle number 2 was quite cunning; before even entering the S-curve, he had already aimed and fired a shot.

After entering the S-curve, he quickly found his position and fired two more shots.

After entering the undulating track, they focused intently on the ups and downs of the vehicle. Once out of the undulating track and into the zigzag bend, he seized the opportunity and fired the remaining three shells.

Compared to vehicle number 1, the gunner of vehicle number 2 performed better.

A total of 6 shots were fired, with four hitting inside the circle and two hitting the edge. However, the amount of propellant compensated for the reduced power.

If the first car's attack was eye-catching, then the second car's attack was amazing, but the third car's attack was utterly boring.

That's what Huang Jie thinks anyway.

As the fourth vehicle started, he slowly walked up to Lin Yi, pointed his chin at the tank, and asked, "Can it be mass-produced?"

Lin Yi called over an engineer from Xiaomi Heavy Industry, threw him the data, and asked him to record the driving habits of car number 1.

After doing all this, he answered Huang Jie's question: "The General Logistics Department placed an order for a total of 10 tanks with us."

"The money has already been paid."

“These are 5 vehicles. And for the remaining 5, you specifically requested the adjusted ones.”

"It depends on your requirements. If the requirements are reasonable and we don't need to make major changes, then mass production can be done quickly."

"Whether it needs major changes is unknown!"

Why are you always in such a hurry to ask about mass production?

Huang Jie sighed and pointed to the ground with his right hand: "There will be an exercise on this land around mid-June."

"I want to get an armored battalion of tanks by June."

"Then, at the start of the exercise, we'll give our Red Army brigade comrades a greeting gift."

"Give them a raid that covers hundreds of kilometers, straight to their command post!"

"That sounds interesting!"

As Huang Jie spoke, Lin Yi began to visualize the scene Huang Jie described.

Both sides were facing off, with their command posts in the rear. However, Huang Jie's side used a light armored battalion and chose to take a long detour to attack from other angles.

When dozens of tanks appeared next to his command post, the scene was still a bit frightening.

If Huang Jie's plan succeeds, then in the next few years, many people will definitely choose to raid the command post during exercises.

Both command posts are in trouble!

After hearing Huang Jie's explanation, Lin Yi spread his hands and said, "I can't help you."

"If you want to create a small armored force, you'll need at least 40 to 50 tanks."

"Don't even think about asking me to advance you the funds, don't even think about it!"

Huang Jie rolled his eyes, giving him an expression that said, "You're actually judging me by my own petty standards."

During the brief pause in their conversation, car number 5 fired its six shots in quick succession.

After confirming the results, Huang Jie issued another order.

"All units are ready. Target at 9 o'clock, distance 4700. Moving fire, speed 50, 6 rounds."

Upon receiving the new order, vehicle number 1 once again took the lead and charged ahead.

The driver was happiest when the speed increased to 50, while the gunner and commander were the most miserable. Just as they were about to enter the S-curve, the two finally regained their strength and began to operate their respective vehicles.

After driving at 50 km/h, I switched to 60 km/h.

After completing 60 kilometers, we switched to 70 kilometers.

In short, it was all about target practice, relentless target practice.

In the afternoon, as the sun slowly set, a group of engineers from Xiaomi Heavy Industry climbed onto the tank again, beginning to act as human anti-armor bombs.

Back at the camp, Lin Yi gathered all the engineers together for a meeting, handed over the work for the next stage, and only then did he have some free time to call Ji Shuangshuang.

Suzhou.

Ji Shuangshuang was very happy to receive Lin Yi's call, but along with her happiness came a little unhappiness.

Because Lin Yi's call was definitely for work, not just for her personally.

Although she was unhappy, Ji Shuangshuang still took the relevant reports and explained the recent project tracking status of Xiaomi Heavy Industry.

"The gantry crane at the shipyard has been installed and is currently undergoing testing. According to the report, the testing should be completed around next week."

"Once the debugging is complete, we can start building the ship."

"The construction of the data center on Xishan Island is almost complete. It is currently undergoing interior decoration and is expected to take at least 15 days."

"The houses and schools we promised to build have now been completed."

"If you want a photo, I'll send you one."

"Finally, there's Secretary Jiang Daqiao. He heard that we've reached an agreement with ASML and said he's planning to come and see you in a couple of days."

Upon hearing that something related to chips was mentioned, Lin Yi's voice came from the very end of the phone.

"Could you urge Yoshihiro Yoshitsugu to send over the relevant contract terms as soon as possible? We need to review them."

"Received!" Ji Shuangshuang replied, hung up the phone, turned around, adjusted her hoarse voice, and dialed Ji Gangxiuhong's number.

The phone rang for a while before Ji Shuangshuang suddenly remembered that there was a time difference here.

It was already afternoon, and it was time to leave work.

Meanwhile, in Europe, it was still morning.

I guess he's still half asleep.

Thinking of this, Ji Shuangshuang picked up her phone, typed a text message, and sent it to Ji Gangxiu:
[You haven't sent the photos the boss asked you to. Also, send me the account details for the negotiation team members; I'll transfer their travel expenses to them!]

After sending the message, Ji Shuangshuang stretched, picked up the tea on the table, and slowly walked to the window, gazing out into the distance.

Lost in thought for a moment, she suddenly remembered her first encounter with Lin Yi at the job market.

Someone was in a hurry to find an accountant, but instead of looking for an experienced one, they found a complete novice.

The other person, who was also eager to find a job, boasted about everything he had, almost to the point of exaggeration.

Looking back now, it was so interesting.

(End of this chapter)