Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 619 Exclusive Weapon! (Second Update!)

Guo Song became more and more excited as he spoke. Whether it was the information transmitted back from the operation in Pakistan or the tests conducted during this period, he felt that the powered exoskeleton and the light and heavy machine guns were a perfect match.

Heavy machine guns have large ammunition, providing sufficient firepower whether used in field battles or urban warfare.

Light machine guns use smaller bullets, allowing them to carry more ammunition. By extending the barrel's lifespan, it's entirely possible to weld the trigger shut.

Do you like my epic pre-shot?
Do you like my 300-round magazine?

After excitedly finishing his speech, Guo Song noticed the hesitation on Lin Yi's face.

It seemed like he had prepared something to say, but was hesitant to say it.

After waiting two seconds without Lin Yi speaking, Guo Song simply sat down beside him, picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself another cup of water, and gulped it down. Only then did Lin Yi's voice ring out:

"I don't know if you've ever heard of a bomb gun!"

"Huh?" Guo Song blinked, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Leng Yun, "Do you have this kind of gun?"

Leng Yun rested her chin on her hand and said with her eyes lowered, "Actually, a more accurate translation of shotgun is explosive gun."

After explaining, he turned his curious gaze to Lin Yi: "You mean, this kind of powered exoskeleton is more suitable for pairing with a shotgun?"

After asking the question, without waiting for Lin Yi's response, he stood aside and gestured, imitating the action of firing a shotgun for a while. He turned around:
Now that you mention it, it does seem to be true.

"Shotguns can be loaded with slugs and shotgun shells, and can be used for both long-range and close-range shooting."

"Moreover, judging from the current situation, this powered exoskeleton is more suitable for urban warfare, and shotguns are indeed more suitable than light and heavy machine guns."

"From a logistical perspective, it is easier to produce a new shotgun to match than to produce a heavy machine gun, and the logistics are also easier."

Leng Yun's analysis made Guo Song anxious. He quickly stood up and stood between Leng Yun and Lin Yi, saying, "No!"

"Which would be better, light or heavy machine guns?"

"We can't sacrifice our firepower for a little bit of street fighting!"

Seeing Guo Song's anxiety and Leng Yun's composure, Lin Yi nodded, but then shook his head:

"I'm talking about a bomb gun, not a shotgun."

After a two-second pause, he added, "In a sense, or more accurately, a grenade launcher."

"However, it's not a typical underbarrel grenade launcher, but a grenade launcher designed and manufactured separately, fired like a regular firearm."

These two sentences caused Guo Song and Leng Yun on the other side to tilt their heads. Leng Yun gestured with his hands, showing how to fire a grenade using a firearm.

After digesting these words, Guo Song's anxiety disappeared, leaving only a surge of ecstasy.

He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "That's so right, so right, you're absolutely right!"

"Light and heavy machine guns have strong firepower, but they can't beat grenades!"

"Even underbarreled rifle grenades, even 40mm rifle grenades, cause far more damage than heavy machine gun bullets."

"If you like hiding in houses, if you like hiding in bunkers, then fly with the bunkers!"

"If we're carrying a grenade launcher, we can remove the rocket launcher from our supplies and equipment, allowing us to carry more supplies!"

After his reminder, he finally visualized a scene in his mind: a shotgun-like gun firing rifle grenades.

The launch posture was a bit strange, requiring angle adjustments and a parabolic trajectory.

If it's shot in a parabolic trajectory, then this shot...

He turned his head: "How do you solve the problem of grenade launchers flying in a parabolic trajectory?"

"Direct fire!" Lin Yi found it a bit baffling. They were designing a separate gun just to fire grenade launchers, so how could it fire in a parabolic trajectory?
If you still try to hit a parabola then, wouldn't that be a waste of your time?
What a load of rubbish!
Lin Yi frowned slightly, opened the system panel, and created a new project in the system.

【Explosive Gun 001】

[Requirements: Compatible with powered exoskeletons, capable of firing 40mm grenades with multiple warhead types including armor-piercing and high-explosive, with a maximum direct-fire range of 500 meters, and equipped with multiple performance components for free modification.]

The project was successfully created. The little blue circle spun twice, and then the system's evaluation message popped up.

[The project has been successfully established. Based on a comprehensive evaluation, it is determined that the project requires an investment of 50 million RMB in research and development. Should this research and development funding be allocated?]

The research funding was less than 100 million yuan, which is very little.

Faced with this price, Lin Yi made a quick estimate in his mind.

Xiaomi Heavy Industry has a whole host of high-performance steel and high-performance composite engineering plastics, as well as a lot of corresponding processing equipment. Even if Xiaomi Heavy Industry doesn't have something, you can find it in other companies in the supply chain.

Materials and production are not the problem; the remaining issues are research and development, as well as processing technology.

A processing technology costing 50 is not bad.

Without hesitation, he clicked "OK".

This time, the money was too little and the process wasn't complicated, so after Lin Yi confirmed his choice, no small spinning circle appeared.

Instead, it jumps directly to the drawings.

Along with the blueprints came a hint.

[Because this product is military equipment, its performance has been improved by 500%!]

After selecting the concept diagram and the rough construction diagram in the system, Lin Yi imported these two drawings into his phone and then took out his phone.

From Guo Song and Leng Yun's perspective, Lin Yi frowned, thought for a while, and then took out his phone.

The two quickly went around the table and came behind Lin Yi.

Lin Yi turned on his phone and searched through the photos of the two blueprints, then showed them to Leng Yun and Guo Song.

The photo shows a firearm that looks somewhat like a Barrett M82, but is larger overall. Instead of a magazine, it has a drum magazine with 25 rounds.

The gun has rails on all four sides, allowing for the attachment of tactical accessories.

The gun barrel, about the thickness of a fist, looked very violent at first glance.

It can fire in both fully automatic and semi-automatic modes, making it even more violent.

Guo Song's eyes lit up when he saw the concept image on the phone. He picked up the phone, examined the photo carefully from left to right, and then slapped his thigh:
"That's more like it!"

"This thing looks much better than any heavy machine gun."

He gestured with the phone, and Leng Yun snatched it from his hand, swiped her finger, and discovered that in addition to the concept diagram in front, there was also a structural diagram behind it.

This structural diagram shows the corresponding dimensions and caliber.

One is 40 mm, and the other is 75 mm.

In the bottom right corner of the structural diagram, there are a few small words explaining the structure. Just a very simple sentence.

[With specific ammunition, it can achieve a maximum direct fire range of 2500 meters!]

Upon seeing this line of text, Leng Yun thought he had misread it, so he quickly widened his eyes and zoomed in on the photo.

Upon seeing this, their eyes widened even more.

The range of firearms is generally divided into effective range and maximum range. Since bullets fired by firearms rely on kinetic energy to injure enemies, the effective range refers to the distance at which a bullet can kill an enemy while maintaining sufficient kinetic energy.

Under normal circumstances, this effective range will be slightly longer than the bullet's maximum direct firing range.

As for the maximum range, that's how far the bullet can travel when fired in a straight line.

Under normal circumstances, depending on the firearm and ammunition, the maximum range is 3 to 5 times the effective range.

The firearm shown by Lin Yi in the blueprints had a caliber of 40 mm and fired grenades.

Therefore, saying "effective range" is somewhat inappropriate.

But the question is, whose grenade has a maximum direct firing range of 2500 meters?
If we consider it as effective range, then can the distance be increased a bit more?

If we consider it as the maximum range, then isn't it aiming directly at 10 kilometers?

These aren't bullets, they're grenades.

Grenades that can be fitted with fuses!
Although the caliber is a bit small, if it flies ten kilometers or so and lands on the ground, that thing will still explode!
Thinking of this, a scene couldn't help but appear in his mind: during positional warfare, when they discovered that the enemy was still about 10 kilometers away, after detailed calculations, the soldiers controlled their powered exoskeletons, raised their guns, and frantically pulled the triggers at the distant enemy positions.

These grenades were fired and then flew about 10 kilometers before landing on the ground.

This was practically a barrage of artillery fire!
And it's a bombardment that's even faster than artillery fire!
Imagine a platoon of 33 people, each with a grenade launcher, standing 1 kilometer away, aiming at a target 1 kilometer away, and firing a drumshot first.

After one drumstick is finished, a new drumstick is placed, and then another drumstick is used.

1650 grenades!
Whose bunker can withstand such destruction?
After his initial euphoria, he sat down opposite Lin Yi with his phone in hand, then held the phone up so the screen was facing Lin Yi:

"The weight of our country's 40mm high-explosive fragmentation grenade is 280 grams."

"And the high-explosive grenades that your gun comes with will definitely be even heavier."

"To launch a grenade of this weight in a straight line for 2500 meters, the chamber pressure generated at the moment of explosion would be terrifying. I know that Xiaomi Heavy Industry has its own unique advantages in metal materials."

"But I still want to ask, can the barrel's lifespan be preserved?"

"According to your design, under the premise of continuous combat, the barrel's lifespan should be at least 2000 rounds."

"That's a terrifying number!"

"Can it really be done?"

Leng Yun's words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the flame that had just risen in Guo Song's heart. After the initial excitement, he also began to examine the design of the gun.

From any perspective, this firearm is excellent. If it could be deployed alongside powered exoskeletons and combined with the superb training of Chinese soldiers, it would be virtually invincible, barring any alien invasion.

Facing two pairs of large eyes, Lin Yi reached out, grabbed the phone, and casually played with it in his hand:
"By the way, have I ever disappointed you so far?"

This question left Leng Yun speechless, because so far, Lin Yi and his Xiaomi Heavy Industry had never disappointed them in terms of technology.

From satellites to naval equipment, then tanks, and now powered exoskeletons.

We have never let them down!

Even those military units that have only cooperated with Xiaomi Heavy Industry and learned from their production management have seen a significant improvement in product quality.

Leng Yun chuckled softly, closed her eyes, and then immediately opened them again:
"How long will it take to produce a test sample?"

"Three to five days!" Lin Yi casually gave an estimate. With Xiaomi Heavy Industry's current processing capabilities, if he sent the blueprints over now, the engineers could process the parts that night, adjust and adapt them, process them again, and produce a suitable one by tomorrow.

But a mature person knows to increase their margin for error. Only an idiot would announce their limit time when reporting the time.

Then the client on the other end heard this and said, "You still need so much time? No way, cut it in half again."

Finally, you idiot!
Hearing that it would take three to five days, Leng Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Three days. I'll give you three days to have your people produce a few sets and then send them over."

"If the test is passed, then these two items can be included in the logistics department's procurement list and gradually deployed to the army."

"OK!" Lin Yi made an OK sign with his right hand: "Today doesn't count. I need to send the drawings back today so that the people in the company can familiarize themselves with them first."

"We still need to coordinate the materials; processing can only begin tomorrow."

"We should be able to get the first batch in three days, but let me make it clear first, the performance of the first batch may be slightly worse, but it will definitely not be too bad."

Don't set your expectations too high!

Faced with his retreat, Leng Yun reached out, took the phone from Lin Yi's hand, enlarged the structural diagram, and displayed the data on it to Lin Yi: "You're the one who set the data too high!"

"Don't blame me!"

"Heh!" Lin Yi sneered, got up and walked towards his dormitory. Once back in his dormitory, he imported the blueprints and data into his computer and then forwarded them all to Cao Bin.

A message was attached.

I want to see this within three days!

Suzhou.

Cao Bin had just seen off the technical staff of his subordinate company and was about to take a nap when his computer beeped, notifying him of a new email.

Before I could even open the email, my phone chimed with a notification that there was a new message.

He opened the email and the message at the same time. When he saw the drawings in the email and the message on his phone, he felt like the sky had fallen.

So much work!

Countless tasks!

But when he thought about how he was in his twenties and had already secured a spot in a national-level youth talent development program, he suddenly realized that this job was nothing.

After all, even his own teachers didn't receive that kind of treatment, and in related fields, people who get this spot are usually around 40 years old, meaning he got it more than a decade earlier than them.

So what if I'm a little tired?
It's only right to be a little tired!
He downloaded the blueprints, opened them, and after seeing what was inside, he instantly felt no longer tired.

A brand new grenade launcher!
Last month, when those tanks were completed, he secretly indulged his little hobby during his spare time.

If I make a gun now, it means I can play with it first after it's made, and then send it over!

very good!

Let's get to work!
(End of this chapter)