The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

"Da da da~~"

Liu Tao operated an anti-aircraft machine gun and fired continuously.

When one magazine is finished, it is replaced with another magazine. Two militiamen are responsible for filling the empty magazine with bullets.

Finally, Liu Tao was exhausted from the beating and stopped fighting.

A total of 159 magazines were loaded, with a total of 11,130 rounds of ammunition.

The powerful recoil made Liu Tao feel as if his arm was not his own.

And he had a feeling that the barrel of the gun would be scrapped if he continued to shoot it.

Take a break and let the two militiamen push the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun back to the production workshop.

Half an hour later.

Liu Tao put his hand on the anti-aircraft machine gun, and the virtual panel appeared.

[Item: 54 anti-aircraft machine gun]

[Manufacturer: Liu Tao]

[Item level: LV2 (11120/100) (upgradeable)]

[Upgrade Points: 350]

[Item status: intact, parsable]

"System, continuously upgrade!" Liu Tao muttered silently.

According to the experience value, three upgrades can be made.

"Host, please choose the upgrade direction." The system prompted.

On the virtual panel, the upgrade directions such as range, weight, volume, reliability, bullets, stability, accuracy, and lifespan are already displayed.

"Upgrade lifespan, stability, and precision!" Liu Tao thought silently in his heart.

Swish, brush, brush!

A faint light flashed, and this Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun had undergone obvious changes.

Later, Liu Tao used upgrade points to improve.

When the level is low, it is more cost-effective to accumulate experience points by shooting to increase the level. When it reaches level 4, it is no longer appropriate.

From level 1 to level 4, you only need to fire 11110 bullets. But to upgrade from level 4 to level 5, you have to fire 100,000 rounds of ammunition.

According to the barrel life of this Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun, 10 barrels must be used.

But every time the barrel is changed, the experience is equivalent to zero.

What a bad deal!

Next, you have to use upgrade points to upgrade the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Liu Tao kept hitting upgrade points.

Brush brush brush~~~

Small lights flickered.

When the light stopped flickering, the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun in front of him had completely changed.

The most obvious change is that the appearance has become more refined, and the appearance has improved more than ten times.

Appearance equals combat effectiveness, this is Liu Tao’s belief!

Liu Tao read the instructions carefully.

The effective range is 2,500 meters, the barrel caliber is 14.5mm, and the weight is 73 kilograms. It can be equipped with a tripod and wheels. The magazine capacity is 150 rounds. It can fire 14.5mm tungsten-core discarding sabots, armor-piercing bullets, incendiary bombs, and tracer bullets. The barrel has a service life of 40,000 rounds and a muzzle velocity of 1,000~1,350m/s.

The more he understood, the more excited Liu Tao became.

There is no doubt that the anti-aircraft machine gun in front of you is a brand-new anti-aircraft machine gun, and its performance far exceeds the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun.

"Titanium alloy needs to be used, which requires special efforts!" After getting excited, Liu Tao had to think about a question.

That is, this anti-aircraft machine gun is fundamentally different from the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun. It uses a titanium alloy machine gun. The barrel needs precision forging. This aspect requires communication with a specialized factory and the existing production equipment must be improved. and craftsmanship.

Even the workers who originally produced Type 54 anti-aircraft machine guns had to undergo special training!

"It seems that we need to find the old factory director and let him coordinate!" Liu Tao thought to himself.

At this time, he felt a sense of frustration at being controlled by others. When it came to new materials, Panshan Machinery Factory could not directly issue requirements. Other factories such as Renmin Iron and Steel Plant simply did not contact Panshan Machinery Factory and had to go through the Yun Provincial Defense Management Office.

This is not a matter of giving money or not, but a matter of planned economy.

"But the most important thing now is to analyze it!" Liu Tao began to analyze this anti-aircraft machine gun.

After analyzing this machine gun, Liu Tao did not draw it.

Because at this time, it was almost time for the driver to pick up his second sister and his family.

When he returned from the capital last time and was in Kunshi, Liu Tao asked Wang Tiezhu about this matter.

These days, his second sister has also taken care of the matter and came to Kunming today.

Liu Tao specially sent his driver to Kunshi to pick him up.

After returning home, Liu Tao took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

As soon as he reached the balcony, Liu Tao saw a jeep driving this way, and immediately knew that his driver was back.

This year there is an extra jeep in the factory, bringing the total to two jeeps.

Liu Tao hurriedly went downstairs. When he arrived at the gate, the jeep had stopped.

"Director, fortunately you have fulfilled your duty, we have been received!" The driver turned off the engine and got out of the car, and said to Liu Tao.

Liu Tao looked at the people getting off the car at this time, and his eyes rested on a woman wearing a simple green military uniform. This woman's face was 67% similar to that of his younger sister Liu Ziyu, and familiar scenes appeared in his mind.

"Sister!" Liu Tao couldn't help shouting excitedly.

This woman is Liu Tao's second sister 'Liu Honglei', who is three years older than Liu Tao.

But the two siblings have been separated for eleven years.

When Liu Honglei was sixteen years old and had just graduated from junior high school, she responded to the call for educated youth to go to the mountains and countryside, and went to Yun Province to join the Yun Province Construction Corps to build the Southwest.

"Brother!" Liu Honglei looked at Liu Tao, her eyes turned red, and her tears fell one drop at a time.

The two siblings hugged each other.

"Sister, this is your brother-in-law, right?" Liu Tao held Liu Honglei's hand and looked at a thin young man who was about 1.68 meters tall.

"Well, this is your brother-in-law, Chen Weimin!" Liu Honglei introduced him.

Then she introduced the three children.

"Are you your uncle?" A chubby little boy looked up.

Liu Tao sighed in his heart. His second sister was only 27 years old, but his eldest son was already 8 years old, his eldest daughter was 6 years old, and his youngest son was also 3 years old.

In this era, the legal age of marriage for men and women is 20 years old for men and 18 years old for women.

But even one year in advance is very normal. Even in rural areas, many people get married two or three years in advance.

"So good!" Liu Tao picked up the little boy and lifted him up high. The little boy laughed happily.

"Uncle, I want one too, I want one too!" The little girl and another little boy immediately asked for it.

Liu Tao laughed and took turns lifting him up high. Soon he became friends with the three children.

"Sister, brother-in-law, let's go in and talk!" Liu Tao said, holding the little girl.

"Brother, is this beautiful house really yours?" Liu Honglei asked.

Liu Tao explained: "To be precise, this house belongs to the factory. I only have the right to live in it, and I can't sell it to others."

"Sister, brother-in-law, you will live here from now on. After work, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be allocated a house in the future." Liu Tao said.

This time, he brought his sister's family here to arrange for them to work in Panshan Machinery Factory.

He couldn't let his sister's family live in a tent, so he naturally arranged it in his own home. Anyway, he has many rooms here, and now he lives alone.

"I didn't dare to think about it when I read the newspaper and listened to the radio broadcast before. I thought it was just the same name as you." Liu Honglei thought of the newspapers she saw and the radio she heard, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Mom wrote me a letter, and I received the letter and then I knew about you."