The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

"What!?"

"You developed a new anti-aircraft machine gun!?"

Wang Tiezhu's hand holding the phone was trembling, and he couldn't help but roar, his eyes filled with disbelief.

It had only been a while since he had accepted rifle grenades and sniper grenade guns, but Liu Tao actually developed another firearm, and it was also a big killer.

Anti-aircraft machine guns are large-caliber machine guns designed mainly for targeting air targets.

During World War I, Germany and France produced the earliest anti-aircraft machine guns. Initially, heavy machine guns were installed on special gun mounts and used as anti-aircraft machine guns.

By World War II, anti-aircraft machine guns were widely used. The more famous ones include the Soviet DSHK 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun and the ZPU-1 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine gun, which have become the most important anti-aircraft weapons.

After World War II, due to the continuous increase in aircraft flight altitude and speed, the role of anti-aircraft machine guns weakened and their development was slow.

But this does not mean that China does not need anti-aircraft machine guns. On the contrary, China needs anti-aircraft machine guns.

Otherwise, we would not always want to continuously improve on the basis of the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun to improve the performance of the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Only limited by technology, the development of anti-aircraft machine guns is very slow and unsatisfactory!

Now Liu Tao suddenly called him and said that he had developed a new anti-aircraft machine gun.

You must know that it is an anti-aircraft machine gun. On the battlefield, it can perform air defense, shoot down aircraft, and can also perform horizontal fire, becoming a nightmare for enemy infantry.

The Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office had just temporarily named the gun howitzer and sniper grenade gun as Type 78 gun howitzer and Type 78 sniper grenade gun, and submitted the materials to the Fifth Machinery Department. Before taking a breath, Liu Tao developed a A new type of anti-aircraft machine gun.

"Director, two prototypes of this anti-aircraft machine gun have been produced. They are made of titanium alloy, with a range of 2,500 meters and a caliber of 14.5 mm." Liu Tao reported the basic parameters of this anti-aircraft machine gun.

"The anti-aircraft machine gun is only the first step. After all, our factory has already had a complete set of design drawings of the Type 54 anti-aircraft machine gun. It is not a big deal to improve on this basis." Liu Tao said nonchalantly: "My next goal is to develop an anti-aircraft gun. , then anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns can initially form an air defense network!”

Anti-aircraft guns are mainly used to attack air targets such as aircraft, helicopters and aircraft. They were produced during World War I and opened a new chapter in air defense operations in the history of war.

Although with the development of surface-to-air missiles, large-caliber anti-aircraft guns are gradually replaced by surface-to-air missiles, it does not mean that anti-aircraft guns have no place to play.

After all, the cost of surface-to-air missiles is high, much higher than that of anti-aircraft guns!

Liu Tao remembered that even in another forty years, anti-aircraft artillery would still be equipped and developed by many countries.

"Anti-aircraft guns? You are in the field of firearms, how can you possibly study artillery?" Wang Tiezhu didn't believe it at all.

Although anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns look similar, you must know that one is a cannon and the other is a gun.

Cannons and guns are completely different things.

Liu Tao is a firearms expert and can produce anti-aircraft machine guns. Although Wang Tiezhu was shocked, he was not unacceptable.

Because Liu Tao has shown himself to be a top firearms expert, it is normal for a talented firearms expert to develop any firearm.

But if Liu Tao could develop a cannon, he wouldn't believe it even if he could be killed.

"Director, guns and cannons ultimately lead to the same goal by different paths. When I develop it, you will know." Liu Tao said with a smile, "This anti-aircraft machine gun will have to be troubled by Director You to organize an expert group for acceptance. When the time comes, the titanium alloy You have to coordinate it, the director.”

"Okay, I will organize experts right now and let you know when the time is set!" Wang Tiezhu said. Since it has been developed, it is natural to go and see it on site.

At Panshan Machinery Factory, Liu Tao put down the phone.

Looking at the map on the wall, he looked thoughtful.

Panshan Machinery Factory is here, so it is natural to plan a production workshop for the production of cannons.

It was only Wang Tiezhu's reminder last time that made him realize that concentrating safety issues together was not conducive to safety precautions.

"It seems that the construction of other factories must also be put on the agenda!" Liu Tao said secretly.

Although the production area and production workshops of Panshan Machinery Factory are separated by a large distance, with trees planted in the middle and ivy planted to cover the factory, even if it is attacked by a missile, it cannot be wiped out all at once, but It would be different if it was bombed by bombers, and the losses would be heavy.

The possibility is slim, but not impossible.

This also made him keep thinking about building a branch factory.

Now Factory 991, Factory 9815, and Factory 9807 are merged into Panshan Machinery Factory, and the land belongs to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Moreover, after the last meeting with the leaders, all the previously submitted planning drawings were approved. Each factory area has reached at least 100 square kilometers, and even the area of ​​9807 factory has reached 200 square kilometers.

These three factories were originally selected as the location of the military factories. The location is naturally excellent, easy to defend, difficult to attack, and hidden.

By then, as long as two or three levels are built, no one can reach this area.

Of course, due to financial constraints, it is impossible to build a large-scale factory like the current one.

Large-scale construction is impossible, but phased construction is no problem.

It won't be long before the order for Egypt will be completed, and then the money will be settled, which is a lot of money.

By the end of this year, all orders this time will be completed, enough to support the construction of the branch factory.

"But now, someone has to do the planning and design first!" Liu Tao is not like other people who think that planning and design are useless and just build at will.

He attaches great importance to planning and design, so that the construction will be more reasonable and he will know how much money to invest.

As for confidentiality, there will be no problem. Planning and design drawings of military factories will not be circulated.

"In addition, we need to develop anti-aircraft guns. When the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are combined with armored vehicles, their power on the battlefield will be even greater!" Liu Tao not only wants to develop anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, but also wants to make them happen. A system platform.

At that time, it will be composed of search and ranging radar, identification friend or foe transponder, photoelectric coordinate meter and other equipment, thus forming a combat system.

Such a system platform is a big killer now.

How exciting it is to think that any infantry regiment, as long as it is equipped with one or two anti-aircraft guns, will have powerful field air defense capabilities.

Of course, it is not easy to build such a system platform. After all, there are many devices involved.

Liu Tao found the Provincial Design Institute and commissioned them to plan and design three factories. One of the factories was planned and designed according to civilian field factories, and the other two were planned and designed according to military factory standards.

And just when he was about to invest in the development of anti-aircraft guns, people from the railway system came to his door.