The train driver in the courtyard

"Uncle Li, what brings you here?"

As soon as Li Aiguo finished speaking, his gaze fell on the star on Li Yunlong's shoulder. He quickly handed the submachine gun to Zhou Ke and strode over.

"Uncle Li, you're a high-ranking military officer now! Congratulations!" Li Aiguo gripped Li Yunlong's hand tightly.

“Nephew, you know, I, Old Li, don’t really care about this.” The usually domineering Li Yunlong was actually a little embarrassed at this moment.

Sure enough, the weight of those stars on his shoulders was too great; even Li Yunlong couldn't escape it.

"Hey, Uncle Li, this is just the beginning. You'll get promoted later."

"Really?"

“Really!” Li Aiguo nodded emphatically.

If Li Yunlong sweeps across South Asia, takes over the islands, and then deals with the Southeast region as well, he can at least earn another star.

“Nephew, I knew you had a good eye.” Li Yunlong understood what Li Aiguo meant.

He didn't care about getting promoted; what he cared about was whether he could fight and how large a war it was.

"Is this Aiguo (patriot)?"

Seeing Li Yunlong's attitude, Kong Jie was also convinced that Li Yunlong truly regarded Li Aiguo as his own nephew, and extended his hand to Li Aiguo: "I am Lao Kong."

"Uncle Kong, Uncle Li has mentioned you a lot. He often tells me that if you hadn't stopped him back in Black Wind Village, he would have made a mistake." Li Aiguo held Kong Jie's hand tightly, looking this underrated man up and down.

Kong Jie has a very deceptive appearance; he looks honest and simple.

If he changed into the commune members' clothes and worked in the fields, he was guaranteed not to be exposed, which is why he was nicknamed "Kong the Fool".

It's often said that there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names, but that doesn't apply to Kong Jie.

There aren't many people who can trick Li Yunlong, and only Kong Jie has tricked him three times in a row.

Kong Jie scratched his head sheepishly: "Sigh, back then, my few old guns weren't enough. I could only borrow some equipment from Old Li!"

Li Yunlong laughed and cursed, "You think you can knock me out with two cans of horse piss? I'm only pretending to be stupid to give you face!"

After so many years, Li Yunlong no longer hides it.

"You know all this. That's true. Who doesn't know that you, Li Yunlong, are shrewd despite your rough exterior?" Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong and felt a little touched. Li Yunlong wasn't stupid; he was just pretending to be stupid to help him.

"Alright, we were all fighting the Japanese back then, stop being so girly." Li Yunlong patted Kong Jie's shoulder twice.

The Black Wind Stronghold incident caused a great stir at the time and has remained a thorn in the side of both of them ever since.

Now, Li Aiguo's words have clarified and resolved the issue, and there is no longer any lingering misunderstanding between them.

As the person involved, Ding Wei knew all too well about these past events, and watching from the sidelines, he clicked his tongue in amazement: "What an interesting little guy."

Li Aiguo was chatting enthusiastically with the three men, leaving the people around him stunned.

Zhou Ke couldn't help but gasp: "My goodness, they all have Venus on their faces! Brother Aiguo actually knows such important people."

Professor Chen knew that Li Aiguo had a powerful background, but he didn't expect him to have such a good relationship with such a person, especially Li Yunlong, who has been making waves recently.

When Section Chief Xing heard the news, he rushed over. Upon seeing the three Jin Xings, even the usually composed man became somewhat flustered.

He straightened his collar, stretched out the hem of his shirt, strode forward, and saluted: "Greetings, Commander."

Li Yunlong was chatting with Li Aiguo when he heard the voice, turned around, and looked him up and down: "You have the smell of a soldier. Which unit were you in before?"

"Reporting to the commander, I am from the 5th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 1st Railway Division. Our regimental commander is Zhang Han."

"Zhang Han, First Iron Division"—Li Yunlong felt the name was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.

Kong Jie said with a smile, "Isn't he Zhang Han from the Third Independent Regiment of Nenjiang? Back when this kid was suppressing bandits, he didn't have enough manpower and even borrowed some from us."

"Oh, it's Little Iron Man. That kid is pretty cunning." Li Yunlong remembered.

Hearing the man in front of him call his superior "Little Iron Man," Section Chief Xing could only obediently listen, after all, this man was a real big shot.

"Commander, you're here to see the SUV built by Comrade Aiguo, right?" Section Chief Xing then noticed the strange vehicle in front of him.

"This large off-road vehicle is quite nice, why did you have to use a submachine gun to spray bullets?" Li Yunlong recalled what had just happened and looked at Li Aiguo with a puzzled expression.

What? Li Aiguo opened fire on the Great Wall? Section Chief Xing felt a chill run down his spine.

The uninformed employees all turned their attention to Li Aiguo.

Under his gaze, Li Aiguo took the submachine gun back from Zhou Ke's hand, and with a clatter, the bullet was chambered.

"I want to test if this car is bulletproof!"

"Huh?!" Li Yunlong rubbed his ears before realizing he hadn't misheard. "Aiguo, this isn't a tank, how could it be bulletproof? This vehicle is much nicer than Chu Yunfei's jeep, don't waste it."

"Uncle Li, if you trust me, just shoot." Li Aiguo said, handing the submachine gun to Li Yunlong.

"you sure?"

"determine."

Li Yunlong was also tempted when he took the gun.

He's done everything in his life—bombing city walls, throwing explosives into trenches—but he's never fired a machine gun at a car.

"Okay, I'll give it a try!"

Seeing Li Aiguo's resolute attitude, Li Yunlong grabbed his submachine gun, aimed at the large off-road vehicle, and pulled the trigger sharply.

chug chug chug
Flames shot out from the muzzle of the gun.

Ding ding ding.
The bullets struck the vehicle, producing a series of crisp sounds.

"Damn! It's really bulletproof?!" Li Yunlong's gun was smoking, and his pupils trembled.

The experts and employees who were watching were all stunned.

The bullets left cracks on the vehicle, but miraculously, not a single bullet penetrated it.

Professor Chen knew that Li Aiguo was reliable, but he didn't expect the vehicle's bulletproof performance to be so outstanding.

Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the technology of that laboratory was no less advanced than that of later generations, and the strength of the bulletproof ceramic plate far exceeded expectations.

Otherwise, if Li Yunlong hadn't personally fired the shot, and the vehicle had been pierced by bullets again, it would have been difficult to convince the higher-ups to continue supplying bulletproof ceramic plates for the production of bulletproof off-road vehicles.

Kong Jie was the first to react. He first gave Li Aiguo a deep look. This kid is interesting. He actually dared to scheme against Li Yunlong.

"This...this..." Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, then personally picked up the submachine gun and walked to the front of the vehicle, firing another burst of shots.

The front of the vehicle remains incredibly sturdy.

Only a few bullets pierced the windshield.

However, this problem can be solved by adding protective netting on the outside. "Good stuff, good stuff. If I had ridden in this car last time, I, Old Li, wouldn't have this extra scar on my face."

"Old Li, don't panic." Kong Jie was particularly cunning and immediately sensed that something was strange about this. This was the first time he had ever seen a bullet not penetrate a car body.

If Li Yunlong makes a mistake and it gets out, it will damage the reputation of the Jin Triangle.

Kong Jie didn't doubt Li Aiguo's good intentions, but he was worried that the young man was too eager for quick success and instant benefits and might cause big trouble.

Since Li Aiguo calls him uncle, he has to protect him a bit.

"Old Kong, what do you mean?" Li Yunlong hadn't reacted yet.

Is the magazine jammed?

Firearms are mechanical devices that are prone to malfunctions. Bullets can not only jam, but they can also get stuck in the magazine.

During World War II, soldiers from Xiaomei's family would often tap the magazine against their helmets when changing submachine gun magazines. This was to loosen the bullets and make the gun fire more smoothly.

"Stuck bullets? No way. Isn't this just a Type 50 assault rifle? I can tell there's something wrong with it even with my eyes closed, okay? Let me show you."

Li Yunlong felt that Kong Jie's behavior was a bit strange. After hesitating for a moment, he still handed over the 50.

The Type 50 assault rifle, also known as the Type 50 submachine gun, was our first domestically produced submachine gun, a copy of the Russian PPSh-41 submachine gun.

Because the magazine capacity is only 35 rounds, a quick-release design is adopted in order to maximize firepower suppression.

Kong Jie skillfully pulled the latch, and the magazine was in his hand.

He gently pushed the magazine with his fingers, the movement so natural, as if he were checking if the bullets were stuck in the magazine.

Before anyone else could see it, a bullet had already silently landed in his palm. Just by weighing it in his hand, Kong Jie's expression changed.

Even without weighing or disassembling the cartridge case, he could tell that the number of bullets inside the bullet had not decreased at all.

He initially thought Li Aiguo had tampered with the bullets, which explained the shocking scene that had just unfolded, but...
"Could this car really be bulletproof?!" This thought, which even he himself dared not believe, popped into Kong Jie's mind.

"Old Kong, your eyes are darting around like that, are you up to something again?" While others didn't notice, Li Yunlong sensed something was wrong.

"No, it's nothing. There was no jamming. I must have misheard." Kong Jie took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement, and handed the gun back to Li Yunlong.

After personally inspecting the vehicle, he asked, "Aiguo, how did you do that? Why can't the bullets penetrate the vehicle? Is it related to this ceramic material?"

Li Aiguo was unaware that he had almost been wronged by Kong Jie. Even if he had known, it wouldn't have mattered. He explained, "Commander, you have a keen eye. These ceramics have a new material added to them, which gives them the ability to passivate projectiles."

I also added a fiber layer to disperse impact energy and a buffer layer to absorb the energy. Currently, it provides protection against direct fire from assault rifles.

Kong Jie continued, "What type of bullet can it withstand at most?"

Li Aiguo replied, "Based on calculations, it can currently only withstand continuous fire from 7.62mm armor-piercing rounds."

"." This was the first time Kong Jie had ever heard anyone associate "7.62mm armor-piercing projectile" with the word "only".

The 7.62mm armor-piercing round is the dedicated ammunition for the American M60 machine gun and is one of the most powerful machine gun rounds in the world. It once set a record of penetrating a light armored vehicle on the battlefield.

Was Li Aiguo's use of M60 machine gun bullets to measure the protective performance of the bulletproof off-road vehicle intentional or unintentional?

Kong Jie realized he was overthinking things.

These days, the US is incredibly powerful. Even if Li Aiguo were stupid, he wouldn't target them.

He turned and glanced at the car-making experts.

"I never thought that bulletproof vehicles could be built without using tank armor."

"This ceramic guard plate is amazing."

"Old Wang, who said ceramic bowls are easy to break?"

"Who said that? Did I say that? I don't know!"

The car manufacturing experts seemed to have forgotten their previous doubts and were all extremely excited.

Regardless of who designed this bulletproof off-road vehicle, it's all our own product and can contribute to our own military industry.

Li Yunlong had already thoroughly inspected the large off-road vehicle and liked it more and more the more he looked at it.

He excitedly grasped Li Aiguo's hand: "Nephew, how many of these cars can be manufactured?"

Li Aiguo didn't hide anything from Li Yunlong: "Currently, we only have enough materials to build one more vehicle."

"I'll go find the materials for you."

"Other materials are fine, but we lack processing equipment. There is only one laboratory in China that can process this kind of special ceramics."

“That’s easy, I’ll go to the higher-ups myself.” Li Yunlong immediately made the decision: “We’ll order fifty bulletproof off-road vehicles from the border region!”

Li Aiguo didn't expect Li Yunlong to be in such a hurry. But after thinking about it carefully, he understood that their people were causing trouble on someone else's turf.

If they can't beat us, they'll definitely resort to a strategy of targeting the leader.

"Uncle Li, don't worry, we will do our best to produce and complete the order in the shortest possible time." Li Aiguo realized the seriousness of the problem and nodded emphatically.

"Give me the materials list now, and I'll go get them for you!"

Li Yunlong was a man of action; upon receiving the order from Li Aiguo, he led Kong Jie and Ding Wei to various departments.

No matter the era, things on the front lines are always of great importance.

Furthermore, with Li Yunlong, a reckless man who had just earned two stars, stepping in, all departments cooperated exceptionally well.

A laboratory located in Sichuan Province also received an order for special ceramics.

An old man with gray hair looked at the dispatch order above, scratched his head and said, "Nonsense, this is nonsense! Our furnace is busy making alloy steel, how can we have time to make bowls for them?"

"Professor Tang, this is the order from above. It's said that this batch of ceramics is related to matters in South Asia."

Commissioner Sui, who rarely spoke, had no choice but to explain the situation.

"Li Aiguo?" The old man was stunned when he heard the name.

He suddenly picked up a blueprint, glanced at it twice, and then picked up the phone to connect to a number within the base: "Xiao Liu, isn't the designer of the sealing doors for our submarines named Li Aiguo?"

"Yes, that person is a worker at the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. Don't let his status as a train driver fool you; he's a master at research and invention." Chief Engineer Liu, who had just returned to the base from the Beijing subway construction site, was somewhat surprised to receive Professor Tang's call.

Hearing the reply from the other end, the old man picked up the instruction manual and chuckled: "This guy is quite interesting, but he really doesn't like chatting."

If the opportunity arises, we should find a way to capture him. No, I should invite him to the base; this old man has something to discuss with him.

Upon hearing this, Commissioner Sui couldn't help but swallow hard.

The train driver actually caught Professor Tang's attention.

(End of this chapter)