The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 1572 Tracked Self-Propelled Artillery

In the modification workshop next to the assembly workshop.

It was still a busy scene, but unlike the previous modified truck gun, this time the vehicle inside was replaced with a Type 63 armored personnel carrier.

The troop carrier is more than five meters long, more than two meters high, with four pairs of road wheels. It looks like a big steamed bun, except that this big steamed bun has blossomed.

The anti-aircraft machine gun originally installed on the central axis of the vehicle body has been dismantled, along with the entrance and exit of the anti-aircraft machine gun and the two hatches near the top of the rear of the vehicle. An open skylight of about two square meters has been opened on the top.

The crew compartment at the rear of the troop carrier was empty. All the leather seats inside had been cleared out. It looked much more comfortable, and the small space suddenly seemed spacious.

The workers gathered around the rear of the vehicle, using the ink fountains in their hands to paint on the exterior of the vehicle. After straightening the rope covered with ink, they pinched it with their fingers and flicked it, and a clear black line appeared on the surface of the armored vehicle.

On the other side, next to the propane tank in the corner, the master in charge of cutting was adjusting the acetylene gun in his hand. The flame gradually changed from bright orange to dark blue, and a sharp "hissing" sound was made when the muzzle gas was ejected.

"What are you going to do? Are you going to remove the troop carrier entirely?"

Standing on the iron passages on both sides of the second floor of the workshop, the leader, who was inspired, happened to see this scene and raised his hand to ask Li Feng.

"Yes, this is a modification of the Type 63 armored personnel carrier. After calculation, it can barely be equipped with a 122mm howitzer, but the armored vehicle has some inherent deficiencies. The body is a bit shorter and not as spacious as a truck. While retaining the cockpit and the commander's cabin, the rear cabin needs to be cut as a whole~!"

"Install the 122mm howitzer a little further back on the central axis. This is to take into account the complex terrain of the battlefield. Tracked armored vehicles can be used to pass through places where trucks cannot easily pass~!"

This research plan has not yet been submitted for approval, and even Director Shao has been kept in the dark. After all, the armored vehicle was a gift from a sister unit and is not included in the plan. The Red Star Factory can build as much as it wants. If I hadn't accompanied the leader here today, I'm afraid we wouldn't know until a rough prototype is produced.

Seeing that the welding gun had already started the cutting operation on the rear compartment, Director Shao glared at Li Feng. The meaning contained in his eyes was naturally self-evident. He had no psychological preparation at all, and the Red Star Factory was about to cut an armored vehicle into pieces.

"Well, this is interesting. Won't this conflict with the combat areas of truck guns and tanks?"

The leader didn't notice it and was watching the welder working not far away with great interest. The blue flame sprayed on the steel plate and the thick armor steel melted under the high temperature.

"The battlefield environment is flexible and changeable, and every aspect must be considered. The current Hongyan truck chassis is only suitable for 122mm howitzers. It cannot bear the weight of the 152mm howitzer barrel, but armored vehicles are different~!"

"A tracked armored vehicle has a higher carrying capacity, and its own weight can offset some of the recoil of the artillery. Of course, we are still exploring it bit by bit~!"

Li Feng's words were not too confident. The large-caliber 152mm howitzer had ceased to be used on trucks, but there was still hope for its development on armored vehicles. Everything would be known only after the 122mm howitzer was installed and debugged.

The words were said to Political Commissar Tang, but they were also said to Director Shao. Li Feng naturally knew why Director Shao glared at him.

But the Red Star Factory is also in the process of exploration. If they report, they have to report the research progress regularly. The rocket launcher will have to be dismantled for subsequent modification anyway. As for the medium and long-range rocket launcher, it is not known when Ouyang Yi will be able to produce it~!

"Then give it a try. If you are going to do it, try to install large-caliber artillery. Different calibers have different explosive power and lethality. Since you can do the 122mm howitzer, I believe you can install the 152mm howitzer sooner or later. Don't worry and do it!"

This bustling and prosperous scene does not look like a factory that has just been converted from a state-owned civilian factory to a military factory.

In the military industry system, the Red Star Factory does not have much experience or technical reserves. It can be said that its development to date is all due to its own potential, but it has surpassed those older military factories in the system.

The speed at which the 122mm howitzer is put into service is even comparable to the research speed of other factories. The one in the Northeast is still in the research stage, but here in Beijing, even a prototype has been made. The competition is about speed, and this kind of atmosphere is what the leader wants to see.

It's stagnant, you copy me and I copy you, and there will never be a breakthrough in technology. After discussing it over and over in the meeting, no one is as courageous as a young factory director, who can just dismantle the armored personnel carrier.

"Ding-deng-deng~!"

Walking down the iron stairs from the second floor, the leader had an idea of ​​why the Red Star Factory had developed so rapidly. The leadership was decisive, the employees were motivated, and they were working in unity, just like a machine that had gone through a running-in period, forming a close combination.

"I heard that your factory has its own research institute?"

The door of the workshop slowly closed and became a closed workshop again. The leader turned a blind eye and probably had noticed it when he entered the door just now. But the research institute is not like other places after all. No matter which unit the research institute belongs to, it is highly confidential.

The leader was very interested in the current development of the Red Star Factory. After all, he had retired, so he couldn't ask to go in and take a look. He had to ask in a slightly tactful way. The principle still had to be followed. "It's over at the transportation department. It just so happens that I've never been in there either. Let's take a look together today~!"

Principles are principles. We must not break the principles of the organization, but we must also cleverly use the flexibility of the system to achieve our goals. This is what Zheng Chaoyang described to Li Feng in person, and it seems that Director Shao also understands it.

Director Shao, who is in charge of the national defense industry, has the authority to enter, and as long as he is accompanying us, there is no violation of the principles.

Jiang Defu, who was following nearby, felt his heart in his throat at this moment, mainly because he was completely unprepared. He knew that a leader would come to inspect in the afternoon, but he had not said that he would enter the institute. He could say that he knew the situation inside the institute better than Li Feng.

In the porcelain firing workshop, people work with bare chests, and the high temperature inside is unbearable for most people.

The door of the research institute was open. The cadres in the factory who did not have relevant authority could only accompany here when they saw the open door. They could not go any further. The threshold was higher than that of the factory director's office.

The chief also noticed this, including the security personnel accompanying him and the personnel from the General Logistics Department who accompanied Director Shao. They all stopped here at the same time.

The security personnel of the institute on duty at the door looked at the few people who did not have any identification but were accompanied by the factory director, and looked at Jiang Defu for help. After all, according to regulations, everyone entering and leaving had to register.

"Registration of outsiders, right? This is my ID. The rules cannot be broken, especially in such an important place~!"

The chief seemed to see the security guard's difficulties. After all, the registration book was on the table at the door and he could see it as soon as he entered the room. He took out his red book from his jacket pocket with a smile.

After the security guard opened the certificate handed over by the leader, his hands began to tremble. He saluted and immediately filled in his name and unit meticulously.

Jiang Defu couldn't help wiping his sweat. He had been guessing the commander's rank, but after guessing and guessing, he still guessed one level too low after seeing it with his own eyes. No wonder the security guard's hands were shaking. As a naval major, he would probably tremble as well when he went on.

This is probably the highest-ranking leader among the visitors to the institute now and in the future.

Li Feng watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending that he did not take the opportunity to peek. Even Director Shao could not help but twitch his lips at such a self-deceiving look.

"I heard that the new bulletproof vests are produced here?"

Not far from the entrance of the institute is the ceramic workshop, which is filled with white coats and people coming and going, each busy with their work. There is no sign of bulletproof vests being produced, and the chief couldn't help but ask curiously.

"A bulletproof vest is divided into two parts, one is the outer fabric vest, and the other is the inner bulletproof plate. This is the production line for the bulletproof plate~!"

"From powdered raw materials, they are processed into palm-sized blocks, fired at high temperatures, and spliced ​​together to form the inserts in bulletproof vests~!"

Two pieces of unfired material were taken out from the shelf and the production process of the bulletproof vest was demonstrated to the leader. It can be said that this is the core technology of the bulletproof vest.

It was the first time for Director Shao to enter the research institute. He observed the internal production order quietly. To be honest, he didn't understand the principle of the bulletproof plate. He just knew it roughly, which was similar to ceramics.

Although the Red Star Factory has produced several batches and supplied them to the troops, those were finished products. What the inside of the bulletproof plate looks like has only been seen on the drawings.

When he arrived at the porcelain firing workshop, Li Feng stopped, because he saw the workers working with bare shoulders in the workshop, which, to be honest, was indeed not a good sight.

But the closer you get to the porcelain firing workshop, the more you can feel the temperature inside, which is much higher than that of the assembly workshop. There are a dozen electric furnaces, firing at more than a thousand degrees. Every time the kiln is opened, the temperature inside rises by one degree.

"It's really not easy. Safety work must be done well. For the workers, some subsidies and bonuses can be appropriately increased~!"

The workers in the workshop, even with their bare chests, were sweating profusely. The leader who saw this scene did not choose to go in, but stayed at the door with Director Shao.

The moment the kiln was opened, it was like an invisible fire dragon wanted to come out of it.

When they got a little closer, their hair began to become dehydrated and bent, but they still took advantage of the cooling period to pull the trailer out of the kiln, and then stuffed another trailer full of porcelain tiles in.

No wonder Li Feng gritted his teeth and agreed to increase production in the past few months. This kind of working environment is indeed very bad for the workers.

(End of this chapter)