The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Assembly workshop of Red Star Factory.

In other words, the final assembly workshop, which old employees also call the finished product stacking room.

The modification workshop separated by a wall is where the dream of truck gun began.

The small door on the big iron gate was open, and staff members were coming in and out. They looked extremely excited, and mist from their mouths was floating in the air.

Li Feng, who arrived late, had just finished his lunch in the cafeteria with his lunch box in his hands when he was hurriedly called over from the cafeteria.

The workers who were gathered outside the door, squatting on the ground chatting, saw Director Li coming over and immediately came up to greet him with a smile.
"I say, you guys, oh, you guys are all throwing smoke bombs at me. Ah, if Xuewen hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it~!"

"Hey, hey, hey, we all discussed this together. You can't criticize me. I wanted to give you a surprise~!"

"A new year should bring a new beginning, right?"

"That's right~!"

A sly smile flashed across Li Xuewen's face. He pushed away the workers who had gathered around to make a fuss, and after Li Feng arrived, they all followed him into the small door.

"Clang~!"

The small door was shut heavily, as if nothing happened as usual, but the joyful atmosphere inside could still be heard outside through the iron door.

There was a strong smell of paint in the air. Li Feng took a breath and felt it was very choking. When he walked in from the outside, his vision instantly became dim.

Especially after the small iron door behind him was closed, the light from outside was lost, and the huge object covered with canvas occupied this small renovation workshop.

Standing at the side, looking at the general outline through the canvas, all the employees present had their mouths wide open. This was the gift they had carefully prepared, dedicated to the Red Star Factory in the new year.

Li Feng pursed his lips, took off the hand muffler, and put it aside along with the aluminum lunch box. He touched the rough surface of the canvas with his fingers and quietly circled the big guy.

In fact, he had already guessed it when he was brought here.

But since everyone was happy, he had to pretend he didn't know and go along with the show.

Last year, the Qin Huairu incident occurred in the factory. Someone was bribed by enemy spies and became a traitor, which had a great impact on the reputation of the factory.

Although he was shot dead by Li Xuewu from the factory security department at the shooting range, the shame was still deeply hidden in the production work in the second half of the year.

The entire factory is striving to wash away the shame and be the first, of course, including the R&D department here.

“Pah, pah, pah, pah!”

Li Feng clapped his hands gently, and the workers in the workshop also took off their gloves and applauded.

The thunderous applause even reached the next room. People on shift in the final assembly workshop also subconsciously looked over there, wondering what was happening over there.

The applause was not for others, but for every employee in the transformation workshop.

Some people even had tears in their eyes as they were cheering. Only those standing here knew how much effort everyone had put in to get to this point, from the truck-mounted cannon to this cannon.

"Secretary Li, come on~!"

After the applause gradually died down, Li Xuewen pushed Li Feng and asked Li Feng to unveil the veil.

"Wow~!"

The canvas covering the self-propelled howitzer was pulled to the ground, and then the Type 63 armored personnel carrier, which had been completely transformed, appeared.

"Ouch~!"

The narrow barrel was painted with military green paint, and looked like a tank gun barrel, but shorter than a tank gun. The slightly raised barrel was simply a big toy that every man dreamed of. On the inclined armor on the side, a red five-pointed star was painted, and in the five-pointed star, there were two words, "August 1st".

Li Feng was very fond of this gift. Although it looked rough and simple, it was a self-propelled artillery made by the Red Star Factory itself.

It can also be confirmed that it is the first self-propelled artillery in the country. This significance is extremely important to the Red Star Factory.

The country's first independently developed vehicle-mounted artillery, the country's first independently developed self-propelled artillery, no matter how ugly it is, it is produced by the Red Star Factory.

As he grows older, the wrinkles will smooth out, and his ugly son will eventually become handsome.

After the armor at the rear was cut open and re-welded, a long and narrow weld remained, just like the scar on Li Xuewu's forehead.

The front cockpit was basically unchanged, but the top of the armored vehicle was completely open from the anti-aircraft machine gun position in the middle to accommodate this howitzer.

Compared with the fully enclosed self-propelled artillery that will be available decades later, this one is just a convertible. But even so, Li Feng is still proud of the employees present.

When the parking door is opened, you can see the complete gun body and various hydraulic pipelines inside.

It is rough, sloppy, and full of Soviet aesthetics, but it is basically the same as the final design drawing.

Li Feng has seen the design drawings, and more than once, but it still has to be seen in reality before it can be called a work of art, because it is real.

Li Feng grabbed the door frame and climbed over. It's true that a convertible has its advantages. There's no need to worry about hitting your head. The troop compartment, which is occupied by artillery, seems to be able to accommodate a few more people.

"It's not easy, it's not easy, building a temple in a snail shell~!"

Li Xuewen also climbed up. If Li Feng was behind the truck-mounted cannon, then he was the one who was busy with the self-propelled howitzer. Now that the finished product is out, he is more excited than Li Feng~!

As a personal participant, Li Xuewen knew more than Li Feng. He knew things that were not on the design drawings and some concepts of the second-generation vehicle-mounted artillery had already been used in armored vehicles.

"The armored vehicle itself has a battery. The technical team over there installed a drive motor and a brake system. This side can electrically control the left and right direction and height~!"

Pointing to the two knobs, Li Xuewen introduced them to Li Feng. It was an early attempt to summarize some experience for the second-generation vehicle-mounted artillery.

"Oh, that's it!"

Li Feng looked at the two knobs and noticed that the two motors installed in front of the gun mount, although there was no display panel to indicate the left and right angles and altitude angles, could be said to be advanced gadgets.

The prototype of semi-automatic control has been reflected in this self-propelled howitzer. The Red Star Factory has finally gotten rid of the name of an assembly plant and has adopted the concept of partial independent design.

"Limited by the left and right space, the artillery's firing range is limited to 120 degrees in front, and it cannot reach the left and right sides, or even the blind spot behind~!"

Li Xuewen rubbed his hands. He was quite satisfied with this assembled cannon. The only thing he was not satisfied with was probably these flaws.

"This is an armored vehicle chassis. The space is limited. I am surprised that it can be done like this. If not, we can change it to a tank chassis. Oh, and put on a 154mm howitzer~!"

Li Feng felt the space. The four folding seats inside were placed at the four corners of the artillery. Li Feng tried it. The factory welded them themselves and added retractable springs on both sides. Anyway, it was not very comfortable to sit on.

"Guess, Director Li, as long as you get it, we can just keep working on it. This kind of work is much more exciting than focusing on production!"

The convertible roof means no sound insulation, so the conversation between Li Feng and Li Xuewen could be heard clearly by the workers outside.

Anyway, the first time is new, the second time is familiar. For them, after doing this kind of work, it is really boring to do their original job again.

"Don't brag yet, start the engine first, try it, and open the door~!"

Li Feng smiled and patted the carriage. He had this plan. Only after this thing was made, he would have the confidence to report it. (End of this chapter)