Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 283: Expensive lithium batteries, a mother-in-law who is always worried, and new firearms

In mid-August 1965, Zhao Mancang attended a relatively low-key award ceremony in Lingjing Hutong, Beijing.

He once again won the special prize medal, and the reason was quite simple. His contributions in the past one or two years were very significant. If there were no higher-level medals to replace them, the leaders would have been willing to reward him with other medals.

On the other hand, if Zhao Mancang were older, he might also consider the position. Unfortunately, he is only 31 years old this year, and his current position is seriously mismatched with his age.

Therefore, leaders will definitely not consider his position, but can only reward him in terms of honor, material and other aspects.

There are many leaders attending the award ceremony today, including Qiu Qicheng, Feng Zixin, Chen Guiqiang, Zhong Xiaodong, Lin Kewei and others.

After the award ceremony, they all wanted to pull Zhao Mancang aside to chat, but Zhao Mancang was alone, so he could only go to the office to listen to what they wanted to see him about.

Feng Zixin was the first to speak. "Comrade Mancang, why is there no trace of the special forces you mentioned earlier? It's been so long, hasn't your Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization developed the firearms yet?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang immediately explained:
"Boss, gun research and development takes time. I'm going out this time to help solve related problems. Our guns must be the best, with high-powered scopes and accurate measurements."

"The leaders should have heard about this before. Many research institutes are grateful to me. If I hadn't brought back so many cutting-edge equipment this time, such as grinding fluid and polishing fluid, these production processes, although we have them in China, are still a little inferior in quality. Especially high-quality grinding fluid, which is the key to ensuring the accuracy and quality of the scope lens processing."

"To be honest with you, Boss, our Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization is indeed developing better firearms. There are two types in total. One is a highly accurate, long-range, and powerful assault rifle, and the other is a highly accurate, ultra-long-range sniper rifle."

"The requirements for all parts of these two firearms are very high. Take the high-power scope of the sniper rifle as an example. It not only requires aluminum alloy materials, but also quartz lenses, tritium tubes, etc. All of these are very cutting-edge technologies."

"Take tritium tubes, for example. The radioactive element tritium inside them costs as much as $1,500 per gram on the international market. And one of our scopes requires about 10 micrograms of tritium. Just for this thing, the price is quite high."

"Leader, now that I've said all this, you should understand why firearms research and development is so difficult, right? Because we not only need to consider whether the firearms will be accepted by our soldiers after they are designed, but also need to consider factors such as economic efficiency. We definitely can't just do it recklessly."

Feng Zixin was suddenly silenced. It seemed that forming this special forces unit was not such a simple matter.

The firearms part alone is extremely difficult, not to mention the other elements that Zhao Mancang mentioned about forming a special forces unit.

"Although what you said makes sense, I'm warning you, you Jiaolong Army don't allow stealing. Let's compete fairly, okay?"

Zhao Mancang was stunned when he heard this: "Leader, why don't I understand what you are saying?"

"Don't understand? Are you pretending to be stupid?" Feng Zixin frowned instantly, and Qiu Qicheng next to him reminded him:
"The problem of full warehouse is the selection of special forces leaders"

"Um, Leader Feng, didn't I tell you I wouldn't be the head of a special forces unit?"

"When did you say that?"

"Didn't I tell you that?" Zhao Mancang asked again, then helplessly spread his hands and said, "Then it's probably not too late for me to tell you now, right?"

"why?"

Feng Zixin suddenly became unhappy again. He was afraid that Zhao Mancang would compete with him, so he had been competing secretly. He didn't expect that Zhao Mancang didn't know about this and would not compete for the so-called position of head of the special forces.

On the other hand, he felt empty about Zhao Mancang's withdrawal. After all, Zhao Mancang was definitely the best candidate to be in charge of the special forces. After all, the most recognized special forces now is the Jiaolong Army.
So to some extent, Zhao Mancang is really the head of the special forces. Even some of the higher-ups have proposed expanding the Jiaolong Army. Isn't this a ready-made special forces unit?

"Why?" Zhao Mancang was puzzled. Zhong Xiaodong, Lin Kewei, Chen Guiqiang and others were all watching with a smile, and no one said anything.

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Feng Zixin suddenly felt bored, because he was trying his best to compete for the position of head of the special forces, and he had even made plans to compete fairly with Zhao Mancang.

After all, Zhao Mancang owns the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization, and is definitely the God of Wealth. He also has strong scientific research capabilities and is definitely the most suitable candidate for the special forces. However, Feng Zixin is not bad either. At least his experience in commanding battles is not comparable to Zhao Mancang, and he also has strong personal connections.

But now it seems that the punch he threw with all his strength ended up landing on the cotton. Zhao Mancang actually did not play according to common sense. It was so hateful.

Without continuing to pay attention to Feng Zixin, Zhao Mancang looked at Zhong Xiaodong because the latter had already spoken.

Zhong Xiaodong's purpose in coming to see him was very simple. First, he wanted to thank Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company for exporting so many air conditioners, televisions, refrigerators, washing machines and other equipment over the past period of time, which allowed their First Machine Industry Ministry to receive commendations from the higher-ups.

The First Machinery Industry Department is in charge of enterprises in these areas. In the past, Zhong Xiaodong himself felt embarrassed because the major enterprises under the department had to speak to the leaders above all the time.

But the people below started to bother him again, refusing to provide him with equipment, technicians, etc. The people below refused to leave and just pestered him, torturing him a lot.

Now, almost all the state-owned factories under their department's management have made a lot of money, and the work plans for next year and the year after have just been released, requiring steady progress and step-by-step progress.

Just because Zhong Xiaodong now thinks he looks much more handsome.

Secondly, he came to Zhao Mancang for advice, to see if there were any other industrial products that could continue to be exported? After all, Zhong Xiaodong wanted to go further.

If he wants to go further, he must achieve more, and he also has to compete with leaders of other mechanical industry departments such as Lin Kewei.

And this competition is equivalent to a marathon, it is not that simple.

Although their First Machinery Industry Department seems to be very powerful and has many products that are exported to earn foreign exchange, it cannot withstand the direct cheating of the Fifth Machinery Industry Department.

The department headed by Lin Kewei is mainly responsible for the design, research and development, and production of weapons. Not to mention the bulletproof vests and Type 53 rifles, which have become the main export earners, nor the pressure cooker bombs.

Take the assault rifles and sniper rifles designed and developed by the firearms research and development department of the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization. Once they are developed and begin to be equipped to the troops on a large scale.

So once the replacement is completed, can we also export the entire family of five or six guns that were previously in use?

After all, there are quite a few moldy weapons. For example, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we gradually replaced them with the better Type 47 rifles, and then began to replace the entire Type gun family on a large scale. After the replacement, the international brand firearms we originally used, such as AK, M series guns, Type rifles, Mosin-Nagant rifles, etc.

Surely all these retired weapons and equipment cannot be thrown into the warehouse to rot, right?

The militia forces all use Type 53 rifles or Type 55 small-caliber sports rifles, and they are not specifically designated to use these International brands.

Moreover, IWC brand firearms are not easy to manage and put too much pressure on logistics, because the caliber of IWC brand firearms is very inconsistent and there are all kinds of similar bullets. The logistics department has long hated this thing.

It’s not like now, where everything is standardized and only 7.62*39mm bullets are used.

Once the entire family of five or six guns is taken out for sale, how far will it take to export and earn foreign exchange?
Therefore, from these aspects, Lin Kewei is Zhong Xiaodong's biggest competitor.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but say happily, "Leader Zhong, look, there's Leader Lin sitting next to us. What new product do you think I should introduce to him later?"

Zhong Xiaodong's heart tightened immediately, but he immediately saw the smile on Zhao Mancang's face and couldn't help but jokingly shouted, "Zhao Mancang, you're really something. You actually dare to make fun of your leader, right?"

"Haha, leader, can you please tell me if what I said makes sense?"

After the joke, Zhao Mancang said seriously:
“In fact, I have considered many products, and some of them have already started to be developed. However, many things cannot be achieved by my wishful thinking.”

"For example, photolithography machines. You've probably all mentioned this before. Overseas, this kind of product costs hundreds of millions of dollars each. Who wouldn't want one? And Sam has a robotics and computer company. They produce large computer mainframes that cost a whopping $3.2 million each, and they sell at least several hundred, sometimes even thousands, of them every month."

"Monthly revenue is $3.5 billion. Leaders, can you imagine, how could I not want such a product? I want it too, but we have to be able to produce it."

"I founded Jiaolong School because I wanted to cultivate suitable talents myself. In many ways, the talents I cultivate myself are more reliable. After all, the first batch of students have already graduated from junior high school and have started to experience various new things this summer."

"I believe that by the time they graduate from Jiaolong School, they will have successfully developed into successful individuals. Furthermore, Jiaolong School's teaching method doesn't involve rote learning. Instead, we fully encourage students to develop their own initiative and explore their interests."

Jiaolong School is absolutely a very magical and unique school in the land of China today. No other school can be compared with it.

The first batch of students, while still in junior high school, had already experienced riding in fighter jets, helicopters, transport planes, etc. Just based on this point, let alone ordinary students across the country, even soldiers in the army, few people can do it, right?

Now that they are about to enter high school, they will have the opportunity to choose to learn relevant driving skills. After all, in the past three years, any students who have ideas in this regard will definitely consciously practice relevant skills.

For example, to learn fighter jet flying skills, you must first have a strong physique, otherwise you will be eliminated in the first round of physical examination.

Also, there must be no problems with eyesight, otherwise you will be eliminated in this round.

After listening to what Zhao Mancang said, Feng Zixin, Qiu Qicheng, Chen Guiqiang, Zhong Xiaodong, Lin Kewei and others nodded, but Zhong Xiaodong still didn't hear the news he wanted to hear, and couldn't help but frowned and asked:

"So you can't give me an accurate answer right now. You don't know what products to choose, right?"

"Leader, you still don't understand what I mean." Zhao Mancang sighed when he heard this.

"I've made it very clear just now. At this stage, we still lack equipment and technicians. Even if our research team has developed a suitable product, can we export it on a large scale?"

"Let me just say one thing. The lithium battery, the most critical component for drones, is what I asked the relevant personnel when I visited Sam's this time. They said they were willing to import it at a high price. A single lithium battery can cost as much as $50,000. But, Boss, do you think we can sell it?"

"Wait, how much did you say?"

Zhong Xiaodong, Qiu Qicheng, Feng Zixin and others were stunned for a moment. A lithium battery weighing only three kilograms was priced at 50,000 US dollars?
If they heard correctly, this world is crazy.

"Fifty thousand US dollars, what's wrong?" Zhao Mancang asked in confusion. He was just laying the groundwork. Lithium batteries must be exported, because even if they are not exported, Sam's Mario Aviation will definitely sell them.

Lithium batteries are not the most advanced battery technology. Besides, even if Todai keeps it secret, Mario will definitely develop it on his own. Even competitors such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin will inevitably enter this industry with their partners.

The competition on Sam's side is very fierce. During the more than half a century of confrontation with Moscow, they have produced many black technologies, including many related to batteries.

After all, they send satellites, spacecraft and other aerospace equipment into outer space. If there are no batteries, it will definitely not work.

As long as Todai can maintain its leading edge, these seemingly advanced battery technologies can be put to good use by exporting them to earn foreign exchange and increase its strength.

"Fuck, is the price really that high? They don't just want to buy one and then develop it themselves, do they?"

Qiu Qicheng couldn't help but frown and asked. Zhao Mancang shook his head and said:
"Unlikely. Fifty thousand dollars is very expensive for us, but not so much for them. On the contrary, if they want to develop it, they need not only breakthroughs in technology, but also a lot of time. By the time they really come up with a product, the market will probably have been taken over."

"I've visited their workshops and factories and personally investigated them. Indeed, several airlines are already developing drones. While their drones are primarily geared toward reconnaissance, this is undoubtedly a new direction and a potential breakthrough for us."

"So I plan to observe it for a while. If it doesn't work out, I'll export the lithium batteries to them so they don't have to develop them themselves. By then, we won't even be able to earn foreign exchange."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhong Xiaodong, Lin Kewei, Qiu Qicheng and others fell silent.

Of course they knew that lithium batteries were the lifeblood of the Jiaolong Integrated Organization, because so far no leader had ever visited the Shaya Laboratory.

From the research and development to the production of lithium batteries, the entire process is completed in the Shaya laboratory area. The outside world has no way of knowing or obtaining relevant information.

But Zhao Mancang protected the lithium battery technology so well, but he had to sell it. To be honest, it was a pity, but the situation was stronger than people, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

It was a suffocating decision. Qiu Qicheng and the others didn't know how to persuade or comfort Zhao Mancang.

Sam's technological strength is indeed very strong. If the lithium batteries from Dongda are not exported, then it is really possible that what Zhao Mancang said is true, and they will develop and produce them on their own.

And with Sam's current production capacity, it can burst out even greater production capacity at any time, which is very scary.

Seeing that they were so silent, Zhao Mancang changed the subject.

In the following time, other leaders including Qiu Qicheng also chatted with Zhao Mancang, but the topics they talked about were nothing more than related or similar to what Zhong Xiaodong and Feng Zixin had just discussed.

Lin Kewei originally wanted to chat more, but in the end, he swallowed the words back and did not make any requests to Zhao Mancang.

After coming out of Lingjing Hutong, Zhao Mancang went home for lunch.

It is August now, summer vacation, and the children don’t have to go to school, so I have told him to go home for every meal.

The world is big, and children are the most important. Even Lin Wan, Zhao Mancang went to pick her up specially, and the couple went home to have dinner together.

After all, it won’t be long until September, and once September comes, it’s the start of the school year.

"Mancang, I heard that students at Jiaolong School can learn to fly airplanes, right? What do you think?"

While eating, Zhang Dongyue couldn't help but ask a question, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Lin Wan.

"Mom, hurry up and eat. Stop dwelling on those things. Our children should be treated as they should be. They shouldn't be treated specially!"

As soon as Lin Wan opened her mouth, Zhang Dongyue fell silent, but judging from her eyes, she seemed not to have given up.

She was not seeking anything for her grandchildren, Lin Zhaohui and Lin Zhaoxi, but was thinking of saying a few words for Zhao Huijun.

Zhao Huijun will be in the sixth grade in September this year and will graduate from elementary school in July next year. In this era, elementary school is called high school, and the next step is junior high school.

Starting from 1958, junior high school has been a two-year system, but it is different at Jiaolong School, where it is a three-year system, or in other words, the entire middle school period is six years.

Jiaolong School only recruits sixth-grade primary school students from rural areas, and only students from rural families with excellent academic performance can enroll.

The school's political review team will conduct all-round reviews of each student. Students who fail to pass the review will naturally not be able to enter the school.

Since Zhao Huijun had a city hukou, she was naturally excluded.

However, Zhang Dongyue believed that Zhao Mancang was the leader and should be able to make some concessions, or even help transfer Zhao Huijun's household registration. However, Zhao Mancang did not speak, but ate calmly. When he was almost done, he looked at Zhao Huijun and asked:
"Huijun, you're already eleven years old this year. You've grown up a lot and become more sensible. Tell your father the truth. Do you want to go to Jiaolong School? Do you want to learn to fly a plane?"

The little greedy cat from back then has grown into a beautiful young lady. The little girl is very cute, with curiosity and expectation in her eyes, but when she meets her father's gaze, she still shakes her head hesitantly.

"Dad, I don't want to!"

Zhang Dongyue suddenly coughed and hurriedly reminded Zhao Huijun to eat well.

When we say "eat well", we are actually reminding the little one to speak well and not miss the opportunity.

Despite his mother-in-law's little tricks, Zhao Mancang still chose to turn a blind eye and just looked at the little guy with a smile.

The little guy mustered up his courage and shook his head slowly. Zhao Mancang then nodded:
"Very good. If you had nodded just now, I would have taken you to Jiaolong School to experience what despair is. Your background is already much better than many people, so there's no need to squeeze into this narrow bridge."

"To be honest, I've considered this a lot before, but after much deliberation, I decided not to let you embark on this difficult path. You're just curious right now, and you don't know what's going on inside Jiaolong School, but I know it very well."

"Let me ask you this: are you willing to get up at 5:45 every day, spend 15 minutes washing and getting dressed, and then head to the playground for morning exercises? A morning exercise session starts at a minimum of three kilometers, and there's a set time for both men and women."

"You must maintain a score of 80 or above in each subject to pass. You have to remember that junior high school subjects also include physics, chemistry, geography, history, politics, and biology. If you include foreign languages, then there are nine subjects in total."

"The total score is 100, and 80 is a passing score. How much do you think you can achieve? Even if you can, how long can you persist? Have you ever experienced trekking seven or eight kilometers a day on a mountain road with an altitude difference of over 200 meters? How do you compare with others? How can I bear to let you compete with them?"

Zhang Dongyue, Lin Wan, and Zhao Huijun were all stunned. Suddenly, five-year-old Zhao Jinshi raised his hand and said, "Dad, I can do it. I walk more than seven or eight kilometers every day."

"Go away. If you really walked such a long way, I would admire you." Zhao Mancang said unhappily. The little guy pouted and looked unhappy.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but say, "Do you think you're unhappy because I don't believe you? Don't be unhappy. Tomorrow I'll let you try it out. What does it feel like to walk seven or eight kilometers to school in the morning and seven or eight kilometers home in the afternoon?"

"Really?"

The little guy was so happy that even the two sisters, Xiao Baozi and Xiao Taozi, and the little fat boy were eager to try it.

Zhao Mancang heard this, smiled and nodded, waved his hand and said:
"Okay, I'll take a day off tomorrow and show you what classes at Jiaolong School are like."

Lin Wan couldn't help but look at him worriedly and shook her head slightly, but he just smiled and didn't respond.

The children were all very happy, including Zhao Huijun. She really wanted to experience it. After all, she was curious and very curious about Jiaolong School. She really wanted to learn how to fly a plane.

Even though they had all experienced flying on an airplane and even going to Jiaolong School, it was useless because it was not a real experience.

The next day, Zhao Mancang woke the children up at 5:45 as promised. They had agreed very readily last night, but when they got up now, the fat little one was lame.

But even so, the little fat boy still finished washing up within the specified time.

The chubby little boy Zhao Ping'an was born in 1961. He is still four months away from turning four. The little guy grunted and followed his older brothers and sisters as they set off.

They were running at first, but in less than twenty minutes, the little fat boy couldn't walk anymore, so he just gave up and got in the car.

But Zhao Huijun and the other children continued to persevere, even though they were sweating profusely.

"Actually, it's not so bad in the summer. At most, you'll just feel hot, but you can easily get a heat stroke. In the winter, when it's freezing cold, if you're asked to get up at this time, you probably won't be able to get up, and even if you do, you won't dare go out."

Zhao Mancang said with a smile while driving the car.

In fact, at this point, the testing of the little ones was almost over, but Zhao Huijun still gritted her teeth and persisted.

Seven or eight kilometers is no joke. It may seem like a short distance, but anyone who has actually walked such a long distance knows that it is very far.

If you take a car, let alone seven or eight kilometers, even seven or eight hundred kilometers will not feel far, but if you walk or run, it will be really far.

This is completely different from shopping and sightseeing. After all, when you go shopping, you stop and walk, buy things, etc., which diverts your attention.

But if you walk, all your attention is on walking, so of course you will feel very tired.

In the end, all the children, including Xiao Shitou, reached their destination and completed the morning test.

But the round of testing in the evening has not been carried out yet, so we don’t know yet. Anyway, Xiao Shitou doesn’t want to continue anymore.

After walking seven or eight kilometers, he had used up all his energy for the whole day and now all he wanted to do was lie down.

Zhao Mancang looked at the little ones sitting on the ground with a smile, asked them to get up and walk around, wipe the sweat off their faces, and then went home.

In the evening, Zhao Huijun and the others went for another run and successfully completed the test mission. However, after completing it, they no longer dared to be stubborn.

Many things seem easy and simple at the beginning, but only after trying them will you know how to write the word despair.

The little ones have all learned their lesson. To be honest, if they were not so young, Zhao Mancang would really arrange for them to work hard like this often.

However, the children are his own after all, and Zhao Mancang is already satisfied as long as he can let them grow up happily.

There is a saying that goes, "Only those who endure hardships can become the best." In fact, for most people, the final result is that as long as they are willing to endure hardships, there will be endless hardships to endure.

After all, only a small number of people can truly become the best of the best, and the probability is much lower than winning the lottery.

In the evening, Zhao Mancang looked at Zhao Huijun and the other children who had eaten more than yesterday, and couldn't help but asked with a smile:

"Would you like to experience it again in the future?"

The children all shook their heads!
"If you don't want to experience this kind of life again, then you still have to study hard. Only by studying hard can you have more choices in the future."

"When you are a college student, or even a graduate student, you can become a worker, join the army, learn driving skills and become a driver, etc. You can even become a farmer or a member of the Eight Major Party Organizations."

"Similarly, if you have a degree, you can continue to work hard and become a cadre, a leader, or a teacher or professor. Then your work will be much simpler than others. At least you won't have to work so hard every day."

"However, the country is training you to become talents, not to make you compatible with others, but to strive for excellence and become scientists, astronauts, professors, cadres, and so on in the future."

All the children, including the little fat boy, nodded in unison. No matter whether they understood it or not, at this moment, they had to understand it clearly.

Zhang Dongyue on the side didn't say anything. Although she didn't go to see what the children did today, she was already heartbroken to see them walking seven or eight kilometers, which was more than ten kilometers round trip.

But these are just basic operations for Jiaolong School.

In the end, Zhao Mancang still did not tell Lin Wan and the others about his plan to let Zhao Huijun go to junior high school in Hong Kong Island. He would make arrangements after the Siberian cold wind passes through next year.

It’s too early to say these things now.

Life was relatively peaceful for the next few days.

In the blink of an eye, it was late August. One night, Zhao Mancang had dinner and drinks with Wei Huayong and others in Guozi Lane. The food was prepared by Old Wei, and the wine was the cellar wine he brought with him.

In fact, many of his cellared wines are still undrinkable, because there are very few wines that have been cellared for more than ten years. He has only drunk a little from time to time in the past few years. In addition, he knows a lot of people, so there is not enough to share.

It will probably take a few more years, when there is more wine stored in the cellar and enough time has passed. Then it will be fine if we take it out at that time.

The bottle of wine he is drinking now is a wine that has been stored in the cellar for eight years. It is the cellar wine that Zhao Mancang bought from Zhou Wenchuan before.

The latter had stored 150,000 kilograms of liquor in the Zhou Mansion in Dayu Hutong at that time, but not many of them had been stored for a long time. Up to now, all the liquor that had been stored for more than ten years had been drunk up, and there were only 140,000 kilograms left, which were all liquor that had been stored for about seven years.

This amount of time is just the accumulated time that Zhao Mancang has spent in the past few years without moving much.

"Great, this wine is really good, the taste and texture are both top-notch." Lao Wei took a small sip and felt refreshed instantly.

This kind of small life is what we call enjoyment.

Whenever Wei Huayong drinks too much, he starts talking about the past, but today there are not just him and Zhao Mancang at the dinner table, there are also two leaders.

Today's meal is just pure eating and drinking. There are no tasks, let alone talking about work.

The next day, Zhao Mancang appeared at the Tenglong factory. They had already produced a firearm, an assault rifle, but the scope and other equipment had not yet been developed.

"The barrel is made of 416 stainless steel. This type of barrel has good corrosion resistance and a certain strength, making it suitable for use in relatively harsh environments. In fact, this type of barrel is suitable for assault rifles. If used to make assault rifles, the cost is still too high."

The firearms expert was introducing and talking on the side, and Zhao Mancang nodded from time to time. He was the one who provided the technology, how could he not know?

However, Zhao Mancang still waited patiently for the other party to finish speaking before arranging for people to start testing.

A total of twenty assault rifles have been produced so far, and all guns need to be tested. Zhao Mancang did not shoot the gun immediately because it was not suitable, and his subordinates were unwilling to do so for fear of hurting him.

Zhao Mancang listened to the advice and did not act on his own, but waited quietly for them to conduct the test.

The assault rifle's magazine is designed to hold thirty bullets, and can be fired in three modes: single shot, three rounds, or five rounds. The accuracy of the gun shooting in different modes varies.

In general, single shot has the highest accuracy, and five-shot has the worst accuracy, but even five-shot will not cause a significant drop in accuracy.

After they finished testing a magazine, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but pick up one of the guns and started testing it.

It's true that the firepower of this assault rifle is very strong. With an effective range of 400 meters, he completely emptied a magazine, and the first ten single-shot bullets all hit the bull's eye.

The nine bullets in the middle are fired in three-shot mode, and their accuracy is almost the same as the eleven bullets at the back in five-shot mode.

However, there were still three bullets that missed the target. It can only be said that the accuracy is indeed not as good as the single-shot mode, but such an assault rifle is already very powerful, and we cannot ask for any higher.

Zhao Mancang was not very satisfied with the accuracy, but Wei Huayong and others were very satisfied, because it had powerful firepower and its accuracy in single-shot mode completely surpassed the previous Type 56 gun family, and even the Type 63 automatic rifle could not match it.

Under such circumstances, this assault rifle is really powerful. Moreover, the firearms research and development department has also prepared scopes and sniper rifles. Once equipped with a high-power scope, the performance of this assault rifle will be more comprehensive.

"I'm satisfied, very satisfied. This gun is great," Wei Huayong said loudly and happily.

If you are not satisfied with this gun, then I don’t know what gun will satisfy you.

Wei Huayong originally came from a military background. When he was in the army, he dreamed of owning a firearm that combined firepower and accuracy. Unfortunately, it was impossible to realize it back then.

Now that this dream has come true, how can he not be excited?

Not only Wei Huayong, but other leaders who participated in today's firearms test, such as Zhong Xiaodong and Lin Kewei, were all smiling and praising.

"Mancang, the firearm you designed and developed is quite good. The barrel is good, the accuracy is excellent, the recoil is low, and the firepower is strong. But I'm not sure about the cost."

Lin Kewei was extremely excited. Weapons and equipment were managed by his department. Now that he had such a powerful and invincible firearm, it narrowed the gap with foreign countries. How could he not be happy?

Everyone knows that Jiaolong Comprehensive Agency is awesome, but no one expected it to be this awesome.

Zhong Xiaodong, who was standing by, had just finished shooting a magazine. Upon hearing this, he slowly changed the magazine while pricking up his ears to listen to what Zhao Mancang said.

Not only Zhong Xiaodong, but everyone else also wants to know the cost, because the success of a firearm needs to be analyzed from six aspects: reliability, power, maneuverability, safety, adaptability, maintenance and cost.

The reliability of a firearm is a key indicator to measure whether it can work stably in various environments. It includes aspects such as the firearm's durability, endurance and failure rate, which must be ranked first.

The design life of this gun is 15000 rounds. Judging from the current tests, it can definitely reach more than 20000 rounds, but this is only at the shooting range, not on the battlefield, so this data is for reference only.

Because firearms in different environments have been affected by factors such as air humidity, which will have a certain impact on the life of the firearm itself, the test at the shooting range can only be used as a reference.

Not to mention its power, this new firearm designed and developed by the Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization has an effective range of 400 meters and a maximum range of over 800 meters. The firing rate is divided into three modes: single shot, three rounds and five rounds. The shooting accuracy and terminal effect are also very strong.

The empty weight of the gun itself is 2.4 kilograms, plus a full magazine and rails, it weighs 3 kilograms, plus the scope, the total weight does not exceed 3.5 kilograms, and each gun is equipped with five magazines, with a total weight of about five kilograms.

In this way, the maneuverability of the firearm is beyond doubt.

Not to mention safety and adaptability, the material selection and design of the gun itself are based on these aspects, so it is very powerful, but the specific situation still needs to be tested for a longer time and with more bullets.

The last point is maintenance and economic cost. Since the gun itself has three-shot and five-shot modes, the daily maintenance and upkeep of the gun itself will certainly be worse than the full range of five or six guns, but it will not be much more complicated.

In terms of cost, under large-scale mass production, the cost of this firearm will definitely be slightly more expensive than the Type 63 automatic rifle, but considering its service life, its cost is actually slightly lower than that of the Type 63 automatic rifle.

After hearing what Zhao Mancang said, Lin Kewei and the others all widened their eyes. They really felt like they had found a treasure.

"Great, great, great! Very good, Mancang! Your Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization is truly amazing! The leadership's approval of your establishment of this department was absolutely the right decision."

(End of this chapter)