Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 224 Things Backfired
Border Region Arsenal

"Xiao Li, the new classroom is all set up. Would you like to go take a look?"

Li Muzhi was finishing up the flashbangs when Zhang Wanhe walked over.

These students can't always have classes in the conference room, and some chemistry and physics experiments are not suitable to be done in the conference room either.

Therefore, Li Muzhi asked Zhang Wan and Teng to convert a warehouse into a classroom.

"Hmm." Li Muzhi nodded, opened the drawer, took out a list, and handed it to Zhang Wanhe: "This is my grouping of the students based on their grades and personal information. You can go and group them now, and I'll come back later."

Zhang Wanhe looked at the completed flashbang projectile in Li Muzhi's hand and laughed, "This flashbang will be finished soon, right?"

This flashbang is a tactical auxiliary weapon, and its main purpose is to capture prisoners alive.

The intelligence agencies need this kind of weapon the most.

Just now, the intelligence department had a chat with Zhang Wanhe.

Upon hearing that Li Muzhi was developing a weapon that could temporarily blind or deafen the enemy, the intelligence department urged them to expedite the process. They had an important capture mission that required a surviving victim, and they needed flashbangs delivered immediately.

"Soon. Go and divide the students into groups and let them continue studying the materials I gave them. Tell them I'll come over as soon as I'm done," Li Muzhi said.

"Okay." Zhang Wanhe nodded, took the list, and walked out.

Li Muzhi kept his head down and continued working on finishing off the flashbangs.

In the new classroom.

The students watched the materials distributed by Li Muzhi in silence.

These materials are not uniform; rather, they have different emphases.

For example, some materials focus on chemical knowledge, while others focus on physical knowledge.

Of course, the amount of mathematical knowledge involved is the same.

After all, mathematics is the foundation of all disciplines and the cornerstone of science.

"I've never understood why weapons being transported would explode for no reason. Turns out it's due to static electricity!"

"I've always wondered why the Japanese fertilizer could be used to make high explosives. It turns out it contains an important component of high explosives."

"The reason why gun barrels are rifling is that the rifling can accelerate the rotation of the bullet. With increased rotation, the bullet is more stable in the air, resulting in higher accuracy and a longer range."

"It turns out that when a bullet is fired, it doesn't travel in a straight line, but in a parabola."

"So that's how Newton's three laws of motion work."

"The reason why mortars and grenade launchers are so effective in tactical strikes is because they are indirect fire weapons, and their parabolic trajectories can hit targets inside tunnels."

……

The students were completely absorbed in reading the materials provided by Li Muzhi.

Many of the problems that had troubled them for a long time found their answers here.

The students' respect for Li Muzhi gradually blossomed:
"Director Li is truly learned and talented. He knows so much; he's remarkable."

"No wonder Director Li can build the Hell Cannon and the shoulder-mounted cannon; he knows just too much."

“I used to look down on people and think that others were not as good as me. But now, after reading the information that Director Li provided us, I realize that there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. It’s true. I can’t even catch up with Director Li’s basic skills.”

"Fortunately, fortunately, I was selected to come to the border region arsenal. Those classmates who were not selected will definitely be envious of me in the future."

……

When Zhang Wanhe arrived at the new classroom with the list, the attentive students didn't even realize he had entered.

Seeing that these students were studying diligently and not violating classroom rules, I felt a sense of relief.

Zhang Wanhe couldn't help but sigh again, thinking to himself, "Xiao Li's ability to manage students is truly amazing. Why can't I learn it?"

Zhang Wanhe interacted with the students twice more. The first time, he tried to smile, and the students were very nervous.

The second time, Zhang Wanhe deliberately didn't laugh, which made the students even more nervous.

This is the third time. To be honest, Old Zhang doesn't know whether to laugh or keep a straight face.

"Ahem." Zhang Wanhe coughed, but still chose to keep smiling.

The college students in the classroom looked up expectantly when they heard the cough.

I thought I would see the respected Factory Director Li, but I ended up seeing Logistics Minister Zhang instead.

The students felt a chill run down their spines when they saw Minister Zhang's eerie smile.

I had always heard that Logistics Minister Zhang was a capricious person, and that he would often turn on his enemies for no reason when the troops below came to ask for equipment.

Now, the students have truly seen it for themselves.

One minute he has a strange smile on his face, the next he has a stern expression. He's so unpredictable.

Fortunately, our respected Factory Director Li, with his skills and abilities, doesn't need to be beholden to Minister Zhang; otherwise, this would be far too difficult. The students' expectant expressions immediately froze. Class monitor Liu Fuxing said, "Minister Zhang, you're so busy, you can't keep wasting our time here. If there's anything, you can ask Brother Wei to come."

The "Brother Wei" that Liu Fuxing mentioned refers to the security captain at the arsenal.

Although the captain of the guard looked menacing and had a fierce look on his face, he was actually quite amiable, unlike Minister Zhang who was so unpredictable.

"The Japanese have begun their mopping-up operation. The guard captain has to protect the arsenal; it's a very important job," Zhang Wanhe explained.

“We can arrange someone else, like Uncle Qi, he’s a really nice guy.”

"Don't worry, I'm busy with a lot of things, so I'll definitely come less often in the future." Zhang Wanhe sighed inwardly. It seemed that he still had a long way to go to improve his image in the students' minds.

Actually, Comrade Zhang didn't need to come in person, after all, he really had a lot on his plate.

But Comrade Zhang heard Lao Qi and Lao Lu praise these students, saying that they were all excellent, with outstanding learning and comprehension abilities, and that after being mentored by Li Muzhi, their future achievements would not be inferior to theirs.

Comrade Zhang has seen firsthand what level Lao Qi and Lao Lu are at; they are already Li Muzhi's right-hand men.

Now that these twenty-eight students have been trained, they can all become Li Muzhi's right-hand men again.

The military industrial talent pool of the border region's arsenal will be significantly enhanced.

These are all my precious children, the apple of my eye.

That's why Comrade Zhang was eager to ease tensions.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

More haste less speed.

“Minister Zhang, please tell us what it is. We need to hurry up and study the materials that Director Li gave us. We want to learn them as quickly as possible so that we can help reduce Director Li’s burden. He is so busy every day and doesn’t have much time to rest. We see this and it breaks our hearts. Minister Zhang, don’t you feel sorry for him?” Liu Fuxing said.

"Of course I feel bad, that's why I sent you all over," Zhang Wanhe said, though he was thinking to himself.

These bastards have only been here for a day or two, and they've already learned to be opportunistic.

This shows that Xiao Li's actual position is higher than ours, the logistics minister, and they're using Xiao Li as an excuse to get rid of us.

Zhang Wanhe didn't say much, and handed the list directly to Liu Fuxing, saying, "This is the group assignment that Xiao Li gave you, and the group leaders have also been decided. You are the class monitor, so you handle this matter."

“Okay, no problem.” Liu Fuxing took the list and asked, “How long until Director Li arrives? He said he’ll be giving us a lesson in person today.”

"Almost there, almost there. He's making flashbangs, and he's almost finished with them," Zhang Wanhe replied.

"What flashbang?" Upon hearing this, the students immediately became interested and all looked at Zhang Wanhe.

"Aren't you supposed to be making the most of your time to study?" Zhang Wanhe pointed at me, "You don't look down on me now?"
"Forget it, let's wait for Director Li to arrive before we ask him," Liu Fuxing and the others said.

Minister Zhang has excellent logistical skills, but he's not very good at military industry. If you ask him to talk about flashbangs, he probably wouldn't be able to explain it clearly either, and he'd just be wasting our time.

Let's wait for Director Li, a professional, to explain it to us.

"..." Zhang Wanhe paused for a moment, thinking he would have a chance to interact more with the students, but now it seemed he should go back to his own business.

So, Zhang Wanhe made an excuse to leave: "Then you guys can form your own groups first, I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, Zhang Wanhe slunk away.

Just then, the captain of the guard patrolled over and, seeing Zhang Wanhe's not-so-good expression, chuckled, "Minister Zhang, what's wrong? Haven't you gotten along with the students yet?"

The guard captain heard that Comrade Zhang had twice tried to mend relations with the students, but it seems he had made things worse again.

Old Zhang looks unwell now; he's likely made things worse again.

How come Minister Zhang, who has top-notch logistical skills, can't manage a group of students?

"It's alright, there's plenty of time, take it slow," Zhang Wanhe said, feigning composure.

"Minister Zhang, you go ahead with your work, I'll go patrol somewhere else." The guard captain tried his best to suppress a laugh and turned to leave.

"What are you laughing at? Just wait and see, I'll definitely improve my relationship with the students." Looking at the guard captain's shrugging shoulders, Zhang Wanhe tried to encourage himself.

Inside the classroom, Liu Fuxing quickly divided the twenty-eight people into three groups based on the list provided by Li Muzhi, with exactly nine people in each group.

Then, everyone couldn't concentrate on studying the materials and started discussing them:
"What kind of weapon is this flashbang? Is it used for flashing on the battlefield?"

"I've never heard of this word before, it sounds really impressive."

"I wonder how long it will take for Director Li to arrive. I can't wait to hear him explain the principles of flashbangs."

"Yes, I can't calm down."

……

Zhang Wanhe stirred up the students' minds, and classroom discipline was disrupted again.

When the captain of the guard returned from his patrol and saw the scene, he thought to himself, "Weren't these students supposed to be studying very diligently? How come they've reverted to their old ways after Minister Zhang interfered? It seems that when Director Li arrives, I must suggest to him that he stop letting Minister Zhang disrupt the students' classroom discipline."

(End of this chapter)