Bolt Rifle? It was a semi-automatic!
After the staff put down his luggage, Su Yan followed Manager Hao directly to the technical room.
The so-called Munitions Factory was actually a renovated dilapidated temple outside the city. In the middle of the operation room hung a somewhat old blackboard. On it was the blueprint of the newly designed rifle of the Munitions Factory.
"This gun is now close to being finalized. After a few technical backbones in the factory discussed it, it is close to the final draft.”
Manager Hao asked with a smile.
Su Yan smiled and nodded.
In this life, he studied mechanics in the Soviet Union. Guns were also considered machinery, so he was also a professional.
There was a hidden meaning in Manager Hao's words. It was obvious that he had the intention of testing him.
"The people in the factory are all old masters. I'm just a newcomer. How can I say that I'm giving advice? We're just studying it together."
As Su Yan spoke, his gaze fell on the blueprint.
"This is designed based on the Japanese's 38 style?”
Seeing that Su Yan could see through the design concept of this picture with a glance, Factory Manager Hao smiled a little embarrassedly and said,"I really can't hide it from you. I'm ashamed to say that although the Japanese are not good, the guns they make still have a lot of merits.”
"In a situation like ours where our industrial base is weak, it would take too much manpower and material resources to imitate German or Soviet-made guns. In the end, we might not be able to produce them, so we imitated the relatively simple Type 38.”
Su Yan agreed with Manager Hao's idea.
At this time, the rabbit's industry was almost zero, and blindly imitating it would be counterproductive.
After all, not only did one have to consider the power of a gun, but they also had to consider production capacity and cost, as well as the quality of the technology!
"The factory manager is right. Our foundation is still too weak.”Su Yan sighed and looked at the blueprint.
The new gun designed by the Munitions Factory was a little shorter than the Type 38. The bayonet had three blades and was fixed to the barrel. The butt was made of mahogany.
There were many similar designs to the Type 38, but Su Yan soon realized that the new gun designed by the Munitions Factory had many fatal flaws.
Seeing Su Yan's serious expression, Manager Hao suddenly felt that something was wrong. He asked tentatively,"Comrade Little Su, did you notice something?”
Su Yan nodded and sighed."If this gun appears on the battlefield, it might backfire.”
"First of all, the gun body is shorter, which will directly affect the shooting accuracy and range of the gun. In other words, if our soldiers and the Japanese armed with Type 38 fired from afar, there might not be much of a difference at close range. However, once the distance was extended, our soldiers might not be able to hit the Japanese, but the Japanese could accurately hit us.
The effective range of the Type 38 is 460 meters. Our rifles are only about 200 meters. According to my calculations, this spear will at most be slightly stronger than the Hanyang Style, let alone the 38 Style.”
"We warriors often experience hand-to-hand combat. In ancient times, there was a saying that an inch longer is an inch stronger. Our warriors are naturally at a disadvantage when they hold this kind of gun.”
Su Yan listed a few other flaws of the spear. He wasn't trying to nitpick, but there were indeed too many problems with the spear. Otherwise, why would it not even have a name or serial number in history?
All classic weapons would leave their names in history, and this spear was obviously not one of them!
"Hearing you say that, I don't have much confidence.”Factory Manager Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had originally planned to produce a trial version of this model this year and mass produce it next year. However, after Su Yan's words, it seemed that this gun could not be produced directly?
"Comrade Su Yan, you probably don't know much about the situation in our base. The Japanese's 38-foot shield is the simplest among the main equipment of the various countries! But we can't even replicate the 38-foot cover!
This gun is already the best gun we can make with our current production level!”
"That's right! Everyone had worked hard for more than a year to create this spear. How could they just reject it?”
A few old masters at the side were instantly unhappy. This new gun model was the hard work of their entire factory for more than a year!
Hearing everyone's rebuttal, Factory Manager Hao was about to calm everyone down and explain to Su Yan when Su Yan said,"Since you want to make guns, why don't you make something more advanced?”
If his words didn't shock everyone, he would die!
The old masters and technical backbones present were instantly dumbfounded. Didn't they just say that the current production capacity of the arsenal wasn't very good?
Even the new gun on the blackboard was difficult to make, but Su Yan wanted to make something more advanced?
[Is this kid…crazy?]
Even the steady Manager Hao couldn't help but cough lightly at this moment. He hurriedly advised,"Comrade Su Yan, it's good to have dreams, but we can't take too big a step! Isn't this…"
Factory Manager Hao hesitated again and again, thinking that he was also a scholar, so he did not directly say the words "pulling eggs".
Su Yan didn't explain. Instead, he smiled and said,""This is what I learned in university. I naturally know whether we can build it or not.
In other countries, Hans Cat had a 98K rifle, Mao Xiong had a Mosinagan rifle, and John Bull had a Lee Enfield rifle. These rifles were much stronger than the Japanese's Type 38 rifle. Among the bolt rifles, Type 38 was the lowest existence in the pyramid. However, these rifles were all products from nearly half a century ago and were already facing elimination!
We are already one step behind. If we continue to cling to this old-fashioned rifle, won't we be one step slower and one step slower?”
The people in the Munitions Factory seemed to have heard something new. They had been complaining about Su Yan just a moment ago, but now, everyone was listening attentively to Su Yan. Some even took out their notebooks and began to write and draw on them.
After all, Su Yan's words were too shocking. In their eyes, the Japanese's 38th Cover was a high-tech industrial product. They had also learned about the rifles of other countries. The technical level was too high and they could not imitate it!
But now, Su Yan said that these guns were all antiques and were about to be outdated?
"Then, Comrade Little Su, what guns will be used in the future?”
Factory Manager Hao couldn't help but be attracted. Su Yan didn't finish his sentence and asked anxiously.
Su Yan smiled. At this moment, a classic rifle appeared in his mind. He said,"Right now, all the countries are developing a new type of firearm-the semi-automatic rifle!”
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