Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 41 Preparations before Hunting
When Li Weidong returned to the courtyard, the gate was locked. He climbed over the wall and picked up a beautiful young widow. After making love, he sent her back and went to sleep.

The next day, I went to work as normal. When I got to the factory, I first walked around the workshop to see how the equipment improvements were progressing. We estimated that all the improvements would be completed in three or four days.

Then I went to the laboratory and made a steel pulley crossbow and 20 steel arrows. After all, we were going hunting, and using a gun would make too much noise. It would be more convenient to use a crossbow in the mountains.

After making the crossbow, he continued to write the future work plan, because the project was too big. If the leader agreed, he definitely could not do it alone. Even if he had the ability to develop it independently, it would take him forever to finish it.

With the help of the space, it might not take too long. The question is how to explain it? Another thing is that one person's plan is short-sighted. He is also human, not a god. He just became faster and stronger after the space was strengthened, just like a computer software upgrade. So a person must have made some mistakes.

So it definitely takes a lot of people collaborating to complete the project faster and better. So now he is breaking down the project into smaller parts, waiting for people to come and dividing up the work, which makes it easier for him.

The day passed like this. Before leaving get off work, Li Weidong asked the guard squad leader Wang:
"Captain Wang, I'm going hunting in the mountains tomorrow. Are any of you going?"

"Yes! Of course I'll go! It's a good opportunity to try out the new firearms."

"Ah! Didn't you go to the shooting range to try it? You didn't go?" Li Weidong asked in confusion.

Squad Leader Wang blushed a little and said, "Yes, I didn't go. I discussed it with Lao Qi and decided that if you don't want to go, we won't go for now. We can go together when you're free."

"Why? Actually, it's the same with me or without me. The quality is definitely fine. Didn't we test it last time?"

"Engineer Li, I won't hide it from you. Without you, we really wouldn't have dared to go. You don't know, even though Captain Zhou was so polite after you went there, it was actually all because of your face. Everyone who knows Captain Zhou knows that he is a living bandit.

"I guarantee that if we enter his camp with new firearms, there won't be any doors, not even windows, to get them out," Squad Leader Wang complained bitterly to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong couldn't help laughing.

"Captain Wang, I didn't mean to do that. I just couldn't help myself. Let's go together tomorrow. By the way, do you want to test the Vulcan cannon and heavy machine gun tomorrow, too?"

"Ah, try it!" said Squad Leader Wang.

"It's hard to say about the heavy machine gun, but the Vulcan cannon is too heavy. If it's not fixed properly, it's impossible to use it."

"What should we do?"

"Why don't you find a car now, fix it to it, and try it on the car tomorrow.

"The Vulcan cannon I designed was originally intended to be mounted on a vehicle. Let's test its effectiveness," Li Weidong said.

"Okay, Mr. Li, please wait a moment." After saying that, Team Leader Wang ran to make a phone call.

Li Weidong chatted with a few guards for a while, and then saw a jeep followed by a truck drive up to the door of the laboratory and stop.

Captain Zhou and Squad Leader Wang got out of the jeep.

Li Weidong hurriedly went to meet him.

"Captain Zhou, why did you come here in person?"

"Engineer Li, you can just call me Old Zhou. I heard about the test of the effect of the Vulcan cannon installed on the vehicle, and I was quite interested in it, so I came here with you." Captain Zhou shook hands with Li Weidong and said.

"Okay, then I'll call you Uncle Zhou, and you can call me Weidong or Dongzi, it's more intimate. By the way, it's installed on this truck, right?" Li Weidong said.

"No, Dongzi, this jeep is also installed. It's an experiment. Of course, all kinds of models are tried." Captain Zhou said.

"Ah? Uncle Zhou, you may not know that to install it on a jeep, the roof needs to be cut off and the rear seats also need to be removed because they are too thin and cannot withstand the recoil of the Vulcan cannon. The support frame needs to be re-welded. So after removing it, it is not easy to install it back." Li Weidong explained.

"Dongzi, take it apart! It's just a jeep, if you can't put it back together, then don't put it back together. It's okay." Captain Zhou rolled his eyes and said calmly. Then Squad Leader Wang said anxiously to Captain Zhou, "Captain Zhou, don't your regiment only have two jeeps? Will it be difficult to explain? Or why not try loading it onto a truck? It's the same thing."

Captain Zhou said righteously, "How can that be? Different models will definitely have different effects. We must try installing it on a jeep. I will bear any penalties. Dongzi, just install it."

Li Weidong said, "Okay."

After saying that, Li Weidong got busy.

During this period, the soldiers of the guard squad and Captain Zhou also helped, and the two vehicles were modified in just over an hour.

In addition to the Vulcan Gatling gun, the jeep was also equipped with a Type 89 heavy machine gun at the insistence of Commander Zhou, for air defense. Both machine guns had full ammunition boxes: 10000 rounds for the Vulcan and 89 for the Type 5000.

The truck was also installed according to the configuration of the Jeep.

After the installation was complete, Li Weidong looked at the two vehicles in silence. "It's just hunting, but these specifications are a bit high." Someone who didn't know would think they were going to war.

Captain Zhou walked around the two cars and liked them more and more.

He said to Li Weidong, "Dongzi, now that I'm done packing, I'm going back. What time do you want to leave tomorrow? I'll pick you up then."

Li Weidong said, "Let's go at 7:30. We have two friends who want to go there by then."

"Girlfriend?" Captain Zhou asked.

"No, just two friends I just met." Li Weidong said.

"It just so happens that my third brother's daughter has been pestering me to take her hunting. If it is convenient, I will take her with me so that she doesn't keep pestering me." Captain Zhou said with a turn of his eyes.

Li Weidong agreed without giving it much thought. It's just one more person, what kind of danger could there be? Don't be ridiculous, it's just hunting. At most, we won't go deep into the mountains. In open areas, with this kind of weaponry, what beast can withstand it? What danger could there be? It's perfectly safe.

Seeing Li Weidong's agreement, Captain Zhou smiled meaningfully. He said goodbye to Li Weidong, had the guards cover their weapons with cloth, and then got into the jeep. Both vehicles started and drove out of the steel mill.

After Captain Zhou left, Squad Leader Wang said to Li Weidong with a mournful look on his face, "Engineer Li, look, the guns in the jeep are definitely not going to be returned."

Li Weidong looked at Squad Leader Wang's bitter face and said with a smile, "Squad Leader Wang, call me Weidong or Dongzi from now on. If you don't want to come back, then don't come back. I'll make it for you when the time comes. It's not that difficult. I'll just ask Lao Zhou for some ingredients."

After hearing this, Squad Leader Wang's expression improved a little.

"Weidong, thank you for your hard work. From now on, just call me Xiao Wang, and don't call me Squad Leader Wang."

Li Weidong said, "Then I'll call you Brother Wang. Brother Wang, I'll go back first. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, slow down on the road!"

Li Weidong rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.

……

The next day, after washing up, Li Weidong rode his bicycle to the steel mill.

When we arrived at the door of the laboratory, we saw that Captain Zhou and his team had already arrived. In addition to the two cars that were modified yesterday, there was also a jeep.

After seeing Li Weidong coming, Captain Zhou got out of the car. At the same time, there was also an officer who looked about 50% like Captain Zhou and a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

(End of this chapter)