Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

The old man was furious when he received the impeachment letter. He felt that Li Qinwu was looking for death. In this era, except for a few big families, warlords and powerful people, who would dare to be so arrogant!

He planned to teach Li Qinwu a lesson and let this guy who was promoted to junior director accept the iron fist of his elders!

When he found Li Qinwu, Li Qinwu was actually in the Liaozao Maxim workshop, discussing the production of anti-tank guns with the masters on the production line.

With 918 approaching, the enemy's tanks and armor are almost at the top of their combat power. Li Qinwu wants to find suitable parts from the existing production line and quickly transform and produce a batch of anti-tank guns to equip the only large-scale resistance armed force in Fengtian, Huang Xiansheng's police force.

Time was running out and he didn't have time to make special large-caliber anti-tank bullets, so he could only modify the existing weapons in the factory. After searching for a long time, he felt that only the Liao-made Maxim could do the job.

The Liao-made Maxim is a heavy machine gun imitated from the American Maxim by the Fengtian Arsenal, firing 12.7x99mm bullets. After removing the water-cooling sleeve and adding a heavy barrel, it becomes the famous Lao Gan Ma.

The penetration power of the 12.7x99mm bullet is definitely not as good as the 14.5x114mm armor-piercing bullet, regardless of the caliber, weight, or charge. However, the factory only has this type of bullet, and the Liao-made Maxim production line is relatively mature.

Li Qinwu stood in front of the gun barrel production line and gestured to a master craftsman, saying, "Master, can this gun barrel be extended to 1 meters, and the barrel wall be slightly thinner to reduce weight?"

The old master scratched his scalp with his hands stained with engine oil.

"Yes, it is possible. We can just modify the machine. But what's the point of doing it this way? The barrel is too long and inflexible, and too thin and durable."

Li Qinwu smiled and said, "It's okay. This barrel doesn't need to bear the pressure of continuous firing. Master, please produce a 150mm barrel first, and I will use it later."

The old master didn't know what Li Qinwu was going to do, but since he was the leader, he could only spare the production capacity of one machine to accompany him in his research.

When Li Qinwu was discussing the details with the old master, the old fireman appeared at the door of the workshop. After seeing Li Qinwu, he immediately approached with a depressed look on his face.

He originally wanted to give Li Qinwu a big slap on the back of his head, but when he saw Li Qinwu holding a blueprint and demonstrating to the master, he went up and snatched the blueprint and looked at it carefully.

Li Qinwu was stunned, not knowing when the old fireman appeared.

After reading the blueprint, the old man asked Li Qinwu in confusion: "What do you mean by this thing? The barrel is so long that the infantry can't use it. Is it too powerful to fire a 12.7mm bullet?

Huh? No! This thing is not for hitting people, you want to use it to hit a turtle!"

The old fireman revealed the correct usage of the weapon on the blueprint. Li Qinwu was a little surprised. He nodded and asked, "Master, what do you think? Is it feasible?"

The old man hesitated for a long time and said in disagreement: "It's okay. The 12.7x99 bullet has good penetration, but what's the point? You use the barrel of a heavy machine gun to make a single-shot gun like this. Isn't it a waste of production capacity? It's better to just make heavy machine guns."

In response to the old fireman's confusion, Li Qinwu pointed to the weight on the blueprint and said, "Master, a heavy machine gun weighs hundreds of kilograms. How many people are needed to serve this big thing? If you go up against the Japanese tank team, it will be impossible to shoot in secret. If they spot you from a distance, the tank gun will kill you in one go.

But the anti-tank gun I built is different. The weight must be strictly controlled below 20 kilograms, and it can be maneuvered by two people carrying it.

Master, think about it, a two-person anti-tank team carrying this thing hides behind windows, in ruins, in weeds, and when the enemy tanks appear, they suddenly launch an attack, hit and run away. The risk they take and the results they achieve are no less than those of a heavy machine gun!"

These words convinced Old Huotou a little, and his eyes fell on the drawing again. The anti-tank gun in front of him looked extremely simple, with a thick and long barrel as the main body. It did not require a complicated bolt structure like a heavy machine gun, so the manufacturing cost could be controlled.

The old fireman put down the blueprint and looked at Li Qinwu with burning eyes.

"Young man, there happens to be an exercise in Japan tomorrow, and they said they will deploy tanks and armored vehicles. They have given our factory a few places to visit, so I'll give you my place."

Li Qinwu's eyes suddenly lit up. Although he had seen a lot of performance parameters of the Japanese tanks on the Internet, he had no idea about the specific situation. If he could actually visit the Japanese tanks, it would be of great help to the development of anti-tank guns!

He was just about to express his gratitude to the old fireman, but the next moment, the old fireman's expression changed, and he grabbed his ear and dragged him out of the workshop into an empty alley.

"Okay, okay, you are awesome. You fired guns twice on the day you took office and beat up employees. Now that you are a high-ranking official, you are so arrogant? Are you showing off your power? What's the matter? If you didn't have the title of deputy holding you back, you would be so arrogant, Deputy Director Li!"

Lao Huotou emphasized these words very strongly, and Li Qinwu knew as soon as he heard them that he understood the situation very clearly.

Li Qinwu immediately put his hands behind his back, raised his head 45 degrees to look at the sky, his eyes filled with indescribable emotions.

"Master, my life has been like walking on thin ice. Do you think I can make it to the other side?"

The old fireman raised his eyelids and raised his pipe as if to hit.

"Can you talk properly?"

Li Qinwu quickly took a step back, wanting to tell him about his idea of ​​using tyranny as a protective shell, but he caught a glimpse of Hu Xiaoming peeking out at the intersection, so he waved at Hu Xiaoming.

"Xiao Ming, come here and listen together!"

Li Qinwu is also a human being after all and needs to communicate with others. Hu Xiaoming took the initiative to approach him before, and he intended to let the other party know his thoughts and get him closer to him.

Hu Xiaoming hesitated for a moment, but still walked closer.

Li Qinwu immediately told them about his idea of ​​using brutal force to suppress Xiao Xiao. The two of them had different expressions. Hu Xiaoming was shocked and thought that this was the director's idea and that he had so many enemies around him.

The old man just sighed. As he said before, he, as a master, could not support his apprentice, which made him act this way.

Seeing the expressions of the two people, Li Qinwu shrugged.

"Alas, Master, you don't know that the Gun Design Department has only had one chief, Director Guo, for all these years, and there isn't even a deputy. Guo is so mean that he treats the Gun Design Department as his own backyard. No matter how I act, I will end up being his enemy.

In that case, I might as well act more explosively and put our conflict on the table, so that he won't dare to do any dirty tricks, and Director Guo's dogs won't dare to jump out and bite people.

Master, believe it or not, if I hadn't fired my gun and shot people, these wolves and tigers would have jumped on me and bit me. I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to survive today and would have to pack up and leave the gun design department!"