Reborn in 1976, teach him how to be an official

Tan Dexi asked in extreme shock as he flipped through the documents.

Teacher, you told me.

Liu Hongyi said in his heart.

This is the "prophet" advantage.

In later generations, as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering living in Chuzhou area, Tan Dexi received high care from Chuzhou officials. Liu Hongyi visited him many times and they became close friends regardless of age difference.

The 576 Factory, where Tan Dexi served as chief engineer, was responsible for the production of 35mm grenade launchers and various supporting grenades.

In the original history, this grenade launcher would not be equipped to the troops until almost ten years later. It was researched and designed by a famous weapons industry company in the north.

Factory 576 is responsible for part of the production tasks.

The reason why the country was determined to develop this "howitzer" was that during the war on the southern front and the subsequent ten-year-long war between the two mountains, our army's front-line infantry lacked effective close-range artillery support and suffered great losses.

By the time this "howitzer" was produced and equipped to the troops, the war was already coming to an end and it did not play much practical role.

Tan Dexi has always been brooding over this, and has blamed himself to Liu Hongyi more than once, saying that he did not think of developing this weapon at the time.

If this grenade machine gun had been developed earlier, our army would have achieved a more glorious victory in the war on the southern front and the two-mountain war, and casualties would have been greatly reduced.

Many young soldiers, the most lovely people, might not have shed their blood on the hot land of the south, and would not have frozen their young lives forever in their teens and twenties.

Because Liu Hongyi was a local leader and Factory 576 was within his jurisdiction, Tan Dexi trusted him very much. He invited Liu Hongyi to personally test-fire the 35mm grenade launcher many times and explained to Liu Hongyi in detail the structural principles of this "grenade machine gun".

With Liu Hongyi's academic level, and having learned systematic weapon design knowledge from Tan Dexi in this time and space, it is completely reasonable for him to design this "howitzer" in advance.

Not surprising at all.

"Teacher, I have a question for you. If, I mean if, a border war breaks out in our country in the next few years, in which direction is it most likely to occur?"

"south!"

Tan Dexi blurted out without thinking.

Since last year, the Anlang people in southern my country have been treacherous and rebellious, engaging in frantic provocations, oppression, and expulsion of Chinese nationals. They have also shot, killed, and injured our border guards and residents, causing hundreds of bloody incidents.

Relations between the two countries suddenly became very tense.

Even though Tan Dexi had been undergoing labor reform in a cadre school for the past two years, he was still able to learn about An Langguo's ungrateful and shameful behavior from newspapers and radio.

"Yes, teacher, I think so too."

"Monkeys are just like that. They only remember food but not punishment. After receiving so much selfless help from us, they change their attitude faster than turning the pages of a book."

"However, if a fight really breaks out, teacher, do you think we would have a firepower advantage in a close-quarters confrontation with the front-line infantry?"

Tan Dexi shook his head.

Although he was not the leader of the troops, as the chief engineer of the military factory, he was very familiar with the equipment situation of the army.

Below the company level, An Lang's infantry firepower held a clear advantage. The situation began to reverse at the battalion level, with our artillery firepower dominating at the division level. At the corps level, our artillery advantage became even more pronounced.

"So, I thought about developing a weapon like this that a single soldier could carry and could provide powerful fire suppression within 40 meters. Combined with the mm rocket launcher, our army's front-line infantry firepower configuration will have no shortcomings."

"Hmm, that's a good idea..."

Tan Dexi nodded and began to look through the information Liu Hongyi gave him. The more he read, the more shocked and excited he became.