20demayo Chapter 178 The opportunity for change has arrived
Chapter 178 The opportunity for change has arrived
As soon as Wan Xingbang arrived at the technical department, Director Yang rushed over. "Xiao Wan, I heard something happened last night, are you okay?" Director Yang asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Look, I'm fine, right?" Wan Xingbang said with a smile.
"But there are too many residents in the courtyard you live in now, which is not good for your safety. Consider moving to another place, or moving to a staff quarters, or living in a courtyard alone, which will better ensure your safety." Director Yang suggested.
Now that an accident has happened, we can no longer let you live in such a complicated place!
However, Wan Xingbang was reluctant to leave the courtyard. "I'm still used to where I am now."
For Wan Xingbang, moving can enhance security, but it may also result in the loss of privacy and secrets. He is worried that some of his secrets will be exposed.
Therefore, he was reluctant to move before making adequate preparations.
Director Yang understood his decision and did not force it. After all, Wan Xingbang was both his superior and his elder. "Okay!" Then, he added,
"But I have a small suggestion. I know you are very strong in combat, but you cannot guarantee that your opponent is unarmed. Next time you are in danger, if you feel threatened, do not try to fight the opponent in close combat. It is safest to solve the problem directly from a distance."
Wan Xingbang agreed with this and said that the situation last night was indeed a bit risky.
The most reliable strategy was undoubtedly to subdue Liu Guangtian immediately when he was unaware of his presence. After Director Yang left, Wan Xingbang resumed his scientific research work.
In accordance with the needs of the army, he not only had to develop a model, but also had to start designing new weapons. This model must be extremely low-cost, powerful, easy to operate, highly reliable, and able to adapt to various extreme environments. Multiple "as much as possible" requirements greatly increased the challenge of the design. In fact, he is no stranger to car manufacturing. For example, he had previously designed a top-level luxury bulletproof car that was superior in terms of safety, adaptability, and riding experience. Unfortunately, the price of this car was extremely high.
Military vehicles need to be suitable for mass production and must be manufactured at a low cost. Otherwise, the high cost will make the military budget unable to bear it. For any country, the cost of widely deployed equipment cannot be too high. High-end, advanced but expensive technical equipment is only suitable for a few cases or special environments.
“I got an idea!”
“Improving an existing transport truck.”
“Using special steel to make the chassis provides a certain level of protection.”
“Improving the suspension so it can handle different types of terrain.”
"It is fully mechanized and does not require any electronic equipment, except for communication equipment. This makes the structure simpler and more reliable."
Wan Xingbang quickly started designing, based on his belief that the reliability of mechanical equipment is inversely proportional to its complexity. Machines with overly complex structures have a higher chance of failure. Therefore, while the design meets functional requirements, it strives to simplify the structure.
After forming a preliminary plan, the design process became smoother. He completed the design work in less than an hour. If it were someone else, even with a design team, the whole process might take months.
"The vehicle design is complete, the next step is the weapons."
"What they need is a precision long-range attack weapon with the longest possible range, similar to an improved version of the existing model, and with armor-piercing capabilities."
This is obviously an enhanced grenade launcher. "But ordinary howitzers are obviously not enough, and improvements must be made to the original design, including increasing the caliber and further optimizing the grenade." For him, designing weapons is much easier than designing cars.
He personally polished a seamless steel pipe that matched the specified grenade, and in about half an hour, he had produced a prototype of the required model. Except for the change in caliber, most of it was consistent with the ordinary model. It could not be used to launch conventional artillery shells, but it could launch special rifle grenades to achieve precise attacks on single targets. For example, if the rifle grenade was driven into the firing hole of the bunker,
Once inside the bunker, in the closed and narrow space, no enemy soldier on the same floor would be spared.
Back to the first fitter workshop in the steel rolling mill, the scene was replayed to the morning. Jia Dongxu was standing outside the workshop door.
"Stop, Jia Dongxu, who asked you to come over?" Two young men stopped Jia Dongxu.
"You two dare to block my way?" Jia Dongxu was very angry.
Those two young men were new students who had joined this venue in the last six months.
Seeing that the two were new employees and seemed to have no background, Jia Dongxu relied on his status as a senior employee to bully them and frequently create trouble.
And now,
These two newcomers actually dared to stop him.
Jia Dongxu decided to teach them a lesson.
"Jia Dongxu, have you forgotten your identity?"
"You cheated on the test yesterday, and Director Yang decided on the spot to transfer you to logistics. What are you still doing in the workshop?"
"You no longer belong here, leave now!" When Jia Dongxu was blocked,
Some bystanders gathered around and made sarcastic remarks about him.
Jia Dongxu was stunned for a moment, then he reacted.
I came to the wrong place.
It wasn't his fault.
He was assigned to a workshop when he first entered the steel mill, and over the years he had already formed a natural habit.
No need to think or identify the path to enter the factory.
Even with eyes closed, I can walk straight to the workshop door.
Completely humiliated, Jia Dongxu turned and left.
Rushing to the logistics department to report.
In the workshop,
Yi Zhonghai saw the movement outside the door and Jia Dongxu leaving.
"Alas, Dongxu has been assigned to the logistics department. I'm afraid his life will be difficult."
"Cheating is a sham. Even if I am transferred back to the workshop in the next few months, I will probably be demoted to an apprentice and it will be difficult to restore my original status."
"Can I still rely on him for my future livelihood?"
"Not only is he useless, but that shrew Jia Zhang is even more unreasonable. Maybe I should consider finding someone else to take care of my later years?"
Yi Zhonghai was hesitant.
Someone once advised him against it, but he did not take it to heart and was unwilling to easily give up his support for the Jia family.
But at this moment,
He had to start re-evaluating this decision.
Just when Yi Zhonghai was filled with sorrow,
Yan Jiecheng seemed extremely excited.
As the first batch of trainees, he and the other 599 technicians attended the ideological and political work meeting in the morning and will officially start their study career in the afternoon.
End of the meeting,
Walk out of the large conference room with everyone.
"Do you think we can be as powerful as Minister Wan in the future?" a colleague asked hopefully.
Everyone in the factory knows that Wan Xingbang, the director of the technical department, is a legend. Since he entered the steel mill, he has made many amazing inventions.
Starting from small electric fans to bicycles, motorcycles, and even bulletproof cars, the limits of workers' cognition have been challenged time and time again.
The technical workers in the factory admire Wan Xingbang very much.
"Don't dream. I'll be satisfied if I can learn one thousandth of the knowledge of Ten Thousand Ministers." Another student responded indifferently.
Yan Jiecheng nodded slightly. Indeed.
How difficult it is to become a new Wanxing country! It is as difficult as ascending to heaven!
In addition to hard study, you also need sufficient talent!
"Jiecheng, I heard that you live in the same community as Minister Wan. Did he tell you some secrets?" A colleague who was on good terms with Yan Jiecheng asked quietly and took him aside.
Although they lived in the same compound, Minister Wan was extremely busy at work, and sometimes they could not meet for several days in a row, let alone talk. Thinking of Yan Fugui's reminder in the morning, Yan Jiecheng had an idea. After his colleagues in the factory learned that he and Wan Xingbang lived in the same compound, someone must have wanted to contact Minister Wan through him to get some inside information. But Yan Fugui had specifically warned that no matter who asked about Wan Xingbang's affairs, they must resolutely not know anything, and even if they were close, they could not reveal anything.
That afternoon, Yan Jiecheng and several other people went to a large workshop specially set up for technician training. This workshop could accommodate 600 trainees. The equipment in the workshop was all new high-precision machine tools, without a single old model. "Look, Director Yang is here too. Is he here for inspection?" someone whispered. "You are out of date. He is here to learn, too. Like us, he is a trainee for technical training." "Impossible?"
Indeed, although his learning objectives and requirements are different from ours. He has his own responsibilities, and participating in this study is mainly to better understand the technology and future work needs, while we need to be deeply familiar with and master the technology. "This is really unexpected. Being able to study with Director Yang will give me something to talk about when I go out in the future!"
When it was time for class, Wan Xingbang walked into the workshop. "Hello, teacher!" The students greeted one after another. Although everyone was not acting in unison under a neat command, the greetings were still clearly audible. "Hello, students!" Wan Xingbang responded briefly and looked around the room. "Among these 600 students, I don't know how many will eventually become real technicians. However, every qualified technician will be an important member of my team."
"In addition, those who perform well in this training class will have the opportunity to be selected to enter my institute for further studies. Of course, this is a matter of selecting the best from the best." Most of the others will still work in the factory after passing the assessment, but their positions will be different. "Today, we are gathered here, marking the opportunity to transform from ordinary workers to technicians."
"However, taking part in the training does not mean that you will definitely become a technician. I will teach without reservation and will be equally fair and strict in the assessment. I don't want to lower the standards in any way." "If you come here just to get by, then now I will give you a chance to leave. You can withdraw without any harm and there will be no punishment."