However, Bai Yi didn't seem to see Wang Xiaodong's pale face, and then said: "I said before that the 50-style structure is not suitable for fully automatic shooting, especially automatic precision shooting, so we must not only change, but also change it thoroughly, and change it to a final word!" ”

Bai Yi's words can be described as loud, in fact, the follow-up development plan for the Type 50 automatic rifle has long been brewing in Bai Yi's mind, but several trips to the Soviet Union and North Korea interrupted this plan.

In fact, the Type 50 automatic rifle was developed by Bai Yi with reference to the classic Belgian FAL rifle, and because of this, the Type 50 has the same excellent performance of the FAL rifle, but the inevitable defects are also inherited.

That is, the overall weight of the firearm, the recoil of the burst shot is large, and the accuracy is very unsatisfactory, no way, who made the FAL rifle originally a compromise gun caused by the stalemate between the full-power bullet and the intermediate power bullet, so its defects are doomed, that is, to use the full-power rifle bullet to achieve the automatic firing ability of the assault rifle, which is the biggest mistake in itself.

Because of this, despite the ability of the FAL rifle to fire automatically, soldiers are more likely to use its semi-automatic function.

The same is true of the Type 50, the recoil when shooting with automatic settings is very large, and it is difficult for fighters to grasp, and in desperation, many fighters would rather choose semi-automatic than use the automatic fire function.

In this way, the advantage of the Type 50 is gone, because the 6.5mm ammunition he uses has not yet reached the real maturity, and there are many shortcomings in both power and range, and if in fully automatic mode, the dense rain of bullets can also make up for the lack of performance.

However, once the automatic mode cannot be implemented and can only be used to fight in a semi-automatic way, the Type 50 is not comparable to the M1 Garand of the US Army in terms of power and range; And in terms of reliability and accuracy, it is a level lower than the Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle.

Except for a little more bullets in the magazine to ensure a longer continuous combat time, it is completely inferior to the classic semi-automatic rifles of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Therefore, even if the Baiyun Plant does not improve the Type 50, it will be replaced by the Type 56 gun group composed of SKS semi-automatic rifles and AK-47 assault rifles in a few years.

Because of this, although Bai Yi was also reluctant, he had to make up his mind to start over with the 50s.

Of course, Bai Yi can't tell everyone these reasons, after all, it is really incredible to assert what will happen in a few years, but Bai Yi also has his method, that is, the actual combat experience on the Korean battlefield: "The data I said earlier is only one of the many battlefield statistics of the Type 50 automatic rifle, and there are many others, I will not list them for you here, interested comrades can go to the data room to retrieve them after the meeting, but I am here today to talk about a very important conclusion drawn from the synthesis of these data." ”

As soon as they heard the word "conclusion", everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up, they were all experts in the military industry, and they were very aware of the importance of actual combat data to equipment, and even the theories that had been pressed in some aspects, so when they heard Bai Yi's conclusion, everyone knew that the real dry goods were finally here.

Sure enough, after Bai Yi wrote the words rifle, submachine gun and light machine gun on the blackboard with chalk, he turned around and tapped the handwriting on the blackboard heavily, and said loudly: "As we all know, since the fourth battle, our volunteer army has begun to rely more and more on logistics.

To this end, we try to simplify the types of ammunition as much as possible, and strive to achieve the unification of caliber, which does improve the efficiency of logistics operations, but is this really enough? The answer is obviously no, because logistics is not only about the transportation of ammunition, but also about the repair and maintenance of equipment, and the same is true in terms of firearms, but how well do we do in terms of firearms maintenance? ”

As he spoke, Bai Yi paused, his stern gaze swept over everyone present, stretched out three fingers, and said word by word: "Three words, it's bad!" ”

"How bad it is, let's just talk about the defensive battle of Neutron Mountain in the Tieyuan Blocking Battle, a reinforced company, after half a month of fierce fighting, the three main guns lost a total of more than 400 pieces, and in the end, the commanders and fighters had to capture the guns of the US army in order to maintain basic combat capability.

However, the maintenance and support personnel in our rear are very busy with this, because they have to repair three kinds of guns with different structures and combat effectiveness at the same time, and often one gun has sufficient accessories, while the accessories of the other gun are overstretched, so they have no choice but to give up, and the loss of this one alone is astronomical.

At the front line, the logistics units responsible for transportation are even more desperate, and the accessories of three different firearms need to be placed in three different transport carriages in different categories, which not only occupies the space for the transportation of precious ammunition, but also increases the burden on the transportation personnel.

But we can't help it, because we have three different guns, they are not compatible with each other, and they can't match, so we can only increase the burden of logistics and expand unnecessary losses on the battlefield. ”

When Bai Yi said this, he looked regretful and lonely, but the next moment he regained his strength, quickly drew a circle on the word "gun clan" with the chalk in his hand, raised his tone, and continued: "So we must develop the gun clan, and this is the reason why we must develop the gun clan.

The reason why the gun family is called a family is because they are based on a benchmark gun platform derived from different types of serialized firearms, they not only have the same caliber, but also the core of the firearm assembly must be the same, and except for a few accessories, most of the accessories can be used with each other and interchangeable at any time.

In this way, not only will our production areas be simplified, but the logistics of our troops will also be greatly improved, and more importantly, the combat capability of the frontline will also be strengthened.

Because after the formation of automatic rifles, squad light machine guns and general-purpose machine guns can be used with each other, the guns in the hands of soldiers have really become the building blocks of assembly, and a few damaged guns are a little together, and they are a good gun with outstanding combat effectiveness. ”

Hearing these words, the expressions of everyone in the audience could not help but be a little moved, and since the Korean War has been fought to the present, the pressure on the logistics of the volunteer army has long been well known to everyone, so how to simplify logistics in the field of equipment has become a difficult problem that military personnel cannot avoid.

It is conceivable that once this plan is realized, the logistical support of the Chinese army will inevitably be significantly enhanced, and the front-line troops in charge of operations will also receive more supplies, and the so-called "weekly offensive" will be broken.

Because of this, not to mention the enthusiastic young backbones in the field, even a slightly conservative old technician like Wang Dehua couldn't help but be moved, Bai Yi saw this, naturally he would not let go of this opportunity to make a final decision, patted the table, let everyone come back to their senses, and said categorically: "So, I announce today that the R&D project of our Baiyun Factory is on the ground!" ”

Suddenly, the passionate applause accompanied by Bai Yi's words suddenly sounded in the drawing room, and a new chapter was officially opened......