Therefore, Chen Yaoyang also knew that the newly formed general-purpose machine gun development team needed to show the courage to develop the Type 50 automatic rifle and make bold innovations.

But the problem is that if you want to innovate, you must also have a target, just like copying a picture scroll, how can you draw without a template, and how can you dare to say that there are good and bad things without a picture, and today's general-purpose machine gun is this truth.

Bai Yi is not shackled by Chen Yaoyang and others, as a military expert who has traveled through his previous life, the general-purpose machine gun, an infantry support weapon, not to mention having seen it, has personally dismantled it repeatedly no less than three or four times.

Because of this, Bai Yi is well aware of the internal structure of the general-purpose machine gun, and it is not too difficult to re-outline a new, simpler and more reliable general-purpose machine gun while fully inheriting the advantages of the MG42.

Bai actually has a general direction in his heart, and the reason why he didn't take it out directly is because he's a "smart woman" who is really difficult to cook without rice.

Again, without the right materials and equipment, even the best design is useless.

After all, the requirements of machine guns are higher than those of ordinary automatic rifles, and the high-intensity continuous shooting not only brings far more recoil to the gun body than the rifle, but also brings unimaginable high temperature and high pressure to the barrel.

The material of the machine gun is required to not only withstand the strong impact force, but also to have quite excellent compressive and high temperature resistance, as for the production process, it is necessary to keep improving, especially the manufacture of the bolt, which is quite fine, otherwise the slightest missing, the machine gun will have unpredictable failures, and even cause the tragedy of gun destruction and death.

The Baiyun Plant is capable of producing automatic rifles, even small-caliber mortars and recoilless guns, but it still does not meet the requirements for the production of machine guns, especially general-purpose machine guns with high flexibility.

For this reason, Bai Yi did not think of a way, and even paid attention to the Soviets, preparing to exchange some of the technology accumulated by the Baiyun Factory in recent years for advanced equipment from the Soviet Union.

However, Kvashinin, who served as the chief engineer of the Baiyun Factory, was too indecisive, that is, he didn't look at the technology given by the Baiyun Factory, and he didn't agree to Bai Yi's request, so he kept dragging it out.

As for the chief technical adviser Repin, he himself had a lot of opinions about Bai Yi, not to mention clearly rejecting Bai Yi's request, and openly laughing at Bai Yi for being really incompetent.

One turned a blind eye, the other simply dismantled the platform directly, and the attitude of the two Soviet aid experts stationed in the Baiyun Factory doomed Bai Yi's equipment introduction road to be uneven.

In desperation, Bai Yi could only apply to his superiors, but the equipment ordering index of Baiyun Factory had been planned as early as the beginning of the year, and it was impossible to change it. In desperation, Bai Yi drafted a report on the exchange of technology and equipment, and hoped that his superiors would understand the difficulties of the Baiyun Plant and implement the urgently needed equipment as soon as possible.

After more than three months, not to mention the instructions for equipment purchase, there was no minimum routine reply, Bai Yi also found a lot of reasons to inquire about the report, and the answers were varied, but the meaning was ever-changing, that is, the current problem is more complicated, and I hope they Baiyun Factory will still be based on reality.

What is the complicated situation, what is based on reality, in the vernacular, that is something that even the superiors can't handle, and you Baiyun Factory is daydreaming of where.

After getting such a result, Bai Yi's heart can be said to be half cold, and for a while, it was very similar to dismissing the general-purpose machine gun project, so as not to be useless.

It can be considered that on the Korean battlefield, the deployment of light and heavy machine guns of the volunteer infantry in the battle against the US army was too cumbersome, and it also invisibly caused a lot of pressure on logistics.

More importantly, in mobile warfare, the light machine gun firepower of ordinary infantry squads and platoons is limited, and the heavy machine gun firepower of companies and battalions is there, but the quality is too heavy, and it is difficult to keep up with the pace of advance of the front-line infantry, which makes it difficult for the infantry who rush forward to get strong and reliable fire cover, resulting in a lot of casualties in the process of moving and attacking.

If the front-line infantry of the Volunteer Army at that time could be equipped with general-purpose machine guns to raise the suppressive firepower of squads and platoons to a higher level, although casualties could not be avoided, it was certain that the flexibility of combat would be greatly improved, thereby reducing unnecessary sacrifices.

Because of this, Bai Yi gritted his teeth and did not get off the general-purpose machine gun project, but kept it in the name of theoretical research, on the one hand, he continued to look for ways to obtain equipment, and on the other hand, he should exercise talents.

But the reality is still cruel!

"Lao Bai, I don't know if I should say it or not!"

Looking at Bai Yi who was staring at the design drawing, Chen Yaoyang gritted his teeth and finally spoke again, this is just that this time it is not about specific things, but the words that have been held in his heart these days.

Feeling the change in Chen Yaoyang's mood, Bai Yi tilted his head slightly: "Do we two still have to hide?" What's straight to say! ”

"Since the Soviet Union is ready to provide some weapons and equipment production technology, in my opinion, we should focus on this aspect first, after all, both the superiors and the factory attach more importance to this area, so ......"

Chen Yaoyang didn't say the rest of the words, but Bai Yi understood that he wanted to say that he wanted to temporarily suspend the general-purpose machine gun project, even if Chen Yaoyang didn't say it today, during this time, rumors similar to the general-purpose machine gun dismount had already spread in Baiyun Factory.

In fact, it is not only the general-purpose machine gun, Bai Yi said that several projects initiated by the Baiyun Factory since returning from North Korea have been questioned without exception, the reason is very simple, as the chief technical adviser of the Soviet Union in the Baiyun Factory, Repin has made it clear that the Soviet Union will provide the Baiyun Factory with some weapons and equipment production technology in accordance with the Sino-Soviet agreement, so as to require the Baiyun Plant to complete the Soviet-style transformation as soon as possible.

After all, during this period, the Soviet Union was not only a comrade and a brother, but also an out-and-out teacher and sage.

The whole country has already formed an atmosphere of taking the Soviet Union as a teacher, and being able to get technical support from the Soviet side is not an honor that ordinary factories can get.

It stands to reason that the Baiyun Factory, which has completed the transformation of German-style machinery, has not been included in the key units of Soviet technology support by the superiors, but has only been equipped with a few technical advisers from the Soviet side to train the talent team.

Unexpectedly, the Soviet Union offered to help the Baiyun Factory, which was tantamount to a surprise for the Baiyun Factory!