Li Shilong is not a lonely man like Hu Fei, there is a big faction standing behind him, and Deputy Commander Li is organized and has allies. As soon as he spoke, the generals of the Third Army and even the Fifth Army spoke out in support one after another, and those who said cool things just now immediately lost their voices.

"Commander Hu, if you have any good ideas, you can come up with them. As long as it is really useful to the officers and soldiers on the front line, I believe that the commander of the guard will also support it strongly! ”

Li Shilong really has a lot of experience, and he brought in Wei Lihuang, the commander of the theater of operations, in a few sentences. On the contrary, what he said was not offensive. Since Hu Fei was able to follow Wei Lihuang in, it was obvious that the two had a good relationship, at least Chief Wei also appreciated him very much. Li Shilong is standing up to Hu Fei, in fact, he is also standing up for Wei Lihuang!

Sure enough, as soon as Li Shilong finished speaking, the chief of the guard sitting above spoke with a smile, "What Deputy Army Commander Li said is very right, if you have any ideas in the sky, it doesn't matter if it is not appropriate." As I said earlier, you can speak freely today. ”

Wei Lihuang seemed to feel Li Shilong's kindness, and praised the helper as soon as he opened his mouth. Li Shilong nodded at the head of the guard with a smile, and swept away the few people who said strange things just now with a proud face, those few had a calm face and lowered their heads, and no one looked at him.

A few simple sentences led to a secret contest, and the severity of the factional struggle in the national army can also be seen. With Chief Wei's encouragement and Li Shilong's support, Hu Fei naturally couldn't retreat, "Chief Wei, everyone, what I just wanted to talk about is not armor. Although the armor worn by ancient generals had a protective function, it was not suitable for today's war use. Most directly, armor does not protect against shells! ”

"I heard that during the earthquake, someone escaped by hiding under the table of the Eight Immortals and under the bed. The table is earthquake proof, and it should also provide some protection against shelling or bullets. What is missing is just the material. Naturally, a wooden table cannot withstand the bombardment of shells and the penetration of bullets, but what if it is replaced with a table made of iron? ”

"When the Japanese artillery shells came, the soldiers hid under the iron table, which must have been safer than lying on the spot. If the people below could carry the table and move, wouldn't it be much safer and more certain to attack the Japanese pillboxes in the future? ”

"That's right! Even if you can't block the shells, as long as you can block the bullets, the iron table is fully equipped with the function of excellent armor! The words were spoken by Li Shilong. He had already supported Hu Fei just now, and now of course he should stand up to the end!

"But how big is the iron table? If it's too small, I'm afraid the protection capacity is not enough, and if it's too big, the soldiers can't lift it, won't it only be a fixed cover? Someone questioned it again, but this time it was a question from a technical point of view, and naturally no one spoke out to fight back.

Hu Fei just had a flash of inspiration, and he only had a rough outline in his mind, and when others asked from a professional point of view, he immediately didn't know how to answer.

Just when Hu Fei opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, Chief Wei stepped forward to help him out of the siege, "These technical problems can be solved in the future, now it mainly depends on how about this idea?" Personally, I think there is some truth in the idea of the sky, what do you think? ”

He made a statement first, what else can others do? Regardless of whether they agreed with it or not, on the surface, all the generals present at the meeting voted in favor, and the matter was settled. The chief of the guard struck while the iron was hot and announced the appointment of Hu Fei as the chief engineer of the Infantry Armor Research and Development Division.

Of course, outsiders will not object to this nominal title, this is appointed by the commander of the guard himself, who will be idle and have nothing to do with the commander of the theater of operations?

Next, we discussed some topics that were important to others, but meaningless to Hu Fei. At the end of the meeting, Chief Wei asked the officer in charge of logistics in the Chief's Department to arrange two guest rooms for Hu Fei and his attaché, and pointed out a colonel officer surnamed Bai to tell Hu Fei that he could ask Director Bai for help in any problems he encountered in life and work in the future.

With the order of the commander of the guard, Hu Fei temporarily stayed in the headquarters of the commander of the first theater. The conditions of the theater commander's department are not to be said, whether it is the dormitory or the food, it is a big grade higher than when Hu Fei was in the army.

Zhang Yayi and Feng Yi, the two so-called attachés, also followed Hu Fei to enjoy the preferential treatment of the Governor's Department. However, Feng Yi is a busy man. After taking care of the dormitory and having a meal with Hu Fei, Miss Feng took Zhang Nuxia to visit Luoyang City, leaving Hu Fei alone to the theater headquarters.

The so-called theater armor research and development department is actually a brand-new department set up by Wei Lihuang temporarily, and there are no directors and personnel, and all the personnel who have been developed at present add up to Hu Fei and the two service soldiers assigned to him.

Of course, since it is a department set up by the chief himself, there are naturally people who are concerned about staffing. Hu Fei only stayed in his dormitory for most of the day, and early the next morning, Director Bai led a group of people to report to Chief Engineer Hu.

The dozen or so people who came included experts in all aspects of weapons research and development: guns and artillery manufacturing experts from arsenals, sharpshooters and excellent gunners, welding experts, and a blacksmith who had been passed down for three generations. In short, all Hu Fei can think of has corresponding talents. Director Bai also said that if there are not enough talents in any area, he will be responsible for going to Chief Engineer Hu to network talents.

The talents are here, so what else do you have to say, let's do it! Hu Fei first asked the blacksmith and the welding expert to work together to build an iron table, and the style was made according to the Eight Immortals table.

The Chinese Teacher's Eight Immortals Table has four legs, is square in shape, and is mostly made of hardwood. The Eight Immortals Table made of wood is heavy enough, and it is made of pure iron, needless to say, the weight is a lot heavier.

It took three days for an iron-clad table of eight immortals to appear in front of Hu Fei. This iron table is really good, flat and stable, and there are some simple patterns at the junction between the table legs and the tabletop, which definitely looks sturdy and durable.

When Hu Fei saw the iron table, his heart was not only not happy, but became heavy. If the iron table in front of you is used as a table, it must not be said, it is estimated that it will be fine for decades or even a hundred years, but if you let the soldiers carry it to war, this guy will be too heavy, right?

Sure enough, let the four strong soldiers get under the table to carry it, and the four people only had the strength to lift the iron table less than a foot, and barely took two steps before throwing it to the ground with a "bang". The six men barely walked less than fifty paces carrying the iron table, and by the time the six soldiers came out from under the table, their faces were red and sweaty.