"It's been a long time since you've inspected the factory, boss. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Claude said to Qin Lang.

"Oh, you know, I've been commanding the army in China." Qin Lang stretched out his hands and pretended to complain to the head of his new weapon research department, "The Philippines, China, there are dozens of times more troubles that need to be solved than I imagined. ”

Claude and the technicians around him all burst out laughing. A young boy asked, "Boss, how does it feel to be a general?" ”

"Not bad, man." Qin Lang turned to him and nodded thoughtfully, "Straight uniforms, shiny riding boots, dazzling stars, and beautiful medals, such outfits can quickly attract the attention of ladies anywhere - so soldiers want to be generals." ”

The laughter has gotten louder, drawing more people from their posts.

Claude glanced at the gathered crowd, then half-jokingly said, "You should be wearing your general's uniform when you come here, so you can draw everyone's attention, boss." ”

Someone shouted in agreement.

However, Qin Lang stiffened his face. "What are you guys talking about? Gentlemen, are you ladies, and why should I attract your attention? ”

"We want to know about you, boss." Someone shouted.

"Then you should go to the newspaper, which says more about me than I know."

The technicians who had gathered laughed even more violently - to a large extent, these people reacted just to curry favor with Qin Lang, but on the other hand, they did feel very ridiculous - the technicians laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed until Qin Lang stopped them.

"Alright, gentlemen, the easy time is over, please go back to your post and continue your work." He said. This time, his voice returned to serious and calm mode, and there was even a hint of imperceptible sternness. Everyone sprang into action and quickly returned to their positions, leaving only Claude.

When they were all back in their places, Claude said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "You seem to be in a good mood, boss." ”

Qin Lang did not deny it. "No, Mr. Claude, I'm in a good mood indeed." He turned to look at him, "You should know why. ”

Claude nodded, but said nothing.

"Of course, I admit that my performance is completely contrary to my image," Qin Lang continued, "but sometimes, we also need to change and inject new content into our lives." ”

Claude nodded again, still saying nothing.

"How is the design of the new weapon going?" Qin Lang asked.

Of course, this is his real purpose - as the supreme ruler of a company, Qin Lang will never inspect the weapons research department just because of a sudden whim, let alone just to inject new content into his life - in fact, for him this is unnecessary, Qin Lang is not the kind of person who is willing to change himself, he will only change the surrounding environment, force others to accept and get used to him.

Claude knew this, so much so that he thought for a moment that Qin Lang's performance was an illusion that confused him and made him let his guard down—what made him feel fortunate and relaxed was that it was not an illusion, and that he was ready to answer any questions.

"The mortar division has completed the refinement of sixty-millimeter and eighty-one-millimeter mortars, increased accuracy and increased their range to two thousand one hundred yards and three thousand four hundred yards, and now we are improving the one hundred and twenty millimeter mortar, trying to increase its range to six thousand six hundred yards." Claude replied respectfully, like a priest serving his God.

However, his response did not satisfy Qin Lang - his eyebrows immediately furrowed. "Just improvements?"

Improvement was not the result he needed. While improving an old product is just as important as developing a new one, the value of a company's new product research department should be questioned if it has improved only two old products in close to a year, and the improvement of the third old product has not been completed.

As the head of the department, Claude should have known this and should have shown him the new product - but he let him down.

"What's your explanation, Mr. Claude?" Qin Lang asked sternly.

Claude's heart began to beat faster, but his tone was still calm. "I'm sorry, boss. But there was a serious disagreement in my department about the direction of research on new weapons, with some wanting to develop a larger caliber weapon, others wanting to reduce the caliber and make it more suitable for infantry carrying. Until now, we still don't have a consensus. ”

"That's not a valid reason, Mr. Claude." Qin Lang's dissatisfaction became even stronger, "You are the person in charge, and in your description, I don't see your decision-making effect. ”

"My decision is to develop two weapons at the same time, boss." Claude replied.

"It turns out that progress on both new weapons is slow, isn't it?" Qin Lang began to wonder if appointing Claude as the head of the new weapons development department was the right decision...... Of course, it's not too late to correct this mistake.

Qin Lang began to select the right person to replace Claude.

At the same time, he was listening to Claude's arguments. "It's not all slow. To be precise, almost no progress has been made in the development of a mortar of one hundred and sixty mm caliber...... However, we have already built about fifteen prototypes of two-inch pocket mortars. ”

Qin Lang suspended the selection work. "You've got fifteen prototypes?"

"Yes. And the first batch of five mortars has already carried out four firing experiments, firing two hundred shells, but the results are not satisfactory. ”

"What are the metrics and test results you've developed?"

"The length of the barrel of the gun is twenty-one inches, the weight does not exceed twenty-two pounds, and the maximum range of a two-point-and-two-pound grenade is 500 yards, which is the design index." Claude slowly recalled the boring data, "but the actual result was that the gun weighed twenty-nine pounds, and the range of the shells was only four hundred yards. ”

"It's really bad, Mr. Claude." Qin Lang thought for a moment, "However, I allow you to improve it." But be careful, it's only for a month. He warned, "If you and your department can't bring this weapon up to design standards within a month, I'll replace you with someone more suitable." ”

"I understand, boss." Claude breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Lang allowed his department to continue to improve that weapon, and he remained in his original position, which was the best result he hoped for. As for that deadline, it is only a small meaning, and it will take less than a month for a new mortar to meet the standard.

Thank God, he thought, the difficult times were finally over.

Claude's reaction failed to escape Qin Lang's gaze. He chuckled to himself, and then said: "As for the other new product developed by your department, the 160-millimeter mortar, I have asked to complete the development work within two months. ”

Claude's freshly fallen heart lifted again. "But, boss—"

He wanted to argue that his department's technical strength was not enough to complete the design of a heavy artillery piece in two months, and there was another month that needed to be used to perfect the two-inch caliber pocket mortar and make it meet the design standards, but Qin Lang did not give him any chance.

"Don't try to argue, Mr. Claude." He said in a tone of non-questionable tone, "This is my order, and you must complete it." ”

Helplessly, Claude could only accept this order and salute a military salute. "Yes, boss." After a pause for a few seconds, he tentatively asked, "Can I leave and deliver your orders?" ”

"Nope." Qin Lang rejected his request, "Follow me, let's go to Browning." ”

Still with no choice, Claude could only follow him towards the most important department of the Great Viper Weapons Company.

For him, it was a long way to go - although Browning's small arms development department was in the same building as Claude's department and was separated by only one wall, it was only a superficial phenomenon. If Claude wanted to walk from his office to Browning's office, he had to go down three floors, out of the door, go around in a circle to enter another door in the building, and then climb three more floors - the two research departments were completely separated, as required by the Security Division of the Ministry of the Interior.

This request also made Qin Lang feel strange, but he didn't ask Lawrence. Fisborne's decision to express any opinion, so that this state of complete isolation will continue; Of course, since he did not ask for a change in the status quo, it means that now he has to repeat that complicated process in order to meet the American gunsmiths.

To be precise, the shadow of a gunsmith. Browning locked himself in his office, apparently not intending to come out and welcome his boss.

"What's going on?" Qin Lang asked.

"It's the principle of constant recoil that you came up with, boss." Novotny replied, "Mr. Browning has been trying to complete a new gun with this principle, but so far he has not received a satisfactory result." ”

"Really?" Qin Lang was a little surprised: he remembered that the letter was a few months ago, and Browning hadn't finished a design that satisfied him?

He shook his head. "Who knows why?"

"It is said that none of the designs can meet the requirements of a one-handed grip shot."

"Is it because of the weight?"

"That's true." Novotny nodded. "They're all on the heavy side."

"It is impossible for the parts made by the milling process to meet the weight requirements, and the parts must be manufactured using a new process......" Then Qin Lang realized that he was talking too much.

But now realizing that a little too late, Novotny and the others had heard it and were interested. "What's the new process?"

Qin Lang could only patch his speech. "I don't know yet, but what is certain is that the existing production process does not meet the requirements, a new process must be used, or ......"

"Or what?"

"Use small-caliber bullets." He said, "Abandon the .308 rifle cartridge and use the .223 caliber carbine cartridge." ”

"But that's impossible, boss." Almost immediately, Novotny objected, "If .223 caliber carbine cartridges were used, the effective range of the new gun would be drastically reduced, which would be extremely inappropriate for suppressive and support weapons." The machine gun had to use .308 rifle cartridges. ”

"We can try, Mr. Novotny."

"I don't understand what you mean, boss?" The designer replied, as if he wanted to reject Qin Lang's suggestion - but in his heart, he welcomed it very much. If the world's first firearm that applied the principle of constant recoil could be completed before Browning...... Novotny is looking forward to that accolade.

"You know what I mean, Mr. Novotny, I ask you to design a new machine gun that fires .223 caliber carbine cartridges and applies the principle of constant recoil." After a pause, Qin Lang raised his voice, "This is an order, not a suggestion." ”

That's great. Novotny swallowed quietly, but his reply was, "But I'm working on a semi-automatic rifle that fires .308 caliber rifle rounds, maybe you can leave this task to someone else......"

"Suspend your work, Mr. Novotny." Qin Lang changed to a commanding tone, "Now start completing my request." ”

"Alright, boss, I'll do what you ask." The designer replied reluctantly, full of joy. However, after a moment of rejoicing, he finally remembered the gunsmith who was still in his office. "What about Mr. Browning's design work? Need to continue? ”

"No, I have a new job for him."

Yes, new work. Since Browning had encountered some trouble in developing a machine gun that applied the principle of constant recoil, Qin Lang felt that he should change his job to relax his brain and mood and eliminate the anxiety caused by failure; And he happens to have a new job for him.

A .50 caliber machine gun. Qin Lang thought that Browning would like the idea.

He's going to love the idea. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )