After confirming this matter, Philip was finally relieved, and only a small amount of aluminum alloy could be smelted in the laboratory of the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which could be used for experimental processing and various strength tests and installation test flights, but it was still necessary to rely on Bofors for mass production.

Carl suddenly sighed: "Philip, if you leave, the development of our Vulcan machine gun has come to a standstill, on the one hand, no one can take on this important task, and secondly, the technical requirements of this Vulcan cannon are indeed too demanding, and it is really difficult for our factory processing equipment to manufacture parts that meet the design requirements." Let's take the barrels as an example, we tried to process more than a dozen barrels, but in the final measurement, all of them did not meet the accuracy requirements. Moreover, the life requirements of the barrel are high, and I am afraid that it will not meet the requirements with the current processing technology! ”

Philip nodded, "That's true. The Vulcan cannon has very high requirements for the accuracy of the barrel, otherwise the dispersion area of the shells fired will be larger. That's why I said that in less than three years, I won't be able to come out at all, that is, considering the current level of our technology. However, I have heard that there is a cold forging process, which can improve the plastic deformation of the material and make the metal structure more dense when forging the small-caliber barrel, and the diameter tolerance of the male wire is small after radial rotation, and the rifle and the chamber can be forged at the same time, so that the shape of the blank is flat or has a certain taper. The blank is axially fed at the same time, and the consistency is good. ”

Karl stood up in amazement and said, "Oh, it's the first time I've heard of it! Where exactly is this equipment? I think this kind of cold forging is also suitable for the manufacture of gun barrels, if our assault rifle barrels use this process, the quality and cost should be optimized, tell me, where to sell this equipment! ”

Philip said calmly: "Mr. Karl, don't worry! This kind of cold forging machine is only new, and it is the research result of the German company Steyr. However, this equipment is probably very expensive and will not be sold easily. ”

Karl frowned and said meaningfully, "No matter how expensive it is, I want to get this kind of equipment in my hands." The development of the Vulcan machine gun must be carried out, and this will be another big money-making weapon in the future. ”

Philip sighed: "Yes, I single-handedly promoted the Vulcan project, although I don't have the energy to continue the research of this project now, but I will always monitor its progress, if there is any problem I will definitely find a way to solve it." The barrel of the Vulcan cannon has high precision requirements, and it is a deep hole processing that is very difficult to process. The finesse and difficulty of deep hole machining lies in the depth. In the process of deep hole machining, the operator cannot directly observe the cutting and other processes. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the processing is carried out with a high degree of precision. Moreover, slender pipe fittings are also prone to bending and deformation during processing. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to process. Because the quality of the bore processing of the barrel is closely related to the shooting accuracy, life and safety of the whole gun. Therefore, the dimensional tolerance, bending, roughness and other aspects of the processed are extremely high. It can be said that deep hole processing is a prominent feature of artillery manufacturing technology that is different from ordinary machinery manufacturing. And the Vulcan cannon is the king of cannons, which is naturally even more difficult. ”

Karl stood up and said to Philip with a smile: "Philip, let's go, I'll take you to see our company's assault rifle production line, I think you will be surprised after reading it!" ”

"Oh, is it? I'd like to see how busy the production of Gungnir assault rifles really is! I've heard that we've got hundreds of thousands of orders, right? Philip also stood up and prepared to go to the factory in Bofors.

Karl took his secretary with him, got into his special car with Philip, and headed for the Bofors factory in the province of Immerland.

The distance between the two places was still relatively long, and it took three or four hours to reach by car, so Carl and Philip began to talk about their current situation and the international situation in the car again.

Karl said heavily: "The current European countries are really in crisis! Many factories have closed down, and the number of unemployed people is still increasing, although our munitions industry has not been affected for the time being, but I am worried that the economic crisis will continue, the currency will depreciate, and the money we make will become waste paper. ”

Philip looked at the rapidly falling trees outside the car window and sighed, "I hope Mr. Carr's worries will not come true, but I am worried that the whole world will be in turmoil again, and the smoke that has just dissipated may be filled again." As an arms dealer, of course, I wish this was the case, but it is always the broad masses of toiling people who suffer, and history will not be transferred by the will of man, and it is better that weapons should never be used! ”

Karl also sighed: "It was a cruel war, but it is impossible for a country to be involved even if it does not want to participate. You can fight with the world, but there are always people who want to invade others, and only with strong military strength and weapons can they defend themselves. By the way, how is your aircraft factory progressing now? ”

Philip turned his head and said with a smile: "The progress of the project is still quite fast. After several months of construction, the office building, apartments and other supporting facilities of the factory are basically completed, and the plant is basically completed, as long as the machinery and equipment are installed, it can be put into production. Only facilities such as airstrips and hangars will take a few months to be fully built. Of course, we are preparing to produce torque converter propellers and turbochargers in the early stage, so this requires Bofors to provide a large number of aluminum alloy plate and bar raw materials before we can start working! ”

Karl laughed, "Of course, and you're also a shareholder of the company." The hot sales of the Gungnir assault rifle can provide our company with a huge profit, which is just right to invest in the aluminum alloy production line, as well as the research and development of the Vulcan cannon. Now, the Gungnir assault rifle is selling for $80 a piece, which is quite a staggering profit! It's all your work, Philip! ”

Philip was surprised: "What, it can be sold for 80 dollars, which is nearly twice as expensive as a Mauser rifle, can these countries accept it?"

Karl laughed: "I also wonder that now that the whole world is in an economic crisis, these countries are buying weapons at any cost, maybe they are expanding their armaments, or our Gungnir assault rifle is really good, and it is worth the price!" ”

Philip touched his nose and asked, "It's gone up so much, so does the Chinese side still buy our Gungnir assault rifles?" That's a poor country. ”

Karl stared at Philip and joked, "Philip, you care about that beautiful Chinese female officer!" Honestly, do you two have any personal affairs? ”

Philip was embarrassed by Karl's question, and said, "What's the matter!" I really care about the sales of Gungnir assault rifles, in a poor country like China, I think it is better to sell at a low price, after all, the price is too high they can't afford it, and it would be a pity to lose such customers! ”

Karl put away his smile and said: "Actually, I have already considered this, and the price of selling to China is only a symbolic increase of 5 US dollars, but after they received the first batch of Gungnir assault rifles, they felt that it was a waste of bullets, plus financial reasons, so the second batch only ordered 20,000 units, and the plan of 300,000 units was postponed indefinitely." ”