Mao Yi was not convinced, and let people say that Chairman Jiang failed to make achievements because the country was worried about internal and external troubles and great difficulties, and although the central government had many resources, it also had a large burden, so it could not be considered that Jiang was inferior to Yan.

"Then I'll make a bet with Sir, if we can make a more Haode rifle than the official in a month, how about Sir working for the people from now on?" , Hu Weidong wrote.

And Mao Yike's answer was, "If this is the case, even if the contemptible person is a small worker, he will not complain, but I am afraid that the general's words are exaggerated." ”

Since then, Mao Yike has been very peaceful, Hu Weidong did not send anyone to force in, and he did not have any radical actions, but just stayed patiently inside, and did not refuse the food and daily necessities sent by Hu Weidong, and he was not worried about Hu Weidong making trouble at all. For this reason, someone suggested to Hu Weidong to put some drugs in food, but Hu Weidong shook his head and refused, "It is difficult to establish credit, but it is very easy to destroy, we can't lose big because of small things." Moreover, Mr. Mao is familiar with the situation of factories and is himself an expert in firearms, so if he can join the revolution, it will be of great help to the military industry of our party and our army. ”

In order to complete the bet with Mao Yike, Hu Weidong left military affairs to personally preside over the research and development of new guns, Liu Ding and other Jishu backbones of the arsenal also devoted themselves to work without sleep and food, and the young Wu Yunduo will not let go of this rare learning opportunity, he is like a dry sponge greedily absorbing the knowledge and experience of his predecessors, and his skills and insights have made amazing and long progress.

Hu Weidong wanted to make the most classic AK47 at the beginning, and with the equipment conditions of the Gongxian Arsenal, there should be no problem, but considering China's poor bullet production capacity today, Hu Weidong finally chose the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle improved from the Soviet SKS semi-automatic rifle in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This type of gun has been used in history from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, during which it even squeezed out the Type 63 automatic rifle that replaced it and re-installed the regular PLA. In addition, with Liu Ding, an outstanding military expert in history, and the help of many outstanding Jishu workers, Hu Weidong only took three days to build the first prototype gun. Hu Weidong wanted to install a tactical guide rail on it at first, but he soon found that if he wanted to add this design, the design of the whole gun must also be adjusted, and he was afraid that it would be too late in time, and it was still the thirties of the twentieth century, and the domestic science and technology industry was extremely backward, and even a sight was extremely expensive, and the significance of the tactical guide rail was actually limited, but it would be very troublesome if it was learned by the devil, so Hu Weidong decisively abandoned this design that does not have much significance at present. It was not until a few years later that it was used on the Type 1 assault rifle, which was produced

But at present, the 7.62mm×39mm intermediate power bullet equipped with this rifle has not yet come out, Hu Weidong had to lead everyone to work overtime to transform the bullet production line, and finally rushed to produce a usable gun and ammunition half a day before the agreed date, this time Mao Yike finally had nothing to say, and obediently left the ammunition depot to wait for Hu Weidong's dispatch, but his face was full of joy and excitement, because he had returned to China for so many years, and now he finally saw the hope of the rise of China's military industry. Therefore, he can only say "sorry" to Chairman Jiang, who values himself very much

Although the quality of the special steel produced in Germany is better than that of the Soviet 50AE, 50AZ special steel, 30GrNi2MoVA alloy steel (bolt) and domestic substitutes 50BA gun steel and 30GrMnMoTiA alloy steel (bolt), the problem is that it cannot be produced domestically, and it has to rely on imports, not to mention the high price. And it was difficult to buy and transport into the Soviet zone. In order to avoid the fact that the arsenal would run out of rice after the stock of German special steel was used up, Hu Weidong decided to build a special steel factory, and at the same time try to purchase chrome ingots to meet the needs of chrome plating of some parts, so as to realize the complete localization of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle as soon as possible. …,

In addition, Hu Weidong also put forward the idea of building a "one-stop" military industrial system, in addition to vigorously building basic industries such as mining, quarrying, non-ferrous metallurgy (mainly copper, lead, and zinc), lime, cement, refractory materials, and ordinary glass, which are relatively relatively difficult, and also trying to solve the problem of supplying explosives, steel, and electricity.

Among them, sulfuric acid is the most important chemical raw material needed to make explosives, and although there is already a fuming sulfuric acid plant under construction in the "new factory" of the Gongxian Arsenal to produce chemicals, the plant uses sulfur as raw material, not to mention the high cost, and it has to be purchased in large quantities. Hu Weidong remembers that pyrite is abundant in this area, and as a substitute for sulfur as a material for making sulfuric acid, it is completely self-sufficient and the cost will be greatly reduced. But the use of pyrite as raw materials, it is necessary to use advanced boiling roasting jishu, fortunately, this jishu is advanced, but the process is not difficult, in the history of the 50s China can be independently developed successfully, with the conditions of Gongxian Arsenal, plus the guidance of Hu Weidong, the "prophet", there is no problem immediately. In addition to using cheap sulfur-containing minerals such as pyrite as raw materials for the production of sulfuric acid, the boiling roaster also has surprisingly low fuel requirements, and even the coal gangue, which is almost useless under normal circumstances, can be fully burned in the boiling furnace, thus further greatly reducing the cost, which has been more widely used in the construction of thermal power plants in the future.

It is worth mentioning that in the process of building the boiling roaster, Hu Weidong's understanding of the fluidization of Jishu in later generations was further deepened, and it was applied to a broader field, making the operation continuous, the production intensifying, and the process simplified, which made outstanding contributions to the development of many industrial sectors such as chemistry, petroleum, metallurgy, and atomic energy in China later

Note 1: Because the material process is easier to keep secret, the advanced countries can maintain their advantages for a long time, and those backward countries (excluding Germany and the United States in the early stage of their rise, because their scientific and technological level is very high at the beginning, and the gap is only in the total economy. Unless a large area of jishu is transferred, it will be almost impossible to significantly and comprehensively reduce the gap with the advanced countries in terms of materials. China in the 21st century has caught up with the advanced level of shijie in many fields, but the material is still far behind the West (China's engine is not good in the final analysis, it is also a material problem), there is an average gap of half a century, and Germany has always been the leader of material science, even Germany before World War II, in many aspects are stronger than China, which has later become a shijie factory, not to mention that the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is actually only a product of the World War II period, and it is normal for the material to be inferior to German goods, Of course, the price-performance ratio is another matter