At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the pickup truck finally arrived at the section of the road leading to the entrance of the consortium. When it was still seven or eight kilometers away from the consortium, Wang Ye suddenly noticed two small black spots in the sky.
Soon he discovered that there were actually two rotorcraft!
After seeing the pickup truck, one of them actually turned around and flew in the direction of the joint complex. It was obviously to send a message, while the other one also turned around and came to the side of the pickup truck. The next second, Wang Ye was stunned. !
I saw a red banner suddenly released from above, and then the banner unfolded in the air. It was pulled by the rotorcraft and flew with some kind of heavy object tied below. It was fluttering directly in the wind, and the white writing could be clearly seen.
"Warmly welcome the factory director home!"
Seeing this scene, Wang Ye couldn't help it anymore and laughed and cursed:
"Fuck! Whose idea was this? I've been gone for a few days, and the trend of formalism has increased!"
"Why do you still want to have such a useless welcome ceremony?"
"Am I an outsider? Do I need to be welcomed?"
Regarding Wang Ye's statement, Li Baojun, who was sitting next to him, said in a pretentious manner:
"This was done by our 'Executive Deputy Factory Director'. When the leader slams the table, we little soldiers have to figure it out!"
"If you agree unfavorably, you might get a kick in the butt. There's nothing you can do about it!"
"We also think that these formalisms are useless, but the leaders insist on doing this. They say that it is not easy for the factory to go overseas to get orders for us. Foreigners have sinister intentions and are not familiar with the place. They will definitely be hungry and thin. Go home. How can we not engage in rituals? It’s so cold and desolate!”
"No, we have no choice but to do this."
"Director, you must remove him from his post when you go back. He is such a partisan."
Before he finished speaking, Li Baojun was slapped on the back of the head by Wang Ye. Wang Ye smiled and nodded and said:
"Well done, I feel warm in my heart now, hahahaha!"
The executive deputy director Li Baojun refers to is naturally the old director. As the person who took charge of the whole factory after Wang Ye left, the pressure he has to bear is imaginable. After all, the scale of the current consortium is twenty times that of the former machinery factory. , more than thirty times!
If someone else does something like this, there is indeed a possibility of following the trend, but there is no need for the old factory director, he can only be happy!
"It's been cold recently. How is the old man? Do you have a cough?"
"I said I won't let him smoke. I haven't smoked much recently. Is he still smoking?"
Hearing Wang Ye's question, Li Baojun nodded and said:
"If you don't listen, you say you are finally living a good life, but if you don't seize the time to enjoy the blessings, won't it be fatal to quit smoking?"
“But overall, I smoked a lot less.”
Speaking of this, Li Baojun explained again with a smile:
"And this thing is not specially made to welcome you, the factory director. During the time you left, factory director, basically nothing big happened. We also carried out production step by step, but a little thing did happen. "
"A director from China Television came here. She was an older aunt named Yang Jie."
"She said that they were filming the TV series Journey to the West and saw our motorcycle rally. She thought our flying shooting method and technique were very good, so she came over with a letter of introduction and hoped to coordinate with us and ask if she could borrow one. Lend us our gyroplane."
"And they also showed us a trial episode, which was about the story of the Black Chicken Country. It was really good! The old factory director agreed on the spot and thought it was a good thing, but he couldn't lend them the gyroplane. After all, they didn't do it either. If you know how to operate it, we need to send one or two people over to help."
"But we can't send them there now. We have to test their requirements. Our rally is just aerial photography. They also want to do a trapeze, which is to hang people with ropes and fly under the rotorcraft. The old factory director thinks it's too dangerous. , let’s test it first.”
Wang Ye suddenly understood, smiled, nodded and said:
"It's indeed a good thing, but it would be even better if it could be written in the opening and closing credits that 'The Red Star Alliance assisted in flight shooting and aerialists'."
Hearing what Wang Ye said, Li Baojun, who was driving, smiled and said:
"Jiaojiao said the same thing. Director Yang has no objection and said happily that he will definitely add it."
“Thanks for our help with their filming.”
In the past history, Journey to the West started filming in July 1982, and it was not until four years later that the first eleven episodes were broadcast continuously, and it was not until 1988 that all the episodes were broadcast. The reason why the filming period was so long was mainly due to the director's team's efforts. The shooting requirements are high, but there is a big gap in equipment and funds. For example, when the shooting started, no one in the entire director team had ever been exposed to Wi-Fi, and they didn’t even know how to “trapeze”!
Thinking of this, Wang Ye couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. If the old version of Journey to the West, which has been popular for half a century and has become a reserved item for the New Year, can be better filmed, it would be a great thing!
After a while.
Sitting in the pickup truck, Wang Ye finally saw the gate of the complex from a distance. At the same time, the clanging sound sounded again. It was obvious that the old factory director had brought out the gong and drum team again.
"Back! Back! The factory director is back!"
"Haha! Welcome back, director!"
"The factory director is so handsome!"
"Huh? It looks like I'm even fatter!"
When the pickup truck drove into the gate, there was a cheering sound, but it was obvious that the scale was not very big. Looking around, Wang Ye found that the gongs and drums team were all boys and girls in their mid-teens. This time, there were no aunts, and most of the onlookers were half-grown boys, as well as aunts and uncles.
It was obvious that the entire labor force had been used to the extreme. There was no one idle at all. Even the aunts and others had formed a women's workshop to make seat cushions for motorcycles.
"Just come back! Just come back!"
Wang Ye quickly got out of the car. The old factory manager strode over and took Wang Ye's hand with one arm. He held it hard. There was obvious water in his eyes. After all, for the old factory manager, it was so important. Far away in a foreign country, it is strange and dangerous.
"But he looks a little fatter. At least he ate well!"
Finally, the old factory director looked Wang Ye up and down, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion, and the scene instantly burst into laughter. Wang Ye waved his hand and said:
"Okay, the factory director is back. It's a cold day, so everyone should disperse!"
With Wang Ye's voice, the crowd of onlookers cheered and dispersed. After all, for them, seeing Wang Ye as the backbone was satisfying. Wang Ye was not at home, and the whole factory was uneasy. Now Wang Ye Ye is back, so there are no more problems! Why are you still standing here eating the northwest wind?
After everyone left, only the leaders and senior executives of the consortium were left on the scene, such as several committee members who were anxious to communicate with Wang Ye.
"Commissioner Gao! Commissioner Gao! The factory director wants to see those two products of yours!"
Then, before anyone else could speak, Li Baojun became extremely excited. He smiled and shouted to an old man in his fifties standing there. When he heard Li Baojun's voice, the old man's eyes lit up, he took Wang Ye's hand and said :
"Let's go, director!"
It was obvious that everyone else present knew what product it was, and there was a burst of laughter. Then a group of people left the small square at the door and walked towards the workshop.
After a while.
Everyone came to the outside of a workshop. The senior committee member looked quite proud. He smiled and blocked Wang Ye from moving forward. At the same time, he coughed lightly and said:
"Director, just stand here and wait!"
Obviously, this is to give Wang Ye a surprise. Wang Ye is not disgusted or even looking forward to this kind of activity. He hopes that someone will surprise him every day. It is best to conquer the controllable nuclear fusion as soon as he wakes up. .
"OK!"
Wang Ye nodded, and Commissioner Gao glanced at the young man next to him. It was obvious that he was a young man under his project team. Then the young man ran into the workshop, and a moment later the workshop door slowly opened. , a burst of engine roar came!
"Buzz buzz!"
Accompanied by the roar of the engine, Wang Ye felt that his mouth could not help opening at that moment, and he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear!
Because under Wang Ye's gaze, he saw a strange-looking monster slowly driving out of the workshop!
The reason why it is said to be a monster is very simple. Its body looks like a tank, but it has no tracks. It has three sets of tires, each set has two side by side, similar to those of a large truck. What the load-bearing tires on the rear axle look like.
There is still a small turret where the original turret was, but the barrel is no longer facing forward like a tank. It has become a thick and short barrel with a horizontal angle of at least more than 60 degrees facing the sky. Gun barrel!
"Huh? Is this the chassis of 59?"
"What's going on with the cannon up there? Did we build it ourselves?"
After a brief moment of astonishment, Wang Ye couldn't help but exclaim. It was obvious that this strange monster was based on the chassis of the 59 tank. After extensive modification, a howitzer was added!
"Director, you are right. This is the chassis of our Type 59 tank, but we have made 'speed' modifications."
"After all, our old 59 is too slow. The fastest paved road is only 50 kilometers per hour. What is the difference between this and a snail crawling? And after our meeting and discussion, we deeply agree with the factory director's previous point of view. , that is, you can hit when you come, and run away after you hit!"
"In third world countries that lack enough heavy firepower, running fast and fighting hard is very important, so our fire support vehicle project is very successful, but the problem comes again. Today's fire support vehicles use the old 59 The chassis, even if the turret is removed and the weight of the vehicle is reduced by at least ten tons, the maximum speed is more than 60 kilometers per hour, which is still too slow."
"We put it all together and felt that the main reason for not running fast is the track drive. Combined with the guiding ideology of running fast and fighting hard, the track with better defense is of little significance, so we directly replaced it with wheels, and we ran like this Wouldn’t it be faster?”
"However, we found that after changing to wheels, the stability of the vehicle body decreased. Using the original 100mm tank gun, and if the ground is not flat enough, it is easy to have unstable aiming and roll over."
"So, we decided to develop a new weapon station, and because we had a lot of old 59 dismantled turrets piled up behind us, I wondered if we could recycle the waste? Hey! When we finally put it all together, we really found it. I figured out a way, and this cannon was born.”
"I guess the factory director also noticed that it is now a howitzer!"
“As a howitzer, the previous rifling was too old and of little significance, and the caliber was also a little too small, so we expanded and bored the inner wall of the turret, which happened to give the barrel processing equipment of our second factory a try. "
"So the bore diameter increased from the original 100 mm to 120 mm, and it lost the rifling and became a smoothbore gun."
"In addition, we did not pursue long range, so we cut off more than half of the original barrel, and it ended up like this. For this reason, we also specially developed a new type of ammunition, which is very lethal to personnel and lightly armored targets. Enough!"
At that moment, Wang Ye felt as if the corners of his mouth were twitching when he heard the voice of the senior committee member. It must be said that this kind of modification is quite characteristic of the times. Any garbage has value, as long as the method is correct. It is obvious that they are like this Do it!
"Director, you don't know that this grenade tank is running very fast!"
"Unfortunately, because there are no steering wheels, you must slow down when turning, otherwise it will easily overturn!"
Hearing Li Baojun's voice, Wang Ye asked subconsciously:
"How fast can it be?"
The next second, Wang Ye heard an outrageous answer!
"I tested it on the road in front of our door two days ago, and it can run more than 100 kilometers!"
This time it was the senior committee member who answered Wang Ye. Wang Ye couldn't help being dumbfounded. Even if the heavy tracks were removed and light tires were replaced, this thing would still weigh at least nearly 20 tons. Why? Maybe run that fast?
"Isn't this too fast? Have you also modified the power system?"
Regarding Wang Ye's statement, the senior committee member who stood in the cold wind with his nose running out took out his handkerchief and wiped it, and said with excitement and enthusiasm on his face:
"No, it's not renovated, it's all replaced."
"We removed the original engine and installed one of our own V8 diesel engines. The power increased by at least 30%, and the torque increase was even more obvious. Naturally, it ran much faster!"
"Of course, this is a joint plan between us and the diesel engine project team. The main purpose is to test our diesel engine. After all, we have no other test platform. It is just right to use this old tank to modify it!"
"How about the factory director? You're not at home, so we don't have to rest for nothing, right?"
"Would you like to go up and give it a try? It's very exciting!"
Facing the invitation of the high committee member, Wang Ye glanced around at the other people. It was obvious that everyone had sat there before. Finally, Wang Ye nodded and walked towards the "grenade tank", but did not get on the car first. Instead, he went around the car and studied it.
Then Wang Ye understood their modification ideas.
Needless to say, the engine, Wang Ye couldn't see it inside anyway, is the matter of changing tires on the track. In fact, it is very simple to say. As we all know, the 59 tank has a total of five pairs of road wheels. The so-called road wheels have suspension but only To bear the weight, it will not rotate by itself, but in the head and tail direction of the five pairs of road wheels, they look like gears, with ratchets that can be coupled with the tracks. Those things are called driving wheels.
So the modification of this car is to remove the second and fourth road wheels, use the suspension system of the first, third and fifth road wheels to modify a tire system, and then use the drive shaft of the drive wheel to drive, simple And rough.
After this modification, the entire "grenade tank" looked much taller and more powerful than the previous tank. As a result, the original Type 59 medium tank suddenly became the size of a heavy tank. Let’s not talk about how useful it is, but it’s pretty cool anyway.
However, because the tank does not have a real "steering system", it uses the difference in the speed of the tracks on both sides to steer. The same is true for this grenade tank, which in turn leads to the problem Li Baojun just mentioned. You must slow down when turning, otherwise it will overturn. .
"Come on! Let me try it!"
Then Wang Ye got into the car, took a tank hat and put it on, while the others got into other cars one after another, obviously going to watch.
Sitting in the car, Wang Ye couldn't admit that the comfort of the tank had been greatly improved after changing the tires. At least it no longer shook the buttocks. After a while, everyone came to the gate of the complex again.
The road at the gate was newly built this summer and is very wide, flat and straight.
"Director, I have to speed up!"
"Just hold on and hold on!"
Accompanied by the voice of the young man driving the tank next to him, Wang Ye said "Hmm". The next second he felt his back suddenly sink, and the tank that was originally slow began to accelerate violently. After all, the characteristic of diesel engines is high torque, and The advantage of high torque is that it starts off strongly enough.
Soon, about twenty seconds passed.
Finally, when the acceleration phase ended and the car entered a stable straight line, Wang Ye couldn't help but stand up and poked his head out of the hatch. At that moment, the cold wind poured into his mouth, and he couldn't help but yell. stand up:
"Fuck! Fuck! Ahhh!"
After all, Wang Ye never expected that there would be people racing with tanks!
Then, after continuing at a high speed for more than ten seconds, the grenade tank gradually slowed down. Finally, the young man controlled the grenade tank to turn around on the spot. Fortunately, the ground was compacted sand, which did not cause much wear on the tires. , and after a while, returned to the gate at a normal speed of more than 70 kilometers.
"How about the factory manager? Is it very fast?"
Seeing Wang Ye get out of the tank, the senior committee member shouted with red cheeks, it was obvious that he was freezing!
