FVN Chapter 632: Technology 591 is developing
Chapter 632: Technology 591 is developing
Chapter 632: Technology 591 is developing
“Sooner or later, you have to pay for your actions; the girls you flirt with, sooner or later you have to sleep with them. The thing is, being slept with counts as sleeping too... which just proves again, you have to pay for your actions sooner or later...”
By the time Tang Mo realized he might be drained again, he had in fact already been drained. After enthusiastically expressing his longing, Alice rested her chin on her hands and, separated by the drafting table, watched Tang Mo contently.
This man was handsome in every way; at least in her eyes, he was perfect without any flaws, truly a gift from heaven to her.
It wasn’t in vain that she had given up her father’s hard-earned Northern Ridge, bringing so many of her people from thousands of miles away to join him— it all seemed so worth it!
“I really like the new job you found for me, Minister of Finance... Mmm, this job really suits me.” Alice felt extremely happy, for a woman, isn’t it right to keep a close eye on her man’s purse strings?
As for those surplus gaudy vixens... forget it, who made her man so outstanding? If he doesn’t attract bees and butterflies, wouldn’t that mean there’s something wrong with her taste?
...
Tang Mo had already wasted nearly an hour, so he was in a hurry, making corrections to the drawings in front of him.
An MP5 submachine gun was still too advanced for Great Tang Group, as many of the materials actually needed substitutes.
For example, high-strength plastic was something Great Tang Group couldn’t produce—so Tang Mo had no choice but to use wood to replace the better-performing polymers.
No choice, although it increased the weight, but sometimes if you can’t keep up with materials science, you just can’t keep up. If Tang Mo could immediately mass-produce all the materials, then why not go high-end with a mix of HK416 and UMP45?
So, the forend of the alternative world version of the MP5 submachine gun was made of wood, with metal embedded inside to ensure strength.
At the same time, Tang Mo believed that most of the mass-produced MP5 submachine guns would have collapsible folding stocks, which meets the troops’ needs.
For the soldiers who expected to be issued these weapons—armor troops, Navy sailors, motorized troops, artillery, logistical personnel, and policemen—these people all care about the size of the weapon.
As for the few versions with a fixed stock, Tang Mo also planned to use wooden stocks! No choice, since plastic wasn’t that widespread yet.
As for the AK47 whose drawings had already been released, of course, it was a later, improved version, with added muzzle devices, and a more reasonable stock, basically the AKM version.
Or rather, this creation was already the third generation of AKM improvements. To further modify it would be to develop the smaller caliber assault rifle AK74.
However, Tang Mo hadn’t released a more advanced small caliber assault rifle, as he still had a long way to go in terms of gunpowder, precision machining, and materials science, and thus couldn’t achieve mass production yet.
“I’m talking to you.” Having not seen Tang Mo for a long time, Alice still missed her beloved dearly. As she spoke, she nudged Tang Mo’s calves with her foot.
Ha! Woman! You underestimate me! Tang Mo remembered what they had done in the office just before, and at this moment, he felt an unparalleled sense of calm. This level of flirting was nothing, after all, he had already entered sage mode.
Of course, that included the most classic torpedo technology! Aboard the small submarines, the most cutting-edge technologies of the stage were almost entirely employed.
Actually, Tang Mo was reluctant to develop torpedoes because his Navy still had absolute advantage, and he didn’t want such technology to accidentally spread and give the opposing side a chance to turn the tables.
You see, Tang Mo’s fleet could almost be described as invincible, but if Tang Mo’s opponents acquired submarines, the situation could become really tricky.
To maintain maritime order and ensure the safety of shipping routes is far more difficult than disrupting routes and sinking transport ships. If the enemy had submarines, it would mean they had hope for the weaker to overcome the stronger.
Tang Mo didn’t want to give these bastards any hope!
But Tang Mo had to develop torpedo weapons because he had carrier-borne aircraft technology to research. Besides, torpedoes could also endow his destroyers and cruisers with the potential to punch above their weight.
Only with such technologies could carrier-borne aircraft inflict greater damage on surface vessels. Although aerial bombs were effective, if the method of attack was too one-dimensional, it was easy for the enemy to defend against.
Therefore, Tang Mo brought out torpedo weapon technology and was ready to train some Navy-exclusive pilots on Dragon Island.
He could readily produce the technology as long as there were no bottlenecks in production. However, training pilots, a technical task, still required time to accumulate; he did not possess a magic ball capable of stuffing knowledge and experience directly into someone’s brain...
As more specialized weapons and equipment developed, the requirements for soldiers became increasingly higher. Just like how Tang Mo initially lacked Navy sailors, he now needed tank operators, pilots, submariners, and paratroopers...
Training these technical military specialties took time, and accumulating more such talents required accumulation. There was no other way; everything had to be done step by step.
Imagine, in the future, tank gunners might need to operate infrared equipment, adjust more advanced and precise targeting devices, operate fire control computers, and even repair crosswind sensors... College graduation might just be the minimum requirement.
That is to say, the technical talents Tang Mo was currently training, who were highly sought after by various countries, might only qualify as gunners or commanders in the future!
What does this imply? Tang Mo probably would have to improve the current educational quality of schools by tenfold before he could have the potential to produce commanders at the battalion or regimental level.
The soldiers were no longer recruited from a group of farmers given basic bayonet training, a couple of days of marching drills, and then handed a rifle to shoot targets for a few days.
Artillerymen had to learn indirect fire aiming, be able to identify shooting tables, set fuses, and understand how to maintain and calibrate artillery!
Officers had to calculate logistical support distances, compile ammunition reports, read the latest precise maps, and even study wireless radio knowledge.
In such circumstances, the quality gap between troops was vast as the sky is from the earth, and mere bravery was no longer sufficient to determine the outcome of a war.
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