617 Mechanical Military Factory: Damn, I'm being targeted?

Chapter 49: 617 Machinery Military Factory: What the heck, I'm being targeted?

The senior executives from the 077 Machinery Military Factory followed Lin Chenran, walking step by step towards the special steel plate being tested.

As soon as they approached, they felt a scorching wave of heat wash over them, making their skin feel a slight burning sensation.

Despite this, their faces were still filled with excitement and anticipation.

This was because they knew that this heat wave was precisely the result of the special steel material colliding with the armor-piercing rounds from the Type 59 Tank and exploding, which meant their research and development results were about to be validated.

Based on the current test results, this special steel material was a success!

Its appearance would bring a huge breakthrough to the 077 Machinery Military Factory, giving it a pair of "wings" to soar.

"Old Song, look, the Type 59 Tank's armor-piercing rounds seem a bit underpowered."

Lin Chenran's lips curved slightly, with a hint of a smile, as he pointed at the steel needle stuck in the special steel plate.

Everyone followed his gaze and saw that the steel needle was deeply embedded in the special steel plate, failing to penetrate it.

As an old tank, the Type 59 Tank's main weapon—a 100mm smoothbore cannon—was indeed slightly lacking in power in modern warfare.

If they could use a more advanced tank, such as Bear Country's T-72 or Eagle Country's M1 Abrams, perhaps they could better test the true performance of the special steel material.

The Second Generation Main Battle Tanks that would be manufactured with this special steel material in the future would face fierce competition from the main battle tanks of these two countries.

Song Xiyun immediately gave a wry smile, "Factory Director, although I agree with your idea, we simply don't have Bear Country's T-72 tanks or Eagle Country's M1 Abrams on hand!"

This was because the main weapons of these two tanks, their 125mm smoothbore cannons, were arguably the most powerful in the world. If they were used to test their own factory's special steel material, the data obtained would be the most authentic and reliable.

However, although Song Xiyun understood this logic, he regretfully had no such equipment available for use.

Just then, Lin Chenran suddenly remembered something. He lowered his voice and said to Song Xiyun, "Old Song, I recall that a few years ago, our country imported a T-72 tank from another country. It seems it was sent to the 617 Machinery Military Factory."

Hearing this, Song Xiyun's heart leaped, and he quickly asked, "Are you thinking of using that T-72 tank to test our factory's special steel material?"

Lin Chenran nodded, indicating that he did indeed have that idea.

But Song Xiyun frowned and said worriedly, "I don't think the 617 Machinery Military Factory will agree to this. And another problem is, this T-72 tank was imported several years ago. It's still unknown if it can even start up properly now."

Under normal circumstances, the 617 Machinery Military Factory would have already dismantled this T-72 tank and conducted in-depth research and analysis.

Therefore, finding a T-72 tank that could operate normally would not be an easy task.

"We can try. We'll contact Old Zhu then. He probably won't refuse our proposal."

"After all, the birth of this special steel material can help our country's military industry take flight."

Lin Chenran felt it was worth a shot.

Military High Command: We have no objections!

What worried Lin Chenran and the others the most now was: could this imported T-72 tank be reassembled?

Could it fire armor-piercing rounds?

The senior executives from the 077 Machinery Military Factory returned to the factory contentedly from the testing ground and quickly plunged into even busier work.

Meanwhile, Lin Chenran and Song Xiyun also returned to the office together.

As soon as he entered the office, Lin Chenran eagerly picked up the phone on the desk. He wanted to contact the Yan Country military to inform them that their special steel material had been successfully developed.

So, in front of Song Xiyun, Lin Chenran unhesitatingly dialed the number of Old Wei, the head of the military equipment department.

"Ring, ring, ring..."

The phone kept ringing, but no one answered.

After a while, a voice finally came from the other end:

"Hello? Who is this?"

The one who answered was Old Wei, the head of the military equipment department. His voice sounded full of confidence.

Upon hearing Old Wei's response, Lin Chenran quickly said, "Hello, Old Wei, this is Lin Chenran. Are you available to take a call right now?"

Old Wei replied, "Oh, it's young Lin! Speak quickly if you have something to say."

"I have a very important meeting to host later."

"You only have three minutes."

Hearing this, Lin Chenran immediately reported, "Old Wei, the special steel material from our 077 Machinery Military Factory has been successfully developed!"

"And we just conducted a test on it."

He deliberately didn't tell Old Wei the test results, playfully keeping him in suspense.

"Hurry up and tell me, what kind of test did you conduct? What were the results?"

Old Wei asked anxiously, his voice full of anticipation.

Lin Chenran's lips curved slightly, and then he replied with a smile, "We'll have the Type 59 Tank fire armor-piercing rounds at two hundred meters... one hundred meters... and twenty meters!"

After saying this, Lin Chenran fell silent, quietly awaiting Old Wei's reaction.

Old Wei, on the other end of the phone, frowned deeply, a surge of anger rising within him.

He felt that this kid Lin Chenran was too mischievous, daring to play such a trick on him.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to curse him out, and said sternly:

"Lin kid, don't make me scold you when I'm in a good mood!"

"Understand?"

Song Xiyun, standing nearby, couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand, afraid he would burst out laughing.

Despite his best efforts to conceal it, his suppressed amusement kept showing on his face.

He thought to himself: I'm a professional. Unless I absolutely can't help it, I won't laugh.

It's just too funny!

"No, no, no! Old Wei, I was wrong!"

Lin Chenran immediately admitted his mistake upon hearing this.

"Go on!"

"What were the experimental results?"

Although he had been teased by Lin Chenran, he was more concerned about the performance of the Special Steel Material produced by the 077 Machinery Military Factory.

"Old Wei! Brace yourself!"

Lin Chenran then slowly began to explain, "The Type 59 Tank fired one armor-piercing round each at two hundred meters... one hundred meters... and twenty meters."

"The result was that only the armor-piercing round fired at twenty meters managed to 'get stuck' in the 80mm steel plate, but it did not penetrate!"

"At the other distances, the armor-piercing rounds simply exploded and caused no damage whatsoever to the 80mm steel plate."

Lin Chenran proudly announced this good news to Old Wei.

"Really?"

"Lin kid, you're not lying to me, are you?"

Although Old Wei believed Lin Chenran's calm words, the matter was of great importance, so he needed to be sure.

"It's truer than pearls!!!"