Chapter 1209 Facing the future

In order to leave enough time for him to settle his business, Malashenko said goodbye to his beautiful wife who was reluctant to leave him early, and took a group of people around him to set off for the Kotin base camp in Nizhny Tagil.

So Malashenko, who had a lot to do, didn't just stay with Kotin for one day and left early like last time.

Until early in the morning of the third day, Malashenko, who had finished breakfast with the workers in the cafeteria and did not eat the general's meal, put down the spoon in his hand, wiped his mouth, and immediately turned to Kotin to distribute it to Kara. Shnikov rushed to the independent office.

Kalashnikov's design draft has been carried out step by step. As agreed with Malashenko, Kotin assigned sufficient manpower to Kalashnikov to assist in the design.

The drawings were crooked and Kalashnikov, who had no professional training, needed a specialized draftsman. Kogin directly assigned his drafting deputy to help Kalashnikov, which surprised Malashenko but also made him happy. He is happy to see the result, which at least shows that Ke Jing is taking this matter seriously and does not want to just fool himself and get rid of it.

On the other hand, this can be considered as confirmation from the side that Malashenko’s previous idea was correct.

Whether now or in the distant future, tanks cannot be built where guns can be built, but guns can be built where tanks can be built.

This is the inevitable result of a higher generation gap in heavy industry technology. When all the required equipment and lathe tools are available, making guns here in Kojing is not as easy as a professional small arms arsenal. , but there will definitely not be any fatal problems. At most, it will take a little more time.

With Kalashnikov as the brain guiding the work, the assistants and technicians assigned to Kalashnikov by Kotin only need to follow the requirements. Naturally, there will be no problems when the equipment and personnel are in place. What a big problem.

Moreover, the AK that Ke Jing wants to tinker with is also famous for its rough and simple design. Didn’t you know that in the 21st century in the Middle East, AKs can be made with local craftsmanship in the local workshops in the future, and the tools and equipment they have are not even as good as they are now. The equipment in Kejing's production workshop.

At least there are lathes and a full range of tools available here. The green uncles in the Middle East only have files, pliers, wrenches, saw blades and screwdrivers. Malashenko has reason to believe that Kalashnikov can successfully complete the mission.

"Yes, the measurement ratio aimed at the baseline is too high, and the diagram needs to be corrected. Please move it downwards to modify the drawing, uh, about five units, so it should be fine."

Thumb thump thump——

Kejin, who was holding his large notepad in his arms, was standing in front of the drawing board, discussing the revision plan of the sketch with the professional cartographer sent by Kejin. A sudden knock on the door interrupted Kalashni unexpectedly. Kove's words.

When Kalashnikov heard the voice, he subconsciously looked towards the door, only to see the man who helped him have the opportunity to realize his dream, standing at the door of the room that was not closed, looking at him with a smile.

"Comrade General! Good morning, please come in. What can I do?"

Malashenko was noncommittal and did not respond directly to Kalashnikov. Instead, he went to the drawing board and looked at the large-scale hand-drawn sketch fixed on it carefully, not missing every detail. The ground looked up.

The night before yesterday, Malashenko took out time to talk alone with Kalashnikov late into the night. He described to Kalashnikov in the most straightforward terms the significance and role of assault rifles on the battlefield, and how they can be used in the future. It showed great value and prospects, and at the same time, he briefly drew a blueprint for Kalashnikov according to the AK47 in his mind.

Malashenko was not sure what kind of changes his language could bring to Kalashnikov. The purpose of coming here was to see with his own eyes what form Kalashnikov understood.

At the same time, it is also to ensure that Kalashnikov will not turn the future King of Guns into a failed monster in advance.

Fortunately, the large-size internal perspective drawing presented on the drawing board in front of Malashenko at this moment is not so different from the existing historical AK47 that "looks like an AR".

Malashenko, who stood in front of the drawing board and watched carefully for two minutes without speaking, finally spoke quietly when Kalashnikov himself began to feel a little unsure.

"It's a bit complicated, Kalashnikov. The overall design is still a bit complicated."

"Remember what I said to you, the assault rifle must be simple. The individual light weapons that are handy should not be designed to be too complex and sophisticated! The assault rifle must be as simple as a bolt-action rifle. Soldiers do not have much time to be careful on the battlefield. You must remember this when maintaining your weapons and troubleshooting potential malfunctions.”

"In addition, there is this. The alternative mark of the open bolt can be deleted, and there is no need to draw sketches and designs for it. The assault rifle has the advantages of a submachine gun but is not a submachine gun. The open bolt is in the middle It won’t be applicable to powerful rifle cartridges. Just follow this design and the long-range gas piston design I told you before.”

Malashenko doesn't really like to restrict Kalashnikov's design talent, but there is absolutely no need to continue with some designs that are obviously going to go wrong and will only be a waste of time.

The prototype rifles designed by a large group of famous gun designers in the Soviet Union have all been defeated by Kalashnikov in the past history. A considerable part of the reason is that a large part of the weapons used the very good performance on submachine guns. Open gun concept.

However, no one who was in the development and exploration period expected that an open bolt mechanism was designed on an assault rifle. It was not easy to use for intermediate-power rifle rounds of completely different ammunition types and was prone to malfunctions. In the end, a long-range piston gas guide was used instead. Kalashnikov defeated Kalashnikov to win the championship.

In the current context of 1943, which was too advanced, Malashenko was a little shocked to find that Kalashnikov actually considered the open bolt design as one of his design alternatives. It is very likely that it will It's not a good idea to use the wrong design when two solutions are running in parallel.

Faced with Malashenko's direct pass, Kalashnikov, who was not particularly confident about his dual design plan, immediately nodded and responded to Malashenko repeatedly.

“I was just wondering if it would be possible to design a shorter version, which might not be appropriate given the issues with the open bolt action on this version.”

Malashenko's ideal short version of the AK is actually a gun-oriented design, but Kalashnikov, who has never been exposed to such an advanced concept, obviously misunderstood what Malashenko really wanted to express.

Malashenko, who covered his forehead and shook his head, felt that maybe his expression was not clear enough, so he immediately picked up the pencil beside him and started to re-explain it to Kalashnikov on the picture.

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