Appendix of Chapter Twenty-Five

  Tactical rail is a good thing, but it's just a basic thing. If there are no tactical accessories of various types to match the tactical rail, then the tactical rail is a burden.

  Tactical drones are just like airplanes, they're just a platform. The flight performance of the airplane is not the most important thing, what's key is whether the radar system, data link system, computer system and various missiles carried by the airplane are advanced enough. If the "tactical accessories" such as missiles and radar are advanced enough, even if the flight performance of the airplane is a bit poor, it's not a big deal. But if the flight performance of the airplane is advanced but there aren't enough advanced weapons to match, then it's just a flying platform. You can't just fly an airplane and play chicken with your opponent... and they have to be willing to play along too.

  "Is that so?" Liu Fengcai furrowed his brow, he naturally understood this principle, having only the rail without corresponding tactical accessories was definitely not enough. As for Lin Weiguo's achievement in doing this thing, Liu Fengcai became even more reluctant to give up. After thinking for a moment, Liu Fengcai asked, "Can we do something about these things ourselves? If we can make some samples, that would be fine."

  "Some simple things are fine, but too complicated ones won't work." Lin Hongfei also designed some tactical accessories and told Lin Weiguo which ones could be done with our current conditions and which ones our conditions were not sufficient for. As for these, Lin Weiguo naturally had a lot to say.

  "Is there anything we can do?" Liu Fengcai's spirit was shocked, and he had not been in contact with these things before. Subconsciously, Commander Liu thought that these tactical accessories might be difficult to make, but now hearing Lin Weiguo say that he could also make some, his spirit suddenly came up, and he hastily asked, "Besides this small grip, what else can we do?"

  "Things like tactical flashlights, small tripods, and laser sights are no problem, but if it's something like a micro night vision device or a scope, it's very difficult."

  Lin Weiguo was telling the truth, Liu Fengcai also furrowed his brow. It was just the beginning of the 90s, and the level of military technology in the Republic was not very good. The gap with the West in optics, electronics and other fields was not small. Even the micro-night vision instruments used by the old Soviets were considered treasures at home, and it was indeed not easy to make such things.

  After some thought, since these things can't be done for the time being, just put them aside for now. Liu Feng furrowed his brow and said, "In that case, let's first do what we can... Hmm, our military division's construction department shouldn't have any problems, right?"

  "No problem, but it would be even better if we could get some local teachers to help out," Lin Weiguo said with a wave of his hand, naturally understanding that having the military division's construction department handle these things would take some time, but wasn't particularly difficult. "By the way, my son said he designed a gun-mounted grenade launcher based on the American M203, and it can be installed on the 81 rifle using this rail."

  "Really?" Liu Fengcai's eyes widened, he was really shocked by Lin Weiguo's words, "Your son can actually make a rocket launcher too?"

  Making guns is not difficult, haven't you seen those small black gun workshops that can produce a batch of black guns with just a few simple manual processing equipment? However, making guns is easy, but ammunition is hard. A single bullet requires dozens of processes, and this is just one bullet, let alone more powerful artillery shells. Liu Fengcai really didn't dare to imagine it.

  "That little rascal said that this kind of grenade launcher belongs to low-pressure weapons, much easier than bullets. The materials used are also available in our army, no difficulty at all," Lin Weiguo's face showed some embarrassment, but also with great pride. "I took a look at the design drawing made by that little rascal, from the design drawing, there is no problem, the requirements for materials are not high, it should be fine."

  When Lin Hongfei took out the design drawings of the grenade launcher and corresponding grenades, Lin Weiguo was really shocked. He couldn't figure out how his son had suddenly become a weapons design expert, when he hadn't even studied that subject.

  For this question, Lin Hongfei answered his father like this: "The things I studied in college were all design-related, and actually the same as weapon design. The design drawings of these weapons can also be found on the internet, just modify them a bit and you're done. As our ancestors would say, that's 'inspired by analogy'."

  Alright, regarding these things, Old Lin comrade understands, isn't it true that he's insightful, as for Lin Weiguo, he doesn't care either, but it seems like his son makes sense, since he makes sense, his son also took out the design drawings... then just believe him.

  Lin Weiguo has been playing with various light and heavy weapons for over 20 years, so if he says there's no problem, then there really is no problem. The gun-mounted grenade launcher is a low-pressure weapon, which Liu Fengcai also knows. This thing doesn't need to shoot far, a range of two or three hundred meters is enough. Plus, Lin Hongfei had previously given himself a surprise, so if this kid says he can do it, then... let's just try it out.

  "Then let's get it done!" Liu Fengcai waved his hand, "Don't be afraid, but this thing must be kept secret, and we have to do it in our repair shop. Also, after it's made, we need to test it first."

  This is the way it should be, these things are for the leaders of the provincial military region to see. If the quality is not up to par, small things like tactical flashlights can be overlooked, but if the gun-mounted grenade launcher goes wrong, that would be a life-threatening problem. To be on the safe side, naturally, we need to test it first and make sure there's no problem before reporting back to the leaders. Lin Weiguo was of course clear about this "procedure", and he busily responded with a "Yes".

  He paused, and suddenly his son's previous repeated reminders came to mind, a sudden realization: almost forgot about this matter, hastily said, "Right, Commander, if you approve, we can use the existing telescopic sight or low-power binoculars to make several different types of sights."

  "Scope? Okay... I guess. But modifying a telescope for this? Is that even possible?"

  Unlike before, Commander Liu hesitated for a long time before reluctantly agreeing. A rifle with a scope is a precious thing, and very few are equipped domestically. Unless it's a sniper rifle used by a sniper, ordinary firearms are basically not equipped with scopes. The 85-style sniper rifle does have a scope, but there are only a few in the entire Northern City Military District, and they're treated like treasures. Those snipers even sleep with their guns in their arms, treasuring them so much. It's really hard for Commander Liu to let Lin Feng take one away to play with, unless he sees the huge political achievement that this matter can bring to himself.