Chapter 344 If you have a certain kind of thing, make a tank.

Li Jiajun's excited voice echoed through the office.

He turned around and held the partial blueprint he had just finished drawing directly in front of the phone camera fixed to the edge of the desk.

The thousands of die-hard fans in the live stream immediately widened their eyes, peering through their screens to examine this "perfect firefighting vehicle" that the Factory Manager had pinned such high hopes on.

The steel monster on the blueprint had a rugged design. Wide tracks. Sloped armor. And that long metal tube on top. Combined, these elements exuded a cold, metallic sense of oppression.

However, to this group of die-hard fans and Netizens who knew absolutely nothing about military affairs, they only felt the design looked very secure, full of the powerful beauty of heavy industry.

"family, looking at the exterior alone might not be intuitive enough."

Li Jiajun cleared his throat and pointed to the dense rows of annotations next to the blueprint. He began to rattle off the various insane specifications and protective features of this "fully armored firefighting vehicle," showing them one by one to the die-hard fans.

"Let's start with the chassis and power."

"To move as if on flat ground through large ruins filled with reinforced concrete and burning debris, I've equipped it with a 1,500-horsepower turbocharged diesel engine!"

"Coupled with this set of ultra-wide, high-temperature resistant rubber-padded tracks, its off-road speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour!"

"Whether it's a load-bearing wall blocking the way or a 70-degree steep slope, just step on the gas and it will crush right through to open a path!"

Hearing these power specifications, the Netizens in the live stream, while lacking a concrete concept, still felt a surge of excitement.

Li Jiajun's explanation continued. He pointed to the armor lines on the vehicle's exterior, his tone growing increasingly proud.

"Now look at this vehicle body protection."

"Since it's meant for explosion protection and preventing falling objects from high altitudes, ordinary sheet metal definitely won't do."

"The front and sides of the vehicle body all use the latest composite armor steel plates."

"According to my calculations, the equivalent thickness of the front armor can reach 600 millimeters!"

"With this thickness, combined with that large-angle deflection design, never mind a falling rock."

"Even if a chemical plant's reactor exploded right in front of it, the shockwave wouldn't be able to flip it over, let alone harm anyone inside in the slightest!"

With these hardcore data points thrown out, if anyone with even a little common sense about military industry were watching the stream, they would probably have been scared enough to throw their phones away on the spot.

A 1,500-horsepower engine. A 70 km/h off-road speed. 600mm equivalent thickness composite sloped armor. With these data points combined, how is this a firefighting vehicle?

However, Li Jiajun, sitting in front of the computer, was a pure military novice. And the thousands of die-hard fans in his exclusive live stream were equally a bunch of laymen with absolutely no concept of military industry.

Listening to these data points Li Jiajun rattled off, they felt no sense of incongruity at all. They just thought these specifications sounded very professional.

"Too fierce! 1,500 horsepower, this thrust is simply invincible!"

"Equivalent 600mm steel plates? How thick must that be? This defensive capability is amazing!"

"The Factory Manager really went all out for the safety of the firefighters!"

Li Jiajun looked at the praise in the comments and nodded with satisfaction. He then pointed to the long tube on the 360-degree rotating base at the top of the blueprint.

"Finally, this is the core firefighting component of our vehicle."

"I designed an ultra-high-pressure spray tube with a caliber of 125 millimeters for it!"

"To ensure the water jet or decontamination fluid can be sprayed further and more accurately, I even specially added a smoothbore structure inside the tube."

"As long as the fire source is locked, even if it's hundreds of meters away, this spray tube can instantly slam a high-pressure water bomb onto the fire point, completing suppression in an instant!"

Besides this, he also detailed the overpressure air self-circulation NBC protection system inside the vehicle, claiming it was for perfectly resisting toxic gases leaking from chemical plants.

After hearing these detailed and frankly insane specifications, the die-hard fans and Netizens in the live stream looked at the blueprint Li Jiajun had produced and were simply awestruck. The comments on the screen drifted by as densely as snowflakes. They all posted comments saying that the firefighting equipment the Main Streamer had created was absolutely amazing!

"With this vehicle, what kind of fire scene won't we be able to enter in the future?"

"A 125mm high-pressure water cannon, this water flow can definitely extinguish a sea of fire in an instant!"

"The Factory Manager's line of thinking is too brilliant; combining heavy construction machinery with firefighting is definitely an epoch-making invention!"

The screen was filled with blind praise and worship for Li Jiajun. These die-hard fans, who usually often complained on Li Jiajun's behalf when he was "raided" by the authorities, felt a strong sense of pride in their hearts at this moment.

Some others began to optimistically make predictions in the comments. "This is great; the thing the Main Streamer made this time is thick-skinned and durable, tailor-made for fighting fires and protecting firefighters." "Let's see who can say this will be requisitioned too?!" "Exactly! Such pure civilian rescue equipment will surely absolutely not be requisitioned!" "Congratulations to the Factory Manager in advance!"

Looking at these comments full of blessings and assertions, Li Jiajun sat in his boss chair, feeling incredibly at ease.

He thought the Netizens were absolutely right. A vehicle with a shovel in the front, wearing thick sheet metal on its body, and a water spray tube on top. Besides being used to push stones and extinguish fires in ruins, what else could it be used for? This was definitely the safest and least likely product to cause trouble that he had ever designed since he started his career.

Just as Li Jiajun and the Netizens in the live stream were immersed in an optimistic atmosphere, the half-closed wooden door of the office was pushed open with a "creak."

Wang Dachui, who had gone to the warehouse to finish taking inventory of the preliminary materials for the previous "long-range fire extinguisher," walked in with large strides.

"Factory Manager, I've pretty much finished the inventory of the materials, and the Master Craftsmen are preparing them."

As Wang Dachui spoke, he walked quickly to the large desk. As soon as he stood still, his gaze naturally fell onto the desktop.

The first glance. He saw the comments flying all over the screen on Li Jiajun's phone. He happened to see several lines drifting by: "This equipment is all for firefighting, I'm afraid it won't be requisitioned!"

Seeing such blindly optimistic remarks, Wang Dachui sighed helplessly in his heart. 'These Netizens are still too young.' 'They have no idea that the long-range fire extinguisher their Factory Manager just asked me to prepare materials for is a 10-kilometer range RPG.' 'Once that thing is built, never mind requisitioning, having the entire factory area surrounded would be the least of our worries.'

While complaining about the Netizens' naivety in his heart, he shifted his gaze downwards. The second glance. His eyes were fixed tightly on the brand-new blueprint in front of Li Jiajun. At first, he didn't react. But as his gaze swept rapidly over this structural diagram.

When he saw clearly those wide, load-bearing rubber-padded tracks. Saw clearly that angular, composite armor with exaggerated slopes. Saw clearly the huge demolition and obstacle-clearing shovel at the front of the vehicle. Finally, his gaze froze on the 360-degree rotating base on the roof, and the long, 125-millimeter caliber metal tube on the base.

In that instant, Wang Dachui stood there blankly, feeling as if a string in his brain had snapped with a "pop." His breathing suddenly stopped. Subsequently, the corners of Wang Dachui's mouth immediately began to twitch violently. It was an uncontrollable facial nerve spasm.

He widened his already small, mung-bean-sized eyes, looking back and forth in disbelief between this steel monster and the screen full of "absolutely safe" comments. A sense of powerlessness instantly engulfed him.

'What the f*ck...' 'This thing...' He screamed crazily in his heart, feeling that his worldview was suffering a devastating blow. 'Isn't this a tank?!' 'Isn't this f*cking a main battle tank?!' This thought emerged in his mind.

Wang Dachui felt his throat go dry. Ever since he started cramming military industry knowledge, he was all too familiar with the silhouettes of these heavy pieces of equipment. A tracked chassis plus sloped armor, with a big smoothbore tube on top. You call this a spray tube for firefighting? Does your water spray tube use a 125mm caliber smoothbore cannon barrel?

And, look at those outrageous specifications noted on the side. 1,500 horsepower. 600mm equivalent armor. 70 km/h off-road speed. NBC protection system. Wang Dachui felt speechless to the extreme, a chill shooting straight from his spine to the back of his head.

'You call this steel monster firefighting equipment?' 'And, why is the performance you set even more awesome than active-duty main battle tanks?!'

Wang Dachui stood in front of the desk, watching Li Jiajun, who was interacting with Netizens with a glowing face. He opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound, only feeling that this world was truly too ridiculous. He just wanted to ask their Factory Manager, have you ever heard of something called a tank? Never heard of it? This is it.