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Chapter 386 This is the fire hose you were talking about?!

Li Jiajun's face was filled with satisfaction.

The network signal transmitted this proud scene in real-time to screen after screen.

It wasn't just the ordinary Netizens who were struck into silence.

In an office in the Imperial Capital.

This office was very spacious.

Liu Jianguo, who had been staring intently at the computer screen, was completely dumbfounded.

The enamel teacup with red characters that the old comrade was holding remained frozen in mid-air.

The tea in the cup didn't even ripple.

That heart, which had been tempered through years of struggling in the military-industrial system, was now beating violently and uncontrollably.

Like a beating war drum.

Amidst his astonishment, his mind began to race.

Liu Jianguo quickly recalled the proposal Li Jiajun had solemnly described to him over the phone earlier.

That proposal meant to solve the pain points of super high-rise buildings and long-range firefighting.

The conversation from back then replayed in his memory like a clear recording.

"For that long-range solution, I designed a shoulder-mounted big pipe that can hit ten kilometers."

"Firefighters don't need to get close to the fire at all; they can just stand in a safe zone and launch the fire extinguishing shell."

Recalling these words.

Recalling the "long-range shoulder-mounted big pipe."

The old Director Liu had felt it was strange on the phone at the time, always feeling like something wasn't quite right.

But hindered by the other party's solemn guarantees, and the psychological urge to finish the task, he didn't investigate further.

Now.

Looking at the physical object on the screen.

The surface was very rough.

It exuded an uncontrollable aura of violence.

Looking at that metal launch tube with an optical sight and the conical warhead.

He finally understood completely.

Understood it inside out!

Liu Jianguo was speechless to the extreme; the corners of his mouth twitched violently and uncontrollably.

He felt his scalp tingling.

"Damn you!"

"So what you came up with is a genuine RPG?!"

Such a thought surfaced in his mind.

He roared in his heart.

How the hell does this look like firefighting equipment?!

Just as he was on the verge of a breakdown.

A strange noise came from the quiet office.

The smartphone placed on the desktop began to vibrate violently.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

The sound was particularly harsh on the wide desktop.

Liu Jianguo took a deep breath and put down the teacup that had been frozen in mid-air.

He picked up the phone and took a look.

The sender of the message that popped up on the screen.

It was a message from the person in charge of a provincial firefighting procurement department, whom he had previously forced to watch the live stream.

He opened the chat box.

The content of the message reeked of a despair that made one want to cry but couldn't.

The other party stated directly on WeChat:

"Director Liu, we don't dare to take this thing, do we?"

Through the screen, Liu Jianguo could feel the collapse and helplessness in the heart of this local leader.

He could fully understand the other party's concerns.

This is a real, heavy-duty siege weapon!

If a firefighting unit were to purchase this.

In the future, if they encounter a fire in a residential building's kitchen, or a fire in a shop along the street.

The fire truck would come roaring in.

Several firefighters wearing fireproof suits would jump out of the truck, not taking hoses, nor taking dry powder canisters.

Instead, each of them would be carrying an anti-tank rocket launcher with an optical sight on their shoulder.

Walking on the busy streets.

Aiming at the windows of the residential building.

This scene is too outrageous.

If unsuspecting citizens saw this, would they think they were going to put out a fire or commit a terrorist attack!

Which fire brigade would dare to stuff this kind of individual weapon of mass destruction into a red fire truck?

If it were mishandled...

He didn't even dare to imagine it.

Who could take the blame for that!

Meanwhile.

In various official offices.

The group of military bigwigs whom Liu Jianguo had called one by one yesterday afternoon and enthusiastically invited were also dumbfounded while watching the screen.

Inside the compound of a certain military region.

An Old Chief was holding a tea mug, his body leaning slightly forward.

He had originally intended to drink tea and watch the show, prepared to see a water spray pipe.

But at this moment, they all sat up straight.

They didn't even bother to wipe the tea spilled on the desk.

They stared blankly at that launch tube.

Those who knew the trade could tell at a glance the thickness of the tube wall, and the flow guide groove at the tail designed to offset the recoil.

This is definitely not a toy for spraying water.

They were also roaring in their hearts:

Holy crap!

Didn't Old Liu say he was working on firefighting?

How did he end up with an RPG!

In the high-level meeting room of the General Armament Department in the Imperial Capital.

The highly prestigious Old General was also dumbfounded.

Before this.

The Old Chief had originally been sitting in that comfortable leather chair.

His hand was soothingly stroking his newly grown gray beard.

His gaze was focused.

He intended to see what kind of firefighting equipment this Little Li and Liu Jianguo had actually come up with.

To see what kind of thing it was that would benefit people's livelihood.

He still held a glimmer of expectation for this project.

Result.

As the dust cloth in the picture was lifted.

A single-soldier rocket launcher popped right out of the screen.

Or rather.

This was an undisguised single-soldier anti-tank launch tube.

When the Old General saw this scene.

He was completely stunned.

The old man's hand shook.

Due to excessive shock, his fingers couldn't control their strength.

He actually pulled out a few strands of his gray beard.

The stinging pain from his chin made him gasp in pain.

Is this what Liu Jianguo had promised with a pat on his chest during the internal phone call yesterday as "absolutely safe"?

Is this the thing he solemnly swore "would not cause any trouble"?!

This trouble has even grown an anti-tank cannon barrel!

On the other side.

The Old Expert Qian was also shocked.

This national treasure-level Old Expert.

Stared blankly at the live broadcast screen on the tablet in his hand.

His mouth was wide open.

He didn't even notice that the reading glasses on his nose bridge had slipped to the tip of his nose.

What????

He knew that Li Jiajun and that guy Liu Jianguo wouldn't go down the right path.

Sure enough, it was just as he expected.

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