The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Three tanks, none of them are qualified!

The red color on the virtual panel was shocking, and even Liu Tao, who had been prepared for a long time, couldn't help but feel terrified!

This group of people were the backbones of tank manufacturing and production mobilized by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, and they were for the three tanks to be manufactured in other tank factories.

But even such a group of technical backbones, and even many old engineers who have been manufacturing tanks for 20 years, handed in unqualified answers, or even extremely unqualified!

Liu Tao's eyelids were twitching.

With such a group of backbones, can the Type 59 tanks produced really be qualified?

Gathering the person in charge and the main technical personnel, Liu Tao looked unfriendly.

Pointing out the problems one by one, and criticizing them severely.

The people who were criticized were blushing.

Even the old engineers who participated in the development of the Type 59 tank could only bow their heads.

If it were other people, they would naturally resist and even use their seniority to suppress them if they were criticized like this.

But Liu Tao is different. After developing the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and the Type 80 tank, he is already the first person in this field in China.

The first to succeed is the first!

This principle is an eternal truth in the field of technology.

The textbooks written by Liu Tao in his spare time are all what they need to study seriously.

From a technical point of view, Liu Tao is far superior to them.

From an administrative level, Liu Tao is also superior to them.

After the criticism, Liu Tao felt the seriousness of the matter.

It would probably take three to five months to train these 1,000 technical backbones.

With the person in charge and the main technical personnel, the problems of the three tanks were solved one by one.

When I returned to my residence, it was already very late.

From getting off the plane to now, I have not stopped for a moment.

The secretary came in with a bowl of noodles, which was still hot, obviously just cooked.

A bowl of braised beef noodles exudes a strong fragrance.

Liu Tao finished a large bowl of braised beef noodles in a few bites.

After taking a shower, Liu Tao took out his notebook and wrote some of his thoughts today with a fountain pen.

No matter how much you curse, the problem still needs to be solved.

In addition to the problems existing in the factory itself, the problem of talent is also huge.

The welding skills of welders need to be strengthened.

He thought that it was the training mechanism of colleges and universities, and they cooperated with colleges and universities to train qualified workers.

Instead of being like now, people who know nothing enter the factory as apprentices and become qualified workers by relying on practice over time.

If you want to mass-produce tanks and armored vehicles, you have to solve the problem of technicians.

The previous batch of workers will sooner or later be eliminated by the times.

The new generation of workers will have higher education, more knowledge to learn, better at thinking, better at solving problems, and better at operating machines.

There are already technicians who can operate CNC machine tools at Panshan Machinery Factory, but the current 256 factory can operate CNC machine tools, but the people brought by the technical team are still those who can operate CNC machine tools.

"Fortunately, the Third Front Construction has built a large number of scientific research institutions and schools in the southwest!" Liu Tao thought to himself: "I really ignored the school aspect before. This is the real place to cultivate talents."

"Undergraduate universities cultivate senior technicians, junior colleges cultivate intermediate technicians, and technical secondary schools cultivate junior technicians!" Liu Tao kept writing down his thoughts in his notebook with a fountain pen.

Last year, the admission rate of undergraduate colleges and universities nationwide was only 8%, which was much higher than the admission rate in the first year of the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1978, but it was still a very low number.

Being admitted and able to go to university is a selected talent, so the training should naturally be in the direction of high training.

As for technical secondary schools, they can cultivate qualified welders and other technical workers.

Liu Tao was not worried that the school would refuse to cooperate. First, there were many schools directly under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, and second, the school was poor at this time and lacked funds.

In the future, many enterprises set up technical vocational schools to solve the technical problems of workers. This is the reason.

"There will be a group of people transferred to Factory 256, and a group of people from Factory 256 will be transferred to Panshan Machinery Factory." Liu Tao's eyes flashed with determination.

By transferring a group of people, it is also good for the supporting technical personnel to integrate into the system of Panshan Machinery Factory more quickly.

Although this group of people will return to their original units sooner or later, they can be used for at least two or three years.

After half a month at Factory 256, Liu Tao participated in the production and manufacturing of tanks, and then he set off to return to Panshan Machinery Factory.

These tanks produced were qualified after Liu Tao's inspection and delivered to the troops.

A Type 81 light tank costs 300,000 yuan, a Type 81 medium tank costs 700,000 yuan, and a Type 81 amphibious tank costs 500,000 yuan.

It can be said that it is completely at cost price to the troops, and there is no profit at all!

For the troops, the most favorite is naturally the Type 81 medium tank. Although the Type 81 medium tank does not have advanced performance like the Type 80 heavy tank, fierce firepower, and amazing armor defense. But the Type 81 medium tank is the most suitable for the troops.

The Type 81 medium tank is similar to the Type 59 tank, but the engine performance is far superior to the Type 59 tank, and the mobility is much stronger than the Type 59 tank, whether it is the maximum driving speed on the road or the maximum driving speed in the field.

As for the tank gun, although the 105mm gun used by the Type 81 medium tank is only 5mm larger than the 100mm gun used by the Type 59 tank, the main gun of the Type 81 medium tank is 62 times the caliber, while the Type 59 tank is a 56-caliber 100mm gun, which makes the main gun of the Type 81 medium tank far more powerful than that of the Type 59 medium tank.

The effective range of the Type 59 medium tank is 700-1200 meters, while the effective range of the Type 81 medium tank can reach 3000 meters, and the maximum range can reach 5000 meters.

As for the fire control system, the Type 81 medium tank is far ahead.

This simply makes the troops like the Type 81 medium tank to death.

Of course, there is another aspect, that is, the price is pleasant. The troops can purchase two Type 81 medium tanks for every Type 80 heavy tank they purchase, and there is still some surplus.

Type 80 heavy tanks, Type 81 medium tanks, and Type 81 light tanks, this is the high, medium and low matching system specially created by Liu Tao for the Chinese armored forces.

In the short term, the Type 81 medium tank and the Type 81 light tank are not intended for export, but for use in the army to replace the Type 59 medium tank and the Type 62 light tank.

As for the Type 59 medium tank and the Type 62 light tank that have been replaced, they are naturally for export.

Even in the future, if other countries want to import the Type 80 heavy tank and the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, they will bundle a certain number of Type 59 medium tanks and Type 62 light tanks.

Anyway, this kind of bundled sales is also a routine operation internationally.

However, the top priority now is to realize the mass production of these three tanks as soon as possible.

Especially the Type 81 medium tank and the Type 81 light tank, which are urgently needed by the army.

This can be seen from the fact that the army purchased 200 Type 81 medium tanks and Type 81 light tanks at the first time.

Last year, the army only placed orders for a few Type 80 heavy tanks.

The contrast between the two is quite striking!