The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

The Type 54 122mm towed howitzer currently equipped in the military must be towed by a car.

On the battlefield, many places cannot be reached due to the complex terrain environment.

The tracked 122mm self-propelled howitzer is different. It can adapt to the complex environment of the battlefield and has strong mobility. After firing here, it can be transferred immediately after receiving the order and then fire at the next place.

The leaders present are all from the military industry system and are real experts.

The Type 81 122mm self-propelled howitzer is a good thing, but it may be very important that it cannot be mass-produced.

If it cannot be mass-produced, then no matter how good it is, it will be a pity.

Liu Tao gave a positive answer.

Then he reported to everyone that he would carry out joint training programs with secondary technical schools, junior colleges, and undergraduate colleges.

The training mechanism for technical workers such as welders and electricians is used to train a group of professional technical workers and a group of high-end engineers.

For factories, this is undoubtedly very important.

This process takes about five or six years, three or four years of professional knowledge training in school, and two or three years of training in the factory, combining theory with knowledge.

"Your factory is so big now, can you still get the funds?" The leader frowned slightly.

It is naturally a good thing to promote the development of colleges and universities and cultivate talents with the help of colleges and universities.

This can fundamentally solve some stubborn problems and cultivate qualified and excellent military talents.

However, the investment in this area is also very large. The "Seven Sons of Military Industry" plus other colleges and technical secondary schools invest at least hundreds of millions of funds every year.

The most important thing is that Panshan Machinery Factory has to draw experts from other scientific research institutions to teach in these schools and teach students.

There is also a need to provide factories for students to do internships during summer and winter vacations.

"It's still possible if you squeeze in!" Liu Tao nodded.

This time, the order from Iraq can be said to have provided him with a large amount of funds.

As long as it can be solved with money, it is not a big deal.

Liu Tao does not want to produce tanks in the future without qualified welders, electricians, and painters.

Besides, CNC machine tools also need professional technicians to operate them.

It seems that CNC machine tools have higher processing accuracy and simpler operation than traditional machine tools, but the requirements for technicians are also higher.

At present, in the entire Panshan Machinery Factory, only Liu Tao knows how to operate and program CNC machine tools. The technical teams supported by other countries are still studying and have not yet figured it out.

"We will call the principals of these military colleges to Beijing for a meeting on the matter you mentioned." Leader Zhang nodded.

Since Panshan Machinery Factory is willing to pay, the Fifth Machine Ministry does not need to pay, and the Fifth Machine Ministry only needs to be responsible for coordination and overall planning, which is perfect.

The annual funding of 100 million yuan can largely solve the funding difficulties of these military colleges and allow them to develop further.

As for the latest contract agreement with Iraq mentioned in Liu Tao's work report, they all know that many leaders are weird about the price increase and always feel that it is a bit unfair.

It is true that the US dollar is depreciating, but the RMB is also depreciating.

Last year, 1 US dollar = 1.49 RMB, and this year it has been adjusted to 1 US dollar = 1.7768 RMB, which is a depreciation of 19.25%.

Now Panshan Machinery Factory has raised its price, but the purchase price of domestic troops has not changed, and even the price change is not big, which means that Panshan Machinery Factory has earned more from this foreign trade order.

Moreover, Liu Tao also reminded the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building that the price of exported weapons can be slightly increased.

This is simply bad.

The eight-day holiday passed in a blink of an eye.

Under the reluctant eyes of his family, Liu Tao once again boarded the plane back to Yunnan Province.

In Kun City, Liu Tao met the presidents of Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology in the conference room.

The negotiation this time was about the cooperation between Panshan Machinery Factory and them.

Yunnan University was also well-known at that time, but the national colleges and departments were adjusted. Its Institute of Science and Technology became independent as Kunshi Institute of Technology, its Medical School became independent as Kunshi Medical College, its Agricultural College became independent as Kunshi Agricultural and Forestry College, its Aviation School was merged into Sichuan University and Beijing Aviation College, its Law and Politics School was merged into Southwest University of Political Science and Law, its Civil Engineering and Architecture School was merged into Central South Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Shancheng Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and its Railway Management School was merged into Beijing Railway College and Tanzhou Railway College.

In 1958, Yunnan University was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Yunnan Provincial Government for management. In 1978, when the college entrance examination was resumed, it was listed as one of the 88 national key universities by the Ministry of Education. This year, it was authorized to grant doctoral and master's degrees.

As early as 1974, Yunnan Institute of Technology was established on the basis of Yunnan First Institute of Technology, Third Institute of Technology and Agricultural Machinery School.

"Director Liu, can your Panshan Machinery Factory really give 20 million yuan to Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology every year?" The leader couldn't help asking.

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Education has always been a major national event and has always been highly valued by the Chinese.

Being able to develop education is definitely a plus for local leaders.

20 million yuan is a huge sum of money for Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology.

You should know that this year's fiscal education allocation is 11.319 billion yuan, which covers all junior high schools, high schools, and universities. There is actually not much left for universities, and even less for Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology.

20 million yuan is much more than the annual operating expenses of Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology.

"Yes, in addition, our Panshan Machinery Factory will send experts to serve as professors in the school to strengthen the school's faculty!" Liu Tao said.

None of the seven schools of the Ordnance Industry or other schools directly under the Ordnance Industry is in Yunnan Province, and Yunnan Province is the base camp of Panshan Machinery Factory. Liu Tao naturally has this plan to strengthen the university here.

Universities are not only the cradle of talent training, but also scientific research institutions.

Each school has an annual funding of 20 million yuan, which is 40 million yuan a year. This is a huge sum of money for the province, but for Panshan Machinery Factory, it is nothing, just a drizzle.

The presidents of Yunnan University and Yunnan University of Technology smiled happily when they heard this. This is simply a pie in the sky.

With so much funding, it is difficult for the school not to develop.

What's more, Panshan Machinery Factory will also send experts to serve as professors in the school to strengthen the school's faculty.

Yunnan University and Yunnan University of Technology have suffered a great impact after the destruction of the past ten years, and the faculty is very lacking.

As for many of the majors mentioned by Liu Tao, they have never heard of them.

But this did not stop them from agreeing to it. They would be willing to call Liu Tao "Dad" for 20 million yuan a year.

It is really hard for college students now. There is no funding at all, let alone scientific research projects.

Lack of money and teachers!

This is the current situation of colleges.

Even for college graduates now, some schools are actively working with students to allow them to stay in school to teach in order to strengthen the school's teaching staff.