Great Power Ship

Chapter 9 This is the proof

Zhou Wei's tone of voice changed, and he stared blankly at the staff in charge of notifying, and the staff hurriedly handed the telegram just received to Zhou Wei.

The content of the telegram is very simple: "The corrosion resistance problem of the new aluminum alloy in seawater seems to be solved, and some people can bring samples to the bureau for further verification!"

Although there are not many words, the things involved are huge and meaningful, so that Zhou Wei read it several times and felt that he was dreaming.

You must know that more than half a year ago, when the expert group of the ordnance system was conducting the technical appraisal of the 109 torpedo, the new aluminum alloy shell of the torpedo manufactured by the Lidong Factory failed in the first stage, resulting in the entire project being judged as unqualified by the expert group , refurbished.

Although the big guys didn't say anything at the time, the Southwest Ordnance Bureau knew very well that even if the new aluminum alloy casing of the 109 torpedo didn't hit the street, it would eventually become half-dead, and it has since become one of the many bottlenecked projects. one.

Because these experts know that this kind of thing that involves material performance research, process planning matching, and manufacturing technology innovation, not to mention the Lidong Machinery Factory, even the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau cannot afford it.

You know, it needs to spend a lot of money, but it may not be effective, let alone the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau has no money in hand.

Not long ago, the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau learned from the ordnance system that, as the parent model of the 109 torpedo imitation, the actual production process of the A-244 "White Head" light electric anti-submarine torpedo in a certain country is quite different from the process recorded in the public information. After it belongs to the internal version that has obtained patent protection, the Southwest Ordnance Bureau is unanimously pessimistic about the prospects of the 109 torpedo project.

It's not that the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau doesn't want to stick to this project, but from the re-opening to the present, there are too many examples like the 109 torpedo that had a bright future at the beginning, but then ended without a problem.

After all, the Southwest Ordnance Bureau is subordinate to not only Lidong Machinery Factory, but more than a hundred large and small third-tier enterprises in the entire southwest region.

At first, the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau also refused to give up an inch of land. It presented facts to its superiors, reasoned, and cried about the difficulty of the third-line construction in the past ten years. The Ordnance Industry Bureau is also a little numb.

Because of this, the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau has focused on several major projects related to the national economy and people's livelihood this year. Projects like the 109 torpedo will be guaranteed if they can be guaranteed, and they will not deliberately force them if they cannot be preserved.

Compared with this, the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau is more concerned about the transformation and profitability of its subordinate enterprises.

As the saying goes, a penny beats a hero. With so many promising projects, does the Southwest Ordnance Bureau want to give up?In fact, none of them wanted to give up, and their superiors allowed the Southwest Ordnance Bureau to try, but the Southwest Ordnance Bureau had to bear the cost itself.

In this way, the Southwest Ordnance Bureau had to give up if they didn't want to, because they simply couldn't spend so much money to support related technology research and development and technology iteration, so they couldn't stick to their own ideas.

This is the contradiction between ideal and reality.

In the end, the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau had to compromise with reality, put away unrealistic ideals, and promote the active transformation of its subordinate third-line and small third-line factories to enhance revenue capabilities, thereby expanding the pockets of the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau, so as to retain more good item.

The expected transformation and reform of the Lidong Machinery Factory is an important step taken by the Southwest Armory in this round of self-reform, but it was strongly opposed by the director of the factory, Du Weiguo.

In fact, it's not just Du Weiguo, the director of any factory would jump to his feet and disagree.

If you stay in the military industry system, you will be backed by the state, and you will not lack wages and benefits for good or bad jobs. It can be said that the income is guaranteed every year in droughts and floods. Who would not want to live such a life?

Once it is pushed to the market, without the backing of the state, it is equivalent to a weaned child.
Not to mention ruining his own future, he would still have to be scolded by the whole factory for the rest of his life.

Therefore, no one wants to leave the comfortable comfort zone to face the icy and unexpected cold wind.

Based on this, the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau is actually very ambiguous about the 109 torpedo project, that is, it hopes that this project can be promoted until it succeeds, because it is equivalent to filling the gap in the country, and it can be regarded as an embarrassment to the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau.

At the same time, I also feel that it doesn’t matter if the progress cannot be made, because this is tantamount to blocking the last excuse of the Lidong Machinery Factory to delay the reform, and forcing the Lidong Machinery Factory to undergo civilian transformation, thus taking a solid step in the internal reform of the Southwest Military Industry Bureau. .

Because of this, the Southwest Ordnance Bureau's attitude towards Du Weiguo's trip to the Southwest Ordnance Bureau was to help if he could, and if he couldn't help, he could only shrug his shoulders and express his helplessness.

From the perspective of the development of the situation, it has long been beyond the capability of the Southwest Ordnance Bureau, and there is nothing they can do if they don't want to.

So the meeting between Zhou Wei and Du Weiguo this time, in addition to informing him that the 109 torpedo project has actually ended, also conveyed to him the opinions of the leaders of the bureau, that is, to return to the Lidong Factory as soon as possible and engage in civilian use with peace of mind. Transformation.

Originally, Zhou Wei had already finished the sad news with a heavy heart, and was about to put on a majestic face to convey the meaning of the bureau leader to Du Weiguo, but at this juncture, he received a telegram from Lidong Factory's technological breakthrough.

For a while, his old face flushed like a rubber tube swollen by the water, and finally he could only hand the telegram in his hand to Du Weiguo beside him: "Old Du, this is the telegram just sent by your factory. Long, how reliable do you think it is?"

Zhou Wei's astonishment just now, and his gaffe while reading the telegram, were exactly in the eyes of Du Weiguo and Wen Lin. Although they were also surprised, they didn't show it on their faces.

The reason is very simple. The two of them are also beating drums in their hearts. How can the factory solve the problem that is difficult even for the Southwest Ordnance Industry Bureau?After all, no one here knows Lidong Machinery Factory better than the two of them.

But he was beating the drums in his heart, Du Weiguo received the telegram from Zhou Wei, but he was not weak at all. He glanced at the telegram immediately, with a gratified smile on his thin face, and while handing the telegram to Wen Lin beside him, he rushed Zhou Wei said: "I said when I was still working in the Southwest Ordnance Bureau, don't underestimate the grassroots units below. Practice has proved that what I said at the beginning was correct. Although the Lidong Factory is in the Southwest Ordnance Bureau system Inside is not the most prominent, but there are also some capable people who can hide dragons and crouching tigers!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the telegram in Wen Lin's hand: "This is the proof!"

Before the words fell, Wen Lin took over the words of Director Du: "Yes, although the overall strength of our Lidong Factory is not strong, we still have our own unique insights in technology, such as our Comrade Qin Yibin, the technical section chief, is ten experienced old experts; there are also several new college students represented by Zhang Mingli, who have also become the technical backbone of our factory. played a role that cannot be ignored..."

After a pause, Wen Lin breathed a sigh of relief: "So, this result is completely in line with expectations!"

(End of this chapter)