The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 102 Being plotted

"From now on, rifle bullets will be the same as pistol bullets and will no longer need to pass my inspection."

Liu Tao wiped the sweat off his face and gave the order.

He picked up the green kettle and took a big sip of water.

"Yes, Director!" the three quality inspectors answered in unison.

There was joy on their faces.

This represents Liu Tao's affirmation and trust in their quality inspection department.

Their efforts over the past year or so have finally reassured Liu Tao about their quality inspection capabilities.

Among the thirty people in the quality inspection department, Liu Tao scolded him the most.

And now, the clouds have finally parted and the sun is shining, and the moon is visible after the clouds have cleared!
The production of pistol bullets and rifle bullets is very mature, and Liu Tao is relieved.

However, when inspecting the heavy machine gun bullets, the pass rate still did not meet the target set by Liu Tao.

Liu Tao set the target for bullet qualification rate at 99%.

Now the pass rate of pistol bullets and rifle bullets has been reached.

However, heavy machine gun bullets are still far from satisfactory, with a pass rate of barely 80%. And this is after previous tests, in which unqualified bullets have been picked out.

Although the 80% pass rate seems very high, it is still 99% short of the target of 19%.

The difference of 19% may not seem big, but you have to know that according to the plan of Panshan Machinery Factory, the annual output of heavy machine gun bullets will reach 1 million rounds!

This means that a difference of 19% will result in 1900 million more substandard bullets.

The production cost of one heavy machine gun bullet is nearly one yuan. Wasting 1900 million heavy machine gun bullets would mean a loss of tens of millions!

As for the pass rate of special ammunition, it is even lower.

Liu Tao was also helpless about this, as he knew it would take time to improve the pass rate.

Improving workers' skills cannot be achieved overnight, but requires time to hone.

It took Liu Tao four full days to complete the inspection of all the weapons and ammunition, and he was able to resume his routine of only having to go to the quality inspection room for one hour each day.

Liu Tao then focused his main energy on researching armored vehicle technology.

In the blink of an eye, another week has passed.

After seeing off the working group from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, Liu Tao had to go to Kun City again.

The water conservancy and hydropower expert group has finally completed the preliminary planning and design, and he needs to attend the meeting.

In the conference room, Li Daozong, the chief engineer in charge of this project, introduced: "Dear leaders, after our research during this period, we suggest building a reservoir here in Yiliang County. This is in the middle and lower reaches of the South Panjiang River in the Pearl River Basin, 28km away from Yiliang County, 60km away from Kunming City, and 20km away from Panshan Machinery Factory."

"We chose this place. The dam site controls a basin area of ​​4556 square kilometers. We recommend the use of a concrete face rockfill dam with a maximum dam height of 103 meters and a dam crest length of 309.8 meters. The average flow rate at the dam site is 48.4 cubic meters per second, the annual runoff is 15.3 billion cubic meters, the normal water level of the reservoir is 1640.4 meters, the total storage capacity is 4.37 million cubic meters, the effective storage capacity is 2.55 million cubic meters, the total installed capacity of the dam-type power plant is 32 kw, the designed power generation is 16 billion kWh, and the annual average is 12 billion kWh."

"After completion, in addition to meeting the water and electricity needs of the current Panshan Machinery Factory and three planned factories, it can also meet the total irrigation area of ​​37.81 mu."

“The total investment is about 2 million RMB.”

Liu Tao muttered to himself, it seemed to meet the current and future plans of Panshan Machinery Factory, but in fact it was carrying some ulterior motives.

With such a large reservoir capacity and such a large power generation capacity, even the irrigation area has been taken into account.

This is not even pretending.

"Comrade Liu Tao, what do you think of this planning proposal?" The leader looked at Liu Tao with a smile.

Liu Tao looked embarrassed and pondered for a moment, "Leader, this plan is naturally very good, but our Panshan Machinery Factory also has a heavy burden. Most of the money has to be used for construction. After the reservoir is built, the local area will also benefit a lot. How about this, our Panshan Machinery Factory will contribute 100 million yuan, and the province will provide the rest?" "No problem!" the leader said without hesitation.

Liu Tao's eyes widened. He felt as if he was being plotted against.

Then he suddenly realized, and understood in his heart that the expert group must have exaggerated the total investment. With a total investment of 2 million yuan, it is not impossible to build it with 1 million yuan if they are frugal.

Considering that the total construction cost of the Maojia Village Reservoir Dam is less than 70 million yuan, plus the hydropower station, the total is estimated to be less than 100 million yuan.

He is indeed an old fox. His plan is quite powerful. In the final analysis, Panshan Machinery Factory will pay for it.

But he could only nod and agree, because the resettlement and demolition work had to be done by the province, and the reservoir construction also had to be organized by the province.

After all, to build such a large reservoir, we need to organize tens of thousands of people to start construction, and Panshan Machinery Factory does not have that capacity.

"In this case, we should carry out the plan in depth and report it to the country," said the leader.

The province does not have the authority to approve such large reservoirs, and they must be reported to higher authorities.

However, for projects like this where the local government pays for the construction itself, the higher authorities usually won't make things difficult for them.

As long as you don't ask for money from your superiors, they will naturally be the easiest to talk to.

After returning to Panshan Machinery Factory, Liu Tao continued to devote himself to the technical research and development of armored vehicles.

When I have free time, I write letters and experience the love letters of this era.

As for making phone calls, it is convenient for Liu Tao, but not for Zhu Lin.

Writing letters is actually their main channel of communication.

Time passed unknowingly and it was already late January. All the orders to be delivered to Jordan had been prepared and were being loaded onto trucks and shipped to Kunming Railway Station, where they would be shipped to Guangzhou.

For such a large order, basically each batch weighs hundreds or even thousands of tons, and requires about thirty train carriages to transport.

Liu Tao does not need to contact Wang Baoguo, but can directly contact his father Liu Zhenbang.

It can be said that there are many missing links in the middle.

The order for Jordan has been completed, but Panshan Machinery Factory still has to prepare for the order for Syria.

The pistol bullets and rifle bullets were not newly produced, but were transferred from the arsenal in Kun City to clear the inventory, and the corresponding bullets produced by Panshan Machinery Factory were supplemented.

The entire Panshan Machinery Factory is developing at a high speed, and its output is increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The arrival of batches of medical staff and teachers at Panshan Machinery Factory also gave the young men at Panshan Machinery Factory a boost of enthusiasm.

The place I go most often after get off work is the mall, hoping to meet nurses or teachers.

As for work, it is more serious than ever.

If you don't work hard, not only will you not get a share of the house, but you will also be looked down upon by women, and you won't be able to find a partner.

This involves lifelong happiness, so they have no choice but to work hard.

The production workshop that Liu Tao visits most often is the one that produces heavy machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, and anti-aircraft machine guns. To complete orders, it can be said that this aspect of production is the most important.

The number of people in the production workshop is also increasing.

In addition, Liu Tao went to the new production workshop to repair and install machinery and equipment. These production workshops will be put into use soon.

During this period, almost all the educated youth from several nearby towns were absorbed by the Panshan Machinery Factory. After all, these educated youth had at least a junior high school education, and some had a high school education or even a college education.

There were even professors who were sent here for labor reform, and Liu Tao got them to Panshan Machinery Factory through channels.

(End of this chapter)