The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 116 Double Happiness (First Order)

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Tomorrow is the day Liu Tao leaves Beijing and returns to Panshan Machinery Factory. The time of parting is even stronger.

Zhu Lin was very gentle and cooperated with her husband more and more. Liu Tao took this opportunity to perform several moves.

After a period of happy love, they finally entered the sage time.

The two of them were whispering in private, and Zhu Lin's face was slightly red.

Suddenly, Zhu Lin felt nauseous and started to retch continuously.

"What's wrong?" Liu Tao was shocked. "Are you sick?!"

"It's okay, just drink some water." Zhu Lin said, got up from the bed, picked up the kettle on the bedside, poured some water and drank it.

Sure enough, after drinking the water, Zhu Lin felt much better.

"Let's go to the hospital tomorrow, and I'll feel more at ease." Liu Tao put his arm around Zhu Lin's slender waist.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Liu Tao asked nervously, "Linlin, did you have your period?"

Zhu Lin was stunned for a moment, then began to count, showing a nervous look, "No, not here!"

"Let's check it out tomorrow, maybe you are really pregnant!" Liu Tao swallowed, his hands shaking a little.

You know, they are both at their best age, and the more you think about it, the more possible it becomes.

The two chatted in low voices, and they talked about whether to have a boy or a girl, and even talked about the child's name.

Before they knew it, they fell asleep in each other's arms.

In his dream, Liu Tao seemed to dream of a child appearing, the child opened his arms towards him and kept smiling.
When Liu Tao woke up, he couldn't remember anything.

"Could it be that whatever you think about during the day you will dream about at night?" Liu Tao muttered to himself.

After breakfast, Liu Tao and Zhu Lin took the same bus.

Union Hospital, came to the gynecology department.

After checking, when the report came out, Liu Tao looked at it with shaking hands.

As expected, it was correct. I calculated that it was exactly when I returned to Beijing last time.

Liu Tao was ecstatic. At this moment he felt that the world seemed different.

It seemed that he was no longer a passer-by, no longer a cold-eyed spectator, but was truly in this world.

When the two families found out, they were also delighted.

But he could not enjoy this joy for long, as he had to embark on the journey back to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Panshan Machinery Factory.

After returning here, Liu Tao spent more time on drawing, and one drawing after another was drawn.

He is mainly responsible for drawing core drawings and compiling core materials.

For the secondary drawings and materials, the technical personnel of the entire Panshan Machinery Factory were mobilized.

Practice makes perfect. Liu Tao can draw twenty pictures and write three pages of materials a day.

In addition to testing product quality every day, Liu Tao spends his time compiling the design data for the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

It took two full months to finally put together a complete set of information.

"Finally everything is done, huh~~" Liu Tao sighed softly.

One set of information, tens of thousands of drawings and materials!
This is still without the process. If there was design process information, I'm afraid there would be enough space for one or two train carriages.

It is conceivable how much technology and design data are involved in this advanced self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

If such a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was really developed, even if many universities and research institutes were mobilized, it would probably take 20 to 30 years! From this, we can also see how much time and money Liu Tao saved in military research.

Liu Tao announced that these technical personnel would be given three days off to let them have a good rest, as they were all exhausted during this period.

They were tired, and Liu Tao was tired too.

Even though he had gone to Beijing before, apart from spending time with his beautiful wife, he spent all his time drawing. When he was in the factory, he often reviewed drawings until two or three in the morning.

On average I only sleep for about five hours a day, and the rest of my time is spent on this.

Put this information in the archives and classify it as top secret.

Afterwards, he set off for the capital.

Early the next morning, Liu Tao went to Wang Baoguo's office.

"Leader, you promised me before that Factory 256 would be placed under the jurisdiction of Panshan Machinery Factory, and it has finally come true!" Liu Tao said with a smile.

Wang Baoguo was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something, "You have developed a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun?"

Wang Baoguo remembered that Liu Tao had said before that if he could develop an advanced self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, Factory 256 would be incorporated into Panshan Machinery Factory.

Now that Liu Tao said this, it also means that the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that Liu Tao mentioned before has been developed.

"Yes, it has been developed!" Liu Tao nodded slightly, "A prototype car has been produced!"

Wang Baoguo's eyes lit up. "How's the performance?"

"It is much more powerful than the anti-aircraft guns currently equipped by the troops. There is no comparison at all." Liu Tao's mouth curled up slightly, full of pride, "It is even comparable to the 'Cheetah' self-propelled anti-aircraft gun!"

"We have mastered many technologies during the development process this time. When the experts arrive, they will be surprised!" Liu Tao is full of confidence.

The 'Type 80' self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is definitely the ceiling of China's current national defense industry. It is not so easy to produce. If you want to produce it in small batches, you need Liu Tao's help.

"Tell me, how is the advanced method?" Wang Baoguo's curiosity was piqued.

"I'll temporarily name this tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun under development the 'Type 80' self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It's 10 meters long, 3.71 meters wide, and weighs 47 tons," Liu Tao introduced.

Although Wang Baoguo was not a researcher of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, he could feel the power of the "Type 80" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun just by listening to Liu Tao's introduction.

1500 horsepower, peak 1800 horsepower, how powerful is the performance of this diesel engine.

At least as far as Wang Baoguo knows, there is no diesel engine in China that can reach this power.

The Type 69 main battle tank uses a V-shaped 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine with a rated power of only 426kW, or 580 horsepower. Moreover, the Type 69 main battle tank weighs only 36.5 tons, which is not as good as the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed by Liu Tao.

This means that if this diesel engine is used and the same chassis is adopted, China can develop a heavy tank weighing 50 or even 60 tons.

Why does China only have medium tanks but no heavy tanks? Isn’t it because of the poor diesel engine technology?

The more Wang Baoguo thought about it, the more shocked he became.

If Liu Tao was not bragging, then this time Liu Tao had launched a big satellite.

"Wait a minute, come with me to report to the leader." Wang Baoguo calmed himself down. "If there are no problems, the department will organize a team of experts to go to your Panshan Machinery Factory."

Liu Tao nodded slightly. Since the Panshan Machinery Factory was now directly under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, the expert review would no longer be organized by the Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office, but would definitely be organized by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

Such an expert team must be drawn from across the country from experts who have research and achievements in this area.

Liu Tao was not worried at all about any problems with the expert review, because at present, his attainments in this area were definitely the best in the country.

There can be no other expert who can compare to him.

Although these few months were hard, his professional and technical levels related to self-propelled anti-aircraft guns have also made great progress.

　It’s on the shelves, please be the first to pre-order!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)