The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 152: Two Worlds Inside and Outside
After getting off the plane, there are already vehicles prepared.

Everyone got on the bus in an organized manner and set off for Panshan Machinery Factory.

After more than an hour's driving, we could see transport vehicles coming and going along the way.

Finally, a sentry post appeared in everyone's sight.

It is called a sentry post, but in fact it can be said to be a section of city wall.

The entire outpost is made of reinforced concrete, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On one side is a river blocked by a sluice gate, and on the other side is a sentry post made of reinforced concrete, with fully armed guards.

There are words "Military Area, No Entry" next to it, which is very conspicuous.

This is the southern gate of Panshan Machinery Factory, and it is the only way to get to Panshan Machinery Factory from Kunming City.

Apart from this road, there is no other road for vehicles to travel on.

After passing the checkpoint, it felt like entering a new world.

This is not a factory at all, it is clearly a town, or even a county town.

It's not a bad idea to even say that this is a city.

There are many beautiful houses and many park-like leisure areas along the river.

They saw hospitals, shopping malls, schools, and bus stations.
The car stopped at the office building and everyone got out.

Liu Tao had called us in advance, and the factory had already prepared a welcome ceremony to welcome these colleagues to join the big family of Panshan Machinery Factory.

Next, someone naturally took them to their respective dormitories and then to familiarize themselves with the Panshan Machinery Factory.

As for the welcome party, it will be at 7 o'clock in the evening, which is still quite some time from now.

This was just right, otherwise everyone would have had no appetite after sitting in the car for nearly two hours.

Liu Tao took this opportunity to go to the testing room and complete the work that had been delayed during this period.

Now he only needs to test heavy machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, sniper rifles, rifle grenades, sniper grenade launchers, anti-aircraft machine guns and the corresponding ammunition, so even though he has been in the capital for eight days, the testing room is not filled up like before.

Moreover, because of the improvement in the pass rate and excellent rate, Liu Tao's testing became much easier.

"Rifle grenades and sniper grenade launchers will no longer need to be inspected by me. After inspection by your quality department, they can be sent directly to the warehouse." Liu Tao said, "Also, we need to strengthen the quality inspection of scopes. Any unqualified ones will be returned."

As for the sights, we purchased them from a state-owned factory that specializes in this field.

The technology is still provided by Panshan Machinery Factory, and the quality control is also carried out by Panshan Machinery Factory. All the scopes that come to Panshan Machinery Factory will be inspected by Panshan Machinery Factory.

But even now, after testing, the pass rate of the scope is still very low.

Whether a sniper rifle can kill a target at a long distance does not rely on the naked eye, but on the scope.

No matter how powerful a gun is, if there is a problem with the scope, it will not hit the target.

"If the other party can't improve the pass rate, we at Panshan Machinery Factory will make the sights ourselves in the future!" Liu Tao was also a little annoyed.

For such a long time, more than a year, the qualification rate of the sights sent by the other party to Panshan Machinery Factory was very low.

Heavy sniper rifles, sniper rifles, etc. fail to meet the standards, and many reasons are that the scopes fail to meet the standards.

I can’t even imagine how low the pass rate of the scope would be if Panshan Machinery Factory hadn’t conducted quality inspection before the scope entered the factory.

Looking at the time, there was only an hour left until the welcome party, so Liu Tao left the testing room, went home, took a shower, and changed into clean clothes.

In the auditorium, colorful ribbons were fluttering, flowers were seen everywhere, and there were colorful lights hanging.

People kept coming to the auditorium to participate in the welcome ceremony, including not only the cadres who followed Liu Tao back to Panshan Machinery Factory today, but also the employees who had joined Panshan Machinery Factory in the past month.

When the time came to seven o'clock, two young hosts, a man and a woman, came on stage and the welcome party began.

Amidst warm applause, Liu Tao came to the stage and delivered a speech, welcoming everyone on behalf of all the employees of Panshan Machinery Factory.

The entire welcome party lasted for two hours, and Liu Tao left after his speech.

The next day, Liu Tao held a management meeting of Panshan Machinery Factory.

Formally introduced this batch of work to other factory leaders and announced each person's appointment.

State-owned factories implement the factory director responsibility system, and the factory director has very broad power, including the power to appoint personnel.

He does not need to ask for permission from his superiors to appoint or dismiss employees; he only needs to file a record.

The Fifth Ministry of Machine Building did not interfere in his appointment of this batch of cadres, and the appointment power was given to him.

Basically every cadre has been promoted to at least one administrative level.

There was even one who was transferred from the First Machine Factory, who was specifically responsible for confidentiality work. He was directly appointed by Liu Tao as deputy director, second only to him in rank.

After the appointment, there will naturally be corresponding people to take them to the office.

The next topic was the arrangement of orders.

For the two large orders, the delivery time is clear and can only be advanced but not delayed.

This involves mutual trust in the cooperation between the two parties.

And there are many related things here, such as the preparation of cargo ships, which all need to be arranged in advance.

"We still have to insist on the three-shift system and carry forward the fine tradition of our workers of hard work and perseverance." Liu Tao did not cancel the order to the three-shift system, while other military factories had already canceled the three-shift production and alerts.

However, Panshan Machinery Factory still adheres to the original method, and the entire factory production area and outpost are on guard.

"Logistics must also be guaranteed, and we cannot let comrades complain about food and drink," Liu Tao emphasized.

Others expressed their determination.

"How is the negotiation on the warehouse at Yangcheng Port going? Has it been rented?" Liu Tao asked.

In order to facilitate things in the future, Liu Tao specifically appointed Feng Defeng to be responsible for renting the warehouse.

Feng Defeng replied: "Director, the site has been negotiated, and we will build the warehouse ourselves."

"That's good. Let's quickly arrange the warehouse construction!" Liu Tao said, "It must be well concealed!"

Weapons and equipment are different from other things. If possible, they should not be leaked.

The best way is to load the goods immediately upon arrival of the ship at night instead of during the day.

The warehouse should be located close to the dock to facilitate transportation and reduce the risk of exposure.

"I understand!" Feng Defeng replied.

Later, Liu Tao learned about what had happened at Panshan Machinery Factory during this period. During the few days he had returned to Beijing, two cases of work-related injuries had occurred. One was a worker's finger being cut off by a cutting machine, and the other was a worker's foot being hit by a box while carrying something.

Liu Tao frowned slightly. Although he had repeatedly emphasized production safety work and constantly instilled the importance of production safety work, workers still suffered work-related injuries from time to time.

Although Liu Tao knew that such things were inevitable and could not be prevented even with the greatest caution, he still felt bad. These two cases represented two people who were disabled and could no longer perform their original jobs.

Most importantly, disability means being disabled, and even if you are reassigned to a new job, you will inevitably be gossiped about and left with psychological trauma.

(End of this chapter)