The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 160 The only condition
The next day.

Liu Tao received a call.

Then he called Liu Zhenbang.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the two arrived at No. 13, Sanlitun East Sixth Street.

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"Mr. Mohammed, our rule is half as a deposit and the other half to be paid upon delivery." Liu Tao emphasized the payment method.

"That's no problem. We are in a Swiss bank and can pay you at any time," said Mohammed. "All we ask is that you deliver the goods at the China-Pakistan border within a week."

Liu Tao showed some surprise.

In the past, trade with Iraq and other countries was conducted by sea transport, but unexpectedly, Persia chose land transport this time.

But think about it, the land route is shorter and safer, and there is no need to worry about the ship being sunk by Iraq.

The relations between both sides and Pakistan are quite good.

Liu Tao and Liu Zhenbang looked at each other, and then Liu Tao agreed to Muhammad's conditions.

Not to mention a week, as long as the deposit is paid, the goods can be ready the next day.

There is no need to transfer goods from the mainland, the Western Region Province can easily get all the goods together.

This batch of goods looks big, but it is just that big.

Liu Zhenbang said with emotion: "The Persians are really rich. The first order was worth $6 million."

"They have a foreign exchange reserve of 373 billion US dollars. They are a major oil-producing country, and they are very rich." Liu Tao was not surprised at all: "If they don't use the money to buy weapons, will they use it as compensation if they lose the war?"

"Just wait and see. This is just the first order. There will definitely be more orders later. Maybe it won't be long before Muhammad will contact you and place another order for weapons!" Liu Tao said.

Liu Zhenbang said: "Okay, leave it to me, you can go back without worry."

In order to facilitate foreign trade work, their foreign trade working group specially transferred several talents from the foreign affairs department to assist.

Next, we just need to recruit two more people who know Persian, and we can handle it easily.

Liu Tao said: "Remember to contact the bank in time and keep an eye on the deposit. Also, prepare the goods. Once the deposit is paid, ask them to contact the transaction. The goods can only be delivered after the balance is paid."

Liu Tao is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that the Chinese people are too honest and he thinks everyone is trustworthy.

"We are already very experienced. Our foreign trade working group is different from before," Liu Zhenbang said. "We have a precedent, so we just need to follow it."

That night, Liu Tao flew back to Yunnan Province.

Soon, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building officially issued a document, transferring Factory 356 to Panshan Machinery Factory. At the same time, there was also an adjustment to the administrative level of Panshan Machinery Factory. Although it was still a deputy-department-level unit, or a deputy-division-level unit, Liu Tao's administrative level was raised by one level, from level 12 to level 11, and his basic salary was also raised from 177 yuan to 200 yuan, an increase of 23 yuan.

At this point, it can be said that as long as Liu Tao takes one more small step forward, he can leap from a middle-level cadre to a senior cadre.

This is a small step, but it is actually a world of difference, like a chasm that most people cannot achieve even if they work hard for their entire lives.

Liu Tao asked the deputy factory director Wang Wei to be the director of Factory 356. Wang Wei had two things to do. One was to send workers to Panshan Machinery Factory for training in batches and integrate them into the big family of Panshan Machinery Factory. The other was to plan the reconstruction of Factory 356. Liu Tao was not very pleased with the current factory, which was made of earth bricks and looked simple. He still preferred reinforced concrete structure or steel structure.

Since Factory 356 was incorporated into Panshan Machinery Factory, it had to install the Panshan Machinery Factory's system.

As for the bicycle manufacturing business, there is no need for that as there are many other state-owned factories that can make bicycles.

Panshan Machinery Factory military camp.

Liu Tao drove over in a Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

Although the Panshan militia camp was disbanded and the original militiamen returned home, the armed department of the Panshan Machinery Factory still exists. After the troop streamlining plan, the Panshan Machinery Factory accepted 6000 people to help with resettlement, equivalent to three infantry regiments.

After careful selection, the Armed Forces retained 2500 people, another people were divided into two groups and sent to the Panshi Security Company in Hong Kong, and people were sent to the branch factory as guards.

The 800 people currently in the armed forces can just form a combined battalion according to Liu Tao's idea.

The combined battalion consists of three infantry companies, two tank companies, one artillery company, one combat support company, and one logistics support company, including infantry, artillery, armor, reconnaissance, communications, engineers and other arms.

The commander of the combined battalion was originally the head of a main regiment. He made a mistake in last year's "Roar of the Red Dragon". Liu Yong personally called him and Liu Tao personally visited him before he was willing to come.

"Director!" a loud voice came.

Liu Tao had just come out of the cockpit and looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Zhao Guoping in military uniform.

In just one month, Zhao Guoping became much darker and lost a lot of weight.

I have to say that Zhao Guoping is indeed a capable person. During this period, he has become good friends with his colleagues in the armed forces department and gets along well with the soldiers in the barracks.

"Not bad, not bad. You look more energetic! Comrade Li Guofu praised you to me last time." Liu Tao smiled.

Li Guofu is the head of the armed forces department of Panshan Machinery Factory and also the commander of the combined battalion.

Normally, Li Guofu had previously served as the commander of a main regiment. If he were to transfer to a local position, he would often have to be demoted one or even two levels. However, Liu Tao personally invited him to serve as the head of the armed forces department of the Panshan Machinery Factory and concurrently as the commander of the combined battalion, but his rank was that of a director and deputy division commander, which was an increase instead of a decrease.

"It is thanks to the support and help of my comrades that I have learned a lot." Zhao Guoping felt a little embarrassed.

When he arrived at Panshan Machinery Factory, he soon felt like he had discovered a new world.

It was very different from any state-owned factory he knew.

He was very interested in many things, such as the organizational structure of Panshan Machinery Factory, the new concept of Panshan Machinery Factory, and even the idea of ​​a combined battalion proposed by Liu Tao.

As for building a combined battalion, Liu Tao also gave strong support. Even the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and Type 80 tanks were learned in advance by the combined battalion.

The firepower of a combined battalion is even stronger than that of a traditional infantry regiment.

Who could have imagined that there were now two self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and two tanks in a combined battalion?
Therefore, Zhao Guoping usually spends a lot of time in the military camp, studying and discussing with the soldiers and the commander of the battalion headquarters.

Zhao Guoping was also very interested in a 24-member special forces unit that was formed at the same time, and he often visited the special forces' training, teaching, and tactical research.

Before, he didn't quite understand why he was arranged to come to Panshan Machinery Factory, but now Zhao Guoping understood a little.

(End of this chapter)