The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 167 The latest news from the Middle East (asking for monthly tickets)
Production workshop.

At this time, the main gun has been installed in the turret, and engineers are installing the fire control system.

They have to connect 15 kilometers of electric wires precisely and without any mistakes.

Liu Tao is constantly using the system to scan.

Because it was not a dedicated tank production workshop but a temporary one, and many parts had to be produced by Liu Tao himself, the production speed of the tanks was not fast.

Even if all the parts are complete, it will take so many people ten days to assemble a tank.

In the beginning, it took twenty days or even longer to assemble a tank.

These engineers were transferred from Factory 256 to participate in the production of tanks in advance.

Similarly, in another production workshop, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are being produced.

"This wire is connected wrongly!" said Liu Tao.

After checking, the engineers quickly made corrections.

Also being installed are weapon stabilization systems, turret control systems and numerous sensors.

Finally, the turret work was completed.

Begin lifting the turret with a crane and attaching it to the chassis.

Workers then began testing the entire vehicle to ensure all systems were functioning properly.

Finally, the tank was installed with tracks and the entire tank was completed.

Liu Tao jumped into the cockpit and drove the tank out of the production workshop.

When operating the system, he naturally knew that this tank was not perfect. On the contrary, it still had many problems.

Strictly speaking, this is not a production-qualified tank.

But he did not crave for engineers, because it was not easy to achieve this step.

Every time he achieved this step, Liu Tao would drive the tank around in his own way and then fix the defects.

Liu Tao drove this newly produced Type 80 tank. As his experience bar continued to increase, he continued to repair its defects.

The next day, he drove the tank to the military camp and handed over the Type 80 tank to the combined battalion.

Just when Liu Tao was about to stay in the combined battalion for a while, he was told that his superior had called.

Liu Tao hurried back to the office and called the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building immediately.

Half an hour later, the call from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building was finally connected.

The call was from Wang Baoguo. In addition to informing him of the latest situation of the Iran-Iraq War, the biggest news was that Al took the initiative to contact Liu Zhenbang and urgently placed an additional order for a batch of artillery shells.

Although most of the artillery and tanks used by the Iraqi army were Soviet-made weapons and equipment, the artillery shells and tank shells were not purchased from the Soviet Union, but from China, because China's various artillery shells were obviously much cheaper than those of the Soviet Union, and China would not take the opportunity to raise prices and try to gain greater influence like the Soviet Union.

When Liu Tao heard the good news, a bright smile appeared on his face.

This is indeed good news. Not long after the first batch of goods was delivered to Persia, Persia placed a second order for a large number of weapons and equipment, and then Iraq also came to purchase!
Now that the Iran-Iraq War has lasted for more than a month, Persia has blocked the full-scale offensive of the Iraqi army, rather than suffering continuous defeats as it did at the beginning of the war.

Facing the powerful offensive of Iraq, the Persian army responded hastily, and its air force attacked 16 targets in Iraq. The ground forces adjusted their deployment and moved to the border, gathering 7 divisions and 2 brigades on the front line, in addition to a large number of revolutionary guards.

The focus of Persia's defense was on the northern line to control the main passage and delay the attack of the Iraqi army.

It is obvious that the Iraqi armored forces did not keep up the momentum and did not come up with any eye-catching tactics after their offensive was blocked.

Soon, the two sides will fall into a stalemate, which is a brutal war of attrition.

Before a war breaks out, both sides may think that the weapons and ammunition they have prepared are sufficient to win the war. But when the war begins, both sides will find that the consumption of weapons and ammunition exceeds their imagination.

Even though Iraq had previously purchased a large amount of weapons and ammunition from Liu Tao, the consumption of weapons and ammunition was still far beyond expectations. Now Iraq’s ammunition can only be used for another month, and the tank shells and some Soviet-made artillery shells originally prepared have been basically used up.

When the Iran-Iraq War broke out, the international oil price broke through $40 per barrel. You should know that at the beginning of the year, the international oil price broke through $30 per barrel, and Europe and the United States were complaining. The people were quite dissatisfied. Even the United States had to take out a large amount of oil from its oil reserves to stabilize the oil price. At this time, both Iran and Iran purchased weapons and ammunition from Europe and the United States, but European and American countries were not willing at all.

China becomes the best choice.

Tanks and cannons like those made in Iraq, even those made in the Soviet Union, can all be purchased from China, because China's current weapons and equipment are basically imitations of Soviet-made ones, and China has all types of Soviet-made shells.

Some of the artillery shells that Persia needs are not available in China, as the sizes of the shells are different. However, Persia has money, so it can directly purchase cannons and tanks, and then purchase artillery shells.

"When a cannon is fired, it's worth a ton of gold. This is really true!" Liu Tao put down the phone, feeling deeply moved.

The war has only been going on for a month and both sides have to purchase more weapons and ammunition. Otherwise, if the war continues for another month, both sides may be in the dilemma of having weapons but no ammunition.

This is the shortcoming of non-industrialized countries, a lot of things have to be purchased.

Unlike industrialized countries, when war breaks out, they can rely on their own military factories to continuously produce weapons and ammunition, and the production speed may even be faster than the consumption speed.

When a non-industrialized country goes to war with an industrialized country, the industrialized country will be the winner in the end.

On this point, China has always insisted that industrialization is the right path!

"Although the war has only been going on for more than a month, Persia has suffered heavy losses!" Although Liu Tao did not know the details, he was still shocked when he heard what Wang Baoguo said initially.

The Iran-Iraq War breaks out, Iraq launches a full-scale offensive, and Persia organizes border defense.

Iraq deployed five divisions and two brigades of ground forces, more than 5 tanks and about 1200 people, all of whom were Iraq's elite troops, to attack Persia from the north, center and south. Although Persia assembled seven divisions and two brigades of troops on the front line, as well as a large number of revolutionary guards, it still could not stop Iraq's fierce attack.

Iraq has now occupied 2 square kilometers of Persian territory and controlled a narrow strip of land on the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab River, with an invasion depth of 90 kilometers in the south.

If it weren't for the Persians' fearlessness and air force advantage, and the fact that Iraq advanced too quickly after its initial success, with its logistical supplies unable to keep up, and the unfavorable terrain that slowed down its offensive, the Persians would probably have suffered even greater losses.

But even so, Iraq still surrounded the Persian oil center of Abadan, and the initiative on the battlefield was still firmly in Iraq's hands.

In terms of losses, Persia suffered far greater losses than Iraq.

Many arsenals were either bombed by Iraq or blew up by themselves because the Iraqis were defeated and did not want Iraq to seize their supplies.

This is also the reason why weapons and ammunition are consumed quickly on the battlefield, not only because the soldiers use them, but also because they are destroyed in large quantities.

　Next, I need to adjust the publishing time. Many chapters have been reviewed recently, so I need to leave enough time for the review.

　　Sorry, please understand.
　　
　
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