The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 225 Technical school?
Three tanks, not a single one is qualified!

The red color on the virtual panel was so shocking that even Liu Tao, who had been prepared, couldn't help but feel scared!

This batch of people were the backbone of tank manufacturing and production mobilized by the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building to manufacture these three tanks in other tank manufacturing plants.

However, even such a group of technical backbones, including many old engineers who have been producing and manufacturing tanks for 20 years, handed in unsatisfactory results, or even extremely unsatisfactory results!

Liu Tao's eyelids were twitching.

With such a group of backbone personnel, can the Type 59 tanks produced by them really be up to standard?

After gathering the responsible persons and main technical personnel, Liu Tao looked unfriendly.

He pointed out the problems one by one and criticized them severely.

Those who were criticized blushed.

Even the old engineers who participated in the development of the Type 59 tank had to bow their heads.

If other people were criticized like this, they would naturally resist and even use their seniority to bully others.

But Liu Tao is different. After developing the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun and Type 80 tank, he has become the first person in this field in China.

Those who achieve first come first!
This principle is an eternal truth in the field of technology.

The teaching materials that Liu Tao compiled in his spare time are all things they need to study seriously.

Technically speaking, Liu Tao is far superior to them.

In terms of administrative level, Liu Tao also surpasses them.

After the criticism, Liu Tao felt the seriousness of the matter.

It will probably take three to five months to train these 1,000 technical backbones.

Accompanied by the person in charge and key technical personnel, the problems of the three tanks were solved one by one.

It was already late when we returned to our residence.

From the moment I got off the plane until now, I haven't stopped for a moment.

The secretary came in with a bowl of noodles, which was still hot, obviously just cooked.

A bowl of braised beef noodles exudes a rich aroma.

Liu Tao finished a big bowl of braised beef noodles in just a few bites.

After taking a shower, Liu Tao took out his notebook and wrote down some of his thoughts for the day with a pen.

No matter how much you curse, the problem still needs to be solved.

In addition to the problems existing in the factory itself, the problem of talent is also huge.

The welding skills of welders need to be improved.

He was thinking about the training mechanism of colleges and universities, and specifically cooperating with colleges and universities to train qualified workers.

It is not like now, where people who know nothing go to factories as apprentices and rely on practice to become qualified workers over time.

If we want to mass-produce tanks and armored vehicles, we must solve the problem of technicians.

Sooner or later, the previous batch of workers will be eliminated by the times.

The new generation of workers will have higher education, more knowledge to learn, be better at thinking, better at solving problems, and better at operating machines.

Panshan Machinery Factory already has technicians who can operate CNC machine tools, but the current 256 Factory is still operated by people brought by the technical team. "Fortunately, the Third Front Construction has built a large number of scientific research institutions and schools in the southwest!" Liu Tao thought to himself: "I really ignored the school aspect before. This is the real place to cultivate talents."

"Undergraduate universities train senior technical personnel, junior colleges train intermediate technical personnel, and technical secondary schools train junior technical personnel!" Liu Tao kept writing down his thoughts in his notebook with a fountain pen.

Last year, the national college and university admission rate for undergraduates was only 8%, which is much higher than the admission rate in 1978, the first year after the college entrance examination was resumed, but it is still a very low number.

Being able to be admitted and go to university means that one has been selected as a talent, so naturally one needs to be trained in a high direction.

As for technical secondary schools, they can train qualified welders and other technical workers.

Liu Tao was not worried that the school would refuse to cooperate. Firstly, there were quite a few schools directly under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. Secondly, the school was poor and lacked funds at that time.

This is why many companies set up technical vocational schools to solve workers' technical problems.

"We need to transfer a group of people to Factory 256, and transfer a group of people from Factory 256 to Panshan Machinery Factory." A determination flashed in Liu Tao's eyes.

By transferring a group of people, it will also help the supporting technical personnel to integrate into the Panshan Machinery Factory system more quickly.

Although this group of people will return to their original units sooner or later, they can at least be used for two or three years.

After spending half a month at Factory 256, participating in the production of tanks, Liu Tao then set off to return to Panshan Machinery Factory.

These tanks were produced and passed the inspection by Liu Tao and were delivered to the troops.

一辆81式轻型坦克30万人民币、一辆81式中型坦克70万人民币、一辆81式水陆两用坦克50万人民币。

It can be said that the price was completely cost-effective and there was no profit at all!

For the troops, the most preferred is naturally the Type 81 medium tank. Although the Type 81 medium tank is not as advanced as the Type 80 heavy tank, with fierce firepower and amazing armor defense, the Type 81 medium tank is the most suitable for the troops.

The Type 81 medium tank is similar to the Type 59 tank, but its engine performance far exceeds that of the Type 59 tank, and its mobility is much stronger than that of the Type 59 tank, both in terms of maximum road speed and maximum field speed.

而坦克炮方面，别看81式中型坦克采用的是105毫米炮也就比59式坦克采用的100毫米炮大5毫米，实际上却是81式中型坦克主炮是62倍径，59式坦克却是56倍径100毫米炮，这让81式中型坦克主炮威力远强于59式中型坦克。

59式中型坦克有效射程700—1200米，81式中型坦克有效射程可以达到3000米，最大射程更是可以达到5000米。

As for the fire control system, the Type 81 medium tank is far ahead.

This simply makes the troops love the Type 81 medium tank.

Of course, there is another aspect, which is the attractive price. For every Type 80 heavy tank purchased by the army, two Type 81 medium tanks can be purchased, and there will still be some left over.

Type 80 heavy tank, Type 81 medium tank, Type 81 light tank, this is the high, medium and low combination system specially created by Liu Tao for the Chinese armored forces.

In the short term, the Type 81 medium tank and Type 81 light tank are not planned to be exported, but to be equipped to the troops to replace the Type 59 medium tank and Type 62 light tank.

As for the replaced Type 59 medium tanks and Type 62 light tanks, they are naturally for export.

Even in the future, if other countries want to import Type 80 heavy tanks and Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, they will have to bundle them with a certain number of Type 59 medium tanks and Type 62 light tanks.

Anyway, this kind of bundling sales is a common practice internationally.

However, the most urgent task now is to realize mass production of these three tanks as soon as possible.

Especially the Type 81 medium tank and Type 81 light tank, which are urgently needed by the troops.

This can be seen from the fact that the troops purchased 200 Type 81 medium tanks and Type 81 light tanks at the first opportunity.

Last year, the army placed an order for several Type 80 heavy tanks.

The contrast between the two is quite striking!
(End of this chapter)