The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 233 Training System
The Type 54 122mm towed howitzer currently equipped in the military has to be towed by a car.

On the battlefield, many places are inaccessible due to the complex terrain.

The tracked 122mm self-propelled howitzer is different. It can adapt to the complex environment of the battlefield and has strong mobility. After firing here, it can immediately move after receiving the order and fire again at the next place.

The leaders present here are all from the military industry system and are true experts.

The Type 81 122mm self-propelled howitzer is a good thing, but the fact that it cannot be mass-produced is very important.

No matter how good a thing is, it would be a pity if it couldn't be mass-produced.

Liu Tao gave an affirmative answer.

He then reported to everyone on the joint training program with secondary technical schools, colleges and undergraduate institutions.

The training mechanism for technical workers such as welders and electricians is used to train a group of professional technical workers as well as a group of high-end engineers.

This is undoubtedly very important for factories.

This process takes about five or six years. Three or four years are spent in school to acquire professional knowledge, and two or three years are spent in the factory to acquire knowledge, combining theory with general knowledge.

"Your factory is so big now, can you still come up with funds?" The leader frowned slightly.

It is naturally a good thing to promote the development of universities and cultivate talents with the help of universities.

This can fundamentally solve some stubborn problems and thus cultivate qualified and outstanding military talents.

However, the investment in this area is also huge. The "Seven Ordnance Industries" plus other colleges and technical schools invest at least hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

The most important thing is that Panshan Machinery Factory and other scientific research institutions have to select experts to teach in these schools and teach students.

There is also a need to provide factories for students to do internships during summer and winter vacations.

"There is still room if we squeeze in!" Liu Tao nodded.

This time, the order from Iraq can be said to have provided him with a large amount of funds.

As long as it can be solved with money, it’s not a big deal.

Liu Tao does not want to produce tanks in the future without qualified welders, qualified electricians, and qualified painters.
Besides, CNC machine tools also need professional technicians to operate them.

It seems that CNC machine tools have higher processing accuracy and are simpler to operate than traditional machine tools, but the requirements for technicians are also higher.

At present, in the entire Panshan Machinery Factory, only Liu Tao knows how to operate and program CNC machine tools. The technical teams supported by other countries are still in the research stage and have not yet fully understood it.

"Regarding the matter you mentioned, we will convene the presidents of these military academies to hold a meeting in Beijing." Leader Zhang nodded.

Since Panshan Machinery Factory is willing to pay, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building does not need to pay. The Fifth Ministry of Machine Building only needs to be responsible for coordination and overall planning, which is perfect.

One hundred million RMB of funding each year can largely solve the funding difficulties of these military academies and allow them to develop further.

As for the latest contract agreement with Iraq mentioned in Liu Tao's work report, they all knew that many leaders felt strange about the price increase, and felt that it was a bit unfair.

It is true that the US dollar is depreciating, but the RMB is also depreciating.

Last year, 1 US dollar = 1.49 RMB, this year it has been adjusted to 1 US dollar = 1.7768 RMB, which means a depreciation of 19.25%.

Now Panshan Machinery Factory has raised its prices, but the purchase price of domestic troops has not changed, and even the price changes are not much, which means that Panshan Machinery Factory has earned more from foreign trade orders.

Moreover, Liu Tao also reminded the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building that the price of exported weapons could be slightly increased. This was simply too bad.

The eight-day holiday passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the reluctant gaze of his family, Liu Tao once again boarded the plane back to Yunnan Province.

In Kunming City, Liu Tao met with the presidents of Yunnan University, Yunnan Institute of Technology and others in the conference room.

The subject of the negotiation this time was the cooperation between Panshan Machinery Factory and them.

Yunnan University was also very famous back then, but there was a major reorganization of its departments and colleges across the country. Its School of Science and Technology became independent as Kunming Institute of Technology, its Medical School became independent as Kunming Medical College, its College of Agriculture became independent as Kunming Agricultural and Forestry College, its Aeronautics department was merged into Sichuan University and Beijing Aviation College, its Law and Politics department was merged into Southwest University of Political Science and Law, its Civil Engineering and Architecture department was merged into Central South Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Shancheng Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and its Railway Management department was merged into Beijing Railway Institute and Tanzhou Railway Institute.

In 1958, the management of Yunnan University was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Yunnan Provincial Government. In 1978, when the college entrance examination was resumed, it was listed as one of the 88 national key universities by the Ministry of Education. This year, it was authorized to confer doctoral and master's degrees.

As early as 1974, Yunnan Institute of Technology was established on the basis of Yunnan First Industrial College, Yunnan Third Industrial College and Agricultural Machinery School.

"Director Liu, can your Panshan Machinery Factory really donate 20 million yuan to Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology every year?" the leader couldn't help asking.

It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Education has always been a major national issue and has always been highly valued by the Chinese people.

Being able to develop education is definitely a plus for local leaders.

Twenty million in funding is an absolutely huge sum of money for Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology.

You should know that this year's fiscal education allocation is 113.19 billion yuan, which covers all junior high schools, high schools and colleges. There is actually not much left for universities, and even less for Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology.

Twenty million is much more than the annual operating expenses of Yunnan University and Yunnan Institute of Technology.

"Yes, in addition, our Panshan Machinery Factory will send experts to serve as professors in the school to strengthen the school's teaching staff!" Liu Tao said.

None of the Seven Ordnance Industries or other schools directly under the Ordnance Industry are in Yunnan Province, and Yunnan Province is the base camp of Panshan Machinery Factory. Liu Tao naturally has this plan to strengthen the university strength here.

Universities are not only cradles for cultivating talents, but also scientific research institutions.

Each school has an annual funding of 20 million yuan, which is 40 million yuan a year. This is a huge sum of money for the province, but for Panshan Machinery Factory, it is nothing, just a drizzle.

The presidents of Yunnan University and Yunnan University of Technology were delighted to hear this. This was simply a piece of cake.

With so much funding, it would be hard for the school not to develop.

What's more, Panshan Machinery Factory will also send experts to serve as professors in the school to strengthen the school's teaching staff.

Yunnan University and Yunnan University of Technology suffered a great impact after the destruction in that decade, and they were very short of teaching staff.

As for many of the majors mentioned by Liu Tao, they had never even heard of them.

But this did not stop them from agreeing to it. With 20 million per year, they would be willing to call Liu Tao "Dad".

Life in college is really difficult nowadays. There is almost no funding, let alone scientific research projects.

Lack of money and teachers!

This is what is happening in college right now.

Even for current college graduates, some schools are actively working with students to allow them to stay on campus to teach in order to strengthen the school's teaching staff.

(End of this chapter)