The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 252: Drinking Moutai and smoking Huazi on the plane?
Of course, Liu Tao would never tell Li Fuguo about this.

He wouldn't tell anyone.

So as to avoid being taken away for sliced ​​​​and studied.

So far, Liu Tao has pushed production to its limit. Unless the tank manufacturing base in the mountain city is completed and the workers are trained and skilled, the production capacity will start to increase again.

However, when the tank manufacturing base is completed, Liu Tao will focus on quality so that the tank manufacturing base can produce qualified tanks. In this way, he will have more time to develop other weapons.

81式120自行迫榴炮、81式122毫米火箭弹、81式反坦克导弹发射车，这都是刘韬挤出一些时间来制造的。

As for more, he didn't have the time or the energy.

Li Fuguo looked at the tanks with burning eyes.

To be honest, it would be great if we could equip these tanks.

He knew the performance of these tanks. Their protection and artillery capabilities were not as good as the Type 80 main battle tank. However, in terms of plateau and mountain warfare, the Type 81 light tank and Type 81 medium tank were actually more suitable than the Type 80 main battle tank.

The Type 80 main battle tank is too heavy, which limits its combat capabilities in this area.

Heavy tanks like the Type 80 main battle tank are suitable for the north, where they are absolutely powerful weapons.

But now he knew that these tanks would be delivered to the troops, so there was no point in him enviing them.

As Li Fuguo's driver drove away in the jeep, Liu Tao shook his head slightly.

He also wanted to equip the combined brigade with weapons and equipment as soon as possible, but the problem was that his strength did not allow it.

The soldiers can only be forced to use the export version for now.

After all, it is much stronger than the Type 59 tank.

Walking towards the production workshop on the other side, I saw a number of CNC machine tools and even a five-axis machining center. This production workshop is specially used to produce various types of tank diesel engines.

The basis for these tanks' advanced performance is that they have a powerful heart, and the diesel engine is the heart of the tank.

Even those diesel engines intended for export are very advanced and only a few countries in the world can produce them.

All diesel engine blades and crankshafts are machined using five-axis machining centers.

In addition to processing diesel engine parts, workers are also producing diesel engines. After testing, the diesel engines will be sent to the final assembly workshop, or transported to Factory 256 by train.

With the train service to Panshan Machinery Factory, transportation has become very convenient, and the various factories can be connected by train.

Factory 256 was previously a large military factory that produced tanks and had a railway connection.

Moreover, not only spare parts and tanks can be transported, but also many construction materials and daily necessities can be transported by train. The transportation efficiency is much higher than that by car.

For transportation by car, one car can carry several tons, but for transportation by train, one train car can carry 50-60 tons, and 20 train cars can carry 1000-1200 tons of goods.

There is no comparison between the two in terms of transport capacity.

Moreover, by train, materials can be purchased from other places and then transported to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Watching the technical workers' operations, it is obvious that they are basically familiar with the use of CNC machine tools and the production of diesel engines.

I'm afraid it will take another one to two years for these skilled workers to truly become masters.

After checking these diesel engines, we found that the production qualification rate of diesel engines is still very high.

It was then sent to the final assembly plant, where only Type 80 main battle tanks and Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were produced.

The lifting equipment can only lift 25 tons of weight, so it is impossible to lift the entire tank directly, which means that the tanks have to be lifted one at a time.

There are three types of lifting equipment here, one is a 3-ton lifting equipment, one is a 5-ton lifting equipment, and one is a 10-ton lifting equipment. The 25-ton lifting equipment can lift the entire turret and then install it on the tank body.

Wait until a tank or self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is installed, and then drive out.

Including Liu Tao's own production, 20 Type 80 main battle tanks and 20 Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns can be produced in a month, which is not a low output.

Compared to the beginning, there has been great progress here and the workers' skills have been significantly improved.

The number of level eight welders alone has doubled compared to before.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Liu Tao and Li Fuguo left Panshan Machinery Factory and headed for Kunming Airport.

Compared to Li Fuguo's simple cloth bag, Liu Tao carried a lot of bags.

These are all mountain products he purchased, including red mushrooms and other tendons and bones, as well as wild ginseng, wild Ganoderma lucidum, etc.

In Liu Tao's opinion, these are good things.

In addition to a change of clothes, Li Fuguo also brought a letter of introduction, identity certificate, etc.

Li Fuguo helped carry the bag into the airport and board the plane.

"Fuck, can I drink Moutai and smoke Huazi on a plane?" Li Fuguo was shocked when he saw the flight attendant approaching to ask.

This was Li Fuguo's first time on a plane. He had never been on a plane before.

It was the first time he knew that he could drink Moutai and smoke Huazi cigarettes on an airplane.

"It's not like you can drink as much as you want. Each person can only drink one bottle of Moutai and smoke one pack of Zhonghua cigarettes at most." Liu Tao lowered his voice.

Li Fuguo was surprised.

Then he couldn't help but drink it, even if it could only be paired with peanuts, Li Fuguo drank it with gusto. Lighting a cigarette, Li Fuguo looked comfortable, as if he was better than a god.

Liu Tao only smokes occasionally, especially when he is under great pressure or late at night, to relieve stress. He has not yet experienced the realm of Li Fuguo's drinking and smoking that is better than that of a god.

What surprised Li Fuguo even more was that the stewardess was actually reciting poetry. Even though Li Fuguo knew nothing about poetry, he thought the stewardess's voice was nice.

Liu Tao saw Li Fuguo's eyes and shook his head secretly.

As expected, the stewardess inheritance did not appear suddenly.

Liu Tao also tasted the Moutai gently, then picked up the peanuts and put them in his mouth.

After looking at the newspaper next to him, Liu Tao picked it up and saw that it was a Renren Daily newspaper.

The headline news above was that the Chinese National Women's Volleyball Team won the championship by defeating the previous champion Japan team in the 3rd Women's Volleyball World Cup held in Tokyo, Japan.

This is the first world championship among China's three major sports (football, basketball, and volleyball).

The women's volleyball team winning the World Cup championship is definitely a huge encouragement to the Chinese people who have just opened their doors to the world and are feeling depressed after seeing the gap between the inside and the outside of the country.

China now needs this kind of encouragement very much.

Looking at the women's volleyball team lined up with gold medals, Liu Tao knew that this was not the end, but the beginning of glory. This women's volleyball team opened the golden age of 'five consecutive championships'.

It was the fighting spirit and perseverance of the women's volleyball team that inspired generations of Chinese people, allowing generations of Chinese people to never give up like them, and then win one industrial pearl after another, so that out of hundreds of "industrial pearls", only a dozen "industrial pearls" were left.

(End of this chapter)