The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 31 Choice
A month is neither long nor short.

Maybe for a month, some people are still confused and don’t know where the road ahead lies.

But one month is enough to complete the "Red Dragon's Roar" operation.

Operation "Red Dragon's Roar" has ended, but the problems exposed during the operation need to be summarized.

Being good at summarizing is an important magic weapon that enables our army and our party to achieve victory time and time again. This fine tradition has never been abandoned.

All departments are conducting summaries, and the military industry system is no exception.

Wang Tiezhu, Liu Tao and others took a jeep and after more than two hours, they finally arrived in Kunming City to attend the summary meeting.

The summary meeting will be held early tomorrow morning. In order to attend the meeting on time, Liu Tao and his colleagues arrived early and stayed in the guesthouse at night.

"Director, let's go visit Director Wang." Liu Tao whispered in Wang Tiezhu's ear.

Wang Tiezhu said: "Why go visit Lao Wang? Lao Wang must be very busy during this period."

Liu Tao was speechless. It was a rare trip to Kun City, so he had to visit his superiors, go around and get some information so that he could make preparations.

In the past few months, Wang Baoguo has given strong support to Panshan Machinery Factory, allocating five million yuan for R&D expenses and production lines alone.

All kinds of production materials were fully guaranteed to Panshan Machinery Factory, and the Panshan Machinery Factory did not stop production due to insufficient production materials.

"Director, I'm developing a light machine gun. Now that we're here, let's go visit Director Wang and report to him." Liu Tao whispered.

Wang Tiezhu agreed after hearing this.

Developing a light machine gun is no small matter and it should be reported to the higher-ups so that they can be mentally prepared.

Afterwards, Wang Tiezhu took Liu Tao to Wang Baoguo's office.

Everyone was in the same system and lived in a guesthouse. Wang Tiezhu had been here many times and it was easy for him to get to the office.

Although it was already night, the lights in the office were still on.

"Knock, knock, knock~~" Liu Tao knocked on the door.

"Come in!" A tired voice came from the office.

Liu Tao pushed open the door and walked in with Wang Tiezhu.

"Director Wang, it's so late and you haven't got off work yet." Wang Tiezhu's voice sounded very loud.

During this period, Wang Tiezhu personally served as the battalion commander of the factory militia battalion. It seemed that he had ushered in the third spring of his life and did not look like a man in his seventies at all.

People even believed that Wang Tiezhu was less than 60 years old.

He was wearing an old military uniform and a Type 78 pistol on his waist. He walked with great vigor and looked very healthy.

"Hey, Lao Wang, Comrade Liu Tao, you came tonight? I thought you would come tomorrow morning!" Wang Baoguo looked up when he heard the voice, a little surprised.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "It takes about two hours to get here from the factory. We are afraid that if something unexpected happens when we set out tomorrow morning, we will be late for the meeting, which is not good! We discussed it and decided that it would be better to come early."

"Has the guesthouse made arrangements? If not, I'll call the guesthouse." Wang Baoguo said, "You guys didn't even call me before you came so I could make arrangements."

"Director Wang, I've moved into the guesthouse." Liu Tao said, "I've been developing a light machine gun recently. I just happened to be here, so I came to sit with you and report to you."

"Light machine gun?" Wang Baoguo exclaimed in surprise: "Comrade Liu Tao, are you developing it?" Light machine guns are the most commonly equipped of all types of machine guns. They are equipped to every squad and can provide fire support for the squad.

The most common machine gun in the military now is the Type 56 squad machine gun.

"Well, I was thinking about the next scientific research project. After much deliberation, I decided to develop a light machine gun." Liu Tao said.

"Comrade Liu Tao, you are a genius in firearms. Some time ago, several units wanted you to be the chief engineer, including firearms research institutes and large military factories. Some of them are in Beijing. Your alma mater also wants you to return to school. What do you think?" Wang Baoguo said with a smile, "I remember Comrade Liu Tao. You are from Beijing. Do you want to return to Beijing?"

When the educated youth returned to their hometowns, most of them were unwilling to stay in the countryside and tried every means to go back to the city. After all, the countryside really could not compare with the city in any aspect.

Since the birth of the "Type 78" pistol and the "Type 78" automatic rifle, Liu Tao has become famous in the field of firearms design in China. Firearms research institutes, military factories, and universities all want Liu Tao to work in their units.

Firearms Research Institute, there are so many firearms research institutes across the country, but the firearms they have produced over the years are not as good as those produced by Liu Tao alone. This time, the "Type 63" automatic rifle has become the object of everyone's disgust, while the "Type 78" pistol, "Type 78" automatic rifle, and "Type 78" heavy sniper rifle have shined and are deeply loved by the military.

The "Type 78" pistol, automatic rifle and sniper rifle were all developed by Liu Tao, and their large-scale deployment in the troops is a foregone conclusion.

Such a firearms genius is what every firearms research institute dreams of.

The military factory is even simpler. The various systems of the Panshan Machinery Factory have already been known. Besides, with Liu Tao in charge, the military factory will have no worries about not being able to grow.

The purpose of the university is simple. As long as Liu Tao is willing to go to university, he can support the firearms design major by himself.

Although there are firearms design majors across the country now, it is no exaggeration to say that they are in name only at present.

Now that the college entrance examination has been resumed, colleges and universities have a huge demand for various talents, because only outstanding talents can cultivate students into useful persons.

Liu Tao was stunned. He didn't expect that he would become so popular in such a short time.

Wang Tiezhu was anxious: "Director Wang, this won't do. Comrade Liu Tao is now the core of our Panshan Machinery Factory and will take over my job. Now we are developing a light machine gun under the leadership of Comrade Liu Tao. If he leaves, we will have no chance to continue our research."

Who is the most important in Panshan Machinery Factory?

Ask anyone at Panshan Machinery Factory and they will say without hesitation that Liu Tao is the most important.

Panshan Machinery Factory can do without its director Wang Tiezhu, but it absolutely cannot do without Liu Tao!

Liu Tao shook his head: "Director Wang, I just want to stay in Panshan Machinery Factory and not go anywhere else."

If he wanted, he could easily stay in the capital after graduation, whether in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, or at the Firearms Research Institute, or at school to teach.

But he chose to go to Panshan Machinery Factory.

The situation at Panshan Machinery Factory is very good now, and he has also established his prestige. How could Liu Tao be willing to leave at this time?

The capital is good, but it is full of gossip and is not a good place.

If you want to achieve success in Beijing, it is not enough to just have the skills. If you want to do something, it is not enough to just be right!

In Yun Province, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so it is much more convenient to do some things.

Wang Baoguo looked at Liu Tao in surprise. He didn't expect Liu Tao to refuse so decisively.

You know, compared with the capital, this is a remote and poor place.

Even a fool knows that we should go to the capital.

(End of this chapter)