The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 312 Tank Production Base
Just when Liu Tao was participating in the construction of the first Type 054 frigate 541, in March, an incident attracted the attention of the world.

The Soviet Union and the United States held the first intermediate-range missile disarmament negotiations!
This was also a symbol that the Soviet Union surpassed the United States in the field of medium-range missiles.

Before 1977, the United States had an advantage in intermediate-range missile forces in Western Europe, and in this regard the United States never talked about the disarmament of intermediate-range missiles.

In areas where the United States has an advantage, it never talks to anyone about disarmament in those areas.

But once the United States does not have an advantage in a certain area, it will seek negotiations to bring both sides to the same starting line.

The United States' advantage in intermediate-range missile forces in Western Europe was challenged in 1977.

In 1977, the Soviet Union deployed SS-20 missiles in its territory and Eastern Europe to counter U.S. ballistic missiles launched from submarines. As more and more SS-20 missiles were deployed, the U.S. advantage in intermediate-range missile forces in Western Europe disappeared.

Therefore, in 1979, the United States wanted to hold intermediate-range missile weapons negotiations with the Soviet Union, but was rejected by the Soviet Union.

In 1980, the United States and the Soviet Union held preliminary talks on the issue of intermediate-range missiles in Geneva, but no substantial results were achieved. On September 1981, 9, the two sides reached an agreement to hold formal negotiations on the issue of intermediate-range missiles.

By this year, the Soviet Union had completely surpassed the United States in the field of medium-range missiles and gained an advantage.

Liu Tao saw the news and shook his head slightly.

After Su Xunzong passed away last year, the Soviet Union's attitude was not as tough as before.

March seems to be a special month, and the whole world is changing.

Libya, Colonel Kadyrov accused the US of military operations in the Mediterranean, and then the US military launched missiles at the Libyan coast, which was a response!
"Looks like I have to leave for a while!" Liu Tao said secretly.

The construction period of the first Type 054 frigate 541 was as long as one and a half years. It was naturally impossible for Liu Tao to stay in the Dalian Shipyard all the time. After all, he had a lot of things to do.

Liu Tao left and flew back to Kunming City.

At Panshan Machinery Factory, there were already a lot of weapons and equipment that Liu Tao needed to inspect.

Liu Tao shook his head secretly, there was still a long way to go.

There are no guns or bullets, but there are artillery shells, missiles, anti-aircraft guns, artillery, and tanks and armored vehicles.

It took more than a day to complete the inspection of all the weapons and equipment he needed to inspect, and then those that needed to be stored were stored, and those that needed to be sent out were sent out.

For example, the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles will be shipped out as soon as possible after inspection, either to the troops or to customers.

Afterwards, after dealing with other matters, Liu Tao set out for the mountain city.

The second phase of the tank manufacturing base project has also been completed.

This also means that the entire tank manufacturing base has basically been completed. In about three years, even if it only maintains eight hours of work a day, the entire tank manufacturing base can produce 80 Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 1500 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and other types of tanks and armored vehicles annually. When other supporting factories are established, the output will be increased to 2500 vehicles. If mobilized in an emergency, the annual output can reach 5000 vehicles.

Now that the second phase of the project has been completed, it also means that this tank manufacturing base will become China's highest-output tank manufacturing base, surpassing the First Machine Factory.

Of course, the First Machine Factory is still the largest tank manufacturing base, because the First Machine Factory covers an area of ​​more than 20 square kilometers, or 30150 acres, which is three times larger than the current new Factory 256.

Leaders from above also attended the completion ceremony.

After all, the meaning is different!

Liu Tao's heart was full of anticipation. With the completion of the second phase of the project, it meant that the delivery pressure on him would be gone.

Even if the tanks produced are not qualified in the short term, he believes that as the workers' skills mature and the technical staff's technical level improves, more and more qualified places will be met until qualified tanks are produced.

At this time, two-thirds of the workers at Panshan Machinery Factory who originally produced Type 80 tanks and Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns were transferred here. This group of workers will produce various types of tanks, including Type 80 tanks and Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

As for the remaining one-third of the workers, they continued to stay in Panshan Machinery Factory, and continued to survive with equipment such as Type 80 tanks and Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. One hundred thousand workers, holding flags and red festive banners, were a spectacular sight.

These 100,000 workers are the ones who are building the tank manufacturing base.

At its peak, the number of construction workers reached as many as 120,000.

In the early stages when there was a lack of construction facilities, we relied on manual labor and the workers’ wisdom to solve one construction problem after another.

Even though Panshan Machinery Factory later provided 100 construction machines, it still mostly relied on workers.

They worked together like ants moving house, completing the construction one place at a time.

The power of unity was demonstrated to the fullest.

It was also time to commend the work. Three construction units were awarded first-class collective merit, six construction units were awarded second-class collective merit, and twelve construction units were awarded third-class collective merit.

In addition to collective honors, there are also individual recognitions.

During the construction period, a group of individuals with outstanding performance emerged and these individuals who performed extremely well were commended.

This kind of recognition includes spiritual recognition as well as material recognition.

Liu Tao looked at the 100,000 workers celebrating, and was shocked by the energy they displayed.

Many times, these workers worked more than ten hours a day.

Sometimes, in order to speed up the work and ensure the continuity of the process, construction is even carried out continuously.

sacrifice!

Dedication!

They rarely consider themselves, but rather consider the collective and their contribution to the country.

This kind of collectivism will become less and less in the future, because at that time people will consider individuals more!

Liu Tao took a deep breath. This time he was truly shocked.

He finally understood that the construction of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway was so difficult, but China actually managed to build the Chengdu-Kunming Railway under such harsh construction conditions.

He finally understood why China was able to carry out the Third Front Construction, a project of the century, in ten years at the command of the central government.

He also understood why China had rebuilt its homeland from the ruins in just thirty years, transforming China from an agricultural country into a preliminary industrial country.

Because over the past thirty years, countless Chinese people have been brave enough to contribute and sacrifice.

This kind of performance is also reflected in the military. Even if the air force fighter jets are very backward, the pilots dare to fly the planes and fight, and they are not afraid even if they die together.

Liu Tao only felt that his soul seemed to have been baptized.

My faith has become stronger.

He finally understood why being with noble people would make one noble as well.

Because this kind of thing has a strong appeal, it can inspire a group of like-minded people to work hard together, and at the same time infect others to join this large team, for the same belief, the same conviction, and thus work hard together, and even overcome difficulties if they encounter them.

He finally understood why those people were called the 'strongest entrepreneurial team' by later generations!
(End of this chapter)