The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 32 Summary Conference
Wang Baoguo looked at Liu Tao with admiration, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

Young people like this who are willing to do practical work are rare.

He was a little hesitant at first, but now he can finally rest assured.

Opening the drawer, Wang Baoguo took out two documents: "Originally I was going to give them to you in a few days, but now that you are here, take a look first, but remember to keep it confidential."

Liu Tao was curious, what file?
Upon seeing it, Liu Tao was stunned.

These are two personnel appointment documents. One appoints Wang Tiezhu as the director of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office, and there are three red seals on it.

One document appointed Liu Tao as the director of Panshan Machinery Factory and a senior party official of the factory, and it was stamped with two red seals.

Wang Tiezhu was also stunned when he looked at the two documents.

"Director Wang, what's going on?" Liu Tao was puzzled.

Panshan Machinery Factory is just a small-to-medium-sized military factory, and its administrative level is at the county level. The administrative level of the Yunnan Provincial Defense Management Office is at the bureau level, which is four or five levels lower.

Was Wang Tiezhu promoted directly from Panshan Machinery Factory to the director of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office?

Moreover, Wang Baoguo is the director of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office. Wang Tiezhu has been promoted to director, so where will Wang Baoguo go?

In terms of age, Wang Baoguo is two or three years younger than Wang Tiezhu. Could it be that he has retired?
Besides, it has been less than a year since he graduated, and his administrative level has reached the deputy county level, which is like rising like a rocket.

There are two deputy factory directors above him, so he was appointed as the factory director?

He is only 23 years old and not married yet. Normally, he is incompetent and unreliable. How can he be expected to handle things on his own?

"Yes, Comrade Baoguo, what exactly happened?" Wang Tiezhu couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried.

He didn't care about the level. If he hadn't chosen to go to Panshan Machinery Factory, he would be at the same level.

"This operation exposed many problems. Some soldiers did not die under the enemy's guns and artillery, but died from gun and artillery explosions. Some soldiers were killed by the enemy because their grenades did not explode after they were thrown. Some soldiers were killed by the enemy because their grenades jammed after firing two shots and they could only fight with the enemy with bayonets and were beaten to death." Wang Baoguo shook his head. "The troops are very angry. The higher-ups have issued orders to hold the relevant units and personnel accountable."

"This time in our Yunnan Province, your Panshan Machinery Factory performed brilliantly, and the superiors and the troops all praised it, so we promoted the two of you." Wang Baoguo said: "As for me, I will go to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building to make use of my remaining energy before retirement."

Liu Tao secretly sighed in his heart.

Although the reports were all about victory time and time again, which was very encouraging, the problems exposed were shocking and the casualties were also heavy.

仅仅云省这边，就有11军、13军、14军和第5军149师总共大概10万人参与在一线的行动，盘山机械厂生产的自动步枪，根本就做不到全部换装。

"Old Wang, you are an old comrade. There is no problem for you to preside over the work of the National Defense Management Office." Wang Baoguo said. Wang Tiezhu is an old revolutionary. Before the Panshan Machinery Factory was established, Wang Tiezhu was a cadre of the same level as him. When the Panshan Machinery Factory was established, Wang Tiezhu took the initiative to volunteer. There is no problem with his qualifications and prestige.

Wang Baoguo is very confident about this.

When his superiors asked Wang Baoguo for his opinion, he recommended Wang Tiezhu without hesitation.

Wang Baoguo looked at Liu Tao: "Comrade Liu Tao, I was a little worried. I was afraid that you were not steady enough and could not work in the mountains with peace of mind and would return to Beijing. Now that I see you today, I feel relieved." "There will be a meeting tomorrow. Leaders from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and the army will attend the meeting. You and Panshan Machinery Factory will be commended at that time. You must be mentally prepared." Wang Baoguo reminded.

Liu Tao's heart moved. He didn't expect that tomorrow's summary meeting would be of such a high standard.

Such summary meetings are usually hosted by the Provincial National Defense Management Office. As for higher-level meetings, Liu Tao is not qualified to attend.

Liu Tao secretly guessed that he might meet someone acquaintance at the summary meeting tomorrow.

The next day, the summary meeting was held as scheduled.

Wang Baoguo personally presided over the meeting. At the meeting, Wang Baoguo introduced the performance of Yunnan Province's defense-related enterprises in the past period of time, the problems exposed, and made a deep self-examination.

The outstanding performance of Panshan Machinery Factory can only be regarded as a fig leaf, which does not leave Yunnan Province without even a fig leaf.

"Comrades, Yunnan Province is the rear area and the focus of the Third Front construction. The problems exposed this time are very serious and deserve our attention and vigilance." In the past few months, the problems exposed in Yunnan Province have made Wang Baoguo very worried and scared.

If a world war really breaks out, how can Yun Province shoulder the burden of the rear area? Producing substandard weapons and ammunition would be tantamount to murdering the soldiers.

It is a great shame that the brave soldiers died not from the enemy's guns but from weapons and ammunition made by their own people.

Wang Baoguo's words were relatively polite, but the military leader was not polite at all and got furious on the spot.

The military was furious about the quality issues of weapons and equipment, and even called it murder.

The words of the military leaders were like a sharp knife, piercing the hearts of the participants. It was painful, it was shame, it was humiliation!

Judging from the results of this operation, the victory is unquestionable. It is also the second time since 1962 that the rabbit has shown its sharp teeth, telling the world that even a rabbit will bite when it is angry.

But in terms of the losses, it is also heartbreaking, and the casualties are shocking.

The troops were not well trained. The Type A divisions were better, after all, they were elite. However, the Type B divisions were hastily exaggerated to Type A divisions. They were seriously inadequately trained. Moreover, everyone was used to being poor and were reluctant to use real guns and live ammunition. Before going to the battlefield, the soldiers had not even fired 5 bullets.

This is also a warning to the military. If a world-class war breaks out in this state, the troops will probably pay a heavy price in the early stages.

Training troops through war may seem like just four short sentences, but it is the most helpless choice for a country, because training troops through war often means huge casualties.

Raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while!
China has always emphasized the training of troops in peacetime, so that they can sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war.

Unless absolutely necessary, the Chinese are not willing to train their troops through war.

This major summary involves all aspects. We must summarize all the shortcomings exposed in this action so that we can solve them in a targeted manner.

Being good at summarizing has always been the magic weapon for our party and army to achieve one victory after another.

(End of this chapter)