The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 329 Order from Kuwait
Liu Tao had just returned to Beijing for vacation when he received a call from an old friend.

100辆80式主战坦克、20辆80式自行高炮以及相应的炮弹，100‘前卫’防空导弹发射器，500枚‘前卫’防空导弹，2万5千支78式自动步枪、1000支78式手枪、200挺78式机枪、50挺78式重机枪、50支78式重狙枪，‘鹰击’反舰导弹6套、神盾-0和神盾-2各两套，再加上技术服务费，合同总共13亿美元！
Liu Tao secretly exclaimed in amazement.

He had had many contacts with Kuwait before, and the two sides had formed a deep friendship.

However, Kuwait basically buys weapons for its poor Arab brothers.

This time, Kuwait bought it itself, apparently for its own use.

He even heard a piece of news that Kuwait was going to visit China.

At the same time, he also learned that Rashid had won a great victory on the battlefield and had annihilated two Persian tank armored divisions in less than a month.

After Liu Tao received the news, he was thoughtful.

Naturally, he would not believe in the great unity of the Arab world. Iraq was ambitious, and Saddam was a tough guy sent from heaven. He was eyeing Kuwait, a small country rich in oil, covetously.

It is estimated that Rashid won a great victory, and Kuwait may have mixed feelings.

That's why they are now impatient to come and purchase weapons and equipment.

But it’s better this way, otherwise, where would I get such a large order?

Tanks, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, anti-ship missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles will be delivered over two years. As for other firearms, they can be delivered this year.

After signing the contract agreement, Liu Tao also went to the China North Industries Corporation.

Now the country has officially started the "military-to-civilian" reform of the third-line factories, and many of the original third-line military factories have been transferred to local industrial bureaus.

The China North Industries Group Corporation allocated a large sum of money to help the third-line factories in the North Industries Group system complete the "military-to-civilian" reform.

As Panshan Group has taken on the reform and development of the third-line factories in the weapons industry system of the four southwestern provinces, the weapons industry production capacity of Panshan Group has now surpassed the total production capacity of the weapons industry system of the four southwestern provinces, and the advancement and quality of the weapons are incomparable to before.

In addition, the China North Industries Group Corporation has made a lot of money in recent years, and has the money to support the "military-to-civilian" reform of the third-line factories in the weapons industry system.

Except for some large or super-large arsenals, the third-line factories of the weapons industry system outside the four southwestern provinces were all assigned to the local industrial bureaus, and the China Ordnance Industry Corporation settled their accounts for them, allowing these third-line factories to go into battle lightly and helping them move out of the mountains and into counties or cities.

A large part of the money earned by the China Ordnance Industry Corporation every year is invested in the "military-to-civilian" transformation of the third-line factories.

The reform and development of the weapons industry system is in full swing.

Among the third-line factories of various systems, the reform and development of the weapons industry system is currently the smoothest and has caused the least trouble.

As for the third-line factories of other systems, the "military-to-civilian" transformation was not so smooth.

Because the money they can invest is not as much as the China North Industries Group Corporation, and some of them cannot even afford to help the system's third-line factories to carry out "military-to-civilian conversion", making the road of "military-to-civilian conversion" not easy.

China North Industries Corporation, conference room.

Liu Tao and others are in a meeting.

"Comrade Liu Tao, how is the digestion of the third-line factories of your Panshan Group going? How long will it take to digest it?" Zou Jiahua looked at Liu Tao. Today's meeting was about the "military-to-civilian" reform of the third-line factories in the weapons industry system.

Zou Jiahua is an old cadre who joined the New Fourth Army. After the founding of the Republic, he went to study at the Mechanical Manufacturing Department of Bauman Higher Industrial College in Moscow. After returning to China, he served as a process engineer at Shenyang Second Machine Tool Factory (Sino-Czech People's Friendship Factory), and then served as deputy chief engineer, deputy chief engineer, deputy chief engineer, deputy director and chief engineer, acting director, and director.

Later, he was transferred to the position of director of the Machine Tool Research Institute of the First Ministry of Machine Building and a senior party official, and later to the position of deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Research Institute of the First Ministry of Machine Building, and then to the deputy director of the National Defense Industry Office.

After the retirement system for senior cadres was introduced last year, Zou Jiahua came to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building at the age of 56 and took charge of the work of the Ministry.

Zou Jiahua was naturally also very familiar with Liu Tao, the famous "God of Wealth" of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

Panshan Group is now not just a weapons industry system, but has developed across multiple systems.

But there is no doubt that Panshan Group is the largest company in the entire weapons industry system, and it can even be said to be the largest company in China now.

Panshan Group is responsible for the reform and development of the third-line factories in the weapons industry system of the four southwestern provinces. All the third-line factories in the weapons industry system of the four southwestern provinces have been incorporated into Panshan Group.

The Southwest Ordnance Industry Corporation under the Panshan Group has an ordnance industry production capacity that exceeds the total of all military factories in the ordnance industry system outside the four southwestern provinces, and the excess is not a little bit.

The various factories of Southwest Ordnance Industry Corporation were also the first to get out of the difficulties and get rid of the impact of that decade, representing the reform and opening-up policy.

At the same time, Panshan Group is also a national reform pilot unit, shouldering the heavy responsibility of national reform and exploring a feasible path for the reform of state-owned factories.

"Comrades, now we have basically absorbed most of the workers and put them on the right track. It is expected that in another two years, all the employees of the weapons industry system in the four southwestern provinces will be integrated into the Southwest Ordnance Industry Corporation." Liu Tao introduced the current construction situation in the four southwestern provinces.

The situation of Panshan Group in the four southwestern provinces is different. In Yunnan Province, it is relatively scattered, with multiple factories scattered in various places. The jurisdictions are large and small. The large ones have 100 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ​​a town, and the small ones have to acres. In Guizhou, Guangxi, and Sichuan, it is highly concentrated and exists in the form of bases.

Whether it is a military production base or an industrial production base in the civilian field, they are all super-large production bases.

It may even happen that a production base is equivalent to a city.

By the time the actual production bases are completed, there will no longer be any third-line factories in the weapons industry system in the four southwestern provinces.

The other original third-line factories will basically be returned to local governments.

These original third-tier factories will be sealed for ten years. If they are not reopened for ten years, they will basically never be reopened.

If enabled, it basically means that the S3 season has officially started.

Zou Jiahua was secretly amazed in his heart, Panshan Group is indeed wealthy and powerful, and it is easier to get things done with money.

While everyone is worried about the reform and development of the third-line factories, Panshan Group seems to be at ease and is constantly integrating by spending money and reforming itself.

You should know that there are quite a few third-line factories in the four southwestern provinces.

However, it was also this that greatly eased the pressure on the China North Industries Corporation, allowing it to invest more funds and energy in the reform and development of the third-line factories in the weapons industry system in other provinces, rather than simply passing them on as a burden to the local industrial bureaus.

(End of this chapter)