The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 462: Fellow Disciple (Thanks for Voting)
The Spring Festival has just passed.

Liu Tao set out on his journey back to the city.

In addition to Liu Honglei's family, Liu Tao was also accompanied by four of his students.

In addition to Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen, two students majoring in computer science, there is also one majoring in engine and one majoring in automation.

They will all stay at the Panshan Group headquarters for a long time and may not be able to go home once a year.

"Wow, this is Kun City? What a wide road!" Liu Ziyu couldn't help but exclaimed.

This is the highway from Kunming to Panshan Group headquarters. It has four lanes in one direction and eight lanes in both directions. There are fences on both sides of the road.

At this time, the car speed had soared to 120 km/h.

Not long after, they arrived at the Panshan Group headquarters.

When they saw the Panshan Group headquarters, Liu Ziyu and the others were shocked and dumbfounded!
What came into view were four buildings, one of which was still under construction, but all four buildings were very tall, which could never be seen in Beijing.

Yunnan Province is a frontier province, an economically backward province! ?

Where is Kunming City and where is the capital city?
Liu Tao had a calm expression on his face. He would be shocked when he came here for the first time.

Afterwards, Liu Tao took them to the top floor of the Panshan Group's headquarters building. In addition to his office, there was also a reception room, secretary's office, etc.

There is a special office where his students are.

At this time, his other two students were also there.

"Teacher, who are these four?" Huang Qiang seemed to have guessed something, but was not quite sure.

Zhao Hua blurted out: "Could it be a junior fellow apprentice?"

Huang Qiang and Zhao Hua were Liu Tao's graduate students last year. They both received their undergraduate degrees from Beijing University of Technology. After their graduate studies, Huang Qiang chose the field of firearms design, while Zhao Hua chose the field of artillery.

They usually study on their own and complete the tasks assigned by Liu Tao. Liu Tao conducts spot checks when he returns to Panshan Group every month, and they can ask questions if they have any. At the same time, Huang Qiang participated in the small-caliber gun design group, and Zhao Hua participated in the self-propelled howitzer design group.

Small-caliber gun, this is a national-level project organized by the state to develop a military small-caliber automatic rifle.

Previously, the caliber of the national rifle bullet was 7.62 mm, but as major countries in Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union were using small-caliber ammunition or were developing small-caliber ammunition, work in this regard was put on the agenda.

In recent years, a number of research institutes have come up with small-caliber firearms, but none of them are ideal and cannot compare to the Type 78 automatic rifle.

The self-propelled howitzer, however, needs to be improved based on the one developed by Liu Tao. The improvements include range, rate of fire, accuracy, etc.

It is difficult for normal undergraduate graduates to participate in design teams like these, and only Huang Qiang and Zhao Hua have this rare opportunity.

Liu Tao smiled faintly and said, "Let me introduce them to you. This is Huang Qiang, who majors in firearms design. This is Zhao Hua, who majors in artillery design. They are your senior brothers."

"This is Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen, who majored in computer science at Tsinghua University. Li Yuemin and Lin Xing, you are also my juniors. Li Yuemin majored in engines, and Lin Xing majored in automation!" Liu Tao introduced.

Li Yuemin, whose parents are both engineers from FAW, has loved tinkering since he was a child. Through what he saw and heard, he knew the problems existing in China's automobile industry, especially the engine, which was the biggest shortcoming. So after the college entrance examination, Li Yuemin applied for the engine major at Beijing University of Technology without hesitation.

Lin Xing comes from a poor family in a poor and backward mountain village. His family is penniless. His parents borrowed money from relatives and friends. The school helped him in various ways, but they could only send him to high school, and then they could not afford to send him to college. At that time, he also thought about dropping out of school because he knew that his parents had really tried their best and the family could no longer afford to send him to school. Although the country waived tuition, his family could not even afford the travel expenses. In the end, their village and town thought that this was the first college student in the village and town, and his college entrance examination scores were so good, so everyone contributed some money and finally raised a sum of money to send him to college.

Lin Xing went to college and studied very hard, always getting the best grades. Relying on scholarships and government subsidies, he not only never asked his family for a penny, but he even sent back two to three thousand yuan every year in recent years.

Among the choices given by Liu Tao, Lin Xing chose the country without hesitation.

He now has six students, and only Lin Xing comes from a truly poor family. His unremitting self-improvement spirit moved Liu Tao.

"Huang Qiang, Zhao Hua, you will take the junior brothers and sisters to the dormitory later, take them to buy daily necessities, and familiarize them with the headquarters." Liu Tao said, "In the next three days, you will all receive confidentiality regulations training together."

Huang Qiang quickly said: "Yes, teacher!"

"By the way, you will go to the logistics department later to apply for four computers with the same configuration as yours." Liu Tao seemed to remember something and ordered.

"I understand!" Huang Qiang replied.

The computers they use in their office are all high-configuration Kinglong computers, which cost $10,000 each in the United States.

It can be said that it is worth a lot of money.

And this is also why they don’t have high-configuration computers, let alone ordinary computers.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Tao brought them to the Southwest Associated University campus. The Southwest Associated University campus was only 1000 meters away from the Panshan Group headquarters. This 1000-meter distance mainly included roads, green belts, and dormitory areas.

In addition to a mountain of about 200 meters in the middle of the entire campus, there are two reservoirs. The mountain will be preserved, and the two reservoirs will be renovated to form an artificial lake.

Four dormitory areas, the National Internet Center (Kun City), a supercomputing center, four libraries, teaching buildings, and laboratory buildings were started simultaneously.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, construction officially started here.

"Teacher, how long will it take to build this campus?" Chen Nianzhen asked curiously.

The entire campus of "Southwest Associated University" is too large. Including the dormitory area, affiliated kindergarten, affiliated primary school, affiliated middle school, etc., it covers a total area of ​​8000 acres, which is much larger than Tsinghua University.

There are now more than 10,000 people working here, and there are all kinds of construction machinery. The scene is really spectacular.

"'Southwest Associated University' is expected to take four years to complete." Liu Tao said with a faint smile.

Next, Yunnan Province will continue to organize construction teams. At the peak, the number of construction workers is expected to exceed 30,000, and the number of construction workers in the entire university town around Dianchi Lake is expected to exceed 100,000.

In six years, the university town around Dianchi Lake will be officially established.

Of course, it will take four years to complete the entire campus of Southwest Associated University, but that does not mean there will be students only four years later. On the contrary, students may move into the new campus after National Day.

The entire campus has now become a large construction site, but the drizzle in the sky prevented the dust from flying.

After a round, Liu Tao asked Liu Ziyu and the others to go back, and he went to the city with the guards.

The next step is the construction of the subway project around Dianchi Lake, which is a major project.

　The number of monthly tickets has reached 4000. Thank you all for your monthly tickets!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)