The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 480 The Rainy Season is Coming
Panshan Group Headquarters.

The rainy season in April has arrived.

It is raining heavily outside. It has been raining for half a day since morning and has not stopped.

Liu Tao took the cup of water, took a sip of water, and looked at the rain outside the window.

Looking at the long list on the table, Liu Tao shook his head slightly.

Over the past month and a half, the three combined brigades have achieved brilliant results on the battlefield.

But the consumption is also astonishingly high.

A total of 80 million artillery shells larger than 170 mm were consumed, with an average of 3.8 rounds consumed on the battlefield every day.

As for various types of bullets, a total of 2 million rounds were consumed.

The consumption of artillery shells and bullets has exceeded that of the "Red Dragon's Roar" military operation in 1979.

As for other daily necessities, there are also huge quantities of them.

"Fortunately, now that the rainy season has arrived, the troops have to be rotated. Otherwise, if we continue fighting like this, we won't be able to bear it!" Liu Tao sighed.

The next to take over the rotation is the 47th Group Army from the Lanzhou Military Region.

The 47th Army Group was established on the basis of the original 47th Army and has a total of 139th Division, 141st Division, 56th Division, Tank Brigade, Anti-aircraft Artillery Brigade and Artillery Brigade, with a total strength of nearly people.

This time, it was different from before. Previously, an infantry division was transferred from each of the two armies to the battlefield, and then equipped with an artillery regiment.

This time, an army group was sent directly south.

It can be seen that changes in the war situation also affect the above decisions.

"The situation in the south should be calmer, but the war in Kashmir is raging again!" Liu Tao's thoughts couldn't help but drift away.

Before, Kashmir was not suitable for combat in winter due to its altitude and harsh environment. But now it is different. Combat can be carried out in April.

Liu Tao was not sure what choice the Indian army would make, whether to fight on multiple fronts or to concentrate superior forces to defeat them one by one.

It's really hard to say.

After arranging his own affairs, Liu Tao left with his guards. During this period, he has been staying at the Panshan Group headquarters, coordinating materials, weapons and ammunition, so that all kinds of weapons and ammunition can be smoothly transported to the front line.

Whenever there is a problem, we will deal with it as soon as we find it.

No matter how strong their background is or how wide their network is.

Now that the war is over, he has to deal with other things.

Yangcheng Shipyard.

When Liu Tao arrived, he saw missile boats, torpedo boats and minesweepers parked at the berth.

It seems that he hasn't been to Yangcheng Shipyard for more than two months.

These missile boats, torpedo boats and minesweepers that have been built are placed here.

These naval equipment must undergo his final inspection.

It took Liu Tao a day to complete the inspection of these missile boats, torpedo boats and minesweepers and deliver them to the navy.

Afterwards, Liu Tao came to the dock.

There are three warships under construction at the dock, namely the Type 039 submarine, the Type 054 frigate and the Type 052 destroyer.

These shipyards for building warships are important military locations, and no one is allowed to come here unless they are construction workers.

The construction of military ships and civilian ships are directly separated. The construction of the Type 039 submarine has been going on for more than a year, and the second Type 054 frigate, the Qujing, has been under construction for more than two years and is about to be launched.

As for the second Type 052 destroyer, it may take another two years before it is launched.

At this time, workers are making final preparations for the launching ceremony of the Type 054 frigate.

Because tomorrow, this Type 054 frigate will be launched.

As the second Type 054 frigate, the launching ceremony is certainly not as grand as the first one.

The first Type 054 frigate is of milestone significance, but the second Type 054 frigate does not have this significance. People tend to only remember the first one and not the second one.

But even so, in addition to the commander of the South China Sea Fleet, leaders of the Navy Command will also attend the launching ceremony in person.

The second Type 054 frigate, the Qujing, will serve in the South China Sea Fleet when it is put into service to strengthen the South China Sea Fleet.

Together with the first Type 054 frigate 'Hong Kong Island' and the first Type 052 destroyer 'Hong Kong River', the South China Sea Fleet has become the strongest of the three major fleets of the Chinese Navy.

This also reflects the current pressure on the Chinese Navy.

At present, the pressure on the navy mainly comes from two aspects. On the one hand, it is the Soviet Pacific Fleet in the north, and on the other hand, it is the Soviet Pacific Fleet detachment stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, Annan.

Due to the changes in the battlefield situation, the Soviet Pacific Fleet detachment stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, Annan, was under the greatest pressure.

Once there are two frigates, a destroyer and an advanced conventional submarine, plus the original strength of the South China Sea Fleet, the South China Sea Fleet will have strength that is not inferior to the Soviet Pacific Fleet detachment.

All officers and soldiers of the "Qujing" are conducting the final drill.

These 180 people were carefully selected and are the best talents that the Navy focuses on training.

The staff are installing ribbons and colorful flags on the "Qujing" to make the place look festive.

As the first large warship launched by Yangcheng Shipyard, the launching of "Qujing" is of great milestone significance.

Yangcheng Shipyard attaches great importance to this.

Although there is still about half a year to a year between the launching ceremony of the "Qujing" and its commissioning, this is the first time that the Yangcheng Shipyard has built a large surface ship. The significance of this is far beyond the construction of missile boats, torpedo boats, and minesweepers.

There are several shipyards in the country that can build missile boats, torpedo boats, and minesweepers, but the number of shipyards that can build large surface ships can be counted on one hand.

Building large surface warships and building large merchant ships are two different things.

Being able to build a 1000-ton large merchant ship does not mean that you can build a -ton frigate!
The requirements for modern warships are very high, and they can be said to be the product of high technology.

For example, there are very few countries in the world that can develop special steel for warships.

In fact, this "Qujing" had some defects, but they were all repaired by Liu Tao using the golden finger.

He participated in the construction of these warships in order to earn upgrade points so that he could repair the defects and ensure that the warships finally delivered to the navy were qualified.

There is nothing that can be done about it. We can only say that China's current shipbuilding industry is too poor. Even if a large number of technical personnel from across the country are gathered together and even if a complete set of information is provided, there are still errors of one kind or another during the construction process.

In this case, he can only use the item upgrade system to make up for this shortcoming.

This is also the function of the item upgrade system, to upgrade items or repair defects in items.

Liu Tao boarded the frigate. The virtual panel at the corner of his eye clearly displayed every module and every component, and there was no red dot at all.

If there is a red dot, it means it is unqualified.

Unqualified is also what Liu Tao has always insisted on eliminating.

If military products are substandard, it can cost lives and even lead to the failure of the entire war.

(End of this chapter)