The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 49 Planning Adjustment
It was already evening when Liu Tao returned to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Wang Tiezhu specifically asked the driver to drive him back in a 212 jeep.

Liu Tao didn't bother to ask about what was happening in the factory. He returned to the dormitory, washed up and went to bed.

After a whole day, Liu Tao was exhausted.

He fell asleep almost instantly, and even Liu Tao could hear his own snoring.

The next morning, Liu Tao appeared in the cafeteria, and soon the news of his return spread throughout the factory.

After breakfast, Liu Tao convened a meeting at the factory to take a closer look at the situation over the past few days.

After the others finished explaining the situation, Liu Tao had a clear idea in his mind and said, "During this trip to Beijing, we have negotiated a business worth more than 2000 million US dollars. Next, our Panshan Machinery Factory must work overtime to complete the order as early as possible."

As soon as Liu Tao finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent.

Everyone looked shocked.

An order worth more than 2000 million US dollars is equivalent to more than 3000 million RMB. It seems that Panshan Machinery Factory can get the military order if it works hard.

But you have to know that this is US dollars, which is used to earn foreign exchange through export.

Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made the decision to reform the country internally and open up to the outside world last year, Panshan Machinery Factory has held six meetings to study the spirit of the meeting. Everyone knows that the country will focus on developing and building the economy in the future, and exporting and earning foreign exchange will be a top priority.

There are a few companies in Yunnan Province that can have orders of more than 3000 million RMB, but they are the only company in the entire province that can have orders of more than 2000 million USD.

"Director, is this true?" Zhang Hongjun stood up and asked excitedly.

Sun Weihua couldn't help but ask, "Director, are you kidding us?"

The two of them are deputy directors of Panshan Machinery Factory and are also old employees of the factory. They know very well what this means.

"It's absolutely true. More than 991 million US dollars in deposits have been received. We can get the rest of the money after the goods are delivered." Liu Tao smiled and said, "In order to support us, the superiors have merged Factory 9815, Factory 9807, and Factory into our Panshan Machinery Factory. Personnel and equipment will be shipped to us one after another."

"Tomorrow the city's construction workers and army engineers will arrive to support us and speed up the construction of the factory!" Liu Tao continued to tell everyone the good news.

"Everyone should give a warm welcome and care to the new comrades, let them integrate into our team as quickly as possible, and continue to implement the three-shift strategy." Liu Tao said solemnly: "The superiors strongly support our work, and we must also strive to do our best and not perform lamely. If anyone dares to drag his feet, I will definitely not let him off easily."

What Liu Tao said shocked everyone even more.

You know, mergers among military factories are rare.

"Director, please rest assured, we will do our best!" Zhang Hongjun immediately said, patting his chest.

Sun Weihua also blushed, "There's nothing to say about this matter. I'll beat anyone who dares not take it seriously!"

Leaders expressed their attitudes one after another. This was an unprecedented event for Panshan Machinery Factory.

"I have to remind everyone that we are a confidential unit. Everyone should know what should be said and what should not be said!" Liu Tao reminded.

Everyone nodded. As a military-industrial enterprise, it has always been a confidential unit.

Besides, the entire Panshan Machinery Factory is under closed management and is surrounded by mountains. There is only one external telephone in the factory, which is in the factory director's office.

It's difficult to leak secrets.

Even if you write a letter to your family, it has to be reviewed before it can be sent out.

Since the end of last year, the Security Department has strengthened confidentiality awareness training for everyone.

After the meeting, Liu Tao walked towards the factory site plan. The original plan was to build the first phase of the project to meet the current and near-term needs of the Panshan Machinery Factory. As for the second and third phases, they were all planned. The land would first be assigned to the Panshan Machinery Factory and would be used in 20 to 30 years.

Plans cannot keep up with changes, so we have to make corresponding adjustments and carry out construction all at once.

And the production plan also needs to be adjusted.

Before, workers in the factory produced pistols, automatic rifles, light machine guns and various types of bullets.

Liu Tao is the only one who knows how to use heavy sniper rifles, heavy machine guns and the corresponding bullets. There are only a few workers assisting Liu Tao, and now this number of workers needs to be increased.

Liu Tao is not worried about the production of pistols and automatic rifles. The only thing he needs to focus on is the production of light machine guns, heavy sniper rifles and heavy machine guns.

Liu Tao felt a little regretful in his heart. If he had known earlier that these guns could be produced, the workers should have been trained in advance instead of being forced to do so like they are doing now.

"Besides, since it's just the beginning, the production workshop also needs to be adjusted!" Liu Tao stared at the planning plan.

The existing production workshops cannot be moved because the weapons produced have to be transported to the front line at any time to equip the troops.

But the production workshop that is about to be built can change.

Liu Tao hopes that the layout formed later will be clear and concise, with each type of bullet having its own production workshop, pistols having their own production workshop, automatic rifles having their own production workshop, light machine guns having their own production workshop, and heavy sniper rifles having their own production workshop.

Be professional!
Each type of production workshop must also maintain a certain distance.

In addition, the mountains also had to be hollowed out to build air-raid shelters and production workshops.

In a military factory, safety always comes first.

Because once a war breaks out, military factories will become important military targets for the enemy to attack!

Missiles will not attack civilian houses because the price of a missile is often higher than that of a civilian house. Missiles will only attack high-value military targets.

When it comes to safety, the production workshop inside the mountain must naturally be considered.

After all, building a production workshop inside a mountain often makes it difficult to be effective even with missile attacks.

Although Liu Tao believes that this possibility is very small, we must still be prepared no matter how small it is.

The existing roads need to be rebuilt, and it would be best if a transport railway could be built to connect to the railway network.

Liu Tao thought for a moment and wrote down his thoughts.

Liu Tao was not able to build a railway just because he wanted to. It had to be demonstrated by the Railway Bureau, and the planning and design had to be done, and even the construction had to be done by the Railway Engineering Corps.

Furthermore, in addition to these, Liu Tao also has to consider the future development of Panshan Machinery Factory.

In addition to the existing machinery, Panshan Machinery Factory also aims to develop anti-aircraft machine guns, grenades, submachine guns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, rifle grenades, etc.

Even various types of cannons were something Liu Tao wanted to develop.

After all, China's current weapons and equipment are far behind those of Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Now that he has money, people, and strong support from above, Liu Tao has big ambitions and wants to achieve everything.

Use your own efforts to cure the People’s Liberation Army’s “fear of insufficient firepower”!
Only when the soldiers stand upright can the backbone of the nation be straight, and the people will have the confidence to walk with their heads held high.

(End of this chapter)