The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 567: The Magnificent Era

Panshan Group Headquarters.

What appeared in front of Liu Tao were 15 'PL-8' short-range air-to-air missiles and 12 'PL-12' medium-range air-to-air missiles.

Liu Tao carried out the test and then nodded slightly.

The current Panshan Group is no longer the Panshan Machinery Factory in its early days. Its strength in all aspects has become much stronger.

With complete technical data, the pass rate of manufactured missiles is already very high.

All the air-to-air missiles manufactured are qualified.

Afterwards, Liu Tao began to contact the Air Force and asked them to start testing these missiles.

The development of an air-to-air missile often takes several years or even ten years.

But because of Liu Tao, a lot of scientific research funds and time were saved.

Even test directly in one step.

Once the test results come out, if they are satisfactory, mass production can be carried out.

In just a few days, the test results of the two air-to-air missiles were fed back to Liu Tao.

The test results were excellent, and the Air Force praised the two air-to-air missiles.

At the first moment, 1000 missiles were launched each.

Among them, the purchase price of the 'PL-8' short-range missile is 20000 yuan per piece, and the purchase price of the 'PL-12' medium-range missile is 50000 yuan per piece.

This price is undoubtedly very cheap.

In 1975, the United States' purchase price of AIM-9J was as high as US$7000 per piece, and the current purchase price is as high as US$5 per piece; and for medium-range air-to-air missiles, the United States' own purchase price has long exceeded US$10.

If sold to China, it will only become more expensive, not cheaper.

Otherwise, the Air Force, which has received a lot of additional funding in recent years, would not be willing to make the purchase after seeing the US offer.

Because the price is really expensive, and there are many conditions involved.

If we can produce it ourselves, the price will be much cheaper.

Liu Tao didn't plan to make money domestically, but rather planned to make money abroad.

If air-to-air missiles are exported, the price will be quite high.

In the international arms market, the prices of air-to-air missiles are constantly rising and the market conditions are very good.

After all, the number of countries in the world capable of developing air-to-air missiles can be counted on one hand.

Air-to-air missile technology is definitely high-tech.

Not only does it require huge investments in research and development, but it also requires a strong technical team to master air-to-air missile technology.

China has spent so much time and invested a lot in research and development, but has never developed an advanced air-to-air missile.

Although it was because it was not given enough attention at the time, it is also an indisputable fact that the technical team had limited capabilities.

Liu Tao sold it to the Air Force at a cheap price without thinking about making money domestically, and it was also to support national defense construction.

2000 air-to-air missiles cost only 7000 million RMB in total.

7000 million RMB would be a huge sum of money for other domestic companies, but for Panshan Group, it is only a very small amount of money, even negligible.

After finishing his business, Liu Tao went to Southwest Associated University. The second batch of students at Southwest Associated University had already started school, making this brand new campus full of vitality.

There is no doubt that these two classes of students at Southwest Associated University were happy. Although Southwest Associated University has not yet been fully built, the campus that has been built is still the best university in the country.

There are bright, spacious and beautiful classrooms and dormitories, as well as the best computer rooms. The laboratories have already been built and the laboratory equipment is also top-notch. As for the faculty, it is extremely strong.

Liu Tao came this time because he had a lecture.

Normally he seldom came to Southwest Associated University. Even though he was the school secretary, he only came a few times a year. The last time he came was at the opening ceremony of this session.

The auditorium was packed with people at this time; even the aisles and corridors were filled with people.

In addition to students, there are also teachers.

Not only teachers from Southwest Associated University, but also teachers from other schools came.

If the auditorium had not been able to accommodate a limited number of people, I'm afraid all the teachers and students in the entire school would have come.

At this time, there was a bottle of water on the podium, the projector was turned on, and the huge screen had been lowered.

Liu Tao took the laptop, plugged in the power cord and projector cable, and immediately the projector projected the computer presentation onto the screen.

On the screen, there is a background composed of Type 80 main battle tanks, "Hong Kong Island" frigates, "Hong Kong" destroyers, Type 022 missile boats, etc., plus the "Fuxing" EMUs and Huaxia Automobile, etc., which depict a magnificent era background.

A turbulent era!
The seven large characters are suspended above the background, which is extremely impactful.

A turbulent era, this is the theme of Liu Tao’s speech today.

Liu Tao slowly began to speak, starting from the First Opium War, and then unfolded China's century-long history of humiliation. The powerful ships and cannons of the Western powers blasted open China's door, and the repeated failures or victories in wars also resulted in the signing of humiliating treaties. The three mountains of feudalism, imperialism, and bureaucratic capitalism weighed on the Chinese people, and one young man after another came forward to save the country.

The outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression undoubtedly pushed China to the brink of national extinction, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated for the second time to fight against Japan.

In a brief introduction of the era, Liu Tao told everyone that the Communist Party of China is the choice of the people and the choice of history, and the establishment of the Republic is the result of the joint efforts of countless predecessors.

The founding of the Republic represented that the Chinese people had stood up.

Liu Tao spent 20 minutes on 10 typical photos of China's century of humiliation before the founding of the Republic. He spent another 20 minutes on the 30 years after the founding of the Republic, including the "two bombs and one satellite"!
It is precisely because of these 30 years of efforts that the Republic has gained initial self-defense capabilities and can face the encroaching forces of jackals, tigers and leopards, which has laid a solid foundation for reform and opening up.

It was precisely because of the 'two bombs and one satellite' that the war of founding the country was won and a comprehensive national defense industrial system was initially established, making China fearless of foreign enemies. It was also because of Nixon's visit to China that opened a new chapter in the relationship between China and the United States and laid an extremely solid foundation for reform and opening up.

Then, we entered the core theme of today - reform and opening up opened a new chapter in the era and ushered in a magnificent era.

In fact, it has only been less than nine years since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee.

However, during these nine years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes and achieved a series of remarkable achievements that have attracted worldwide attention.

". We are lucky to be born in this magnificent era. We are fortunate to participate in this great era, build our motherland, and make our motherland prosperous and strong. This is the mission and responsibility given to us by the times. While working hard, we can realize our own value and combine our personal life value with that of the country."

The core speech after the reform and opening up lasted for more than an hour.

No one left the room during the speech and no one interrupted Liu Tao's speech.

Everyone listened attentively and took notes from time to time.

Liu Tao's speech, with its grand description of the historical background, shocked everyone.

Each achievement is a great feat and has impacted everyone's thinking.

Many things that people couldn't understand or misunderstood before suddenly became clear to them.

More importantly, it is the sense of mission!

They feel the sense of mission given to them by the times!
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