The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 583 Upgrading Lifespan (Update)
The life of an aircraft depends on two aspects.

On the one hand, there is the service life of the fuselage, and on the other hand, there is the service life of the aircraft engine.

The service life of military aircraft is a very general term. When designing military aircraft, economic efficiency is considered as a secondary goal, and performance is given priority, so the service life of major components is not uniform. The operating environment faced by military aircraft is very complex, and high-intensity use and harsh environment use have a great impact on the service life.

For example, an engine with a design life of 600 hours may have to be scrapped after more than 100 hours on the battlefield, and it may not even be able to complete the first overhaul cycle.

This also reflects the importance of ground maintenance and upkeep.

Normally, the life of a fighter jet like the Soviet Union is about 20 years and 2500 hours, and the engine life is 500 to 1500 hours.

The fuselage life of European and American fighter jets is relatively long, and the engine service life is also relatively long.

This does not mean that European and American military aircraft are far superior to Soviet military aircraft, but that the two sides have different combat concepts.

The Soviet Union's combat philosophy was that once a real air battle began, the survivability of an aircraft would rarely exceed 1000 flight hours. So an aircraft's engine was very expensive, and being able to fly for 3000 hours was meaningless when a real war came. If it was shot down in less than 3000 hours, the expensive engine would be gone.

Therefore, the Soviet military theory is to build something cheaper and in larger quantities to support military operations.

Therefore, the Soviet Union's equipment, whether it was land, sea or air, was simplified as much as possible and never made it too complicated.

When Europe and the United States bullied the smaller ones, they relied on the advancement of their aircraft and equipment, just like adults punching the Nanshan Nursing Home and kicking the Beihai Kindergarten.

The Soviet Union was different. When it was a big bully, it relied on the steel torrent to directly overwhelm and sweep away the enemy in one wave. If it was a powerful enemy, it would fight hard, relying on the advantage in the number of equipment to kill the enemy.

Just like during World War II, Germany's tanks and aircraft were quite advanced, but they were eventually consumed and dragged down by the Soviet Union. Then in the later stages, they had to face the Soviet Union's steel torrent of tanks and thousands or tens of thousands of aircraft.

The Soviet Union’s combat concept against the Western camp was similar. Even if two or three planes could kill one NATO plane, a few years later, the Soviet Union’s steel torrent and tens of thousands of planes would be unstoppable.

The Soviet Union's combat theories are all based on actual combat and major wars.

To be honest, Liu Tao doesn't think that if the S3 season really breaks out, Europe and the United States can withstand it, and the Soviet Union will most likely be able to plant its red flag all over the world.

But Liu Tao knows that the S3 season will most likely not start in the future. At least in the next thirty or forty years, the S3 season will probably not officially start.

So he pays great attention to quality and service life, which can greatly reduce the cost of equipment use.

To upgrade the life span, we naturally have to consider two aspects: the fuselage and the aerospace engine.

Liu Tao upgraded the fuselage life to 20 years and 8000 hours, and the engine life to 3000 hours.

This means that even if the engine reaches its life limit, the aircraft can continue to be used after the engine is replaced.

Later, Liu Tao increased the range, raising the maximum range to 2000 kilometers.

After being upgraded one by one, the J-7 trainer still looks the same, but in fact it has changed.

There has been a significant improvement in performance.

After leaving the hangar, Liu Tao went to the production workshop again to participate in the manufacturing of a J-7 trainer aircraft. However, he did not forget to accumulate upgrade points by participating in the manufacturing of the J-7 trainer aircraft every day.

After all, later on, it would be more difficult to upgrade the aircraft simply by using it and accumulating experience points. On this day, Liu Tao returned to the Panshan Group headquarters.

This year's Spring Festival is very special for Panshan Group because there is no holiday.

Liu Tao convened a party group meeting to summarize the year 1987.

The entire Panshan Group Party Committee meeting had 13 members, and Liu Tao, the Party Committee Secretary, presided over the meeting. In addition to these people as decision-makers, the heads of the three-level companies also attended the meeting according to the meeting agenda.

In 1987, China South Ordnance Industry Group Corporation was no longer the company with the highest revenue. The revenues of China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation and China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation surpassed that of China South Ordnance Industry Group Corporation.

Throughout 1987, the Huaxia Automobile Group, Huaxia Motorcycle Group and Southwest Machine Tool Industry Group, all under the Huaxia Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, performed the best.

China Automobile Group is currently the largest automobile company in China. Both its production of trucks and sedans far exceeds the total of other automobile companies in the mainland.

Moreover, this growth rate is still increasing at a very considerable rate every year.

In the past year alone, China Fortune Land Development has sold 10 trucks and 50 sedans in mainland China.

China Automobile Group also has many subsidiaries.

Similarly, Huaxia Motorcycle Group has also achieved brilliant results in the past year. In this era, there are still many Chinese people who cannot afford cars. If you can't afford a car, you can buy a motorcycle!
Not only city residents buy motorcycles, but people in towns and villages also buy motorcycles!
In the past year alone, Huaxia Motorcycle sold more than 180 million motorcycles in the mainland.

Southwest Machine Tool Industry Group is the largest machine tool company in China, and sold more than RMB 20 billion worth of machine tools in the past year.

In addition to China Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, the revenue of China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation also saw explosive growth.

In addition to the explosive growth in computer sales, there are several other important reasons. One is the rapid development of the electronics industry. The markets for semiconductors, display tubes, LCD screens, etc. are growing very fast, and the sales of refrigerators, air conditioners, and color TVs have increased significantly.

This has allowed China Southwest Electronics Group Corporation to surpass China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation in terms of revenue.

Of course, if we consider profits, that may not be the case.

Because the arms trade of China Southern Ordnance Industry Group has extremely high profits, it is a highly profitable industry.

China Southern Ordnance Industry Group has very thin profits from domestic arms orders, but very rich profits from overseas orders.

As for the three second-tier companies, China Communications Investment Holding Group Corporation, China Electric Power Investment Group Corporation, and China Construction Group Corporation, they are all investing large amounts of money and will not see profits in the short term.

With the summary, Liu Tao and others had a clearer understanding of the situation of Panshan Group.

Especially Liu Tao, he could clearly see that the entire Panshan Group was still on the fast track of rapid growth.

The profits generated by these companies are very high, but the profits generated by those companies in Hong Kong are also very high. In particular, he took advantage of last year's super Black Monday and made a lot of money, and he made even more money there.

The money that was originally invested in the US stock market has now made a lot of money with the end of the US stock market crash.

As for the Hong Kong stock market, some funds will be withdrawn after the Chinese New Year.

(End of this chapter)