The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 68 Supporting Projects
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It was almost nine o'clock when Liu Tao woke up.

I drank a lot of wine last night. After I came back, I took a shower and lay down on the bed to sleep.

This time he would sleep until he woke up naturally, and no one would disturb his sleep.

"This Moutai is worthy of being the national liquor and a good liquor. It won't give me a headache after waking up." Liu Tao said to himself and started to wash himself.

After stretching his body and perking up, Liu Tao began to think about the meeting with his leader tomorrow.

It was a rare opportunity for the leader to meet with him, and it was unknown how long it would take for such an opportunity to come again.

Liu Tao began to think.

"Oh, how could I forget such an important thing." Liu Tao slapped his head in annoyance, then took a pen and wrote in his notebook: Hydropower station.

Yes, Liu Tao has discovered that the three newly built small reservoirs of Panshan Machinery Factory, plus the original two small reservoirs, will provide no problem for domestic and industrial water use, but the power generation may not meet the needs of Panshan Machinery Factory.

Therefore, either a new large or medium-sized reservoir should be built within the Panshan Machinery Factory, or a medium-sized reservoir in a nearby town should be brought under the jurisdiction of the Panshan Machinery Factory.

The most indispensable things for a factory are water, electricity, raw materials, mechanical equipment and production workers.

Previously, Liu Tao thought that building three small reservoirs would be enough. After all, each reservoir has a storage capacity of up to 900 million m. However, after thinking about it carefully, he found that it might still not be enough.

If there is not enough electricity in the future, it will definitely be a very troublesome thing.

Without electricity, many machines in the factory cannot operate.

Liu Tao can still find someone to take care of the small reservoir.

But there is no way to deal with large and medium-sized reservoirs. The province has to dispatch water conservancy experts to carry out their construction.

Otherwise, if we randomly choose a dam site for construction, the reservoir capacity may not be reached and the effort will be in vain.

It just so happens that I met the provincial leaders this time, so I can bring up this matter.

At that time, whether it is to allocate a large or medium-sized reservoir specifically for Panshan Machinery Factory or to support Panshan Machinery Factory in building a new large or medium-sized reservoir, Liu Tao can accept it.

In addition to this matter, there is the previous application to expand the scope of the three factories, which can also be discussed with the leader.

The sooner this matter is settled, the better. The more variables there are later, the more complicated and difficult the procedures will become.

Yunnan Province is mostly mountainous, and relatively flat mountainous areas account for only 10%.

However, from a security perspective, this type of terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Often, only key locations need to be guarded, and the entire area will be safe and isolated from the world. Whether from a security or confidentiality perspective, it is very suitable for military factories.

As long as checkpoints are set up in front and behind the areas where the three military factories are located, it will be impossible for the enemy to easily reach the factories.

"By the way, we also need to build a railway to facilitate transportation!" Liu Tao remembered that Panshan Machinery Factory still lacked a railway.

Although the current highways are constantly being widened, they are mountain roads after all. The road conditions are not good due to the many bends and the transportation efficiency is far inferior to that of railways.

In terms of cost, rail transportation is also much cheaper than road transportation.

To build a Panshan Machinery Factory connecting to the Chengkun Railway, only about 20 kilometers of railway will be needed.

Once this railway is completed, the transportation efficiency will be greatly improved. In the future, many materials can be transported by rail. The weapons and ammunition produced by Panshan Machinery Factory can be transported directly in batches by rail.

When Liu Tao was planning, he had already thought about building a railway and even planned the route.

However, the construction of the railway required the Ministry of Railways, which was a powerful department at that time, with 15 railway bureaus, 43 railway divisions, and a total force of an astonishing . If it was just the Panshan Machinery Factory, they would ignore you.

Even the Yunnan Provincial Management Office and Kunming Railway Bureau may not pay attention to it.

There are so many things to consider, and the more I think about it, the more I realize how difficult industrialization is.

If you want to develop, you cannot do without infrastructure. If the infrastructure is incomplete, development will be restricted.

Water, electricity, transportation, etc. must all be supported accordingly to give development the wings to take off.

Feeling that his considerations might not be complete, Liu Tao left the guesthouse and went to Wang Tiezhu's office.

Wang Tiezhu is an old revolutionary who has worked for a long time and has a high position, so he should be able to help him check things.

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Wang Tiezhu listened to Liu Tao and pondered for a moment. "The land application for the three factories is not a big problem. I reported it to the leader last time. The three factories only involve 10,000 people. They can just move away. The railway only needs to be built for 20 kilometers. The workload is not that large. If the leader comes forward to coordinate, it should be possible."

"It would be quite difficult for the province to build a medium-sized or large reservoir. A large reservoir was built a few years ago at a cost of 60 million yuan. It might be difficult for the province to pay for it." Wang Tiezhu said, "As for allocating a small or medium-sized reservoir, it involves interests and is not within the jurisdiction of Panshan Machinery Factory."

Having said this, Wang Tiezhu shook his head.

The area managed by Panshan Machinery Factory reaches 100 square kilometers, which is the size of a town.

Half of the area of ​​Panshan Town was originally allocated to Panshan Machinery Factory.

If it has not been built yet, then it is easy to deal with. If it has been built, there are beneficiaries. It is not easy to take advantage of others.

"As long as the leaders support us in the construction, there will be no problem. The money can be provided by Panshan Machinery Factory." Liu Tao said.

The Fifth Ministry of Machine Building settled 3700 million yuan with Panshan Machinery Factory, and the money available in Panshan Machinery Factory's account was at least more than 4500 million yuan.

As long as this order is completed, the money available in Panshan Machinery Factory's account will reach at least 1 million yuan.

Don’t forget, in addition to this large order, Panshan Machinery Factory also has purchases from the military!

There is more than enough money to build a large reservoir.

And this is the money that Panshan Machinery Factory can use without affecting the construction of the factory.

As a third-line factory, Panshan Machinery Factory did not have any requirement to hand over profits.

The current Panshan Machinery Factory is responsible for its own profits and losses!
"If the funds are provided by Panshan Machinery Factory, there should be no problem!" Wang Tiezhu nodded. "Now there is a problem you have to consider. Panshan Machinery Factory is so large. What if it is attacked by bombers or missiles?"

The most important issue for a military factory is safety, and any issue related to safety is not a small one.

In the past, the Panshan Machinery Factory was small and hidden in the mountains, making it difficult to be found. Even if it was discovered, it would probably not be recognized as a military factory.

But it is different now. The Panshan Machinery Factory, which is currently under large-scale construction, will become the largest military factory in Yunnan Province, making it difficult to hide from aircraft reconnaissance.

If there is any conflict, such a large military factory is likely to be attacked first.

If it were bombed, the losses would be huge and it would also affect military production.

Why were so many third-line factories built in the first place instead of concentrating on building large factories? One very important consideration was to disperse them so they would not be wiped out all at once.

(End of this chapter)