The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 724 Busy
Mountain city, tank and armor production base.

It was quite busy at this time.

Raw materials from all over the country are transported to various supporting factories and processed into various parts. The various parts are then transported here and assembled into tanks and armored vehicles.

Since the situation in the Persian Gulf became tense, the operation here has been switched from normal production to three shifts a day, and then to four shifts a day.

In the artillery factory, different types of tank main guns, artillery and other gun barrels are continuously produced and manufactured, and then sent to the final assembly plant.

In the engine factory, different types of engines are sent to the final assembly plant as soon as they are processed and manufactured.

Except for a small number of versions produced for self-use, most of them are produced for export.

Liu Tao came to an engine factory that specialized in producing engines for tanks and armored vehicles. Liu Tao's second brother-in-law, Chen Weimin, was the director of this engine factory.

Chen Weimin was originally intentionally trained by Liu Tao to learn the manufacturing of diesel engines. He started as a technical worker and was then appointed team leader, deputy director of the production workshop, director of the production workshop, deputy factory director and finally factory director.

As long as Chen Weimin has enough ability, Liu Tao will promote him.

Chen Weimin had dark circles under his eyes, obviously he was under a lot of pressure recently and did not sleep well.

Chen Weimin introduced the production situation of the engine factory to Liu Tao. This engine factory is the most advanced engine factory in the country, with a large number of advanced CNC machine tools and even a five-axis machining center.

This place specializes in producing diesel engines needed for tanks, armored vehicles and military vehicles.

Panshan Group has more than one engine factory like this one.

After inspecting the engine factory, Liu Tao went to the artillery factory, which specializes in producing main guns for tanks of various calibers, self-propelled howitzer barrels, and so on.

Gun barrels are a technical job. Nowadays, advanced gun barrels have very high requirements for processing technology. There are only a handful of countries in the world that can manufacture advanced gun barrels.

Liu Tao did not go directly to the Shancheng assembly plant because he knew that the production of tanks and armored vehicles was limited by the constraints of parts, and the production of parts was limited by the supply of raw materials.

This is a chain of events.

The materials are supplied partly by water and partly by land.

Afterwards, after an inspection, Liu Tao came to the final assembly plant, where two huge final assembly plants were producing tanks and armored vehicles.

The original Factory 256 has been rebuilt and now mainly produces various types of armored vehicles, including infantry fighting vehicles, various types of self-propelled artillery, etc.

The final assembly plant here is engaged in production, mainly producing various types of tanks.

When Liu Tao arrived, he saw 20 Type 80 main battle tanks being loaded and technicians were reinforcing them.

These Type 80 main battle tanks are all export versions and will be shipped directly by train to Yangcheng Port for shipment to the Middle East.

The reason why we did not choose to ship it to Shanghai by ship and then transfer to another ship was to save time.

Now time is money, time is life.

As long as the products are produced and shipped to the port for shipment, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will settle the corresponding balance.

This is all money!

After inspecting the Shancheng tank and armored vehicle production base, Liu Tao went to inspect the Rongcheng tank and armored vehicle production base.

整个蓉城坦克装甲车生产基地一旦建成，规模将是山城坦克装甲车生产基地的三倍，可以生产80式主战坦克、80式自行高炮、81式轻型坦克、81式中型坦克、81式水陆两用坦克、各种自行火炮。

At present, the first and second phases of the project have been completed, and the third phase is under construction.

At this time, the Chengdu Tank and Armored Vehicle Production Base is also adopting a four-shift production mode every day.

We are working at full capacity to produce.

After inspecting and checking, Liu Tao was relieved to find that there was no problem. He was afraid that the production quality would decline due to the high production pressure and tight time, which would be fatal.

Liu Tao attaches great importance to word of mouth.

It is not easy to build a good reputation, but it is easy to destroy it.

The rapid development and growth of Panshan Group was due to the fact that, in addition to Liu Tao using his golden finger to save R&D investment and shorten R&D time, a very important reason was the reputation and credibility of Panshan Group, which was top-notch among major international arms dealers.

Just like this time, when Iraqi talents ordered weapons, equipment and supplies from Panshan Group, even at the very last minute, Panshan Group found ways to deliver them.

Liu Tao does not require every weapon and equipment to be 100% good, but he hopes that the pass rate will be 100%.

Just as Panshan Group's military industry system was working at full capacity to produce various weapons, equipment and ammunition, far away in the Middle East, ports in Saudi Arabia were extremely busy.

Every day, a large number of ships carrying weapons, equipment and supplies arrive at various ports in Saudi Arabia.

It can be said that Saudi Arabia has never had a port so busy.

Ships flying the flags of various countries entered the port and loaded and unloaded in an orderly manner under command.

There are many ships arriving at various ports in Saudi Arabia every day, and it is often difficult to unload all the ships on the same day.

The number of ships arriving in Saudi Arabia every day has exceeded the carrying capacity of Saudi ports.

There were even mountains of weapons, equipment and supplies piled up in the port, and there was no time to transport them away.

It is conceivable that if the opponent faced by the coalition this time was not Iraq, but the Soviet Union, then missile attacks would be enough to paralyze these ports, not to mention allowing the army to assemble.

Media from Europe and the United States have been broadcasting this war live around the world since its preparation stage.

The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are extremely busy.

As time goes by, more and more warships arrive in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

There is even news that the United States is putting pressure on Turkey, intending to force Turkey to close Iraq's oil pipeline passing through Turkey, and that the coalition forces are going to arrange a force to threaten northeastern Iraq from Turkey.

It can be said that the focus of the whole world is on the Persian Gulf.

The main force of the coalition forces is the US military, and the United States has become the focus of this war.

The United States is demonstrating its status and influence as a superpower through various means.

The US military is mobilizing around the world and heading to Saudi Arabia.

The first U.S. military advance team to arrive in Saudi Arabia showed off the U.S. military's meals, eating turkey and drinking Coke. Although this advance team had less than a thousand people, its significance was very significant.

This advance force undoubtedly shows the world that the US military is armed to the teeth.

At the same time, a military airport is being built in Saudi Arabia for use by coalition aircraft.

The first to arrive in Saudi Arabia was not the US advance force, but the US Air Force, followed by the US Navy, and finally the US advance force.

Up to now, the US military has two aircraft carrier formations in the Arabian Sea.

According to the latest intelligence, the United States is expected to deploy six aircraft carrier formations for this war.

It is conceivable that the strength of the US Navy is definitely not just talk.

Moreover, the United States is discussing whether to increase its military forces on the original basis!

(End of this chapter)