Chapter 118 Export Version?

Liu Tao showed curiosity.

Factory 256 is a large military factory, the largest armored vehicle factory in the entire southwest, directly under the jurisdiction of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building!

The armored vehicles produced by Factory 256 have appeared in the military parade and accepted the inspection of the Party and the country.

It stands to reason that such a large factory should be very comfortable.

Even if the troops do not have orders, the superiors will allocate a large amount of funds to Factory 256, and the normal operation of the factory should not be a problem.

It looks like Wang Baoguo is throwing away a burden.

Zhang Zhen looked at Liu Tao's expression and knew that Liu Tao did not know about Factory 256, so he explained it briefly.

Factory 256 is located in Shancheng. It is the largest special vehicle manufacturing plant in the entire southwest. It has a large number of equipment that can produce body welding, oil and gas suspension, hydraulic parts, heat treatment and surface treatment of parts. It has good blanking, stamping, forging processing production capabilities and strong body, transmission, action, control, sheet metal parts, power auxiliary device manufacturing capabilities and general assembly and adjustment capabilities. It even has the largest power transmission comprehensive test bench in the southwest.

The entire 256th factory has a total of 4,000 employees, covers an area of ​​more than 3,000 acres, and has more than 20,000 people including their families.

Since the second half of last year, the 256th factory has no planning indicators. The factory director has called from time to time to complain to his superiors and ask for indicators!

But you have to know that at this time, several large tank manufacturing plants in the north must be given priority.

For example, the First Machine Factory!

The First Machine Factory is one of the 156 key construction projects during the country's "First Five-Year Plan". With the help of the big brother in the north, the famous Type 59 tank was produced by introducing the full set of production technology of the T-54a tank, and the First Machine Factory has since become the largest tank manufacturer in China.

The 256th factory was assigned to the Panshan Machinery Factory, which is equivalent to the Panshan Machinery Factory being responsible for paying wages to the employees of the 256th factory and taking care of the food, drink, defecation and urination of the 256th factory.

To a certain extent, this is a burden to throw away.

"Panshan Machinery Factory is a reform pilot factory, and it is to shoulder the burden of reform." Wang Baoguo said with a smile.

Liu Tao's heart moved, and he asked quickly: "Leader, if Factory 256 produces this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, can it be exported?"

"I heard that the price of West Germany's 'Cheetah' self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is as high as 4.4 million US dollars, which is more expensive than the Leopard 2 main battle tank. Will anyone buy it at such a high price?" Wang Baoguo was stunned.

Zhang Zhen thought for a while: "It can be exported, but the performance of the export needs to be appropriately reduced. It can't be exported The same as the self-use, right? For such a national heavy weapon, we still have to pay attention to leaks."

Good guy, does this mean that it can be exported but the monkey version is used! ?

Liu Tao thought about it and knew it.

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and main battle tanks are different from firearms. They are heavy weapons. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are national heavy weapons.

Naturally, some technical indicators have to be restricted.

And this is also an international practice. Europe, the United States, and the Soviet Union all do this.

Tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, and warships, the self-use version and the export version are completely different things.

"Thank you, leader, I understand!" Liu Tao smiled.

It is really simple to reduce some performance.

It is not easy to improve performance, but is it not easy to reduce performance?

As long as we can export and earn dollars, we can sell it to the army at a lower price, just as if it supports national defense construction.

But if we cannot export and can only rely on orders from the army, how many self-propelled artillery can the army purchase in a year?

Liu Tao knows how frugal the army is now.

They are reluctant to purchase heavy machine guns and heavy sniper rifles.

Anti-aircraft machine guns must be bought one get one free.

In the Fifth Machine Department, Liu Tao also saw the two Xerox 860 personal computers that Huo Yingdong had brought over.

This is a personal computer released this year, with 128K memory. It is also the first to have the word processing tool BravoX, graphical GUI, a circular touchpad on the right side of the keyboard, and the XEROX Network System (XNS) protocol, which can be connected to XEROX files, printers and mail servers via network cables.

A computer costs two thousand dollars!

It looks ugly and the performance is also very simple.

The memory is only 128K memory!

Of course, this is not the most expensive. The IBM 5100 was launched in 1999 and sold for an astonishing $10,000!

Now in the United States, Apple II is the best-selling personal computer, with a 1MHz CPU, 4KB memory, two 5.25-inch floppy drives, a color monitor and a built-in keyboard, priced at $1,928, and has occupied the top spot in the US personal computer sales rankings for five consecutive years.

Liu Tao was not used to using these two computers, and he wanted to use them for research.

For a few days, Liu Tao was studying these two computers.

Unknowingly, a few days passed quietly.

He had to embark on the return journey.

This time, it was not just Liu Tao who returned to Panshan Machinery Factory, but a large group of people.

At the airport, Wang Baoguo led the team in person, and he introduced everyone.

The leader was a man in his sixties, wearing a simple military uniform. He shook hands with Liu Tao with one hand, and his other sleeve was empty.

Liu Tao was in awe and showed respect.

He still remembered in his mind that he had watched a documentary that introduced China's third-generation main battle tank, and this man was the chief designer!

When he was appointed as the third-generation tank master, he was already 66 years old. He took on the heavy responsibility, overcame many difficulties, and finally made China have its own third-generation tank.

This old man participated in the Anti-Japanese War. He was fearless in the face of the enemy, and in the struggle, he showed extraordinary military talent. After the war, he studied tirelessly and mastered a lot of knowledge. He has been fighting for the country's military industry until now.

"Zhu Yusheng, at the age of 19, was admitted to the Huangfu Military Academy, and at the age of 19, he entered the Anti-Japanese University to study military. During the war, according to the needs of the battle, he created and improved more than 20 kinds of weapons and combat equipment. He is currently the vice president of the Weapon Science Research Institute of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, in charge of scientific research, and is also the leader of this expert group!" Wang Baoguo solemnly introduced Zhu Yusheng.

It can be said that Zhu Yusheng is an extraordinary top student and a precious technical talent.

"President Zhu, I have heard of your name for a long time!" Liu Tao couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He knew that Zhu Yusheng's right arm was blown off when he was organizing a mortar test firing in front of the enemy in January 1948.

Liu Tao was full of respect for this hero of the military industry system.

In this era of talent shortage, Zhu Yusheng is a top talent.

Even though his right arm was broken, he never gave up, but kept going and continued to learn.

If we look at the technology in the field of armored vehicles, Zhu Yusheng can be ranked among the top five in the country.

The most important thing is his will, an extremely strong will, and his indomitable spirit. Liu Tao admires him the most.

This man can be said to have dedicated his entire life to the motherland and contributed to the rejuvenation of the motherland.

Look at the military uniform he is wearing. I don't know how many years he has worn it. You know, his salary belongs to the high-income group in this era, but how simple his life is.