The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

If you are not a family member, you don’t know that oil, rice, firewood, and salt are expensive!

When he was at the Yun Provincial Defense Management Office, Wang Baoguo had a headache when faced with the various military factories below complaining about applying for funds.

When we arrived at the Fifth Machinery Department, all the large military factories and military research units directly under the Ministry were crying louder than the others, hoping to get some funds from him.

Even these large military factories and military research and development units are like this. You can imagine how miserable the small and medium-sized military factories and military research and development units across the country are.

"We can solve the problem of expansion money without the superiors allocating any funds." Liu Tao said with confidence.

Wang Baoguo laughed and said: "I forgot, now your Panshan Machinery Factory is extremely rich. There is probably no factory in the country that can compare with you."

Wang Baoguo knew the Panshan Machinery Factory very well.

The instruction given to Panshan Machinery Factory is to release production capacity and fully produce 'Type 78' pistols, 'Type 78' automatic rifles, 'Type 78' heavy sniper rifles and 'Type 78' squad machine guns. How much is produced will be purchased by the army. .

Naturally, he had heard about the plans of Panshan Machinery Factory, and had even seen the plans.

Panshan Machinery Factory can really afford 40 million yuan.

Panshan Machinery Factory can also afford the machinery and equipment that needs to be purchased later, and there is no need to allocate funds from above.

"Your Panshan Machinery Factory has funds, how it develops is your business, I don't care." Wang Baoguo shook his head and said, "As long as the task is completed, it doesn't matter anything else. As long as the conditions are met, it is not impossible to upgrade it to a large military factory."

Liu Tao looked happy.

With Wang Baoguo's words, half of the goal has been achieved.

"As for the export of weapons and equipment from your factory, this has never happened before. When you mention it, my head gets a little big." Wang Baoguo frowned.

"We are not arms dealers." This sentence has made foreign military assistance free in the past thirty years.

Foreign aid projects are assigned tasks by the state, and relevant units are responsible for their implementation.

This kind of foreign military assistance ranges from pistols, rifles, and grenades to various aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, etc.

“Leader, didn’t the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China make decisions on domestic reform and opening up to the outside world last year? In January this year, didn’t the superiors approve that foreign military aid be changed from all free aid to three categories: fee, barter and free aid? This means that the superiors want to promote the export of weapons and equipment to the international market," Liu Tao said.

He has made considerable preparations in this regard.

"But currently our weapons and equipment are backward and cannot be sold at all." Wang Baoguo sighed.

Ever since I changed my strategy, no one was willing to buy if I asked for money.

China is short of foreign exchange, and the targets of previous foreign military aid also lacked foreign exchange. They are all poor brothers, and they are equally poor.

If you have money, you can either buy advanced weapons and equipment from Europe and the United States, or buy weapons and equipment from the Soviet Union. Why buy China's backward weapons and equipment.

"Leader, backwardness in weapons and equipment is relative. For many countries, weapons and equipment are too advanced for them to operate. Suitable weapons and equipment are the most important thing." Liu Tao said, "Besides, the firearms currently produced by our factory, It is also at the leading level in the world.”

Even after more than 40 years, weapons from World War II can still be used on the battlefield to demonstrate good power.

Advanced and backward weapons and equipment are always relative terms.

Liu Tao continued to elaborate on his plans and ideas.

Wang Baoguo could see that Liu Tao was obviously fully prepared and had great confidence in his plan, and based on rational analysis, it was very likely to succeed.

But this incident made Wang Baoguo hesitate, and he couldn't help but pick up a cigarette and smoke it.

He took big breaths and wandered around the office, thinking.

This is something unprecedented, and even an old revolutionary like him has to be cautious.

Once done, it is likely to cause a chain reaction.

But if it succeeds, it will bring new changes to China's military industry and solve the difficulties of many military factories.

Nowadays, China's military industry is in dire straits, and various problems exist.

In the final analysis, there is just no money!

Smoked one after another.

Finally, when the fourth cigarette started to become hot to the touch, Wang Baoguo took a deep breath, threw the cigarette butt heavily to the ground, crushed it with his foot, and then said: "With the reform and opening up, we are also seeking changes, and we will no longer provide free military assistance."

"Go ahead and do it, and your Panshan Machinery Factory will serve as a pilot!"

"In the ministry meeting, I will put this on the agenda for discussion."

Wang Baoguo has been paying attention to Liu Tao, a young man who is energetic, has ideas, dares to do things, and has a flexible mind.

Panshan Machinery Factory originally had to allocate funds every year to maintain operations. Even so, there would still be wage arrears.

But Liu Tao came out of nowhere and reversed the predicament in just a few months, giving Panshan Machinery Factory new vitality.

This is a young man who is good at creating miracles.

Now Liu Tao wants to export weapons and equipment. Although there is no precedent for this, as Lu Xun said, there is no way in the world. There will be a way when more people take it.

The road is made by people!

Liu Tao is aggressive and motivated. If he, as a leader, doesn't support him, why should we dampen his enthusiasm? ?

When this is done, the benefits are self-evident. Just the fact that you can earn valuable foreign exchange is enough for people to take it seriously.

Even if it fails, you will not be able to earn foreign exchange, nor will you be able to spend much money.

"Leader, please believe me, I won't let you down, wait for my good news!" Liu Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

With Wang Baoguo's words, there is protection.

When he gets the contract, he can complete the order!

Even if there are other voices, for Wang Baoguo's sake, at least he can be allowed to complete the existing orders.

"Then I want to see what kind of noise you, the Monkey King, can make." Wang Baoguo said with a smile.

When he came to the Fifth Machinery Department, Wang Baoguo's vision had jumped from the military industry system of Yun Province to the national military industry system, focusing on the national game of chess.

Although the front line is still relatively tense and the troops have not all withdrawn to their bases, in fact, Wang Baoguo understands that the country must focus on developing the economy. Under such circumstances, there is no money to invest in military research.

Even now, experts are being organized to demonstrate that if the third-tier factories are converted to civilians, many military projects will definitely be discontinued in the next few years.

"Since it's monkey monkey, it's natural to make a big fuss." Liu Tao said with a smile.

In this wild era, as long as he is brave enough, Liu Tao does not believe that he cannot succeed.

Everyone else can dare to fight and strive to make a career in this era, and he can definitely do it too.

What's more, the situation is now favorable to Liu Tao, it can be said that the timing is right for him!