The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 314 Making Requests

Liu Tao has received quite a few rewards over the years.

Every time a new weapon is developed, there are rewards from the factory, local governments, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, and higher authorities. A single bonus may be only a few thousand or tens of thousands of yuan, but with so many rewards, the accumulated amount can amount to a lot.

In addition, every time a deal is concluded, the factory and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building will give some rewards.

So far, Liu Tao has received more than one million in bonuses, almost two million.

In today's society, people with a net worth of 10,000 yuan are rare, and Liu Tao's wealth is absolutely exaggerated.

But no one would think that Liu Tao received too much bonus. Instead, they would think it was too little.

Because Liu Tao's contribution was so great, the overseas orders he received alone exceeded 30 billion US dollars, earning a large amount of foreign exchange for the country. In addition, Liu Tao also developed and expanded the Panshan Machinery Factory, solved a large number of problems in the Fifth Ministry of Machinery, and promoted the rapid development of the local area.

Now Panshan Group is definitely the largest state-owned enterprise, and it is for this reason that Panshan Group was transformed into a central enterprise.

And this is just what is visible. What is also invisible is that it has helped the country save a lot of scientific research funds. Guns, cannons, bullets, artillery shells, tanks, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, missiles, etc. have at least helped the country save tens of billions of scientific research funds.

Compared with these, Liu Tao's bonus seems insignificant.

It’s not that there were people who disliked Liu Tao, and some even wrote letters to him, but the higher-ups supported Liu Tao.

Liu Tao's achievements and contributions are impossible to ignore unless you are blind.

It is precisely because of Liu Tao and Panshan Group that the country now has a large amount of foreign exchange available for imports every year, and the troops can quickly replace equipment. You must know that there are many advanced weapons and equipment here that you can't buy even if you spend money in foreign countries, and even if others have them, they are unwilling to sell them.

The leaders above have a consensus that talents like these must be well protected because they are national treasure-level scientists and truly top scientific talents.

Liu Tao also showed a high level of ideological awareness, which made the leaders very satisfied. He was able to complete all the tasks given by them, and even completed them beyond expectations, and he never shirked his responsibilities.

Panshan Group also implemented the policies that required its cooperation without any reservation, instead of making excuses like some state-owned factories.

When we have good things, we always use them at home first. Those used at home are always better than those exported.

In addition to exporting computers, which are rare items, a batch of them are donated to domestic universities every year to help them cultivate various types of computer talents.

Although there are currently no college students graduating with computer-related majors, it is foreseeable that this group of talents will support China's computer field.

Liu Tao looked thoughtful. Since his leader had said so, he had to ask for a reward so as not to make his leader feel embarrassed.

But you can't mention it casually.

Just like what the leader said, his rank is already very high, but he is too young and needs more experience, or to say, more seniority. In the entire weapons industry system, the number of people higher than him can be counted on one hand. The number of people with the same administrative level as him can be counted on two hands.

It is almost impossible for him to be promoted in a short period of time.

Qualifications may seem unimportant, but they are actually very important.

When you reach a certain level, it becomes very important, and insufficient qualifications will not suffice to move up further.

"Leader, I apply to export the Hongqi air defense missile and the Aegis air defense missile." Liu Tao hesitated for a moment, then put forward his request, "Also, the Type 022 missile boat is allowed to be exported. If the Type 054 frigate is built in the future, this type of frigate will also be allowed to be exported."

"The export of Hongqi air defense missiles and Aegis air defense missiles!? The export of Type 022 missile boats? Are these weapons suitable for export?" The leader was shocked, these were all very serious matters.

Missiles are high-tech for any country. There are very few countries in the world that have mastered missile technology, probably only about ten countries.

China's first imitated short-range liquid-fueled surface-to-surface missile 1059 was successfully launched on November 1960, 11, marking that China had mastered missile development technology. It has only been 5 years so far, and the title of "Dongfeng-23" was praised by leaders as "an important turning point in the history of my country's military equipment."

Later, after the first launch failure of the "Dongfeng-1964" medium- and short-range liquid-fuel missile designed and developed by my country, it succeeded in its first flight test on June 6, 26, indicating that my country no longer needed to copy missiles, but had the ability to develop missiles on its own. On October 1966, 10, my country conducted a "two-bomb combination" flight test with the improved "Dongfeng-27A" missile and the atomic bomb. The missile flew into the air and accurately flew to the landing area to achieve a nuclear explosion, which brought good news. From then on, my country had its own missile nuclear weapons.

In 164, my country formulated the "Eight-Year Four-Bomb" plan, which enabled the successful development and launch of improved liquid medium-range, medium-range, medium-long-range and long-range strategic missiles.

It was not until 1980 that my country's first long-range rocket took off from the Jiuquan Launch Center and splashed down accurately in the designated waters of the South Pacific 30 minutes later, marking that my country became the third country in the world to successfully master long-range strategic missile capabilities!
Yes!

Now there are only three countries in the world that have the ability to develop long-range strategic missiles!

The Soviet Union, the United States and China!
There are only these three countries!

On October 10 last year, the successful launch of the JL-12 solid-fuel strategic missile demonstrated that my country's strategic missile technology has been further improved and developed. my country has become the country with the ability to launch missiles underwater from submarines.

Similarly, missiles play an increasingly important role on the battlefield, their performance is getting stronger and stronger, and fighter jets are getting stronger and stronger. How to conduct air defense has also become a hot frontier research area for various countries, and China is no exception.

In addition to traditional low-altitude defense weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, how to conduct high-altitude defense and missiles have naturally entered the research field.

On the battlefield, air defense missiles are also appearing more and more frequently.

Among them is the 'Sam' missile which is very famous in the Middle East!
As for China, the development of air defense missiles started relatively late, and it was not until 1965 that China really started to imitate the Soviet S-75 air defense missile, also known as the SAM-2. The missile weapon system consists of missiles, guidance stations, launchers and ground support equipment, and is mainly used to attack high-altitude, high-speed aircraft and cruise missiles.

从1959年10月至1965年1月，防空导弹部队用S-75防空导弹和‘红旗-1’防空导弹多次击落入侵的U-2型高空侦察机及无人驾驶飞机。

The "Hongqi-2" air defense missile is a type of surface-to-air missile developed by China in 1967 based on the "Hongqi-1". The missile is a mobile, all-weather, all-directional, and all-airspace key point air defense missile that can intercept various aircraft, cruise missiles, and high-altitude reconnaissance balloons, and can also strike ground and sea targets when necessary.

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