The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 332 Huge Casualties

“He’s amazing!”

Watching the couple leave, they looked like ordinary people, dressed so simply. He donated all the prize money he received to his alma mater to establish an inspirational scholarship, and the clothes they wore looked so old that they had been worn for who knows how many years that they had patches on them.

He is ordinary, but also great.

Liu Tao said leisurely, "Yes, he is so great and noble!"

Compared with these great and noble people, Liu Tao felt ashamed of himself because he had never treated himself badly in life.

Work when you should work, and take a break when you should take a break.

Nor did he hide his identity, stay away from his family, and have no contact or meeting for a long time.

No matter how busy he is, he usually takes eight days off a month.

He received a lot of prize money, which he donated to his alma mater to establish scholarships, but that was only part of it. He left another part in his family to improve their life.

He did not live in a simple and cramped dormitory, but spent a huge amount of money to buy a huge courtyard house and enjoyed life there.

In comparison, he seemed small.

"But I believe that our motherland will get better and better, our motherland will become more and more prosperous, and our children and grandchildren will live a much better life than us." Liu Tao is full of confidence.

The wave of reform and opening up over the past forty years has been a huge wave of social change, and society has undergone tremendous changes.

Although a large number of problems have emerged, there is no doubt that China has made great achievements, its comprehensive national strength has been greatly enhanced, and its international status has also been greatly improved.

Liu Tao and his family played until the evening and then returned home.

In the blink of an eye, the eight-day vacation was over.

Liu Tao returned to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Panshan Machinery Factory has replaced a new group of people.

A group of people went to various factories, and another group came to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Many old faces no longer appear in Panshan Machinery Factory.

Even the quality inspection department has replaced a group of people.

A group of excellent quality inspectors were transferred to other factories to enhance the quality inspection capabilities of other factories, thereby improving production quality.

At this time, staff were unloading tanks and armored vehicles from the train.

All these tanks and armored vehicles come from Factory 256.

The employees of Factory 256 have now moved to a new production base, while the old factory is under construction to build a factory dedicated to the production of Type 81 light tanks, Type 81 medium tanks and Type 81 infantry fighting vehicles.

The original production area will be retained and production will continue, while other parts of the factory will be constructed and then gradually put into use. It is planned to be completed in three years.

Liu Tao first inspected the weapons that needed to be inspected in the testing room one by one.

These heavy equipment were not inspected until the next day.

After inspecting the heavy equipment, Liu Tao went to the armory for random inspection.

This is an important basis for him to judge whether the production quality of various military factories has declined.

Once the production quality of a military factory shows a significant decline, it means that there are problems with the leadership team and quality inspection department of the military factory, which need to be thoroughly investigated and dealt with.

Liu Tao pays special attention to production quality, especially military products.

Military products are a matter of life and death, and there is no room for jokes. Then, there was the Party Committee meeting of Panshan Group, which was a half-year summary meeting to summarize the past six months.

If half of the time is over, then the results must be at least half.

Zhao Guoping, Xue Yunpeng, Li Fuguo and others gathered together.

The directors of other companies and research institutes also attended the meeting. This was an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee.

Of course, those attending the meeting only attend their respective meetings.

For example, the various factories under the jurisdiction of Southwest Industrial Group Corporation will not attend military-related issues.

Similarly, the heads of various military companies will not discuss civilian issues.

The first topic is the construction progress of the headquarters.

As the headquarters of Panshan Group Corporation, Southwest Ordnance Industry Group Corporation and Southwest Industrial Group Corporation, the construction of the headquarters is undoubtedly the most important.

Once the headquarters is completed, we will gradually move there to work.

At that time, administration, factory production, etc. will be separated.

The headquarters will only carry out administrative offices and research at the institute and will no longer produce weapons and equipment.

"Currently, the three headquarters buildings have completed the roofing work and will be decorated before the Spring Festival. The four research institutes are expected to complete the roofing work around the Spring Festival and complete the decoration by the middle of next year. The entire project is expected to be completed by the end of next year. After the Spring Festival next year, we can gradually move to the headquarters for work. The year after next, that is, in the middle of 1985, all the headquarters office staff and research institute technical personnel can be in place."

In order to prepare for the construction of the headquarters, the construction period was expected to be 3 years. For this purpose, a large number of construction equipment were equipped for the entire project.

Up to now, the construction has been going on for two years. The progress is not too fast, but not too slow either.

At present, the road network in the area where the headquarters is located, as well as the highway and railway leading to Kunming City have been built. The railway is connected to the Chengdu-Kunming Railway and has one or two train stations, which are currently in trial operation.

"The optical cable project is currently being laid and it is expected to take more than a year to complete."

The optical cable, with the headquarters as the core hub, connects all the factories under Panshan Group in the four southwestern provinces. This will be the future Internet.

"In terms of construction safety, I have repeatedly emphasized that safety awareness must be strengthened and must not be taken lightly. I don't want to hear about any worker casualties again!" Liu Tao had to emphasize safety work again.

This year, more than ten people died in the entire project.
This is definitely a shocking number.

Then, the second topic was the construction of the Shenhai Expressway. This project is the largest single project of Panshan Group, with a total investment of more than 30 billion yuan and more than 500,000 construction workers. It can be called a century project.

The biggest challenge of this project is the bridges, culverts and tunnels.

If there were no bridges, culverts and tunnels, it would probably only take four to five years to complete.

For this project, Liu Tao directly serves as the leader of the working group, which shows how much he values ​​this project.

As long as it is completed, in the 90s, it can bring a steady stream of cash flow to Panshan Group by collecting highway tolls. If it enters the millennium, the investment in the entire project can definitely be recovered with principal and interest, and it can also make a huge profit.

"At present, the workers can already use the two shield machines. I believe that by the Spring Festival this year, the workers will be familiar with their use."

Hearing this, Liu Tao couldn't help but nodded slightly.

The shield machine was invented by him and is specifically used for digging tunnels.

Currently, two machines have been produced, one is a soft rock shield machine and the other is a hard rock shield machine. Their diameter reaches 7.5 meters, which means that they can excavate a tunnel equivalent to two lanes at a time.

Currently, Southwest Industrial Group is planning to establish a Southwest Tunnel Boring Machine Company and is preparing to invest in building a factory to specialize in the development and production of tunnel boring machines.

In terms of shield machines, they have been around for nearly 140 years, but they are mainly concentrated in Japan, the United States, Germany, and Canada. China used to have a blank. The birth of these two shield machines fills this gap.

(End of this chapter)