Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 227 Proposal to cooperate with the military region to build an automobile factory
"Dad, Mom, Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law, this is my girlfriend Zhang Xianghong."

"Xiang Hong, these two are my parents, these two are my eldest brother and his wife, and these two are my nephews and nieces."

When we had dinner that night, my uncle brought his girlfriend over. He specifically asked for a private room in the cafeteria so that they could talk while eating, otherwise it would be difficult to talk about things while eating in the hall.

"Hello, uncle and aunt, hello, brother and sister-in-law, ..."

My uncle's girlfriend, Zhang Xianghong, is polite and greeted him quickly after the introduction.

"Okay, okay, come and sit down. Um, I'm Hongbin's father, so I'll call you Xiao Zhang. Don't mind, do you?"

"Uncle, it's nice to call me Xiao Zhang."

The uncle's girlfriend was a little nervous and shy when she saw so many people present, but she must have been educated in this area since she was a child, so she was very confident at the dinner table, spoke without avoiding eye contact, and sat very straight.

At the dinner table, her grandparents asked her about her family situation and her own situation.

She also readily explained the situation of her family. In addition to the situation of her uncle's parents as mentioned earlier, she also has a brother and a sister. Her brother is married and works in a military auto repair shop. Her sister is still in high school and will graduate next year. Her grades are not very good, so she may only be able to get into an ordinary technical college.

However, she doesn't have to worry about her future job. Her father works on the railway, and her sister will most likely enter the railway system in the future. If not, it will be easy for her to join the army or work in a military factory.

Of course, these are just Wang Jiankun's guesses, and he doesn't need to worry about what will happen in the future.

Because her father works on the railway, he spends very little time at home and it is not easy to determine the time, so they still need to find an opportunity to get together to discuss the marriage. Zhang Xianghong said that she would ask her father to confirm it as soon as possible and then let her uncle tell the family.

Grandpa and his family had originally planned to make an appointment tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but now after hearing what my future daughter-in-law said, I can only wait for the news.

Fortunately, my family is well off now, and the road from my hometown to Raozhou is almost all flat, so it won’t be a problem to come back later.

After dinner, the uncle first sent Zhang Xianghong back to the female soldiers’ dormitory area, and then returned to the family building.

"Hongbin, this girl is great. You must treat her well in the future. By the way, call home as soon as you get the letter from your in-laws. It will take us almost a whole day to get here."

"Okay, Dad, do you agree after just one look?" The uncle teased grandpa with a smile.

"You bastard, you are several years older than her. Her family is so well-off, and she is your chief's niece. You should pay more attention to her."

"Got it, Dad. Then you should have a good rest today. Tomorrow you can walk around the military area. You can shoot guns at the shooting range and watch tank and armored vehicle training. Jiankun, do you want to go, brother?"

"Is it okay? Will it be difficult for you?" The father was very tempted. The militia's weapons had been confiscated for several years, and the militia training had not been organized for a long time. He used to be able to touch a gun and shoot dozens of bullets every year. Besides, he had never seen real tanks and armored vehicles, so after hearing what his uncle said, he really wanted to go but was afraid that it would be difficult for him.

Wang Jiankun was not interested in playing with guns, but he was not familiar with the current situation of tanks and armored vehicles in the country. Now that he had this opportunity, he did not want to miss it.

"Uncle, can I shoot a gun too? The air gun my brother made was hidden by my dad and he doesn't let me play with it." The younger sister was like a show-off and wanted to play with the gun too.

"Why are you, a girl, playing with a gun? Follow me tomorrow and walk around the family area. Don't run around." When the mother saw that her sister was about to play with a gun, she quickly stopped her.

Wang Jiankun looked at the little sister's eyes asking for help and said he was helpless because the gun was indeed dangerous for her. Her hand strength was not strong enough and she could easily hurt herself if she was not careful when shooting. The guns in this unit were generally long rifles and pistols were rarely used by ordinary soldiers, let alone their families.

The next morning, my uncle's girlfriend Zhang Xianghong came to accompany my grandmother, mother and younger sister to visit the family area and some places open to family members, and to get to know them better.

The uncle took grandpa, father and himself to the shooting range.

At the shooting range, my grandfather also became interested and fired two magazines with a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. The number of rings in the first few shots was relatively low because he was still adapting. Later on, the number of rings started to increase and stabilized at around 7 or 8 rings, and occasionally there were 10 rings.

"I'm old. I've only fired a few shots, but my hands are already weak." After finishing the second magazine, grandpa emptied the gun, removed the magazine, and handed it to the soldier next to him, then shook his arms and said.

This Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is actually the Chinese version of the SKS. It uses high-powered full-size 7.62mm rifle bullets, which have great power and recoil.

Its performance in the war over there was actually not very good, because it was too powerful and its ammunition was heavy, which consumed a lot of the soldiers' physical energy.

In mountain warfare, the distance between the two sides in close combat is generally within 2 meters. If it exceeds meters, either the enemy cannot be seen, or the shooting route will be blocked by a large number of trees and weeds.

Therefore, in recent years, China has begun to develop small-caliber firearms and use low-power rifle bullets to reduce recoil.

"Dad, let me press your shoulders for you, don't get hurt." The uncle heard this and was afraid that grandpa couldn't withstand the recoil of the full-power bullet, so he hurried to help check and massage grandpa.

My father was in good physical condition and fired five magazines in a row. He used to be a militia captain and the team had several Type 5 semi-automatic rifles, so his shooting results were good at this time, with mostly 56 and 8 rings, and quite a few 9 rings.

If Wang Jiankun really wanted to shoot seriously, he could almost hit 10 rings with every shot, but in order to hide his shortcomings, his performance was slightly worse than his father's.

In addition to the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, light machine guns and mortars were also seen in the shooting range. However, the latter two types were not allowed to fire live ammunition, only training ammunition, and the quantity was limited.

After staying in the shooting range for more than two hours, my uncle drove a jeep to take them to the tank and armored vehicle training ground.

This jeep is quite small and its shock absorption system is extremely poor. Even when driving on a gravel road, it becomes very bumpy once the speed reaches 40 mph.

"Uncle, doesn't this army have any military off-road vehicles? This jeep is too bad, isn't it?" Wang Jiankun asked.

"We do have military off-road vehicles, but it's not our turn to use them. We only have a few production lines now, and some parts are said to be purchased from abroad. The vehicles produced are first supplied to the troops in the north and south and the capital. We don't know when we will have them."

At this time, there are several types of off-road vehicles in the country, but they are all heavy vehicles.

For example, Shaanxi Automobile SX250 (Yan'an 250 model) has a load capacity of 5 tons and a towing capacity of 6.5 tons.

Hongyan CQ261 is a heavy military off-road vehicle (over 10 tons), equipped with a 6140-B diesel engine with a maximum power of 250 horsepower and a torque of 833 N·m. It can adapt to complex terrain (such as the mountains and rain forests in the North-South War) and is mainly used to tow heavy artillery and transport ammunition.

There is a light off-road vehicle, the BJ-213, which is a replica of the American Cherokee. Currently, only a small number of them are equipped in the army as leadership vehicles. "So, uncle, do you want to drive an off-road vehicle similar to the American Cherokee?"

"Of course I would like to, but I have only seen three of them when the leaders came to inspect the military region. Our Chief Zhang doesn't have any now, so I can only think about it."

"Uncle, I heard there is a car repair shop in the military district. Can you take me to have a look? Do you know my uncle's Xingyao Group? If it's appropriate, I can talk to my uncle and see if we can cooperate with your military district to produce off-road vehicles."

Squeak! The jeep braked suddenly and everyone in the car couldn't help but jump forward.

"Hongbin, how do you drive so rashly?"

"Yeah, luckily the car wasn't going very fast, otherwise it would have been a collision and bleeding."

"Ah! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. What Jiankun said made me so excited. Dad, brother, are you okay?" The uncle hurriedly looked back.

"It's okay. Luckily the seat is relatively soft, otherwise my forehead would be swollen."

"That's good. I'll drive slowly and you guys should grab something too!"

So my uncle continued to drive slowly.

"Jiankun, are you serious? Does Xingyao Group have the production technology and equipment for this off-road vehicle? I heard that the car factory in BJ spent a lot of effort to imitate the Cherokee, and spent a lot of foreign exchange, but the production capacity is still very low, and some parts have to be purchased from the United States."

"Of course it's true. Technology is not a problem for Xingyao Group. It is an international group with many investments abroad. Its power technology ranks among the best in the world. In addition, its heavy engineering vehicle production plant jointly established with Guangdong Province is already under construction. It has also invested in a collective shipyard in Guangdong Province. Several large and medium-sized diesel engines are produced by Xingyao Group's Hong Kong branch. So technology and funding are not a problem. Now it depends on whether the policy can be passed."

"Oh, now that you've said that, I feel more confident. Policy shouldn't be a problem. Now we can find our own way out and raise our own funds. The restrictions on military production are very loose. Of course, if you are worried, you can use other methods to circumvent it a little.

Jiankun, after we finish looking at the tanks and armored vehicles, I will take you to the auto repair shop. Our auto repair shop is quite capable. In addition to repairing trucks and jeeps, we can also repair tanks and armored vehicles if they have any problems."

"Okay, if your military region can attract more workers who know some mechanical technology, then the off-road vehicle production factory will be more secure. After all, although Xingyao Group has funds and technology, it does not have many talents, especially industrial workers who know some technology, which are even more difficult to recruit."

Although domestic state-owned enterprises were in a difficult situation at that time, very few workers left the enterprises. Even if they did, it was still very difficult to recruit skilled workers on a large scale due to inconvenient communications and transportation.

Wang Jiankun also wanted to give it a try. If the Hongdu Military Region could handle the policy issues and attract a large number of skilled workers, then the automobile manufacturing plant could cooperate with them.

The current road conditions in China can be said to be relatively poor, so the first few models are intended to be mainly off-road vehicles. At the same time, some improvements can be made, referring to the development situation in the United States, and some efforts can be made to improve comfort and reduce the configuration of protection. This way, it will be more suitable to sell them to bosses who need to travel around.

Once domestic road construction catches up, it will be natural to produce cars. After all, the basic production processes are the same, which is just updating the molds and some interior and exterior decorations.

These are not difficult for Wang Jiankun and Xingyao Group. Even without Wang Jiankun's intervention, the group of new human engineers in northern Myanmar can be competent for the design and improvement of new off-road vehicles and sedans.

Because of Wang Jiankun's suggestion, the visiting time at the tank and armored vehicle training factory was greatly shortened. Originally, my uncle had planned to let them experience inside the tanks and armored vehicles, but now he couldn't take care of that anymore and just took them in to take a look and left.

Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to project the tanks and armored vehicles into his mind, and then asked Tomoko to conduct a comparative analysis based on the information in the database and the American tanks and armored vehicles previously projected at the US military bases in Japan.

The United States is of course ahead in terms of data, but domestically produced tanks and armored vehicles have the advantage of low manufacturing costs. It is understood that the US military also purchases them domestically and supplies them to the Middle East battlefield. Babylon has many domestically produced tanks and armored vehicles.

After my uncle introduced the tanks and armored vehicles, he immediately took them to the military auto repair factory.

The auto repair shop covers a very large area and has more than 10 maintenance lines. According to my uncle, the military region is now vigorously purchasing trucks and armored vehicles, planning to arm a combined brigade. The entire brigade will be mechanized and plans to show its prowess in the exercises next year.

The military district has the financial resources to purchase trucks and armored vehicles because of the monthly profits from the new lighters.

In addition to training new recruits, the trucks they purchased were used for transportation almost every day. In this way, they trained the soldiers and earned funds at the same time.

Of course, these vehicles need regular maintenance due to frequent use, so at the end of last year, the military region established a car repair shop. The masters are retired personnel who were asked by the military region leaders from several old car factories to take apprentices, and the apprentices are some old soldiers who are ready to retire after completing their service or new recruits who are willing to learn a skill and have a certain level of education.

"Jiankun, you see, we have 10 maintenance lines here, each with 40 to 50 people. These people have all undergone more than half a year of training and have a very good understanding of machinery and automobiles. In addition, if necessary, we can find more people for emergency training, and the old masters can also find ways to invite more people. I can assure you of this on behalf of the chief." The uncle introduced while patting his chest and said.

Wang Jiankun looked at these people and found that they were very disciplined and worked very seriously. They did not operate blindly when they did not understand something, but quickly asked the old master who led the team. It seems that the auto mechanics trained in the army are still very reliable. These people should be able to get started easily when they arrive at the automobile production line. In addition, because they have already been trained by the army, it should be much easier to manage them in the future.

So he nodded and said, "Uncle, I have no problem here. I will talk to my uncle when I get back. He should send Chen Xingdong to talk to you. When I have finished talking to my uncle, I will inform you and you can report to the chief. What do you think?"

"It's settled then, Jiankun, you better hurry up."

"Well, it will be quick. If everything goes well, the car factory might be completed before your wedding."

"Haha, that's good. Dad, brother, let's go back. It's time for lunch. Xiang Hong and the others must be waiting anxiously."

"Go back, but Hongbin, you should drive slower."

"Haha~, there won't be the same problem this time. You guys get in the car first and I'll start it."

This jeep is an old model, and it needs to be started without a key, and you have to crank the handle from the front, so the uncle let Wang Jiankun and the others get in the car first, and he went to the front to crank the car.

Wang Jiankun felt that the first car produced in cooperation with the military region did not need to be so advanced. As long as the chassis was improved, the engine had more horsepower, and a hydraulic power steering wheel was added, it would be able to beat domestic off-road vehicles.

However, he will decide on the specific model based on discussions with the new human engineers that Chen Xingdong has sent over, because by then they will definitely have to distinguish between military and civilian use, and the focus of the two will be slightly different.

"Mom, sister-in-law, Xiang Hong, we are back. Shall we go eat?"

"Okay, hurry up and wash up. You're all covered in dust and smell of gunpowder. Change your clothes too. The sun is strong, so you can wash them and dry them in the afternoon."

So Wang Jiankun and the other three quickly made a decision, washed up, wiped the sweat off their face, changed into clean clothes, and then went out to the cafeteria to eat with grandma and the others.

(End of this chapter)