The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 268: When people sit at home, disaster comes from heaven

As a project promoted by the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, Zhu Jiansheng's intercontinental missile launcher project was soon officially launched.

All teachers in the School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering are considered members of the project team.

In the next five years, 80% of the college's research and development efforts will be focused on this project.

At the same time, some other teachers in the school who participated in the Hummer project were also transferred to this project.

Although this project is considered a confidential project, confidentiality is a relative thing.

For some people, this secret, which is not particularly sensitive, can definitely be known.

Even in some high-level meetings, you can directly hear part of other people's reports.

"Xiao Jiang, the intercontinental missile launcher project can actually be done by our First Ministry of Machine Building."

Zheng Haiming called Jiang Hui directly to his office and asked about the intercontinental missile launcher project of Capital University of Technology.

At the same time, I also learned about the arrangements of the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory.

He attended a meeting yesterday and was criticized half-jokingly by his superior after the meeting. It was believed that the First Ministry of Machine Building's research on special vehicles still needed to be strengthened and that the First Ministry of Machine Building should increase its support for national defense.

At the beginning, Zheng Haiming didn’t quite understand the meaning behind these words.

After a little inquiry, I realized that this was completely an unprovoked disaster.

I was just sitting at home when disaster struck.

The First Ministry of Machine Building has worked very hard in recent years, but it was still criticized yesterday.

"Leader, Capital University of Technology has several majors that specialize in missile research. For them, there is always a demand for missile launchers."

"Their vehicle engineering department previously focused its research and development on military vehicles, but it has only started to make some changes in recent years."

"For sensitive projects like the ICBM launcher, I don't think there's any need for our department to compete for it."

“It’s difficult, it costs a lot of money, and it’s hard to generate big profits in the end. As a result, the project is very stressful.”

Say different things in front of different people.

Although Jiang Hui was very confident that he could build an intercontinental missile launcher, he certainly couldn't tell Zheng Haiming this.

Besides, he didn't lie to Zheng Haiming.

With the strength of the automobile factories under the First Ministry of Machine Building, it would be impossible to develop a 12-axle intercontinental missile launcher, let alone three to five years. Even if they were given ten years, it would be impossible to do it.

Just look at what types of vehicles FAW and Second FAW have developed over the years, and you will know that intercontinental missile launchers, the ceiling models in the automotive industry, are simply not projects that FAW and Second FAW can produce.

Zheng Haiming is also very clear about this.

So after listening to Jiang Hui's words, he was not particularly bothered by the fact that this project did not fall under the Ministry of First Machine Building.

Sometimes, deep down in his heart, he was even a little glad that the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building rushed out and took away the project.

Otherwise, when the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building puts forward its demands, the superiors will definitely find a way to get the First Ministry of Machine Building to cooperate in the development.

Then the pressure will fall on him.

"The Fifth Machine Department is in charge of military industry, and profit is not their main goal."

"They are indeed more suitable than us to work on the intercontinental missile launcher project."

"But why did I hear that you are also a member of this project team?"

Although they are all serving China, there are definitely some different ideas between different departments.

This is also a normal thing.

Jiang Hui is now a member of the First Ministry of Machine Building, but he is helping the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building develop projects.

It would be a lie to say that Zheng Haiming had no ideas at all.

"Leader, the person in charge of the intercontinental missile project is my father-in-law and also my teacher."

"He wanted me to help with the project, and there was no way I could refuse."

Jiang Hui would definitely not say that he was the one who led this project and pushed his father-in-law forward.

"Okay, as long as you don't hinder the development of Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory, I won't care about you anymore."

Zheng Haiming knew that this was not something he could object to.

Military projects naturally have their own particularities.

If Zhu Jiansheng was more ruthless and directly transferred Jiang Hui from the First Ministry of Machine Building to their project, Zheng Haiming would have no choice but to cooperate.

But this matter made Zheng Haiming a little unhappy.

So when he went to FAW for inspection next time, his attitude was not the same.

"Is this your latest developed CA141?"

In July 1980, FAW finalized the task of developing the CA7 141-ton truck, a successor to the Jiefang brand truck.

The principle proposed in the design brief is: to further tap the potential and improve the old products.

Assemblies and components should be modified as little as possible or not as long as the performance requirements are met.

Fully consider the possibility of transition and the inheritance of the current production process. Make full use of existing equipment and tooling.

All performance features catch up with and exceed Dongfeng EQ140.

The new model in front of us is supposed to be pretty good.

But everything is afraid of comparison. With the new BJ212 of Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and the Hummer military vehicle of Capital University of Technology, as well as the intercontinental missile launcher proposed by Capital University of Technology recently, FAW's CA141 prototype does not seem to be so outstanding.

Zheng Haiming was obviously not particularly satisfied after seeing it.

"Yes, in May last year, all the CA5 trial production drawings were sent out, the first prototype was produced in early October, and six prototypes were produced before the end of the year."

"After the prototype was completed, we immediately started comprehensive testing, including 420 hours of road simulation intensive testing, bench torsion fatigue testing, and 1 km intensive road testing."

"If the country has test standards, we will follow them. If the country has not yet unified standards, we will follow our own standards."

"According to the plan, in the first half of this year, CA141 completed 2 major tests including vehicle performance test, 28 km reliability test, frame rigidity and stress measurement, leaf spring performance and fatigue life test."

“If all goes well, then the tooling for the assembly and components that will be ready for production design work can be put into manufacturing in the second half of this year.”

Geng Weidong is quite satisfied with CA141.

At least compared with the previous factory director, he felt that the design work of CA141 under his leadership fully took into account the market demand, made the best use of existing resources, and made the greatest technical improvements.

In fact, during this process, FAW also designed many car models.

Among them was the universal car, internally codenamed CA80, which was an imitation of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog and replaced agricultural tractors. Later, only a prototype was produced.

In addition, the CA150 truck was also made to replace the Jiefang truck and adopt a flip-up flat-head cab.

After the prototype car came out, it was not put into production due to insufficient technical capabilities for trial production.

Historically, due to its good appearance and power, domestic orders for CA141 were in short supply, and more than 1987 vehicles were produced in 6.

In 1988, a batch of vehicles were exported to Korea, Siam and other countries.

It is precisely based on his confidence in CA141 that Geng Weidong introduced it with great confidence.

"Compared with past achievements, FAW has indeed made progress this time, but we also need to see the changes of other manufacturers in the industry."

"FAW, as China's first and largest automobile manufacturer, should develop higher technical capabilities and develop more products."

"In particular, FAW should make its own contribution to meet the needs of economic and military development in the new era."

"Don't let other departments laugh at our First Machinery Industry Ministry."

Zheng Haiming said meaningfully.

Compared with the performance of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building in recent years, the performance of the factories under the Automobile Bureau of the First Ministry of Machine Building is indeed unsatisfactory.

Apart from the two star enterprises, Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant, other automobile factories are completely useless.

"Boss, the Hummer military vehicle project is so unique that I don't think there is any comparison."

"Most of the time, it's just a flash of inspiration from Capital University of Technology."

Geng Weidong thought Zheng Haiming was talking about the Hummer military vehicle.

But this time he obviously understood it wrongly.

Zheng Haiming directly refuted: "Whether the Hummer military vehicle was a flash of inspiration or not, I dare not easily draw a conclusion."

"But Capital University of Technology has come up with a lot of creative ideas. The most important thing is that they have a long-term vision and have proposed some very meaningful projects in advance based on future development trends."

"It also set a record by proposing the grand idea of ​​integrating industry, academia and research, which is expected to be fully promoted in industrial enterprises across the country soon."

"The new project they are going to undertake is many times more difficult than CA141."

"According to their plan, this new project will be ready within the next five years, but what about your CA141?"

"I won't tell you how long you've been working on it. According to your plan, it will take until 1986 before you can start full-scale mass production."

“It takes much longer to develop a new product based on an existing truck than it does to develop a completely new product.”

"I was too embarrassed to mention it to the people from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building during the meeting."

After hearing what Zheng Haiming said, Geng Weidong felt a little unhappy.

As the factory director of FAW, his rank is actually the same as Zheng Haiming.

Of course, one is in a ministry and the other is in a local area, so their influence is definitely different.

But if we really talk about actual power, Geng Weidong is probably better.

After all, all the factories and personnel under FAW are under his direct management.

As for Zheng Haiming, although there were many factories under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, he was not directly involved in their management.

More often than not, they only get involved when it comes to the appointment of personnel at the level of factory director.

And this also depends on the level of the subordinate factory. If it is not very high, even if the factory director appoints it, the department will not interfere.

So Geng Weidong said directly: "Leader, we must be realistic in doing things. It is meaningless to draw big pictures."

"Our CA141 is an excellent product that can stand up to any comparison."

(End of this chapter)