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Chapter 313: Tyrannosaurus 100, breaking the pattern of Chinese trucks
The heavy truck industry is very different from the passenger car industry.

With a little modification, many heavy trucks can play a big role in the military.

There are actually not many countries in the world that have the ability to produce heavy trucks.

Even China does not yet have complete heavy-duty truck production capabilities, otherwise the Ministry of First Machine Industry would not have worked so hard to negotiate with various automobile giants to discuss the introduction of heavy-duty truck technology and the establishment of Sanqi.

Although this project was ultimately unsuccessful, it still had a significant impact on many people.

Compared with the trucks currently produced by FAW and Second Automobile Works, the transportation efficiency of heavy trucks is completely different.

Now the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory wants to launch a heavy truck project. Zhou Jian from the First Ministry of Machine Building went directly to listen to Zhu Jiansheng's report together with the leaders of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

"Among the current civilian trucks, the Yellow River JN150 eight-ton truck has the largest load capacity, but it is only eight tons, which is far behind the international advanced level."

"There is only one model of heavy-duty military off-road vehicle, the Hongyan CQ260, and the technology was introduced from the Bellier heavy-duty military truck."

"It can be said that these two vehicles basically represent the pinnacle of domestic heavy-duty vehicle technology at present."

"Under such circumstances, we really need heavy trucks that can meet the needs of new economic and military development, which is why the First Ministry of Machinery Industry pushed for the Sanqi project."

"However, due to funding reasons, the Sanqi project has now been shelved."

"If Capital University of Technology is confident that it can develop heavy-duty trucks, our First Machinery Industry Ministry will definitely give it our full support."

Although Capital University of Technology is a university affiliated to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, this time Zhou Jian clearly expressed his support.

Many units have realized the importance of heavy trucks, and higher authorities have also issued relevant research and development tasks to the First Ministry of Machine Building.

However, for China at that time, it was quite difficult to develop a heavy-duty truck independently.

Even though heavy trucks have become common goods in later generations, many domestic commercial vehicle companies can produce them.

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It can be said that each unit has a lot of options to purchase a heavy truck.

But that will be after China's automobile industry has developed rapidly for several decades. It is completely impossible now.

Yellow River brand trucks with a load capacity of 8 tons are considered heavy trucks, so you can imagine how big the technological gap is.

"Heavy trucks are now needed to transport tanks, tow heavy artillery and other military equipment. If you have a specific heavy truck design plan, the ministry will also fully support it."

As the head of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, Hu Yong's support for Capital University of Technology could naturally not be weaker than Zhou Jian's.

When the results are achieved, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has good leadership and no one can take away the credit.

"We have completed the design of the transport vehicle for the intercontinental ballistic missile of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, and the first prototype will be assembled in the near future."

"During this process, we have accumulated a lot of heavy truck-related design technologies and are fully confident that we can design a heavy truck that can meet both military and civilian needs."

"According to our initial plan, the load capacity of this heavy truck can reach 12 tons, making it the truck with the largest load capacity in China."

"At the same time, it will develop a variety of extended models, design the carriage into various sizes according to needs, and specially develop corresponding tractors."

"We have even decided on the name of this heavy-duty truck: the Balong series heavy-duty truck."

"The first product is the Balong 100. In the future, we will continue to upgrade and develop different models with load capacities ranging from 12 tons to 24 tons. The towing weight can be doubled directly."

"Balong heavy-duty trucks will surely change the truck landscape in China and allow our heavy-duty truck technology to quickly catch up with the international advanced level."

Zhu Jiansheng's words were so powerful that both Hu Yong and Zhou Jian were very excited.

The country is indeed in great need of a heavy-duty truck now, but no giant has come up with a solution that satisfies everyone when it comes to imported technology.

Relying on FAW and Second FAW is a bit unreliable.

Now Capital University of Technology has suddenly come out and said that their school-run enterprise, Capital University of Technology Special Vehicle Factory, is preparing to enter the heavy-duty truck market and become the largest heavy-duty truck company in China.

This is definitely a good thing.

The factory, which everyone had placed high hopes on, didn’t even dare to paint a rosy picture for its superiors, let alone give everyone specific hopes.

Instead, the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory, which no one expected, emerged.

Just because Zhu Jiansheng dares to make such big promises to everyone, Hu Yong and Zhou Jian will support him.

Not to mention that Capital University of Technology is currently the most influential university in China in terms of vehicle engineering and related majors, and its strength is still something that everyone is looking forward to.

After all, there have been so many achievements before.

The Hummer military vehicles, in particular, performed very well in southern Xinjiang and were praised by many teams.

"According to your plan, in which year will the Balong 100 be mass-produced?"

Zhou Jian knew that it was not easy to produce a heavy truck, so he was still willing to give Capital University of Technology enough time.

According to his expectations, large-scale mass production within four or five years would actually be a very good result.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Jiansheng set a high goal for himself. "Leader, according to our plan, we will complete all parts design and start sample production for the Tyrannosaurus Rex 100 heavy truck within next year. We will produce multiple batches of samples in 1985 for various tests in various environments, and finally achieve large-scale mass production within 1986."

"If all goes well, we even hope to achieve large-scale mass production within 1985."

This kind of information on the big schedule will definitely be asked about, and Zhu Jiansheng has already made preparations for this in advance.

With the experience in developing intercontinental missile launchers, Zhu Jiansheng is quite confident that he can handle the Balong 100.

If it really doesn't work, when you encounter any difficulties, you can also have a good talk with Jiang Hui and see what solutions Jiang Hui can give.

"The maintenance performance of foreign heavy trucks is generally very good. There is no need to rush your Balong 100. You can put more effort into designing various parts to be more perfect so that our drivers don't have to stop to repair the trucks frequently."

The schedule information provided by Zhu Jiansheng seemed very tight to Hu Yong. If the quality of the heavy trucks was affected in order to meet the schedule, it would be not worth it, Hu Yong thought.

So after listening to Zhu Jiansheng's report, he not only did not instruct to advance the mass production time of Balong 100, but instead hoped that Zhu Jiansheng could pay attention to the quality issues of heavy trucks.

At this stage, China can actually produce quite a lot of industrial products.

However, there is a problem with many products, that is, the quality is not particularly good.

This problem is even more prominent in the automotive industry.

After all, if a car breaks down on the road, it can sometimes be fatal. "Such a brand new heavy truck has very high requirements for diesel engines. The engines produced by the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory for Hummer military vehicles probably cannot meet the requirements. Do you have any specific plans?"

Zhou Jian is an insider in the automotive industry.

Zhu Jiansheng introduced some information about Balong 100, and he quickly realized some of the difficulties.

"The leader is right. Our heavy trucks cannot share the same engine as the Hummer military vehicles."

"This time, we are going to build an engine factory to produce large-displacement diesel engines. Initially, we will produce 6L diesel engines, and then we will continue to develop larger displacement engines, up to 11L and 12L."

"Once these engines are successfully developed, we will be able to produce a variety of heavy-duty trucks to fully meet the needs of the development of the national economy and related teams."

The Capital University of Technology Special Vehicle Factory is a project that Zhu Jiansheng has focused on building, and it is also the key to his firm foothold in the position of vice president of Capital University of Technology.

If you want to go further in the future, you will definitely need some achievements.

If the Capital University of Technology Special Vehicle Factory can become the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in China and continue to make breakthroughs in technology, it will be of great significance to him personally, the School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, and Capital University of Technology.

In the future, Capital University of Technology will even be able to independently prepare scientific research funds, becoming a very special alternative in the country.

This kind of alternative is definitely a very rare honor, which can make the teachers and students of Capital University of Technology become leaders in the industry. The school's influence and ranking will inevitably increase rapidly.

"Under the background of reform, we need everyone to have the spirit of daring to fight and strive. If the Balong 100 is successfully developed as planned, then Vice President Zhu will definitely become the most famous expert in China's automobile industry."

Hu Yong was in a very good mood.

He enjoyed the pie that Zhu Jiansheng painted for him.

He even began to imagine the scenario where the Tyrannosaurus 100 would be mass-produced and the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory would continue to develop various models of heavy trucks.

Although he may not have the opportunity to advance further by then, his resume during his tenure will definitely be perfect.

"Both our departments fully support the Balong 100 project. Vice President Zhu, please have someone submit the project materials as soon as possible. I will approve a sum of start-up funds for you."

Although Capital University of Technology could raise part of the funds on its own by relying on the Hummer military vehicle project, Zhou Jian still took the initiative to propose that the Ministry of First Machine Building should allocate a batch of funds to support the development of this project.

Hu Yong next to him naturally expressed the same opinion.

Zhu Jiansheng would definitely not be polite regarding the funds that came to his doorstep.

Soon, after he finished reporting to the two leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, he arranged for someone to formally submit the project documents for the Balong 100 project.

The project has also officially started to be promoted within Capital University of Technology.

"Principal Zhu, it's a good thing that you suggested expanding the enrollment of majors related to vehicle engineering this semester. Otherwise, we would definitely not be able to have enough staff in the future."

Lai Yongfeng is considered to be Zhu Jiansheng's direct subordinate and has started working with Zhu Jiansheng many years ago.

Today, Lai Yongfeng is a professor in the Department of Vehicle Engineering. He not only leads a field of automotive parts design, but also has his own team of graduate students.

It can be said that every professor in the Department of Automotive Engineering is now the head of a field in the design team.

The associate professors, lecturers, teaching assistants and graduate students under them are members in related fields.

The Department of Vehicle Engineering now has the largest number of professors in the entire Capital University of Technology.

If this trend continues, I guess no major will be able to break this.

Even many teachers from other related majors will continue to join the team of the Department of Vehicle Engineering.

After all, there are obviously more opportunities in this department than in other fields.

"The school attaches great importance to the Balong 100 project and strongly supports it. Those who stay on campus to teach this year will be given priority to be assigned to our project team."

“There will be new members added every year.”

"At the same time, we can also hand over some of the design tasks to other universities so that others can also share in the pie."

"This can reduce the difficulty of our development to the greatest extent, and at the same time, it can also attract more partners in the promotion of some policies and regulations."

Zhu Jiansheng is now very proficient in some management skills.

Whether for himself or for his daughter and son-in-law, he can only move forward and cannot retreat.

Fortunately, the path he has chosen now is the field he likes. He can produce some results every year and has a strong sense of personal accomplishment.

The most important thing is that what he did is of real benefit to the school and China.

This is actually very critical to motivating team morale.

Especially people of this generation generally have a stronger sense of family and country.

"After word spread that our Balong 100 project had been officially launched, I guess FAW, Second FAW, Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Sichuan Automobile Manufacturing Plant and other factories would all be anxious."

"The days when they lived comfortably are gone forever."

Lai Yongfeng is very clear about the situation of the domestic truck industry.

Especially for FAW, as a leading enterprise, it has not had any particularly outstanding new products in all these years, resulting in a growing gap between domestic truck technology and the international advanced level, which is really regrettable.

Not only did the trucks fail to gain traction, but the sedans also failed to gain traction.

Now we can only place our hopes on the joint venture factory with Audi, which makes people feel depressed.

"Competition is a good thing. Both the First and Fifth Ministries of Machine Building support it. We don't need to worry about anything."

"Besides, whether it's FAW or Second FAW, they are so far away from us that their influence on us is very limited."

"At most, they are unwilling to accept graduates from our school in the future, but our people are still unwilling to go."

For Zhu Jiansheng, he is not really worried that other automobile manufacturers will have any opinions about Capital University of Technology.

They are a vice-ministerial university, and their level is no lower than others.

The key point is that what we are doing now is a major matter that benefits the country and the people. Why should other factories have any objections?

(End of this chapter)