Courtyard House: From Deputy Division Commander to Civilian, Progressing All the Way

"Shortsighted. Insignificant."

Lin Yang stood up and walked to the huge national map.

"Light industry can quickly recoup capital and allow people to wear new clothes. But without heavy machine tools and high-precision molds, how do you build a light industry assembly line? Are you going to rely on hand-cranked spinning wheels to weave cloth forever?"

Lin Yang turned around, his gaze deep and cold.

"National defense and heavy industry are the bones of this country. Light industry is just the flesh. Without bones to support it, no matter how fat the flesh grows, it's still just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. Once foreign guns are pointed at our borders, can those synthetic fabrics stop the bullets?"

"Shen Yan, pass the word down. The National Development and Reform Commission's strategic focus cannot be compromised. Foreign exchange quotas will continue to be tilted towards precision machinery, special metallurgy, and semiconductor electronics. Anyone who dares to disrupt the overall situation with trivial matters again, tell them to come directly to me!"

Just as Lin Yang was using an iron fist to suppress conservative voices in the country.

Located deep in the Western Hills, on the campus of the National Defense University.

A high-level tactical command simulation is underway in the trapezoidal classroom.

In the center of the classroom, there was a huge sand table simulating the terrain of the northern plains. The flags of the red and blue armies were intertwined on the sand table.

Standing in the Blue Team's command position was a young man with broad shoulders, a sharp gaze, and wearing a crisp military academy cadet uniform.

It was Lin Weidong.

The years of military academy training had completely suppressed his wild and murderous aura, transforming it into a profound and ruthless demeanor befitting a senior commander.

The Red Army commander standing opposite him was a senior tactics instructor from the National Defense University.

"Lin Weidong, your Blue Army armored group is now surrounded and cut off in area A3 by our two mechanized infantry divisions and anti-tank fire. Your supply lines have been cut off, and your chances of surviving a frontal breakout are less than 10%. According to conventional tactics, your only option now is to break up into smaller units and switch to mountain defense."

The instructor held a pointer, pointed to the desperate situation on the sand table, and spoke in a serious tone.

The senior students watching nearby nodded in agreement. This was indeed a dead end.

Lin Weidong stood before the sand table, showing no sign of panic. His deep eyes were fixed intently on the contour lines on the sand table.

"Reporting to the instructor, I do not choose defense."

Lin Weidong raised his head, his voice deep yet powerful.

"I choose a full-scale counterattack, with a breakthrough at the center!"

These words caused an uproar in the room.

The instructor frowned: "Absurd! Your armored forces are trapped in a low-lying plain, trying to attack the Red Army's high ground fire network uphill?"

This is tantamount to sending your tanks to their deaths! Your armor thickness is simply no match for the Red Force's anti-tank missiles!

"That was under the equipment conditions of the past."

Lin Weidong strode to the sand table, picked up a few pieces representing the Blue Army's armored forces, and without hesitation pushed them heavily to the very center of the Red Army's defense line.

"Based on the latest data briefing issued by the Ministry of Heavy Industry to the armored forces test units," Lin Weidong said, his eyes gleaming and his speech rapid.

"my country's newly developed 'composite depleted uranium armor' has passed range testing and will soon be deployed to the next generation of main battle tanks. This armor's anti-penetration capability is three times greater than that of the older homogeneous steel armor!"

"Furthermore, thanks to the production of high-precision CNC machine tools at the Hanjiang No. 3 Factory, the fire control system and gun barrel machining precision of our new generation tanks have reached world-class levels. At a distance of 1,500 meters, the first-shot hit probability has increased to 90%!"

Lin Weidong placed his hands on the edge of the sand table, like a fierce tiger baring its fangs.

"With this qualitative leap in defense and firepower, my armored formations no longer need to be broken up into smaller units. What I need to do is utilize my fire control advantage to provide precise fire coverage while on the move. Then, relying on the absolute protection of the composite armor, I can withstand the Red Army's anti-tank fire network and directly breach their positions!"

"Faced with a technological advantage in equipment, all tactical encirclement tactics are nothing but paper tigers!"

Lin Yang's deduction, filled with violent aesthetics and equipment confidence, swept through the entire classroom like a whirlwind.

The senior instructor was stunned, his pointer hovering in mid-air.

Looking at the young man with piercing eyes, he suddenly realized that the outdated tactical theories in military academy textbooks were being completely overturned by a brand-new, terrifying combat power brought about by the explosive growth of the country's heavy industry.

A new form of warfare has quietly arrived.

Years are like a shuttle.

Under Lin Yang's leadership, the state apparatus went through a series of thrilling days and nights.

Before we knew it, spring of 1982 arrived.

This is a year full of vitality and dynamism. The special economic zones in the south have begun to take shape, with skyscrapers rising from the ground;

The heavy industrial base along the Han River has completed a painful transformation and has begun to produce a steady stream of high-value-added industrial products.

In the old city of Beijing, at Yuquan Mountain, Building No. 6, Jiazi.

This weekend, there were no meetings scheduled, which was a rare treat.

Lin Yang, wearing a loose sweater, sat in a rattan chair in the study, holding a reform plan for the "military-to-civilian" conversion of military industrial enterprises in the southwest region.

As the international situation further eased, the country began large-scale military reductions. The massive military factories that were originally hidden deep in the mountains faced a survival crisis with a sharp drop in orders and hundreds of thousands of workers going hungry.

To completely abandon these elite factories that once manufactured airplanes and cannons? Lin Yang absolutely would not allow it.

His gaze swept quickly across the plan, and a vast blueprint for a consumer goods empire was already forming in his mind.

"The tank track factory switched to manufacturing heavy excavators and agricultural tractors."

"The electronics factory that manufactures military radar has completely switched to producing components for black and white televisions and radios."

"The stamping workshop that makes artillery shells, go stamp the outer shells for refrigerators and washing machines!"

Lin Yang picked up his pen and quickly wrote annotations on the document.

This is not only the only way to save the third-tier military industrial enterprises, but also an excellent strategy to use the high standards of military industry to dominate the civilian market and quickly recover funds to support national defense research and development.

"Knock knock".

There was a knock on the study door.

Tian Yu walked in carrying a plate of washed fruit. Time had left its mark on her face, but her composure and elegance had only deepened.

"Yangzi, take a break. Brother Lin Fan just called the confidential hotline and said that the first batch of 'Red Star' brand refrigerators and twin-tub washing machines produced in the Southwest have passed factory inspection. He was as happy as a child on the phone, saying that the quality is even more robust and durable than those imported from Japan," Tian Yu said with a smile.

Lin Yang put down his pen, rubbed his slightly sore brow, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

"I trust my brother to handle things. This whole situation in the Southwest has been completely turned around."

Lin Yang stood up, walked to the French windows, and looked at the ancient cypress tree in the yard that had sprouted new buds.

"Once the huge reservoir of the civilian market is opened, the country's internal economic cycle will be fully formed."

With money in their hands, ordinary people can buy electrical appliances made in their own country.

The factory makes a profit, which is then used to develop more advanced machines.