Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Buy? What a joke! This is advanced equipment that our 960 Factory has painstakingly researched and developed. It's already generous of us to let you see it! We're going to rely on this kind of machine to defeat you! You still want it? Not even if the sun rises in the west!

The technicians at the 960 Factory certainly didn't want to sell the equipment. They wouldn't sell it no matter how much money you offered, and besides, they weren't short of money.

Qin Baoguo, however, was a bit conflicted.

The person on the other side was a respectable senior. Even though his side had won the bid and defeated the other party, they still disregarded past grievances and brought their workers to help. What noble moral sentiments! If his side were to be secretive and hold back, then in comparison, his side would become a joke.

Although they were engaged in competition now, it definitely wasn't a no-holds-barred affair. Qin Baoguo had a bottom line in his heart. Deep down, he still held onto the spirit of mutual assistance from the past era.

"Factory Director Fu, we're all in the military industry. If you want it, we can certainly give it to you. However, there are a few issues here that you need to consider carefully." Qin Yang knew his dad's dilemma, so he decided to speak himself, to clearly explain the stakes.

"President Qin, please speak," Fu Ansheng listened attentively.

"First of all, this equipment is not general-purpose equipment. The program it uses is only for one type, which means that it can only produce our specially exported 58-caliber 105mm tank guns. What you produce is the British L7 standard 52-caliber tank gun. So, if you want to use it, it means the equipment has to be re-calibrated. Our factory had to have this equipment because we lacked workers. We spent three months debugging it, wasting over three hundred gun barrels. The total cost, including the equipment purchase cost, is eighty million RMB. If you want it, I estimate it will cost you that much too, or even more if you're unlucky."

Eighty million! Everyone gasped, even Qin Baoguo was stunned. Did it really cost that much? Did they really waste so many gun barrels during processing?

"Secondly, according to the current situation, the tank guns for our army's own use are produced by you, and the export tank guns are won by us through bidding. If you spend eighty million RMB, or even more, to debug the equipment, then how much will the army purchase? Hundreds, or thousands? If the quantity isn't enough, then is the initial investment worthwhile? You need to know that for our army, the 105mm tank gun is only a transition. What the army needs are more advanced tank guns. The two tank guns we're currently bidding on are both smoothbore guns, which don't require rifling at all."

Spending a lot of money, only to find out it's useless, that's a waste! Waste is a crime!

"Finally, there are the workers. You have a large number of experienced veteran workers in your factory. Machining gun barrel rifling is a big problem for us, but not for you. If you use machines to replace manual labor, then what will happen to these veteran workers? Retire?"

These few points were reasonable and well-founded, completely appearing to be thinking of the other party's interests. Fu Ansheng nodded repeatedly, "Yes, these are all issues that need to be considered. However, our factory is different from yours. We have all kinds of artillery to produce, many of which are rifled guns. If this machine can mill various rifling patterns, that would be great!"

447 Factory is the number one artillery factory in Asia, and that's no exaggeration. Air-to-air, air-to-ground, air-to-sea, thick, thin, big, small, all kinds of artillery are produced, so they need CNC rifling machines. However, what they need is not one that can only cut one type of rifling, but one that can automatically adjust the program to cut after the artillery rifling data is entered.

This one sentence shattered all the logic that Qin Yang had spoken.

A look of admiration appeared in Qin Yang's eyes, "Factory Director Fu, as expected of someone from a large factory, this vision, this boldness, is indeed different from us! Admire, admire, if you want to develop this kind of CNC rifling machine, we will support you spiritually!"

"What's the use of spiritual support? Let's have something practical," Fu Ansheng said with a smile, "President Qin, can the technicians here who are responsible for developing the CNC rifling machine help us? We can consider it a temporary transfer, with the salary and benefits according to your standards. Once the development is complete, we'll send them back, how about it?"

"Factory Director Fu, we can't do that," Qin Yang directly refused.

"What? Are you planning to keep this good thing to yourselves? President Qin, this is a major matter related to the development of our entire military industry!" Fu Ansheng said, "If you think it's not appropriate, you can also put it in your factory for research and development. The research and development results will be yours, how about it?"

Fu Ansheng said this not because he wanted to take advantage. He had already seen the value of this equipment. Developing a general-purpose model would greatly advance the entire country's military industry! Of course, the benefits would also have to be given to the 960 Factory. As long as this equipment could be developed and benefit the entire country, it didn't matter which factory developed it. He didn't care about the reputation.

Qin Yang continued to shake his head, "No, that's not what I mean. If you want someone else, we will definitely transfer them to you. We can even pay the salary and benefits, but Factory Director Fu, this set of equipment was developed by my dad. At the time, he was still the deputy director. Now he's the director, and he's busy with work, so he doesn't have the energy."

"What?" Fu Ansheng was shocked, "Director Qin personally developed it?"

Qin Baoguo nodded, "Yes, this project is related to our factory's future development, so I personally led the team to do research and development. After all, I was the director of the technology department back then. I worked hard and studied for a long time, and after countless failures, I finally managed to make it a success. If you need it, can I take a trip to your factory?"

Fu Ansheng shook his head. He could invite anyone else, but he couldn't invite the factory director! This was really a big problem!

He was depressed.

In fact, it wasn't that Qin Yang didn't want to help, but he really couldn't do it. With the electronic technology of this era, it was simply impossible to make a CNC rifling machine with a general-purpose program! Not to mention general-purpose, even this kind of special-purpose CNC rifling machine would only appear after the 21st century. If Qin Yang hadn't come from later generations, he wouldn't have been able to design such a clever machine.

Anyway, the West is still doing manual rifling, so 447 Factory can continue to do it manually.

On the other side, at the 201 Institute, a group of people were very happy.

Old Zhu stood outside a wooden box, excitedly watching a few people pry open the box with hammers. Soon, the contents inside were revealed.

It was a brand new tank diesel engine, a V-shaped 12-cylinder. The side also had a specially installed gearbox. The whole device was put together, looking full of modern power.

Zhang Baozhong put down the crowbar, wiped his sweat, and personally opened the box. He still felt a great sense of accomplishment.

"We finally got our hands on a Perkins engine, with a power output of 1,200 horsepower! Where's President Qin? Why hasn't President Qin arrived yet?" Old Zhu said, "Old Zhang, did you invite President Qin?"

Zhang Baozhong shook his head, "I thought you had notified him."

"Call the 960 Factory!"

It seems to be this thing. Potato chips are not sure. The front is a longitudinal engine, the back is a gearbox, and the transverse shafts on both sides transmit to the driving wheels. There are three cooling fans in the back.