Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

May 1983. The weather was clear, the air was fresh, the fields were green, and the willows were swaying, creating a vibrant scene of spring.

The Hummer RV departed from the capital and headed east, passing through the main urban area of ​​Jincheng and arriving at the development zone.

A factory had already been built, embodying the speed of the East. Countless vehicles went in and out, transporting various materials. When he saw the huge factory building, Grieg suddenly exclaimed, "President Qin, is your factory building too tall? What kind of machines are inside?"

"You'll know when you go in," Qin Yang said.

A banner was hung at the entrance of the factory building, with yellow paper glued to the red cloth, and red characters written on the yellow paper. Seeing Grieg's interest, Nie Xiaoqian translated it for him.

"Dare to take responsibility, bravely challenge, never stop."

Grieg began to think, what does this mean?

After a few people went in, they saw a pillar being welded in the center of the huge factory building. The pillar was more than one meter thick, and the contact surface was slowly turning red and then melting.

"Electroslag welding? Have you mastered the technology of electroslag welding?" Grieg was a little unbelievable.

To weld two pieces of steel together, thin ones can be welded with ordinary welding machines, but what about thick ones? Even the largest current cannot burn through it. At this time, the two contact surfaces are energized, and the current directly heats up, melting the two contact surfaces and then welding them together.

However, this technology is very difficult and is only mastered by Western countries. Unexpectedly, the East also has this technology.

Countless people were busy, and the welding king Lu Feng was watching from the side, staring closely at the weld, for fear of any accidents.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Oh no, it's leaking!"

The hot liquid in a molten state of more than two thousand degrees leaked out, and a construction accident was about to occur!

"Well, I came over to take a look. What are you doing?"

"Ants gnawing at bones," Zhao Shengde said, "Our pillars need to be welded, and our beams need to be cut. These are beyond the processing range of our existing machines. In order to better process the 60,000-ton hydraulic press, we can only think of these methods. Since Yizhong Machine has taken on this task, it must be completed!"

Nie Xiaoqian was always next to Grieg, translating for him. Hearing the word "ants gnawing at bones", Grieg's eyes sparkled.

This is the wisdom of the Eastern people!

"Even we Europeans do not have the ability to manufacture a 60,000-ton hydraulic press. I didn't expect you to be manufacturing this kind of machine," Grieg said, "Hydraulic presses are the foundation of industrial development. With this hydraulic press, your heavy industry will definitely enter a new era!"

"Yes, our hydraulic press is planned to be used for the aviation industry and our automobile industry. In the aviation industry, it is used to forge aircraft landing gear, and in the automobile industry, it is used to roll automobile beams."

"Rolling automobile beams? That's a waste," Grieg said with emotion, "A 10,000-ton hydraulic press is enough. The beams rolled out by your 60,000-ton hydraulic press must be stronger than the original beams produced by Mercedes-Benz!"

"Yes, since we want to do it, we must make the best products," Qin Yang said, "Director Grieg, the cars produced by your company must be of the highest quality! Next, let's go to the automobile factory to see and participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the automobile factory."

"Groundbreaking ceremony?" Grieg was shocked, "That is to say, this automobile factory has nothing yet?"

"Yes, the automobile factory has nothing now. We are building it from scratch. You are one of the founders of this automobile factory."

Qin Yang couldn't say things like erecting a bronze statue of Grieg at the factory gate in the future, after all, that is the patent of deceased people. However, it is also of great significance to Grieg to start a second business from scratch after retirement.

"Okay."

Grieg said helplessly, "In my lifetime, I hope this automobile factory can get on the right track."

"Mr. Grieg, we are starting construction now. By the time of the military parade next year, the factory building will be built, and we will be able to assemble Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks using the CKD method. By the year after that, we will be able to achieve independent production of the chassis and cab," Qin Yang said, "Within five years, you will be able to see our automobile factory develop into a large factory with an annual output of 100,000 vehicles."

Qin Yang couldn't say these bold words in front of the people from Mercedes-Benz Heavy Trucks, but in front of Grieg, Qin Yang had to brag.

Going to the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Factory allowed Grieg to see the chaos in domestic management, so he took over the position of factory director. And here, he also saw the perseverance of the Eastern people and was full of confidence in the future. These were all subjects arranged by Qin Yang. After these were done, it was time to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony.

Because he was delayed here for a while, when he went to the groundbreaking ceremony site of the automobile factory next door, all the leaders had already arrived.

"Good job, President Qin, you are really amazing, making us wait for you here, but you ran to the next door to visit first!"

"President Qin, it's good that you're here. We're just in time. Let's start now."

Qin Yang nodded, and then introduced to everyone: "Leaders, this is Mr. Grieg, an expert from Germany. I have hired him as the director of the Heavy Truck Factory under our Capital Farm Tool Factory."

Mr. Grieg, director?

Everyone was stunned, their expressions complicated, but soon, they all put on smiles.

"President Qin is too amazing, he directly found a foreigner to be the director."

"Yes, President Qin, we originally said to transfer some people from Tianjin Auto to help, but it seems that your factory has prepared the candidates."

"Come, Mr. Grieg, here's a shovel for you, let's start the groundbreaking first."