Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Returning to the capital from the flight test academy, it was already July, the hottest time of summer. Cicadas chirped in the trees, and the wind blowing through the air was hot, but many people were still busy.

"Yang-ge, you're back?"

At the headquarters of Fangbei Company, Nie Xiaoqian saw Qin Yang and was immediately excited: "The negotiations with the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck factory have been completed, and the first batch of twenty heavy trucks has already been loaded onto ships and shipped."

The first batch of heavy trucks was, of course, for the military parade and was the highest configuration. During the previous negotiations, there was some research, and it was ultimately decided that purchasing twenty vehicles would be enough.

The military parade formation has four columns, and the number of rows is determined by the amount of equipment. Because there are more and more exhibits, the scale must be limited, reducing it from five rows to four rows, which means sixteen vehicles are enough. However, just in case, it was decided to purchase a few more for backup.

As for the leading vehicles at the front, light off-road vehicles, that is, 212-level vehicles, are sufficient, and they don't need to use the same equipment as the vehicles behind.

"Okay," Qin Yang nodded: "Thanks for your hard work."

"It's not hard work. Elder Zhu and the others are really working hard. After all, their tanks are the first to appear and are the most advanced ground weapons in China. They are busy every day now."

Elder Zhu, tanks!

Qin Yang suddenly thought of something, and his face turned red.

"No, I have to be with Elder Zhu and the others. I promised that after returning last time, I would work with them to develop tanks, improve tanks, and ensure that the tanks can smoothly participate in the military parade."

He patted his chest and promised at the beginning, but what happened? He threw this matter to the back of his mind, running around doing this and that, but not doing anything related to tanks. He is the assistant to the chief designer of the third-generation tank, how can he be a deserter?

Seeing that Qin Yang was about to leave, Nie Xiaoqian quickly stopped him: "Where are you going now? There's no one at Huai Shuling. They've all gone to Prairie City. They still need to continue producing tank prototypes there to prepare for the military parade."

Even if they are mixed with other tanks, there can't be only one lonely tank. They still need to continue producing more tank prototypes.

"Oh," Qin Yang said: "Then book me a ticket to Prairie City."

He should have gone directly from the flight test academy, after all, it's closer there.

"Yang-ge, don't worry, let me finish," Nie Xiaoqian said: "The Navy is also looking for us. For this military parade, the Navy wants to showcase ship-to-air missiles."

"Great," Qin Yang nodded.

"So, our Factory 960 has to deliver 16 sets of Hongqi-16 missile systems to them. They need them very urgently," Nie Xiaoqian said: "But we can't produce that many right now."

"Then just produce the shells," Qin Yang said.

Factory 960 is already the largest military factory in China. Many of the weapons they produce will appear on the parade ground, not only those in the sky and on the ground, but also those at sea!

That's right, it's at sea!

The Navy will also participate in the military parade.

However, the Navy can't possibly move warships to land, so what should they do? They have to think of other ways. Generally, they disassemble the weapon system and directly move it to a truck to carry it to the military parade.

In the 84th military parade, the most dazzling star weapon of the Navy was naturally the Yingji-8 anti-ship missile. In the Falklands War two years ago, the Flying Fish missile became famous in one fell swoop, setting off a new wave of anti-ship missiles.

The East also has similar anti-ship missiles. The Yingji-8 is not a replica of the Flying Fish missile, but an advanced missile independently developed by domestic military personnel. It quickly became a hot commodity on the international market, not only exporting missiles but also production lines.

However, the Navy doesn't have many things to show off. The Yingji-8 seems to be the only one. But now, with the development of Factory 960, they have finally developed an advanced medium-range air defense missile for the Navy!

After the Aspide missile technology was brought over, the first were surface-to-air missiles and ship-to-air missiles, and then air-to-air missiles. Due to the strong design team, it was almost a perfect replica.

The Navy's ship-to-air missile, like the Italian Albatros system, has an eight-cell launcher that can be installed on the Navy's Type 051 destroyers. As for frigate-level warships, they can install a four-cell model.

The production of this weapon system is in single digits, producing one set and then another.

However, for the military parade, a certain number is definitely needed. Less is not enough. The Navy requires sixteen sets, eight four-cell sets and eight eight-cell sets, all placed on truck chassis to participate in the military parade and announce to the world that the Eastern Navy also has advanced shipborne air defense missiles!

Factory 960 can't produce so many. After all, they have other parade products. Now, Qin Yang quickly cut through the mess and gave a solution: directly produce a batch of shells and send them over to participate in the military parade!

The army's 203mm howitzer tractor units were purchased by Factory 960, but it is conceivable that the army will definitely be reluctant to return them after the military parade. But the Navy is different. The Navy's equipment is at sea, and they don't need powerful heavy trucks on the ground. So, it's just a temporary loan.

Even so, for Factory 960, it is a considerable expense. Nie Xiaoqian was still hesitating how to talk to Qin Yang, but now she doesn't need to.

If they only carry a shell, it will be very light, and heavy vehicles are not needed at all. The domestically produced Steyr is enough!

"Yang-ge, is this appropriate?" Nie Xiaoqian was a little worried.

A military parade, such an important occasion, and we just show off a shell?

"Why is it inappropriate? Missiles are something that only needs to be shown off. It's not like they need to be fired. Not to mention our small air defense missiles, even our strategic killer weapon is just a shell."

In the 84th military parade, the highlight was, of course, the Dongfeng-5 carrier rocket transported in three sections. The carrier rocket launched to the Pacific in 1980 was this type of product. It can travel more than 10,000 kilometers and is the most powerful weapon to protect the motherland.

However, is the missile displayed the real one?

That's not necessarily true. Real missiles are very precious and are stored in launch silos deep in the mountains. Why would they be dragged out to be seen?

In the future, it will be even simpler to directly display solid missiles with launch tubes. Just drag the launch tube out.

"Okay, I'll tell the Navy about our plan."

Producing missiles is out of the question, but producing eight-cell and four-cell shells is not a problem.

Sure enough, as long as you look for Yang-ge when something comes up, it can definitely be solved easily.