Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"Come on, it's time to eat! Everyone eat before going back to work!"

As he spoke, the cafeteria cook wheeled in a food cart. Because the task here was so urgent, the cafeteria brought the food and drinks over so everyone could eat on site.

However, even with the food brought over, many people didn't have time to eat and continued working on their tasks.

Qin Yang glanced down at the food. It was quite good, with four dishes and a soup, two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes: pork stew with glass noodles, grilled lamb chops, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded potatoes, and lamb offal soup. In this era, it was definitely a delicacy, only available at a large state-owned factory like Factory 617, which also generated foreign exchange through exports.

The taste was very good, but everyone was busy.

"Come on, everyone, eat first. You need to be full of energy to work," Qin Yang called out.

If you guys don't eat, I, Qin Yang, will feel embarrassed to eat! Qin Yang personally held the food and delivered it to each person who was working. Everyone was very touched to see Qin Yang personally bringing them food and quickly took it. Some people even worked with one hand while eating a steamed bun with the other.

Soon, the entire workshop was filled with a fragrant aroma.

After Qin Yang finished delivering the food, he sat down and ate with everyone.

"President Qin, our construction period is currently too tight, so many people suggest that we first install the tank's engine and other parts, and omit the other components if possible. For example, the sighting system can be installed later, to meet the needs of the military parade first," Wang Lin said.

"No, that won't do. The equipment we are showing is currently in service with the troops. We absolutely cannot fake it," Old Zhu immediately shook his head. "We would rather produce a few less vehicles, but they must be fully assembled!"

"Old Zhu is right," Qin Yang stood on Old Zhu's side. "We absolutely cannot fake it. We must have complete tanks that can be driven onto the battlefield at any time. We absolutely cannot fake it!"

"President Qin, your factory needs to produce the automatic loader and tank gun for us as soon as possible," Wang Lin said.

"What, is our factory holding you back?" Qin Yang was taken aback. "Of course, no problem. I'll make a call and have them put aside all their work and produce it for us."

Although the research and development of this advanced tank was done by the 201 Institute, and the production unit was Factory 617, there were still many sub-systems that required large and small supporting factories. Factory 960 occupied the main sub-system: the tank gun and its supporting automatic loader, which was the core equipment of the tank.

"We've called a few times before, but your factory's construction period is also very tight. After all, you also have to produce a lot of equipment for the military parade," Wang Lin complained. "We also know that there is a lot of equipment you need to display at this military parade, so we didn't urge you. However, if we don't urge you now, I'm afraid we won't make it in time."

"Yes, I know. Other equipment can be put aside first. Focus on our third-generation tanks first. This is the weapon that can best strengthen our national power and military might!"

"President Qin, some projects of our tank development are still not going smoothly. I'm afraid we still won't be able to meet the deadline," Old Zhu said with a frown.

"What other projects?"

"The laser suppression system," Old Zhu said. "According to our plan, this system will become our unique skill, but now, the research and development of relevant units is slow, and there is no possibility of equipping the tank for the time being. We can only abandon this sub-system."

Old Zhu felt a little regretful, after all, this system was Old Zhu's favorite and had oriental characteristics.

Just after the third-generation tank project was launched, Old Zhu listened to opinions from all sides and determined the project research and development of each sub-system. Qin Yang proposed this new type of photoelectric countermeasure system.

This research and development task was handed over to the domestic optics institute. After discussion, this system was officially determined: using the existing laser dazzler and television tracking device to form a new type of photoelectric countermeasure system to suppress the enemy's sighting equipment, so as to achieve active protection!

The current tank active protection system is still very weak, and countries are still in the research and development stage. In this field, the East and the West are on the same level, but the research and development is full of difficulties.

"What are the problems with the development of this system?" Qin Yang asked.

"What we are currently developing is a fully automatic photoelectric countermeasure system. This system has laser warning, threat source location, television automatic tracking, gyro stabilization, automatic laser firing for suppression and other functions," Old Zhu said. "However, because there are too many technologies involved, the research and development is very difficult, the system is too complex, and the reliability is very low."

In this era, the domestic electronic technology level is very weak.

Qin Yang nodded: "Directly engaging in a fully automatic system will inevitably face many problems, and we may even need to import supporting parts. Can we simplify it a bit? Since we can't make a fully automatic one, then we'll make a semi-automatic one?"

Qin Yang has already made a decision. The next focus will be on electronic technology. In the 1980s, domestic electronic technology was actually not bad, but the state did not support it, and the decision-making time was too long, which eventually led to an increase in the gap between the 1980s and foreign countries.

Many system problems are unavoidable, and can only be solved by ourselves! Stir up a trend in the chip field in the 1980s!

Qin Yang has already made a decision, but now, it is still a distant water that cannot quench the immediate thirst.

"Semi-automatic?" Old Zhu's eyes lit up: "That's right, if we use the existing results to simplify it and manufacture a semi-automatic laser suppression system, then it will be easier to succeed."

It is very complicated to automatically detect the surrounding threats, and even actively fire laser beams to counterattack when needed. There are a lot of problems, but if it is changed to semi-automatic and the automatic tracking function is simplified, it will be very simple.

"This laser suppression system is our original creation. It would be best if we can show it this time, but we must also see that the laser is greatly affected by weather conditions. Under the influence of smoke on the battlefield, the effect will be severely reduced. In the end, we still have to rely on our own strength," Qin Yang continued to analyze.

"That's right."

"However, when we publicize it to the outside world, we must be more high-end, perhaps to attract foreign investment, and we can mature this fully automatic model."