The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Coming to the Fifth Machinery Department to meet Wang Baoguo was naturally different from the previous visit to the Yun Province Defense Management Office.

It's not something Liu Tao can see if he wants to.

After all, Wang Baoguo's current status is different from before. People who want to see him have to queue up in a long queue every day, and they may not be able to see him.

The Fifth Machinery Department, all weapons and equipment manufacturing falls under its jurisdiction, and all large arsenals nationwide are directly under the Fifth Machinery Department.

The national defense management offices of each province are actually departments under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Machinery.

Liu Tao completed the registration and after his identity was verified, he went to the waiting room and waited.

Liu Tao was not sure whether he would be able to see Wang Baoguo today.

The waiting room was overcrowded, there were probably hundreds of people waiting in line.

"Brother, you look young. Which unit do you belong to?" Liu Tao didn't even have a place to sit. When he went to a corner, a middle-aged man asked.

"Panshan Machinery Factory!" Liu Tao smiled.

"Panshan Machinery Factory!?" The middle-aged man exclaimed.

Hundreds of people in the entire waiting room looked at Liu Tao, making Liu Tao feel terrified.

"Little brother, it turns out you are from Panshan Machinery Factory. I have admired you for a long time. I am from Factory No. 724, and I am the director of the factory, Wang Hua!" the middle-aged man said, "I wonder if you know Comrade Liu Tao from your factory? Do you have his contact information?”

Liu Tao's heart moved.

No. 724 Factory, also known as Shenyang No. 724 Factory, or the state-owned No. 724 Factory, its external name is Northeast Machinery Manufacturing General Factory. This factory is a large military factory, which can be traced back to 1937. It mainly produces artillery shells and aviation parts, with more than 10,000 employees.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Comrade Wang Hua, I am the director of Panshan Machinery Factory, Liu Tao!"

"Liu Tao? Isn't he the technical director of Panshan Machinery Factory? When did he become the director?" Wang Hua was a little dumbfounded.

Others looked at Liu Tao curiously.

In the past few months, Liu Tao's name has been well known in the military industry system, especially in the field of firearms.

Everyone knew that Liu Tao was very young, but when he saw Liu Tao with his own eyes, he was still shocked by Liu Tao's youth.

There are hundreds of people, but Liu Tao is the youngest. It is estimated that none of the others are younger than 50 years old.

Liu Tao is almost the same age as their children.

"Comrade Liu Tao, I am Chen Sheng, the director of Factory 626. I invite you to our Factory 626. As long as you come to our Factory 626, you will be the chief engineer of the factory!" A middle-aged man walked away excitedly. come over.

The 626th Factory is also a large military factory. It was once one of the largest pistol and submachine gun manufacturers in the world, and its product categories once accounted for half of the types of infantry firearms in our army. This factory has a long history. Its predecessor was the Dongsan Province Arsenal founded by Zhang Zuolin in Shenyang, Liaoning.

For example, the 626 Factory produced more than two million Type 54 pistols. For example, the 626 Factory produced more than 270,000 Type 54 submachine guns in four years.

The current annual output of the 626 Factory can reach 500,000 submachine guns and 300,000 pistols.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Sorry, Comrade Chen Sheng, I am now the director of Panshan Machinery Factory in Yunnan Province!"

Liu Tao has no plans to leave Panshan Machinery Factory for the time being. After all, Panshan Machinery Factory is equivalent to his territory. In most cases, he can make his own decisions and do whatever he wants.

Why would he go to another factory?

Although other factories were large military factories, they also had many rules and restrictions. None of them were as comfortable as he was at Panshan Machinery Factory.

Besides, Panshan Machinery Factory is growing rapidly. Maybe in a few years, it will not be worse than these large military factories, or even surpass them.

There are other directors of arms factories involved in gun manufacturing who are determined to poach Liu Tao. After all, once Liu Tao arrives in their unit, it is equivalent to having a great god sitting in charge.

"Comrade Liu Tao, it's your turn!" Just when Liu Tao was getting annoyed, the staff shouted.

Liu Tao quickly left the waiting room and, led by the staff, came to an office.

The office is not luxurious, on the contrary it looks very simple.

Wang Baoguo was drinking water from an enamel teacup that had been used for who knows how many years.

"Comrade Liu Tao, I didn't expect you and I to meet again so soon!" Wang Baoguo saw Liu Tao coming in, put down his enamel teacup, and said with a smile.

He has been in the Fifth Machinery Department for a while, and has been working hard during this time.

Now that I see my old friend again, my mood suddenly feels better.

When he heard the secretary's report and heard the name Liu Tao, he met Liu Tao in advance as soon as he understood it.

"Director. Oh no, I should call you director now." Liu Tao quickly changed his words, "I came to see you this time because I have work to report to you."

"Oh? What's the matter? Tell me!" Wang Baoguo was a little curious.

Liu Tao began to talk about the reason for his visit. He was in the Fifth Machinery Department and in the office. Naturally, he was talking about business matters, not private matters.

"The main reason for visiting you this time is two things. One is that our Panshan Machinery Factory has invested 40 million to expand the factory area and expand production capacity. It is applying to be upgraded to a large military factory. The other is that I plan to export the products of our factory. Earn foreign exchange." Liu Tao reported simply and clearly.

Upgrading large-scale military factories is something that not even the Provincial Defense Management Office can make a decision on, but requires the Fifth Machinery Department.

It can be said that there is no way to bypass the Fifth Machinery Department for what he wants to do next.

Wang Baoguo looked shocked. He was shocked by Liu Tao's courage.

Panshan Machinery Factory is only a small and medium-sized military factory. It was built by the third-line construction in that year. Although Liu Tao's repair machinery increased the production capacity of Panshan Machinery Factory, Panshan Machinery Factory is still a small and medium-sized military factory.

Now Liu Tao actually wants to invest 40 million to expand the factory area, intending to develop Panshan Machinery Factory into a large-scale military factory.

There is also the export of weapons and equipment, which is not a small matter, but a major matter. In the past, China did not transport weapons and equipment overseas, but it was all for support, and it was not a military factory, but carried out as a whole.

What Liu Tao wanted to do was to export weapons and equipment with Panshan Machinery Factory as the main body, and with trade as the starting point.

This was so shocking that he wanted to split Liu Tao's head open to see what Liu Tao was thinking. How dare he think of such a thing! ?

Both of these things are not something ordinary people would dare to think about, let alone do.

"To be upgraded to a large-scale military factory, this matter is not decided by me, but depends on your factory. Now the country is very poor and has no money. We cannot allocate a penny to you. You have to raise it yourself." Wang Baoguo After a pause, he said: "If the inspection confirms that you are capable of becoming a large-scale military factory, then you will naturally be able to improve."

The current large-scale military factories are all planned and constructed by the state. They were built according to the planning targets from the beginning. Therefore, they were large-scale military factories from the beginning, and no military factory has been upgraded.

As for the funds allocated, let alone 40 million yuan, there is not even 10,000 yuan.