At 11 o'clock in the morning, the autumn semester opening ceremony ended.
Before the excitement of the students recovered, they began the forty-five-day military training. Different from the military training of one week, ten days, and up to half a month after the new century, in this era, China has not yet escaped from the war. Haze, the military training is real military training. It refers to the army's recruit company, not to mention live ammunition target shooting, and even training on hand grenades, light and heavy machine guns, and small-caliber artillery.
Military training during the day, two small classes in the evening, and one morning self-study session in the morning will be their daily routine for the next forty-five days.
"Factory Director, Commander Song and Director Liang are here, and they also brought a large amount of weapons and equipment."
"There are Type 59 tanks, J-5 fighter jets, J-6 fighter jets, and several artillery pieces of various calibers, all of which are old products from a few years ago."
Sitting on the viewing platform, Wang Ye was watching the military training scene in the playground with a group of people. After all, this was also part of the opening ceremony. Under the command of the short-haired security guards, as soon as large square formations of a hundred people were formed, Wang Ye I heard the staff report this.
"Why are there still planes and cannons?"
Suddenly Wang Ye was stunned. Wang Ye was not surprised by the tanks. After all, he had reported to the superiors that he wanted to purchase the chassis of twenty Type 59 tanks, but what was the situation with the aircraft and cannons?
"Director Li, let's go! Let's go take a look?"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, the curious Director Li nodded immediately, and then a group of people left the viewing platform and arrived at the parking lot at the complex gate a moment later.
"Ah!"
As soon as he came over, Wang Ye couldn't help but exclaimed.
I saw a row of various large transport trucks parked in the open space not far away. From the left were thirty 59 tanks, then two J-5 fighter jets and two J-6 fighter jets, but they were all It is an early model, and there are more than a dozen artillery pieces of various types.
"Commander Song? Why are you here? Director Liang, what is going on?"
"We did write an application to buy 59 tanks, but we only bought 20 tank chassis without turrets? Why did we just bring over 30 tanks, and they all have turrets on them?"
"Except for the tanks, what's going on with the rest? Leaders can't buy and sell by force, right?"
Seeing the two leaders standing and smoking, Wang Ye quickly walked over, pointed to the equipment on the truck behind him after saying hello, and asked with an expression that said you can't bully others.
In an instant, the two people standing couldn't help laughing. Commander Song took over the conversation and said:
"The above received your application and approved it as soon as possible. However, this is a joint application document, so the approval contents of the Ministry of 5th Machinery Department and the Ministry of National Defense are different."
"The Fifth Machinery Department has approved a total of twenty 59 tanks for you, here!"
"It's the twenty units on the left. The overall condition and quality of the machine are quite good. The asking price is 200,000 yuan per unit, totaling 4 million yuan. This is what your old leader personally said. This is the price, and there is no negotiation. There is room for you, but even if the turret is just a head start, leave it to you guys!"
The old leader Wang Ye mentioned by Commander Song was of course the old man Zhou Jinlie. After all, Wang Ye was supported by the old man Zhou Jinlie. In a sense, from that moment on, Wang Ye was marked by the old man Zhou Jinlie.
"To be honest, the price is not expensive, but it is definitely not cheap either."
"It's not like our Ministry of National Defense, but it's brighter than them. Look! Look at the next bunch. Although these ten 59 tanks are a little older, they run without any problems. It's just that the rifling is a little worn and the shooting is not accurate. ”
"It's worth not changing it, so I'll give it to you directly. The planes and artillery pieces that follow are all given to you."
"Although you have started to convert from military to civilian, you haven't completely converted, haven't you? You can still be considered half military and half civilian at present. Considering that your factory area has expanded and you have also recruited students, I have to give you some window-dressing."
"Here, these are basically all grounded for several years. They can no longer be used. Let's see where to put them!"
Hearing this, Wang Ye's face showed a hint of joy. To be honest, the 59 tank costing 200,000 yuan is actually a relatively low price overall. After all, the price purchased by the military itself normally costs around 500,000 yuan. One.
The actual price of the 59 tank ranges from more than 300,000 to more than 800,000 depending on the year and version of production, as well as the difference in internal equipment. The export price has been about over one million US dollars per tank in recent years. .
But no matter what, cheap is definitely not as good as free!
"Sent to us?"
"Oops! Then I have to thank the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense for supporting our work. Thank you very much!"
"Also, I have to thank you, Commander Song, for delivering the goods to our doorstep so quickly. Originally, we were planning to wait for notification as to which base we would pick up the goods from! No need to worry now."
"And you even came here with you, how embarrassed are we!"
After getting the free stuff, Wang Ye was naturally indispensable for his good words. He took Commander Song's hand and spoke with enthusiasm. Director Liang curled his lips next to him, looking like he couldn't bear to look at her.
Commander Song, on the other hand, didn't care at all. He accepted Wang Ye's compliments in full and explained at the same time:
"Logically speaking, I really don't need to come over."
"But I happen to be free, and the leaders above are also very curious, why do you need a tank?"
"So I came here with a mission to see what you are going to do with these tanks and what kind of tricks you can do!"
Wang Ye was actually not surprised by this answer. In the past, the things that were made by the machinery factory were, to put it bluntly, small things, or things that were made quietly by oneself. However, this time the action was big, and the words were spoken. Twenty tanks!
It’s normal to be curious!
"I see!"
Wang Ye showed a look of sudden realization, raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was now eleven o'clock in the morning. He thought about it briefly, and then smiled at Commander Song and said:
"It would be pointless if I described it to you."
"Why don't you send the tank to the workshop now? If you don't leave today, you should be able to see the finished product tomorrow!"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, Commander Song actually nodded with a smile and said:
"Okay, then I'll stay at your complex for one night!"
"I want to see what you have done!"
Then the group returned to the new office building. In the past, when they were in the old office building, guests were entertained and meetings were held in the conference room. Anyway, it was such a big room, and everything was done in the conference room.
In the new office building, according to Wang Ye's request, a large reception room was arranged. In an empty room, some fabric sofas were placed in a circle so that everyone could sit and chat.
After everyone sat down, Commander Song took the lead and said:
"Besides the tank thing, there is also good news. Let Lao Liang tell you!"
Under the gaze of everyone, Director Liang took out a document from his pocket, with an unconcealable smile on his face. He waved to Bai Tingyu, who was standing next to him serving tea and water, and motioned to give it to Wang Ye. He went over and said to Wang Ye at the same time:
"Your friend in Tanzania, Africa, sent you a telegram again this time."
"They have received your six million dollar batch of goods, which happened to be used in a key battle. They praised it profusely, and then said they would continue to buy it."
"See for yourself, it's another huge order!"
"And this time out of urgency, after the Fifth Machinery Department learned the news, it sent it directly to you without going through the postal and telecommunications system."
This last sentence was given to Director Li next to him. Director Li nodded to express his understanding. At the same time, he couldn't help but look at the document in Wang Ye's hand, very curious about how many orders there were!
"Hiss! This friend of mine, is this too much? Why such a big order?"
"We need 10,000 gas canisters, 10,000 rain-increasing rockets, 100 rotorcraft, 1,000 revolver grenade launchers, 200 machine gun grenade launchers, 100 sniper grenade launchers, and 100,000 grenades. ?”
"The total is $18.46 million?"
Almost at the same moment, Wang Ye had calculated the final result in his mind, and the expressions of everyone present changed from expectation to surprise. Director Li took a breath and said:
"Huh? With just one order, it's worth half of the Canton Fair!"
"Wang Ye, your business is faster than robbery!"
In response to Director Li's exclamation, Wang Ye waved his hand and said with a smile:
"It's okay, but compared to a real robbery, it's really far behind."
"That's a good business with huge profits."
Just when everyone was thinking about the true meaning of robbery in Wang Ye's words, Wang Ye looked at Commander Song, frowned and asked:
"The fighting is fierce in Tanzania?"
"Otherwise, there is no need for him to buy so much at once and directly say that he wants to trade it with gold and ore."
"It shows that their foreign exchange has probably been spent to the tune of seventy-seven or eighty-eight percent!"
Regarding Wang Ye's question, Commander Song sighed, then nodded and said:
"Yes, the situation is very complicated and the fighting is fierce."
"According to some information we have received, if it were not for this batch of supplies from you, Tanzania's official troops might have suffered a big loss, or they might have been defeated step by step."
“The last thing is to change the name of Tanzania!”
"Of course, the more critical factor is that the United States, its allies, and the Soviet Union no longer sell them weapons."
"The reason is basically what you guessed Wang Ye, there are people behind those two warlords."
"So this time, Tanzania not only placed an order for you, but also placed an order for us. The total amount is more than 80 million. I heard that the superiors were almost crazy with joy!"
"Lao Wei even said that when you go to Yanjing next time, I'll treat you to roast duck! Hahaha!"
It was obvious that Commander Song was in a high position and knew some internal information. He did not keep it secret from Wang Ye and others, so he just told it directly. The old Wei he spoke of was naturally Wei Qingshan.
At this time, Wang Ye finally understood why the Ministry of National Defense was so generous and gave him a bunch of junk for free!
An order of US$80 million is really a lot!
For a moment, Wang Ye was very envious and couldn't help but said sourly:
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's really a small witch. We are tired of earning thousands of dollars, but we just casually place an order for 80 million. Hiss! This is the regular army!"
"Guerillas like us are incomparable! Really incomparable!"
Hearing Wang Ye's noisy sigh, there was a burst of laughter at the scene. I just felt that Wang Ye was joking. After all, when it comes to the arms business, who is so bored as to compete with the country?
But what Wang Ye actually wants to express is the regular army and the guerrillas!
After all, the export price of a 59 tank is more than one million US dollars. It sounds like these wild products of the consortium have been sold for a lot, but the total price is not high. To put it bluntly, the unit price of the products is too low!
Of course, the only thing that can be commended is that the profit rate is not bad.
When Commander Song faced Wang Ye’s lofty remarks, he couldn’t hold back his laughter and cursed:
"It's easy to say. Do you think it's easy to place an order? If it weren't for this coincidence, would you have such a big order?"
"If we could get such big orders every now and then, how could we still be so poor?"
"Wang Ye, what you are saying is that a well-fed man does not know that a hungry man is hungry. How many people do you have in the entire Red Star Federation? How many arsenals in the country are still waiting for orders to eat, crying out for food!"
"By the way, you have received such an order this time and are planning to do OEM tasks, so why not do some?"
The planned OEM task that Commander Song mentioned was that the Fifth Machinery Department and the Ministry of National Defense acted as intermediaries to subcontract some of the non-core parts production tasks of the consortium to other third-tier factories.
"Of course, although we have expanded, the production pressure is still quite high!"
Wang Ye nodded in approval, and after chatting for a while, everyone decided to go out and visit the new factory area of the consortium.
Eight o'clock in the morning the next day.
The sun was shining brightly. Wang Ye, along with Commander Song, Director Liang and others, were already standing at the door of a workshop after breakfast.
"Next, what everyone will see is our latest product in the era of consortium!"
"This is also our first step from the guerrillas to the regular army!"
"Ding-deng-deng!"
Along with Wang Ye's artificial accompaniment, the workshop door was slowly pushed open. With the roar of the engine, in the expectant eyes of everyone, a steel giant slowly drove out!
At that moment, when the golden sun shone on the car body, Commander Song, Director Liang and others were stunned!
The tank in front of you, except for the iconic five pairs of road wheels, can hardly be seen to have any relationship with the former Type 59 tank, and no matter which angle you look at it, this tank has a different kind of beauty. !
Even the paint that has been resprayed in desert gray as a whole makes people feel extra elegant!
"hiss!"
Instantly, there was a gasp of air-conditioning, and Wang Ye's slightly excited voice sounded:
"Next, please allow me to introduce our new products to you."
"The fire support vehicle code-named 59-k, nicknamed the 'War Extinguisher', uses the time-tested and proven reliability of the Type 59 tank chassis, coupled with a weapons station independently designed and produced by the Red Star Consortium."
"The total weight is twenty-eight tons, the maximum speed is seventy kilometers per hour, the maximum range is six hundred and fifty kilometers, and there are three passengers on board."
"The equipment's welded turret weapon station has two 40mm-caliber howitzer cannons as its main weapons, with an effective range of three kilometers and a maximum range of four kilometers. The combined maximum rate of fire of the dual-unit installation is 600 rounds per minute. There are eight rounds of ammunition in the vehicle. Hundreds of rounds, fed by belt."
"The secondary weapons are two 23mm cannons with an effective range of three kilometers and a maximum range of five kilometers. The maximum rate of fire of the twin-mounted machine is 1,200 rounds per minute. The internal ammunition is 1,600 rounds. The ammunition is fed by a belt. .”
"The supplementary weapons are eight left and right rounds, a total of 16 unguided rockets, with a maximum range of eight kilometers."
"The turret and the body are surrounded by grille armor, which can greatly improve the survivability of rockets."
"In my opinion, the emergence of this fire support vehicle has filled an important gap in the field of armored vehicles in the weapons industry!"
"Whether it is against lightly armored targets or motorized infantry, it can play an unimaginable role in mountains, jungles, deserts, and cities."
"Become an important part of coordinated operations!"
Before Wang Ye finished speaking, Commander Song and other military personnel looked at the big machine roaring out not far away, their eyes filled with excitement. Although they had not yet seen the actual display effect of this thing, just listening to Wang Ye After Ye’s introduction, I couldn’t help but start to be tempted!
After all, compared to tanks, it can provide more intensive firepower output, and compared to heavy machine guns and other firepower points, it can move at high speed. There was indeed no similar weapon in the past!
At that moment, Commander Song really wanted to have a group of big guys like this, but he had no money!
