After lunch, the second half of the high-level meeting of the Military Industry Bureau began on time at 1:30.
"The boss has instructed that external sales of weapons and ammunition are allowed. The Ordnance Industry Department is responsible for production and Taihang Industrial Company is responsible for sales. It cannot be exposed that these mortars were manufactured in the base." In the conference room, Chen Kang sat on the main seat and read out to everyone in the room. Latest arrangement: "Now, I officially announce that the Military Industry Bureau will immediately enter a full military production state, and the main internal production resources will be tilted towards military production, Hu Zhigang!"
"arrive!"
After hearing this, Hu Zhigang, the head of the Ordnance Engineering Department, stood up excitedly and shouted.
The Military Industry Bureau immediately entered full military production status. This sentence means that from this moment on, the protagonist in the Military Industry Bureau is no longer the Engineering Department, but the Ordnance Industry Department.
The successful development of the most important oxygen top-blown converter technology marks the arrival of this stage.
Chen Kang looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Your mission is to maintain quality and quantity and increase the production of various weapons and ammunition. Focus on the production of 1937-type mortars. No mistakes can be made. You will be vaccinated in advance. Once the weapons and ammunition are If there is a quality problem, you are the only one I should ask!"
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!" Hu Zhigang said seriously.
"Zhao Shu." Chen Kang nodded and waved for Hu Zhigang to sit down. After he sat down, his eyes turned to Zhao Shu.
"Yes!" Zhao Shu stood up.
"The phased goals of industrial construction have been completed, and production resources will be given priority to the Ordnance Engineering Department. Your Engineering Department will be patient for a while and must comply with the development plan formulated by the highest technology group. The current main tasks of the Engineering Department are three. First, ensure the supply of steel, and second, as soon as possible Produce Red Star tractors, and three, prepare for the construction of a cigarette factory and worker training." Chen Kang issued orders one by one in an orderly manner and began layout and related arrangements.
As the boss said, we need both quick money and long-term stable funding sources.
The arms business needs to be done, and the cigarette business cannot be given up.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Although most of the production resources were transferred to the Ordnance Engineering Department, Zhao Shu was not angry. He looked solemn, raised his hands in salute, and responded in a serious voice.
"The General Affairs Section must do good capacity planning. The Mineral Resources Section gives priority to ensuring the supply of crude oil, iron ore, coal mines and copper mines. The Gunpowder Section supplies various types of propellants and explosives to the Ordnance Industry Section according to the military production plan." Chen Kang said. Zhao Shu sat down, turned his eyes to the remaining three departments, and continued to make arrangements.
Lu Yuan nodded: "I understand, I will make arrangements immediately after the meeting."
"Make sure to complete the task!" He Yan and Tang Ziqing, the heads of the Mineral Resources Department, nodded in response.
"Now, let me announce the last thing. Everyone stands up." Immediately afterwards, Chen Kang's face suddenly changed, his expression solemn, he took out a red-headed top-secret document and issued an order.
When the words came out, everyone stood up immediately without hesitation.
coming……
Yu Hua took a deep breath, with anticipation in his eyes, and stood up.
There was silence.
Except for Zhuang Qianding and Yu Hua who knew what was going on, the others were still in the dark.
"According to the research decision of superiors, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, the Military Industry Bureau officially launched the heavy weapons research and development plan immediately and established a heavy weapons research project team. Zhuang Qianding will be the top person in charge of the heavy weapons project team, and Yu Hua will be the director of the heavy weapons project team. , developing four weapons: 105mm howitzers, 120mm mortars, 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns."
Chen Kang picked up the top-secret document and read the content in public: "This project is an independent project of the Military Industry Bureau, with the highest priority and top secret. The research funding totals 500,000 yuan, which will be allocated in three phases. The first phase funding is about 100,000 yuan, each of which The department must cooperate unconditionally with the heavy weapons research project team."
The words were loud and solemn, full of momentum, and the contents of the document read out exploded like a bomb, and the shock wave instantly swept through everyone present in the conference room.
The horses were on top, and everyone couldn't believe what they were hearing.
Look at what the goals of this heavy weapons research and development plan are. Except for the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun that makes any army covet, the other three heavy weapons are all fucking cannons!
40mm anti-aircraft guns, 120mm caliber mortars, and an unimaginable 105mm caliber howitzer.
The announcement of a series of names was enough to bring any Red Army unit to a collective climax. The heads of departments headed by Lu Yuan felt their souls trembling at this moment, and the blood all over their bodies continued to heat up and was about to boil like scalding boiling water. It makes people want to scream.
Is this coming?
Are the heavy weapons such as the 105mm howitzer proposed by Professor Zhuang Qianding and Yu Hua now coming? !
"Professor Zhuang, please tell everyone. In addition, if you have any questions, you can ask them." After Chen Kang finished reading, he didn't care about the feelings of his subordinates. He looked at the highest technology group sitting on the right, his eyes filled with emotion. Respectfully speaking.
"I believe everyone knows how important and status artillery is to an army. There are two concepts: heavy weapons and no heavy weapons. A large part of the reason why the Japanese army is so arrogant is artillery. The Military Industry Bureau must develop it To produce howitzers with performance priority, the troops must also have howitzers."
Zhuang Qianding faced everyone, exuding an elegant temperament, and spoke concisely and quickly: "I personally regard this plan as a final exam for the Military Industry Bureau. After so long efforts, we have laid the foundation for the exam, and it is time to give it a try Exams test learning outcomes, and the 105mm howitzer is the 60-point passing mark in this final exam."
take an exam.
This is a person's final exam, an exam that belongs exclusively to the Military Industry Bureau. Performance is not judged by scores, but by war.
Passing the passing line means that the troops will be equipped with high-performance howitzers to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese troops who invaded China. If they fail to pass the passing line, there will be only one consequence. The troops entering the battlefield will have no choice but to be bombarded by the Japanese artillery fire. And there is no way to fight back.
Hearing Zhuang Qianding's words, the eyes of everyone present showed determination. They clenched their fingers tightly into fists and felt an extremely strong desire to fight in their hearts. No matter what, they must and must get good grades in the exam.
"Technically speaking, there are no technical difficulties that cannot be overcome in the heavy weapons research and development plan. The biggest problem currently is actually the lack of talents, mainly technical talents in the field of artillery and machinery. Based on our words, the efficiency is too low, and we need a A large number of talents in relevant professions.”
Zhuang Qianding moved his eyes to Chen Kang and said slowly: "As for the issue of technical talents in the mechanical field, I can write to some students here to ask them to come to Yancheng. These students are all graduates of Tsinghua University, including graduate students and undergraduates. , the number of people is about thirty or forty, which can solve the problem of shortage of mechanical talents, but I have no access to talents in artillery-related majors here."
Thirty or forty Tsinghua graduates?
Chen Kang was stunned when he heard Zhuang Qianding's words, and there was even dead silence in the conference room.
There was total silence, you could hear a needle drop.
Needless to say, the value of college students during the Republic of China was high. College students who had received higher education and obtained undergraduate diplomas were as precious as giant pandas in a country with hundreds of millions of illiterate people.
Graduates of Tsinghua University are several levels higher than ordinary university graduates, and their preciousness cannot be measured in terms of money.
What did Zhuang Qianding say?
He can find a large number of college students who graduated from Tsinghua University, including graduate students with master's degrees.
"As expected of the founder of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University..." Yu Hua, who had already expected this, still couldn't help but sigh.
"Gulu..." Chen Kang, who has excellent psychological quality, swallowed his throat and forced himself to calm down and think about the problem. Suddenly, he suddenly remembered a person: "Professor Zhuang, I know a person. He graduated from the Moscow Krasin Artillery Corps. Officer Academy, received systematic artillery professional knowledge, and ranked first in graduation examination scores and live-fire shooting scores.”
"Who is this person?" Zhuang Qianding was a little surprised. He didn't expect there to be such outstanding and cutting-edge talents in the base area. As the Soviet Krasin Artillery Officer School born during the Tsarist Russia, it is known as the cradle of Soviet artillery. With the excellent skills of the Soviet people In terms of mathematical calculation ability, this artillery school has been ranked among the top artillery schools in the world and can be called one of the top artillery schools.
Now there is actually a person who graduated from this school, and ranked first in graduation examination results and live ammunition shooting results, which really surprised Zhuang Qianding.
Zhu Rui! ——A name flashed through Yu Hua’s mind.
If Zhao Zhangcheng can be called the god of artillery, then Zhu Rui is the father of the people's artillery and the true creator of artillery.
"Zhu Rui." Chen Kang said.
"He is needed, the 105mm howitzer project needs this person." Zhuang Qianding spoke decisively and quickly.
Chen Kang nodded: "Okay, Professor, do you have any more questions?"
"Not yet, you don't have to worry about technical issues." Zhuang Qianding waved his hand.
The corners of Chen Kang's mouth twitched slightly, but he was helpless but did not dare to say anything: "..."
Seeing Chen Kang's deflated appearance, Yu Hua and Lin Wan, who were standing silently aside, looked at each other, and an interesting smile appeared on their faces involuntarily.
…
This high-level meeting ended, and the heads of each department quickly left to start work, while Zhuang Qianding, Yu Hua and others stayed behind, led by Chen Kang to the auditorium, preparing to receive the extraordinary friendship medal.
Of course, it is said to be an auditorium, but it is actually a cave dwelling.
The group of people arrived at the auditorium. Chen Kang showed respect and gently opened the door, signaling to step inside.
Zhuang Qianding was in front, Yu Hua was behind, and Lin Wan and Zhao Zhangcheng were the audience. Everyone entered the auditorium in an orderly manner.
The auditorium is spacious and simply decorated. There is a red flag with a crossed sickle and hammer on the right side. Two Red Army soldiers in military uniforms stand on the right side and a person stands in the middle.
Yu Hua looked carefully, and when he saw this man's face, he was stunned, with a look of shock in his eyes.
"What, is our Mr. Yu surprised to see me?" came the unique voice from the teacher, joking.
(End of chapter)
