The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

late at night.

The cold wind howled, mixed with patches of snowflakes.

There is light snow in the sky tonight, making the weather seem even colder.

Except for the study, all other rooms have turned off the lights.

Liu Tao is writing on the letter paper, each line of writing is very neat and beautiful.

His handwriting cannot be called a calligrapher, but his handwriting is very neat, better than most people's.

He wrote a letter to Zhu Lin three days ago. According to the time, it is definitely still on the way. It takes at least a week to send a letter from Kunshi to Beijing. Ten days and a half is normal.

But he will write another letter tonight.

After parting, he always misses her deeply late at night, and Zhu Lin's beautiful face can't help but come to his mind.

Only by expressing your love in a letter can he feel at peace in his heart.

After writing four pieces of letter paper, Liu Tao stopped writing, put on the pen cover, put the letter paper into the envelope, then affixed a stamp and wrote the recipient and address.

Liu Tao got up, came to the balcony, and looked outside.

At this time, most places were dark, but there were still faint lights in some places.

With the reservoir put into use, Panshan Machinery Factory has no shortage of drinking water and electricity.

At least in the next year or two, there won't be too much power shortage.

Two years later, if all goes well, the Chaishitan Reservoir will begin to supply power, and the Panshan Machinery Factory will not be short of power.

However, although there will be no shortage of electricity now, people will not waste electricity either.

Termination is ingrained in everyone's bones, and waste is a shame.

Liu Tao's thoughts couldn't help but turn to the armored vehicle on which he had invested a lot of energy during this period.

Armored vehicles are various tracked or wheeled military vehicles with armor protection, and tanks are armored vehicles, a type of tracked armored vehicle.

Domestic tanks are currently equipped with Type 59 main battle tanks, Type 62 light tanks, Type 63 amphibious tanks, and Type 69 heavy tanks.

The Type 59 tank is an imitation of the Soviet T-54 manufactured by the Republic. So far, more than 10,000 tanks have been produced. There are 6,000 tanks in the army, almost 3,000 tanks are provided as free foreign aid, and one or two thousand tanks are in storage. , can be started at any time.

The Type 62 light tank was developed in 1958 and officially equipped in 1963. It is mainly used to deal with poor roads with low traffic capacity in the south, such as hills, water networks, rice fields, etc. It has good mobility, certain firepower and protection capabilities. At present, it is probably About 1,400 were produced.

The Type 63 amphibious tank is the first-generation amphibious tank independently developed by China. It is used in inland rivers, lakes, swamps and water network rice fields, landing and anti-landing operations in coastal areas, and destroying enemy beachhead defense facilities.

The Type 69 tank is a medium-sized tank designed in the 1960s based on the Type 59. It was not successfully developed until 1974. It is also the first domestically produced main battle tank independently developed by our country.

The performance of the Type 69 tank has been improved compared to the Type 59 tank, but because of the current technological backwardness, the troops would rather use the Type 59 tank than the Type 69 tank. The approximately two hundred tanks produced are basically used for training and reserve purposes.

Liu Tao also knows something about tanks.

It can be said that it was not until the Type 99 main battle tank that domestic tanks gradually caught up with the performance of foreign tanks.

There are still 20 years left before the Type 99 main battle tank is born and enters service.

If he wants to build a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun with advanced performance, he must use an advanced armored chassis. Of course, the performance of the engine must also be improved.

Relying on China's current armored vehicle technology obviously does not meet Liu Tao's requirements.

He needs to break through a lot of techniques!

Armored chassis, tracks, engines, armor, air search radar and more!

Even considering that anti-aircraft guns alone cannot meet the air defense requirements, he has to consider combining them with anti-aircraft missiles.

So far, he has only successfully developed anti-aircraft guns and ammunition.

"There is also a fire control system. China's technology in this area is too backward." Liu Tao sighed secretly.

The damage to the military industry was devastating.

Everyone only saw the high-precision technology of two bombs and one star, but they did not see other weapons stopping or even taking long steps back.

Just take a look at the Type 63 automatic rifle. Many reasons are that the production quality is not up to par, and no improvements were made more than ten years ago.

It's not that soldiers don't want a good, advanced gun. On the contrary, as soldiers, they know the best about guns. They know what a good gun is better than anyone else.

Just like the Type 78 automatic rifle he developed last year, soldiers couldn't put it down as soon as they used it.

"The 68000 chip, the fire control system can use this as the processor." Liu Tao secretly thought.

The fire control system is a very important part of the armored vehicle, and it is no exaggeration to say that it directly affects the performance of the armored vehicle.

In terms of chips, China's start can be traced back to the 1950s, when China began to develop its own electronic components, including transistors, diodes, etc. However, due to limitations in technical level and equipment conditions, China's chip industry has been lagging behind.

The 68000 chip, the ancestor of Motorola's 680X0 microprocessor, is a CISC structure. It was launched last year and is used in Apple Macintosh computers, as well as Apple LaserWriter IISC and Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet printers.

It is such a commercial chip that is much more powerful than China's most advanced chips.

It is also a chip that can be obtained on a large scale internationally.

But Liu Tao couldn't help but think that it was easy to get stuck on the chip just by buying.

At this point, he was very impressed.

"Oh, there are so many things, I have to rely on myself to conquer the technology step by step." Liu Tao sighed.

This means that he has an item upgrade system. Otherwise, he alone would not be able to develop an advanced fire control system in twenty years, let alone ten years.

As for the third-generation tank, it took China decades to develop the third-generation tank. If it were an individual, it would not be possible at all.

You should know that the Soviet T-72 main battle tank started production in 1971 and was equipped with a large number of troops in 1973.

It is no exaggeration to say that China's most advanced tanks are far behind the Soviet Union's T62 main battle tank, let alone the T72 main battle tank.

After the cold wind blew for a while, and looking at the thin layer of white snow on the ground outside, Liu Tao went back to his room to sleep.

The next morning, after arriving at the office, Liu Tao asked someone to mail the letter.

This was Liu Tao. All the firearms were developed by him. There was no possibility of technical leaks. If someone else had written the letter, the letter would have to be reviewed by the security department before it could be sent out.

As for making phone calls, that's even more impossible. There are only two phones for external communication, one is in Liu Tao's office and the other is in Liu Tao's home.

It is impossible for others to use the phone. Even the deputy director has to work hard and come to the office to use the phone.

As for Liu Tao's home phone number, it's his second sister and second brother-in-law. They don't call home every day, at most once a week.

It is really troublesome to make long-distance calls now, and it also wastes resources. They are already used to saving.