Chapter 724 Busy

Mountain City, a tank and armored vehicle production base.

It was busy at this time.

Raw materials from all over the country were transported to various supporting factories and processed into various parts. Various parts were transported here and assembled into tanks and armored vehicles.

Since the situation in the Persian Gulf became tense, normal production here began to switch to three shifts a day, and then to four shifts a day.

In the artillery factory, different types of tank main guns, artillery and other gun barrels were constantly produced and manufactured, and then sent to the final assembly plant.

In the engine factory, different types of engines were processed and manufactured and sent to the final assembly plant as soon as possible.

Except for a small number of self-use versions, most of them were foreign trade versions.

Liu Tao came to an engine factory, which specializes in the production of tank and armored vehicle engines. Liu Tao's second brother-in-law Chen Weimin is the director of this engine factory.

Chen Weimin was intentionally cultivated by Liu Tao to learn the manufacture of diesel engines. He started as a technical worker and was then appointed as a team leader, deputy director of the production workshop, director of the production workshop, deputy director and then director.

As long as Chen Weimin is almost capable enough, Liu Tao will promote him.

Chen Weimin has dark circles under his eyes, obviously he has been under great pressure recently and has not slept well.

Chen Weimin introduced the production situation of the engine factory to Liu Tao. This engine factory is the most advanced engine factory in the country, with a large number of advanced CNC machine tools, and even a five-axis machining center.

It specializes in the production of diesel engines needed for tanks, armored vehicles and military vehicles.

There is more than one engine factory like this under the Panshan Group.

After inspecting the engine factory, Liu Tao went to the gun factory, which specializes in the production of main guns of tanks of various calibers, self-propelled howitzer barrels, etc.

Gun barrels are a technical job. Nowadays, advanced gun barrels have very high processing technology requirements. There are only a handful of countries in the world that can manufacture advanced gun barrels.

Liu Tao did not go directly to the Shancheng assembly plant because he knew that the production of tanks and armored vehicles was limited by the constraints of parts, and the production of parts was limited by the supply of raw materials.

This is a chain reaction.

The supply of materials is partly by water and partly by land.

Afterwards, after the inspection, Liu Tao came to the final assembly plant. Two huge final assembly plants were producing tanks and armored vehicles.

The original 256 factory area has been rebuilt and now mainly produces various types of armored vehicles, including infantry fighting vehicles and various types of self-propelled artillery.

The final assembly plants here are all in production, mainly producing various types of tanks.

When Liu Tao arrived, he saw 20 Type 80 main battle tanks being loaded and technicians were reinforcing them.

These Type 80 main battle tanks are all foreign trade versions, and they will be directly transported to Yangcheng Port by train for shipment to the Middle East.

The reason why they did not choose to ship to the Magic City and then transfer ships is to save time.

Now time is money, time is life.

As long as it is produced and shipped to the port for shipment, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will settle the corresponding balance.

These are all money!

After inspecting the Shancheng Tank and Armored Vehicle Production Base, Liu Tao went to inspect the Rongcheng Tank and Armored Vehicle Production Base.

Once the entire Rongcheng tank and armored vehicle production base is completed, the scale will be three times that of the Shancheng tank and armored vehicle production base, and it can produce Type 80 main battle tanks, Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, Type 81 light tanks, Type 81 medium tanks, Type 81 amphibious tanks, and various self-propelled artillery.

At present, the first and second phases of the project have been completed, and the third phase is under construction.

At this time, the Rongcheng tank and armored vehicle production base is also adopting a four-shift production mode every day.

Full power to produce.

After inspecting and checking, and finding no problems, Liu Tao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that due to the high production pressure and tight time, the production quality would decline, which would be fatal.

Liu Tao pays great attention to reputation.

It is not easy to build a reputation, but it is easy to destroy it.

In addition to Liu Tao using his golden finger to save R\u0026D investment and shorten R\u0026D time, a very important reason for the rapid development and growth of Panshan Group is that Panshan Group's reputation and credibility are very good among major international arms dealers.

Just like this time, when Iraqi talents ordered weapons, equipment and supplies from Panshan Group, Panshan Group tried every means to deliver them even at the last minute.

Liu Tao did not require that every piece of weapon and equipment be 100% good, but he hoped that the qualified rate would be 100%.

Just when the military industry system of Panshan Group was working at full capacity to produce various weapons, equipment and ammunition, at this time, far away in the Middle East, Saudi ports were very busy.

Every day, a large number of ships carrying weapons, equipment and supplies arrived at various ports in Saudi Arabia.

It can be said that Saudi Arabia has never had such a busy port.

Ships flying the flags of various countries entered the port and loaded and unloaded in an orderly manner under command.

There are many ships arriving at various ports in Saudi Arabia every day, and there is often a dilemma that they cannot be unloaded immediately on the same day.

The number of ships arriving in Saudi Arabia every day has exceeded the carrying capacity of various ports in Saudi Arabia.

Even the weapons, equipment and supplies in the port are piled up like mountains, and there is no time to transport them away.

It can be imagined that if the opponent faced by the coalition forces this time was not Iraq, but the Soviet Union, then missile attacks would be enough to paralyze these ports, not to mention the assembly of troops.

Media from Europe and the United States have been broadcasting this war live from the preparation stage.

The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are extremely busy.

As time goes by, more and more warships arrive in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

There is even news that the United States is putting pressure on Turkey, intending to force Turkey to close the Iraqi oil pipeline passing through Turkey, and that the coalition forces will arrange a force to threaten northeastern Iraq from Turkey.

It can be said that the focus of the world is on the Persian Gulf.

The main force of the coalition forces is the US military, and the United States has become the focus of this war.

The United States is using various means to demonstrate its status and influence as a superpower.

The US military is mobilizing around the world and heading to Saudi Arabia.

The US advance team that arrived in Saudi Arabia first showed the US military's meals, eating turkey and drinking Coke. Although this advance team has less than a thousand people, it is of great significance.

This advance team undoubtedly expressed to the world that the US military is armed to the teeth.

At the same time, a military airport is being built in Saudi Arabia for use by coalition aircraft.

The first to arrive in Saudi Arabia was not the U.S. advance force, but the U.S. Air Force, followed by the U.S. Navy, and finally the U.S. advance force.

Up to now, the U.S. military has two aircraft carrier formations in the Arabian Sea.

According to the latest intelligence, the United States is expected to use six aircraft carrier formations for this war.

It is conceivable that the strength of the U.S. Navy is definitely not just talk.

And the United States is discussing whether to increase its troops on the original basis!