"Come, drink water. Led Xie Kai into the office, Zheng Yucheng personally poured him a glass of water, and the two sat on the sofa made of poplar wood.

"Anyone wants to engage in weapons projects, and the country also needs advanced weapons and equipment to enhance its national defense strength. The problem is that the advanced weapons project is technically difficult, consumes a lot of money, and everyone has not achieved much breakthrough. The performance is not advanced enough, and the military will not want it. Zheng Yucheng saw that Xie Kai didn't speak, so he scolded in his heart and took the initiative to speak.

This kid is too unkind, and he arouses his interest to sell off.

"If the U.S. imperialists sell the F14 to the military, will the military afford it?" Xie Kai picked up the enamel cup, took a sip of water, and asked Zheng Yucheng.

Zheng Yucheng was stunned for a moment.

The more advanced weapons and equipment are, the more advanced technology and advanced materials will be used.

In this way, the price is naturally extremely expensive, and with the current pitiful annual budget of the military, it is really impossible to equip such an expensive fighter as the F14.

"Therefore, weapons and equipment are not as advanced as possible, but practical. Xie Kai was very satisfied with the stunned look on Zheng Yucheng's face. "Being able to narrow the technological gap with foreign countries and keep catching up is what we should consider. If the technical foundation is not good, if we go directly to advanced projects, we will either produce results in many years and develop them in decades, and then we will fall behind; or we will introduce technology, but foreign countries will not sell too advanced technology to us at all......"

"You just say what you want to do. Zheng Yucheng couldn't wait to slap this kid's head to pieces, and then see what he thought.

It's so disturbing.

"Tanks, rocket artillery, helicopters!" Xie Kai had a lot of ideas.

In the early stage, I couldn't participate in a project as huge as a fighter jet.

"Both 617 and 541 are tanks. Most of the production capacity of the 541 has been transferred to the production of civilian products! Let's make tanks again, is it appropriate? What's more, we only have the technology of the Type 59 tank, and we can't compare with the 617. Zheng Yucheng shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Sure enough, it's a child, and it's not too thoughtful.

It is not enough to engage in military research.

The base has technology, but it is backward technology from decades ago, and there are not many technicians. There's no way to compete with 617.

"What if the performance of the Type 59 modification we have developed exceeds that of the latest 617 tank? We will not compete with them, but only modify the Type 59 to improve ......the combat performance and battlefield survivability," Xie Kai said.

Originally, he planned to let his father use these as promotion capital and gradually roll them out.

Dad is in Hongqi Machinery Factory, and he can't do it without the support of the base headquarters.

There are more than 10,000 people in Hongqi Machinery Factory, many of whom are skilled workers, and there are not many who specialize in design research.

However, there are a large number of technical designers left behind by various industrial departments in the base.

"Didn't your dad change the 59 tank into a military excavator? Zheng Yucheng looked puzzled.

Xie Jianguo knew that Xie Kai's idea was to get orders for a huge number of 59 tank modifications in China. If the combat performance of the 59 tank can be improved without spending too much money, the military will naturally be happy.

"I mentioned it to him, and he said that I am a child who thinks blindly and does not do his job. Xie Kai didn't say that Dad's excavator was made by himself.

"Yo, how can you think blindly? To engage in military technology, you have to dare to think. If you didn't dare to think back then, who would have been able to come up with a mushroom bomb that could destroy the earth?" Zheng Yucheng became more interested. "Tell me how you think about it. ”

Xie Kai's whimsical ideas made Long Yaohua and Zhao Xingbang full of praise.

Who would dare to say that there is nothing in it that can be achieved?

"It's very simple, equip the 59 tank with a 125 caliber tank gun!" "The small body carries the cannon, this is the craziest and most frustrating magic change of the Type 59.

The 59 tank, which carries a 125-mm cannon and is equipped with a top-level electronic warfare system, will not even be too far behind the mainstream tanks of the West.

Hearing this, Zheng Yucheng's eyes widened instantly.

It's crazy.

But why do you feel so excited?

The larger the caliber, the more powerful it is, so naturally there is no need to say it.

Zheng Yucheng didn't particularly understand the technology, and he didn't know if installing such a large-caliber tank gun on the small body of the 59 tank would cause the tank to overturn because the recoil was too large when firing the gun.

He felt that such an idea should be realized.

If so, the people of the military will definitely be happy.

"There is no such production technology for large-caliber tank guns in China, and if you want to realize this idea, you have to engage in tank guns!" Zheng Yucheng said with some embarrassment.

"The previous WZ-122 tank was ready to be equipped with a 120mm smoothbore gun, doesn't the base have technical reserves?" Xie Kai asked Zheng Yucheng.

Zheng Yucheng's eyes almost fell, "You kid seems to know a lot about the secrets of our base?"

"It's not a secret, we also helped move the drawings at the beginning!" Xie Kai said disdainfully, "I was only 9 years old at the time, and I heard two porters say that it would be a pity not to carry out such an advanced project." If it can be done, the tanks repaired by the US imperialists and the Soviet Union are not opponents...... Then I memorized, so I became interested in tanks......"

Xie Kai didn't tell a lie.

The WZ-122 tank was a project in the mid-sixties, and the main targets were the Soviet T54/55/62/, the American M60 and the medium and heavy tanks that might appear in the near future, and the performance indicators were much higher than those of the Type 69 tank.

However, due to the limitations of technology and funds, the performance indicators were too high, and the mainstream tank guns in the world were rifled guns instead of smoothbore guns, China's materials and machining technology were not up to standard, and finally had to be dismounted.

I had heard it originally, but unfortunately Xie Kai didn't feel anything.

Now that it has been reborn, how can it not be exploited?

The domestic 125-mm smoothbore gun was developed after the introduction of the Soviet T72 tank in the mid-eighties, and the 2A46 125-mm large-caliber smoothbore gun equipped with it was developed.

At the same time, the WZ-122 tank 122 smoothbore gun is still being perfected in China, and the final 120 mm tank gun is on par with the German Leopard 2 tank 120 mm smoothbore gun.

Unfortunately, the 120 mm did not have enough funds for research and development, plus logistical supply considerations, and the development and perfection were much later than the 125 tank gun.

In the selection of the most advanced main station tank, the country still uses a more mature 125 mm tank gun.

Of course, this may also be related to the influence of domestic artillery thinking, the larger the caliber, the greater the power.

"......" Zheng Yucheng faced Xie Kai's explanation, he had nothing to say.

There is no way to argue with it.

The base does have technical reserves in this area.

"So, I think it can still be done. As long as the 125 mm tank gun is made and installed on the 59 tank, this power will definitely not be small, after all, our technology is much higher now than in the sixties. Xie Kai flickered.

He knows that the two most critical technologies of the new generation of tank guns - electroslag remelting and self-tightening of the body tube are the key.

You can't wait until you have the technology to do it later, right?

It's better to do it slowly than to wait.

"That's right, you can discuss this with them and see if you can do it. Zheng Yucheng nodded yes. "What's the deal with rocket artillery? Helicopter thing, we only have the technology of Z-5......"

"The rocket artillery thing is still based on the chassis of the 59 tank, and this technical difficulty is not great. The main thing is to study the longer the range, the greater the power...... There is also basic technology in the base, and then the launch rack is mounted on the chassis......"

Domestic rocket artillery, that is the first in the world.

But it's not yet the level of advanced technology.

If the rocket artillery is successfully developed, there will be technology to work in the direction of missiles, and with so many people in the base, there must be enough projects.

Xie Kai also didn't want the base to end up back on the same path.

When Zheng Yucheng was the director, he kept trying to save the base, but his idea did not change, he did not want to engage in civilian products, and he always wanted to engage in military products, so the base has been staying alive, relying on other units to give some processing orders......

"What about helicopters? The technology of the Z-7 is too poor and its performance is backward, so the military doesn't want to make it. Zheng Yucheng said with a frown.

The base is full of old technology foundations.

"We don't engage in transport helicopters, we engage in armed helicopters, specialized armed helicopters. Fight with tanks and get a full set. Leader, if you think about it, if the tanks open the way in front, the helicopter gunships protect it, and the rocket artillery hides behind hundreds of kilometers to provide support, this battle will be easy. When the front is almost the same and there is no threat, we will send transport helicopters to transport our troops up to clean up the battlefield......"

A modern war will shake the world in the Gulf War.

The steel torrent of the USSR no longer corresponds to the model of development.

In this regard, Xie Kai knows that the thinking of the military of the republic is still the Soviet model.

After all, the Western-81 military exercises conducted by the Soviet Union in 81 scared the whole world out of the blue.

The torrent of steel in the USSR made the whole world tremble. And on the Sino-Soviet border, the torrent of Soviet steel has not yet withdrawn, and the entire northern border of the republic is threatened.

"Of course, this war would be easier if more advanced fighters maintained air supremacy at higher altitudes. Xie Kai said faintly.

Fighter jets, now the base can't get into it at all.

In the nineties, if there is an opportunity, the base has enough funds, and it will directly develop in the direction of technology with stealth fighters.

Three-dimensional combat is the direction of future development.

Xie Kai's ideas will not be taken seriously at all, but Zheng Yucheng is different.

He came down from the battlefield, understood the war, and had a good relationship with the military bigwigs, so what he said naturally attracted attention.