It's already half past eight o'clock in the night, although it is a big city like the first ~~ all ~~ north ~ Beijing, but in this era of little entertainment, it is not at all like the later generations of the pleasant life of the day has just begun, the nightlife is so colorful, so the street is far from the liveliness of the later generations, but fortunately, today's weather is better, since the beginning of spring has been making people have a chill of the spring breeze, and finally by a warm current from the south to infiltrate the warm taste at the same time, but also let people finally feel the breath of spring.

As the saying goes, suddenly like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms, perhaps in the current north ~~ Beijing is far from reaching the situation of ten thousand trees blooming overnight, but the meaning of spring is indeed so that people who have suffered from a winter can finally return to the warm embrace, such a state of mind is like a warm spring breeze, which makes people feel very comfortable.

Especially young men and women who are in love, the warm breeze not only makes the green trees and grass flourish, but also the hidden lotus ~ er ~ Meng in the body is also unconsciously surging, so in this mild night, whether it is the movie theater in the city center, or the stone road next to the alley, whether it is the park bench on the side of the street, or the railing by the moat, the newlywed couple, the couple in love, and the young men and women who have just met and blushed when they say a word, are all in pairs, and this also makes the deserted street a lot more lively.

It's just that the warm spring breeze will bring the north ~~ Beijing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, back into a new season of vigor and upward, but in the small conference room located in the middle of the people~people~large~hui~ hall, it is as if it was swept away by a cold snap, and there is no spring blooming appearance, but a scene of slaughter and gloom.

This feeling can be profoundly felt not only from the atmosphere in the venue, but also from the gloomy faces of all the senior leading cadres of the military industrial system attending the meeting room, especially at this moment, sitting in the main seat, the old chief who has just rushed back from the DPRK is even more sinky. He still wears a pair of reading glasses, still straightens his waist, and his almost white hair is still standing upright as always, but he is not satisfied with the implementation of his line and policy, let alone the slightest advance layout and middle planning. The joy of victory in the end, on the contrary, looked around at every senior leading cadre in the venue with a calm face as if facing a great enemy.

Those who were familiar with the old chief knew that the last time they saw the old chief looking around with a calm face in their memories was during the Korean War, and before that, it was the Huaihai Campaign, the Western Route Army's Western Expedition, the Long March and the Red Army's counter-encirclement and suppression. As for what the crisis is, everyone here is very clear in their hearts, that is, the Northern Machinery Factory has collapsed!

"For more than 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, hostile countries have carried out so many subversive measures against us, the clamor of war, border conflicts, and even nuclear ~ deterrence ~ , but we have never flinched. I've never been scared, how are you now?"

The old chief's voice looked old. But that kind of firm and resolute tone did not lose the style of the year at all, and the majesty of not being angry and arrogant, coupled with the outstanding and extraordinary bearing that has been cultivated for a long time, made the people present deeply revered at the same time, and at the same time, they pricked up their ears high and listened carefully to every word of the old chief:

"People suddenly show you a smile, and North can't be found. Rashly let what to do, dismantle production lines, dismantle factories, dissolve skilled workers, and fully implement automation, thoroughly, very thoroughly! In my opinion, even if the planes and artillery go into battle together for 10 days and half a month, it is impossible to be so clean! This is simply a self-defeating martial arts, and it is a self-defeating road!"

As he spoke, the old chief slapped his broad palm on the table in front of him with a "bang~~" sound, and even shook out the water in the teacup in front of him, which made the hearts of everyone present tremble, and the confidential secretary next to the old chief hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words to comfort the old chief, telling the old man who was almost eighty not to be so angry, so as not to hurt his body.

But before the confidential secretary finished speaking, he was stopped by the old chief, at this time it is impossible for him not to be angry, otherwise it is impossible to return from North Korea in advance after receiving the report, you must know that he accompanied Comrade Xiao ~~ Ping on this trip, if it is not a major event, it is impossible to return to China in advance.

He is almost 80 years old, and he knows that his health is getting worse and worse, so he has gradually let go of the military affairs he is currently in charge of in the recent period, so he intends to propose at the people's congress meeting to be held in the second half of this year to resign from his current post and become a member of the advisory committee to be set up.

But before that, he needs to carry out a smooth handover of everything in the military industrial system, of course, he is also optimistic about several people, including Vice Premier W, who knows this old subordinate who has entered the top level, the old chief knows very well, not only knows his personality, but also knows his ambitions, and of course his thoughts.

It is precisely because of this that the old chief is a little uneasy, not doubting the ability and ambition of Vice Premier W, after all, if these two things are used well, they can indeed promote the development of things, which the old chief does not take to heart, what he is worried about and worried about is precisely the conservative and blind thinking of Vice Premier W, and the old chief is very afraid that after he retires from the second line, the entire military industrial system will be led astray by Vice Premier W, so he talked to Vice Premier W a few times and tried to change his mind.

I don't know if Vice Premier W is stubborn and not good at listening to persuasion, or if he thinks that he, an old man, is about to take a back seat, and there is no need to listen, anyway, Vice Premier W didn't take the old chief's words to heart, not only did he do his own thing, but a series of small actions gradually became public.

Especially after the establishment of the new tank leading group, the old chief's worries are increasing day by day, so before Lu Jiadong went to the Wanshan factory to formally form a production consortium, the old chief began to plan everything in advance, and then Lu Jiadong returned to the Wanshan factory.

Guo Qingshan, who seems to be neutral but has a deep relationship with Lu Jiadong and Liu Haotian, director of the Third Bureau of the General Staff Bureau, was transferred from the position of chief of staff of the G Military Region to Bei~~Beijing and served as the commander of the Bei~~Beijing~~Wei~~Shu~~ District, and then Gu Zelin was also transferred from the Sino-Vietnamese front to Guo Qingshan's side.

Subsequently, the Discipline ~~ Committee, which was established not long ago, received a report that Wei Mingde, the nephew of Vice Premier W, colluded with the North Factory inside and outside the factory to buy and sell, and speculated on the crime, so Guo Qingshan transferred Wei Mingde from the North ~~Beijing~~Wei~~Shu~~ District Headquarters, and at the same time, the Discipline ~~ Committee began to carry out a secret investigation.

After that, Vice Premier W insisted on going his own way and preparing to take advantage of the old chief and others to visit abroad, convene a meeting to determine the route and policy, and create a fait accompli, and the development situation before and after this meeting was just like the old chief's original arrangement, and did not let Vice Premier W achieve the set goals, but the final result still shocked the old chief, he did not expect that Vice Premier W's insistence would cause such a heavy loss to the country, and a whole ministerial-level factory would become an empty shell because of a few words and a paper contract.

You must know that it is the most important production plant of tank armored vehicles in the country, although the performance of the Type 59 tank is backward, even if the Type 63 armored car is not advanced, but it is also the armor technology that China can master and the power that can be equipped independently, but now, such an important factory has become an empty shell, and China's only armored force that can be independent can not be mastered and produced, not to mention upgrading, it is difficult to do the minimum maintenance and maintenance, so how to face the Soviet Union's armored torrent? How else to defend the borders of the motherland?

Is it really possible to solve the problem by relying on imports from abroad? This is absolutely impossible! No one needs to be reminded of this, the old chief has known a truth since he was young, that is, it is impossible to buy a country and an army by relying on money, still less the indomitable soul and vigorous combat effectiveness of an army; the Beiyang Naval Division is an example; now China's armored forces are about to become the next Beiyang Naval Division; in the face of such a critical situation, this old man who is nearly 80 years old can be said to be distressed.

It is precisely because of this that when he slaps the table, he slaps the table so hard, and the words he utters are so deafening, and the participants at the scene also understand this truth, but what can be done now? The contract with the Americans has been signed, things have been done, and the key equipment should be shipped out and sold.

Is it possible for Americans who eat meat and don't spit out bones to spit it out in such a situation? Obviously, it is impossible. Is it true that the Americans will be able to come up with $2 billion to complete the project? This is even more unrealistic, because the treasury is almost as clean as its face, how can it be possible to come up with so much money?

The things that everyone present can expect, the far-sighted old chief naturally understands it, but no matter how far-sighted he is, he never thought that things would develop to this point, to be honest, he regretted it very much, regretted that he did not stop Vice Premier W earlier, maybe that way to avoid the current crisis, but no matter how he regretted it, the current thing has happened, and it can't just continue, otherwise it can only get worse and worse, so after the old chief finished speaking, he looked around at the senior leading cadres in the venue:

"So far, it is a matter of later to investigate the responsibility, the top priority is how to make up for the current situation, the comrades here are all old people in the military industrial system, let's talk about it, and see what good solutions can be come up with!"

As soon as the old chief's voice fell, the venue suddenly fell into a deathly silence, and after waiting for a long time without anyone talking, the old chief couldn't help but sigh secretly when he saw this, how could there be a good way to solve such an unsolvable situation, and it was just a routine matter to ask, and because of this, the old chief saw that everyone in the venue was silent, so he was ready to break up the meeting and think about it tomorrow, but at this moment, a vigorous young voice suddenly sounded in the ears of the old chief:

"I think, how did the Americans take it, how can we get it back for him!"

Hearing this, the old chief was stunned at first, but then shook his head and showed a meaningful smile at Lu Jiadong not far away (to be continued. )