As early as the moment when he decided to cooperate with Mercedes in Germany to establish Tiangong-Mercedes Heavy Industries Group, Yang Weiping had already set his sights on MTU, a subsidiary of Mercedes.

Motoren-undTurbinen-UnionFriedrichshafenGmbH is Friedrichshafen GmbH, referred to as MTU. It is a leading diesel engine manufacturer in the world today, with a diesel engine power of 35kw ~ 9000kw, which is widely used in ships, heavy vehicles and construction machinery, and railway locomotives.

MTU doesn't just manufacture diesel engines, it also manufactures complete packages for end users. As a supplier of land, water and rail propulsion systems and engines for power generation equipment, MTU has a worldwide reputation for its leading technology, high-reliability products and first-class after-sales service.

MTU has always been known for its high output power, high efficiency, small size and durability, but in the past, the high price also limited most of MTU's products to be used only in key fields such as warships, tanks, nuclear power, transport ships, and railway locomotives.

The introduction of MTU's mature and advanced diesel engine technology and production technology, combined with Huaxia's rich mineral resources and low labor costs, will undoubtedly make the MTU series products marked with the Huade joint venture label significantly reduce costs and make their prices more competitive in the market.

With the in-depth cooperation between Huaxia and the Federal Republic of Germany in the industrial, commercial and military fields, MTU's various series of high-quality products will inevitably glow with more vigorous vitality.

Thanks to Yang Weiping's efforts and influence, the Huaxia Government and the Federal Government of Germany have formally formed a strategic cooperative partnership, and have also signed a document on the joint development of the nuclear industry between the two countries.

Huaxia Continental has become the largest manufacturing base and sales market for industrial products of the Federal Republic of Germany in the world. As a result, the industrial restructuring of the Federal Republic of Germany has been rapidly and successfully transformed.

With the introduction of the advanced technology and management model of the Federal Republic of Germany, Yang Weiping will certainly not let the major domestic enterprises, especially the military enterprises, become dependent on German technology.

Soviet technology once limited the thinking of two generations of Chinese scientific researchers. How could Yang Weiping let the scientific research workers in China fall into the strange circle of German technology again and be unable to extricate themselves.

Whether you can fully absorb nutrients into your stomach depends mainly on whether your gastrointestinal function is strong or weak.

Yang Weiping is leading the establishment of a scientific and rational industrial structure and a perfect basic scientific research system. It is the most effective measure to strengthen Huaxia's digestion and absorption function of foreign advanced technology and management mode.

Seeing that all the parts of the three units in front of him were LC1979A-type high-power water-cooled pre-combustion chamber supercharged intercooled diesel engines manufactured in China, Yang Weiping felt a sense of pride in his heart.

The potential of the Chinese industrial workers in this era is indeed endless!

As long as there is a correct direction of development and correct policy guidance. This huge contingent of industrial workers, which has taken 30 years to forge, will surely be able to create one miracle after another in the world of the land of China.

By copying the German Leopard 2 main battle tank, the overall technical strength of the Chinese tank manufacturing industry can be improved again.

Anyway, the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank of the Germans has no shadow yet. In two years, we can turn the Leopard 2A6 equipped with an automatic loader into a Huaxia Type 81 main battle tank!

With the Luohe Mercedes-Benz heavy truck manufacturing base, Huaxia's light trucks, medium trucks and heavy trucks, including infantry fighting vehicles, paratrooper fighting vehicles, and all kinds of large and medium-sized special combat engineering vehicles, basically do not need Yang Weiping to worry about technology.

See the work of Hongqi Economic Development Zone with your own eyes. Basically, he is developing at a high speed according to his preset track, and Yang Weiping can be regarded as being able to put down his burden and move forward lightly.

Economic work can be accomplished overnight. Economic benefits need to be accumulated over time.

After coming out of the Luohe Mercedes-Benz factory. Yang Weiping asked Meng Shouzheng to inform the UH60 Black Hawk helicopter group waiting at the 36th Bomber Division Air Base in Chang'an to fly directly to Jinnan County to pick him up.

When the officials of the Longxi Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government arrived at the Hongqi Economic Development Zone, they happened to see that the helicopter plane in which Director Yang was riding had already taken off and was speeding towards the north.

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On October 1, 1979, the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the land of China was celebrated.

As Yang Weiping expected, the National Day and internal military parades that were canceled due to the impact of the Cultural Revolution have not yet resumed.

However, on this day, all units of the Central Military Commission, the eight major military regions, and the three special military regions held a solemn ceremony for the whole army to change their uniforms and confer titles.

This change of dress and conferral of titles also marks the beginning of the modern military construction and reform of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The official conferment of the title is of course different from the wartime conferment of the title held during the war against Annam.

The establishment of New China and the 22-year conquest of the world relied on a strong army. Both the Navy and the Air Force were formed after the founding of the country in 1949. Therefore, the idea of the supremacy of the army is deeply rooted in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The status of the army is above that of the navy and air force, and this status quo is not something that Yang Weiping can change if he wants to.

Just as Yang Weiping thought, the leaders of the PLA General Headquarters wear army ranks, and the ranks of the Second Artillery Corps are also army ranks.

As the director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Yang Weiping, of course, can only wear the rank of army. The ranks of Navy and Air Force uniforms, which he had earned from his previous position as a consultant in the Navy and Air Force, can only be regarded as a collector's item from now on.

It is said that the director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is at the same level as the number one leader of the three general departments. To officially confer the title, you must at least have a lieutenant general with Director Yang.

Yang Weiping's attainment of the rank of major general at the age of 21 has already aroused the criticism of many veteran comrades, and if he is given the rank of lieutenant general again, it will not arouse even more envy.

Fortunately, the No. 1 chief thought of a trick and insisted on agreeing to let Yang Weiping concurrently serve as chairman of the State Planning Commission. Although it is said that Huaxia has a practice of not concurrently holding government posts while holding military posts, everything is special, and the No. 1 chief and the four veteran commanders are strongly supportive, and the No. 2 chief and others can only choose to acquiesce.

In the Great Hall of the People, there will be a starry gathering.

Xu Shangyou, who was carrying the general star on his shoulders, did not have the smugness he used to have every time he came to the capital for a meeting. This person was surrounded in the middle by Ding Sheng and the commanders of the other six major military regions, leaning in front of Monk Xu with the epaulettes on their respective shoulders like six old children.

Among all of them, Yang Weiping alone has only two stars on his epaulettes. The other old men were either four-star generals or three-star lieutenant generals.

In this regard, Yang Weiping did not feel anything dissatisfied. If he is really asked to hang up the rank of lieutenant general, maybe he himself will be a little embarrassed to wear it.

After the award ceremony, Yang Weiping did not go to have fun with Xu Shangyou and other army bigwigs, but got together with Air Force Commander Zhang Tinghua and other Air Force generals who had the rank of Air Force general, and exchanged ideas with laughter.

"Director Yang, how long will our J-10 and J-11 have to wait to equip the troops?" Zhang Tinghua chatted and brought the topic to the aspect he was most concerned about, "Every time I see the performance parameters and technical indicators of J-10 and J-11, my heart is like nine cats waving their claws at the same time, it's troublesome!"

"It's almost there, wait another two years and you'll be about the same. Yang Weiping said with a smile: "Commander Zhang, I'd rather wait for people and equipment than let equipment wait for people." I suggest that the Air Force must seize the time to do a good job in all aspects of flight training. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Weiping's face turned serious and said: "Commander Zhang, I heard that some units have lowered their training standards because they crashed their planes. I, Yang Weiping, hate this kind of commander-in-chief of the army who takes responsibility for fear of accidents!"

"Don't worry, Director Yang, for this kind of person, I, Zhang Tinghua, will withdraw one if I find one, and I will not be soft!" Zhang Tinghua nodded solemnly and said: "Because of the concern about the rank and level, there are indeed some units in the Air Force whose training work in the past two months is not very good. I was getting ready to go down and walk around myself. If you have time, you can come with me to see the real training of the officers and men of the unit. ”

"I don't think I'll have time to spare these days. Yang Weiping groaned and said: "J-10, J-11 and J-14, the verification prototype will be released soon, I have to go over and stare at it." ”

"Director Yang, to be honest, I have never understood why you must insist on dividing the Air Force into two major parts: land-based and sea-based. Zhang Tinghua asked with a rather puzzled look.

"Where there is competition, there is pressure, and when there is pressure, there is motivation. Yang Weiping said with a smile: "The land-based air force and the sea-based air force can often engage in military confrontation competitions, which will be helpful to improving the training level and combat effectiveness of the troops."

In addition, in terms of equipment manufacturing, different models are handed over to different units for research and development and production, which is also very necessary to cultivate the business ability of each unit in terms of model specialization. The use of sea-based and land-based aircraft is very different, and the adaptation to the environment and climate are very different.

I have always been opposed to doing something small and complete, only big and fine, it is possible to minimize the cost of products. At present, the field of aviation industry in China has been systematically divided. Chengfei specializes in sea-based aircraft, Shenfei specializes in land-based aircraft, Xifei specializes in large aircraft, and Nanfei specializes in helicopters.

These four AVIC groups not only specialize in specialized fields, but also share resources and technologies through parallel engineering management. This has far-reaching strategic significance for the realization of generalization of engines, avionics and other parts and accessories for China's military and civil aircraft in the future. (To be continued.) )