Qin Zhenhua didn't know much about this factory meeting, just that night, the north wind was whining, the cold snap from Siberia finally began to wreak havoc on the grassland, there were more things to prepare, Qin Zhenhua took a few people, all day long in the corner of the maintenance workshop, tinkering with something, when someone looked over, it was some cardboard boxes, all kinds of switch knobs painted on them, I don't know what to use.

It was a busy day, and the next morning, when I got up, I saw that there was already a thick layer of snow outside!

On the steppe, the long winter is about to start again.

Wearing a thick military coat, Qin Zhenhua was carrying a leather bag of artificial leather, which looked rustic and foreign, which was simply nondescript.

In this era, only leaders can carry this kind of leather bag, and this time, in order to go abroad, the factory specially transferred a few leather bags, one per person, of course, these leather bags are not given to them, they are loaned, and after coming back, they still have to be returned to the factory.

Qin Zhenhua looked at his side, Wang Erzhu's mouth couldn't close with a smile, carrying a leather bag of artificial leather, just like a rich man in the village, and couldn't help patting him on the shoulder: "Let's go, let's get in the car together." ”

The day of going abroad finally came, from the grassland city, by train, to the capital, rested in the capital for a day, and the next day, took a passenger plane and went to Europe.

In this era, taking a passenger plane is not something that ordinary people can imagine, even the county magistrate does not have this opportunity, and taking a plane is not something that can be done with money, but also with a line!

And this time, the opportunity to take a civil aviation charter flight and the entire delegation to Europe is even more rare.

When he got on the plane, Wang Erzhu was even more foggy, and he only felt that this time was the most glorious in this life.

Qin Zhenhua and Wang Erzhu, the two apprentices, have the lowest status in the entire delegation, and the others are all cadres, and the leader of this delegation is Minister Zhu!

That's right, that high-ranking Minister Zhu personally led the team to Europe for inspection, and as for the members of the inspection team, most of them were elites from the Fifth Aircraft Department, and of course, there were also many military representatives who were led by Commander Huang.

After the plane took off, Qin Zhenhua was called by the secretary in front, the seats in front were obviously wider, Qin Zhenhua saw Minister Zhu and Commander Huang, they were chatting there, and when they saw Qin Zhenhua coming, the two raised their heads with smiles.

"I was going to talk to you before I left, but I didn't bother at the time, so let's take advantage of the time on the plane to talk." Minister Zhu said with a smile: "We have all read the report of the first machine factory, and we heard Lao Huang say that it was drafted by you, so we are very interested." ”

The report was submitted in duplicate to the Fifth Machine Department through Ma Panshan, and at the same time to the troops through Luo Ronggen, the factory must be in the name of the First Machine Factory, but Commander Huang knew that it was from Qin Zhenhua's handwriting.

"Yes." Qin Zhenhua replied, this is not the first time he has seen two heavyweights, but Qin Zhenhua is not restrained, standing in the aisle next to him generously and chatting with the two.

"Now, the Western world is moving towards the third generation of tanks." Commander Huang said: "Let's go to investigate this time, have you thought about it, maybe we can directly buy the third-generation tank technology of the West?" ”

Originally, these were all things that the big people considered, Qin Zhenhua, an apprentice like him, supposedly had no right to speak, but his report attracted the attention of his superiors, the content was detailed, and at the same time he did not pursue the latest technology, it seemed to be a solid model, and there was a leap in armor-piercing ability achieved under him, so now the two of them wanted to see how he answered.

Why don't you put all those lofty technologies in the report?

"Report leader, these are my guesses, advanced third-generation tanks, first, the West may not be willing to sell to us, second, even if the West is willing to sell to us, we are afraid that we do not have the funds."

Qin Zhenhua said these two points, and suddenly, Minister Zhu and Commander Huang glanced at each other, and then nodded approvingly, if it was from a senior official, such an analysis would naturally be normal, but it would be quite difficult for Qin Zhenhua, an apprentice in a front-line factory, to explain the problem concisely and to the point.

With an overall view of the world situation, an analysis of the motives of various countries, and a grasp of one's own national strength, how can this young man know so much?

"You're right." After speaking, an unwilling smile appeared on Commander Huang's face.

The pressure on the army is very great, the Soviet Union in the north, at any time will push the rolling armor torrent over, their own side is now relying on the 59 tank, can not stop it at all, and now, the troops are naturally interested in the West's advanced third-generation tanks, especially with the Leopard 2 tank as the benchmark, if there can be such a tank, then the armored forces, no longer have to worry about the threat of the Soviet Union.

It's a pity that the country can't afford it, although I went this time, I will inspect Leopard 2, and it is estimated that it is just a pleasure.

"So, what if we develop our own third-generation tank?" Minister Zhu asked.

Qin Zhenhua shook his head: "No, our technical reserves are too small, tank guns, fire control systems, power systems, we almost all started from scratch, and we went directly to the third-generation tank, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"Well, what if we can import similar equipment this time, for example, high-horsepower diesel engines?"

The words of the two of them, speaking of this, no longer seem to be to test Qin Zhenhua, but seem to have consulted Qin Zhenhua's opinion.

Qin Zhenhua said very clearly in his report, advanced CNC machine tools, 105 mm tank guns, and tank engines, in terms of engines, Qin Zhenhua gave his opinion, is an advanced batch of Leopard 1 tanks and other engines, the power is below 1000 horsepower, and now, the world's most advanced tank power system is already 1500 horsepower.

So, what if you can import 1500 horsepower engine technology and then go directly to the third generation of tanks?

"This, a specialized military diesel engine, I'm afraid it can't be introduced, right?" Qin Zhenhua asked, after all, he didn't know what the relationship between the country and foreign countries was, and what kind of results could be achieved by this overseas investigation, but it can be guessed that it is not so easy to introduce the engine technology of the Leopard 2 tank.

"Young man, you are still too young, you must not have heard of the military diesel engine in the West, and the corresponding model of the civilian diesel engine, right?" At this moment, a middle-aged man sitting in the back spoke.

Qin Zhenhua looked over and saw this middle-aged man, wearing a Mao suit, with a somewhat thin figure, and a thick black-framed glasses on his eyes.

"Oh, this is the technical backbone of the diesel engine factory in the coal province, Lao Zhang, he is an expert in engines." Commander Huang looked at the person behind him and interjected, so he introduced: "They are now developing our 537 kilowatt turbocharged diesel engine." ”