Chapter 955: The 155mm cannon with an embarrassing identity
Over the past few years, the No. 1 Machinery Factory has constantly advocated competition and the breaking of the iron rice bowl, which has made many military factories seriously dissatisfied.
However, as time went on, they also gradually realized the inevitability of competition, and whoever acted late would be in a hurry, and the sooner they changed their mindset, the sooner they could get the factory on the right track.
Now, there are a lot of dissatisfied voices, and they grit their teeth with hatred for Qin Zhenhua, but after going through labor pains again and again, they will finally thank Qin Zhenhua.
There are too many military factories in the country, and these military factories want to live on state subsidies, which will bring a huge burden to the country, so for the country, it will definitely be governed, and some of the military factories will go bankrupt and close down if they do not seek to improve, and the rest will begin to adapt to the competition, begin to have this concept, begin to change themselves, and gradually get on the right track.
Domestic competition will bring some pains, but also bring new integration, and the final result is to make the remaining domestic military factories become stronger, and after they are strong, they will have enough strength to compete internationally.
Although at this stage, we can only rely on good quality and low price to win the favor of customers, but in the future, in the end, we still have to rely on quality to win, low price is just a beginning, only take the road of low price is impossible to go on forever.
Qin Zhenhua can already clearly see this trend, but he doesn't know if other people can feel this way.
Just want to mess around? Competition is everywhere.
Needless to say, in modern society, even in nature, natural selection, how can we do without competition? Male animals have to compete, the winning side can have the right to mate, even if it is mating, so many small tadpoles, who swims fast, who will have a chance, the naked truth of nature, is competition. Being weak has no value for survival, and being weak has only one ending.
(East China Xiong code word, outside the window, a bug crawled up, just as it crawled in front of the window, a bird flew over and took the worm away...) It feels like it's fun. )
The meeting of the military parade was considered to have settled, and when Qin Zhenhua walked out of the conference room, it was already starry outside.
"Zhenhua, you are famous today, those people used to scold you, from today onwards, they will have to scold you." With the voice from behind, Qin Zhenhua saw that it was his old acquaintance, Xie Huimin of the Second Machine Factory.
Of course, the Second Machine Factory also has to participate in this kind of meeting, and the Second Machine Factory also has products that have entered the catalog of the military parade, for example, the 155 mm howitzers produced by the Second Machine Factory!
The big guys are very busy these days, and they usually meet to say hello, and it's useless to communicate too much, but now, with the end of the meeting, Xie Huimin finally came to see Qin Zhenhua.
Since he came over like this, then Xie Huimin must have a purpose.
"What are personal interests, it's not for the interests of the country, it's for the sake of our entire military industry." Qin Zhenhua said: "Director Xie, you came to me for this matter?" ”
"yes." Xie Huimin sighed: "When we had a meeting today, we made it clear that anyone who does not participate in the military parade will participate in this international defense exhibition, but can the 155mm guns of our Second Machine Factory also participate in this defense exhibition?" ”
The No. 2 Machine Factory is a cannon manufacturer, and since the most advanced electroslag remelting steel technology imported from Austria is in the No. 2 Machine Factory, all kinds of advanced artillery are naturally produced in the No. 2 Machine Factory.
This also includes the latest introduction of 155mm howitzer technology. Now, this cannon has been confirmed to participate in the parade, which makes Xie Huimin naturally very happy, but at the same time, he is even more worried.
Since the introduction of this cannon, there have been two completely different voices in China, some people support it, and some people oppose it.
The supporting opinion is naturally that the performance of this cannon is very good, its ballistic characteristics are very good, and the supporting full-bore bottom discharge and modular medicine packaging technology are all advanced technological achievements of the West, which can greatly improve the suppression ability of large-caliber suppression artillery. Although it is a towed artillery, its mobility is quite good, and it can be said that after walking the road of Soviet-made equipment for several decades, it is quite rare to be able to come into contact with such advanced weapons and equipment from the West.
However, the army is an old-fashioned branch of the army, and it always likes to hold on to the weapons of the past, so there are many voices of opposition to this kind of artillery.
This kind of artillery was made by Westerners, and the overall design required the taller body of Western soldiers to be easy to use. For our soldiers with relatively low height, it is inconvenient to use. The most advanced of this kind of artillery is the full-bore bottom discharge, but the processing of this kind of shell is difficult and the cost is high.
Of course, these are all excuses, the most important of which is that the army has been using the Soviet equipment system for a long time, introducing Western standard artillery, soldiers need time to familiarize themselves with and adapt, and some rules and regulations need to be revised and adjusted, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of some old diehards.
Besides, the new domestic 152-mm cannon is also under development, and the introduction of the 155-mm cannon at this time is undoubtedly a catastrophe for the 152-mm gun.
Therefore, although Dr. Boole's speech was very wonderful at that time, and the performance of the artillery was also very good, the leaders of the relevant departments put forward the basic attitude of "no opposition, no equipment, no money".
In this case, the second machine factory has invested enough money and began to introduce it at its own expense, even in the process of localization, the artillery research and development team cultivated is also a valuable asset.
Fortunately, over the past few years, this cannon has been maturing, and the old leaders have also nodded in agreement.
The embarrassing identity of the 155mm gun has been almost until now, after all, the relevant departments have made it clear that they will not install the 155mm gun.
Finally, at the preparatory meeting of the 8*910 project just now, the 155-mm towed gun was listed, which can be regarded as a life-saving straw for them, and it has great benefits for the localization of the 155-mm gun.
However, at the same time, Xie Huimin is still very clear in his heart that just the 20 guns purchased during the parade are far from enough, and the 155 mm gun is an international standard caliber, so it is naturally more important to sell this kind of gun.
After all, this is a Western caliber, and the market prospects are broader.
However, if it is listed as a military parade item, it should be kept secret, and it will not have a sensational effect until it suddenly appears during the military parade, so he didn't dare to talk to the leader directly about this matter, so he came to Qin Zhenhua first.
Sure enough, Qin Zhenhua also shook his head: "No, Lao Xie, this is a matter of principle." ”