Director Wu was speechless for a moment, and in front of Elder Zhang, Qin Zhenhua uncovered their fig leaf, which also gave them a heavy pressure.

"396 engine?" Zhang Lao said: "The report of this engine has been played many times, can it be used in our tanks?" ”

Since it was later the railway department that bought such engines in large quantities, there was no need for the defense department to pay for it, but in any case, this was always the money of the state, and the state bought these things in order to get the Germans to sell technology on German terms.

However, who would have thought that people only gave information, craftsmanship or something, just didn't give it! However, this is the business of the engine, and it has nothing to do with it, and it is not a trivial matter for the brother unit to be in charge of it now.

It's just that if the brother unit is greedy, sees that its engine project has achieved phased results, and then comes to pick the fruit, then he will never agree, after all, this is too ugly.

Elder Zhang is here, you still want to have a plan, then let's talk about your project.

"Director Wu, can it be used on tanks?" Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhang Lao asked again.

"Whether this can be used in tanks or not depends on a machine factory." Wu Liquan kicked the ball back, the first machine factory is the final assembly unit, whether it can be used in the tank or not, the first machine factory has the final say.

"We think there's a big problem, it's too big." Qin Zhenhua said: "However, this engine has advanced technology and great potential, and it has many uses, for example, I think it is very good as a boat, especially if it can be used in our submarines, it can make the power system of the submarine achieve a major change." ”

The large volume is not suitable at all, however, as far as the domestic defense industry is concerned, this engine is indispensable, and it is used in railway locomotives, which is just overkill, and the really useful is the submarine!

At present, the diesel engine used in domestic submarines is still the kind of backward goods introduced during the friendly period with the Soviet Union, the power is not much, the fuel consumption is not low, and the vibration is also large.

The content that Zhang Lao is responsible for is in all aspects, naturally including the submarine force, now, hearing Qin Zhenhua's suggestion, he nodded seriously: "Yes, we have to develop our own, when it is time to introduce it, we must also introduce it, our engine institute has a great responsibility, the localization of this kind of engine, we must grasp it, we must win this battle!" ”

"Yes." Wu Liquan replied there, Zhang Lao's words have put a heavy shackle on them, this project, there is no way back, it must be successful!

However, if you think about it, the engine institute is the most advanced engine research institute in China, so how can the engine institute not be compared to a machine factory? They have spent a huge amount of money on the country, and they must make this diesel engine successful, and they must let everyone in the system see it.

"You guys, you have to learn more from a machine factory." Zhang Lao said another sentence, this sentence made Wu Liquan listen to it in his heart with mixed feelings, how to listen to it is not a taste, let's learn from a machine factory?

What can be done, although we feel good ourselves, but over the years, there is really nothing to get the results of the shot, the engine in front of us, that is a machine factory self-raised funds to develop, the engine developed by others, has been able to output a thousand horsepower!

When people have results in hand, they should naturally become role models in the industry, and the big guys know this.

Wu Liquan could only nod: "Yes, we will learn from a machine factory." ”

After giving full affirmation to this engine developed by a machine factory, Zhang Lao conducted an inspection in a machine factory, looking at the second-generation tank developed by a machine factory, he was also full of praise, although it is only a beginning, but as long as it goes down this road, the army will definitely be able to get a good main battle weapon!

After the inspection, it was already dark, and the enthusiastic Zhang Lao still stayed, and held a meeting in the conference room of a machine factory.

It was a decisive meeting.

"Now, we know that there are two main types of engines that we are currently developing that are suitable for tanks." The presiding officer was Zhu Lao, and next to Zhu Lao was Zhang Lao, who attended the meeting, because of the arrival of Zhang Lao, the level of this meeting was raised a lot.

With the failure of the engine, there are now only these two types of main battle tanks that can power your own main battle tank.

"One is the 150HB diesel engine we have seen, the specific performance, the results achieved, we already know, there is another kind, is the X150 engine of the coal provincial diesel engine factory, now, this opportunity is rare, our engine experts, are gathered here, and Zhang Lao's sitting, picking up the day is not as good as hitting the sun, so we simply at this meeting, come up with a final decision, aim at the direction, and make efforts to one place, Strive for the early completion of the power system required by our third-generation tanks. Zhu Lao said: "Now, I would like to invite Director Zhang of the Coal Province Diesel Engine Factory to introduce to you the specific situation of the development of the X150 engine to the present. ”

Zhang Baolin stood up.

"At that time, in order to develop the engine of the third generation of tanks, we put forward a lot of plans, and we Coal Province Diesel Engine Factory, self-funded, carried out the development of the X150 engine." Zhang Baolin said: "In order to increase the strength, we have redesigned the fuel injection pump, the body, the crank connecting rod mechanism, and strengthened the transmission gear and other improved designs. In bench tests, we measured the engine power of 706 kilowatts, that is, about 950 horsepower, but the engine could not operate stably, and there were many failures such as cracks in the cylinder head, broken auxiliary rod lugs and ablation of bearings. ”

Back then, their X150 engine was the first to be put on the bench, and when it was moved up, it also got more than 900 horsepower, but it just didn't break through 1,000 horsepower, and this 1,000 horsepower was a watershed. On the contrary, a machine factory made a preemptive strike.

Moreover, now in the investigation, this engine has been running continuously for more than an hour, and it has been very stable, without major failures, while its own engine, running for an hour, properly burst the cylinder head.

At last year's meeting, these problems appeared, and this year, they still haven't solved them.