Qin Zhenhua has already prepared everything, after all, since last year, he has been preparing for this meeting, of course, everything is in order, and any unexpected circumstances have been taken into account.

Now, at this meeting, the new look of the first machine factory has made Minister Zhu very satisfied, and they want to compete for engines and tank research and development, and they have done a lot of work.

If you directly develop two models, it is very costly, and the country can't afford it, but now, these two models have evolved into a model, a large number of components are kept universal, the chassis, that is, the engine is different, even the gearbox is universal, to save research and development expenses to the greatest extent, the turret is different, however, the turret of 1223 does not need to be developed at all, it is enough to move the current one, so, in fact, it is just a new project research and development.

They are not only thinking about how to improve their combat effectiveness, but also how to save money for the country, they can consider it from this angle, it is still relatively good, Minister Zhu nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at General Zhang on the side.

In General Zhang's eyes, there was also a look of approval, since a machine factory has been prepared to this extent, is it still necessary to worry?

After all, a machine factory has always been reliable, from 59 tanks, to 69 tanks, and then to the original research and development of 122 tanks, a machine factory is a leader, as for the advanced armor-piercing bullet developed by a machine factory last year, it is a sharp weapon that everyone is very satisfied with.

As a result, the ideas were unified, and in the next two days of meetings, almost all of them were Qin Zhenhua reporting on various specific design plans, research and development processes, and even the roughly required budget for each stage, Qin Zhenhua's development plan can be said to be the most detailed one in the entire tank development process.

At the end of the meeting, finally, the research and development plan of the second-generation tank was officially formed.

According to the project model, a machine factory should first build a 1223 prototype, which can be built in the shortest possible time using the existing design scheme, and then transferred to the test run, and then, on this basis, make persistent efforts to build the 1224 experimental prototype.

Compared with the weight limit of 38 tons of the 1223 experimental prototype, this 1224 experimental prototype has been enlarged to more than 40 tons, of course, the body is exactly the same, mainly the increase in armor and the change of the turret, the large turret is naturally heavier, and the engine in the tail has also come up.

The 1224 experimental prototype is the most anticipated program, compared with the 1223 patchwork scheme, the 1224 experimental prototype can reach 1000 horsepower due to the installation of an advanced 8V331 engine, and it is no problem to drive a tank of more than 40 tons, and it can even be increased to the upper limit of 45 tons, and the off-road speed can also reach more than 45 kilometers per hour, and the maximum speed can even reach 60 kilometers per hour.

As for the artillery, 120 mm tank guns were also to be used.

This is no longer the shoddy 120 mm tank gun used in the original 122 tank, but the advanced 120 mm smoothbore gun redeveloped and produced after absorbing the full production process of the L7 tank gun, with a light body, high bore pressure and long firing range.

Now, in terms of the choice of tank gun caliber, there is no controversy, moving closer to the West, it is natural to engage in 120 mm smoothbore guns, in fact, the development of this tank, although it is said to be to fight against the Soviet T-72 tank, but intentionally or unintentionally, everyone compares it with the Leopard-2.

Since you don't have the money to buy a Leopard-2 tank, let's build it yourself!

At the same time, the superiors also have high hopes for this overhauled version of 1224, so they also hope to have a complete set of advanced fire control systems, and many supporting projects must be implemented at this meeting and given to various contractors.

It can be said that the Coal Provincial Diesel Engine Plant, the Coal Provincial Engine Institute, the First Engine Factory, the Second Engine Factory, and many other units have all been tasked and everyone has coordinated and worked hard for the second-generation tank project.

Even the invited experts, such as Wang Limin and Cao Jianli, had to undertake the research and development tasks of the fire control system and become a member of the research and development team.

However, it only lost the original main event, the tank design institute!

This is an important meeting in the tank industry!

When Qin Zhenhua began to propose the project, many people thought that the tank design institute would come out to grab the project, just like the engine grabbed the project of the engine factory, but, surprisingly, they gave a pertinent opinion, but no one objected, let alone wanted to grab the project.

This is incredible, especially Niu Shilong, who was still waiting to see a good show.

This is the last day, and after the entire project is assigned on this day, Niu Shilong comes to an old man with white hair at dinner.

When he was in a machine factory, he had a lot of dealings with tank designers, so he was very familiar with these people, especially Fang Xian, the current director of the tank design institute.

"Elder Fang, I was embarrassed to come to you for the bidding a few days ago, today is over, I will come over to toast you." Niu Shilong said very righteously.

I used to look for you, then there was a situation of private communication, which is very gossipy, that Qin Zhenhua did not shy away from suspicion at all, and communicated with engine experts in private, and he must not do this, it seems to be selfless.

In fact, since Niu Shilong became the director of the diesel engine factory in the coal province, he felt that he was already at the same level as them, and it was almost the same to say hello when he met, where was the idea of taking the initiative to toast, and now, he just felt that this was too strange, so he came over to talk.

He felt that his attitude had been very low, after all, the other party was a little older, and it was not an exaggeration to take the initiative to toast.

Fang Xian looked at Niu Shilong, and also picked up the wine and said, "Director Niu, I haven't congratulated you on your promotion, come, let's have a drink." ”

Niu Shilong heard this sentence, he was not calm, it seemed to sting his glass heart, he was going to drink, but he stopped, and then said: "I can't say it in the past two days, but now, the project has been settled, I will take the liberty of it, our tank design institute, will we just watch the research and development project, let a machine factory go?" Even if many people in our tank design institute came from a machine factory, they wouldn't protect Qin Zhenhua so much, right? ”

Hearing Niu Shilong say this, someone on the side was immediately unhappy: "I know that farting here, it stinks!" ”