One of the most important purposes of Gao Junshan's visit to Xi'an was to inspect the tank factory.

Xi'an is the largest tank production base in China, with the largest tank factory in China, this factory has 200,000 employees and has 23 tank assembly lines, which means that in the case of sufficient materials, 23 tanks can be produced in three days.

Xi'an Tank Factory covers an area of more than 3 million square meters, located in Yanliang, in the northeast of Xi'an City, Gao Junshan took a Jeep to drive for an hour and a half to the gate of the factory.

Gao Junshan's three old ministers Bai Lisha, Liu Hongru and Tian Wenju came to inspect with him, and Gao Junshan's guard troops also stopped in front of the factory in two military trucks.

On both sides of the gate stood dozens of heroic girls, the girls were dressed in the military uniforms of tank soldiers, holding flowers to welcome the arrival of Gao Junshan, colorful flags fluttering in front of the gate, and a banner with yellow characters on a red background was pulled in front of the door, and the words "welcome the emperor to come and visit" were written on the banner.

The factory director was already waiting in front of the gate, and Gao Junshan and his entourage were welcomed into the factory by the factory director after getting off the Zhongjeep.

As soon as I entered the factory, I saw a tank phalanx, and in front of the tank phalanx, the tank soldiers lined up in a neat formation to welcome the arrival of the emperor.

The factory director who accompanied Gao Junshan introduced to Gao Junshan as he walked: "Mountain Chief, the front team is the first batch of tank soldiers trained by our Xi'an Tank Academy, and it is also the first batch of tank soldiers in our Huaxia. ”

Gao Junshan asked: "How many tanks are there in this tank phalanx?" ”

The director replied: "Back to the mountain chief, there are forty-six tanks in total. ”

At this time, they had already come to the front of the queue, and a battalion commander ran forward and saluted Gao Junshan: "Report to the mountain chief!" The commander of the first battalion of the first regiment of the first tank division led the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion to be inspected by the mountain commander! ”

Gao Junshan saluted back to the battalion commander, and then stood in front of the queue and said loudly to the officers and men of the battalion:

"You are the first tank battalion in our Huaxia, you are shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending Huaxia, where there is an enemy, you must bravely rush up and blow them up, crush them, and crush them! Let those enemies tremble in front of our tanks! Our flag flies high! Our flag is always flying! ”

After Gao Junshan finished speaking briefly, the tank battalion commander came to Gao Junshan again: "The first tank battalion is ready to go, please instruct!" ”

Gao Junshan raised his hand: "Let's go!" ”

The tank battalion commander ran back to the queue and gave the order to the whole battalion: "The whole battalion listens to the order, get on the car and go!" ”

As soon as the order of the tank battalion commander was issued, the officers and men of the whole battalion immediately rushed to their tanks, and the tank phalanx suddenly resounded with a rumbling sound.

The three old ministers had never seen a tank before, and suddenly heard the rumbling sound of a tank, and couldn't help but take two steps back.

The first batch of tanks produced by the Xi'an Tank Factory was a copy of the T-34 tank of later generations, weighing 32 tons, with an engine power of 500 horsepower, a maximum speed of 75 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 400 kilometers, and a 76 mm tank gun.

The tank platoon began to move, and forty-six tanks passed in front of the high mountain in a single formation, and the road where the tanks walked pressed a deep track track.

The tank battalion commander sat in the first tank, the top of which was always open, and the battalion commander showed half of his body and saluted facing the high mountain.

Gao Junshan waved to the queue of moving tanks.

The rumbling tanks passed in front of the high mountains one by one, and the smoke of the tank engines filled the air, and the three old ministers hurriedly covered their noses.

The tank convoy drove out of the gate after half an hour, circled around the open field of the factory, and then drove out of the gate.

The factory director invited Gao Junshan: "The tank battalion is now going to the field to conduct a live-fire exercise, and the mountain chief is invited to take a chariot to watch the battle!" ”

So everyone got into a large truck converted into a chariot, with two rows of seats for people watching the tank shooting. After the group got into the car and sat down, the big truck started, and the spectator vehicle followed the tank queue for half an hour and came to the shooting site.

The spectator car stopped at the best viewing position, and everyone was waiting for the start of the tank shooting, and the three old ministers were the most nervous, because they had never seen a tank before, and they didn't know what the tank shooting was like.

After a while, the tanks formed three horizontal formations, and the turrets began to adjust their gun positions, and suddenly, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, the barrels of the tanks erupted strings of flames, and one shell after another flew towards the same target, only to see a forest five hundred meters away was blown up into smoke.

The three old ministers were defenseless, stunned by the sudden explosion.

After the tank had finished firing, the vehicle drove to the woods to inspect the effect, and one of the trees was blown up to the ground, and the trees flew in all directions. Gao Junshan was very satisfied with the live firing, and after the tank battalion fired the live ammunition, he drove directly to the factory's transportation line.

In the tank factory, there are four railways leading to the outside, and the tanks can be directly transmitted to the freight cars of the trains when they get on the transportation line.

The director of the factory told Gao Junshan that the two trains would go directly to the Bushehr station, and that 46 tanks would be transported across the sea by ship at the Bushehr port, and that this tank battalion would be able to appear in the oil city in half a month.

Watching the tank returned to the factory, Gao Junshan visited the railway station of the tank factory, this railway station is responsible for the transportation of tank accessories and finished tanks, the tank factory has a corresponding transportation line connected to the tank railway station, so after the parts are transported to the tank railway station, they can be directly transferred into the tank assembly workshop without unloading.

To be precise, the tank factory should be called the tank assembly plant, because only some key components are produced here, and nearly 10,000 parts of the tank are produced by military factories all over the country and transported here by train for assembly and molding.

There are now 15 tank factories in Huaxia, the Xi'an Tank Factory is the largest tank factory in the country, and the other 14 tank factories are also built along the railway line for the purpose of facilitating transportation.

On the way back to Xi'an after visiting the tank factory, the three old ministers didn't say a word, Gao Junshan looked at their frightened expressions and said with a smile: "How is it?" I warned you when you came that tanks are scary, but you don't believe it, so what is happening now? ”

Tian Wenju said: "Your Majesty, you don't play like this, our three old ministers are not young, where can we withstand such a scene, don't laugh at us, let's be quiet first, such a powerful tank has not gone out to exert its might, but scared a few of our old ministers to death first!" ”