50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 750 Military Enterprises Striving for Transformation

In the first room of the building, Sun Zhiwei was surrounded by Dong Haoyang and all the squad leaders and company commanders.

He took out a hand-drawn port map from his body and placed it on the ground. The map already marked the locations of all the enemies in the port area.

"There are two frigates at the port berth. How many people do you need to operate one of them?"

Sun Zhiwei asked the sailor squad leader who was in charge of the team, because they were the professionals and Sun Zhiwei needed to know the limits of their abilities.

"What is the tonnage of this warship, and how many steam turbines does it have?" the squad leader asked.

"The Ahmedyani-class corvette has a full-load displacement of 2850 tons and is equipped with two 3-horsepower oil-fired boilers-gear-driven steam turbines."

The squad leader silently calculated for a moment before answering, "The engine room needs at least 12 people, and the bridge needs at least 12 people. We have 60 people, so there's no problem getting both ships off."

Sun Zhiwei knew that the squad leader was referring to the minimum number of people, which meant that these people could not take turns resting during the trip.

Fortunately, it is only 1000 kilometers away from Subi Island. With the Ahmed Yai-class corvette's top speed of 28.5 knots, it can get back to base within a day.

Fortunately, there were 12 extra people, and each ship could be assigned 6 people as replacements.

"Since we can operate two ships, then both of them will be our targets."

After determining the objective of this operation, Sun Zhiwei turned to Dong Haoyang and asked:
"Dong Haoyang, are there any issues with the personnel on duty at the port and on the frigate?"

"Boss, don't worry, the people who came with me this time are all elites, we can handle them without any problem."

"We not only need to deal with them, but also try to keep quiet and avoid making a big commotion."

“There are 5 troops stationed outside the port. If you don’t want to be riddled with bullets, you’d better watch out.”

Everyone obeyed orders with a stern expression.

Only then did Sun Zhiwei allow them to carry out pre-battle assignments and mobilization work.

Half an hour later, all the squads were ready. Sun Zhiwei saw that all the soldiers were wearing masks to cover their faces, with only their eyes showing.

Of all the soldiers' equipment, the most expensive was the low-light night vision device.

Compared to the head-mounted night vision goggles currently used by America, handheld night vision goggles are undoubtedly much bulkier, but they have still achieved many successes in the southwestern jungles.

The current domestic purchase price is 15 yuan, and it is not sold to foreign companies.

Sun Zhiwei certainly wouldn't buy handheld night vision goggles out of patriotism; the arms dealers in America have better options, such as telescopic night vision goggles that can be mounted on helmets.

This thing is technologically advanced very quickly, and it's expensive to buy, costing $30 per unit. He only purchased a little over 100 sets, and even sent a few back home so his family could find a way to replicate them.

As the number of people in his group increased, many advanced equipment items were no longer purchased by all employees.

First, advanced equipment is hard to buy, and second, the prices are too high. Although he has money, he is not one to be easily fooled.

Therefore, whenever he could acquire advanced equipment, he would usually buy a hundred or so sets, then send a few back to China so that China could find a way to produce imitations.

The first thing to yield results was not anything else, but the muffler. Last year, he purchased mufflers from America for $2 each. Since he wasn't in a hurry to use them, he adopted this method: he bought more than a hundred first, and then sent some back.

This year, we produced a replica muffler at home. It performs well and costs only 5000 yuan each. It has already been mass-produced, so you can say that it is cheap and plentiful.

Upon receiving the news, Sun Zhiwei immediately ordered the purchase of 1 units. In fact, Sun Zhiwei knew that this price would definitely make his family's arms factory a fortune, but what did it matter? He just wanted to support his family's military industry.

He wasn't in a rush to deliver these 1 mufflers, so they could produce them slowly.

This way, at least the small military factory won't have to worry about orders for several years.

These past few years have been the most difficult time for domestic military enterprises. Many factories have no orders and no funding, and have had to switch to producing civilian products.

For example, Nanjing Factory 720, which manufactured radar, began to transform into producing electric fans, and the "Bat" brand electric fan even won an international award.

Image: Classic bat-shaped electric fan with two lamps
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC), which used to manufacture fighter jets, is now producing washing machines, and Huangyadong Arsenal has become a machinery factory, producing engines and hydraulic presses.

Factory 504 also responded to the call and worked hard to transform itself.

It has to be said that tech talents have truly unique ideas; they actually used centrifuges, which are used to purify nuclear fuel, to purify cream.

You know what, the creamy ice cream made by this super blender is really delicious. You can see bicycles with boxes labeled "504 Ice Cream" everywhere in the city.

The Jialing Factory, which used to manufacture cannons, is now producing the "Jialing 50 motorcycle," which is popular throughout the country.

Photo: Jialing 50 motorcycle, which looks a bit like a modern electric scooter, with pedals on it.

Once their classic "Happiness 520" model is released, Jialing Factory will officially become the number one motorcycle factory in the country.

There are simply too many military industrial enterprises in China. The country is currently focusing its financial resources on developing the economy and cannot afford to take care of them for the time being. Everyone has to rely on their own efforts.

However, any military industrial enterprise that can weather this transformation will experience significant growth in the future.

They either become leaders in their respective fields or return to the military industry to become the backbone of the country's combat power.

Therefore, Sun Zhiwei doesn't mind sending small, miscellaneous products from outside back to China for imitation.

He will place another order as long as they can successfully replicate it.

We'll save as many as we can. It's very possible that because Sun Zhiwei gave them a second chance, their factories might survive.

At 3 a.m., everyone was ready. Dong Haoyang waved his hand, and 100 soldiers filed out of the abandoned building.

They had already memorized the port's buildings and the enemy's location, and now they concealed themselves as they approached their target.

Sun Zhiwei was standing on high ground, and the space opened up completely, covering the entire dock area.

In his spatial vision, the commando team was methodically infiltrating the port area, silently eliminating the scattered personnel in the port.

Twenty minutes later, all the enemies in the port's fixed facilities had been cleared out, except for the old gatekeeper in the guardhouse at the entrance.

The old gatekeeper is quite old, and he watches TV until very late every night.

Because he also has hearing problems, he would turn the TV volume up very high, and he couldn't hear anything outside unless it was thundering.

Therefore, when assigning tasks, the old man was left behind, which would be a good safety disguise.

(End of this chapter)