Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"President Qin, the higher-ups haven't decided to export this self-propelled artillery yet. Is it appropriate for us to sell it directly like this?" Zhuang Shuren asked with some concern as Marani left.

"The higher-ups haven't agreed to export it, but that's only because we haven't had the opportunity to export it. If we could export it, the army wouldn't equip a single one," Qin Yang said.

This 120mm high-pressure smoothbore gun also cost a huge amount of money to develop, and it took many years of hard work. It was originally intended for third-generation tanks, but in the final bidding process, it was replaced by the 125mm tank gun developed by Factory 960!

In order to prevent the huge investment in research and development from going to waste, the country decided to equip a batch of them, purely as a consolation. Now that they can be sold abroad, would the higher authorities object?

In fact, the army might even repaint the self-propelled anti-tank guns that have been equipped and sell them. The army only equips a few dozen vehicles and has to reserve special ammunition. It's not worth it at all. It's better to eliminate them all.

Zhuang Shuren nodded. As long as President Qin supported him, everything would be easy.

The Second Machine Factory, the country's main artillery production facility, now has no ideas. What can they do in the future?

"There are many things you can produce," Qin Yang said. "You need deep-hole processing technology to make cannons. These technologies can be used to manufacture many civilian equipment. You need advanced steel to make cannons. These steels can also be used to manufacture various gears and other products. How can you say you don't have any projects when you have such vast resources in your hands?"

"President Qin, what you're talking about are all civilian products. We are a military enterprise and still want to gain something in military projects," Zhuang Shuren said. Of course, he knew that he could make many things, but these things were not for military use.

"Military use? Are you interested in the single-barreled 130mm naval gun used on warships?"

Single-barreled 130mm naval gun? Zhuang Shuren thought for a moment, "We haven't made naval guns before. Besides, aren't advanced naval guns 100mm?"

"Of course not. The 100mm naval gun is neither high nor low, and there is no market at all. In the future, the main guns of our warships must be based on 130mm and 76mm. This is a series of projects, not only gun barrels, but also automatic loading mechanisms, and so on. If you are interested, I will introduce you to them."

"Of course."

So, Qin Yang stayed at the Second Machine Factory and introduced various naval gun designs. By the time it was evening, he had dinner at the Second Machine Factory at Zhuang Shuren's enthusiastic invitation and drank some wine. The day passed.

Tomorrow, he must continue to stay in the workshop and work with Old Zhu and the others!

Qin Yang made up his mind, returned to the First Machine Factory's guest house with Nie Xiaoqian, and then saw a person in a naval uniform standing at the door.

This is the prairie, and it is rare to see the navy.

"President Qin, you are finally back," the man said. "Please get in the car. We will go to the airport immediately."

"What for?"

"To the naval aviation base."

Naval aviation base? Qin Yang frowned, "What am I going there for?"

"We have built a ski-jump deck and coordinated the No. 03 J-11 fighter jet. We would like to invite you to witness this aircraft taking off from the ski-jump deck."

Ski-jump takeoff?

Qin Yang had made a suggestion and promised to help coordinate, but later he forgot about it because he was busy. Unexpectedly, the navy still remembered and built a ski-jump deck!

He had promised to coordinate carrier-based aircraft. Now the task of coordination has also been completed by the navy, just to let Qin Yang take a look. Of course, he could not refuse.

So, Qin Yang took Nie Xiaoqian into the car to go to the airport, took a Yun-8 to take off, and looking at the scene outside the cabin, Qin Yang could only say sorry, he broke his promise again.

"Where is the ski-jump test platform built?" On the plane, Qin Yang asked the person next to him.

"Huangdi Village."

This name is very familiar. It is the naval aviation training base in later generations. However, in later generations, because Shenfei's J-15 was used, Huangdi Village in Xingcheng, Liaoning was chosen. What about now? Now that the J-11 is produced by Factory 320, why does the Navy still choose this place?

In this era, because the range of fighter jets used by the navy and air force is very short, the density of bases must be increased in order to provide a dense air defense network to guard the motherland's airspace.

Thousands of J-6 fighter jets are not a joke. Fifty planes per base would require hundreds of bases.

Huangdi Village Base is one of them. As a naval aviation base, it is located by the sea. After takeoff, it can fly to the sea with enough training airspace. Now, a J-6 flight squadron is stationed here with two flight runways.

One of the flight runways has been modified to include an upward-sloping flight deck, all made of steel. It seems that the Navy has spent a lot of money.

It was midnight when Qin Yang arrived here. He could only see the flight deck from the light of the runway lights. After the plane came to a stop, a group of people greeted him. The leader was Zhao Guodong.

"President Qin, you're finally here. See if our ski-jump deck is the same as you envisioned?"

Qin Yang only proposed a twelve-degree ski-jump deck, which refers to the angle between a tangent line drawn backward from the front end of the deck to the ground. The length and height of this ski-jump deck are uncertain.

Qin Yang doesn't understand these things, but looking at the size and shape, it should be similar to that of later generations.

"After receiving the news, we organized a large group of people to calculate and obtained a design plan through calculation, and then built it. We don't know if it will work."

"Whether it works or not, we have to fly it to know. Where's the plane?" Qin Yang asked.

"The plane will arrive tomorrow, and experiments can be carried out after it arrives," said Liang Dacheng, the head of the base. "The Air Force is very unhappy, saying that the No. 03 aircraft also undertakes important test flight missions, but it was still coordinated to us, but only for three days."

After all, the plane belongs to the Air Force, and the Air Force is also very anxious. The Navy can only eat leftovers.

Qin Yang smiled, "Your Navy can also order one, such as the No. 04, for the Navy to use for test flights. By then, let's transform the Huangdi Village base, put on arresting cables, and it can become a naval carrier-based aviation training base."