Chapter 161 Pressure from the Ground (3k)

When Gao Zhendong was doing the preliminary work, the Defense Work Committee also put in a lot of effort and gave him a copy of all the materials on the existing related equipment.

Fortunately, infantry fighting vehicles are a common product, and related things, such as existing artillery technology resources, do not involve things that are too deep or sensitive.

Some comrades who are more familiar with naval and air artillery agreed with Gao Zhendong's statement.

"Indeed, Director Gao's idea is good. The Navy's northern 25mm gun is indeed more suitable."

"Yes, and the Air Force's 37mm guns are already being equipped with fighter jets and are about to be discontinued."

Only the user has a different idea: "Well, can we use all 100 guns?"

You want a BMP-3, right? Gao Zhendong almost laughed out loud.

However, he still explained: "If we do this, it will become an assault gun. For the time being, the technology and funds are not suitable."

The user expressed some regret: "Yeah, I'll talk about it later, I'll talk about it later."

After careful consideration, some comrades raised a more specific question: "If there is a large turret on top, will it cause the projection of the whole vehicle to be too large and increase the area that is vulnerable to bullets?"

The other comrades thought about it and answered.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. It won't increase too much."

"It can be solved through design, by making the car body shorter."

"It's all on the turret. It doesn't matter if it's higher or lower."

Gao Zhendong still explained that he actually thought that a higher turret or even a higher hull would not be a big problem in future combat environments, but he couldn't say that now.

"It's worth adding a little bit, and we can design the protruding turret to accommodate the mechanical parts as much as possible, and the operator can still operate from the vehicle body. Even if the optoelectronic system is not mature yet, we can use the periscope aiming system to solve it."

This is a little different from a true unmanned turret, but it can reduce casualties to a certain extent when the turret is hit.

The user was very happy about this suggestion: "Yes, yes, yes, this will ensure firepower and improve the survivability of personnel."

In the end, everyone agreed on the preliminary indicators for the infantry fighting vehicle.

Mobility: Maximum speed 60~70km per hour, crawler walking mechanism, maximum continuous range 500~600km, can float directly without preparation, floating speed 6km per hour.

Firepower: The main weapon is a 25mm cannon, the secondary weapon is a 7.62mm machine gun, and the infantry on board provide supplementary firepower through the firing holes on the vehicle body.

Defense: It can withstand 25mm armor-piercing bullets from the front and 12.7mm armor-piercing bullets from the side and rear.

Finally, the meeting passed a resolution on developing the first generation of infantry fighting vehicles, and the Defense Work Committee subsequently organized factories and institutes to carry out the development.

After the meeting, the user representatives looked very satisfied, as if they had received a new toy.

Seeing Gao Zhendong, the user's representative saluted first, then said to Gao Zhendong: "Director Gao, I have something to ask you."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "You're welcome. What's the matter? Tell me."

"The anti-tank missile you just mentioned."

Gao Zhendong laughed: "So you guys are eyeing this thing? I only know that it exists, but I don't know the specific situation or the development in China."

"Can you push and push like an infantry fighting vehicle?"

Gao Zhendong was quite clear about the development of anti-tank missiles. He did not need to push it himself as it was launched two years later. However, the biggest problem was performance. The first generation of anti-tank missiles basically did not form real combat effectiveness.

It was not until 73 that the Chijian-79 anti-tank missile was imitated and finalized in 73 that it was considered a real anti-tank missile.

Although the model number of the Chijian-73 is 73, it was actually finalized in 79.

This is the case with many equipments of that period, where the year in the model number is much earlier than the actual year of finalization.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Comrade, I am engaged in materials and automation. It is a coincidence that I am driving infantry fighting vehicles. However, missiles are a bit far from my job."

Seeing that the user representative was a little disappointed, Gao Zhendong added: "But I think this matter may be promoted soon. This matter mainly depends on you, and your requirements are the most important. Of course, if there is a suitable opportunity, I can also mention it."

The user's representative nodded in agreement and was thinking about how to promote this matter.

Gao Zhendong left the Defense Work Committee and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very happy. Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored transport vehicles, and the increase in artillery range and power brought about by electroslag remelting and barrel self-tightening can be regarded as providing a solution to the biggest problem in conventional military security in the next few decades.

——The Russians in the north.

In the next 30 years, the greatest pressure on the country will not come from the air or sea, but from the ground, from the Russians who have stationed millions of troops in the north.

Although limited by the fragile supply routes on the Far East ice sheet, the Russians at that time deployed millions of troops on the border, which was actually like "fighting a wolf with a stick, both sides are afraid."

Although both sides feel guilty, they are the ones who are under the greatest pressure after all.

After all, the fragility of the supply line is not very intuitive, but the threat of the steel torrent is visible to the naked eye.

The most troublesome thing is that not only can we not match their quantity, but our quality is even worse than theirs.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, even if they knew that the equipment performance was not enough, they had to bite the bullet and produce a huge number in an attempt to offset the opponent's quality advantage.

Now, Gao Zhendong has directly guided the improvement of the main performance of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery to one or even two generations. Correspondingly, the quality has been improved and even leading, and the pressure felt by all parties in the country will not be so great.

Without so much pressure, people might be more rational in terms of numbers. This way, there would be a chance to free up resources and do more other things.

For example, flying in the sky, running in the water, and swimming underwater.
One of Gao Zhendong's most common jokes in his previous life was that the navy had new stuff, the air force had new stuff, and what did the army have? New shoes!
Why is this? Because the sea and sky are making up for their lessons, while the land is paying off its debts.

As for the sea, in the next few decades, apart from those with mushroom bombs, the Russians themselves are weak in conventional naval power, and are divided into several oceans, so the pressure is actually not that great.

The mission of their navy is not to destroy the enemy's navy, but to cover their own big black fish and fire the mushroom bombs.

That is why there are those naval equipments that seem strange to ordinary people, such as aircraft carrier cruisers with more missiles than aircrafts, and "Blacksmith" aircrafts with extremely short legs. The tactical mission assigned to these aircrafts is not to destroy enemy aircrafts, but to cover their own anti-submarine forces.

Of course, it’s not that no one among them wants to change this situation, but there is no way around it due to the reality. It cannot be said that their development path is wrong.

Strategy and tactics are never just empty talk or fantasy, but must be combined with actual environmental conditions.

In the air? At this time, the Russian air force was more than capable of defense. As for offense, haha, we can probably tell by looking at their performance a few decades later. Now their technology is ahead of ours, but it is hard to say how much ground attack power they can really exert.
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Taking advantage of the break after the meeting, when it was almost time to get off work, Gao Zhendong ran to the 17th Ministry of Machine Building. He came here today not for official business, but entirely for personal matters.

He wanted to ask a favor from the leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building to resolve the issue of Lou Xiao'e's academic qualifications.

For this kind of thing, the higher the level of people you can find, the better.

Firstly, the higher one rises in the hierarchy, the less one cares about these things, and one may even feel proud of having solved the troubles and difficulties of capable people.

Secondly, the higher up the position, the stronger the problem-solving ability. The people below have to run around and integrate the strength of multiple parties to solve the problem, which may be achieved by what people call "dimensionality reduction attack".

Thirdly, it is a very subtle feeling, especially for the leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, who value Gao Zhendong very much. The more private matters you go to him for, the more he feels like "I am the elder". He will spare no effort in getting things done and will also feel very close to you.

There is no such thing as wasting favors. People don't even consider such trivial matters as favors.

Of course, there are thousands of different kinds of people, and some may not be like this.

When he arrived at the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, it was only a few minutes before the end of the get off work day, so Gao Zhendong waited for his leader to get off work at Secretary Zheng's place.

Secretary Zheng was originally going to ask the leader for permission to let Gao Zhendong go directly, but Gao Zhendong didn't bother to explain. He told himself that this was a private matter and he was embarrassed to take up the leader's office time, so he just had to wait until the leader got off work.

When it's time for the leader to get off work, he still has to continue working. These days, they are all very busy.

Secretary Zheng walked into the leader's office and told the leader that Gao Zhendong was waiting for him.

The leader quickly asked Secretary Zheng to invite Gao Zhendong in. Gao Zhendong would not easily take the initiative to look for him. Even if he heard that it was a private matter, it should be a relatively important matter.

Gao Zhendong walked into the leader's office, greeted the leader, and then told him the purpose of his visit.

"Boss, I'm really sorry. I came to you today because of my personal matter. But after thinking about it, I think it's most appropriate to ask for your help."

After saying that, he told Lou Xiao'e that he wanted her to go to school.

After hearing Gao Zhendong's idea, the leader laughed and said, "This is just a small matter. It's OK. Their family has a sincere heart and progressive actions. People can still see it."

Gao Zhendong touched his head embarrassedly: "I have no choice. You are the safest choice for this matter, so I came to you shamelessly. I thought that it would be a waste for her to be idle all the time. It would be better to let her learn something. If she succeeds in her studies, she can also serve the society better."

The leader nodded and said, "Your idea is good. You have transformed a young lady into a progressive worker with your own efforts. By the way, what does she want to learn?"

(End of this chapter)