Chapter 443 Everyone is doing something big
Even if the monkeys can still seize some from the Citigroup guys, the threat posed by such piecemeal attacks is definitely not as great as our organized supply.

Therefore, as for equipment, even if it is bad, it has to be unique and have highlights, otherwise no one can help you even if we want to.

As for the reputation issue, haha, with anti-ship missiles and air-to-air missiles, is this still a problem?

Moreover, for some poorly trained armed forces, this thing is really more useful than a rifle-mounted grenade launcher. In the future, various armed factions will use RPGs, 40 rounds, and rifle grenades, but how many of them use rifle-mounted grenade launchers? This is very telling.

When a group of students brought the food over, what they saw was the two big guys clinking their glasses with mysterious smiles on their faces.

We are so ashamed of ourselves. We were still a little slow. Look how envious the two teachers are.

The group of people were eating in a very good atmosphere. Professor Luo then remembered that the main purpose of today had not yet been discussed.

Just now, I was influenced by Chief Engineer Gao's bait and the topic was diverted to a completely different place. I even forgot to talk about the main business.

After taking a bite of the dish, Professor Luo asked Gao Zhendong: "Old Gao, the gun-mounted grenade launcher is almost finished, what about the next one?"

It turned out that something was waiting for him. Gao Zhendong suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, Professor Luo, we agreed that we would move on to the next one after we finish this one."

Seeing that Gao Zhendong was very straightforward and had no intention of putting on airs, Professor Luo felt relieved: "Haha, it's mainly because of my students and myself that it would be a waste of time if I were idle."

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Well, I'm ready for everything. But it's not convenient to talk about this here. Find a time to come to my place and we'll talk in detail."

It is indeed not appropriate to talk about this matter in the cafeteria. Unlike the grenade just now which was just recycled, what will come out of Chief Engineer Gao’s mouth is most likely something new, and it will be bad if others hear it.

Professor Luo smiled and nodded. He was not in a hurry. All he wanted was Gao Zhendong's statement. Once the matter was settled, he would feel at ease.

"Then let's do it tomorrow, see if you are free." It's better to do it today than to wait, Professor Luo suggested.

Gao Zhendong thought about it and decided to do it in a big way: "Well, Professor Luo, I will go back and make an appointment with the comrades from the Defense Working Committee, and ask them to invite the comrades from the army as well. We can do it in one step and hold a small briefing directly. Let's not talk about project approval, but at least confirm their opinions first, so that there will be less uncertainty."

Professor Luo was delighted. This was a more direct way to play. It wasn't that he didn't want to do it this way, but he couldn't do it this way. But Chief Engineer Gao was different. He could really push it this way.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your notification." Professor Luo made the decision immediately. As for the time, he didn't make any requirements. Even if the time Gao Zhendong notified conflicted with his courses or work, it would be no big deal to adjust it.

After work in the afternoon, Gao Zhendong returned to the Third Rolling Mill and ran to the confidential room to make a phone call.

The call was made to the Defense Work Committee, and after being transferred by the communicator, the leader answered the call.

Gao Zhendong would not call me unless there was something important, so if he took the initiative to call me, it must be something important.

After listening to Gao Zhendong's general description of the situation, the leader was delighted. This was a big deal, a big deal that could solve major tactical threats in the future.

"You mean, you want to bring your comrades from Beijing University of Technology to develop a universal ammunition that can be used against large-scale armored forces of the enemy in a state of assembly or march at a long distance? Even effective against deployed forces?"

To be honest, in the eyes of current leaders, there is only one way to achieve this description, which is what is still being done in the desert. Even so, the effect may not be good. As for the tortoise shell, as long as the three defenses are done well, the effect range is actually limited.

Shock waves, light radiation, early radiation, and radioactive contamination, these four major effects, in fact, have a relatively limited killing range for armored forces. Moreover, even if that thing is well developed, it cannot be used easily.

Once large-scale armored forces are deployed, the range is actually very wide, and the effect will be even worse.

So Gao Zhendong proposed this idea and added a modification of "universal ammunition", which is even more strange. What kind of universal ammunition is so powerful? Against assault armored clusters, heavy artillery may not be effective at a long distance, mainly because it cannot hit them.

If what Gao Zhendong proposed can really solve this problem, then there is actually hope of solving the biggest future threat and major concern on land.

"Yes, that's what I thought. I've also done a preliminary analysis and this ammunition has this capability."

After getting Gao Zhendong's confirmation, the leader did not hesitate and was even a little excited.

"Okay, I'll gather the relevant personnel right away and let you know the time later."

An hour later, Gao Zhendong returned to the confidential room and received a personal notice from his leader.

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Tomorrow at 2 pm, bring your people here and tell us your ideas." Time is very urgent, and it can be seen that they attach great importance to this matter.

In fact, it took more than half an hour to find all the people. The extra 15 minutes were for waiting for the confidential room of the Third Rolling Mill to find Gao Zhendong. After hanging up the phone, the leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at the phone and said to himself: "No, no, this will delay things too much, and the level of the Third Rolling Mill is not enough!"

Gao Zhendong informed Professor Luo, who was very happy and applauded repeatedly.

From this time point of view, it shows two things.

Gao Zhendong himself is highly regarded, and he can push forward such unconventional procedures.

This matter is taken extremely seriously, and it can even be said that it has reached a point where we are working on it non-stop.

As for what Gao Zhendong would report specifically, he had no idea, as it was all in Gao Zhendong's head.

Professor Luo understands very well that in this matter, he just needs to be a bystander.
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Gao Zhendong and the Defense Work Committee were busy, and the 17th Ministry of Machine Building was also busy. The leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building and his former secretary, Zheng Liangshu of Beijing Iron and Steel Plant, were attending a meeting.

This was a coordination meeting chaired by a leader. The three parties participating in the meeting were: one from the agriculture department, one from the 11th Ministry of Machine Building, and one from the 17th Ministry of Machine Building.

The origin of the incident actually had a little bit to do with Gao Zhendong, but he didn't participate much in the subsequent development of the incident.

These were the three types of gun steels that he and Zheng Liangshu developed. After they were developed, Gao Zhendong once suggested that Zheng Liangshu promote and introduce them in various systems. After all, the performance of these steels was quite good. It would be a waste if they were only used in the production of guns. Perhaps some industry urgently needed them.

Zheng Liangshu attached great importance to Gao Zhendong's suggestion and started to promote it seriously.

At that time, information was blocked and there were many cases where industries did not understand each other.

It doesn't matter if we don't promote it. Once Zheng Liangshu takes the initiative to promote it, other industries and departments will find out that we have such a good thing. It can really be applied to many places.

Comrades in the agricultural sector are working together with comrades from the 11th Ministry of Machine Building to develop agricultural machinery. The 11th Ministry of Machine Building is really engaged in machinery.

When I took a look at these three new steels, I was struck by how useful, easy to use and durable they are!

Matching the work at hand with the needs is both a joy and a regret.

Fortunately, some problems have been solved.

Unfortunately, the problem has not been completely solved. This is normal. It is impossible to completely solve it because the demand is always evolving dynamically.

However, the most important or most urgent issue has not been resolved, which is quite frustrating.

For example, they wanted to make a better single-cylinder diesel engine, which had a simple structure and low cost, and was later known as a magic weapon.

But the simplicity of the structure means one thing - there is not much that can be done to improve the structure, and there is hope for greater improvement only by addressing aspects such as materials.

Improving materials can not only reduce weight and volume, but also improve material performance, which can even promote structural improvements in turn.

But where are the materials? None!
There is also the issue of cost. For gun steel, cost has been taken into consideration, but not fully. As a large-scale mechanical product that needs to be mass-produced, this aspect requires more consideration.

Both parties discovered that some of the problems were not unsolvable with these types of steel, but the cost and the amount of rare and expensive metals used were really unaffordable. It was not a question of whether they were expensive or not, but whether they were enough.

The two parties discussed it for a long time and decided that it was no use. Now that there was a glimmer of hope in this matter, they had to give it a thorough try. The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it!
So they joined together and did a big thing.

They spent a lot of time summarizing all the material performance requirements that needed to be urgently addressed, forming a long list of dozens of items, and then found the higher-level departments.

They even gave us levels based on importance, which was really thoughtful.

Well, can you coordinate with the 17th Ministry of Machine Building to check our pulse, diagnose our illness and solve the problem?
When the higher authorities and leaders saw this, they knew that this had to be done!
Agriculture, the primary industry, is of great importance at this time. Although the agricultural yield per mu does not seem to be much, it is actually the result of the long-term intentional setting of the industrial-agricultural scissors gap in order to develop the secondary industry. The sacrifices made by farmers are very great.

Now leaving aside the issue of seeds, the situation of fertilizers has been gradually improving through self-production and imports in exchange for the sale of special materials and equipment. Well, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Shouldn't the problem of agricultural machinery be solved as well?
So, today's meeting came about.

Such a large-scale demand was obviously not something that ordinary cadres of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building could decide, so the leader came over.

At the same time, as the initiator of this matter, or should we say the earliest initiator, Comrade Zheng Liangshu of Beijing Iron and Steel Plant was also honored to attend.

(End of this chapter)