Rebirth in 1989: Creating the Chinese Technology Empire

"Mr. Xu, this gearbox is bad. It can't withstand such a large horsepower. Look, it's broken inside..."

"Then design a gearbox and leave it to me..."

"Mr. Xu, the drive shaft needs to be replaced. According to our calculations, once we test at full horsepower, the drive shaft will have to be twisted..."

"Then use our materials to make a few more ones..."

"Mr. Xu, the suspension strength is probably not strong enough..."

"Change……"

"Mr. Xu, I think our new materials can be used for the road wheels, which can reduce a lot of weight..."

"Change……"

The power research institute was completely lively. The Yangcheng military handed two Type 59 tanks to Xu Huasheng and left.

After these two Type 59 tanks were sent to the modification workshop of the Power Research Institute, the people at the Power Research Institute immediately found new toys.

Xu Huasheng also participated with great interest and began to make magical modifications to these two Type 59 tanks.

Remove the engine and replace it with your own engine. If the gearbox cannot be removed, remove it and replace it with a new gearbox. If the material of the drive shaft is not good, replace it with a better material.

If the material of the suspension system is not good enough, it should be replaced with new materials from Huasheng Group.

This group of people had a lot of fun. When the modification started, they felt that this Type 59 was not good anywhere.

From their perspective, the power, parts and materials are not up to standard, and the transmission is not up to standard. It is too backward.

After some modifications by this group of technical geeks, except for the original shells, the interiors of these two tanks have almost nothing to do with the originals.

The power was replaced with new power, the gearbox was replaced with a new gearbox designed by Xu Huasheng, and the suspension system was replaced with a more powerful suspension.

Even the tracks, road wheels, and bearings are all re-forged with new materials by this group of crazy people who are having fun. These new parts look exactly like the original parts, but in fact the various data are directly inferior.

Take ordinary road wheels as an example. Road wheels made of new materials are directly one-third lighter than the original road wheels, but are stronger.

No way, Xu Huasheng also had fun. He required that these two tanks must be able to race at full speed in complex environments without losing the chain.

This requirement is very high. After all, the original engine horsepower of the Type 59 tank is only 520 horsepower. Everything is designed based on the engine horsepower and maximum speed.

Now Xu Huasheng directly inserted this 1100-horsepower engine into it. If it goes at full speed, no one knows what speed it will reach in the end.

Therefore, they must modify many parts. It does not require major changes. At least it cannot fall apart when moving forward at full speed.To put it bluntly, the bolts and nuts on this car are all new.

After a week of hard work, the two Type 59 tanks were finally modified.

After modification, the data of these two tanks also changed a lot.

The original net weight was 34 tons. Now after some troubles, the weight of this tank has directly reached 30 tons, a direct weight reduction of four tons. A weight reduction of four tons is too important for a tank of this level.

The appearance looks unchanged, but the interior space has become more spacious. After all, the new engine is much smaller than the original engine, and the gearbox is also smaller than the original gearbox, which frees up more space. Lots of space.

"Mr. Xu, if you want to test these two cars, you have to find a suitable place. An ordinary place won't work at all..."

Zhao Changhe looked at the two modified tanks and said, Xu Huasheng also nodded.Yes, if you want to test the performance of the two cars, you definitely can't do it at the headquarters. Let alone the headquarters, there is no suitable place in the entire Guangdong Province.

Thinking of this, Xu Huasheng dialed Wu Zhengliang's phone number again.

"Hey, Chief, it's me, Xiao Xu. We have modified two fun toys and want to test them in this suitable place. Do you want to take a look together..."

Xu Huasheng hung up the phone after making a report. After Wu Zhengliang hung up, he reported the matter directly.

It was so scary. Xu Huasheng only told him one statistic, the Type 1100 with 59 horsepower. Just this statistic almost gave Wu Zhengliang a heart attack.

The Type 1100 with 59 horsepower is too exaggerated.You must know that the engine on China's current Type 88 tank only has 730 horsepower.

A diesel engine with a power of more than 1000 horsepower is something that the Chinese Army only dreams of getting.But China has no technology for this kind of thing, and it is now impossible to import it from foreign countries. Rich people will not sell it to you. Even if a few countries are willing to sell it, the price is so high that China cannot afford it.

Now Huasheng Group has actually produced a 1100-horsepower diesel engine and installed this engine on the Type 59. This news is too shocking.

The Chinese military took action, and after Wu Zhengliang reported it, the matter immediately attracted the army's great attention.

Just a few hours later, two heavy trucks drove to the Power Research Institute, and the two modified tanks were loaded directly.There is also a military vehicle in front and behind the two trucks. These two military vehicles are full of fully armed soldiers.

At the same time, some parts were also loaded into the truck and taken away. Xu Huasheng also took some technicians from the Power Research Institute and left with the military personnel.

The two tanks were transported to the train station and quickly loaded onto a freight train. The train then drove north toward Mongolia.

At the same time, after receiving the news, several army bosses also put down their work and headed to the Mongolian prairie.

Three days later, at a training ground deep in the endless Mongolian grassland, two heavily protected heavy trucks pulled two Type 59s to the training ground.

"coming……"

An old man wearing a military uniform and sitting in a wheelchair looked at the approaching truck with expectation in his eyes.

And it was Xu Huasheng who pushed the wheelchair for the old man.Xu Huasheng and the old man arrived yesterday. After meeting, the old man and the young man chatted a lot. After the two people talked, the old man was in a happy mood, so the job of pushing the wheelchair was handed over to Xu Huasheng.

The truck stopped and the two tanks were driven off.

The technicians from the Power Research Institute inspected the two tanks again and made a gesture after confirming that everything was OK.

"Old general, it's time to start..."

Xu Huasheng looked at the old man and said with a smile, this old man is not an ordinary person. The old man is called Lei Zhenzi. He has been a resolute and iron-blooded warrior all his life.

Xu Huasheng was surprised that the old man came this time.

After all, the old general's health is very bad now, and this journey is very unfriendly to the old man's health.But Xu Huasheng could understand the old general.People of their generation are thinking about the development of their motherland until they die.Because this China was watered by their generation with countless blood. Many relatives and comrades around them paid their lives for this country.

"Then let's start..."

The old general sat on a wheelchair and looked into the distance. This location was on a high ground, where he could have an unobstructed view of everything at the test site below.

"start testing……"

Xu Huasheng picked up the walkie-talkie and directly gave the order to start the test.The drivers selected by the military and the technicians from the Power Research Institute got into the two tanks. The two tanks were started and the entire test officially began. Everyone's eyes were filled with expectations. Xu Huasheng couldn't help but pick up the tank. The telescope looks at the test car.