Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1174

“Boom~”

As the engine roars louder, without waiting for Xie Kai to study and understand what is displayed on the display device in front of the 359 tank gunner, the tank has started slowly for a while.

Mr. Zhu, who was in the captain’s position, also had no intention of communicating with Xie Kai. Instead, he was studying the display in front of him and some devices next to the captain’s position.

As the chief engineer of the latest generation of tank design in China, he entered the interior of the 359 tank and overturned some of Mr. Zhu’s ideas.

In the previous few days, he only learned about the performance indicators and various technologies of the 359 tank.

Some of the technologies of the third-generation tank projects in China were originally undertaken by the 359 tank. Which technologies can be used, which technologies need to be developed, or the cost is all that Mr. Zhu needs to consider.

I wish the boss never thought about developing tanks regardless of cost.

The tank in front of us is completely the top-notch collection of all domestic tank technologies, and the cost is unlikely to be only 6 million.

It’s no wonder that the 404 people don’t care about the battle against the Type 88 main battle tanks with friends of the 617.

Xie Kai’s mind is a bit complicated.

Such a tank meets his psychological expectations, but it does not meet the mainstream of domestic equipment.

If the price is too high, it is estimated that there will be no market. Countries with money and equipment will choose the United States and Germany; if you want, you have no money.

Why is a tank so advanced?

The domestically sold version of the 359 tank, various internal devices and configurations, and the export 359 top matching have been very big changes, this thing is called 359, in fact, it is somewhat inappropriate.

Although the lower anti-stabilization fire control system is still used, it has increased a lot of equipment compared with the original. Laser sights, thermal imaging cameras, etc. are all equipped, which are necessary equipment for tank night battles.

Xie Kai doesn’t know what it is for many devices. He can drive tanks and design tanks (actually, draw tank outline design drawings), and even understand all kinds of equipment, integrate them together, and don’t know what they are. What is it for?

Zhang Deming didn’t mean to explain either.

Just like that, he drove the tank down from the production line, turned to leave the production workshop, and drove from the passage outside the workshop towards the tank proving ground of the special operations brigade.

After a while, Xie Kai felt a little boring, the engine was too noisy, and some things on the gunner’s position were not clear, so he could only observe the outside through the gunner’s sight.

No professional gunner training, Xie Kai doesn’t even know what the gunner needs to do.

Mr. Zhu next to him was studying the configuration of this tank, and he didn’t bother about Xie Kai.

In boredom, Xie Kai is studying Zhang Deming driving a tank.

Xie Kai knows how to drive a tank. It only takes a short time to drive the tank. The first time he drove the old 59 tank that changed the fate of the entire 404 from the garrison. Zheng Yucheng taught him how to drive the tank along the way.

The second time was with Wang Hao’s armored vehicle…

Since then, Xie Kai has never driven a tank again.

He has no interest in driving tanks. The internal environment of this thing is too bad, the smell is unpleasant, and the noise is terribly loud.

More importantly, the previous 59 tank, whether it is the gear lever for shifting gears, the steering stick used to operate the tank, or even the throttle and brakes, have to work hard.

But now looking at Zhang Deming, this little old man is very easy to drive.

Regardless of whether it was steering or shifting gears, he did not watch Zhang Deming put his body on the chair in the cab, slam the clutch, push the gear lever or something.

There is almost no road from the base to the tank proving ground. The tanks in the proving ground are driven back for maintenance or the tanks produced are driven to the proving ground for testing, driving along the valley, and the road conditions that are rolled out are inherently bad.

Under such road conditions, it is even more troublesome to drive a heavy tank.

Zhang Deming is a little old man who doesn’t have much strength, and he is so easy to drive, which makes Xie Kai interested.

“This tank runs smoothly…” Mr. Zhu finally spoke.

“Hydraulic assist system, with the research of hydraulic technology, in addition to the currently unsuccessful automatic stepless transmission, most of them have added a hydraulic assist system, which is very different from other domestic tanks in operation…” Zhang Deming said proudly.

The 359 tank is completely a collection of the most advanced domestic technology.

Xie Kai is even more conflicted.

Everyone hopes that the more advanced the technology, the better, but the issue of cost.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

He was completely certain that Zhang Deming did not tell the truth.

For tanks exported for domestic sales, the special forces brigade is equipped with only one battalion, but now it is clear that China does not just want to equip one battalion.

The cost is too high, the more production, the more losses.

“There is indeed a big difference, the price difference is several times.” Mr. Zhu nodded and said.

He is also wondering whether these technologies will be used on third-generation tanks, or will it cost more?

In the process of marching, the speed of the three tanks was not very fast, and the average speed was more than ten kilometers. It took more than an hour from the base to the test field.

There is no tank training for the special operations brigade in the proving ground.

“Carry out an off-road test directly in the proving ground?” Xie Kai asked Zhang Deming. He didn’t know the experiment plan.

In the test site, the terrain such as steep slopes, trenches, puddles, etc. are all intact. Even if Xie Kai doesn’t understand the entire test process, it knows that the road test is not directly on the undulating road, nor is it in such a test site.

“Although it is a new model, the power system is a mature technology that has undergone a lot of testing. The current test is equivalent to a factory test.” Zhang Deming said.

Xie Kai asked Zhang Deming, “Zhang, let me tell you the truth about the cost of this version of the 359 tank.”

It’s not that Xie Kai wants to ask about the cost.

Zheng Yucheng and the others don’t care about this. Once these tanks are provided to the troops according to this standard, the troops will not be able to pay according to the requirements of 404.

Just the fire control system inside can’t be solved by millions.

The R&D cost is not counted, and it is more than one million.

Zhang Deming was taken aback and watched Xie Kai silently for a while.

“If the cost is too high, at the price of 5 million troops, we don’t have enough funds to cover it. The troops will definitely not be just a battalion equipped with special operations brigade.” Xie Kai said solemnly, “Director Zheng and they won’t agree.”

“Six million, it’s just US dollars…” Zhang Deming was afraid of Xie Kai asking about the cost.

Zheng Yucheng and the others don’t care about this problem, as long as the performance is advanced.

Xie Kai is different.

More often, Zhang Deming and others feel that Xie Kai is more like a businessman.

He didn’t expect that Xie Kai would come to the production plant of the Armored Research Center at this time. Originally, he didn’t decide to conduct the test this afternoon. Xie Kai came, and it was ahead of schedule.

Finally, Xie Kai asked.

6 million dollars!

Xie Kai brows jerked a few times.

Converted into soft sister coins, more than 20 million!

Even Mr. Zhu, who just got out of the tank with the help of the staff, was taken aback.

With so many advanced technologies in it, he was wondering how the 6 million yuan was made, but fortunately he was still considering how to make the cost cheaper.

A car with more than 20 million yuan can’t be used by the troops at all.

“This is just an improved model of the 359. It was not originally intended to provide such a version for use by the troops. We had never thought about competing with the Type 88 main battle tank before…” Zhang Deming explained.

Xie Kai didn’t speak.

The cost of this tank is unacceptable for the troops, and even the 404 cannot be used by the troops at such a serious loss.

There are 43 vehicles in a battalion. According to the cost price of 20 million vehicles, a battalion will cost 860 million!

In China, a battalion of 860 million equipment is almost unimaginable.

Even the strategic missile battalion of the Second Artillery Corps is estimated to cost less than this price.

“It is impossible for the base to have a tank to help the troops bear the cost of 15 million yuan.” Xie Kai sighed, “Some fancy, cancel it. You can study it by yourself, and provide it to the troops for combat tests, no.”

“Didn’t you say that the future warfare will develop towards informatization. This is also the integration of the best technology of the current base. If large-scale production and other technologies are used in large quantities, the cost will be reduced…”

Zhang Deming hopes to persuade Xie Kai.

Information warfare was proposed by Xie Kai.

The new fire control system developed from the computer-aided system of Xie Jianguo has made the base invest a lot in the field of automation research.

In any case, Xie Kai did not expect that Zhang Deming and the others would apply all these technologies to tanks.

“Director Zheng knows?” Xie Kai thought Zheng Yucheng agreed.

Zhang Deming shook his head, “Almost all the technologies of these three tanks are brand new, so the cost is very high…”

Zhu Yusheng is by the side, I don’t know what to say.

The cost of such a tank is close to that of the third-generation tanks for which they currently have no complete design scheme. According to such technical standards, what is the final cost of their third-generation tanks?

Xie Kai didn’t know how to get back to the base from the proving ground. What he worried about became a fact.

The base’s continuous research investment in the 359 tank project is not small, but no one has thought that it will eventually produce a tank with a cost of more than 20 million.

This is 4 times the cost that the military is willing to bear, and the gap between them has reached 15 million.

The domestic cost price of a 59 tank is about 1.2 million. The cost of this type of tank is almost twenty times that of the 59 tank.

How to sell?

Exit?

It is impossible.

The country will not agree to sell such tanks, even if they agree, who will Xie Kai buy?

The world can afford to equip such cost tanks, and only the United States and other countries, in a Soviet Union that ignores the cost at all and finally bankrupted all the countries.

The big dog owners in the Middle East are not interested in such tanks at all.

For a tank of $6 million, this is only the cost!

Who does this sell Xie Kai to?