Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

The Yinchuan Military Factory has become much more convenient with the arrival of passenger planes. It now takes only four and a half hours to reach the military factory, which is several times faster than before.

"Marshal, young commander."

Wu Liangye said, "Fortunately, we have fulfilled our mission. We have independently developed and built our own armored tank in the northwest. Every component is independently developed and produced by us, and we also have an automated linear production line. Our production efficiency has been greatly improved."

"Very good," Qin Yuanzhong said with a happy smile, "Take us to have a look."

"Please come this way."

Wu Liangye brought Qin Lin and Qin Yuanzhong to the tank armor production base, where the production line was a hundred meters long. There were more than ten production lines in operation, and there were about a hundred technicians in charge of each production line, which was almost equivalent to semi-automated production.

Crossing the production base and arriving at the test site in the rear, one would see brand-new armored tanks lying on the ground, like ancient ferocious beasts, able to unleash powerful combat power at any time.

"Hahaha."

Seeing a large number of armored tanks, Qin Yuanzhong couldn't help laughing and said, "It's not easy. Our Daqian country's industry is backward, and the northwest is even worse. But we have gradually moved to the forefront of the country, step by step, and are gradually catching up with the pace of the powerful countries."

"Marshal, this is the light tank we developed," Wu Liangye explained. "The performance of this light tank ranks among the top three in the world. We have modified and upgraded the blueprint that the young marshal brought out. It will not be eliminated in the next five years."

"Could you tell me the specific data and production price?"

Qin Yuanzhong asked.

"This light tank has not yet been named. Its main weapon is equipped with our independently developed X6 37mm tank gun, and its auxiliary weapons are three 3mm machine guns, one coaxial machine gun, one front machine gun, and one anti-aircraft machine gun. It is equipped with 7.62 rounds of bullets and 8500 shells.

The thickness of the turret front armor is 50.8 mm, the body armor is 38.1 mm, the maximum speed is 58 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 200 kilometers, the crew is 4 people, and the cost is 1.6 yuan, which is less than the cost of the M2 light tank purchased from the United States, but the performance is much better. "

"Haha."

Qin Yuanzhong laughed when he heard about the performance and cost. "We won't be slaughtered by other powers anymore. Damn it, three armored divisions cost me tens of millions. I feel so bad!"

"Please Marshal, Young Marshal, give orders for this tank."

Wu Liangye spoke.

"Then let me give this light tank a name first," Qin Yuanzhong said after thinking for a while, "There's no need to name it Qin or Chuan. I think it's very fast, so let's call it Cheetah, the Cheetah Type 1 Light Tank."

"Cheetah is a good name and it fits its performance very well," Wu Liangye said with a smile.

"Hey," Qin Lin looked around and said, "I remember that we took out the blueprints of three tanks at the beginning. Why are there only two tanks in this test site now?"

"It's like this," Wu Liangye explained, "The three tanks you brought out are a light tank, a heavy tank, and a main battle tank. According to our research department's discussion, this main battle tank is almost a combination of a heavy tank and a medium tank. After research, we found that the performance of this main battle tank is almost the best in the world, because no country has developed this main battle tank yet, and we are the first."

"oops!"

Qin Lin only realized at this time that the main battle tank in this world has not yet been developed. Even in his previous life, it only began to appear on a large scale after the end of World War II. He did not know about this in detail, but it did not have much impact. It would be better if it was developed. At least it could firmly rank first in the world in performance. Once such a tank is on the battlefield, it will have no rivals.

"So," Wu Liangye continued, "our research department believes that the tank we will focus on developing in the future is this main battle tank. As for the heavy tank, it is not necessary to mass-produce it. Of course, we have also developed and produced a few, but we have not mass-produced them."

"Do not."

Qin Lin said, "This heavy tank needs to be produced on a large scale."

"Why?"

Wu Liangye asked in confusion.

"As I said before, we are the first to develop a main battle tank, so I can only equip the Qin army with this main battle tank. As for the heavy tanks, we can sell them to other countries later to make huge profits."

"Yes."

Wu Liangye's eyes lit up and he said, "The performance of this heavy tank we produced is also firmly in the top five in the world. If we sell it, it will definitely be a big hit."

"Look at this heavy tank."

Next, we came to a storage warehouse where three large iron lumps were lying.

"This is a heavy tank," Wu Liangye explained. "Its main weapons are a 76mm tank gun and a 45mm gun. It is a double-gun heavy tank with an armor thickness of 80mm. It weighs 58 tons and has a crew of 6 to 8 people. The cost is 15 yuan, which is comparable to the cost of a main battle tank. That's why we chose to phase it out."

"Name it Xuanwu."

Qin Yuanzhong said, "Let's just sell them from now on. Let's be arms dealers for fun, haha."

After that, we arrived at the center of the venue, and a graceful tank appeared in front of everyone, with a long gun barrel erected, looking very majestic and domineering.

"This is the main battle tank," Wu Liangye said proudly, "Its main weapon is a 100mm rifled gun. It took us two months to develop this gun alone, costing 2 million yuan and employing more than 280 scientific and technological personnel before we finally succeeded in developing it."

"It's not easy!"

Qin Yuanzhong said, "This time, your Yinchuan Military Factory has made great contributions. I hereby declare that the Yinchuan Military Factory and the Scientific Research Base will take out 300 million yuan as reward funds. You, Director Wu, will be responsible for the distribution according to work."

"Thank you, Marshal."

Wu Liangye said, "Which commander? Money is secondary. We have been in the laboratory and the military factory for 1 year and 28 days. Can you give us a vacation? If we don't go home, our wives will leave with others."

"Hahaha."

Qin Yuanzhong really likes researchers like Wu Liangye who can joke. "You can arrange this. Give everyone a month's vacation so they can go home and spend time with their wives and children."

"Thank you, Marshal."

Wu Liangye continued to introduce, "The most important performance of this main battle tank is its armor. The thickness of the front armor is 200 mm. No tank gun in the world can penetrate this 200 mm armor. It is almost invincible. It can travel 50 kilometers per hour and has a maximum range of 300 kilometers. It costs 20 yuan."

"Amazing!"

Qin Yuanzhong said excitedly, "Lin'er, you get to name this tank."

"Ah."

Qin Lin nodded and thought for a while before saying, "The tiger is known as the king of beasts, so this tank will be named the White Tiger Type 1 Main Battle Tank, symbolizing that it is the king of land warfare among all tanks in the world."

"This is a good name."

Qin Yuanzhong laughed and asked, "What is the current production of this tank?"

"We can't compare with the great powers," Wu Liangye said. "Light tanks are better. We produce 50 per month. Main battle tanks are slower. We produce 10 per month."

"so little?"

Qin Yuanzhong frowned and said, "Don't we have automated linear production lines?"

"That's right. Without this, the output would have to be reduced by half," Wu Liangye said. "Our tank research team spent 1190 million on research and development alone, and a series of expenses such as construction and modification cost a total of 2500 million. Of course, this production base is included now."

"No money!"

Qin Lin said, "I still have 5000 million US dollars in war funds in my account, my father has 2000 million in war funds on his books, and 1900 million in his personal pocket. That adds up to 1.39 million dollars. Let's take out 3900 million to expand the production of tank armor!"

"You boy!"

Qin Yuanzhong said unhappily, "This is to fight against the local tyrants!"

"Haha."

"Okay, okay," Qin Yuanzhong shook his head and said, "I can't help it. I gave birth to such an unfilial son. Tomorrow, I will give you 3900 million funds to the three major military factories to expand production for me."

"no problem."

When Wu Liangye heard that there was 3900 million in funds, he was so happy that his mouth stretched to his ears and he couldn't suppress it.

"Marshal, young commander, let's take a look at the armored vehicles next," Wu Liangye grinned. "Look, our research department has made a series of improvements to these armored vehicles. We now have three types of armored vehicles, namely the armored personnel carrier, which is mainly used to transport soldiers and can carry 16 fully armed soldiers, the high-mobility armored vehicle, and the half-track armored vehicle. The main weapons are equipped with three machine guns, one anti-aircraft machine gun and two 3mm heavy machine guns."

"What is the speed of the High Mobility Armored Vehicle?"

Qin Lin asked.

"The maximum speed is 70 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 280 kilometers, but the reserve fuel tank can last for 200 kilometers, a total of 480 kilometers, and the cost is 1.6 yuan."

"very good."

Qin Lin said, "Then let's name this high-mobility armored vehicle the Qin-1 high-mobility armored vehicle, and the other two models will be named Qin respectively."

"clear."

After inspecting and testing all the armored tanks, it was noon and everyone went to the military factory canteen to eat. There were more than 30 kinds of food in the canteen, and the combination of meat and vegetables was very even. Qin Lin and Qin Yuanzhong treated intellectuals very well and attached great importance to them, so this is one of the reasons why the Northwest can accommodate and retain so many outstanding talents.

"I'll give you one year."

Qin Lin took a bite of his meal and said, "The monthly production of each tank needs to reach 300, including the corresponding tank guns and other ammunition."

"Please rest assured, Marshal," Wu Liangye said, patting his chest. "With this 3900 million yuan, plus the tens of millions of yuan in our three major scientific research and military factories, as well as the annual investment, we will definitely be able to achieve our goal."