Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

"What's so high-end about it? Is it as high-end as our Audi?"

As Qin Chuan spoke, he looked outside and then froze.

Another Pajero?

This car is tall and imposing; it certainly looks more upscale than an Audi.

After all, according to people's mindset in this era, the bigger the car, the more luxurious it is.

Qin Chuan wasn't stunned because of the car, but mainly because of the people inside it.

Uncle Qin Jiantai? What brings him here? He's such a busy man!

Qin Jiantai got out of the car and walked in with brisk steps, then was taken aback by the products piled up outside.

"Second brother, why are you back again? Did you lose something?"

Qin Jianguo went up to him and asked.

"Yeah, I came back because of something... Brother, doesn't your factory produce steel pipes?"

"Our steel pipes aren't selling well, so we've switched to producing gas cylinders!"

"These gas cylinders are good stuff; there's a huge demand for them domestically. You guys have a good eye for quality. However, we have to ensure their quality; these are dangerous goods."

"It's okay, Xiao Chuan said our gas cylinders are mainly..."

Qin Jianguo was about to mention that the products were for export when Qin Chuan walked over and changed the subject.

"Second Uncle, what's the matter?"

"Xiao Chuan, did you solve the machining problem for the steering gear at the Yellow River Factory?"

"Ah."

"You're something else, kid. Why didn't you say anything at the dinner table last night?"

"Second Uncle, I already told you, last night I said that I went out to help solve technical problems and earned three to five hundred thousand."

Qin Jiantai then realized that he had indeed said it before, but he hadn't believed it!

"If I had known it was you who helped solve the problem, I wouldn't have rushed to the Yellow River Factory so hastily. Come on, get in the car!"

"Where to go?"

"You will know when you go."

Qin Chuan was a little confused, but he knew that his second uncle would never harm him, so he could only tell his father and get in the car.

"Dad, keep production going at the factory. We can talk about anything else when I get back. And if any customers come, wait for me!"

"Ok!"

Watching Qin Chuan being taken away by Qin Jiantai, Qin Jianguo shook his head helplessly.

He knew that what the second brother asked Qin Chuan to do must be a highly confidential matter, so he couldn't ask.

Xiao Chuan is very capable; perhaps he can help the second son, the country, and the army!

"Director Qin, we've run into a bit of trouble at our factory."

Just then, Li Runping leaned close to his ear and spoke.

"What's the problem?"

"We don't have much scrap metal left."

These small steel mills generally don't use iron ore to smelt iron, since they don't have the qualifications of state-owned enterprises and can't get good ore.

Generally, scrap iron is recycled and smelted into steel. Only experienced masters can melt different types of steel and achieve similar performance.

Now, with them operating at full speed, there is a shortage of second-hand steel!

"Then increase the acquisition price."

"Won't this make us look bad in the eyes of our peers throughout Shandong?"

"In a market economy, raising prices is our choice. We have money, so we're willing to raise prices. Let them criticize us; we don't care! When Xiao Chuan comes back, perhaps he'll come up with a better solution."

……

At this moment, Qin Chuan was already in the Pajero, chatting with Qin Jiantai.

The car is spacious and comfortable, especially the view of the car from the windows.

Qin Chuan secretly made up his mind that he would get one to drive someday!

Drive an Audi in the city, drive a Pajero in the countryside!

"Xiao Chuan, have you ever worked with a vehicle steering system that has steering on both the front and rear wheels?" Qin Jiantai asked.

Front-wheel steering is very common; most vehicles are front-wheel steering, and the steering wheel controls the front wheels. Rear-wheel steering is less common, mainly used in construction machinery, such as forklifts, which are generally rear-wheel steering and quite maneuverable.

As for the front and rear tires, both can steer...

Qin Chuan almost instantly thought of something: Tai'an Factory!

Dongshan Province has many large and small machinery factories, while Tai'an has a professional special vehicle manufacturing plant.

This factory, established in 1952, is considered an old one. The special vehicles they produce are used to transport ballistic missiles.

In the early 1990s, they produced the TAS5380, an eight-wheeled heavy-duty off-road vehicle, in the same class as the Russian MAZ-543, which carried Scud missiles.

After this vehicle was produced, it quickly became a hot commodity in the military.

Whether it's the Dongfeng-15 missile, the WM-80 long-range rocket, or some naval anti-ship missiles, they all prefer to use it as a launch vehicle.

However, the carrying capacity of this vehicle is still far from sufficient, so domestic ballistic missile carriers mainly use road-hauled vehicles.

During the 99 military parade, a Hanyang-made tractor-trailer pulled a large boiler-like object through the square, showing the world the strength of China's military industry and the advanced nature of its missiles!

However, this vehicle is somewhat outdated; it can only be used on highways and is almost impossible to drive off-road.

The Second Artillery Corps needs advanced vehicles similar to those of the Russians, with a dozen or so tires, crawling on the ground like a giant centipede!

Although this type of vehicle only appeared after the new millennium, the Taian factory had already begun research and development. After the TAS5380 was built, they began to develop the TAS5570, which is a ten-wheeled launch vehicle.

The vehicle has a greater load-bearing capacity, and in addition to the two front rows of tires, the last row of tires also needs to have steering ability, which places higher demands on the steering gear.

There are almost no factories in China that can manufacture this kind of steering gear, and even imported ones can't!

The Russians do have similar technology, but it's also crucial for them, and they won't sell it easily.

It wasn't until the late 1990s that the Minsk Vehicle Plant, which specializes in producing these vehicles, began to collaborate with the East on special vehicles, and even then, the vehicles were limited to a maximum of six axles. The technology for strategic missile launchers was absolutely not provided.

Qin Jiantai has been transferred to the equipment department of the army, and the project he values ​​most is this advanced vehicle, but unfortunately it has many problems.

We just finished developing a prototype vehicle, but we're already stumped by a problem with the steering system.

So when Qin Jiantai heard about what happened at the Yellow River Factory, he came to see for himself. To his surprise, it was his own nephew who had solved the problem!

"The east wind blows thousands of flowers into bloom at night, and blows them down like rain of stars."

Qin Chuan couldn't help but sigh.

Qin Jiantai's eyes lit up: "Do you know where we're going?"

"I don't know, I was just saying," Qin Chuan said. "However, the problem may not necessarily lie in the materials such as the steering gear worm gear."

Steyr is a civilian vehicle, so economy is important. Military vehicles don't care about fuel consumption. Whether it's 30 or 60 liters per 100 kilometers, it's just a matter of having more fuel tanks. If the strength is insufficient, the size can be increased to solve the problem.

Military vehicles look very sturdy and robust, with no effort put into reducing their weight.

"At the same time, the problem may not necessarily be with the power steering pump..."