Chapter 519 The Main Force of the Army in the New Century (10,000 per Day, Happy New Year to My Brothers!)

Lin Qingsong's report was inspiring, both in terms of content and his own performance.

Although the Army has long been the eldest brother among the various services and arms of the People's Liberation Army, it must be admitted that for a long time, the research and development and equipment of ground weapons have been the most out of touch and backward.

The Type 69 tank is not equipped, and the Type 79 and 80/88 tanks are only equipped in a few batches.

Therefore, until the late 1990s, the absolute main force of the Chinese Army was still the Type 59 tank with a technical status equivalent to the T54A (1953).

It was even briefly matched in some places.

Although the role of the navy and air force in wars under high-tech conditions in the new era is constantly increasing, China, as a continental country with a vast land area and a complex international environment, still cannot abandon its army equipment.

The model projected on the screen in front of you is the third-generation main battle tank developed for the 21st century.

As of 1998, this project has been ongoing for more than 15 years.

From the beginning, it was almost a replica of the T72. Later, it was completely overturned and started to turn to Western design habits. Later, it gradually returned to its own design ideas. It was discovered that the initial indicators could not be achieved in a short period of time, so the project was Divided into two steps...

Of course everyone wants to build a tank that meets the requirements of the army in one step, but this is the reality.

And, more importantly, the hard time nodes of Project 9910 cannot be changed.

During the National Day military parade, the navy's main battleships cannot sail on dry land, so it is naturally impossible to appear.

Although the Air Force can pass through the field in low-altitude formation, considering safety issues, it cannot fly too low.

And the effect is also greatly affected by the weather.

Therefore, the first and most important role in the equipment formation can only be the tank.

However, the development progress of the third-generation tank is not optimistic.

For this reason, they even seriously considered for a time the possibility of using a prototype vehicle to conduct military parades...

The chassis has always been the weakest link in the entire system.

Prototypes and first-stage production models are expected to only carry a total weight of less than 50 tons, and their off-road speed is also greatly limited.

Future second-stage models are even further away.

This is tantamount to Achilles' heel for armored units whose second life is mobility.

The achievement reported by Lin Qingsong means that the Chinese armored forces have since obtained a pair of powerful and reliable "foot soles".

It can even be applied to the chassis development of other equipment.

After all, tanks are basically the upper limit of weight and impact of ground equipment.

If you can understand the tank chassis, lighter and smaller models are not a problem...

After Lin Qingsong finished the last part of his statement, Deputy Chief Mao Ming sat up straight and continued to add some content:

"In addition to longer life and faster speed, the vertical vibration and pitch angle vibration of the tank when driving also have a significant impact on the high and low aiming and shooting of the artillery. This new chassis is very effective during driving, especially when passing through rough roads at high speeds. The stability is better, which means the vibration disturbance is more controllable, and it is also conducive to the development of our future gun control system."

"The main problem currently faced by the traveling part is the reliability of the gearbox. However, recently some suppliers have told us that they have replaced the gear set and bearings with new special steel materials, and are currently testing... "

As the deputy chief designer, he is mainly responsible for the research and development of the walking mechanism, but compared to subsystem designers like Lin Qingsong, he also has to consider the performance of the entire system.

"Then our next stage will be to test a batch of prototype vehicles using the old turret and the new chassis?"

Another deputy chief engineer leaned forward slightly and asked.

"You can first take out the wedge-shaped armor designed for the first-stage mass production model. It would be too wasteful to install a small turret on such a good chassis. As for the gun problem, we can solve it later."

Until then, Master Zhu finally stopped writing in his hand, raised his head and said.

As the project leader responsible for general research and development, he had more things to think about and record. In addition, he lost his right arm in the war, which affected his writing speed to some extent.

His statement was of course the final word and brought a successful conclusion to the seminar, which lasted for several hours.

The remaining topics are relatively easy.

"Xiao Lin."

Zhu Yusheng closed his notebook and called to Lin Qingsong, who had just stepped off the stage and was about to return to his seat:

"Did the members of our project team complete all of what you just talked about?"

The meaning of this question is naturally to ask whether I received help from the die forging press.

Of course Mr. Zhu has no objections to Chang Haonan and the project team there.

But he needs to assess the true quality of his team members.

Lin Qingsong was stunned when he was suddenly called, and then told the truth:

"In terms of research methods and numerical calculation theory, I must have received a lot of guidance from brother units, especially Mr. Chang himself."

"However, the specific work related to vehicle chassis development is all completed by the comrades in the institute themselves."

"Mr. Chang and others also expressed their intention to provide some direct help, but I made the decision and refused."

"After all, we are joining other people's projects, so we shouldn't delay too much. Besides, we have to do it ourselves before we can count what we have learned..."

After hearing this answer, Zhu Yusheng nodded with satisfaction:

"Okay, okay, this way, after our third-generation tanks are finalized, you can show off your capabilities on other models..."

The meaning of this statement is obviously that he is preparing to let Lin Qingsong "go out" in the next step and serve as the chief engineer or deputy chief engineer of some minor models.

"I wish you the best..."

Lin Qingsong hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts:

"I feel that I don't have to wait until the third-generation tank is finalized. As long as the die forging press project is completed, I should be able to free up my hands."

This answer stunned Zhu Yusheng:

"Didn't the die forging press project just get approved last year? And it's still a preliminary research project in name."

"It will take a few years until everything is finished over there, right?"

However, Lin Qingsong shook his head decisively:

"According to the timetable set by Mr. Chang, the equipment should be put into trial production before September 1999."

Those words that were said in a low voice immediately caused the other people who were talking around to immediately become silent and look towards Lin Qingsong.

After Zhu Yusheng was silent for a while, he spoke again:

"Do you think this timetable...is not an exaggeration?"

Lin Qingsong nodded first, then shook his head.

Finally, he answered directly:

"Based on their current efficiency, I can't feel the same as September 1999..."

"hiss……"

A sound of inhalation sounded from all directions.

I have to say, that's a bit exaggerated.

But it's definitely good news.

If the die forging press project is completed one day earlier, a large number of technical forces in the weapons industry system will be released one day earlier.

If everyone could be like Lin Qingsong and apply what they have learned and thought to the projects at hand...

It is basically foreseeable that the main battle equipment of the Chinese Army will soon make a qualitative leap.

After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Zhu Yusheng looked at Lin Qingsong in front of him again:

"In this case, there should be a tracked paratrooper combat vehicle project later, which is currently being pre-researched. You can be responsible for the entire work by then."

"In addition, in two days, you will go to the Science and Technology Commission with me to report the current development progress of the third generation tank to the superior leaders."

The latter's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yes! I will be well prepared when I go back!"