Chapter 650: Seriousness and Makeshift

Gao Zhendong also knew this, so he said he would continue with his other ideas.

"In addition to armored self-propelled artillery, if we have the resources, we can make a truck gun based on the existing truck chassis. We can install the 122mm gun directly on the truck, deploy it to fire, and fold it up to go!"

This suggestion was somewhat unorthodox, and the army leader was the first to object: "We don't want any protection and off-road performance at all?"

Gao Zhendong did not prove the superiority of the truck gun, but just stated a few facts.

"Leader, we can't have all tracked armored self-propelled artillery. We must have a large number of towed artillery, right? In addition to mechanized troops, we will still have motorized troops for a long time, and in large numbers."

Not to mention now, even a few decades later, it will be impossible for all of them to be tracked armored guns, as the price will be sky-high.

What he said was factual, and the Army leader nodded, "Yes."

"Motorized artillery requires a tractor, right?"

"Yes", let alone traction, there is also ammunition.

Gao Zhendong smiled: "Then we combine the motorized artillery, which originally needs to be towed, with its towing vehicle. The price doesn't increase much, but the convenience is much better. The artillery shells can be directly equipped with fuses in advance and loaded into the special ammunition rack on the vehicle. There is no need to disassemble and assemble the artillery shells on site, and there is no need to move them around. Using the power of the vehicle, we can achieve auxiliary artillery adjustment and semi-automatic loading. Even further, after the on-board digital radio receives the command, it can automatically adjust the gun and set the firing parameters... It can shoot quickly, collect quickly, and is highly efficient."

Is this guy a salesman from the supply and marketing cooperative? Why is he so eloquent? No, a salesman from a supply and marketing cooperative won't talk to you about this. It's up to you to buy or not.

However, the digital artillery that Gao Zhendong mentioned has indeed opened the door to a new world in their hearts.

The leaders of the National Defense Committee also knew that only he could come up with this suggestion. Digital radio stations and tactical communication protocols were all being developed under his promotion. Naturally, no one understood better than him how to combine these things.

This thing sounds good! To realize it, towed artillery is really not as convenient as vehicle-mounted artillery.

"As for protection and off-road performance, the towed gun originally had none or very little, so why think so much? Moreover, if the gun is installed on the vehicle, the off-road performance may be improved a little bit. If the cab is equipped with armor plates, at least the soldiers can still be protected. It is much better than the towed gun, which is not used on the front line. Even if we don't develop digital artillery for the time being, this thing has much greater comprehensive advantages than the towed gun."

Gao Zhendong's strategy is called "relying entirely on peers for comparison." Don't say that this product is bad or that product is bad, its peers are worse than it. However, it has advantages that its peers don't have, and its price is not that expensive.

What you think of business war: advertising, promotion, operations, and financial means.

In actual business war: all that matters is that your opponent is stupid enough.

This unconventional approach confused the leaders who had obviously never experienced such a thing.

It seems to make sense, and when I think about it again, it does make sense.

Oppose truck guns, understand truck guns, join truck guns...

The leaders of the Army and the Defense Work Committee thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out what the flaws of this thing were compared to the towed artillery. They looked at each other and did it!

"Well, this is indeed feasible! Engineer Fu, please write a report on this matter and at least we can start preliminary research." The Defense Work Committee directly handed the matter over to the design unit of the 122 Lloyd. They didn't know how much money would be invested, but the matter could be done and preliminary research wouldn't cost much.

Mr. Fu was so happy, it felt like pie in the sky.

Mr. Shao was not happy: "What about me, boss? I have another one here, which is bigger than his!"

Several leaders were also very curious why Gao Zhendong only said 122 got on the bus and didn't mention 152, and looked at Gao Zhendong.

Gao Zhendong laughed and said, "Boss Shao, your gun is too big for the car to carry! The gun weighs over 5 tons, and the car itself needs to be reinforced. It can't carry this weight."

Now we don't have heavy off-road vehicles, and with the size of CA10, EQ240, it is obviously a bit too much to want to carry 152, not to mention when it fires, the impact will be incredible.

"Hey, being big is also wrong, really..." Mr. Shao was very indignant, but there was nothing he could do. There were only so many truck chassis to choose from now, and he really couldn't carry it. He knew this fact.

Even the copied S-75 can only be towed by the CA10, so you can imagine how severe the shortage of chassis models is among us.

"So the issue of 152 getting on board has to be put on hold because the conditions are not ripe. But even so, there is still room for improvement for 152."

This kind of “although...but...” is very comfortable, and Mr. Shao always has a feeling that there is a ray of hope after a dark period.

"Chief Engineer Gao, please tell me."

"Auxiliary power device, make a small diesel engine and install it on the 152 gun carriage. The endurance does not need to be long, less than 10 kilometers will be fine. If designed properly, it can assist in the retraction and deployment of the artillery, semi-automatic loading of ammunition, and can solve the problem of rapid entry and exit from the position."

Auxiliary power was installed on heavy artillery in Gao Zhendong's previous life, but it was mainly used to solve the problem of ammunition loading. There was not much other practical use. The main reason was that this thing seemed mediocre in that era and was a lot more complicated. But if you want to talk about how useful it is, then there is no such thing. Isn't a truck-mounted gun better?
In the 80s and 90s, we developed 155mm cannons with auxiliary power, but they were not sold. What we sold were the proper tracked self-propelled 155mm cannons, and we did not purchase any of them ourselves.

But at this time, it is still a good idea. The evaluation of any equipment and product should be carried out in the real environment. If it is separated from the environment, the evaluation will be lonely. There is no way, who told us to be poor.

This idea of ​​making do with what you have and working as it pleases was an eye-opener for the comrades present.

Is this okay?
If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be impossible.

I can't run far, but I can fire quickly, retract and release the gun quickly, and just run out of the position. Hey, you can't hit me anyway, so I still have time to slowly hook up to the tractor after running a few kilometers out of the position.

Even the leaders of the Defense Work Committee laughed at this idea. Comrade Zhendong is extremely serious when he is serious, and when he is making do, he is really making do.

Mr. Shao is so confused, how come this weird thing happened to me?
"This one seems like it could be worth a try." But you know what, it is still useful.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "This thing is simple to say but complicated to implement. It can only be regarded as a stopgap measure. I am just giving you an idea. I won't comment on whether it will work or not."

This thing is really complicated to make, and it requires modifying the gun mount. If it is a new one, it is easier to say. Modifying it based on a replica product is more troublesome than making a new one. So Gao Zhendong couldn't say whether it was really necessary to do it, and it all depended on the user's choice.

As for the users... they can't eat delicacies from land and sea, so having some light porridge and side dishes is better than nothing.

The army leader smiled and said, "I think this is not a hard target. You can try it out and we can give you some funding, but we won't put any pressure on you. It would be great if you can have it, but if you can't copy it, that's fine too."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee also agreed: "Well, it is indeed a bit troublesome to change this system based on existing things. If you have extra manpower, you can do it."

Well, there is funding but no quota, right? That's fine.

Mr. Shao had a big smile on his face. It would be a waste if he didn't do it.

"Okay, let's try it."

Even if the imitation 152 is not used, I don't believe that 152 will not be replaced.

Mr. Shao had a clear understanding of this problem. As long as the range of the 122 howitzer was successfully increased to 18 kilometers, even if he increased the range of the 152 howitzer a little bit by changing the bullet type, the troops would definitely not like the imitation 152 howitzer. He dared to bet his own month's salary on it.

When the time comes, I will use all the techniques I have learned today and give you a big one!

This meeting lasted for a long time. It was originally a meeting about artillery reconnaissance radar, but in the end, the whole meeting had little to do with artillery reconnaissance radar, and most of the thoughts were about artillery.

There is no way. Now the conflict has been reversed. The artillery reconnaissance radar has become the spear, and the artillery side has to consider what kind of shield to use to solve this problem.

A certain air show: Hall A - the world's best drone system, Hall B - the world's best anti-drone system; indoors - superb ballistic missiles, outdoors - highly maneuverable air defense systems that can intercept...

But it still opened the eyes of the comrades who were researching artillery detection radar. It turned out that Chief Engineer Gao's real direction seemed to be artillery, and everything else was just a side job? No wonder he was so good at writing artillery positioning algorithms.

Defense Work Committee: It’s hard to say about this matter. Don’t ask me. I don’t know his real direction.
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After the meeting, Gao Zhendong got in his car and left.

As for the things mentioned today, except for the uncertain things like propellant, basically he didn't need to intervene in the landing, so he ran very fast.

When he returned to the Third Branch Factory, the comrades from the factory office told him that Lao Chen was looking for him.

Oh, there have been a lot of things to do recently. I haven’t seen Lao Chen for a month or so. Gao Zhendong immediately rushed to the chief engineer’s office.

Seeing him, Lao Chen pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down." Then he threw a cigarette to him.

Gao Zhendong took it and said, "Master, I haven't seen you for a month. Can you give me something better?"

Old Chen was quite impatient: "That's all, nothing else, smoke it if you want."

Gao Zhendong lit up and took a puff: "Of course I have to smoke it. I haven't smoked Master's cigarette for a month."

Old Chen smiled: "Why are you pretending to be pitiful? I called you here this time because I have something to tell you first."

Gao Zhendong stopped laughing and said, "Master, please tell me."

"Since the 6011 campaign, our factory, or mainly your Third Factory, has made remarkable achievements and has basically completed the task ahead of schedule."

Regarding the 6011 battle, Gao Zhendong was basically only concerned with killing and not burying. He threw the documents away and didn't care about it anymore. As for the specific matters at the factory level, his master was helping him to keep an eye on them, while Yan Chengde and Liang Faming were in charge of the branch factory and Zheng Liangshu from the Beijing Steel Plant was in charge outside.

(End of this chapter)