Chapter 527 Monster MAZ-7907
Qin Tao did not say that he would just leave these people in the East, but invited them to visit the East. After the International Defense Exhibition is held, these people can continue to stay, walk around, and meet old friends by chance. You should be able to accept it bit by bit.
Although these people have nothing to do with shipbuilding, after all, they are also high-tech talents and military talents. They are talents that are urgently needed in the country, especially those engaged in armed helicopters. The Wuzhi-10 project has not yet started in China.
After the exchange, it was already late at night. Qin Tao returned to his room and could not fall asleep for a long time.
"Mr. Qin, I feel that the people here are destroying their own future. They have forced away so many outstanding technical personnel. How can their technology develop?" Xu Zhengyang couldn't help but speak.
"Yeah, you're right, but people here don't care. They only care about the proportion of their own people. It doesn't matter whether their own people have the ability or not, whether it's scientific research, education, medical care, or these systems. Here, as their proportion increases, everything begins to change. They once performed the world's first heart transplant operation, but now?"
Nowadays, even a common cold and fever may be misdiagnosed!
Fortunately, in the glory days, we had our own shipyards and used doctors from the East. When shipyard workers got sick, they could still get timely and correct treatment.
Others, I really can’t believe it.
Xu Zhengyang was also very emotional.
“Mr. Qin, our next stop is Baimao?”
Xu Zhengyang started chatting about the next trip again.
Qin Tao nodded.
“There doesn’t seem to be anything good there at Baimao, right?”
Qin Tao smiled: "Why not? When we went to Lao Maozi's place, we often took the Maz truck. Do you know where it came from?"
"Car? What does this have to do with Baimao?" Xu Zhengyang was a little curious, and suddenly thought of something: "Mr. Qin, are you talking about a missile launch vehicle like the Maz 543?"
Qin Tao nodded.
There are many gaps in the domestic military industry. Take the missile launch vehicle as an example. The most advanced Dongfeng-21 missile in the country currently uses a trailer. The various openings on the cylinder look like a boiler. .
The trailer method cannot be maneuvered in the wild and can only rely on the road network. This method is obviously inappropriate. It would be awesome to have a multi-wheel-drive off-road vehicle like Lao Maozi and take Big Ivan over mountains and ridges.
This time we are going to hold an international defense exhibition, so of course we have to call Baimao over. Regardless of whether we buy them or not, as long as we bring those large vehicles over and display them publicly, we can increase the momentum of the international defense exhibition.
Thinking of these large launch vehicles, even Xu Zhengyang is full of expectations.
Time was tight, so they visited the heads of various companies the next day. After formally sending out invitations, they took a passenger plane the next night and embarked on the road to Baimao.
Qin Tao has left countless pairs of footprints on the land of Lao Maozi, but this is the first time he has come to Minsk.
Xu Zhengyang and others who were traveling with him also felt the difference.
“This place seems to have regained its vitality!” Xu Zhengyang felt a strange feeling while sitting in the car and looking at the buildings and pedestrians on both sides of the street. It's completely different from the one at Da Mao Er Mao.
They were contacted by people from the diplomatic department. Xie Le heard Xu Zhengyang's emotion and immediately introduced him: "Yes, after the collapse of the Red Empire, this place should be the first to recover."
“Why here?” Xu Zhengyang was even more curious.
“Because this place has learned from us and embarked on our characteristic market economy path,” Xie Le said.
After the collapse of the Red Empire, all countries began to swarm toward the West, but facts have proven that this road will not work.
Da Mao is the worst. He listened to some shock therapy in the West and now he is really in shock. Er Mao can only make money by selling weapons and equipment. Therefore, Bai Mao (or San Mao) became the first one to come out. .
They did not learn from the big Mao and Er Mao, because the Big Mao and Er Mao were too busy taking care of themselves. They could not learn from the losers, so they aimed at the East.
In 1994, after the new leader of Baimao came to power, the first thing he did was to visit the East. After returning, he started reforms. In just the past two years, Baimao has already undergone earth-shaking changes.
"However, at present, their economy still has big shortcomings. Take their industry as an example. Except for the Minsk Vehicle Manufacturing Plant, which has the entire production chain, other industries require the cooperation of other countries. In In the current situation, those industries are almost meaningless.”
Qin Tao nodded: "So, we can come here with friendship and let Baimao become real friends with us."
Coming with friendship?
Xie Le looked at Qin Tao curiously. Although this was his first contact with Qin Tao, he had already heard that Mr. Qin of the Mingzhou Group had a flexible mind and was full of strategies. Is this another good idea?
“Like other countries, heavy industry is developed here but light industry is poor. We can cooperate with Baimao to establish a China-Belarus light industrial park and produce light industrial products directly here. They will definitely be very satisfied.”
Light industrial park?
Xie Le opened his eyes wide: "Why don't we export directly?"
Exports can create foreign exchange and increase domestic employment opportunities. Therefore, if we can export, we can export. Why should we jointly open factories?
"Lao Xie, the national conditions are different." Qin Tao said: "You also said that this place is learning from us and following our path. Then you should know that this place is definitely not willing to purchase Eastern materials in large quantities. Yes, if we can set up a factory here, we will definitely gain Baimao's trust and recognition. Even if we don't open a factory, other countries will come here to set up factories."
This is real making friends, Bai Mao will definitely be ecstatic.
"A large amount of cotton is also grown here, so our domestic clothing companies can come in. For example, our Eight Wolves Men's Wear is willing to set up factories here." (Eight Wolves and Nine Wolves were confused at the front and turned back. After taking a look, I confirmed that it should be Eight Wolves. The protagonist asked my mother to run it independently. If the city leaders refused, they would pull out the backbone and establish the Nine Wolves brand.)
Qin Tao can't decide anything else, but in this clothing business, he can directly make the decision for his mother. Anyway, the Eight Wolf men's clothing has not entered the Baimao market. If he directly sets up a factory here to occupy the Baimao market, then he can Earned a lot of extra money.
Xie Le nodded: "Mr. Qin, since this idea was raised by you, it is up to you to propose it after arriving at the Minsk Vehicle Manufacturing Plant, and sell this favor for nothing."
Xie Le has become good friends with the people in Baimao. Qin Tao is new here and needs to gain the recognition of the people here.
Qin Tao nodded: "Okay."
Minsk Vehicle Manufacturing Plant was established in 1947. At that time, it was the main manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, and buses in the Red Empire.
As for the common name MAZ, it is the abbreviation of MAZ, which is MinskAutoZavod. This name is definitely not unfamiliar to the East.
At this time, Qin Tao was also in a surging mood when he set foot on the Maz factory for the first time.
At the entrance of the Maz factory, a large group of officials were already waiting. Mikhailov, the leader of Minsk, and Radutka, the director of the Maz factory, were both standing there, smiling and welcoming the people who came. A group of people.
“Everyone, let me introduce to you, this is President Qin of our Mingzhou Group. He is here to visit the Maz factory with friendship.” Xie Le communicated with them in fluent Baimao dialect.
(I saw an introduction that speaking Baimao dialect and Ermao dialect is actually equivalent to the local language of Russian. It is the same as the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese here. I don’t know whether it is true or not.)
“Mr. Qin, this is Mr. Mikhailov, who works in the municipal government, and this is the factory director, Mr. Radutka.”
Qin Tao extended his hand enthusiastically: "Nice to meet you, Mr. Mikhailov, Mr. Radutka."
After shaking hands one by one, Qin Tao waved to Xu Zhengyang behind him, so Xu Zhengyang took some small boxes and began to deliver things to the leaders.
The box was very small, and everyone was a little curious. They didn’t know what it was. Mikhailov, who got it first, stuffed it into his pocket directly, but Radujika was not so reserved and opened it directly.
The sun shines on the box, making it dazzlingly bright inside.
“It’s a diamond!” Radujika almost exclaimed. The diamond set in the ring looks quite big!
Mikhailov was also surprised. He touched the small box he put in his pocket. He still didn't open it, but it was already hot.
This Mr. Qin is really a friend and generous!
“Mr. Qin, please come in.” Radujika suppressed her excitement, put the small box back into her pocket, and then showed Qin Tao the way.
There is still a long way to go from the door to the factory building inside. Outside is an open space overgrown with weeds. Looking from a distance, you can see some scrapped vehicles there, two of which are particularly conspicuous.
Length, width and height can be described in one word, that is big!
“Can we go over there first and take a look?” Qin Tao pointed to the vehicle over there.
Radujika looked over, a little surprised, but also a little proud: "Of course, the two MAZ-7907s there are the largest vehicles ever produced by our Minsk Vehicle Manufacturing Plant!"
Exactly how big is it? You can count its wheels, one, two, three...twelve!
There are twelve wheels on one side, and they are not the wheels of road transport vehicles, but off-road tires with large tread patterns. The specific diameter of each tire is not known, but when Lao Maozi stood there, the tires Just reaching the shoulder level, you can imagine how huge it is.
If we talk about the specific data, the length of this behemoth is 28 meters, the width is 4.1 meters, and the height is 4.4 meters.
"In the 1980s, relevant departments began to manufacture the RT-23 intercontinental ballistic missile, which NATO named the SS-24 Scalpel. This missile weighs 105 tons, is 22.6 meters long, and has a diameter of 2.4 meters. It can carry nine warheads at a time. Initially, this missile used well-based deployment and railway deployment. However, in order to improve the survivability of this missile, the relevant departments planned to use TEL vehicles for land-based deployment. Our Minsk Vehicle Manufacturing Plant became its launch vehicle research and development factory."
At this time, everyone walked into the grass, and Radujika made an introduction: "After receiving the mission, we immediately carried out research and development. Ten years ago, we produced a prototype of this launch vehicle. Although it looks like an enlarged version of the previous vehicle, we have actually made a lot of improvements to make it even more efficient."
The MAZ factory has always been engaged in ballistic missile launch vehicles. Starting from the four-axle MAZ-543, there are more and more axles and more and more weight can be carried. So, should we just widen, lengthen and height? Woolen cloth?
Of course not! After reaching a certain level, the complexity of the system will become larger and larger, and it will also cause more and more problems.
For example, after a certain length of the vehicle frame, it may twist when turning. As for the transmission system, the efficiency will also be reduced due to the elongation of the vehicle body.
“In order to drive this big guy, we creatively used an electric transmission.” At this time, everyone had already walked to the car, and Radujika was still talking non-stop.
Electric transmission is actually not a new technology. On internal combustion locomotives, electric transmission is used. The internal combustion engine drives the generator, and then the generator drives the motor on the wheel. The advantage of this is to avoid the design difficulties of the transmission system.
Same for this car.
"Each of its wheels is driven by an electric motor with a power of 30 kilowatts, a total of 24 electric motors, which is 720 kilowatts of power. The first four axles and the last four axles have steering capabilities. With the support of 8-axis steering, The turning radius of this 28-meter-long beast is only 27 meters.”
Although it’s not big, this car’s turning is very flexible!
“Then its engine must be very powerful?” Qin Tao asked.
“Yes, we deliberately used a gas turbine, the one used on the T-80 tank.” Radujika said: “In tests, it once ran a cross-country speed of 25 kilometers per hour.”
It is already a convention for MAZ’s missile launchers to use tank engines. The original MAZ-543 used the engine of the T-54 tank. After all, only tank engines have enough horsepower.
As for other issues, the savage and rough old man doesn't care, even if it's a gas turbine!
The gas turbine has high power and excellent low-temperature starting characteristics, which is very suitable for the vast frozen land of Laomaozi. However, the gas turbine is noisy, just like on the runway. Moreover, the fuel consumption of the gas turbine is quite high. That thing is definitely a drink. Oil monster!
The yellow front of the car is somewhat similar to a mine car. It has a huge nose on the front and a tall ladder on the side. Years of rain erosion has made it full of vicissitudes.
“Can it still move?” Qin Tao asked.
“Of course there is no problem.” Radujika said: “A few years ago, we used it to transport large items, such as locomotives and yachts... Mr. Qin, do you want to buy it back?”
That's right, Qin Tao really took a fancy to it.
Currently, Mingzhou Shipyard is engaged in production in a booming manner. Within the shipyard, there are a lot of materials that need to be transported, many of which are large products. If these two missile launch vehicles are modified, they can be perfect The ground is being transported!
Not to mention anything else, small yachts, missile boats, etc. can even be built at the rear. After the construction is completed, they can be towed directly into the water by this kind of vehicle.
In short, in the field of large-scale transportation, this kind of vehicle is a perfect match.
In terms of transportation capacity, one hundred tons does not seem to be high. You must know that Steyr in China is the king of one hundred tons. This is definitely not for nothing. It often drags more than one hundred tons or even two hundred tons of goods, but , that thing is like a snail crawling on the road. If it stops midway when it encounters a small slope, it has to go back to the bottom of the **** again.
What about the big guy in front of you? It refers to someone who can drag a hundred tons of cargo everywhere. If you follow the domestic loading method, not to mention three hundred tons, five hundred tons are possible.
Steyr's rated load capacity is only twenty tons, but it can pull up to two hundred tons. According to this ratio, it can load thousands of tons!
Qin Tao was satisfied with the car, but he still shook his head.
Radujika looked disappointed.
After the collapse of the Red Empire, these two vehicles once undertook some transportation tasks, but it was only short-lived. After all, it consumed too much fuel! Customers would rather use other vehicles to transport slowly than use this vehicle to take shortcuts. In a market economy, all customers must consider costs.
So, these two Imperial Afterglows, the largest missile launchers in the world, just stayed in the open space of the factory, silently eating ashes.
It would be good for them if they could sell these two cars. They would clean up the junk and make money. Who would have thought that Mr. Qin was originally interested, but now he is shaking his head?
“Mr. Qin, what are you dissatisfied with these two cars?” Mikhailov asked.
“You said that it uses gas turbine engines. After these years of use, these engines have reached the end of their life, right?”
Hearing Qin Tao's question, Radujika looked a little confused.
This is true.
Everything else is easy to say, the key is the engine!
This GTD-1250 gas turbine has a full life cycle of 1,000 hours and an overhaul interval of 300 hours. By the time the Red Empire collapsed, the engine had actually reached the end of its life. Their subsequent civilian transportation was all used beyond the expiration date. By the time the Orientals buy it back, it will probably be completely useless.
The engine is broken, what else can be done?
"If we buy it back, we will have to make improvements and replace its original engine with a 396 diesel engine. This will cost a lot of money. Unless these two cars can be bought back at a cheap price, it will not be good for them. For us, it’s not worth it.”
cheap price?
Radujika thought for a while, and then said: "What price does Mr. Qin think is appropriate?"
“If you buy two cars together, the maximum cost is one hundred thousand dollars.”
“Deal!” Radujika immediately replied: “No problem, Mr. Qin, if you want to use these two cars, I will sell them to you for US$100,000!”
Radujika had done his homework in advance. Mr. Qin liked to use scrap iron prices when buying things. If these two cars were sold at scrap iron prices, they would only be worth ten thousand US dollars at most. Mr. Qin actually gave him a The price is one hundred thousand dollars, so what else is there to say? Of course it will be sold!
Qin Tao was also stunned, he missed it! If I had known earlier, I would have asked for $50,000, or even $20,000. Seeing how cheerful the other party was, it was obvious that I had paid too high. Although the group has grown in recent years, I cannot afford to be so generous! Money should still be spent sparingly.
However, there are still rescue measures.
"We need to start the inspection to see if there is any problem with the running mechanism of the car. We also need a batch of spare parts. This kind of car is manufactured separately. If it breaks, it cannot be repaired."
"Of course, we still have a batch of accessories in the warehouse. If you want to buy them, we will take them away for you." Radujika said: "As for the startup test, we can try it. If it cannot start, then we will try it with external power. Just try it, as long as its running mechanism is intact, you will have to replace the engine anyway."
It was the first time Qin Tao climbed into the cab of such a big guy.
It is very similar to a mine cart. After sitting on it, you have the feeling of seeing all the mountains at a glance. If you run over a car, you will definitely not feel anything when it is run over.
The side cover of the huge engine compartment in front was opened, and a group of technicians were tinkering with it. Half an hour later, a whistling sound was heard. Although it had been left for such a long time, the gas turbine could still start successfully!
The cab is very spacious and has a mid-cab structure. The driver sits in the center and looks at the rearview mirrors on both sides and... the closed-circuit television!
Yes, fancy things like reversing cameras are not yet popular, but the MAZ-7907 developed in the 1980s has already begun to use closed-circuit television.
After all, it is too long, and the center of the car body is still a hinge mechanism, so if it starts to move and turns, the outside behind will be completely invisible.
The same is true for large semi-trailer trucks. Therefore, when turning, such vehicles must stay far away, otherwise they will be overturned and people will have to drive away without causing trouble.
This car has closed-circuit television, so you can see what's going on behind it.
Radujika drove the car himself, and Qin Tao sat on one side. There were several seats here, and he could personally feel the grace of this vehicle in action.
However, the CCTV on one side has been broken and there is no display at all. However, there is no loading at the back, so safety can be guaranteed even without the CCTV.
Radujika released the brakes and stepped on the electric pedal. The huge car body trembled, as if it was shaking with excitement at being able to start moving again, and started to move forward.
The huge off-road tires were crushing the weeds, and the people below who were watching this scene were very emotional. Only the Red Empire could create such a huge monster!
After leaving everyone, Radujika turned the steering wheel, and the four rows of wheels in front turned to the right, and the four rows of wheels in the back turned to the left. Just like that, the huge car began to turn, and the weeds under the tires were directly crushed, and the wheels in front of it were crushed. The weeds also seemed to tremble under the roar of the gas turbines.
The huge land monster continues to move forward, invincible along the way.
(End of this chapter)