157: The Middle East powder keg is ignited: the Iran-Iraq War breaks out!

Peng Lin's personal letter exploded like a clap of thunder across all Changhe Weapons Industry's branch factories nationwide!

When the office desks of the various branch factory heads successively received this document, stamped with the red seal of the Chief Designer of Changhe Weapons Industry, the roar of the machine tools in the factories seemed to pause for a moment!

The heads and high-level executives of each military industrial branch factory read the letter written by Peng Lin, and their morale soared!

Currently, Changhe Weapons Industry's branch factories are inundated with international military trade orders, and the salaries of their management cadres and ordinary skilled workers are among the best nationwide.

They naturally knew that the root of all this was Peng Lin, the Chief Designer of Changhe Weapons Industry, leading the way!

Now that Peng Lin himself declared this a major historical opportunity, the various branch factories naturally redoubled their efforts to prepare for the 'charge'!

Three days later, a bottom-up technological revolution swept through the entire Changhe military industrial system!

The Shancheng Gear Factory was the first to hang a banner proclaiming 'Military-Civilian Integration Commando Team,' using precision machine tools that produced tank gearboxes to mill out the first set of civilian truck gears!

Workers at Luoyang Bearing Factory worked through the night to modify production lines, transplanting the quenching process for military armored vehicle bearings to truck components, directly crushing domestic standards by 300% in terms of lifespan.

Most astonishing was the Baotou Special Vehicle Factory; these eight-grade fitters, who once manually polished the composite armor of 79A tanks, actually assembled the first V8 diesel engine using a scrapped Type 59 tank engine as a prototype!

The 380 horsepower unleashed by this V8 diesel engine during bench testing shocked the chief engineer, who repeatedly exclaimed, 'It can't be stopped!'

Reports from the various branch factories flew to the headquarters like snowflakes:

Xiangtan Branch Factory submitted the 'Mengshi Chassis Civilianization Plan,' intending to develop heavy mining trucks!

Taiyuan Steel Mill directly listed a military-to-civilian technology inventory, deriving lightweight vehicle frame patents from armor steel; while not planning to enter the complete vehicle R&D business, it targeted the lucrative domestic automotive parts supply chain!

On the bulletin board of the Changhe Automobile Manufacturing Branch Factory's workshop, next to the slogan 'Forging Swords for National Defense,' the freshly painted red slogan 'Paving the Way for People's Livelihoods' was still wet!

This was an automobile manufacturing branch factory personally acquired by Peng Lin two years prior, and the first Mengshi and Lynx vehicles were produced here!

Although the Changhe Automobile Manufacturing Branch Factory later spun off a large number of technical backbones and workers to aid in the construction of other newly acquired branch factories, its foundation remained incredibly solid!

Deep in the night, in the workshop of the Changhe Automobile Manufacturing Branch Factory, technical backbones and automotive engineers gathered around blueprints, debating the design of a new type of civilian transport truck.

Even in other workshops, the chief engineer of the Changhe Automobile Manufacturing Branch Factory was leading a team of R&D pioneers in designing civilian off-road vehicles and sedans!

A month later, when Peng Lin inspected the various branch factories within the Changhe system, what he saw was a prairie fire!

On the workshop assembly lines, military armored vehicle frames flowed alongside civilian heavy truck axles!

In the warehouses, 'military engines' and 'mining machinery power packs' shared quality inspection standards!

Under Peng Lin's initiative, dozens of Changhe branch factories were rapidly establishing a complete modern automotive industrial system that was independently controllable, technologically leading, and globally competitive!

In addition, Peng Lin and the Changhe Weapons Industry General Factory were also preparing to concentrate resources to support 2-3 core complete vehicle enterprise groups!

They will be responsible for building flagship brands, developing high-end passenger and commercial vehicle brands that represent Longguo's image and technological strength!

And research and develop modular, standardized engines, transmissions, and chassis platforms!

Furthermore, Peng Lin also encouraged the development of a batch of specialized complete vehicle enterprises focusing on niche markets, such as economy cars, SUVs, MPVs, special vehicles, or regional markets!

They can leverage the technology platforms of flagship brands to conduct differentiated product development!

In addition to these original branch factories, Changhe Weapons Industry General Factory also acquired some promising state-owned factories, preparing to develop technologies such as batteries, motors, electronic control technology, lighting, interiors, and steering systems!

The most core and important aspect is that the Beidou Satellite Navigation System is also officially preparing to launch civilian interfaces, providing positioning and navigation services for cars produced in Longguo!

The entire Longguo civilian automotive system is by no means a scattered, disorganized technological transformation, but a strategic assault by a group army commanded by Peng Lin into the civilian sector!

... October 1980.

After the National Day, Peng Lin convened the various military factories of Longguo Aviation Industry and officially approved the project for the Y-20 'Kunpeng' strategic transport aircraft.

And as early as half a month prior, the J-16 'Qianlong' heavy fighter jet had also been approved for project development.

After the project began, Peng Lin also opened the military-industrial research assistance system panel:

Project Name: Y-20 'Kunpeng' Strategic Transport Aircraft

Difficulty Assessment: S

Task Progress: 7.45%

Task Reward: 10000 Research Points

Compared to the J-16 'Qianlong' heavy fighter jet, the development difficulty of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft was clearly higher.

The J-16 fighter jet could utilize many technologies from the J-10 'Mighty Dragon' in its development, and even the WS-10 'Taihang' series aero engines could be continued.

However, the development of the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft was an almost entirely new system and field.

Including the high-bypass turbofan WS-20 aero engine, which is also completely different from the WS-10.

Among them, the high-bypass turbofan WS-20 pursues ultimate energy efficiency and large scale, suitable for civil airliners and military transport aircraft.

While the low-bypass turbofan WS-10 focuses more on thrust-to-weight ratio and supersonic flight, making it more suitable for fighter jets.

After consideration, Peng Lin still decided to use the main research points on the development of the Y-20 'Kunpeng'.

Compared to the J-16, what the Longguo Air Force might need more now are strategic transport aircraft, aerial refueling tankers, and airborne early warning aircraft platforms!

Moreover, even with only a small amount of research points, based on the experience gained from J-10 development, the project progress of the J-16 is estimated not to be slower than that of the Y-20!

Successfully used 10000 Research Points, congratulations on achieving 36% task progress!

Obtained Wide-Chord Hollow Fan Blade combined with Superplastic Forming Technology, improving the anti-foreign object strike capability of aero engines by 50% through aerodynamic optimization, and reducing high-altitude thrust decay to 15%!

Obtained Full Authority Digital Electronic Control System Technology, achieving real-time optimization of engine status, with a response speed 10 times faster than mechanical control!

Obtained Supercritical Wing Design and Manufacturing Technology, optimizing transonic aerodynamic performance through a flat upper surface and curved trailing edge...

Obtained High-Lift Device Technology, increasing take-off and landing lift coefficient by 40%-50% through leading-edge slats + trailing-edge triple-slotted flaps, allowing take-off and landing on short runways or field airfields...

After acquiring a series of new technologies, Peng Lin quickly began the process of digestion, absorption, and related research and development!

...However, just as Longguo was vigorously carrying out military industrial research and development and economic construction, the international situation was in turmoil!

After a long period of suppression, the Middle East powder keg finally ignited!

The Iran-Iraq War broke out!