16: Name: Z-8 military heavy transport helicopter!

When General Xu Liyou came to Changhe Factory for inspection, he was most concerned about the production of the new Sniper Grenade and the domestically produced Chinook Helicopter.

Generally speaking, a country will plan several months or even a year in advance before engaging in a local war.

As for a full-scale war, various mobilizations and combat preparations are carried out two or three years in advance.

Now, both the high-level officials of Dragon Country and the military have determined that there will be a battle with Yue Hou Country.

So, even if the start date of the war has not been decided, the military has already internally appointed General Xu Liyou as the overall commander for the operation against Yue Hou Country.

And in these days, he has been inspecting various levels of troops and the production of weapons and ammunition.

He is making all kinds of preparations before the big war.

And ever since Vice Minister Zhou of the Fifth Ministry of Machinery reported to him about the situation at Changhe Factory.

He has made the new Sniper Grenade and the domestically produced Chinook Helicopter the top priorities in his strategic planning.

He even developed a new tactic based on these two weapons, specifically for the terrain of Yue Hou Country.

"Comrade Peng Lin, by the end of this year, how many tandem twin-rotor helicopters can your Changhe Factory produce at most?"

On the way to visit, General Xu Liyou asked Peng Lin.

"If all the production capacity for Z-5 is diverted, we can produce up to 30 by the end of the year!"

Peng Lin calculated silently in his mind and replied.

"30?"

"With a major war approaching, Comrade Peng Lin, your Changhe Factory must not exaggerate!"

"If 30 domestically produced Chinook Helicopters can truly be produced by the end of the year, then the Z-5 can be completely stopped to free up capacity!"

General Xu Liyou heard this number and reminded him with a smile.

"I can sign a military pledge!"

"We will definitely be able to produce 30 domestically produced Chinook Helicopters before the end of the year!"

Peng Lin replied very firmly.

To be honest, the production quantity he guaranteed was somewhat aggressive.

This is also why General Xu Liyou was a bit disbelieving when he first heard it.

Because even with workers working three shifts, this number can only be achieved if all machinery and equipment operate without any faults.

However, Peng Lin believed that during the production process, manufacturing techniques could also be continuously improved and optimized.

The workshop production technology of this era was still very backward.

As long as he could introduce appropriate modern production process systems into the workshop, increasing production efficiency by more than 30% would definitely not be a problem.

"Good!"

"You, young comrade, dare to make a military pledge in front of me, I absolutely believe you!"

"After the war, I will personally go to the central government to request commendation for you!"

"Originally, I promised the central government to reach the capital of Yue Hou Country in 30 days!"

"But if 30 domestically produced Chinook Helicopters are produced before the war and the new tactics can be applied, then I am confident that the established mission can be completed in three weeks!"

General Xu Liyou said with extreme excitement.

He had great expectations and confidence in the new Sniper Grenade and the domestically produced Chinook Helicopter combined with his new tactics.

Subsequently, led by Peng Lin, the group arrived at the Changhe Factory's helicopter test flight field.

One USA original Chinook Helicopter and two domestically produced versions from Changhe Factory were parked there.

Upon seeing these three Steel Torrent, General Xu Liyou immediately stepped forward excitedly to observe.

Especially for the two imitated by Changhe Factory, he paid even more attention.

"Open the hatch!"

General Xu Liyou circled the helicopter once and then commanded.

Upon receiving the order, the test pilot inside the helicopter immediately opened the hatch.

The Chinook Helicopter was nicknamed "Flying Boxcar" by countries around the world.

When its rear hatch opened with a roar, its 9.3-meter-long, 2.5-meter-wide rectangular cabin was like a gaping Steel Torrent.

The nearly two-meter height inside the cabin allowed fully armed soldiers to line up and run directly onto the aircraft!

Various light armored vehicles could also drive directly into the cabin!

The Steel Torrent of modern warfare could almost all be swallowed into its steel cabin!

General Xu Liyou walked in to experience its vast space, immediately feeling a sense of inexplicable shock.

"The mechanized strength of the USA and the Soviet Union, the two Superpowers, is too powerful."

"Tens of thousands of Steel Torrent directly transported by air..."

After personally experiencing it inside the cabin, General Xu Liyou said quietly.

It must be known that before this, the soldiers of Dragon Country had always relied solely on their will of steel and flesh and blood to resist these Steel Torrent.

The most crucial thing is that the Dragon Country's army also won the victories in the Anti-Eagle and Zhen Island conflicts.

Thinking of this, General Xu Liyou's eyes reddened, and a wave of grief and sadness surged in his heart.

Because the price of victory against these Steel Torrent was the blood and tears of the soldiers!

However, he immediately put away these emotions silently.

Because fortunately, now, Dragon Country also possesses such powerful tandem twin-rotor heavy transport helicopter technology!

And even in the future, who knows, they might not need to imitate Soviet Union and USA weapons, and could possess even more advanced equipment than them!

"Originally, for military transport helicopters, we were prepared to imitate the SA321 'Super Frelon' transport helicopter from Gaul Rooster."

"In Europe, only Gaul Rooster was willing to let us import some military equipment."

"But now it seems that we no longer need to spend heavily to import that helicopter from Gaul Rooster."

"This domestically produced Chinook Helicopter can be named Z-8!"

"For its internal code name, since it is our country's first twin-rotor layout helicopter, it will be called 'Tandem-1'!"

General Xu Liyou said to everyone.

"Z-8?"

"Tandem-1?"

"Good, let's use this naming!"

Hearing this name and code, everyone at Changhe Factory was somewhat excited.

The Z-5 was an imitation of the Soviet Union's Mi-4 helicopter in the 1950s.

The Z-6 was an imitation of the Soviet Union's Mi-6 helicopter in 1969.

As for the Z-7, it was a helicopter that Dragon Country planned to develop independently in 1970, but it has not been mass-produced to this day.

Now that the Z-8 is born at Changhe Factory, everyone is incredibly proud!

And Peng Lin was also very excited about this code name.

Although he developed this domestically produced tandem twin-rotor helicopter under the guise of imitating the Chinook.

However, many of the technologies inside were actually provided by the system and developed by himself.

It was even more advanced than the original USA Chinook Helicopter.

Now that it is named Z-8, it no longer needs to bear the name of an imitated Chinook, which can be considered its official rectification!

"Comrade Peng Lin, I have listened in detail to Vice Minister Zhou's report regarding the new Sniper Grenade you developed."

"I wonder if your Changhe Factory can provide a batch first, so that my guard company can be equipped with them first?"

General Xu Liyou suddenly changed the subject and asked Peng Lin.

"Equip the guard company with the new Sniper Grenade first?"

"That's certainly no problem."

"According to squad firepower configuration, generally equipping one to two Sniper Grenades per squad is sufficient."

Peng Lin replied.

"Then each squad will be equipped with two new Sniper Grenades."

"The Z-8 can carry over 10 tons of supplies, and if transporting troops, it can carry at least one fully armed reinforced platoon."

"Three Z-8s can transport a fully armed reinforced company's worth of troops."

"I plan to have my guard company equipped with the new Sniper Grenades and conduct a live-fire surprise attack exercise using three z-8 heavy transport helicopters!"

"This will be a good opportunity to test your new equipment, Comrade Peng Lin, and my new tactics!"

General Xu Liyou looked at Peng Lin and revealed the true purpose of his visit.