Rebirth of the Flying Era

Chapter 1529 Destroyer

Although the position of Old Tokaye was somewhat unexpected, it was reasonable if you think about it carefully.

After all, in terms of seniority and the strength of the faction, it was not unusual for Old Tokaye to take this position after Androbo's death.

Moreover, without Androbo, if Chirnenko wanted to continue to promote reform, he would need a strong ally.

Old Tokaye seized the opportunity very well and played this role.

Although some problems occurred, Chirnenko, Old Tokaye, and the Gromi faction jointly stabilized the situation and continued to promote Androbo's correct policy.

A few months later, the 23rd Games were held in Los Angeles on the west coast of America.

Because America's boycott of the last Moscow Games was unsuccessful, it finally chose to send a delegation to participate.

In this Los Angeles Games, the Speed ​​Union also sent a large delegation of athletes, participating in almost all events.

Huaguo also showed a clear upward trend, competing with the country for the position of the third sports power in addition to America and the Speed ​​Union.

And economically, it has maintained rapid growth in recent years.

Last year, that is, in 1983, economic growth remained above 9%.

And because of the turmoil in the East, a large amount of capital fled, and the yen depreciated, the economy shrank, and it fell from the original fourth to the fifth.

Huaguo took the opportunity to surpass the past, and its GDP reached 3.3 trillion yuan, which was converted into US dollars according to the exchange rate, exceeding 1 trillion US dollars for the first time.

It is only 100 billion away from the third-ranked Duguo. According to this trend, it will be among the top three in two years at most.

Although the economic growth of the second-ranked Sulian stagnated due to the fluctuation of oil prices, it is still huge, with a total volume of 6 trillion US dollars, which is about 70% of America.

America broke through 4 trillion US dollars for the first time, and it is still far ahead in data.

But in fact, the gap in strength between the two sides is not as large as the data shows.

America's GDP calculation method is actually very unfriendly to Sulian and Huaguo.

Sulian's data is dehydrated, while America's is heavily inflated.

The actual average living standards of both sides are higher in America, but not that much higher.

After all, their wealth is openly and legally concentrated in the hands of a few people.

In Sulian, although there are also unfair phenomena, they must be sneaky, at least on the surface, it is more fair.

Including Huaguo, the median salary of Huaguo workers has increased from 30 yuan to more than 40 yuan per month after the past few years.

If calculated by the exchange rate, it is about 15 US dollars.

The salary of workers in America is about 1,500 US dollars per month, a difference of 100 times.

But in fact, the gap in living standards is far less than that.

Especially in the past ten years, Huaguo's manufacturing industry related to daily life has achieved great development, coupled with the renewal of infrastructure, the living standards and happiness of ordinary families are quite high.

If it is in the city, a family with a formal state-owned worker working can easily support six or seven people, and the family has one or two bicycles, a radio, an electric fan, and some slightly richer ones will have black and white TVs, washing machines, and refrigerators.

It is no longer difficult for people to eat meat. People wearing patched clothes are almost invisible on the streets. Even if they occasionally appear, it is just a matter of living habits, not because they can't afford it.

Nanyang's grain and textile and clothing group's cloth have largely solved the problems of "eating" and "clothing".

The remaining is the liberalization of per capita housing area and private cars.

The former has a very large gap. The per capita housing area in Huaguo City is only four square meters, while that in America is more than thirty square meters, and that in Sulian is nearly twenty square meters.

Cars are just starting out. The car manufacturing plant under the fire equipment company has already produced cheap cars similar to the Beetle.

It uses a 5-liter gasoline engine, with a compact design, spacious space, comfortable ride, and strong durability.

The disadvantages are weak power, loose chassis, and gear shifting.

But you can buy a car home for 1,500 yuan, so what's there to complain about?

Riding a car was a treatment only for capitalists in the past.

Nowadays, those with high incomes, such as university professors, scholars and scientists, factory cadres, and high-level technicians like the first and second uncles.

This kind of people are unlikely to have the pressure to buy a house. The company will allocate housing, and the area will not be small. As long as they are a little more frugal, they can buy a car in one or two years.

But for most ordinary workers, cars are still too far away. Instead, there are various motorcycles, the cheapest is 300, the more expensive is 500, and there are also those who directly add engines to 28 bicycles and convert bicycles into motorcycles...

Back to the sports meeting.

Although America has the home advantage, it has a fierce competition with the athletes of the Speed ​​Union.

But in the end, the total number of medals and gold medals of the sports meeting, the Speed ​​Union still won the first place, and America ranked second.

Huaguo won 31 gold medals, 42 silver medals and 35 bronze medals, surpassing the independent country with 29 gold medals to rank third.

It is worth mentioning that the women's volleyball team defended the championship after Moscow.

The men's basketball team also showed a good competitive level and mental outlook, and successfully entered the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, when the quarterfinals, they met the powerful Soviet team.

The men's football team also performed well, winning one and drawing two in the group stage, reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in history, and was eliminated by the United States in the quarterfinals.

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However, as the Games came to an end, the Speed ​​Union won a great victory at the doorstep of America.

But there was a big problem at home.

Just four months ago, Androbo was sent away, and Chirnenko's health also had problems.

The 70-year-old man himself had lung and heart diseases, and his condition was better than Androbo, but not much better.

After Androbo's death, facing those who opposed the reform internally, he had to work hard and his health deteriorated.

On the contrary, the older Toka was in better physical and mental health, as if he had entered a second spring.

This brought more subtle changes to the situation in Moscow.

In name, Chirnenko had the highest position, but due to physical reasons, he had to give up some of his rights.

As a deputy, Toka could naturally use this part of power temporarily.

But Chernyen is not an old fool. No one who can survive in the harsh political environment of the Structural Union is a good person.

Chernyen must avoid letting the old Tokaye dominate the world. Otherwise, it would be fine if he died directly. If he didn't die and recovered, it would be embarrassing.

In this way, in order to check and balance the old Tokaye, Chernyen promoted Gromi.

Gromi is younger than the old Tokaye and is a famous foreign teacher of the Structural Union with a very high reputation.

However, for Chernyenko, these arrangements are ultimately meaningless.

Just a few months after taking over Androbo, Chernyenko had serious health problems, which made him unable to bear the heavy work.

And finally died of a heart attack in Moscow in March 1985.

The news shocked the world instantly.

As one of the two strongest superpowers in the world, from the end of 1982 to March 1985, in just two years and four months, it lost three leaders in succession.

This is quite rare, not only sad, but also terrifying.

If it were in ancient times, a feudal dynasty would have lost three emperors in such a short period of time, which would inevitably cause unrest and rumors.

Although Sulian at this time is not so bad, it still casts a shadow in people's hearts.

One can't help but ask, what happened to Sulian!

...

When Du Fei received this news, he was in Tianjin.

He was well prepared, but he was not too surprised, but he was still worried. What path would Sulian take next?

Although there was an additional variable, Old Toka, Du Fei was not sure whether the history would continue to move forward by inertia.

Or it would suddenly turn and head to another fork in the road.

"Manager~ It's time."

Yu Jiajia came in from outside and shouted at the door.

Du Fei pulled his thoughts back.

He came to Tianjin Shipyard today to participate in the launching ceremony of a warship.

In order to squeeze Shen Jianing in, the fire equipment company merged four factories, and the least noticeable one was the shipyard in Tianjin.

But the lack of presence does not mean that Du Fei does not attach importance to it, nor does it mean that this shipyard is doing nothing and has no achievements.

On the contrary, as the scale of the Kuching Shipyard continues to expand, it has obtained advanced international shipbuilding technology through some channels, and almost simultaneously shared it with the domestic Tianjin Shipyard.

In addition to the domestic electronic and missile supporting facilities, the Tianjin Shipyard has accumulated a lot of experience in recent years, and can independently build everything from missile boats to missile frigates.

Today is the first advanced modern missile destroyer built by the Tianjin Shipyard.

The hull of this ship is based on the Spruance destroyer of America. It is 168 meters long and 16 meters wide. The full load displacement is more than 7,000 tons, which is twice as large as the destroyer built by Huaguo before.

Power is still a shortcoming, with a maximum speed of only 28 knots and a range of 5,600 nautical miles. Although the data is not very impressive, it is enough to cruise in the Western Pacific and South Pacific.

Equipped with a 130-caliber main gun, followed by a vertical launch of anti-aircraft missiles imitating the style of the Sulian, and then two eight-barrel anti-ship missiles. At the end of the ship is the hangar and helicopter.

This configuration and form is almost standard on large destroyers in the future, but in the 1980s, it was absolutely quite avant-garde.

Especially the six groups of 36 anti-aircraft missiles in the front of the ship, although it is point-to-point air defense and has no regional air defense capability, it is still quite bluffing.

At least this ship is a very advanced modern missile destroyer at first glance, more compact than America's Spruance destroyer, and more neat than Sulian's latest modern-class destroyer.

The full load displacement of the three ships is 7,000 to 8,000 tons. Put together, this latest large destroyer of Huaguo, at least looks no less impressive.

After a process, Du Fei personally smashed a bottle of special, five-jin green bottle of Erguotou at the bow of the ship.

Then the ceremony was completed and water began to be poured into the dock.

According to the plan, this new destroyer will complete outfitting and sea trials within half a year, and will go to Europe to participate in the Navy Day in the first half of next year, and visit the Soviet Union along the way, then cross the Atlantic, visit America, and finally cross the Pacific to complete a round-the-world voyage.

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