The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

The first ship of the Type 054 frigate and the first ship of the Type 052 destroyer are under construction in full swing.

It has to be said that China's shipbuilding industry is really not very good now, and it can only be regarded as a third-rate level in the world.

The order flow of the global shipbuilding industry has experienced a transfer from Western Europe to North America, then from North America to Western Europe, and then from Western Europe to Japan. The country with the strongest shipbuilding capacity in the world is Japan.

From 1965 to the present, Japan has continued to maintain a total shipbuilding volume of more than half of the world's total shipbuilding volume.

However, affected by the impact of the two oil crises and the rise of the Korean shipbuilding industry, the Japanese shipbuilding industry is not as prosperous as before.

In 1975, South Korea's shipbuilding market share was the same as China's, accounting for about 1% of the world market share, but now South Korea's shipbuilding market share has exceeded 15%, and China's shipbuilding market share is only 2%.

This shows that the Korean shipbuilding industry is developing rapidly.

Liu Tao attaches great importance to the shipbuilding industry. The construction of the Type 054 frigate and the Type 052 destroyer is not only to enhance the strength of the Chinese Navy and improve the level of Chinese warship research and development, but also to improve the overall level and strength of the Chinese shipbuilding industry to compete for more market share in the shipbuilding industry.

The shipbuilding industry is a modern comprehensive industry that produces and sells shipbuilding products and provides technical equipment for industries such as water transportation, marine development and national defense construction. It is also a labor, capital and technology intensive industry. It has a strong driving effect on the development of upstream and downstream industries such as electromechanical, steel, chemical, shipping, and marine resource exploration. It is of great significance to promote labor employment, develop export trade and ensure coastal defense security.

As long as it occupies about 50% of the world's shipbuilding market share, China can have at least 300,000 employees in the shipbuilding industry alone. Shipyards are not only about shipbuilding, but also ship repair, ship dismantling, and supporting. There are at least 500,000 jobs directly related to this aspect.

As for the electromechanical, steel, chemical, shipping, etc. driven, there are at least 1.2 million jobs.

As for whether he would seize the opportunity of South Korea's shipbuilding industry, Liu Tao just sneered. He would rather die than die. As a Chinese, he naturally has to consider China.

As for the Korean shipbuilding industry, what does it have to do with him!

As for Liu Tao's method, it is also very simple, that is, to let Far East Shipping Group give orders to mainland shipyards. If large merchant ships cannot be built, hundreds of tons and thousands of tons are still no problem.

At the same time, it is to provide technical support so that these shipyards can produce world-class merchant ships.

In addition, it is to rely on the construction of warships to cultivate and improve the supply chain and industrial level of the shipbuilding industry, so as to develop step by step and accumulate reputation.

The cost of the first ship of the Type 052 destroyer is so high, isn't it because it bears the burden of training workers and improving the industrial chain.

Dalian Shipyard.

Six Type 022 missile boats and three Type 022A torpedo boats are lined up there.

These missile boats and torpedo boats were built by Dalian Shipyard, Hudong Shipyard, Jiangnan Shipyard, Zhonghua Shipyard, Wuchang Shipyard, etc.

At this time, they gathered at Dalian Shipyard and handed them over to Liu Tao for inspection.

These missile boats and torpedo boats were inspected one by one.

At this time, the crews sent by the North Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet to receive the missile boats and torpedo boats were eager to wear them.

At present, the Type 022 missile boat is the strongest missile boat in China, and it can even be said to be the strongest ship. According to war game simulation, the Type 022 missile boat can easily kill the Type 051 destroyer and the Type 053 frigate.

After all, the Type 022 missile boat is fast, maneuverable, very flexible, and has an advanced thermal power system. It can be sunk by the anti-ship missiles of the Type 022 missile boat before the Type 051 destroyer and the Type 053 frigate find the Type 022 missile boat.

If it is sunk by the anti-ship missiles of the Type 022 missile boat, no matter whether it is the Type 053 frigate or the Type 051 destroyer, it will definitely not be able to resist and will definitely be sunk directly.

And there is another reason why the Type 022 missile boat is favored by the navy, that is, the Type 022 missile boat is very suitable for guerrilla warfare in the near sea.

Guerrilla warfare is simply the favorite of Chinese soldiers, and it also has a fine tradition, which is simply engraved in the bones of every soldier.

This batch of missile boats and torpedo boats are allocated to the North Sea Fleet and the East Sea Fleet.

The North Sea Fleet is the latest unit of the Navy and the strongest and best-equipped of the three major fleets of the Navy. Its maritime defense area is the Yellow Sea and Bohai Bay north of Lianyungang. Its main task is to guard the maritime security of the capital.

The first ship of the Type 051 destroyer and the Type 053 frigate is equipped with the North Sea Fleet.

The East Sea Fleet is guarding the safety of the eastern coastal waters of China, and its importance is also self-evident.

But in the past, everyone was very poor and had no equipment. The navy was so weak that it could only use wooden ships as warships. Many of them were warships from the Republic of China era or even the Beiyang era in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. They were already outdated.

Now we can use new missile boats and torpedo boats. For the navy, it is like celebrating the New Year.

And not everyone can get on missile boats and torpedo boats. There are still academic requirements and strict political review.

For the Type 022 missile boat, almost all of them require a college degree.

Liu Tao looked at the desire in the eyes of these naval officers and soldiers and sighed in his heart. They were just missile boats and torpedo boats, but they were regarded as treasures by these naval officers and soldiers.

Think about it again, thirty or forty years later, China's coast guard ships will have tens of thousands of tons.

One by one, the crew members went to the missile boats and torpedo boats. There were three Type 022 missile boats in the North Sea Fleet and the East Sea Fleet, two torpedo boats in the North Sea Fleet, and one in the East Sea Fleet.

This is different from the South China Sea Fleet. The South China Sea Fleet faces pressure from the south. A squadron of the Soviet Pacific Fleet is stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, and the Annan Navy is not weak either. It has 2 destroyers, 7 frigates, 2 American "Kochin" class fleet minesweepers, 6 Soviet SO-1 class anti-submarine ships and 135 various light ships, of which the most advanced are 11 missile boats, including 8 Soviet "Wasp" class and 3 "Hornet" class. The largest number is frigates, 62 and 55A type totaling 38, followed by torpedo boats, P-4 and P-6, "Turia" class totaling 28.

In addition, there are about 50 American patrol boats, 2 "Yuerka" class minesweepers and 5 Polish-made "K-8" class minesweepers.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is stronger than China's South China Sea Fleet.

That is why the Type 022 frigates and Type 022A torpedo boats produced by several southern shipyards are equipped with the South China Sea Fleet to strengthen the strength of the South China Sea Fleet.

The entire Annan Navy, plus the Soviet Pacific Fleet branch stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, are stronger than the entire Chinese Navy combined.

Although both sides still have a tacit understanding and maintain a certain degree of restraint, they are ultimately not as good as the tacit understanding of the air forces of both sides.

No one knows what direction the future will develop in, but there is no doubt that we must always prepare for the worst, just in case, rather than being caught off guard.