The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Before this, Liu Tao had never thought about this problem.

First, he was busy developing army and navy equipment, and he was too busy to do anything else. Apart from vacations, he only slept about four or five hours a day, and he really had no other energy to develop air force equipment.

Second, China and the United States are currently in a honeymoon period. China can even purchase F-14 "Panda" fighter jets from the United States. Although they all have to go through him to remove the secret door, after these years of delivery, the Chinese Air Force is actually not weak. Except for not being able to compare with the United States and the Soviet Union, the air forces in the surrounding areas are already not as good as China.

But now the situation is different, and he has begun to think about this problem.

Now the army equipment, China's advanced army equipment is not inferior to the Soviet Union and the United States, and has reached the world's leading level.

Basically, everything is what it should be.

The only thing missing is that the army is too poor, the annual purchase volume is limited, and it takes time to accumulate the volume.

In time, the strength of the Chinese Army will definitely catch up quickly, and building a mechanized force is not a castle in the air at all.

After all, the various army equipment delivered by Panshan Group to the troops is almost unprofitable.

From firearms to various cannons, as well as tanks and armored vehicles, each of these has advanced performance, but the price is not high, and it is even cheap.

Not to mention various advanced radars, communication systems, satellite positioning systems, and satellite reconnaissance systems.

If it weren't for him, it would probably take China at least ten or twenty years to develop an air defense missile system with good performance.

The naval equipment includes not only the "Eagle Strike" series of anti-ship missiles, which have very strong deterrent power, but also advanced missile boats, torpedo boats, minesweepers, frigates, missile destroyers, conventional submarines, and electronic reconnaissance ships.

What is lacking is nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, and carrier-based aircraft with various functions.

Carrier-based aircraft, in the final analysis, belong to the aviation industry.

It can be said that at present, the biggest shortcoming of the Chinese army is the air force.

Previously, China imported F-14 ‘Panda’ fighters, F-15 ‘Eagle’ fighters, F-16 ‘Fighting Falcon’ fighters and ‘Black Hawk’ helicopters from the United States.

Hundreds of fighters of various types were imported, and more than 100 ‘Black Hawk’ helicopters were imported.

At that time, importing these fighters and helicopters was not particularly expensive.

But now, these prices are often two or three times or even three or four times higher than before.

Not only fighters and helicopters, but also the corresponding missiles, the prices have increased much more than before.

Such high prices, China can no longer afford to import.

Although foreign trade has been growing bigger and bigger in recent years, and the foreign exchange earned each year is much more than before, China is so big that it needs money everywhere, and it really can’t afford to waste precious foreign exchange.

"You, little girl, reminded me that I will plan it well after the Spring Festival." Liu Tao smiled.

It is better to make weapons and equipment by yourself.

Whether you can buy it or not is one thing, but the initiative is not in your hands at all.

People say that the price will increase, and they don’t care whether the two sides are friendly.

The business jet landed in Beijing and then began to unload.

This time when he returned to Beijing, Liu Tao bought a lot of good things, all of which were precious mountain products.

Many mountain products cannot be bought in Beijing.

These things are very suitable for eating with your family or giving gifts during festivals.

When Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu arrived at the Siheyuan, the Siheyuan was already preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.

Because there were so many people, there was no cooking, but hot pot was prepared directly.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner includes both mutton hot pot and beef hot pot. You can eat whatever you like.

Liu Honglei's family also returned to Beijing with Liu Tao and Liu Ziyu.

At this time, everyone had a reunion dinner together. There were many people and it was very lively.

A group of children were playing, bringing great vitality to the Siheyuan.

Compared with before, Qian Huaqiang had a thicker gold necklace on his neck, a gold ring on his hand, a mobile phone, and a bag with him.

His outfit undoubtedly told everyone that he was a boss and a local tyrant.

After several years of hard work, Qian Huaqiang's net worth has reached tens of millions of RMB, making him a multimillionaire.

The family happily ate the reunion dinner, and they were very happy.

With the Spring Festival holiday over, for the people of the whole country, it was the real turning over of 1986 and welcoming 1987.

Just after the Spring Festival holiday, Liu Tao had already set off from Beijing with a group of leaders, riding the "Fuxing" EMU southward, and had to go all the way to the terminal station, Kowloon Station.

Before the Spring Festival, after continuous efforts in the past, the Jingjiu Railway was finally fully connected, and all the train stations were built.

This time they went south, they would experience it in person.

In the past, it was one section at a time, but this time it was the whole line.

There were thousands of people from various ministries and commissions on this "Fuxing" EMU, including the person in charge of the office.

It was about the leaders taking a special train from Beijing to Hong Kong in 1987. Such a big thing, no one dared to neglect it, and there was a lot of preparation work.

It was necessary to satisfy the leaders and be absolutely safe.

No negligence is allowed.

July 1, 1987, was an extremely important day for all Chinese people in China and around the world. No one wanted to miss that grand ceremony.

Hong Kong on July 1, 1987 is extremely important, but the Beijing-Kowloon Railway is also extremely important, which can make this grand ceremony more brilliant.

After all, this is a high-speed railway. It has opened a new chapter in the history of China's railway development and will become a business card for China in the world.

When Japan built the Tokaido Shinkansen, it started from Tokyo, passed through Nagoya, Kyoto and other places and ended in Osaka. It was 515.4 kilometers long and had an operating speed of up to 210 kilometers per hour. Its completion and opening to traffic marked the arrival of a new era of world high-speed railways.

However, although China's high-speed railway was developed late, with the opening of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, it means that China's high-speed railway mileage has surpassed Japan and become the world's first high-speed railway mileage. At the same time, China's high-speed railway technology has reached the world's leading level.

In order to boost national prestige, unite the people, and make China's high-speed railway famous, even the first official operation was a special train for leaders as the first trip.

Liu Tao always looked at the virtual panel in the corner of his eyes and paid attention to the situation of the "Fuxing" EMU and the railway.

If there is a problem somewhere, Liu Tao will record it silently and then correct it.

Liu Tao's seat is next to the window. He stands a coin at the window, observing the coin and looking out the window.

Although the whole line is now connected, it does not mean that the Beijing-Kowloon Line is officially completed, because in terms of the railway line, only a little more than half has been completed.

Now that the Spring Festival has passed, the other half has almost begun to be built.

China now has two crucial high-speed rail projects, one is the Beijing-Kowloon Line, and the other is the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway.

Only after these two high-speed railways are completed will the country build other high-speed railways.

And the most important one at present is undoubtedly the Beijing-Kowloon Line.

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