The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Just when the whole world was shocked by Gorbachev's visit to China, China made a puzzling decision. On the basis of reducing the number of military personnel by 1 million in the past few years, China will further reduce the number of military personnel by 500,000 in the next year or so, reducing the number of troops to 2.8 million.

The last time the number of military personnel was reduced by 1 million, the number of troops was reduced to 3.235 million. Later, due to various reasons, such as the increase in naval technical arms, the increase in air force technical arms, and the increase in army technical arms, the number of troops increased again to 3.3 million.

This time, the number of military personnel was reduced by 500,000, reducing the number of troops to 2.8 million, which is absolutely shocking to the world.

2.8 million, this number is not as good as India, and can only rank fourth in the world!

Currently, the Soviet Union, the world's number one military power, has 3.9 million standing troops, followed by the United States. In recent years, the United States has significantly increased its military budget and expanded its army very rapidly. It now has 3.3 million standing troops.

Once China reduces its military personnel by 500,000, the standing force will only be 2.8 million, which is not even as strong as the current total number of Indian troops of 3 million.

You know, now all countries are preparing for war, fearing that they will be swept away by a wave of insufficient preparations when the S3 season starts, and will be directly destroyed.

But China is good, streamlining its troops again and again.

You know, ten years ago, the number of Chinese troops exceeded 6 million!

In just less than ten years, the troops were streamlined four times, directly streamlining more than 3.2 million troops.

Looking around the world, this is the only one!

Many peace-loving people have a better impression of China, believing that China has made outstanding contributions to world peace and development, is a defender of world peace, and is a force for peace!

Liu Tao returned to the headquarters of Panshan Group to do general logistics work for the front-line troops.

With the arrival of the rainy season in late April, the overall combat intensity of the troops decreased.

The heavy and medium combined brigades are basically in a state of deterrence, and only the light combined brigades can still fight in the rainy season.

Before, there were violent storms and fierce advances, but now they are consolidating the results of the battle, constantly nibbling, piecemeal, and constantly exerting pressure.

On the contrary, the troops of Laos and Cambodia played a greater role at this time than before. After the enemy moved the capital, they were directly cut off from the latitude of 18 degrees and 09 minutes, truly splitting into two.

In Liu Tao's view, the overall situation is now determined.

After staying in Panshan Group for more than a week, Liu Tao went to Guifei.

In the hangar, there are already six J-7s parked in different hangars.

These are the 'J-7A' that Liu Tao has improved. Liu Tao came here to test the 'J-7A'.

Open the virtual panel, perform the scanning function, look at the three-dimensional picture of the 'J-7A' on the virtual panel, and see that there is no red dot in it. Liu Tao nodded slightly.

Guizhou Aircraft Corporation's production speed of the 'J-7A' is not fast, but the production quality is guaranteed. There are no unqualified ones in the production of these six 'J-7A's.

Since they are all qualified, Liu Tao did not repair them again. There is no need to do anything unnecessary.

Liu Tao showed a thoughtful look. The domestic demand for the J-7A is limited. There will be a demand of at most 100 aircraft in the next five years, and the purchase price will not be too high. The purchase price of the Air Force is 7 million yuan per aircraft, which is almost the cost price, and there is no profit.

Exports are different. There are many export destinations for this J-7A, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Persia, Iraq, etc., which are all potential buyers, and the export price can be as high as three or four million US dollars, which is much more profitable.

The key is that the export price of the J-7A is still very competitive, because similar types of advanced trainer aircraft are generally more than four or five million in the international market, and even the advanced trainer aircraft of the United States costs 20 million US dollars a piece.

Guifei is now able to produce 700 J-7 and 600 turbojet 7 engines per year! Each factory is arranged according to the production layout of specialized households, covering various systems of aircraft, engines, and airborne equipment, and the production matching degree of the entire base has reached 70%.

At present, Guifei is producing aircraft such as the J-6 series, J-7 series, and J-7A. At present, the J-6 series aircraft has been discontinued, and now it is mainly repaired and improved, with the focus on the production of the J-7 series and J-7A.

With this production capacity, it would be a waste if it does not export more to make money.

Once Panshan Group integrates the 011 Aviation Base, the entire 011 Aviation Base will be designed according to the production capacity of 1,000 advanced fighters and 1,200 military aviation engines per year for military aircraft; and for civil aircraft, it will be designed to produce 100 and 300 aviation engines per year.

"Now it's time to develop a more advanced advanced trainer!" Liu Tao whispered to himself.

There is no rush to export the J-7A, because the previous J-7A has to be delivered to the troops, and it is okay to export the J-7 one or two years later.

Moreover, the Guizhou Aircraft Technology Team is using the technology of the J-7A to improve the J-7 and enhance its combat effectiveness. After all, the J-7 has a lot of advanced technology, and the service life of the fuselage and the engine have been greatly improved, and the avionics system is also better than the original J-7.

Therefore, to develop a more advanced advanced trainer, this matter mainly depends on Liu Tao himself.

Liu Tao does not have the ability to directly design a new advanced trainer aircraft, but there is no problem in designing an advanced trainer aircraft model.

As for designing advanced trainer aircraft models, it is not necessary to do it in Guifei, it can also be done in the Panshan Group headquarters, and he does not need to rush to do it here in Guifei.

Liu Tao went to the production workshop, which was busy at this time. Some production workshops were repairing J-6 fighters or improving a J-6 fighter; some production workshops were producing aircraft engines for fighters; some production workshops were installing aircraft engines for fighters; and some production workshops were producing J-7 series fighters.

As for the J-7 production workshop, two J-7 advanced trainers were being assembled at the same time.

Before, J-7 was assembled and produced one by one, and as it became proficient, two J-7 advanced trainers began to be assembled and produced at the same time.

Liu Tao asked people to deliver the six J-7s in the hangar to the troops.

It is very simple to deliver this kind of military aircraft to the troops. Unlike tanks and armored vehicles, they do not need to be transported by train. Military aircraft only need pilots to drive the aircraft to the air force base or to the aviation school.

Guifei itself has pilots for a long time.

These pilots include real fighter pilots and test pilots who specialize in aircraft test flights.

The next morning, Liu Tao went to Guiyang to meet Li Weimin, and then met with the leadership team of Gui Province to discuss the next things.

011 Aviation Base is not a small matter. It is a big deal for Gui Province and for the whole of China.

In addition to the 20 square kilometers of land to build the 011 Aviation Base, the rest of the land must be used as a reserve.

The entire 011 Aviation Base has invested so much, including the construction of the industrial chain and transportation. All aspects must be coordinated by Gui Province. Only when all parties work together can this matter be done well.

An aviation base involves not only the various factories of the aviation base, but all aspects.