The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

The enlightenment of the Iran-Iraq War is very profound and far-reaching!

It is enough for military experts from all over the world to study for ten or even twenty years!

There are cases in the Iran-Iraq War that make people sneer, and there are also cases that make people's eyes light up.

There is enough for people to learn well.

For example, a seminar was held in Beijing before, and there was a consensus that huge funds can buy modern weapons and equipment, but they cannot buy the modernization of the army. Iran and Iraq are rich oil exporters in the Middle East. Since 1973, the two countries have spent hundreds of billions of dollars to compete to introduce a large number of advanced weapons and equipment from abroad. However, the industrial base of Iran and Iraq is weak, and many spare parts of advanced weapons are unable to be repaired by their own countries. Ammunition is mainly supplied from abroad. The cultural level of soldiers in the two countries is very low. It is quite difficult to master advanced weapons such as advanced missiles, advanced tanks and armored vehicles, and advanced aircraft.

In addition, in modern local wars, the main goal should still be to annihilate the enemy's living forces, and we should not be overly entangled in the gains and losses of a city or a place. In the Iran-Iraq War, almost all battles were offensive and defensive battles targeting cities (towns). Both sides were satisfied with the superficial "victory" of conquering cities and plundering land, and ignored the large-scale annihilation of the enemy's living forces.

Liu Tao was reluctant to see the end of the Iran-Iraq War, but he would not be too reluctant. After all, the war could not be fought forever, and peace and development were what everyone pursued.

After the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iran and Iraq should make up for their losses and strengthen military construction, and they could make money in this regard for a few years.

Iran and Iraq turned to peace and development, which was also full of business opportunities, especially Persia. Such a large area of ​​land was in ruins, and the war brought a ruin. That was the essence of Persia. Persia could not not rebuild, and reconstruction would cost a lot of money. This reconstruction work was also a business opportunity and could be cooperated.

He racked his brains to retain Abadan, Khomeini Port and a large number of oil fields, not just so that Persia could continue to export oil after the end of the Iran-Iraq War and rely on oil to restore the economy.

Fortunately, Iraq still gave face, and so far, it has not launched large-scale artillery and bombing on Abadan and Khomeini Port.

Of course, Iraq has also mined a lot of oil in Persia over the years.

Liu Tao stayed in Hong Kong to deal with some things, and then took a special plane from Hong Kong to Jingchu Province.

Because the Three Gorges Dam is about to start construction!

February 11, 1990, happened to be the Lantern Festival.

The world-renowned Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project officially started.

The leader delivered a speech entitled "Benefits for the Present and Future" at the groundbreaking ceremony, pointing out that the Three Gorges Project is a project with huge comprehensive benefits such as flood control, power generation, and shipping. The Yangtze River flood has always been a major concern of the Chinese nation. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are important economically developed regions in my country. Serious flood disasters have occurred many times in history, causing great losses to the lives and property of the vast number of people in the Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake area, as well as important cities, industrial and mining enterprises, and transportation arteries along the river. The Three Gorges Project is a key project among many measures to solve the threat of floods in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It can not only prevent devastating disasters on both sides of the Jingjiang River, reduce the threat to the Jianghan Plain, Dongting Lake area and Wuhan, but also improve the flood control standards in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is of great significance and far-reaching significance.

The Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is the largest hydropower station in the country and even in the world. It will provide a large amount of electricity to Central China, East China, Sichuan and other regions, and will promote the formation of a national power grid, which will have a huge driving effect on the economic prosperity along the Yangtze River. After the completion of the Three Gorges Project, the high gorge will lead to a flat lake, which will greatly improve the shipping conditions of the Yangtze River. The 10,000-ton fleet will be able to go directly from the river city to the mountain city, giving full play to the role of the golden waterway.

After careful planning, the scenic spots and historical sites of the Three Gorges have been protected to the maximum extent, and new landscapes can be formed. The Three Gorges Project and its dam area will become a magnificent scenic tourist area with green mountains and waters and beautiful environment that integrates modernization and national style, and the tourism industry in the Three Gorges will be further developed.

At the same time, a clear timetable has also been given!

The total construction period from 1987 to completion is 17 years, and it will be completely completed in 2004.

Then, the leader announced the start of the Three Gorges Project!

With the official start of construction, it also means that China is once again carrying out a century-long project!

At present, the immigrants of the Three Gorges Project have been completed and properly resettled, all of them are resettled in the Red River Delta.

Also resettled in the Red River Delta are the immigrants of the four major hydropower stations on the Jinsha River.

Only China has such a strong organizational mobilization ability that it can complete this feat in less than three years.

According to the schedule of the Three Gorges Project, the construction of the four major hydropower stations on the Jinsha River will be completed ahead of schedule. The total construction period of these four major hydropower stations is 8 years, of which the construction period is six years, and they will be completed in 1996~1997.

For these century-long projects, the country has mobilized water conservancy technicians from all over the country to participate in the construction, and the number of workers mobilized is even tens of thousands!

Moreover, these century projects all adopt high-standard construction requirements. The requirement for construction is not to be a sinner who will be cursed for a thousand years. Construction workers must not be complacent or lax, and every small link of the project must be strictly controlled.

In the future, Liu Tao will visit these century projects every month to strictly control the quality.

After all, the Three Gorges Dam and the four major hydropower stations on the Jinsha River are century projects and will be used for a long time.

Unless humans solve controlled nuclear fusion and use it to generate electricity, giving humans inexhaustible energy, hydropower will be an important part of electricity.

As for when humans can solve controlled nuclear fusion, it may be 50 years forever!

Controlled nuclear fusion technology is theoretically feasible, but it is very difficult to achieve.

Liu Tao will not engage in controlled nuclear fusion technology now. First, this thing is very difficult and requires a lot of technical solutions; second, even if he develops controlled nuclear fusion technology, it will be a disaster for China now.

In today's world, the only countries that can develop controlled nuclear fusion technology and benefit themselves are either the Soviet Union or the United States. Whoever develops controlled nuclear fusion technology will definitely be unlucky.

Because whether it is the Soviet Union or the United States, they will never allow other third countries to master controlled nuclear fusion technology, which will be unacceptable to them.

Besides, nuclear power plants based on nuclear fission technology are still making great progress. Who would invest huge amounts of money in the research of controlled nuclear fusion technology at this time?

At least in the next 30 years, Liu Tao will not see the real realization of controlled nuclear fusion technology and its use in commercial fields.

It is for this reason that he strongly supports the construction of reservoir hydropower stations and uses them to generate electricity, so as to increase the proportion of hydropower in electricity and reduce the proportion of thermal power, thereby reducing environmental pollution.