The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

Liu Tao has an impression of disarmament.

After the reform and opening up, in accordance with the international and domestic situation and the needs of military construction, the military has carried out multiple large-scale disarmament, which has had a profound impact on the military and national defense construction. Previous disarmament campaigns are not simply about reducing personnel. While reducing posts, the military has been continuously optimizing its structure along with institutional adjustments, transforming from quantity-based to quality-effective, and from manpower-intensive to technology-intensive.

The completion of the synthetic battalion and the synthetic brigade, and the terrifying firepower, were enough to cure the "phobia of insufficient firepower", and Rabbit suddenly became the person he hated most.

Today, hundreds of thousands of troops on the Eastern and Western Front battlefields are still undergoing post-war repairs, but Liu Tao knows that 700,000 troops will begin to be laid off next year!

The second disarmament started immediately after the completion of the disarmament of 700,000 people. This time, the disarmament of one million people!

Then came the third disarmament, which was the famous scene. An old man gently raised a finger and said lightly, "Disarmament by one million more", which shocked the world!

In other words, throughout the 1980s, the military reduced its ranks by nearly three million people.

Peace and development are the themes of the times!

This sentence has become a familiar saying, and it also represents the strategic change from always preparing for world-class war to construction and development.

"Director, in terms of production capacity, you don't need to worry too much. Aren't there problems with other small and medium-sized military factories now? Our Panshan Machinery Factory is undergoing large-scale construction, and we can completely deploy workers from other small and medium-sized military factories to Panshan Machinery Factory." Liu Tao said .

Panshan Machinery Factory has been very prosperous and prosperous in the past few months.

But the same cannot be said for other small and medium-sized military factories. It can be said that the hard days have arrived.

This time, the ‘Red Dragon’s Roar’ exposed too many problems. A very conspicuous problem reflected in the military industry system is that the quality of production has declined sharply. Many workers are accustomed to eating from one big pot, resulting in low production efficiency and worrying production quality.

At the summary meeting, many relevant leaders of small and medium-sized military factories were punished.

Even production targets were cancelled.

In a few years, in order to survive, many military factories will switch to the production of ice cream and washing machines, and some will directly go bankrupt and disappear, leaving the factory areas abandoned.

According to the new plan of Panshan Machinery Factory, the rebuilt Panshan Machinery Factory will form a large-scale military factory with 30,000 formal production workers.

Including family members, there will be 100,000 people living in the entire Panshan Machinery Factory.

Wang Tiezhu frowned slightly: "Panshan Machinery Factory's application for expansion has not been approved by the superiors, and the horoscope has not been written yet."

"Director, our Panshan Machinery Factory does not need funds from above. Can we build it first? The expansion will be done slowly." Liu Tao didn't care at all. The expansion was nothing more than an increase in administrative level and an increase in the number of formal establishments.

Others care, but Liu Tao doesn't.

"Workers can be assigned to you. If you want to export weapons and equipment, who will give you permission and foreign exchange to go abroad? You can't go out, and you won't have money when you go out. It's all in vain!" Wang Tiezhu shook his head.

In this era, not everyone can go abroad.

Nowadays, even the opportunity to study abroad is not open. Except for the staff of the foreign affairs department, very few people can go abroad. The procedures for going abroad are extremely complicated and difficult. Special departments are required for approval. Only after obtaining the approval can you go abroad. .

But when you go abroad, people don’t recognize RMB, so you have to have foreign exchange. Without foreign exchange, you will starve to death when you go abroad. It is also very difficult to exchange for foreign exchange.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "Director, the problem cannot be considered this way."

"Exporting does not have to go abroad. It can also be negotiated within our country." Liu Tao shook his head. Wang Tiezhu's thinking is a typical fixed thinking. His thinking is rigid. "I don't need to go abroad to find customers."

Exporting weapons and equipment does not necessarily require going abroad.

Liu Tao himself thought of two directions.

One direction is the embassy in the capital. You must know that there are currently 118 countries that have established diplomatic relations with China. Liu Tao's goal is to establish diplomatic relations with China.

In the other direction, there is the Shijiazhuang Infantry Academy, which will have a famous name in the future - the Republic's African Theater Command!

Shijiazhuang Infantry College was born in the flames of the Anti-Japanese War. Many famous marshals and generals served as leaders of the college. Its predecessor was the second branch of the famous Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

Last year, it was renamed Shijiazhuang Advanced Infantry Academy, and this year it was renamed Shijiazhuang Advanced Army Academy.

Later, it changed its name several times, and finally became the Joint Warfare College of the National Defense University. It was also jokingly called the ‘West Point Military Academy’ in the East, the ‘cradle of generals’, ‘the second sentinel in the world’, etc. by netizens.

"Can you find customers without going abroad?" Wang Tiezhu was stunned, looking incredulous, "How is it possible!"

Liu Tao smiled and said nothing. He just said: "Director, you will know when the time comes!"

"Forget it, you are in charge of the Panshan Machinery Factory now, and I don't want to meddle in other people's business." Wang Tiezhu shook his head and said, "As for the workers, you have to make arrangements for me, and don't let anything happen."

As the former director of Panshan Machinery Factory, Wang Tiezhu naturally knew that Panshan Machinery Factory was now extremely wealthy.

Now that other small and medium-sized military factories are encountering difficulties, they can kill the rich and help the poor.

Several small military factories, according to the previous meeting, will be abolished, and these personnel will naturally have to be placed.

These are all things that Wang Tiezhu, the leader of Yun Province's military industry system, needs to worry about.

Now Liu Tao happened to propose it, so naturally it was solved together.

"Director, don't you understand me, Liu Tao? When all comrades are here, I will make sure they are well settled. I will treat everyone equally and will never make any distinction." Liu Tao said loudly, patting his chest.

He has now been exposed to many secrets and has a deep understanding of Yun Province's military industry system.

Yunnan Province is the rear area of ​​my country's geo-defense strategy. The special geopolitical environment of being both the 'first line' and the 'third line' has given Yunnan Province a unique look and experience in the third-line construction. 164 enterprises and institutions have been built in the third-line construction of Yunnan Province. The investment exceeded RMB 15 billion.

Among them, there are fully 60 military factories with nearly 50,000 employees.

These 60 military factories vary in size, good and bad, some are very profitable, and some require funding from superiors every year to maintain operations.

By this year, the third-line construction has reached the final stage.

Liu Tao knows clearly that in this era, the college entrance examination has just resumed, and it is impossible to recruit students at universities. In the next ten years, college students will be assigned. If you want to develop Panshan Machinery Factory, you have to rely on the Provincial National Defense Management Office to carry out macro-control to solve the problem of personnel issues, from coordinators of other military factories to Panshan Machinery Factory.

As long as there is one document, then other military factories must obey.

Everyone came all the way to Yun Province to participate in the third-line construction. They truly served the country with military industry. Even if they had opinions in their hearts, they would obey orders.