The rise of great powers: starting from military industry

It is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early.

The day after Liu Tao arrived at Yangcheng Shipyard, he happened to encounter a grand event.

A Type 052 destroyer, a Type 054 frigate and a Type 039 new conventional submarine were delivered to the Navy on the same day.

The commander of the North Sea Fleet came to Yangcheng Shipyard in person, smiling from ear to ear.

In recent years, as the South Sea Fleet has continuously replaced new warships, its strength has leapt to the top of the three fleets.

Even the North Sea Fleet, which was the strongest before, has been surpassed by the South Sea Fleet.

Although the North Sea Fleet is also replacing new warships and transforming retired warships into coast guard ships for the coast guard to use for maritime law enforcement, it is ultimately not as good as the South Sea Fleet.

The delivery of these three warships to the North Sea Fleet this time means that the strength of the North Sea Fleet has been further enhanced.

The North Sea Fleet's maritime defense area is the Yellow Sea and Bohai Bay north of Lianyungang. Its main task is to defend the capital's maritime gateway and guard against maritime threats to China from surrounding areas.

It can be said that the North Sea Fleet is under the greatest pressure, because the North Sea Fleet is supposed to defend the capital.

In recent years, the Navy has been continuously strengthening the strength of the North Sea Fleet, so that the North Sea Fleet's air force has three naval aviation divisions, including two fighter divisions, one bomber division, and a training regiment and a ship-borne helicopter brigade.

Even China's latest third-generation fighters, the J-10 fighter and the J-11 fighter, are equipped with more than ten of each in the North Sea Fleet.

The coastal defense forces are equipped with a large number of "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles along the line.

Originally, the warships produced by the Yangcheng Shipyard were mainly delivered to the South China Sea Fleet, and some were delivered to the East China Sea Fleet. The Dalian Shipyard is the opposite. The warships produced are mainly delivered to the North Sea Fleet, and some are delivered to the East China Sea Fleet.

However, as the situation changes, the urgency of strengthening the strength of the North Sea Fleet has become apparent, and this batch of warships was decided to be delivered to the North Sea Fleet.

Even the only large electronic reconnaissance ship, the Type 818 electronic reconnaissance ship, was transferred from the South China Sea Fleet to the North Sea Fleet.

"Comrade Liu Tao, thank you for your outstanding contribution to the navy!" The commander of the North Sea Fleet shook Liu Tao's hand excitedly and said gratefully.

Liu Tao smiled and said: "If you want to thank, thank the higher-ups. After all, the money is paid by the higher-ups, and we are busy doing nothing."

With the adjustment of tax rates, the shipyards under Panshan Group have seen a substantial increase in the number of warships.

After all, brothers should settle accounts clearly. They used to be careless, but now they have to settle accounts clearly.

And all of this is naturally paid by the higher-ups, and deducted at the end of the year.

The shipyards report and pay taxes on time every month, and everyone settles accounts clearly.

"Yes, yes, we should thank the higher-ups!" The commander of the North Sea Fleet laughed, because this is the truth.

Their navy has tens of billions of credits every year.

Relying on the navy's own military expenditure alone, let alone purchasing new warships, it is good enough to maintain normal training.

Even now, the navy's military expenditure is used for personnel training, wages, etc., which is very difficult.

They all have to live a tight life. They dare not fire bullets and shells at will during training, let alone missiles.

According to the draft of this year's national defense budget, 55.1 billion yuan was submitted. This is the first time that the national defense budget has exceeded 50 billion yuan, but even so, the army still has to live a tight life.

After the delivery ceremony, the officers and soldiers of the North Sea Fleet drove the warships away.

The new type 039 conventional submarine dived into the sea and disappeared, while the type 052 destroyer and the type 054 destroyer went north to return to the North Sea Fleet.

Liu Tao watched the warships leave, and then inspected the foreign trade version.

After a while, a batch of foreign trade version warships will be delivered.

It's not that the warships have not been built yet, in fact, they have been built.

But we have to wait for the departure of a new batch of escort formations and follow the escort formations.

Since the Iran-Iraq war, the Chinese Navy has set out two escort fleets every year to escort ships to protect the safety of shipping routes, combat pirates, and contribute to world peace.

Every time the escort fleet sets out, it will be accompanied by warships delivered to customers.

In order to ensure the supply of the entire fleet, two supply ships are often taken with them.

Liu Tao came to Yangcheng Shipyard for a period of time, mainly to participate in the construction of Type 093 nuclear submarines, Type 094 nuclear submarines, and Type 001 light aircraft carriers.

The construction period of Type 093 nuclear submarines and Type 094 nuclear submarines is as long as 9 years, 7 years from the start of construction to launching, and 2 years from launching to service, with a total construction period of 9 years.

It can be said that the construction period of Type 093 nuclear submarines and Type 094 nuclear submarines is even longer than that of Type 001 light aircraft carriers.

It is not that the construction technology of the Type 093 and Type 094 nuclear submarines is much more difficult than that of the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, but that on large surface ships, after the previous Type 052 destroyers, Type 054 frigates, and large electronic reconnaissance ships, there has long been a complete industrial chain, and the supporting factories are much easier to operate.

However, the Type 093 and Type 094 nuclear submarines are different. China started late in the construction of nuclear submarines, built few, and the industrial chain is not perfect. It is equivalent to rebuilding the supply chain and forming a complete supporting factory.

All this takes time.

When the supporting factory is complete, the workers will also have experience, and the speed of building the second ship will be much higher.

Liu Tao participated in the construction to earn upgrade points, so as to fix some defects and ensure that the ship would be qualified after construction.

At the same time, problems can be discovered and solved in time.

Just when Liu Tao participated in the construction at Yangcheng Shipyard, the state officially stipulated that employees should work 8 hours a day and 44 hours a week on average.

Although Panshan Group has been a pilot unit for more than ten years, it has not been truly implemented nationwide until now.

People choose to work for a better life.

The 8-hour work system allows people to have time to spend with their families, rest, entertain, think and learn after a day's work.

After all, people are not working machines. If they work until midnight every day, what is the meaning of work? What is the meaning of life?

To be honest, after the 8-hour work system was issued, the best implementation was by government departments, institutions, state-owned enterprises, foreign companies, Hong Kong companies, and Taiwan companies. On the contrary, private enterprises in the mainland were the worst. There was no overtime pay for overtime work. They called it "voluntary overtime" and "dedication", but it was actually just exploitation.

Even more than 20 years later, there are still "entrepreneurs" who say that "996 is a blessing". Many people are criticizing it, but they don't know that this is the norm in private enterprises. At least their companies have high salaries, but most private enterprises have a monthly salary of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan.

It can only be said that the implementation of this aspect takes time and needs to be deeply rooted in people's hearts, rather than compromise or surrender.