1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2258
Having a clearer understanding of the gap in national strength between North Korea and other countries is also one of Li Yi's gains during his study abroad in Sanya.Although he had some vague understanding of this before going abroad, he only believed that the gap mainly existed in the combat effectiveness of the army at that time, but he did not realize that the deep-seated reasons such as political structure, social system, and economic foundation were the root causes of the difference in combat effectiveness. where.

In other words, North Korea's repeated defeats in the battle against foreign invasion is not just a problem with the army, but because of the large gap between its comprehensive national strength and other countries, which is reflected in the military's inability to resist invasion and can only rely on its allies Send troops to rescue.

Can such a gap be quickly bridged by training a group of senior commanders?Today's Li Xun understands that the answer is obviously no.Even if An Daoshi and others can complete the training in Sanya with excellent standards, when these officers return to North Korea, the new army they can command is probably only a few hundred people.

The reason is simple. To complete the equipment and training of a new and larger army, North Korea has to buy a large number of guns and standard weapons from Haihan, and this expenditure is not given priority in North Korea's financial budget.In view of this current situation, it is difficult for Li Yi to integrate into the current topic of discussion, and he can only look at others' showing off with complex emotions of envy, jealousy and hatred.

The dispute between Zheng Zuo and Luo Keen is just the normal state of the relationship between the two countries, and the conflict will not be intensified by a few words of eccentricity. After all, they are all allies attached to Haihan to a certain extent. Apart from conflicts, they also have many common interests. .If the trouble is really ugly, Haihan will also intervene to mediate, but at that level, they may have to pay a certain price for it.

Therefore, after they each made a few mouthfuls, they did not continue to argue on the issue of arms purchases.On the contrary, the embarrassment displayed by Li Yan on this issue made them know more about the distant North Korea.

This kind of banquet with the main purpose of providing diplomatic opportunities did not last long, and soon came to an end unconsciously.The guests bid farewell to the high-ranking Haihan officials present and left one after another. Some of them got nothing here and left unwillingly.But there are also people who have already gained a lot, and secretly sigh in their hearts that this trip to Sanya was not in vain.

After the banquet was over, several high-ranking Haihan officials who attended the banquet could finally sit down, fill their hungry bellies, and moisten their thirsty throats.During the banquet, they were so busy socializing that they had no time to enjoy the food and wine on the table.

"How is it? I see that there are many people around you all the time, are you busy enough?"

Tao Donglai asked Beks beside him.

Beks put down the cup in his hand, and after the drink in his mouth swallowed down his throat, he responded, "They all came to me to inquire about my situation, and wanted to know in advance our arms sales arrangement for next year."

Tao Donglai nodded and said: "It seems that Tian Du's arsenal expansion plan must be implemented more quickly, otherwise we will be forced to lose a lot of orders next year."

"Orders... Let's solve our own problems first, otherwise we won't be able to complete any more orders." Beks replied a little tiredly.

Industrial production projects, including military manufacturing, have always been in charge of Bai Kesi, and to the outside world, Bai Kesi is in charge of negotiating all arms orders. If you want to inquire about Haihan's arrangements for the arms trade, of course, you must ask Bai Kesi, the source of the news most reliable.

After Tao Donglai announced the intention to arrange the arms sale during the banquet, Beks was quickly surrounded by people who came to inquire about the news.

Some people want to fight for the best price, some people want to try to buy equipment that may not be on the export list, and some people hope that Beks can shorten the delivery time.Everyone hopes to get first-hand information from Beks and get the best trading conditions for themselves.And Beks had to cheer up to deal with these difficult customers.

Arms trade is one of the most profitable items in Haihan's export commodities, and the annual export of arms and equipment brings considerable income to Haihan's treasury.It is no exaggeration to say that the profits from the arms trade support most of the military expenditure of the Haihan Army, and the number of arms orders received each year will even directly affect the military budget for the next year.

For the sake of safety, Haihan has always fixed the production site of weapons and equipment in the industrial area in the inland of Tiandu to avoid the leakage of key technologies.Although the production capacity has maintained a rising trend year by year, it still cannot fully meet Haihan Army's own needs and export orders.

For this reason, the Ministry of Industry has formulated a plan to expand military production capacity and further increase the output of export-oriented weapons and equipment.In addition to a series of expansion projects in the Tiandu Industrial Zone, the plan also includes the construction of another shipyard on the Yalong Peninsula near Sanya, which is dedicated to the construction of various ships for export, so as to relieve the tension of Shengli Port Shipyard's slipway and dock. Seriously under-stressed.

For Haihan, the problem is not the cost of these expansion projects. The current revenue and expenditure of the national treasury can fully cover the project expenses. The part that really makes the executive committee feel embarrassed is that Haihan is currently training industrial workers, especially The speed of training senior technicians is still difficult to meet the needs of expanding production capacity.

People in this period generally lack the opportunity to receive basic education. Common people can be considered literate if they can read a few hundred words in a private school for a few years when they were young. There are hundreds of people.However, even with this level of education, his amount of knowledge is still far from enough to be a professional technician that Hai Han needs.

Most of Haihan's existing industrial workers are from poor backgrounds and have low education levels. Many of them began to receive literacy education only after they started working in Haihan's factories.To train such a group of people to become industrial workers who can understand mechanical processing drawings is obviously not an overnight achievement. Even if Haihan spends a lot of resources on training them, probably only a very small number of talented people can get advanced.

At present, most of the foremen who can hold the position of foreman in various production units are craftsmen who have mastered a certain craft before, and they have changed jobs after a long period of hands-on training.However, such a training method obviously cannot meet the needs of Haihan's development, so Haihan's weapons and equipment production capacity has gradually slowed down after the initial rapid development.

The main production capacity of Haihan Ordnance Industry is still used to produce some low-tech weapons and equipment, such as cast iron cannons, old-fashioned flintlock guns, and even more primitive matchlock guns, as well as knives, guns and armor ordered by foreign troops, etc. .However, the new equipment developed by Haihan Ordnance Industry often requires too complicated manufacturing processes and long working hours, resulting in high costs.

The most important thing is that Tiandu does not have enough senior technicians. These new weapons cannot be mass-produced into standard equipment, so they can only stay at the sample stage and cannot be installed in combat troops.Even if there are advanced weapons with mass production capabilities like the seven-shot rifle, only a very small number of elite troops can be equipped due to insufficient production capacity.

Haihan has mastered military technology far beyond this era, and also has education methods far beyond this era, but even so, there is no way to train enough industrial workers in just a few years.If you want to rely entirely on technological advantages to widen the gap with the armed forces of other countries at the same time, at least at this stage, you have encountered a bottleneck.

"The measures we need to take are not just to build a few more factories, but more importantly, to increase investment in vocational education and training. Only when we have enough industrial workers can we improve the current level of industrialization." Ning Qi paused, and added: "The people put down their hoes and fishing nets and walked into the workshop, but it doesn't mean they become industrial workers."

"Ning Qi is right. Lao Bai, how big is Tian Du's employment gap?" Tao Donglai asked.

Bex said: "If you are referring to the plan to expand the military industry, we need at least [-] to [-] skilled workers, and at least [-] foremen who can understand drawings and process flow."

"Then how long will it take for our vocational education institution to train this group of people?" Tao Donglai turned to Ning Qifa and asked.

Ning Qi spread his hands and said, "One year? Maybe two years? But those who can meet the standards of a foreman, I can tell you, they can only be selected from skilled workers with more than three years of work experience."

"Then what suggestions do you have that can help us change this situation?" Tao Donglai asked.

Ning Qi was silent for a while, before answering: "It's not impossible for us to change, but we have to discuss how to weigh the pros and cons. We can let private educational institutions participate in the training, such as the Qiongxi Academy in Danzhou In the past few years, we have provided us with a lot of junior talents. But if we want to let go of this opening, we have to provide relevant technologies to these private educational institutions, which is very likely to cause the loss of important technologies, no matter which country they flow to, It's not good for us."

What Ning Qi said touched another bottleneck that Haihan is currently facing.Haihan's training for senior technical personnel is still concentrated in government-run educational institutions.On the one hand, this is due to the limited number of teachers, and many courses still need to be explained by the traversers in person; on the other hand, it is also to ensure that these advanced technologies will not be easily leaked out as much as possible.

"Old He, what do you think?" Since the matter involved confidentiality, Tao Donglai must seek He Xi's opinion.

He Xi responded: "I don't know much about industrial technology, but I think other countries do not have sufficient conditions to apply these technologies. Of course, what Minister Ning said is also true. If we release some advanced technical training projects For non-governmental educational institutions, there is indeed a possibility of leaking technology.”

Tao Donglai said: "So you mean that we may leak some technology because of this, but it will not pose an external threat?"

He Xidao: "Annan has obtained some weapon manufacturing technology that we transferred, but as far as I know, the performance of the weapons manufactured by Annan has not been able to reach the expected level. This should be an excellent example. Even if We have taught it with our heart, and the people he learned have also done it with their heart, but the effect is still not ideal. Moreover, this is the result of a complete set of technology transfer, and we will not involve these contents in the process of training technicians, so I think it is risky It should be fine. It would be even better if we find a few more academies to set up different subjects and spread the risk."

Bai Kesi said: "I personally agree with Lao He's opinion. The technology we impart to the workers is not a single thing, but a part of the entire industrialization process. The leakage of a single technology is not enough to spread outside Haihan. Create another industrialized social environment. Just now, Lao He took Annan as an example. In fact, what Annan built after introducing technology is not an arsenal. According to our standards, it is just a workshop. They do not have corresponding industries. The system, what can be produced, can only stay at the technical level of the workshop."

Yan Chujie, who had been silent all this time, took up the conversation at this time: "When Zheng Zuo came to Shengli Fort a few days ago, he specifically talked to me about this matter and asked me for advice on how to improve the production quality. I can only suggest him to slow down the production speed. Improve the technological requirements of each processing link."

"The method you mentioned is also useful, but the effect is limited. A workshop is a workshop, no matter how hard we try, it will not become a factory." Beks nodded and said: "But we don't need to explain it to the Annan people in too much detail. Wait for them to slowly Think about it. Maybe after ten or eight years, they will understand that this is not a problem with the technology we teach, but that they do not have sufficient conditions to realize these technologies.”

In fact, the situation Beks mentioned was also the main reason why Haihan dared to transfer some of the old-style weaponry manufacturing technology to foreign countries.Since there is no corresponding industrial system, countries like Annan can only use traditional handicrafts to manufacture powerful weapons in their eyes. The things produced in this way cannot be compared with Haihan, which has more advanced processing technology.

"In this case, we can indeed consider expanding the scope of vocational training institutions and involving non-governmental organizations. I will write this down first, discuss it at the meeting as soon as possible, and then put it into practice." After listening to everyone's opinions, Tao Donglai , decided to include Ning Qi's previously proposed solution in the executive committee's discussion items.

Ning Qi nodded and said: "Since everyone thinks it is feasible, let me do some preparatory work first. It just so happened that this event invited the deans of the two largest academies in Danzhou, and I will ask for their advice later. Let’s see if they have anything to add to this. Jonesy College has already submitted many applications for the addition of training subjects, and this should be regarded as fulfilling their wish.”

(End of this chapter)