The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Malone Military Training Base.

Tens of thousands of people are receiving military training.

Among them, there are 3600 freshmen from Southwest Associated University and 7000 new employees from Panshan Group.

The military training is conducted one squadron at a time, with the men's and women's squads separated. Each men's team has two male instructors, and each women's team has two female instructors.

At this time, because the military training had just begun, we were still in the standing in line stage.

Seeing those youthful faces made Liu Tao realize that he was indeed old compared to them.

Before he knew it, he had been in this world for 26 years.

This year, he is 49 years old and is about to turn half a century old.

Those who are undergoing military training are the freshmen of the class of 2004 at Southwest Associated University, who are only or years old, and the new employees of Panshan Group, who are only or years old.

At this moment, Liu Tao felt the ruthlessness of time.

He began to understand that the most powerful weapon in the world was not the mushroom bomb, but time!

No matter who you are, you cannot resist the erosion of time!
He still remembers clearly that Malong was a military sub-district station that had been abolished. It was already covered with weeds. At that time, there were a few scattered villages and people living in this area. He also remembers clearly that tens of thousands of people worked here, and the sweat of countless people eventually built this Malong Military Training Base, which has become the most advanced training base in the country.

Now, the facilities of the Malong Military Training Base are more complete and the equipment is more advanced.

This is even the base where the troops conduct drone training and simulated combat!
Universities such as Southwest Associated University often choose to hold military training for freshmen here and hand it over to the troops for unified military training.

Every year there are always some new students who are inspired by the military training, yearn for a military career, and resolutely choose to join the army and start their own military life.

After leaving Malong, Liu Tao took the "Raydrale" helicopter back to the Panshan Group headquarters.

At this time, the world's biggest focus was the Athens Olympics.

Since the Athens Olympics, the whole world seems to have suddenly become peaceful.

Places around the world where war was previously raging have chosen to temporarily cease fire and watch the Olympics properly.

It can be said that the whole world gave great face to the Athens Olympics.

The opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics is still talked about today and is even hailed as the best Olympic opening ceremony in history.

Many Chinese people can't help but worry about the Beijing Olympics to be held in four years. The pressure is huge!

However, Liu Tao also turned his attention to the United States. The two sides in the United States have already finalized the candidates, and the general election has entered a new stage.

It has to be said that the Iraq War was very unfavorable to George Walton. Even though he had achieved a great victory before, the huge cost and casualties also caused George Walton to be criticized, and his approval rating in the polls was only 1%.

Moreover, after George Walton came to power, he massively increased military spending, squeezing out spending in other areas. Coupled with the substantial increase in U.S. debt, the country was constantly attacked by opponents.

In recent years, the United States has been running deficits every year, and the U.S. debt, which had been declining, has increased significantly.

At this point, it is impossible not to be attacked.

Of course, many people have benefited from this in recent years.

The biggest beneficiary is the US military-industrial complex. The large number of orders from the US military has made the US military-industrial complex rich. Even Liu Tao is jealous. The money is not just money. The prices are high and the orders are many. It's like eating a mouthful of oil. The United States not only increases its own military spending, but also forces NATO countries and its allies to increase their military spending. The arms orders for this year are hundreds of billions of dollars.

In addition, the number of American civilian purchases of firearms, bullets, bulletproof vests, and bulletproof helmets has increased significantly, which is also a huge market.

In the past three years alone, Panshan Group has exported 78 million Type 300 automatic rifles to the United States. One can imagine the prosperity of the American civilian arms market in recent years.

The military-industrial complex makes huge profits, and America's energy giants also make huge profits.

The United States is not only a major oil importer, but also a major oil producer and natural gas producer. The sharp rise in international oil and natural gas prices will naturally make American energy giants rich.

Because of rising energy prices, iron ore prices and food prices, the economy of Latin America as a whole is developing very rapidly, like it is taking off.

There is almost no country whose economic development growth rate is lower than 10%, which is a remarkable performance.

Many American companies have made profits from this.

Then there are Internet companies. American Internet companies have finally emerged from the cold winter.

The Iraq War made the United States realize the importance of computers and the Internet, and provided greater support for them.

Of course, there are also those whose interests are harmed.

8 month 28 day.

In the men's 110-meter hurdles final at the Athens Olympics, Liu Xiang broke the Olympic record with 12 seconds and tied the world record set by British athlete Colin Jackson, winning the gold medal and becoming the first male Olympic champion in Chinese track and field events, creating a myth for Chinese people in the men's 91-meter hurdles event.

'Flying Man' Liu Xiang became famous in one battle!
Liu Xiang's gold medal caused a sensation across the country and the whole of China was shocked by it.

Liu Xiang became extremely famous overnight!
On this day, Liu Xiang attracted countless fans and his commercial value soared like a rocket.

On August 8, at the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games, China took over the Olympic flame, marking the end of the Athens Olympic cycle and the beginning of the Beijing Olympic cycle. Everyone agreed to meet again at the 29 Beijing Olympic Games.

The dust has settled at the Athens Olympics and the gold medal list has been finalized.

The Chinese team won 39 gold medals, 25 silver medals, and 19 bronze medals, for a total of 83 medals, setting the best record for China since it participated in the Olympic Games.

This is also the first time that China has topped the Olympic gold medal list.

In the past few days, the Americans no longer listed the gold medal list, but the medal list. This time, the United States won 31 gold, 43 silver, and 28 bronze medals, a total of 102 medals.

Countless people around the world laughed at the Americans' self-congratulatory explanation.

In the past, the ranking was based on the gold medal list. Now, the gold medal list has been surpassed. The ranking of the gold medal list is unscientific and unreasonable. It would be scientific and reasonable to rank according to the medal list.

This is exactly the same as those "flowers of industry" and "pearls of industry" that China is not yet the number one in. Once China becomes the number one in that field, it will immediately become backward and low-end.

However, the Americans were struck by lightning for this action. On the eve of the Athens Olympics, Hurricane Charley swept through South Carolina, Florida and North Carolina, causing nearly $90 billion in losses and 10 deaths.

Just after the Olympics, Hurricane Frances hit Georgia, New York, South Carolina, and Florida, causing $55 billion in damage. Then Hurricane Ivan hit New Jersey, Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana, causing $85 billion in damage.

Just a week later, Hurricane Rita struck Alabama, Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, causing $65 billion in damage and killing 113 people.

God knows what you did!
That's the truth! (End of this chapter)