The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The Franco-German alliance will form the main force for European integration, and China will naturally welcome it.

There is nothing wrong with European integration, which can further strengthen the multipolarization of the world.

When Germany normalized and Britain and the United States withdrew their troops and returned their military bases, China acted as a peacemaker and provided considerable help.

European integration is exactly what Americans least want to see.

Americans’ core interests overseas are not in Japan, South Korea, Australia, or Africa, but in Europe!
The Americans control Europe in four ways. On the one hand, with the help of NATO's influence, they have a large number of military bases in Europe and troops stationed in most European countries. This not only provides security for these countries, but also weakens their military power and military industry. Look at the whole of Europe today. Except for France, which other countries have independent national defense and independent military industry?
Even Germany still has a long way to go in this regard.

On the one hand, Americans have strong political and economic influence in Europe. This influence is the result of long-term cultivation after World War II. Many European companies are run by Americans, and there are also politicians supported by Americans whose wives and children even live in the United States. These people are all spokespersons for American interests. With these people around, Europe cannot be a monolithic entity, nor can it have only one voice.

On the other hand, there is America's ally Britain, which is clinging to America's thigh. America is also relying on Britain's influence. The two sides have formed a conjugate father-son relationship. Britain has always played the role of a troublemaker in Europe, disrupting Europe.

On the other hand, there is Russia. In recent years, the United States has been hyping up the Russian threat theory, on the one hand, exaggerating Russia's strong strength, and on the other hand, exaggerating that Russia may recreate the Soviet Union's splendor. If the Soviet Union's 1981 military exercise is not hyped three or five times in Europe every year, it is not the Americans. In this way, they are intimidating Europe.

What Americans are trying their best to prevent is naturally to destroy as much as possible.

Therefore, the strategy in Europe is to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the two sides, promote European integration as much as possible, strengthen cooperation with the Franco-German alliance, and strengthen ties with European countries, open the China-Europe freight train, and make it the "Silk Road" of the 21st century.

And it is to promote the "China-Russia-EU Conference" to provide a tripartite exchange platform to coordinate the interests and conflicts of the three parties.

The three parties naturally have common interests as well as conflicts. In this regard, "seeking common ground while reserving differences" and "win-win cooperation" are naturally China's forte.

Sometimes, conflicts between two parties are difficult to reconcile, but conflicts between three parties are easier to reconcile. Maybe the plan will not satisfy all three parties, but it can be accepted by all three parties.

In addition, it is to allow Europe to take a step forward in military integration. The current Franco-German rapid reaction force is not enough just for France and Germany.

In the courtyard, Liu Tao was making tea alone.

In fact, he has considered using shale oil technology to extract shale oil and shale gas to solve China's energy difficulties.

But later he gave up.

It’s not that shale oil extraction technology is difficult, but once it is done, China can transform from a net oil importer to a net oil exporter in less than ten years.

This will turn China's relations with the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, and even the world, from being friends, into competitors.

China is the largest buyer for most of the world's oil-producing countries.

If China does not import oil, but exports oil, who will these oil-producing countries sell their oil and natural gas to?
In the last life, the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and other countries deteriorated because the United States continued to increase its oil production through shale oil extraction technology, thus changing from a net importer to a net exporter in the world, making it a competitor with Saudi Arabia and other countries.

The world is now in a period of change. China needs to unite most countries and try to make the number of enemies as small as possible and the number of friends as many as possible.

There is no need to give up long-term interests for short-term benefits.

And this also involves the RMB internationalization strategy.

By trading with these countries and continuously increasing the proportion of RMB settlement, the Americans' ability to suck blood from the world through financial means will be weakened.

This strategy is clearly effective.

So far, fewer and fewer countries have gone bankrupt because they cannot repay their debts to the United States, and their high-quality assets will not be easily harvested by the Americans. This also makes it increasingly difficult for Americans to harvest blood from all over the world, and most of the U.S. debt is purchased internally in the United States, making it more difficult for U.S. inflation to be transferred to other countries.

A country like the United States cannot fall apart all of a sudden.

When that day comes, it will be the result of long-term efforts, quantitative change leading to qualitative change, which is the result rather than the process.

January 1th, the first day of the twelfth lunar month.

The sun is shining, the sea is blue and the sky is blue, the weather is very good.

Qiongdao Sanya Naval Port.

Today, there are red flags and colorful flags flying here, which looks very festive.

CCTV and Hong Kong Satellite TV are broadcasting the entire event live.

At the naval port dock, more than 3,000 Saudi naval officers and soldiers were lined up in an orderly manner, motionless.

If it weren't for the military uniforms they wore and the color of their skin, they would really have been mistaken for Chinese naval officers and soldiers.

These Saudi naval officers and soldiers have received two years of military training in China and can command Type 001 light aircraft carriers, as well as Type 054 frigates, Type 052 destroyers, Type 039 submarines and other warships!

There are a large number of warships docked in the Sanya military port, the most conspicuous of which are the two Type 001 light aircraft carriers!

After all, although the Type 001 aircraft carrier is only a light aircraft carrier of 052 tons, it is still much larger than the Type destroyer. The only ones that can compare with it in size are the two comprehensive supply ships.

The Saudi Crown Prince, Prince Bandar and others all had happy expressions on their faces and were whispering with the Saudi Navy Commander.

A temporary stage was built with the words "Saudi Navy Type 001 Aircraft Carrier Delivery Ceremony" written on the background wall.

This time, it was the delivery ceremony of two light aircraft carriers ordered by Saudi Arabia, and both sides gave high-level treatment to the delivery ceremony.

After all, this is a symbol of friendship between both parties.

Liu Tao also attended the delivery ceremony in person.

The delivery ceremony seems sacred and grand.

At 12 o'clock, the delivery ceremony officially ended. Saudi naval officers and soldiers boarded the warship, blew the horn, and drove the warship out of the naval port.

On the Chinese side, Liu Tao and others waved goodbye to the departing Saudi naval fleet.

Everything seemed friendly and harmonious.

Not far away, China's first aircraft carrier formation joined forces with the Saudi naval formation and set off for the Middle East together.

This time, China's first aircraft carrier fleet will perform escort missions, combat pirates along the route, and maintain navigation safety. (End of this chapter)