The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Northeast Asia Summit, opening ceremony!

Politicians, important entrepreneurs, media reporters, scholars and others from Northeast Asian countries gathered together at the Shenyang Convention and Exhibition Center.

The speeches delivered by the heads of state also set the tone for this Northeast Asia Summit.

The country with the fastest change in attitude this time was not Russia, but Outer Mongolia.

In the past, Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia were separated by a line, but it seemed like a chasm between heaven and earth. It was impossible to say that Outer Mongolia had no ideas.

After all, they have been separated for less than a hundred years.

Moreover, the majority of people in Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia are Mongolians.

The long border line actually allows the two sides to have very close private communications, and many of them are even relatives.

Visiting relatives and friends is normal.

Outer Mongolia has a vast territory, covering an area of ​​156 million square kilometers, and is rich in resources. More than 80 kinds of minerals and more than 6000 mining sites have been discovered in Mongolia, and the reserves of coal, copper and gold are among the highest in the world. At present, Outer Mongolia has proven coal reserves of 1620 billion tons, about 3600 million tons of copper, about 20 billion tons of iron, 2 million tons of phosphorus, 3000 tons of gold, and 15 billion barrels of oil. As the population of Outer Mongolia continues to flow out, the population is now less than 200 million. It stands to reason that even if it only sells resources, Outer Mongolia will live a very comfortable life.

But in fact, the development of mineral resources in Outer Mongolia is still in its infancy, and infrastructure such as water supply, power supply, and roads are backward. Currently, the development of mineral resources is still in the stage of transfer, exploration, and construction.

This makes Outer Mongolia notoriously underdeveloped in the world, and its main industries include mining, agriculture and animal husbandry, transportation, services, etc., and the national economy has a high degree of dependence on foreign countries.

The economic foundation of Outer Mongolia is not mining, but animal husbandry. Animal husbandry is Outer Mongolia’s traditional industry, the foundation of the national economy, and the main source of raw materials for Outer Mongolia’s processing industry and daily necessities.

In recent years, Outer Mongolia's largest trading partner is China, and China is also the largest investor in Outer Mongolia.

Up to now, the total livestock inventory in Outer Mongolia is about 6710 million, including 410 million horses, 470 million cattle, 47.29 camels, 3000 million sheep, and 2770 million goats, most of which are exported to China.

Many of China’s fresh beef and mutton are imported from Outer Mongolia.

After all, Outer Mongolia is close to China. In comparison, beef and mutton imported from Argentina, Brazil and other countries have to be processed in local factories and then shipped back to China by sea.

Many Chinese dairy companies have invested and built factories in Outer Mongolia.

This has also made Outer Mongolia's economy much better. Everyone is talking about the world economic crisis, but Outer Mongolia has not felt the chill of the crisis at all.

This also allows Outer Mongolia to actively integrate into the integration of Northeast Asia and take advantage of the favorable conditions of China's economic development.

No matter what, you will still be rich.

It's better than the miserable life before.

North Korea also had a big change in attitude, because it suddenly found that its situation was much better than before in terms of taking on some orders and undertaking some industries, which allowed it to find a new direction.

The reason why North Korea agreed was naturally because it got what it wanted and was guaranteed.

This can be seen from the additional construction of bridges across the Yalu River.

In the past year alone, North Korea received production orders for 10 million shirts and 20 million pairs of socks. Even though the prices are not high, North Korea's labor costs are very low.

By last year, North Korea no longer had a trade deficit, but had achieved a trade balance and even a trade surplus. A large number of young people no longer had to flock to the military, but could be turned into production workers.

All the items that North Korea needs can be purchased from China.

Even when sending students to study in Europe and the United States or sports delegations to participate in international competitions, the RMB can be exchanged into US dollars or euros in Europe and the United States without any impact.

This also allows North Korea to actively integrate into the integration of Northeast Asia.

Tensions between North and South Korea have also eased significantly.

Now only Japan is left, and the situation in Japan is very delicate.

After all, the number of US troops stationed in Japan has exceeded 8 so far, and in addition to naval and army military bases, there are also air force military bases. The number of US troops stationed in Japan far exceeds that in South Korea. Even if the number of US troops is increased, the number of US troops stationed in South Korea has only reached 4.

The 8 American troops had a huge impact on Japanese politics.

Even though Japan paid huge losses in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, it failed to regain its freedom like Germany. Japan is still a long way from gaining independent sovereign status.

In this situation, any Japanese senior officials who behave radically will often end up being "forced to commit suicide."

As for the Ryukyu Kingdom, there is no need to mention it. The king of the Ryukyu Kingdom has lived in a three-in-one courtyard house in the capital for a long time and only returns to Ryukyu for a few days a year.

At this Northeast Asia Summit, when the heads of state exchanged gifts, China presented 10 grams of lunar soil to the heads of state of Northeast Asian countries.

Although 10 grams of lunar soil may seem small, you should know that lunar soil is extremely precious. The Americans only donated 1 gram of lunar soil to China back then, and they often publicized it.

In fact, that 1 gram of lunar soil played a crucial role in China's research on the moon.

As long as these countries conduct serious research, they will be able to achieve many research results from the 10 grams of lunar soil each obtained.

On the other side, Liu Tao did not attend the Northeast Asia Summit. He came to a base in Changbai Mountain at this time. This base has a laser cannon. The laser cannon here is an important part of the national security defense system. It can counter satellites in space and intercept intercontinental missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, strategic bombers and other air targets.

There is only one base like this in the entire Northeast!
As for the two bases under construction, it is expected to take another two years to complete.

Since the base was built here, only one anti-satellite experiment and one anti-ballistic missile experiment have been carried out so far.

As a national security defense system, in addition to talent, the most important thing is undoubtedly loyalty. Those who can come here have all undergone strict political review.

After all, once the information is leaked, the losses caused will be very great.

Compared with airborne, vehicle-mounted, and ship-mounted laser weapons, this type of base-based laser weapon has a disadvantage, which is its mobility. It is just there and cannot move.

This means that once the enemy attacks, this place will be listed as a priority target.

Faced with intensive missile attacks, even laser weapons cannot intercept them all.

Because laser weapons have high power, time intervals are required for firing.

And this time interval is the fatal flaw. (End of this chapter)