The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The 2012 London Olympics caused a lot of trouble.

Even before the London Olympics began, it seemed very lively, leaving the whole world stunned. They couldn't understand why a country like Britain, an old capitalist and developed country, could host so many unexpected events while hosting the Olympics.

The UK's hosting of the Olympic Games this time can be said to be very cost-effective.

Affected by the global economic crisis and the European debt crisis, the British economy is in recession and there is no money to host the Olympics?
It's ok!
If you can’t build a completely new venue, renovate it!
At the London Olympics, among the 34 Olympic venues, only 6 were newly built permanent venues, and the rest were all temporary venues and renovated venues.

Horse Guards Parade in London is a famous tourist attraction in London. Every morning, the solemn Changing of the Guards Parade is held here. The annual Queen's Birthday Parade is also held here. But this summer, it was covered with sand and a temporary audience stand was set up, and it became the venue for the London Olympic Beach Volleyball Competition.

Similarly, the basketball stadium in the Olympic Park is the largest "temporary building" in Olympic history. It took 1000 tons of steel to build the basketball stadium, which looks like a mattress. Such a magnificent stadium will only be a "flash in the pan" during the Olympics.

According to the British, Londoners do not need a basketball stadium because London already has enough basketball stadiums, so it will be demolished after the game and the building materials will be used for the construction of other buildings.

In addition to temporary buildings, the London Olympic Committee also focused on "exploitation" and converted some exhibition halls into gymnasiums. The O2 on the banks of the Thames was originally a multi-functional exhibition hall, where gymnastics and other indoor events were held during the Olympics. The Excel Pavilion hosted a total of 7 events, including table tennis and weightlifting. Its ceiling height is only 10 meters. Compared with the 20-meter height of the Beijing Olympic Table Tennis Hall, this "copycat" table tennis hall is obviously too depressing.

As early as two years ago, the British Olympic Minister said that the total investment in the London Olympics could not be the same as that of the Beijing Olympics because it could not gain the support of the British people.

But even so, the total investment in the London Olympics reached 142 billion pounds.

No one knows how the British spend their money. They spent a total of 142 billion pounds to get to this point!
In terms of security, the British have caused international concern even before the Olympics were held.

Starting from July 7, the British military began to install surface-to-air missiles around the London Olympic venues to deal with possible security issues during the London Olympics. On July 12, the British Royal Navy warship "Ocean" sailed to the Greenwich section of the Thames in London to deal with possible security issues during the London Olympics.

The British government has made a gesture that it is doing its utmost to make final checks and fill gaps in Olympic security, but problems continue to be exposed.

G4S, a private security company employed by the London Olympic Organizing Committee, was exposed to have serious loopholes in the recruitment and training of security personnel.

According to the original plan, 1.37 security personnel were to be recruited, but with the Olympics almost underway, only 4000 people were in place, less than one-third of the total. This forced the British Ministry of Defense to add another 3500 soldiers to join the London Olympics security work.

In addition, G4S also hired 3300 college students and hundreds of foreigners to serve as security inspectors. Due to the lack of professional and systematic training, the outside world is quite concerned about whether they can perform security work.

Under such circumstances, the London Olympics in the UK was held as scheduled, and the results were unbearable to watch.

There was a real security problem, with casualties among spectators and athletes, which made everyone panic.

Also, during the game, there were many unfair whistles, which was extremely ugly.

The outbreak of various problems made this Olympic Games unbearable to watch.

But even so, the British have been promoting and boasting that this Olympics is the best Olympics ever.

After the athletes returned home, they began to receive various honors.

The members of Panshan Sports Team are naturally no exception.

A considerable number of athletes in the national team come from Panshan Sports Team.

There are some particularly outstanding ones here.

Liu Jingming led the national team in the final against the United States. Although they lost to the American Dream Team, they also showed their blood and resilience, and it was an honor to lose.

Liu Qing'an and Liu Manhua won the singles and mixed doubles tennis championships. The three golden medals were of great value and they won the world's number one ranking in men's and women's tennis.

'Tibetan Mastiff' Zhang Jike once again defeated his teammate Wang Hao in the London competition, winning the men's singles title at the Olympics for the second time in a row, creating history in the men's table tennis program and achieving a double Grand Slam.

It was also during the London Olympic cycle that "Tibetan Mastiff" Zhang Jike made table tennis popular, making it easy to sell tickets for table tennis matches. In terms of popularity and value rankings, Zhang Jike ranked among the top five sports stars.

Many girls who were not originally interested in table tennis started paying attention to it because of Zhang Jike.

However, this time the Chinese sports delegation did not rank first in the gold medal list as it did in the Beijing Olympics, but lost to the Americans and ranked second in the gold medal list.

In China, countless people compared the London Olympics with their own Beijing Olympics, and they couldn't help but shake their heads, which made the Chinese people even more proud.

Facts have proved that the Beijing Olympics was indeed a unique Olympics brought to the world by the Chinese people, surpassing all previous Olympics. It is estimated that subsequent Olympics held in other countries will not be as good as the Beijing Olympics.

In addition to commending these athletes, Liu Tao also couldn't help but pay attention to the US election.

At this point, the candidates from both parties in the US election have finally been determined and announced.

With the full support of black people, Barack defeated his intra-party competitors by a narrow margin and became the Democratic Party's presidential candidate.

But even so, few people think Barack can be re-elected.

Because the current unemployment rate in the United States is stubbornly high, no one in American history has ever been able to be successfully re-elected with such a high unemployment rate.

The economy is weak, and this is an indisputable fact in the United States.

However, the United States launched a clean and efficient "surgical" bombing on Iran, destroying Iran's ability to develop nuclear energy, which also gave Barack a lot of points.

The current situation of the US election is confusing, and Liu Tao is not sure whether Barack can defeat his opponents and be re-elected successfully as he did in the original time and space.

After all, the butterfly effect that is occurring now is extremely large.

Today, the United States has been almost driven out of the Middle East and has lost all its interests in Afghanistan and Iraq. Its only presence in the Middle East is 30,000 US troops on the Israeli-Palestinian border. These 30,000 US troops are actually Barack’s umbrella to protect Israel in order to win over Jewish capital.

However, the United States has deployed 30,000 troops on the Palestinian-Israeli border to separate Israel from the Arab world. This move has made Palestine, Syria and other countries very dissatisfied. Perhaps one day the military conflict between the two sides will break out again.

The United States has deployed 30,000 troops on the Palestinian-Israeli border, but this is only to suppress the Palestinian-Israeli issue rather than to solve it. The Palestinian-Israeli issue still exists and has not been solved.

The United States is now investing heavily in North Africa.

In addition to a proxy war with Russia in Libya, or not just with Russia, but with Russia + Europe, or France and Germany.

The war in Libya has never stopped.

With the help of the United States, Libyan liberal party members established a Democratic Freedom Army with the goal of overthrowing Gaddafi's dictatorship. This Democratic Freedom Army also received support from democratic freedom fighters in Algeria and other countries.

Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco basically fell into the control of the US military.

Moreover, the 'Arab Spring' also spread to Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and even Sudan, where unrest occurred.

Egypt was in turmoil during the Arab Spring and could change color at any time. In Yemen, the Arab Spring led to the re-ignition of the war in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia already wants to resolve the Yemen issue through military force.

Yemen is regarded as Saudi Arabia's backyard, and it is difficult for Saudi Arabia to accept that Yemen's backyard is on fire.

In recent years, with the improvement of military strength, the equipment of the army, navy and air force is advanced, and a lot of money has been spent on training the army, which has given Saudi Arabia great confidence.

In addition, the Arab coalition forces can be deployed at any time.

Saudi Arabia also wants to take this opportunity to flex its muscles and let the world see who has the final say in the Middle East.

Countries such as Saudi Arabia are very dissatisfied with the US's actions.

The United States has changed from a net importer of oil to a net exporter. In fact, the United States has formed a competitive relationship with the Middle Eastern oil-producing countries in terms of oil and natural gas.

The United States wants to gain a say in energy, which is bound to harm the interests of Saudi Arabia and other countries.

The global energy market is so small that competition is already fierce. There was originally an OPEC to coordinate all parties, but then the variable of the United States emerged, and the United States is not even a member of OPEC.

If the United States eats one more bite of the cake, other countries will have to eat one less bite of the cake.

The reason why Saudi Arabia and other countries provide money and weapons to support Libya is because there is a huge conflict of interest between them and the United States.

Liu Tao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he received the information.

He doesn't know whether Saudi Arabia is confident or whether it should be said that Saudi Arabia is inflated.

The Saudi army has not fought a war for a long, long time. Even the Arab coalition forces were fighting in piecemeal fashion and had no real baptism of war.

To be honest, it is hard to say how much the Saudi army and the Arab coalition forces can take advantage of their advantages in weapons and equipment.

The same weapons and equipment will have different combat effectiveness in different countries.

This has been demonstrated by the wars that have existed in the past few decades.

Just like in South Asia, Bharat was able to smash the Su-27 and F16 fighter jets to pieces. On the battlefield, Bharat Air Force pilots flying Su-27 and F16 fighter jets were unable to defeat the J-7A and J-8A, and were shot down by the J-7A and J-8A. And it was not just one or two planes that were shot down.

In Libya, American and Russian mercenaries were flying planes to fight, which looked very impressive and fully utilized the combat effectiveness of their respective aircraft.

Russian mercenaries have proved with their performance that the Su-27's avionics system is indeed not as good as the F15, but that does not mean that the Su-27's combat effectiveness is inferior to the F15!

Even in complex battlefield environments, the Su-27 sometimes has more advantages than the F15.

To be honest, Liu Tao was not sure how much combat effectiveness the weapons and equipment of the Saudi and other armies could exert.

To this end, Liu Tao recalled several personnel who had been in the Middle East for many years to personally understand the situation.

After all, they are responsible for military training and other matters, and they know the situation best.

"Leader, don't mention it. It's hard to describe. Damn, they can't even march properly after training for so long. They complain when the training volume is a little larger, but their training volume is less than half of our new recruits!" Chen Ming, who was in charge of military training, turned black and couldn't help complaining: "If I lead a heavy composite brigade, I have a great chance of defeating their three armored divisions."

"I understand the Air Force and their training. Alas! No matter how advanced the aircraft are, it's the same to them!" Li Zhenhua, who is in charge of the Air Force training, sighed repeatedly, looking like he couldn't stand it at all.

Li Zhenhua was originally the head of an air force flight regiment. Later, he retired and became a mercenary. He was sent to the Middle East for training services.

Sometimes he felt that these countries were simply wasting advanced third-generation fighter jets.

Liu Tao couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. As he expected, the combat effectiveness of Saudi Arabia's army was far less strong than the data on paper suggested.

You should know that in European and American military journals, Saudi Arabia's military strength ranks among the top ten, making it a powerful country in the Middle East.

But now it seems that paper data is just paper data, and the actual combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.

However, the weapons and equipment of Yemen's rebel forces are far inferior to those of Saudi Arabia.

"If Saudi Arabia sends troops to fight the Yemeni rebels, how do you think they can win?" Liu Tao asked a question.

The Middle East must maintain overall stability!

Because the major oil-producing countries in the Middle East are the world's energy centers.

As the world's largest energy importer, China receives large amounts of oil and natural gas from the Middle East. Stability in the Middle East means stable energy prices and stable energy supply in the Middle East, which is very important.

Moreover, if the Middle East remains stable as a whole, it will not be easy for Americans to reopen the situation in the Middle East.

Furthermore, the Middle East is also an important destination for China's exports, and the importance of exports to China's economy is self-evident.

"First, use planes to bomb targets. As far as I know, the Yemeni rebels do not have anti-aircraft weapons. Saudi Arabia has money anyway, so the cost of bombs is nothing to Saudi Arabia."

"Use drones to strike at rebel forces."

"For ground forces, the most important thing is to prevent, not to attack."

After several people discussed, a feasible plan gradually took shape.

Basically, it is to take advantage of Saudi Arabia's advantage in weapons and equipment, fight steadily and steadily, and consume the rebel forces to death.

This suits Saudi Arabia very well.

As for whether Saudi Arabia is willing to adopt this combat plan, Liu Tao is not sure.

After all, Saudi Arabia is a little inflated now. Who knows whether Saudi Arabia will want to learn from the US military and do something ruthless.

However, the suggestion still needs to be given, and it is Saudi Arabia’s own choice whether to do it or not.

As for the idea of ​​allowing Saudi Arabia to recruit troops from the Iraqi army to join the coalition forces, Liu Tao felt that it might not be feasible.

It is incredible that the most powerful force in the Arab coalition forces actually comes from the Iraqi army. (End of this chapter)