The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

The Saudi Arabian luxurious and super-large delegation visited China for four days, and the two sides held many meetings, including meetings and exchanges in many fields such as politics, economy, culture, and military.

Saudi Crown Prince Salman personally met with Saudi students studying in Beijing and had conversations with them.

The two parties signed a cooperation agreement to further strengthen their cooperation.

The cooperation agreement covers multiple areas including politics, military, economy, culture, etc., including promoting exchanges between the two sides in multiple fields.

Saudi Arabia's luxurious and super-large delegation ended its visit to China, and some members of the delegation continued to stay in China and did not leave with the delegation.

At this time, China also ushered in the meeting time.

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Many countries could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the two sessions focused on domestic issues and that China's military expenditure in the new year continued to maintain single-digit growth, with the proportion of military expenditure to GDP controlled within 1.5%.

China's certainty adds a lot of certainty to this world with increasing uncertainties.

Compared with the United States' military expenditure of nearly one trillion US dollars, China's military expenditure is far less than that of the United States, and its per capita military expenditure is even lower than that of the United States.

Foreign countries breathed a sigh of relief, but many Chinese people expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that military expenditure accounted for less than 1.2% of GDP in the new year. They believed that other countries generally accounted for 2% to 5%, and that China's military expenditure ratio was indeed low, and the ratio of military expenditure to GDP should be provided.

You know, the Qing Dynasty did not invest the money in national defense construction, and ended up using it to pay compensation to the great powers. Many people believe that this should serve as a warning.

Many people also have opinions about maintaining the total number of troops unchanged. They believe that China has a vast territory and many neighboring countries. In today's turbulent world, there is a risk of war breaking out, so the number of troops should be increased. After all, the number of Chinese troops is really not that large now.

Whether it is increasing the number of army, navy or air force, many people think it is necessary.

After all, even Russia maintains its military at 130 million!
Not to mention far away, even Japan, which is separated from us by a body of water, had a defense budget that accounted for 2013% of its GDP in its 5.1 defense budget!

In European countries, the defense budget accounts for no less than 2% of GDP.

As for the United States, more than $1000 billion is spent on ongoing global operations and more than $8000 billion is spent on the base budget.

Liu Tao also kept an eye on public opinion, and couldn't help but smile when many people said that the proportion of military expenditure was too low.

The reason why China's military expenditure accounts for less than 1.3% of its GDP is that, after all, China's foundation is still too weak. Money is needed in all aspects. Pensions must increase, wages of employed workers must be increased, more funds must be invested in education, and a large amount of funds must be invested in regional integration!

But the country’s fiscal revenue is limited!
How to carry out fiscal expenditure is a profound subject.

If more money is spent on military expenses, less money will be spent on other things.

Based on the judgment of future situation, the possibility of a large-scale war breaking out within ten years is not great.

Besides, if a large-scale war really breaks out, China’s current military strength is sufficient to buy enough time for a surge in troops.

As for the number of troops, the current number of troops is sufficient.

With the increasing number of drones and robots in service and the application of high technology, the problem of the number of military personnel can be compensated to a large extent.

As for the ASEAN coalition forces, the military expenditure is paid by ASEAN and is sufficient.

After all, the current problem is still a development issue.

Now that the national strategic security defense system is gradually being built, China is actually not in a hurry in terms of security. It can be said that China has the sharpest spear and the strongest shield. In fact, China is the safest country in the world.

end of June.

In the southern waters of the Indian Ocean, 300 nautical miles away from Lan Fang, the ASEAN Navy is conducting a live-fire exercise.

Landing battles have always been a difficult point in war.

The most famous amphibious landing operation in human history is still the 'Normandy Landing'!
The 'Normandy' landing involved 288 million troops and 38.5 logistical support, including 153 million ground forces, more than 170 military services and coordination units, divided into more than 180 operational levels. It took two months and 14 days, starting with the beach landing on June 1944, 6, and ending on August 6 at the Marne River. With the Allies having the advantage of war resources and the general situation at a favorable time, they finally crossed the English Channel and stood their ground at the cost of 8 casualties.

The main battlefields for beachheads were "Sword", "Gold", "Juno", "Omaha" and "Utah", and the other two strongholds were Cherbourg and Caen. Basically, all the ace troops of the United States, except the Third Army, were involved in this operation, including the famous 1st, 4th, 90th, 92nd Infantry Divisions, 5th Rangers, 101st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne Division, etc. The British were like elite troops for free, and threw the Royal 6th Airborne Division at the beginning of the war. There was no one on Juno Beach, so Canada sent out an entire army to take over.

Therefore, the Normandy Landing is also called a life-and-death battle. It was a most arduous and arduous battle fought by the most elite troops between the most powerful human forces on earth at that time. Its difficulty and value are unprecedented in ancient and modern times.

The main reason why landing operations are so difficult is that they are extremely difficult to coordinate and command. They involve infiltration, reconnaissance, radar, fixed-wing, espionage, air supremacy, close support, interdiction tactics, bombing, air fire suppression, dynamic air control, naval warfare, sea supremacy, aviation operations, anti-submarine, surface air defense areas, mine clearance, troop transport, rubber boat landing, heavy equipment transportation, land mechanized unit landing, laying of rubber and plastic pipes, obstacle clearance, setting up camp, battlefield rescue, dynamic battlefield artillery control, artificial lake filling, fire fighting, multiple rocket position defense, slope elimination engineering, waves, weather, air currents, ocean currents, wind direction and all logistical supplies, etc. A series of subjects, military services, training and hardware.

In the past few decades, the trend of human warfare has become more three-dimensional and all-round with the development of science and technology. The difficulty and complexity of landing battles are much higher than the "Normandy Landing" back then.

This three-dimensional and all-round nature comes not only from the Air Force's increasingly dominant position in the air, but also from the development of science and technology in various aspects, such as the development of missiles and radar technology.

The largest landing war in modern warfare was the Iraq War, when a US aircraft carrier fleet launched a landing war in Iraqi waters. Even the powerful US Navy dared to launch a landing war only after the army made a breakthrough and completely controlled the air power.

There are a large number of islands in the ASEAN region, many of which are very suitable as landing combat training areas for exploring amphibious operations.

This time, the ASEAN Navy formed a task force, which included two amphibious landing ships.

Planes took off from aircraft carriers, seized air superiority, and attacked important military targets on the island.

The reconnaissance aircraft scouted the entire island's fortifications, and the situation of the entire island was fed back to the command ship in real time and was clearly visible on the large screen.

Instead of launching a direct landing battle, the carrier-based aircraft seized air superiority and destroyed important military targets, including air defense positions, radar positions, missile positions, anti-ship positions, etc.

On the command ship, the commander gives orders to dispatch drones, which include suicide drones, reconnaissance and strike drones, combat drones, and bombing drones. Drones are used to make up for the shortage of fighter jets and strengthen air strikes.

Suicide drones that directly attack enemy soldiers.

Although suicide drones are somewhat expensive in this kind of landing combat drill, in order to explore landing combat, the loss of as many suicide drones as possible is worth it.

After the cleanup was almost complete, the commander issued the order to launch an amphibious operation. The Type 81 amphibious tank was launched from the amphibious landing ship, attacked the island and carried out a beach landing operation.

At the same time, planes dropped robots onto the island.

Let the robots act as paratroopers and tear apart the defenders.

In the general directorate, Liu Tao watched the continuous reports on the exercise. He was very supportive of military exercises in this field.

Although the possibility of a landing war breaking out in the future is actually not very high, we must be prepared for everything to be prepared.

Only when the army is ready to fight at any time can the war be stopped!
Raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while!
If we don't strengthen practical drills in normal times, then when the time comes, it will be completely useless.

This amphibious combat exercise has been classified as top secret. Soldiers are not allowed to take pictures with their mobile phones. There is a special military filming team to shoot the filming. The video materials will be classified as top secret and will only be discussed internally and will not be made public.

After all, this involves the military secrets of the army.

Modern landing operations are difficult. One important reason is that the target island may lack ports for large ships to land, and the few deep-water ports may be strategically destroyed and blockaded during wartime to prevent the enemy from landing smoothly.

For example, this is the case with this island. The shallows are not suitable for large warships to dock, which means that large warships will be anchored far away from the beach. In this case, if small ships are used to transport troops to land, these landing troops may be annihilated in large numbers on the beach.

After all, small landing ships will be directly exposed to intensive artillery fire after leaving the protection of large ships.

The current situation is completely different from the "Normandy Landing" that year. For the defenders, the increased firepower and improved reconnaissance methods will increase the difficulty for the attackers to conduct a landing battle.

But at the same time, the attacking side's military equipment is far ahead of the "Normandy Landing". They can use carrier-based aircraft to gain air superiority, first destroy important military targets through air strikes, and use drones and robots to disrupt the enemy and disperse the enemy's forces.

After all, during the 'Normandy Landing', the aircraft were not as advanced as they are now, the missiles were far less advanced than they are today, and there were no drones or robots!
In modern warfare, if the attacking party disregards civilian casualties, the war will be very cruel. Faced with air superiority, an army can even be destroyed through missiles and aircraft bombing.

The reason why street fighting is brutal is that there are a large number of buildings that can easily hide individual soldiers.

However, when the US military was on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq, they blew up buildings one by one and did not engage in street fighting at all. Once the cities were destroyed and razed to the ground, there would naturally be no so-called street fighting.

Now, for the troops conducting exercises and amphibious operations, various advanced weapons can be used.

Of course, this is based on the assumption that the other side is relatively weak. If the military strength of both sides is similar, it would not be so easy to start a landing battle in the current mode.

By the time it was about to get dark, the Marines had completely taken control of the entire island, declaring victory in this landing exercise.

In the evening, a summary meeting was held.

This is also a fine tradition, which enables one to improve one's command level through continuous summarization, and this is also the significance of actual combat exercises.

Liu Tao also attended the summary meeting and listened with great interest. Even though he did not understand a lot of it, it did not prevent him from personally feeling the atmosphere of the battlefield.

Looking at the mental state of these commanders and fighters, like howling wolves, Liu Tao felt relieved.

If a war really breaks out, the army will definitely not be afraid of fighting, but will actively seek war.

But it is also true that there has been peace for a long time and there are few wars. It is not easy to gain military merit. It is very difficult to gain military merit in peacetime. But it is different in wartime, it is much easier to gain military merit.

For soldiers, military medals are their honors, and there is no soldier who does not desire them. (End of this chapter)