The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Just as Liu Tao expected.

All the South Asian countries bordering Bharat are strictly guarding their borders and prohibiting Bharat refugees from pouring into their countries.

After Bharat's independence, it has been in constant conflict with neighboring countries, and Greater Bharatism is a threat to its neighbors.

This also caused Bharat to bring trouble upon itself, straining its relations with neighboring countries and becoming increasingly isolated.

So far, Bharat has never fought a war with its neighboring countries.

Even though they were originally in the same country as Bharat and later became independent, the relationship is still very tense.

This humanitarian disaster is, after all, Bharat’s own problem.

Who would have thought that Bharat used to export large quantities of grain every year.

All I can say is that you can survive the misfortunes sent by Heaven, but you cannot survive the misfortunes brought upon yourself.

Even though Bharat's domestic economy has been declining and has been unable to recover from the war, Bharat still maintains a conventional defense force of over one million and continues to purchase weapons and equipment from outside.

In this situation, it would be strange if the countries surrounding Bharat were willing to lend a helping hand.

"Where are the Americans?" Liu Tao asked.

The United States, which is one of Bharat's most important allies.

The US military base in Bharat allows the US to maintain a strong influence on the other side of the Arabian Sea and Malacca.

Because the US military base in Balat can ensure that the US can cut off surrounding air routes at critical moments.

The United States has also been trying to win over Bharat. If it weren't for the support of the United States and Russia, Bharat's situation would be even worse.

The country where the United States currently has the largest number of overseas troops is Balat.

The United States maintains a hundred thousand troops stationed in Bharat, and these one hundred thousand U.S. troops can be said to bring a large amount of consumption to Bharat every year.

"The United States announced a humanitarian donation of $100 million to Bharat on humanitarian grounds," the secretary said.

Liu Tao nodded slightly. "Then for humanitarian reasons, 100 million RMB will be enough. China is in the early stages of socialism and will remain so for a long time. We are still a developing country. It's enough if we show our willingness."

The secretary quickly wrote it down in his notebook.

"Okay, I will feed your feedback to the relevant departments." The secretary opened his mouth, but did not say anything, instead he responded.

Although he felt that donating 100 million RMB was too little, he also felt that what Liu Tao said was right.

Life is not easy now and the landlords have no surplus food.

Under regional integration, a large amount of funds are pouring into Southeast Asia, and many infrastructures require official investment.

Our relationship is just average, so it's just a token of our appreciation.

Liu Tao arrived at the Mianyang production base overnight and looked down at the MY city below from the helicopter. The city was brightly lit and bustling with traffic. In just a few years, it had been five years since the disaster.

With the strong support of the country and caring people from all walks of life, the post-disaster reconstruction work has come to an end.

The entire post-disaster reconstruction is not just about urban reconstruction, but also about home reconstruction, facility reconstruction, industrial reconstruction, urban reconstruction, ecological reconstruction and spiritual reconstruction. Home reconstruction is the first task of post-disaster reconstruction, because post-disaster reconstruction first of all requires disaster victims to have a house to live in and to build their own permanent housing.

Only when you have a safe home can you work happily!

Facility reconstruction includes the reconstruction of economic facilities in economic activities such as production and circulation, and non-economic activities such as social activities, such as appropriate reconstruction of public services such as medical care, culture, sports, and education.

Industrial reconstruction means cultivating industries. In the process of post-disaster reconstruction, it is important to consider how to develop the economy, how to gather industries, how to attract enterprises, how to develop enterprises, and how to provide more jobs for local residents.

Urban reconstruction should be considered from a regional perspective rather than from a single perspective. First, we should consider how to re-plan and layout the entire urban system. On this basis, we can then rebuild each city, town, village, and settlement one by one.

Ecological reconstruction. The disaster caused great damage to the local ecological environment, which must also be restored and rebuilt to lay the foundation for better and faster local development and sustainable development.

Spiritual reconstruction includes the psychological reconstruction of the victims. You have to know that in that disaster, many people lost their relatives and friends, their relatives and friends were injured, and many people’s assets were directly reduced to zero. This caused great trauma to people’s psychology. Only spiritual reconstruction can soothe the trauma in the hearts of the victims.

The country has invested trillions of yuan in the reconstruction work. This huge investment covers the recovery and development projects in 142 disaster-stricken counties across Sichuan.

In addition to being included in the disaster memorial museum, many areas have been cleared of ruins and rebuilt into new villages, towns, and counties. The basic living conditions and social and economic development levels after reconstruction have surpassed those before the disaster.

Liu Tao absolutely believes that the disaster victims here are absolutely supportive of the Party and the country, because the efforts of the Party and the country are visible to everyone, and they have truly invested huge amounts of money, material resources, and manpower.

A large number of elite troops were drawn from all over the country to support Sichuan and Shu in order to better carry out post-disaster reconstruction.

When natural disasters also occurred on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, people directly told the victims to save themselves and that disaster relief was something that only socialism could do.

And he said righteously that this is life, this is living!
Liu Tao circled in the sky before the helicopter finally landed at the Mianyang production base.

Production here was interrupted for three years in order to fully support disaster relief and reconstruction efforts in the disaster-stricken areas. Production was then resumed gradually, and has only now officially resumed in full.

The next day, after inspecting the Mianyang production base, Liu Tao took a special plane back to Kunming City, but he did not return directly to the Panshan Group headquarters, but came to the Panshan Machinery Factory.

Today, many changes have taken place in the production of Panshan Machinery Factory. Ammunition and firearms are no longer produced here. The production line is sealed in a cave just in case of emergency, and the possibility of it being reopened in the future is very slim.

Panshan Machinery Factory currently produces laser guns, electromagnetic guns and military drones.

The working mechanism of the laser gun is to burn with light, and after accumulating enough heat, it will burn a hole in the human body. However, the high temperature will burn the blood vessels and tissues around the hole and stop the bleeding. The result is a burnt flesh hole of several millimeters left on the enemy's body. If important organs are pierced, the soldier will quickly die from organ failure.

Whether laser guns or electromagnetic guns will be popularized on future battlefields is still under debate and no conclusion has been reached yet.

Laser guns have great advantages, that is, they do not need to carry bullets, they only need enough energy, they are not affected by the earth's gravity, they have long range, high accuracy, fast, flexible, accurate and anti-electromagnetic interference. However, laser guns also have disadvantages, and the disadvantages are obvious. First, the power of lasers is greatly reduced in extreme weather such as fog, heavy rain, and heavy snow. Second, the laser system is a precision optical system and is also seriously affected by the atmosphere. Third, it is expensive. Finally, relatively speaking, light energy weapons are also easier to defend. Using high reflectivity and heat-resistant materials for protection can greatly reduce the damage of light energy weapons. Therefore, laser guns are currently in small-scale production, mainly used for long-range sniper rifles, medium-range sniper rifles, and short-range sniper rifles. The maximum range of laser long-range sniper rifles is 10 kilometers; the maximum range of laser medium-range sniper rifles is 5 kilometers; the maximum range of laser short-range sniper rifles is 1 kilometer.

As for the laser gun which is equivalent to an automatic rifle, it is mainly used for testing and blinding the enemy on the battlefield. In addition, the infantry laser gun is used to deal with drones on the battlefield.

On the contrary, electromagnetic guns are currently more favored internally.

There are many different styles of electromagnetic guns, covering almost all traditional firearms and cannons!

The current choice for electromagnetic guns is electromagnetic coil acceleration. In fact, the principle of electromagnetic guns is not complicated. Unlike traditional firearms that use gunpowder gas pressure to apply to projectiles, the energy comes from the electromagnetic coil. When a strong current flows through the coil instantly, the magnetic force generated will eject the ferromagnetic bullet.

Liu Tao picked up an electromagnetic gun, which is a small-scale electromagnetic gun. It is different from traditional guns because it is an electromagnetic gun equipped with a laser sight and a battery pack. It uses a solid-state battery pack and the projectile is very small because it does not require propellant like traditional bullets, only warheads. Therefore, a rifle magazine can hold 220 warheads, and a soldier can carry 4 to 8 ammunition magazines, which means he will carry 880 to 1760 bullets on his body during combat.

Moreover, this electromagnetic gun is not only powerful, has a long range and a straight trajectory, but every infantryman can also serve as a machine gunner and a sniper.

Just like this electromagnetic gun, one battery pack can fire 2000 rounds on one charge.

This is more than enough in a battle.

After looking at several electromagnetic guns, Liu Tao looked at several electromagnetic cannons. The electromagnetic cannons produced here are different from those produced by the Rongcheng Tank and Armor Production Base. The electromagnetic cannons produced here are single-soldier electromagnetic cannons that can be carried by two people or even one person on the battlefield.

Although there had been individual cannons before this, they were all relatively heavy, and the weight of the shells limited the application and power of individual cannons on the battlefield.

But now, with the same power, the weight of the electromagnetic cannon shells has been greatly reduced to less than one-fifth of the original weight.

Currently, these electromagnetic guns have been put into battlefield testing, but it will probably take several years before they can be put into mass production.

There is no way. New weapons like these involve many aspects, especially when judging that the overall world situation is still peaceful in the short term and the possibility of a world-class war breaking out is very small, so there is naturally no rush for large-scale replacement.

After all, once there is a problem here, the losses will be huge.

After inspecting the factory, Liu Tao went to inspect the air defense position of Panshan Machinery Factory. The air defense weapons here have been added with laser cannons and electromagnetic cannons to enhance the air defense capability.

Even now, when there is almost no possibility of threats from the air, Panshan Group still attaches great importance to it and has strengthened its air defense capabilities.

As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry.

It's better to be conservative about everything.

The air defense force here has become three-dimensional. It is no longer like before when air defense could only rely on anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

This is also a microcosm of the development of China's air defense forces, which is really a big step forward.

The national security strategic defense system and the theater security defense system are being built simultaneously. One focuses on the strategic level, targeting satellites, space-based weapons, strategic intercontinental missiles, strategic bombers, etc. in space; the other focuses on the tactical level, targeting short-range missiles, medium-range missiles, enemy fighters, bombers, drones, etc. on the battlefield.

Strive to minimize the enemy's air threat on the battlefield.

The reduction of the enemy's air threat means that our air advantage will increase in disguise.

In modern warfare, the importance of air supremacy on the battlefield has been proven countless times.

Whoever controls the air superiority controls the initiative on the battlefield.

If we lose air superiority, we will inevitably be attacked passively, as the enemy can continuously drop bombs and missiles from the air.

How to fight this battle?
Liu Tao didn't know much about military affairs, but he had a private meal with Li Fuguo during the two sessions. When they talked about this matter, Li Fuguo told him confidently that China was not afraid of any country.

Li Fuguo also told Liu Tao that with the current development of the world's military, the gap in military strength between countries is very huge, so huge that it is beyond people's imagination.

The person who has the clearest understanding of the development of China's military power today is none other than Li Fuguo.

Liu Tao has great trust in Li Fuguo's character and believes that Li Fuguo will not deceive him in this regard.

Although China's military expenditure now accounts for less than 1.3% of its GDP, China's military construction has never stopped and has been advancing all the time, just in case and to be prepared.

At least we have to ensure that we can deter all jackals, tigers and leopards.

On that day, Liu Tao lived in Panshan Machinery Factory.

Even though he has left Panshan Machinery Factory for so many years, the house he lived in back then is still preserved for him. Someone cleans it regularly and it can be lived in at any time.

He has mentioned more than once that the house should be occupied, but the house should still be preserved.

The house where Li Fuguo and others lived at that time was also not occupied. Instead, it was converted into a memorial residence to commemorate the working years of Li Fuguo and others.

Liu Tao was somewhat helpless as this was a trend all over the country.

In fact, people at their level don’t care about these empty things at all. Each of them has great political ambitions and an open mind.

What they pursue is peace and prosperity for the country, and they are working hard for the great rejuvenation of China.

Which one of them cares about eating delicacies from land and sea and living in a luxurious house?

No one cares!

If you really care about these things, you will be stuck early and unable to move up. And you often end up in jail and eat free meals.

Staying at Panshan Machinery Factory that night, Liu Tao seemed to recall the scenes of his past work at Panshan Machinery Factory. This was the starting point of his career.

It was also from a small third-tier factory, the "Panshan Machinery Factory", that the giant "Panshan Group" was developed. (End of this chapter)