The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

In the dark starry sky.

The Tiangong space station, like a giant silver dragon spreading its wings and soaring, is above the Earth's orbit and orbiting the Earth.

Since the disintegration of the International Space Station, the Tiangong Space Station has become the only active space station in Earth orbit.

First, the Russian segment fell into the Pacific Ocean under the control of the Russian Space Agency after two Russian astronauts entered the Tiangong space station. Then, in less than three months, segments from the United States and other countries also chose to fall into the Pacific Ocean.

After all, these compartments are no longer valuable.

Under the current international situation, it is simply impossible to build another international space station as the conditions no longer exist.

Russia and Europe and the United States are at loggerheads. Because of the events in Eastern Europe, Russia has been subjected to unprecedented sanctions from Europe and the United States.

The once very close Franco-German-Russian alliance came to an abrupt end as Russia launched military action in Eastern Europe.

France, Germany, or Europe, cannot accept Russia taking over Eastern Europe.

The birth of a new Soviet Union was unacceptable to Europe.

Even after so many years, Europe still has a deep memory of the Soviet Union and the fear of it still exists.

The European people who have lived through that era still remember that the whole of Europe was shrouded in nuclear terror.

No one wants to go back to that era.

European capital fled Europe like crazy. Switzerland, Sweden, Finland and other countries carried out a series of outrageous operations, but instead of making any profit, they suffered heavy losses.

The United States was waving its sickle wildly, reaping Europe, causing trillions of dollars to flee from Europe to the United States in a short period of time.

The euro has suffered a severe blow, and its exchange rate against the US dollar and the RMB has experienced an unprecedented decline.

More importantly, under the US propaganda offensive, Europe no longer uses cheap oil and natural gas from Russia, but instead uses democratic and free but expensive American oil and natural gas.

Oil from the United States is priced at $100 per barrel, and natural gas is priced ten times higher than usual.

European electricity prices also skyrocketed, with electricity prices in countries such as Germany, France and Denmark also soaring to record highs.

Electricity prices in France have soared by more than 700%, and in Germany by more than 500%.

Electricity prices are rising across Europe.

After cutting off oil and natural gas imports from Russia, Europe can only purchase from the United States and the Middle East to make up for the gap.

Of course, there are also middlemen from the East who make a profit from the price difference!

Geopolitical conflicts and skyrocketing energy prices have dealt a heavy blow to Europe's manufacturing industry.

The high-end manufacturing industry, which was already on the verge of collapse due to the impact, had to either relocate to the United States or to the East in the face of this heavy blow.

On the other hand, China has increased its imports of oil and natural gas from Russia and Central Asia.

As China has expanded its coverage of natural gas to the county level, even many towns have already started using natural gas. Rural areas mostly rely on electricity and gas cylinders. China's demand for natural gas is very strong.

Natural gas is undoubtedly cheaper than electricity.

Furthermore, the Chinese people ultimately prefer to cook over open flames, believing that food cooked in a large stove is the most fragrant, and that cooking with natural gas is more fragrant than cooking with an induction cooker. People prefer to cook with natural gas rather than an induction cooker.

This has caused China's natural gas consumption to continue to rise rapidly.

A considerable portion of natural gas is imported.

Natural gas from Russia and Central Asia accounts for a large proportion of China's natural gas imports.

On the sea, LNG ships are sailing from the Middle East to Europe, transporting natural gas to Europe.

Shipping natural gas to Europe at this time is extremely profitable, it is simply huge profits.

Middlemen from the East are competing with the United States for a piece of the European pie and making huge profits from it.

The situation in Europe has further prompted the fact that Europe can no longer live a comfortable life as before. This is destined to be a period of dynamic balance and reshaping of the world pattern and the ecological niches of various countries.

China has finally found a breakthrough in the economic integration of Northeast Asia.

The latest Northeast Asia Economic Integration Forum was held in the coastal city of Dalian.

The countries signed the agreement, announcing the formal formation of Northeast Asian economic integration.

At the scene, media reporters recorded this historic moment.

After so many years of planning and hard work, various difficulties have been overcome and the economic integration of Northeast Asia has finally been achieved.

Although Russia is not joining the Northeast Asian economic integration as a whole, but only the Far East region, there is no doubt that this is a major victory.

After the agreement was signed, the most obvious impact was that their electricity prices dropped significantly.

Moreover, the last 100 meters of the oil and natural gas pipelines were completed in just one day, making it possible to transport oil and natural gas from Russia's Far East.

This also means that Russia will be able to supply Sakura with 1000 billion cubic meters of natural gas and more than 5000 million tons of oil every year.

It was precisely based on interests and under the pressure of changes in the world situation that Russia finally agreed to allow the Russian Far East to join the Northeast Asian economic integration.

As the situation in Northeast Asia as a whole becomes increasingly stable, countries have been cutting their military forces and terminating military spending to devote more funds to economic development and social welfare.

Before this, there seemed to be about 120 million active military personnel, and 600 million reserve personnel, and you have to remember that North Korea has a population of about 2500 million.

As for South Korea, it has a total force of nearly 70 and 450 million reserve personnel, while the entire South Korea has a population of only 5100 million.

In Japan, the total strength of the Self-Defense Forces is 25, and the reserve force is over 30.

And now, they no longer need to maintain such a large army.

North Korea and South Korea are expected to retain only 10 troops, Japan is expected to retain only 10 troops, and Ryukyu will simply no longer have an army, retaining only a small number of police to maintain social order.

Outer Mongolia was also very straightforward. It originally only maintained an army of 1. Anyway, no matter whether it was the North or the South, whoever was targeting Outer Mongolia, this small army of Outer Mongolia would be useless. So it was simply disbanded and only the police were retained to maintain social order.

News related to Northeast Asian economic integration suddenly became a hot topic in the news around the world.

After all, it is hard not to attract attention for this kind of regional economic integration.

Although regional economic integration originated in Europe, it was China that developed and performed the best.

First there was the China + ASEAN regional economic integration, and now there is the Northeast Asia economic integration.

Thanks to China's efforts, the economic integration of the two regions has been successfully achieved.

Whether it is Northeast Asia or ASEAN, a larger regional economic integration will be formed with China as the core.

Not to mention, the process of economic integration of China + South Asia (except Bharat) is also very fast. It is estimated that it will not take many years to truly form economic integration of China + South Asia, and by then the market size of the entire region will be even larger.

If we add to that the regional economic integration of China + Central Asia, which China is currently striving for, the entire scale will be even more terrifying.

In the entire large region, there is population, area, industry and resources, and a huge unified market can be formed.

Of course, even at this scale today, it is already terrifying.

'Tiangong' space station.

This time, astronauts from three countries were welcomed. In order to participate in the Tiangong space station and have a separate experimental cabin, each country had to pay a considerable amount of money to the China Space Agency in exchange for the opportunity for its astronauts and scientific researchers to participate in the scientific research projects of the Tiangong space station.

Three astronauts and scientific researchers can work in one cabin for a long time.

And this is not an opportunity that you can have just by paying a certain amount of money.

There is a prerequisite here, that is, it has to be a country that is friendly to China.

Just like the United States, NASA has called for cooperation many times, but because of U.S. legal issues, in order to prevent NASA from violating U.S. laws, the China Space Agency can only refuse with difficulty and will not accept any amount of money.

After several rounds of expansion, the Tiangong space station can support the long-term residence of hundreds of astronauts and scientists. It has experimental modules and living modules, as well as a sufficient supply of space food.

If you are willing to spend money, you can even take a 'spaceship' to a 'space hotel' where living conditions are better.

After all, the purpose of the Tiangong space station is not to live, but to conduct scientific research and develop space resources!
The 'space hotel' is different. It is specially built for space travel and its living conditions are far better than those in the 'Tiangong' space station.

As for the "Moon Palace" space station, the China Space Administration has not yet officially opened it to friendly countries, but the tone has begun to change. In the near future, it will cooperate with friendly countries to allow astronauts and scientists from friendly countries to visit the "Moon Palace" space station.

Although the 'Moon Palace' space station is not more advanced than the 'Tiangong' space station and the distance between the two is not too far, there is no doubt that as a commanding height, the 'Tiangong' space station is more conducive to studying the universe.

As a leader in today's aerospace field, China Aerospace is truly leading the world's development.

For example, China's Ultra Deep Space Telescope not only observes the entire solar system, but also can provide a clearer observation of the universe outside the solar system. Through the photos taken by the Ultra Deep Space Telescope, humans on Earth can better understand the universe outside the solar system.

However, not every country can obtain this first-hand information.

The information that China has made public is actually very limited.

Only friendly countries can participate in this scientific research project.

Of course, if high-end talents come to China, they may also have the opportunity to participate in this scientific research project.

Not to mention, China not only has an ultra-deep space telescope, but also an ultra-deep space probe. The probe will visit nearby star systems and take the closest shots of these star systems to determine whether there are planets with life in these star systems.

Although it is not realistic to migrate across star systems in a short period of time, it does not prevent China from exploring these star systems and preparing for possible migration across star systems in the future.

As for China's "Guanghan Palace" lunar research base, it is unknown how many countries and scientists have been attracted to participate in it.

The 'Guanghan Palace' lunar research base is also known as the largest project in human history.

After all, this is a project that cost 20 trillion RMB, and it is real money invested.

Even on Earth, with a professional astronomical telescope, you can see that China's "Guanghan Palace" lunar research base is changing every month and becoming increasingly larger.

Apart from being able to see the tip of the iceberg of the 'Guanghan Palace' lunar research base through 'Moon Travel', the information that other countries can obtain is very limited, and they can only learn about it through the information released by the China Space Administration.

By now, everyone knows that China has completed the scale-up of the aerospace industry!
Everyone knows that developing lunar resources is the only way for Earth's civilization to enter space.

Whoever controls the moon controls the space age!

This is something that has been recognized by the global scientific community.

Everyone wants to take advantage of China and participate in the development of lunar resources, or even enter other planets to develop resources.

But you can't just take this ride whenever you want.

So far, China's "Guanghan Palace" lunar research base is staffed entirely by Chinese astronauts, scientists, and engineers, without a single person from abroad.

Although moon travel is open to the whole world, some European and American tourists have traveled to the moon and visited the "Guanghan Palace" lunar research base. However, what they can visit is only the tip of the iceberg of the "Guanghan Palace" lunar research base, and not everything can be visited.

At this time, a lunar super-large hadron collider engineering meeting was being held in the capital of China.

As early as a few years ago, China announced that it would build a super hadron collider on the moon.

Many people believe that China does not want to build the Large Hadron Collider at all and uses this as an excuse.

Building a large hadron collider on the moon is a very difficult task.

Not to mention, just building a large hadron collider on Earth would cost at least hundreds of billions of RMB. If a large hadron collider of the same size were to be built on the moon, the difficulty would be at least ten times greater, and the cost would probably increase tenfold.

Not to mention that at that time, China had not even achieved a manned lunar landing.

But since China achieved manned lunar landing, things have changed. Especially since China has built the "Guanghan Palace" lunar research base, things have changed.

Compared with the 'Guanghan Palace' lunar scientific research base, building a super-large hadron collider on the moon is like a younger brother.

China has the ability to build the 'Guanghan Palace' lunar scientific research base, so it naturally has the ability to build a super-large hadron collider on the moon.

In recent years, we have been conducting research and design on the lunar super-large hadron collider.

Now, the lunar super-large hadron collider has reached the stage of implementation.

There is no doubt that this is a grand event in the world of physics.

The physics community has always wanted to build a larger and more advanced collider based on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), but Europe has said it is powerless to do so. The physics community has always hoped to lobby the Chinese government to fund the construction of the Large Hadron Collider, thereby making new achievements in physics.

There is no doubt that the lunar super-large hadron collider has attracted much attention from the world's physics community!

Whoever can participate will have a say in future experiments of this project and will have a position in the future physics community.

Just like in the past, a large number of physicists emerged in Europe. One very important reason for this is the Large Hadron Collider, which gave Europe a greater voice in the physics community.

This Lunar Super Hadron Collider Engineering Conference is a major event in the physics community, attracting famous physicists from all over the world.

Everyone knows that the low gravity and relative vacuum environment of the moon will allow China to build larger and more spectacular collider facilities on it.

The physics community hopes that the lunar Super Hadron Collider will be able to test the standard model and discover new physics.

Of course, once China really builds a lunar super-large hadron collider, the world's physics center will shift from Europe to China.

With the construction of the lunar super-large hadron collider, China's physics community will gradually rise to the top of the world.

The voice of the Chinese Nuclear Research Center will also replace the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN. As the center of physics in the new era, it will issue orders to the world physics community and let physicists from all over the world serve China's research instead of doing some marginal work and adding bricks and tiles to the physics building located in the Western world.

Everyone knows that a new building is about to rise from the ground and stand in a corner of the East.

Perhaps science has no borders, and perhaps all of humanity will benefit from this mega project. But scientists have nationalities, and as Chinese scholars, everyone hopes that this honor belongs to China.

Liu Tao personally attended this important meeting, which shows how much importance China attaches to the lunar super hadron collider.

Liu Tao delivered a speech at the beginning of the conference.

In China, no one is more qualified to speak than him. In the field of science, Liu Tao has absolute authority.

When lobbying China to build a large hadron collider, many physics scholars within China were excited and wanted the government to do it, but China remained unmoved because Liu Tao had made the final decision, and no one could shake the strategy in this field.

The lunar super-large hadron collider project was also proposed by Liu Tao. Instead of building it in China, it would be better to build it on the surface of the moon, where there are no people and the environment is more suitable.

The entire lunar super-large hadron collider project has a construction period of five years and is scheduled to be completed in 5 with a total investment of 2027 billion yuan.

Establish the Huaxia Nuclear Research Center in Beijing and a lunar research base on the moon.
After Liu Tao delivered his speech, the second person to deliver a speech was Yang Zhenning, a world-renowned physicist who is consistently among the top five in the field of human physics and has many students all over the world. He also serves as the honorary chairman of the China Nuclear Research Center.

Yang Zhenning, who is 100 years old this year, is still in good health and speaks clearly.

He was obviously happier today. After all, he had witnessed the development and growth of the Chinese physics community. He also saw that in the near future, the Chinese physics community would become the center of the world's physics community and would reach its peak. (End of this chapter)