The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 677 Know Yourself and Your Enemy (asking for monthly ticket)

The weather in June is already very hot.

Final exams are currently being conducted in various colleges and universities.

For senior students, in addition to defending their graduation thesis, they also have to take graduation photos.

Liu Ziyu, Chen Nianzhen, Li Yuemin and Lin Xing also took photos happily. They wore doctoral gowns and took photos as a souvenir while receiving their graduation certificates and degree certificates.

It took them five years from graduate school to obtaining their doctorate degree.

Liu Ziyu and Chen Nianzhen started their own business and founded 'Dandelion Computer Systems Co., Ltd. in Kunming City, Yunnan Province', which has become somewhat famous. In addition to the two of them, they also hired ten employees.

Unlike Li Yuemin and Lin Xing, they chose to stay in Panshan Group's research institute to engage in postdoctoral research and pursue scientific research.

As Liu Tao's second batch of students, they have the best resources and can make their own choices without worrying about the future.

Now they are enjoying their last days as students. From now on, their student days will end and only memories will remain.

Liu Ziyu took a camera and kept taking pictures of everyone, and also took group photos together.

When they were almost done taking the photos, they sat down on the lawn under the shade of the trees.

As they thought back to the past five years, they couldn't help but feel reluctant to leave.

Before graduation, I would be eager to graduate early; but when the time comes to graduate, I feel reluctant.

"We have all graduated, and only Xiaopang and the other four are left." Li Yuemin said, "I don't know when the teacher will recruit new students."

Chen Nianzhen said: "You have to ask Ziyu about this. Ziyu must know more than we do."

They all knew that Liu Ziyu was Liu Tao's sister. Over the years, Liu Ziyu did not live in the dormitory, but lived with Liu Tao.

In terms of being better-informed, Liu Ziyu is definitely better than them.

Liu Ziyu waved his hands and said, "Don't look at me. I don't know either. I don't know more than you do. You know my brother's situation. He doesn't stay at the headquarters for long in a month, and they leave us alone."

When the others heard Liu Ziyu say this, they couldn't help but laugh.

Speaking of which, it's true that they let them run free.

Liu Tao is very busy and is often away from home. Sometimes he doesn't return to Panshan Group headquarters for a month.

As Liu Tao's students, one of their greatest growths in the past few years is the ability to learn independently.

Not only do we have to complete the books and research papers assigned by Liu Tao, but we also have to participate in other research projects.

But no one would complain, because it was proved that their professional knowledge was greatly improved. It took them only five years to meet the doctoral graduation requirements set by Liu Tao and they successfully graduated with a doctoral degree.

While Liu Ziyu and his classmates were enjoying their last days as students, Liu Tao was meeting the army.

However, the Thai military is about to pay a friendly visit to China, which will involve arms purchases.

这十年时间，泰军也是不断采购军事装备加强军力，实力并不弱，其陆海空三军现役总兵力40万人，准军事化部队有边境巡警2万人，地方警察5万人，还有若干村防部队。泰国陆军总规模24万人，主要装备有350辆59式主战坦克、150辆69式坦克、60辆62式水陆两用坦克、100辆81式水陆两用坦克、100辆81式中型坦克、100辆81式轻型坦克、150辆80式主战坦克、50辆80式自行高炮、500辆81式步兵战车，大口径火炮包括400门105mm榴弹炮和150门155mm榴弹炮，以及数量不小的大小口径火炮，目前在东南亚地区是属于第一陆军。

泰国空军总兵力4.3万人，主力装备有40架F4战斗机、100架歼7战斗机、20架歼8战斗机以及80架歼6战斗机，另外还有数十架各式直升机、各种教练机20架，在东南亚地区目前是属于第一空军。

The total strength of the Thai Navy is 6.6, including 2 marines, 8000 soldiers of the Air and Coast Defense Command and 1150 naval air defense troops. The main force is some missile speedboats and torpedo boats, and the naval strength is not strong.

In recent years, thanks to the surge in exports, Thailand's economic development is in the first tier in Southeast Asia. The only country that can be compared with it is Singapore.

As the leader of the 'Four Asian Tigers', Thailand has been eyeing the 'Four Asian Dragons' and has always wanted to replace South Korea.

"Can you find out what kind of weapons they want to purchase?" Liu Tao asked.

Liu Tao was very happy to see that Thailand wanted to purchase weapons.

He is never afraid of selling advanced weapons to other countries, unless they are strategic ballistic missiles, mushroom bombs, etc.

He is not afraid of other tanks, armored vehicles, planes, submarines, etc.!
Not to mention that the performance of the export version itself is limited and cannot compare to the self-use version. If it comes to a critical moment, Liu Tao has plenty of ways to make these weapons unusable.

Of course, it’s best not to do this unless you have to.

Once it's done, there will be no wall that is impenetrable, and your character will be ruined.

When doing business, it is best to know both yourself and your opponent in order to win every battle. You have to find out what the other party wants and what price they can pay.

Since the military contacted him and asked him to take action personally, it means that the business will not be small. If it is small, he would not be needed, and only Feng Defeng would be needed.

Feng Defeng is the helmsman of China Southern Ordnance Industry Group Corporation, but he also has some shortcomings, such as lack of prestige.

It’s okay for small businesses, but it’s much worse for big businesses because people don’t recognize Feng Defeng.

"Comrade Liu Tao, we heard that they want to purchase more advanced aircraft and a batch of warships. The last time our escort fleet returned from a friendly visit to Thailand, they expressed their desire to buy and took the initiative to consult us." said the military person in charge of this matter.

Liu Tao nodded slightly.

He knew that every escort fleet would visit friendly countries.

Liu Tao had already started thinking in his mind. As for air force equipment, the K8 primary trainer, J-7A and 'Eagle' advanced trainer could all be sold. The J-10 fighter jets and J-11 fighter jets could also be exported. Although the production capacity could not keep up now, things like airplanes were often produced after orders were placed, and the delivery time was long. If he had money, he just needed to invest more in the production line.

As for naval equipment, there are many options, including missile boats, torpedo boats, minesweepers, frigates, and destroyers. The only thing that cannot be exported is the electronic reconnaissance ship.

Electronic reconnaissance ships involve too many sensitive things and are not suitable for export, especially to countries in important areas.

This is even more true for large electronic reconnaissance ships, because their detection range is thousands of kilometers, and this thing can easily harm national interests.

As for small electronic reconnaissance ships, they may be exported in the future, but they are definitely not suitable for export in the short term.

Liu Tao knew clearly which weapons could be exported and which weapons were not suitable for export.

(End of this chapter)