Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

After changing their thinking, Wu Chaoyou and his team's target became easier to aim at.

After replacing the armor-piercing shells with anti-material ones, the two men aimed directly at the speedboat and opened fire!
Two gunshots rang out, and two big holes suddenly appeared on the speedboat, which scared the pirates on the speedboat!
Under the high-pressure water gun, they finally discovered that someone in the air had launched an attack!
Looking at the helicopter in the sky, although they didn't know when it came, the pirates fired at the helicopter with submachine guns for a while. After realizing that they couldn't do anything to the opponent, the speedboat was quickly hit by two more bullets. This time, the bullets hit the right place and caused the fuel tank to explode and catch fire!

what!what!what!
After the pirates roared to the sky a few times, they had to jump into the sea in a panic!
Although they all know how to swim, whether they can find the direction and swim to the shore in such a vast ocean depends on their luck.

Looking at the burning speedboat, Wu Chaoyou and his team knew that they had the situation under control. The helicopter began to slowly approach for further observation. The pilot slowly flew the helicopter to an altitude of four to five hundred meters above the speedboat. From here, they could almost clearly see the faces of the people on the tanker.

Watching the pirate speedboat being blown up, those vicious pirates sank into the sea one by one.

On the tanker, the originally panicked sailors dropped their high-pressure water guns one by one. They danced excitedly on the boat, raising their hands and waving wildly at the helicopters in the sky.

This was like a divine soldier sent from heaven to pull them back from the sea of ​​suffering.

Although there were a few bullet holes on the side of the tanker, it was not a big deal for the huge ship. As long as it did not hit the oil transport area, it would be fine. Besides, the thick steel side of the ship was not something that a submachine gun could easily penetrate.

"01 report, the pirate speedboat has been blown up, and all the pirates have abandoned the boat and jumped into the sea. Please give instructions!" Seeing that the pirates' speedboat was burning and sinking, the co-pilot of the helicopter began to report the latest situation to the command center.

"01 return, repeat, 01 return!" The order was transmitted back from the command center, and the helicopter immediately returned in the direction it came from.

Now that the battle was over, Wang Peng knew that the helicopter had no ability to carry out rescue operations on the sea. Even if it had, he would not take the risk for a few pirates who fell into the water.

They just happened to pass by. This matter was a trivial matter to Wang Peng and Li Yunlong. As for those pirates, no one would care, and the sailors on the tanker would not be stupid enough to act like a saint.

About half an hour later, when the Island met the tanker, the captain of the tanker blew the whistle to pay tribute to the fleet that rescued him. Although it was only a small battle, the East China Fleet demonstrated its ability to deal with the enemy cleanly and efficiently, winning recognition from everyone on the tanker.

For Wang Peng and Li Yunlong, such a little episode was just something to be written down in the navigation log.

It just makes Li Yunlong less bored during the long journey.

After all, their round-the-world voyage this time will not be interrupted. Except for stopping at the port for replenishment and visiting, everyone will stay on the ship and do their own things.

On the other hand, while studying the historical development of the main world, I discovered that new problems were about to arise.

At the same time in the main world, since Sandezi and Dongyang were relieved of their defense, the expenditure on national defense was almost completely saved, and they only paid a little protection fee, so they went all out to develop the economy. Relying on the low wages of the two loser alliances during this period, the two losers began to burst out huge production capacity after more than ten years of hard struggle from the ruins.

It took over a large share of the market from Western powers and became an industrial power in one fell swoop.

But it also created the first economic crisis after the war.

In this time and space, the previous stories are similar, but the later stories include the emergence of the University of Tokyo. As a result, the market competition in this world has become even more cruel.

But after carefully comparing the two worlds, Ren Zhong became confused again.

On the one hand, in terms of bulk products in this world, such as the steel industry, Dongda also has a large number of high-quality alloy steels. They are flooding the international market, taking up most of the high-end steel market and competing with the rogue Eagle Steel Industry.

In terms of low-end crude steel, Dongda is now also frantically expanding its production capacity. Two steel consortia with an annual capacity of tens of millions of tons have blast furnaces put into production every month, and Dongda's roll-on/roll-off cargo ships with a capacity of more than 3 tons are constantly traveling back and forth between the ports of Kangaroo and Dongda.

Originally relying on the monopoly of two major mining companies, Rogue Eagle's Steel Consortium controlled the source.

But when the Rothschild family broke out and entered the mining industry, the two mining giants could not hold on. After all, there were so many iron ore mines in the Kangaroo Country that no one could consume them all. The Rothschild family not only had huge connections, but also strong financial capital. Now there was an opportunity to make money, so at the speed of capital chasing profits, they bought some mature small and medium-sized mines and started supplying directly. Now they have reached a production capacity of several million tons.

Now the second channel from Africa has been opened. The iron ore in Nigeria is not small. The current reserves confirmed by exploration are several hundred million tons. After the heavy-load railway is built, this will also be a good source of supply.

Although the freight is several times higher, it is still worth it for the security of iron ore supply.

As a result, Dongda is stronger than the small days in the historical time and space in terms of steel industry. However, due to the fierce development of Dongda, the imported goods have also expanded countless times compared with the historical time and space, driving the export of the great powers. In addition, the technology exported by the Qianlong Project, for the great powers, although a single leading enterprise in the West is still relatively rare, the total output value of the successful enterprises of the great powers has now increased the GDP of these countries by hundreds of billions of US dollars.

Overall, this is a more prosperous world than the main world at the same time.

Ren Zhong carefully compared and observed the economic indicators of the two worlds. Except for John Bull's financial collapse during the Suez Canal War, which was tricked by the rogue eagle but was directly pulled back by major forces such as Dongda and Rothschild, the rest of the economies are still running well.

With Sandezi's much automobile output value intercepted and his Xiaori completely suppressed, the development of this time and space is far inferior to that of the main world's historical time and space.

San Dezi was fine, with only minor injuries, but for his daily life, it was almost a total suppression. Whether it was steel or shipbuilding, they were all suppressed by Dongda.

Now Dongda's shipbuilding industry, with its advantageous ro-ro cargo ships, has begun to develop in the direction of ultra-large diversification. The three major series of ro-ro cargo ships of Liming Shipping Company have been upgraded to two categories: ro-ro cargo ships and bulk cargo ships. The fourth generation of Liming class has been updated to 3 to 5 tons, while the fourth generation of Hope class covers the range of 5 to 8 tons, and the fourth generation of Yuanxing class covers the ultra-large cargo ship range of 8 to 15 tons. The 15-ton Yuanxing class ro-ro/bulk cargo ships of Liming Shipyard have been mass-produced. Now, when its five ultra-large docks are not idle, they have been continuously building and launching ships, supplementing the fleets of Asia Shipping and Global Shipping, the two shipping hegemons of the new era, at a rate of 5 to 3 ships per year. At the same time, the 5-ton ro-ro cargo ship dock has completed the construction of two slipways, and now has entered the design and construction stage of the fifth generation of Yuanxing class new ships.

From ro-ro/bulk carriers of 15 to tons, Dongda's shipbuilding industry now provides the best solutions. Due to the complete industrial chain and mature technology, Dongda's ro-ro carriers are unparalleled in quality and cost-effectiveness. Not only domestic customers, but also foreign customers are willing to queue up even if they have to wait a little longer.

Of course, on the demand side of the shipbuilding industry, thanks to Ren Zhong's continuous promotion of foreign trade, Dongda's goods are now exported more vigorously than expected, and the export of automobiles has exceeded everyone's expectations. Relying on the success of Golf and JETTA, Dongda's automobile exports have exceeded one million. In this way, the roll-on/roll-off cargo ships that set sail from Dongda to transport cars can transport cars to the European continent in the future, and then transport back machine tools, large diesel engines, large thermal power generators and other products.

By using large bulk carriers, we can transport grain and other items to Black Africa, and then transport iron ore back to the country from Nigeria. With this seamless transportation arrangement, the freight costs can be reduced somewhat.

As the two giants in the global shipping industry, the Zhang family and the Chen family were originally supported by Ren Zhong. The current scale is far beyond what they could have imagined.

The pursuit of profit is no longer the top priority. As the main transport force for Dongda’s import and export, the two companies now have to recalculate the transportation prices every year based on Dongda’s domestic import and export trade to ensure the competitiveness of domestic enterprises. Naturally, they will try every possible means to save on freight costs.

In special periods, we will do whatever it takes even if it means running at a small profit.

The transportation of iron ore is naturally mainly carried out by these two companies.

Now the transportation demand of the East has jumped to the top in the world, which is far beyond the capacity of these two families to take over alone. Therefore, in addition to the two giants, Zhang and Chen, several large shipping companies have also emerged from Hong Kong. Relying on the golden opportunity of the prosperity of East-West shipping, everyone has made a fortune.

In this way, the main demand for shipbuilding industry is concentrated in Dongda.

Of course, due to demand, Southeast Asia basically does not import large amounts of oil now, and oil transportation is still monopolized by the great powers, including everything from oil tankers to shipping companies.

However, as Southeast Asia gets closer to Europe, importing oil from the Middle East has also begun to enter Southeast Asia's plan. Even domestically, due to the discovery and exploitation of various oil fields and the small number of cars in use, domestic oil is still in a self-sufficient state.

However, the oil price in the Middle East is not expensive now. If we properly control the pace of domestic oil production, we can reserve a share of imported oil. Now that we are not short of foreign exchange, we can save domestic resources.

This is a situation with two changing factors.

On the other hand, Ren Zhong is also studying. In order to keep the trade between the two sides in a dynamic balance, Ren Zhong has made some plans for the overall trade plan based on the needs of development. As for the heavy-duty trucks that Dongda lacks, a large number of imports are now open. After all, in this regard, Dongda’s automobile industry is still much weaker. After opening up the mind, small cars can overtake on the curve, but large-duty trucks have a complete set of technical foundations, and it is impossible for Ren Zhong to get a large transport vehicle from the main world to the world of Liangjian.

Therefore, for large transport vehicles, large diesel engines, large gas turbines and large thermal power units, which are the weak points of the East China University of Technology, we should take the opportunity to import large quantities of them, so as to balance the trade on the one hand and make up for the deficiencies in domestic infrastructure construction on the other hand.

At present, thanks to Ren Zhong's efforts, Dongda has become completely independent in its 5-kilowatt to 10-kilowatt thermal power units. However, the world's advanced level at this stage is 20-kilowatt subcritical and 30-kilowatt supercritical or even ultra-supercritical high-efficiency generating units. The difference in technical levels is still very obvious, and it is necessary to introduce advanced units to develop electricity.

Although thermal power is not very environmentally friendly now, as a major coal-producing country, the cost advantage and power generation stability advantage of thermal power are incomparable. It is still the largest source of power in the country. Ren Zhong spares no effort to support the development of thermal power.

Because there is almost no other choice for energy supply at this stage, in addition to persistent technological research, the Thermal Power Research Center is constantly researching higher-power and more environmentally friendly thermal power generation technologies, and is now starting to strive for 10 units based on 15 units.

However, the units introduced are now concentrated above 20 kilowatts, and the latest thermal power plant construction is aimed at the supercritical 30-kilowatt units that have just been released.

As for another main energy source, hydropower stations are of course also being built continuously. Even the planning of super-large cascade hydropower stations on the Yangtze River has begun. However, the construction of such stations will affect the entire body and will not be effective in the short term. The hydropower stations that are easy to build on tributaries cannot meet the current rapidly growing energy demand.

At this stage, thermal power is the only main force in energy development.

As for nuclear power, limited by current technology and the supply of raw materials, Ren Zhong vigorously promotes compact reactors because this is to meet the needs of mobile sea fortresses and island building. Due to the lack of steam turbine technology above 10 kilowatts, the construction of large-scale nuclear power plants is still under study, except for special areas that are not suitable for the construction of hydropower and thermal power plants. For example, the plateau needs to build a new railway to supply the energy of a large steel plant, and then a nuclear power plant will be built as the energy supply core of the plateau. After all, there is no ability to pull the power grid to the plateau for connection. In addition, commercial nuclear power plants will not be promoted on a large scale before units above 30 kilowatts are developed. After all, in terms of the balance between commerciality, safety and feasibility, nuclear power is more difficult to evaluate than thermal power. Ren Zhong will not rashly launch uncontrollable nuclear power plants.

This is the current situation in the energy industry, and the overall situation will not change for the time being.

Precisely because of the complementarity of advantageous products between the great powers, trade between the East and the West as a whole is now in a dynamic balance, with very little trade deficit.

However, when it comes to importing core technologies, Tokyo University is not very dependent on the big powers anymore. They look down on inferior technologies and don’t sell top-notch technologies to them.

For example, in the energy industry, Dongda still lacks large-scale generating units of 20 kilowatts. However, this world-leading technology will not be exported by the great powers. They will only sell finished products.

In addition, since Dongda has independently mastered the 10-kilowatt level generator sets, the great powers dare not sell their large generator sets at prices that are too outrageous. They basically charge a premium of about 10% over the unit cost of the 15-kilowatt generator sets, which is acceptable to Ren Zhong.

After all, the construction cost of a 20-kilowatt generator set is definitely much higher than the construction cost of two 10-kilowatt generator sets, and the subsequent operation and maintenance costs will also be much higher.

Because you are in me and I am in you, trade as a whole now maintains a relatively balanced growth state.

From a big picture perspective, the world economy doesn't seem to be on the verge of any problems right now.

(End of this chapter)