Chapter 1248 The Romans in the New Era (Third update, please subscribe)
On weekends, have nothing to do.
After finishing his homework, Li Yixuan ran into his father's study. As soon as he entered the study, he saw his father playing with a car model there, so he walked over and asked:
" Father, what is this?”
“maz543 truck”
Li Yian specifically emphasized:
"The best special vehicle in the world!"
This is definitely not an exaggeration, but a fact. After all, in another world, whether it is Bai Yang or the later Dongfeng 41 and its heavy-duty launch vehicles are all based on maz543 trucks.
The maz543 truck is not only a perfect ballistic missile launcher, but also can be used for rocket launchers and anti-aircraft missile launchers.
It can be said that there is no better heavy-duty military off-road vehicle in the world.
Originally, Li Yian would mention the Soviet Union, just because the Soviet Union did not have a good road system, especially the dirt roads from Eastern Europe to Siberia. They must have developed heavy-duty off-road vehicles, but he never thought that they would directly buy the maz543 truck back.
Li Yian is familiar with this stuff. Dongfeng Express also uses its domestic version. There are not only 8*8 ones, but also 16*16 ones. Many missiles and weapon systems are based on this chassis platform.
In a word, this thing is the Rambowan of the missile launch vehicle.
“maz543? It doesn’t seem to be made in China.”
“Made in the Soviet Union.”
Li Yixuan said in surprise:
"The Soviet Union? Do we need to buy trucks from the Soviet Union?"
Looking at his son's surprised look, Li Yian said:
"What's the matter? As long as their product is good enough, we can buy it. Do you know how much it costs to develop such a heavy-duty off-road vehicle?"
Facing his father's rhetorical question, Li Yixuan obviously had no answer, but Li Yian gave him an answer.
“An investment of more than 15 million yuan and more than three years is a huge expense, both in terms of capital and time costs. Through the introduction of technology, we not only save a lot of time costs, but also save a lot of money. A lot of money."
After thinking about it, Li Yian pointed to the model that he had "modified" - in fact, he just added a missile launcher to it based on his memories, but this was an epoch-making idea. .
Different from the design of this era where missiles are directly exposed, the missile launch vehicle made by Li Yian has a specially developed missile storage box, which can provide basic protection for the missile and resist weather effects. This design does not look new at all in the 21st century, but it is an extremely leading design in this era.
Of course, there are also designs such as hydraulic support frames. These are designs that stand on the shoulders of historical giants. They are conclusions reached through countless trials and errors, and Li Yian directly adopted the doctrine. These seemingly simple designs saved at least more than a year of development time.
“Money must be spent on the blade... This missile is the blade, and the car... is just an ordinary delivery vehicle. The demand for special vehicles is not large. If they are introduced, the cost will be lower. In the country In competition with other countries, cost is very important. If we develop whatever we need, then the cost of all goods will undoubtedly be extremely expensive..."
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed almost everything, from pistols to aircraft, from trucks to tanks, from submarines to warships, from satellites to missiles. This is why the Soviet Union’s actual military expenditure accounted for about 15%-20% at the peak of the Cold War. % of the reasons, the most typical representative is military scientific research funding, which is part of the military expenditure in any country, but the Soviet government stuffed it into the scientific research budget, thereby "saving" a large amount of expenditure, the same is true for military aerospace funding , the Soviet Union integrated it into civilian space funding.
It was this "burden" that dragged down the Soviet economy bit by bit.
Independent research and development seems to be a very beautiful term. But in fact it is very expensive, and the money spent is much more than imagined.
So, we must learn to grasp the big and let go of the small.
This is especially true for Nanyang. After all, Nanyang does not need to compete with anyone for hegemony in all aspects. Under the premise of the United States and the Soviet Union competing for hegemony, what Nanyang needs is to use limited resources. Funds to do more.
"In the national economy, every penny has a source. Every penny we spend is an integral part of the national economy. We can develop a heavy-duty truck ourselves, and there is no technical problem, but Limited demand will push up its research and development costs and cause a waste of resources. From this point of view, it is a waste. Therefore, in comparison, importing from abroad is the best choice. "
In this regard, The Western world is undoubtedly more dominant. The United States and the Western world follow the pattern of multi-national cooperation. European countries introduce subsystems from the United States to integrate their own weapons, and the United States introduces subsystems from European countries and integrates them into its own weapons and equipment. It is this kind of multinational cooperation. Cooperation allowed NATO countries to spend less money and not fall behind in the confrontation with the Soviet Union.
There is a fact that many people ignore - the Soviet military expenditure has remained at 17 billion rubles year-round since the 1970s. However, in fact, this military expenditure is purely used to cover up false accounts, and they hide a large amount of expenditure. in other projects. But in fact, the Soviet Union's military expenditure was equal to that of the US military in 1972, and exceeded that of the United States two years later.
This is also the reason why the Soviet Union was unable to engage in an arms race in the end. After all, competition in various fields was too expensive!
It’s not about spending money, it’s about burning money!
Just like the "Buran" space shuttle, it burned more than 10 billion rubles, almost equal to the nominal military expenditure of the Soviet Union.
"I understand this. It is a matter of cost-effectiveness. Just like the main guns and anti-submarine missiles of our "Yongchang-class" destroyers are imported from the United States, because of this procurement cost-effectiveness Higher! If we develop it, it may cost more money and time, but through procurement, we can save a lot of money."
Li Yixuan's answer made Li Yian smile:
< br>"It is indeed true, and this is also the biggest advantage we have in the Western world - we can easily introduce all kinds of technologies we need from Western countries, such as the United States, Britain, France, and even Italy, as long as they are needed, we can import them. At the same time, we are not a core member of the Western world, so we can also introduce some technologies from the Sudong Group and then integrate them accordingly. This is also our advantage. "
In fact, Even during the Cold War, the United States imported technology from the Soviet Union. For example, the United States' titanium alloy welding technology was introduced through technology exchange with the Soviet Union. Not only that, during the Cold War, the CIA also used third parties and shell companies to , secretly purchased titanium alloy from the Soviet Union for use in manufacturing Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.
The United States can do it, France can do it, of course Nanyang can do it, and it can do it better,
Crisis!
Danger hides opportunity! This is perfectly appropriate to apply to Nanyang. A crisis in Berlin and tensions between the two sides made Nanyang the final winner. Not only did it successfully enter the Western European market with its F2 fighter jets, but it also took advantage of Kennedy's eagerness to give the Soviet Union some color and put the expansion of military power on the agenda. On the countertop.
At the same time, taking advantage of the Soviet Union's desire to ease relations, it imported a large number of technologies from the Soviet Union, not just trucks, but also titanium alloy welding technology in the future, and even some Some giant presses needed in industry.
"Opportunity!"
Putting down the missile launcher model in his hand, Li Yian looked at his son and said:
"We must be good at seizing opportunities, opportunities... In fact, the reason why Nanyang can have Today's development has a lot to do with us seizing the opportunity."
Then Li Yian mentioned old things, starting from how he seized the opportunity and purchased the North Borneo Company in the UK. The conversation continued until the formation of the Allied Task Force.
“At that time, the Allied Task Force was established not only to support the Anti-Japanese War, but also to obtain people - after all, people are needed to develop Borneo. After arriving in Germany, they also captured German talents. , later, we moved from Europe to Southeast Asia, from Mindanao to Borneo, and we seized the post-war window period to transport a large number of immigrants - this is very critical!"
After mentioning these "key nodes", Li Yian said with emotion:
"This is a labor force of more than 23 million! It is more than the young adults in the United Kingdom and France combined. .
With this labor force, coupled with the scientific and technical personnel and equipment we imported from Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries, we have technology, people, and machinery and equipment.
Finally, with the addition of several consumption trends that took advantage of the special post-war international market demand, Nanyang has naturally skyrocketed.
In fact, the so-called "Nanyang Miracle" has many accidents. "< br>
While analyzing the reasons for the rise of Nanyang with Li Yixuan, Li Yian walked towards the map while talking. Standing in front of the world map, he said:
"But we cannot regard chance as inevitable. We can "play the Nanyang Miracle Card", but we must understand that this kind of miracle cannot be copied. , after all, no country will encounter the kind of pure seller's market that lasts for several years. The market demand brought about by tens of millions of people retiring at about the same time, getting married, and having children is also irreproducible... Well, The market, the special market environment, has created the miracle of Nanyang.”
The “Miracle of Nanyang” has always been just a propaganda tool. To put it bluntly... it is a deceptive, non-replicable product, and naturally has no reference. value.
But the "Nanyang Miracle" has always been the biggest king bomb in Nanyang's hands, but in front of his son, Li Yian told him directly that this was a lie.
Sure enough, Li Yixuan was stunned for a moment. Obviously he did not expect that this was actually a fake.
"Don't be surprised. This is what politicians do. They always boast that their own policies are the best in the world. In the past, the British did this, and now the Americans and Soviets do the same. In fact, every situation is different. So what? What is best is only what suits you best. Therefore, you must insist on walking your own path. If others can succeed, it is only their success. It will definitely not work for us... For now, ours The path is right."
After saying a few words, Li Yian pointed at the map and said:
"We will keep going along this path, but we must do it well. Planning in advance, for example, is like the "population explosion" they are worried about. This has reason to worry. After all, the earth's resources are limited, and it is impossible for every country to live the life of a developed country. Resources are tight. , This is a problem we must face. Therefore, we must plan in advance to ensure that our people can always live a life in developed countries.”
In fact, this is what Li Yian has been planning. He needs to arrange everything in Nanyang through advance planning.
Looking at the map and thinking for a while, Li Yixuan asked:
"Father, is this why we set up grain companies in Africa and South America?"
Nodding, Li Yian said:
"Grain companies and mining investments, the former is related to The rice bowl of Nanyang people, and the latter is related to Nanyang’s pocketbook. Nanyang’s resources are always limited, so we need to ensure these two points through overseas investment. If we do this well, even if the population of Nanyang reaches 400 million, these will not be a problem. "
This is not an exaggeration. The United States has 4.5 billion acres of arable land, which not only feeds itself, but also exports every year. Hundreds of millions of tons of food, in contrast, Africa can provide more arable land. However, due to technical and other reasons, Africa's agricultural potential has not been released.
In fact, the land in Africa is still very fertile. As long as corresponding technologies are invested and modern agriculture is introduced, Africa will surely become the largest granary in the world.
This is the experience of another world - in another world, unlike Europe and the United States, which plunders from Africa, Dongda is constructive in Africa. In countries such as Sufan and Ethiopia, Dongda’s agricultural and water conservancy experts help local people. A large number of modern agricultural facilities were built, and it was thanks to these facilities that they became the largest exporter of sesame in the world.
This is just a little developed, and it shows such good results. If it is fully developed, won't it take off without stopping?
So, Li Yian has always been very optimistic about African agriculture. Of course, this goal cannot be achieved by Africans alone.
Those people are definitely not good at working. Just like in another world, Africans produced 200 million tons of food on 3.5 billion acres of land.
“Although Africa has extremely vast land, backward production methods and primitive dependence on the weather have restricted Africa’s agricultural development.
Therefore, what Nanyang needs is to set up a grain company to reclaim African land, turn local land into our farms, develop local minerals, and turn them into Nanyang mines, and these all require people..."
Listening to his father’s explanation, Li Yixuan immediately understood, just like his father had said many times:
“Do we need managers? Just like the Romans! ”
(End of this chapter)