Chapter 209 Some discussions about military industry
The last person Sun Changmi introduced was his colleague, You Yihan, a representative of the Guangdong Office sent by the Ministry of Shipping. You Yihan is a 29-year-old single man. His hometown is Qingdao, Shandong Province. He is a typical Shandong man with a stocky appearance. Before crossing, he worked in the freight warehousing field at Qingdao Port Authority. After joining the crossing group, he was naturally assigned to the shipping department. Keep doing your job. You Yihan has participated in the planning and design of the Shengli Port and Black Tu Port terminals, and is familiar with sea freight. After joining the Guangdong Office, he will be responsible for freight management in Guangzhou.
The Ministry of Shipping sent You Yihan to Guangzhou. Firstly, it responded to the Executive Committee's call for all departments to recommend elite soldiers and generals as much as possible to build the Guangzhou Office into a bridgehead in the mainland. Secondly, it also took a fancy to Guangzhou Bay's role in future transportation in the South China Sea region. With an important position in the system, we directly dispatched capable personnel to build this front station and prepare the ground for subsequent development plans.
Geographically speaking, Guangzhou is the largest foreign trade port in South China. It is also the closest large-scale trading port to the Victory Port, the headquarters of Chuan Chuan Group. In the future, it will be the most important port for Chuan Chuan Group to conduct business with the mainland. It is a window and has very important strategic value. The significance of the existence of the Guangdong Office is not only to maintain commercial activities between the two places, but also to purchase raw materials, organize immigration, collect intelligence, military early warning and other functions. The executive committee sent to Guangzhou this time, It can be said that the Guangzhou Garrison Office is no less capable than the Guangzhou Garrison Office and Heitu Port, and the Guangdong Garrison Office even surpasses the first two overseas units in terms of policy support. In the mainland, the Garrison Guangzhou Garrison Office is the spokesperson of the Cross-Travel Group. The words and actions of the General Office of the People's Republic of China can represent the attitude of the Cross-Travel Group towards Daming.
This means that the Executive Committee has a high degree of trust in the words and deeds of the General Office of the People's Republic of China. The Office has a high degree of freedom to act and can make its own decisions on most daily matters - of course, if it wants to declare war on the Ming Dynasty, For things like that, you still have to tell the base camp first. Although the Cross-Training Group has the most advanced high-tech contact methods of this era, the Executive Committee believes that the working method of "asking for instructions early and reporting later" is not suitable for an organization like the Guangdong Office. Only by giving appropriate freedom can these people give full play to their abilities. own abilities.
Before the time travel, several high-level people had several discussions on how to control the vast territory under the rule of the time travel regime in the future. The Cross-Travel Group started building a new world from settling on the island, so the way to expand outward must be to use the ocean as a springboard to continuously build colonization points to control a wider area. How to ensure that these colonization points will not burst out after they have the ability to produce their own blood. The ambition to build an independent kingdom has become an issue before the top leaders. In addition to traditional political and economic leadership, senior officials believe that it is more important to firmly control various strategic resources in the hands of the executive committee.
Energy and steel are the top priorities. Steel output can almost be regarded as a symbol of a country's national strength, and energy is the most important guarantee for steel output. As long as the executive committee can firmly control these two resources or even just one of them, the development of the settlement point will inevitably depend on the base camp for a long time. Looking at the entire South China Sea region, Hainan Island is probably the only place that truly has the conditions to build a coal-iron composite industrial base on a large scale. Therefore, this policy will continue to be implemented for a long time in the future until one day the government can be more complete. political system to maintain and manage settlements and colonies throughout the country.
The Executive Committee does not expect the Office in Guangdong to turn Guangzhou into a new colonial point for the Cross-Travel Group in the mainland within a few years. Although the Ming Empire has begun to decline, after all, its lifespan has not yet come to an end. In the short term, The Inner Crossing Group does not have enough power to shake this country, and entering a state of hostility with Ming Dynasty too early will be very detrimental to the Crossing Group's plan to use the mainland market for economic expansion.
Sun Changmi and You Yihan took this opportunity to explain to those present some of the executive committee's long-term plans for the Guangdong region. The export of goods and culture to the mainland naturally takes Guangzhou as the core area, which is also the main task of the Office in Guangzhou in the future. The territorial expansion of the Chuan regime, or the pace of military expansion, will not involve Guangzhou in the short term, which is likely to cause a head-on conflict with the Ming Empire. Both the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Military and Police believe that the more valuable expansion targets are still at sea, such as the Wanshan Islands that can control the Pearl River Estuary channel or the adjacent Xin'an County and Hong Kong areas.
Sun Changmi said: "Based on our development model, controlling shipping routes should be the first choice. Its significance is even greater than occupying a state or county in the mainland. The Pearl River Estuary is undoubtedly the most important in the area south of the Taiwan Strait. As long as we can gain a foothold in the Pearl River Estuary, we can truly say that the revolution has achieved a staged victory.”
You Yihan said: "If we look at the terrain alone, then we will undoubtedly choose the coasts along Tsuen Wan, Stonecutters Island, West Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui, or directly occupy Hong Kong Island and build around Victoria Harbor in the future. The future naval base that can control the Pearl River Estuary is that Ming Dynasty has troops stationed in these places. If we want to seize these places, we will inevitably have armed conflicts with Ming Dynasty.”
Xiao Liang interjected and added: "Based on our preliminary investigation results when we arrived, I think the navy stationed in Xin'an County is far above the Yazhou Navy in terms of equipment size and training level. We cannot underestimate these Ming Dynasty naval forces." Navy, before we have heavy artillery and giant ships, we will probably not gain much advantage if we have to fight with this kind of well-trained regular army at sea.”
"Speaking of heavy artillery giant ships, I really need to ask my colleagues in the Shipping Department. It has been more than two months since the shipyard laid the keel. I see that no ship model has been released yet. When will you design this new ship? Only then can we go into the water?" Yu Yao couldn't help but ask: "At this speed, people of our generation can't expect to see armored ships crossing the seven seas, right?"
Sun Changmi sighed and said: "It is easy to design but difficult to build. There are hundreds of ready-made shipbuilding drawings in the database, and there are many that can be used. However, either there is no construction experience, or the materials and processing techniques are not good enough." It cannot meet the requirements, and the shipbuilders in the current shipyard have only built Fu Ship or Guangzhou Ship, but if they completely copy these two ship types, they can only be used for cargo transportation, and they cannot meet the requirements of the navy at all. You know Yan. Are there any requirements given to our design department? A ship with a displacement of two to three hundred tons must be equipped with at least ten 12-pound guns, and at least two 18-pound heavy guns, and the number of sailors must not exceed thirty. The normal speed is no less than ten knots... The main warships of the Ming army have a larger displacement than this, and only have one red barbarian cannon and six folang machines. Is it difficult to pack so many cannons into a small ship? Difficult? ”
Now the Executive Committee's thinking on developing maritime power has changed somewhat compared to before time travel, because the reality is too cruel, and the speed of shipbuilding cannot keep up with actual demand. If we wait for the shipyards to slowly accumulate experience, then the first It is estimated that it will only be able to circulate in the offshore area of Hainan Island for two or three years. Fortunately, the development of Black Earth Port has allowed the Executive Committee to discover a new idea, that is, cargo ships can first use bought or even rented Chinese sailing ships, while the shipyards are focusing on solving problems in improving the performance of some ships, especially for military purposes. Lord. Of course, so far, the shipyard, which has been established for several months, has not made any breakthrough progress. Even the progress of the first test ship seems to be very slow. It is far from questioning the work efficiency of the shipyard. Yu Yao is far from alone.
"If you want to install so many guns on the ship, you must have an artillery retraction device." Xiao Liang had some knowledge about this and explained for Sun Changmi: "But before, the steel production was very limited and the processing equipment was not in place. , the military industrial unit cannot make a hydraulic repulsion device, so it is impossible to equip a large number of large-caliber artillery on wooden sailing ships of this tonnage.”
"Can we do it now?" Yu Yao asked.
"It can be done, but the production capacity is very limited. Hydraulic devices have relatively high requirements for machining accuracy, and the machining technology is relatively complex. The production efficiency of this thing is not higher than that of steam engines at this stage. In addition, it is now self-made The progress of the test ship is very slow, and the military industry department believes that it cannot be shipped for testing in the rush to build it, so the artillery hydraulic retraction device has not been included in the priority list for production. "Xiao Liang has several in the military industry department. He is a friend who does things, so he has more inside information than others.
Sun Changmi complained bitterly: "The problem is that the military industry department has not finalized the mass production. The specifications of the hydraulic retraction gun mount are uncertain. How can we calculate the counterweight balance of the ship? When the ship is built and it is found that there is a problem with the gun mount, how can we Dismantle the boat and start over?”
"This is a matter of coordination and communication between your two departments." Schneider said something fair: "You can definitely communicate the design requirements in advance! Let's do this. After you go back, contact the military industry department and the military police department. The three parties will hold a joint meeting to clarify their respective requirements, and then discuss how to coordinate the relationship between production and design. If the test boat is not launched by the end of the year, I don’t think Mr. Tao and Mr. Yan will make it easy for you. ”
Sun Changmi shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. The shipyard is in Shengli Port and the military industry department is all in Tiandu. Many technical changes cannot be explained clearly by phone or radio. They must be discussed in person with drawings. Okay. These two places are more than ten miles apart. If there is a small problem, you have to go back and forth for twenty or thirty miles to solve it. Who do you think has so much free time?"
"It seems it's time to set up our own lolicon company!" He Xi suddenly interjected in a very deep tone. "What loli?" Chen Tianqi, who had been drunk by everyone just now, somehow heard this keyword and woke up immediately.
"It's not a lolicon, it's a Norinco." Schneider said. Except for a few people from the military and police department, almost everyone else looked blank. Ma Yu's face was even red, and she didn't know it was because of drinking. The drinker was still excited to hear this topic, and immediately explained: "Sister Ma, we are not talking about the kind of lolita control you think. We are all gentlemen, absolute gentlemen!"
Chen Tianqi coughed dryly and said: "Gentleman is actually not a good word... In otaku culture, gentleman is sometimes synonymous with pervert."
Schneider glared at Chen Tianqi and quickly changed the topic back to normal: "The lolicon company He Xi mentioned is actually ChinaNorth Industries Corporation, or Norinco in short. It sounds like lolicon."
"Mr. Shi, you've been going around and around for a long time talking about what exactly is a lolicon?" Sha Xi has no education. Everyone else has almost understood it, but he is the only one who keeps asking questions.
"It's Norinco." He Xi replied for Schneider: "The number one arms dealer under the China Ordnance Industry Group. Our great motherland ranks among the top five arms exporters in the world, and this company is indispensable."
Sha Xi blinked his eyes in confusion and said: "They are arms dealers who sell guns and cannons. What does it have to do with our current plan to build gunboats?"
"Norinco is actually a military-industrial complex." Schneider took over the topic again: "As it is now, each department is responsible for a military-industrial project, and it is easy for the situation we are currently encountering in building test ships to occur. If we have a comprehensive unit that covers a series of military services such as research, trial production, manufacturing, sales, and maintenance, we can allocate various units for effective collaboration during the weapon development process and even the development of weapons. The subsequent trial production, mass production, equipment, maintenance, etc. should be planned at the beginning of research and development, instead of being like we are now, where all military projects are crossing the river by feeling the stones and lacking a unified arrangement plan. "
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"Actually, the responsibilities of such a unit are currently borne by the executive committee. However, the executive committee has too much work, and not all executive committee members understand the various things in military manufacturing. The scale of the industry is small. It can still be sustained at times, but if the scale of the industry is slightly larger, such as expanding military services or increasing external arms output, the Executive Committee alone may not be able to manage it." He Xi also has a relatively deep understanding of this issue. and understanding.
Sun Changmi nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "You're absolutely right. The current situation is like this. The military and police department only knows how to make demands and has no idea what the difficulties are in realizing these demands. However, the military industry department only wants to follow the requirements." We have to upgrade according to our own technology tree plan, regardless of whether our shipping department can keep up with it. The executive committee has coordinated many times, but it has not had much effect. Mr. Yan is on the executive committee. There was a proposal to establish a higher-level military industry administration department, but I heard it was rejected.”
"I also listened when Mr. Yan made the suggestion. The matter is indeed not as simple as what you say." Xiao Liang took over and said: "The Ministry of Military Industry is currently mainly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, while the shipyard belongs to the Ministry of Shipping. If a separate competent unit is established to manage the development of military industry projects, it will be equivalent to placing part of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Shipping under the name of the Military and Police Department. Now there are many people who are privately complaining about the excessive power of the Military and Police Department. It would be damning if this kind of proposal could be passed by the Executive Committee.”
"Military industry projects must involve multiple departments for joint development, but there will always be disputes over the division of power between the three units. So, the time to solve this problem is far away?" Yu Yao said about the usual problems in this kind of bureaucratic system. He felt very angry about the problem, but limited by his vision and knowledge, he could not think of any solution to the problem at the moment.
"That's not necessarily true." You Yihan, who had been listening for a long time, suddenly said: "The key is to have interests. The reason for the emergence of the military-industrial complex is driven by interests. If you have money, you can see if these units will still look like There is such a lack of enthusiasm now.”
Speaking of this, You Yihan laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "Although I also belong to the Ministry of Shipping, and I shouldn't expose my shortcomings on such occasions, the Ministry of Shipping does have its own little calculations when it comes to the development of military projects. Now the development and construction costs of this test ship are coordinated and arranged by the Executive Committee. If the Military and Police Department places an order in the future, the money will definitely have to be allocated by the Executive Committee. In the final analysis, it is the Executive Committee that uses the money to do things. Then the Maritime Department officials Why do you want to obey the command of the Military and Police Department? I am not saying this to sow discord between the two families. Don’t take it seriously.”
He Xi waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and Xiao Liang and Yu Yao also said it had nothing to do with it. Morgan pricked up his ears and tried to understand more of You Yihan's Shandong pronunciation, not even thinking about whether there was any other meaning in his words.
You Yihan continued: "But if there are enough benefits to allow all units involved in weapons design, development, and manufacturing to make huge profits, then the pressure to establish a competent department will be reduced a lot, and the profitability of this development model Ability will silence all those who hold objections. Of course, we all have to make achievements first.”
"Are there any successful cases of this model you mentioned?" Sha Xi asked with great interest.
"The largest arms dealer in the world before time travel was the United States. Everyone doesn't deny this, right?" You Yihan looked around at everyone, and then continued: "In 2011, the total value of arms exported by the United States exceeded 400 billion U.S. dollars. Among them, the strongest The transaction volume of several military-industrial complexes accounted for half of it. In the same year, our country’s military expenditure was only more than 140 billion US dollars. Think about how much money these military-industrial complexes made from it. The Yankees are inciting wars all over the world. There is really no one. They roll up their sleeves when they fight, not because they are too full to hold up, but because of the huge interests behind it - even the foreign policy of the United States has to give in to such interests."
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