The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 282: Pierced the sky?
Beijing.

Siheyuan.

Liu Tao got up early in the morning and played in the yard with his daughter and son in his arms.

His son Liu Jingming is very good at running now. He is very naughty and needs to be watched at all times, otherwise he will run away in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Lin touched her belly unconsciously. Although her belly had not bulged yet, she knew that there was a little life growing inside.

Just a few months after giving birth, she became pregnant again.

This made Zhu Lin speechless. She had been planning to open a flower shop or a bookstore so that she wouldn't have to take care of the baby all the time.

As a result, the plan fell through before it even started.

Zhu Lin sometimes finds it unbelievable that they got married not long after knowing each other, and got pregnant and gave birth to a child not long after getting married.

I had just given birth to my second child, and now my third one is here.

However, looking at her husband and children, she felt that having another child was also a good choice.

Just then, the phone rang.

Liu Hongying called out and asked Liu Tao to answer the phone.

Liu Tao went over to answer the phone, then looked solemn. After handing the child to Zhu Lin, he hurried out with the guards.

After a quick examination, Liu Tao was finally taken to a meeting room.

After taking a quick look around the conference room, Liu Tao was shocked.

"Well, the real boss is here!" The old man said with a smile, "Comrade Liu Tao, you have given us a huge surprise this time."

Liu Tao was somewhat puzzled. "Leader, what are you talking about?"

"Come, introduce our Comrade Liu Tao to what he has done." The leader said to a middle-aged man with a smile.

"According to the intelligence we collected, when the British Expeditionary Force was about to launch a landing operation, Argentina launched a counterattack, launching the Upstream One anti-ship missile, the Sea Eagle-1 anti-ship missile, and a new anti-ship missile." The middle-aged man introduced, "In this battle, a destroyer of the British Royal Navy was sunk, two destroyers were severely damaged, three new frigates were sunk, two frigates were severely damaged, two landing ships were sunk, one landing ship was severely damaged, the Invincible aircraft carrier was sunk, and a large number of aircraft were lost. The British Expeditionary Force suffered 6823 deaths and 3691 injuries."

Liu Tao's eyes widened.

Such a big loss?
I just wanted to teach the British a lesson and vent my anger.

Now the British have suffered such a huge loss!

I'm afraid the British will be heartbroken at this moment.

"You little monkey, you purchased some 'Shangyou No. 1' and 'Haiying-' anti-ship missiles, and you actually developed a new type of anti-ship missile yourself. You have done such a big thing." The old man said with a smile, "You are going to poke the sky apart."

"I can't break it, I can't break it. How can a little monkey like me have such great ability?" Liu Tao said embarrassedly: "It's not easy to make a little money. Who would have thought that the Argentines would win with such a recovery."

"Tell me, how much is this business?" The old man looked calm.

"The total amount is equivalent to 10 billion US dollars. The Argentines paid 5 million US dollars and the other 5 tons of gold were paid. Now the 5 million US dollars have been received and the 5 tons of gold have arrived in Hong Kong." Liu Tao did not dare to hide anything.

"5 million US dollars, plus 5 tons of gold. Not bad. These 5 tons of gold exceed one percent of our gold reserves!" The old man nodded and smiled faintly.

China's gold reserves at this time were less than 400 tons.

Most of it was the gold that had been mined over the past thirty years and was painstakingly stored. As for the country's gold and silver, they were all taken to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek. The total amount of gold and US dollars was about 400 million taels of gold, or tons of gold.

After the founding of the Republic, people could only work hard to mine gold ore and smelt gold, and then when necessary, they had to use gold as foreign exchange to import goods.

Over the past thirty years, the gold that has been painstakingly stored up is less than 400 tons.

If it weren't for the large amount of foreign exchange earned from the export of weapons and equipment, given the situation in the past two or three years, gold would have to be used to purchase goods or to repay debts.

"Leader, this won't be a serious matter, right? I won't really make a hole in the sky, right?" Liu Tao asked cautiously.

He was planning to return to Kun City today, but then such a big news came out.

"Of course something big happened. The sky was almost pierced." The old man joked, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"

Liu Tao nodded repeatedly, "I know, I know!"

"How is the new anti-ship missile you developed? Tell me first, how many do you have now?" the old man asked.

"The new anti-ship missile we developed is named 'Eagle Strike-1'. The one delivered to Argentina is an air-launched version, with a total length of 4.7 meters, a diameter of 0.35 meters, a wingspan of 1.1 meters, and a total launch weight of 652 kilograms," Liu Tao said. "In addition, we have also developed the ship-launched 'Eagle Strike-2' and the submarine-launched 'Eagle Strike-3', with similar performance."

"Currently, we have 60 of each of the three types of anti-ship missiles." Liu Tao did not hide anything and said honestly.

"That means there are a total of 180 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles. Your production is quite large." The old man sighed. He still remembered China's initial production of anti-ship missiles.

"You sold it to Argentina for $100 million per coin. Is this price too high?" the old man asked.

Liu Tao shook his head and said, "Not high, not at all. This price is very favorable! In a few years, maybe one coin will be worth 150 million US dollars. Maybe in less than 10 years, one coin will be worth 200 million US dollars."

"No one will think a good thing is too expensive. People only care about whether it is useful or not." Liu Tao said, "If it is too cheap, people may even dislike it."

"Of course, the U.S. dollar is depreciating sharply now, and its price changes every year." Liu Tao said helplessly.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

But he also knew that what Liu Tao said was true.

"Mrs. Thatcher is about to visit China. Don't sell it to Argentina during this period. Maybe Mrs. Thatcher will purchase this 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missile." said the old man.

Liu Tao was stunned. "Thatcher is coming to us? Just to buy Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles?"

The old man laughed and said, "Some things have to be discussed. The matter is there, and we can't not talk about it."

"Talk about Hong Kong?" Liu Tao's eyes lit up.

"Boss, it seems that our comrade Liu Tao is very aware and he thought of it so quickly!" another old man said with a smile.

"They want to stop your Panshan Machinery Factory from selling arms, so they have to pay a price. They can't just get something for nothing. It's time to talk about the Xiangjiang issue. So many years have passed. We are all old and may not live for many more years. We can't leave this to the next generation to solve." The old man smiled faintly, "And we can also talk about some cooperation. We Chinese have always advocated win-win cooperation."

Liu Tao's heart was pounding, and at this moment he felt excited as if he was witnessing history.

He forgot when Mrs. Thatcher visited China, maybe some month this year, maybe next year, but definitely not now.

Because at that time, the Falklands War was still in its final stages, it was impossible for Mrs. Thatcher to visit China.

But now, Mrs. Thatcher chose to visit China at this time!

(End of this chapter)