The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 291 Changes in Situation

The heat in Beijing in July is unbearable.

Especially at noon, the heat from the road is unbearable.

Liu Tao was holding his 'daughter' and teasing her.

It’s very hot outside, but the courtyard is different, it’s warm in winter and cool in summer.

The winter in the Siheyuan is not as cold as outside, and similarly, the summer in the Siheyuan is not as hot as outside.

It is said that this is because the architectural design of the Beijing courtyard houses and the climatic conditions complement each other.

Anyway, there is no need to install air conditioning in the summer, you can just turn on the fan.

In the pavilion, Liu Ziyu was reading a book.

Liu Ziyu is already on summer vacation. When the new semester begins, Liu Ziyu will be a senior high school student and will face the baptism of the college entrance examination.

In order to get good scores in the college entrance examination next year and go to a good university, Liu Ziyu studies very hard.

Every time Liu Tao returned to Beijing, Liu Ziyu would always ask him for advice on knowledge he didn't know.

Especially chemistry and physics.

Perhaps influenced by Liu Tao, Liu Ziyu studied science in high school.

For the current liberal arts and science subjects, the liberal arts subject is Chinese and mathematics 120 points each, English, history, and geography 100 points each, and the total score for liberal arts is 640 points; while the science subject is Chinese and mathematics 100 points each, English, physics, chemistry, and politics 100 points each, and biology 70 points, and the total score for science is 710 points.

Liu Tao was very pleased with Liu Ziyu's seriousness and diligence.

Liu Ziyu did not stop studying just because his family conditions improved. On the contrary, he studied more seriously.

When he was in school, Liu Ziyu was an excellent student.

During the summer or winter vacations, Liu Ziyu would move to the courtyard to accompany Zhu Lin or help take care of the children.

"I saw on the news that the fighting in the Middle East is very intense?" Zhu Lin said as he was feeding his son meat porridge.

Liu Tao nodded and said, "Well, the Iran-Iraq War has not yet ended, and the Fifth Middle East War has already broken out. The two sides are fighting fiercely, and no one can back down. We are calling for peaceful dialogue and political consultation to resolve differences, and hope to resolve the war on the basis of the 'two-state solution'."

"Why do I feel like there are wars going on all over the world? The Afghan War, the Iran-Iraq War, the Falklands War, and now the fifth Middle East War." Zhu Lin said with some concern, "Is a new world-class war about to break out?"

Liu Tao smiled and said, "No, don't worry. Now all the major powers have nuclear weapons. They are weapons of mass destruction and are not a joke. No one will start a war between major powers."

"The Iran-Iraq War may last a little longer, but the Falklands War and the Fifth Middle East War should be over soon," said Liu Tao.

"Really?" Zhu Lin's eyes lit up.

Liu Tao nodded slightly.

The Israeli army is now in a stalemate, its military operations are not progressing smoothly, and its losses are quite heavy. Now it can only talk tough, but the intensity of the war has dropped a lot compared to before. According to Liu Tao's estimation, the fifth Middle East war should not last long, and both sides will cease fire.

The result is probably something that both parties can barely accept.

As for the Falklands War, it was different. Britain could not afford to lose the war and its attitude was extremely tough. Mrs. Thatcher's attitude was very tough. After two months of rest, the British Expeditionary Force was about to launch another attack.

However, according to the inside information Liu Tao learned, Britain would control the war to a local scale. After taking back the Falkland Islands, it would teach Galilee a lesson and then end the war.

Garittier would not be able to hold the position for long. The Argentine Air Force had been completely destroyed, and the Navy and Army were also in very poor condition, so they could not stop the British Expeditionary Force at all.

Speaking of which, when Liu Tao learned more, he felt speechless.

After the Argentine Air Force inflicted heavy damage to the British Royal Navy in a mutually destructive manner, the Argentine Navy actually hid in the naval port and did not dare to pursue the victory. It watched helplessly as the British Royal Navy cleaned up the battlefield and left calmly, thus missing out on a good opportunity.

If the Argentine Navy can expand its victory and inflict as much damage as possible on the British Royal Navy, I am afraid that Britain will no longer be able to organize a new round of battles this year, or even to start a war in the future.

To be honest, it is the polar bears now, because Brezhnev is seriously ill and there is a power struggle going on within the polar bears. Otherwise, life in Europe and the United States will be even more difficult.

Brezhnev was in office for 18 years, which can be said to be a very strong period for the Soviet Union, especially starting from the 70s, when the Bretton Woods system collapsed, the first oil economic crisis, and the Vietnam War occurred. The Soviet Union's comprehensive national strength and military strength surpassed those of the United States, making it truly the world's number one power.

Especially last year, an 81 military exercise fully demonstrated the Soviet Union's powerful military strength, leaving Europe and the United States still shrouded in shadow.

Now that another oil crisis has broken out, to be honest, it is very beneficial to the Soviet Union and it will be easy to make a breakthrough.

Unfortunately, the Soviet Union was now busy with internal power struggles and had no time to pay attention to external affairs.

In this regard, we can only say that God favors Europe and the United States too much.

Liu Zhenbang walked over, obviously in a good mood.

Just recently, China North Industries Corporation made some adjustments. The foreign trade working group, which was originally a deputy-department-level unit, was promoted to a department-level unit because of its outstanding work and remarkable performance.

Liu Zhenbang was naturally promoted from deputy director level to director level cadre, which was the same administrative level as Liu Tao.

"This time, Leader Zhang retired, Leader Wang also retired, and a large number of leaders retired!" Liu Zhenbang said with emotion.

"They are old, it's time for them to retire. They can't work until they die." Liu Tao smiled.

On February 2 this year, just after the Spring Festival, the decision was made to "establish a retirement system for veteran cadres."

In the past, cadres naturally did their whole life's work until they died.

But starting from February 2, that changed.

However, in Liu Tao's opinion, this retirement system must be implemented.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are still 250 million old cadres who participated in the four periods of the New Democratic Revolution, namely the Great Revolution, the Agrarian Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. Among them, only a small number have retired, and most of them are still working.

The problem now is that many of these veteran cadres are now advanced in age, and many are about to enter old age, yet they still shoulder heavy work in various leadership positions. This has caused the aging of leadership teams at all levels to reach a very serious level.

It can be said that properly arranging the orderly and step-by-step replacement of new and old cadres has become a major issue facing the entire party.

In fact, as early as the late 50s and early 60s, the great man had raised the issue of appropriate alternation between new and old cadres, but for various reasons, it was not resolved.

Establishing a cadre retirement system now is just doing what should have been done before.

The previous leader Zhang is 73 years old this year, and Wang Baoguo is also over 70 years old. According to the spirit of the document, they both chose to retreat to the second line and serve as consultants to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the Ministry of Ordnance Industry.

Similarly, Wang Tiezhu of the Yunnan Provincial National Defense Management Office also officially resigned from his leadership position this month and retreated to the second line to serve as an advisory position.

Many people Liu Tao knows have retreated to the second line, and some have even chosen to retire directly and no longer hold any position.

Liu Zhenbang's promotion this time is actually related to the replacement of old and new cadres. Otherwise, he would have to wait at least another two or three years.

(End of this chapter)