The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 303 What does it have to do with me if the Eagle Strike missile cannot be loaded onto the ship?

When Liu Tao was still in the capital, a major event happened.

The three parties in Cambodia formed a coalition government. They formally signed the Declaration on the Establishment of the Cambodian Coalition Government. According to this declaration, the main purpose of the coalition government is to "mobilize all forces to fight together to liberate Cambodia from the hands of the Annan invaders in order to restore the motherland as a sovereign and independent country."

It is incredible to say that with the support of the polar bear, Annan basically controlled Laos and Cambodia in just a few years.

The area of ​​Annan is only about 33 square kilometers, but if Laos and Cambodia are included, it is nearly 75 square kilometers.

If it hadn't been seeking its own death, if it had been given time to digest the two territories, it would have been able to dominate the Indochina Peninsula.

In just a few short years, they were first driven out of Laos and are now about to be driven out of Cambodia.

Liu Tao has put a lot of effort into running the business over the past few years and has cooperated with many large Chinese families.

Even the special forces of the combined forces brigade would regularly carry out missions there and engage in actual battlefield combat.

No matter how well trained the soldiers are, they will eventually have to see blood and experience the baptism of battle.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, only one third of the Laos area was controlled by Annan.

Even if the three parties had not joined forces, it is estimated that Annan would not have been able to hold out in Laos for long.

Although the current population of Laos is less than 350 million and the army has only about 400 people, while Cambodia has a population of million and the guerrillas have only people, they cannot withstand the constant sneak attacks from the guerrillas who are good at guerrilla warfare.

Both Laos and Cambodia are particularly suitable for guerrilla warfare.

Fire and run. Facing the deep forests and mountains, Annan’s troops were simply not enough.

At that time, the Vietnamese army suddenly dispatched more than 20 troops to attack Cambodia. Even though the "Red Dragon's Roar" suffered a crushing defeat, they did not immediately transfer troops from Cambodia.

But in the past few years, Annan's troops in Cambodia and Laos suffered heavy losses after repeated attacks by guerrillas. Last year, Annan's troops had to withdraw, and Laos established a "democratic republic". Of course, the forces here are complicated, and several major forces barely joined forces, but their respective territories are clearly divided.

As for Cambodia, Annan had actually become unable to bear the situation and began to want to withdraw his troops as early as the beginning of the year.

It can only be said that the Annanites were unpopular in Cambodia and faced enormous pressure in the north, suffering heavy losses, and could no longer sustain their ambition to dominate the Southeast Asian Peninsula.

Liu Tao looked at the news, his lips curled up slightly: "I want to see how long the Annan people can hold on."

According to Liu Tao's estimation, there are still about 130,000 to 140,000 Annanese troops in Cambodia, mainly stationed in major cities.

He does not need to completely control Laos and Cambodia. He just needs to have a piece of territory and maintain some influence. The rest is to conduct bilateral trade and achieve win-win cooperation.

China North Industries Corporation.

In the conference room, Liu Tao stared with an incredible look on his face.

"Your ships cannot use the 'Eagle Strike' anti-ship missiles. What does this have to do with our Panshan Group?" Liu Tao couldn't figure out what was going on.

The Navy has already purchased a batch of Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles, including air-launched, ship-launched and submarine-launched types.

But tell him now that the ship-launched and submarine-launched types cannot be used.

"Comrade Liu Tao, isn't it a policy of those who are capable doing more work? Your Panshan Group developed the 'Eagle Ship' anti-ship missile, which you are most familiar with. We can only ask you for help now." The person in charge of the State Shipbuilding Corporation twitched his mouth and said with a blushing face.

Because this is really embarrassing.

But the navy was already banging the table and cursing. They were very dissatisfied that no solution had been forthcoming for so long.

The Republic's navy is extremely weak. It has been a very sad journey.

When the Republic was first established, the Navy had more than 350 ships of various types with a total displacement of 12.5 tons. These ships were not only small in number and tonnage, but also had backward performance and uneven combat readiness.

Later, a three-year (1953-1955) ordering agreement was signed with the Soviet Union. Under the agreement, the navy welcomed its first batch of ships, including the so-called "Four King Kongs" - Type 07 destroyers and many other torpedo boats and frigates.

In 1956, the Navy proposed the "Three Obediences" policy, implementing near-shore defense with "air, submarine, and fast" as the core.

Under the guidance of this idea, several models of missile boats, torpedo boats and anti-submarine boats were developed successively.

比如021型导弹艇、024导弹艇、02型鱼雷艇、026型鱼雷艇、野生037战列舰、051型驱逐舰、053型护卫舰、091型核潜艇等。

When Liu Tao developed the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile, the navy was ecstatic and gritted their teeth to use the funds originally intended for purchasing warships to purchase "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles.

But when the navy got the Eagle Strike anti-ship missile, they were dumbfounded.

The air-launched type can be used with advanced fighter jets purchased from the United States; the ship-launched type can also be used by coastal defense forces, after all, they have the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile launcher.

But when it came to using the Eagle Strike missiles on warships and submarines, they were dumbfounded.

It doesn’t work!
Each anti-ship missile has a dedicated launch device.

The current warships cannot be used to launch the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missiles, because the current warships are either used to launch the "Upstream No. 1" anti-ship missiles or the "Sea Eagle-" anti-ship missiles.

The institute was slow to come up with a plan, and the navy was very dissatisfied and slammed the table and cursed.

There was no other choice, so the China State Shipbuilding Corporation had to turn to Liu Tao.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. The Eagle Strike anti-ship missile was invented by Liu Tao, who is most familiar with it and should be able to help solve the problem.

Liu Tao never expected that such an embarrassing thing would happen.

Seeing the leader of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation like this, Liu Tao was too embarrassed to say anything more, so he just asked about the situation.

After that, he gradually had an understanding of the current situation of the navy.

It can only be said that the current strength of the navy is terrible. Although the total tonnage of 14.1 tons ranks fifth in the world, in terms of true naval strength, I am afraid that China cannot even be found in the top .

Not to mention the US Navy with a total tonnage of 377.85 million tons and the Soviet Navy with a total tonnage of 320.68 million tons, whose tonnage far exceeds that of other countries, and the performance of their warships also far exceeds that of other countries.

Take the British Royal Navy for example. Even though it suffered heavy losses in the Falklands War, its total tonnage still exceeds 30 tons, and the performance of its other warships is also good, ranking third in the world.

The French Navy has a total tonnage of 26.14 tons and owns a large number of advanced warships.

Many other countries, even if they cannot build advanced warships, can purchase warships from other countries, and there will always be a few advanced warships to support them.

However, China's most advanced warships are still the 'Four King Kong' Type 07 frigates, which are already very old and backward warships.

Because the Type 07 frigate is actually a Soviet-style torpedo ship modeled after the Italian style before World War II, with torpedoes as its main weapon. It is 112.8 meters long, 10.20 meters wide, with a standard displacement of 1657 tons and a full load displacement of 2451 tons. Even if missile launchers are installed in recent years, it cannot change the fact that it is an old and backward warship.

Warships are notoriously expensive. When China bought the Type 07 frigate from the Soviet Union, one ship was equivalent to 17 tons of gold. Even so, the Soviet Union was not very willing to sell it at that time. China spent a lot of time and energy to finally get the Soviets to agree.

The acquisition of the Type 07 frigate already made the Chinese Navy ecstatic at the time.

(End of this chapter)