The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 36 Exporting does not necessarily require going abroad
Liu Tao had some impression of the disarmament issue.

After the reform and opening up, the military has carried out several large-scale disarmaments in accordance with the international and domestic situation and the needs of military construction, which has had a profound impact on the military and national defense construction. However, each disarmament was not simply to reduce the number of personnel. While reducing the number of personnel, accompanied by the adjustment of the system and establishment, the military has continuously optimized its structure, changing from quantity-oriented to quality-efficiency-oriented, and from manpower-intensive to technology-intensive.

The establishment of combined battalions and combined brigades, with their terrifying firepower, is enough to cure the "fear of insufficient firepower". The rabbit has become the person he hates the most.

Now, hundreds of thousands of troops on the Eastern and Western Fronts are still undergoing post-war recuperation, but Liu Tao knows that next year they will begin to demobilize 700,000 troops!
The second round of disarmament was launched immediately after the completion of the disarmament of 700,000 people. This time the disarmament was one million people!
What followed was the third disarmament, which was the famous scene where an old man gently raised a finger and said lightly, "Cut off another one million troops," shocking the world!

In other words, throughout the 80s, the military cut nearly three million troops.

Peace and development are the themes of the times!

This sentence has become a familiar saying, and it also represents the strategic shift from being always prepared for a world-class war to construction and development.

"Director, there is no need to worry too much about production capacity. Aren't other small and medium-sized military factories having problems now? Our Panshan Machinery Factory is undergoing large-scale construction, and we can completely transfer workers from other small and medium-sized military factories to Panshan Machinery Factory." Liu Tao said.

Panshan Machinery Factory has been thriving in the past few months.

But this is not the case for other small and medium-sized military factories. It can be said that hard times have already arrived.

This time, the Red Dragon's Roar exposed too many problems. In the military industry, a very obvious problem is that the production quality has declined sharply. Many workers are used to eating from the same pot, and the production efficiency is low and the production quality is worrying.

At the summary meeting, many relevant leaders of small and medium-sized military factories were punished.

Even the production targets were cancelled.

Within a few years, many military factories will switch to producing ice cream and washing machines in order to survive, while others will simply go bankrupt and disappear, leaving their factories abandoned.

According to the new plan of Panshan Machinery Factory, the rebuilt Panshan Machinery Factory will become a large military factory with 30,000 formal production workers.

Including their families, there will be 100,000 people living in the entire Panshan Machinery Factory.

Wang Tiezhu frowned slightly. "The Panshan Machinery Factory's application for expansion has not been approved by the higher-ups yet. Nothing has been done yet."

"Director, our Panshan Machinery Factory does not need any money from above, so can we start construction first and expand the factory slowly?" Liu Tao didn't care at all. Expansion was nothing more than an upgrade in administrative levels and an increase in the number of formal staff.

Others care, but Liu Tao doesn't.

"Workers can be deployed to you, but if you want to export weapons and equipment, you have to go abroad. Who will approve the license and foreign exchange for you? You can't go out, and you have no money if you go out. It's all in vain!" Wang Tiezhu shook his head.

In this era, not everyone can go abroad.

Now, even studying abroad is not allowed. Except for the staff of foreign affairs departments, very few people can go abroad. The procedures for going abroad are extremely cumbersome and difficult. It requires approval from a special department. Only after obtaining approval can you go abroad.

But when you go abroad, people don't recognize RMB. You need foreign currency. Without foreign currency, you will starve to death. And it is also very difficult to exchange foreign currency.

Liu Tao smiled, "Director, you can't think about it that way."

"Exporting does not necessarily require going abroad. We can also negotiate in our own country." Liu Tao shook his head. Wang Tiezhu's thinking was a typical fixed and rigid one. "I don't need to go abroad to find customers."

The export of weapons and equipment does not necessarily require going abroad. Liu Tao himself thought of two directions.

One direction is the embassy in Beijing. You should know that there are currently 118 countries that have established diplomatic relations with China, and Liu Tao's targets just happen to be those that have established diplomatic relations with China.

Another direction is the Shijiazhuang Infantry Academy, which will have a famous name in the future - the Republic's African Theater Command!
Shijiazhuang Infantry Academy was born in the flames of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Many famous marshals and generals have served as leaders of the academy. Its predecessor was the famous Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

Last year, it was renamed Shijiazhuang Advanced Infantry College, and this year it was renamed Shijiazhuang Advanced Army College.

Later, it was renamed several times and finally became the Joint Operations College of the National Defense University. It was also nicknamed by netizens as the 'West Point Military Academy' in the East, the 'Cradle of Generals', the 'Second Outpost in the World', and so on.

"You can find clients without going abroad?" Wang Tiezhu was stunned, with an incredible look on his face, "How is it possible!"

Liu Tao smiled but said nothing. He just said, "Director, you will know when the time comes!"

"Forget it. You are the boss of Panshan Machinery Factory now, so I can't interfere." Wang Tiezhu shook his head and said, "As for the workers, you have to take over and arrange them for me. No trouble will come out."

As the former director of Panshan Machinery Factory, Wang Tiezhu naturally knew that Panshan Machinery Factory was now very wealthy.

Now that other small and medium-sized military factories are in trouble, we can kill the rich and help the poor.

According to previous meetings, several small military factories are to be closed down, and these personnel will naturally have to be resettled.

These are all things that need to be taken care of by Wang Tiezhu, the head of Yunnan Province's military industry system.

Now that Liu Tao has just brought it up, we will naturally solve it together.

"Director, don't you know me, Liu Tao? When all the comrades come, I will make sure to settle them down and treat them all equally. There will be absolutely no discrimination." Liu Tao said loudly, patting his chest.

He has now come into contact with a lot of secrets and has a deep understanding of the Yunnan Province's military industry system.

Yunnan Province is the rear base of my country's geopolitical defense strategy. The special geopolitical environment of being both the "first line" and the "third line" has endowed Yunnan Province with a unique appearance and experience in the construction of the third line. 164 enterprises and institutions have been built in Yunnan Province during the construction of the third line, with an investment of more than 150 billion yuan.

Among them, there are 60 military factories, employing nearly 5 people.

These 60 military factories vary in size and quality. Some are very profitable, while others require annual funding from higher authorities to maintain operations.

By this year, the construction of the Third Front has reached the final stage.

Liu Tao knew clearly that in this era, the college entrance examination had just been resumed, and it was impossible to recruit from universities. In the next ten years, college students would be guaranteed to be assigned jobs. If he wanted to develop Panshan Machinery Factory, the personnel solution would have to rely on the macro-control of the Provincial Defense Management Office, coordinating people from other military factories to Panshan Machinery Factory.

Just one document and other military factories would have to obey.

Everyone came from afar to Yunnan Province to participate in the Third Front construction, with the true intention of serving the country through military industry. Even if they had some objections, they would obey orders.

(End of this chapter)