The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 368 Decision-making
The international situation is changing constantly, and a lot of things are happening in China itself.

First, on New Year's Day, the central government issued the "Notice on Rural Work in 1984", continuing to put rural economic policy as the No. document, highlighting the country's emphasis on the rural economy. This No. document once again clarified what needs to be done in the rural economy this year.

Secondly, it is about the further improvement of "one country, two systems", which shows China's efforts in peaceful reunification. "One country, two systems" is just eight words, but it is a wise exploration.

Another thing is that the Patent Law has finally been implemented!

The impact of the Patent Law is very far-reaching. After the Patent Law was officially implemented, various companies under Panshan Group submitted more than 200,000 patent applications at once.

However, the most significant impact was the economic cooperation between China and Japan. Both sides agreed to set up the "China-Japan Friendship Committee for the 21st Century". The Japanese government decided to provide China with a second batch of long-term low-interest loans of 7 billion yen over a period of seven years.

Finally, there is the major event that has attracted national attention recently, which is the further opening up of 14 coastal port cities from north to south as a new and important step for my country to implement opening up to the outside world.

After leaving the China North Industries Corporation, Liu Tao returned to his courtyard and took his whole family to apply for ID cards.

Starting from April, the resident identity card system will be implemented nationwide.

Liu Tao is involved in the ID card issue. A small ID card records the identity information of citizens.

Every city and county across the country that issues ID cards has a computer that records citizens' information.

In addition to citizens' photos, fingerprints are also collected.

There is no internet connection yet, but when it is, it will be very useful.

Liu Tao had just finished processing his ID card and returned home when he received a call. He then hurriedly left with his guards and went to the Jingxi Hotel to attend a meeting.

A symposium is being held in the conference hall.

Everyone was deeply impressed: on the basis of several reorganizations of the army, another 100 million personnel were cut!
He made the astonishing judgment that a world war would not break out within a dozen years. He said: "Since we have seen this clearly, there is no need to spend more money on defense. We should free up more money for construction. We can make this decision."

"Even if war breaks out, we must 'reduce the swelling'!" His attitude was very firm.

Regarding the "swelling reduction problem", he has given speeches at large and small meetings, and talked about it with groups and individuals dozens of times in the past ten years!

"Streamlining the troops does not mean reducing their combat effectiveness. On the contrary, it is improving their combat effectiveness." "Look at the past few years. In addition to the three combined brigades of the Panshan Group, our troops now have 80 Type 60 main battle tanks, 80 Type 50 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and more than 81 Type 81 light tanks, Type 81 medium tanks, and Type infantry fighting vehicles. Although our armored forces may not have as many tanks and armored vehicles as before, our combat effectiveness has increased significantly."

"It has been proven that quantity is not as good as quality in terms of weapon generation gap. Our Type 59 tanks were blown up by a single shot before they even saw the Type 81 light tanks and Type 81 medium tanks." He said slowly, "By reducing the military expenditure by one million, we can purchase more advanced weapons."

"Look at the present. The army is eyeing the Type 80 main battle tank and the Type 80 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. However, due to limited funds, it has to purchase more Type 81 medium tanks and Type 81 light tanks. The navy also has no funds to purchase Type 022 missile boats, Type 022 torpedo boats, and Type 054 frigates. It can only pay Panshan Group in installments on credit. The first Type 052 destroyer costs 20 billion yuan, and the government has to withhold taxes on its behalf."

The military representatives who originally had objections lowered their heads one by one.

Facts speak louder than words!

The purpose of this symposium is to do ideological work for the senior officers of the army and to make everyone understand that this is for the development of the country and to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

The meetings that followed continued to move forward. The plan to streamline the troops had been in the works since last year, and the preparatory work had been very detailed.

One million troops were streamlined and many troops were reorganized from armies to group armies. This is a major adjustment!

There is even a detailed timetable.

Everyone has to execute according to the schedule. The entire troop streamlining process will last for a year and a half. The troop will be slimmed down, but the streamlined troops must also be resettled as much as possible.

On this day, the United Nations General Assembly was broadcast live on TV.

Solemnly announce to the world: "The Chinese government has decided to reduce the number of military personnel by 100 million!"

Everyone at the conference was stunned.

one million! ?
How many countries have a population of less than one million, and China is actually going to cut its military by one million! ?
Countries such as the Soviet Union and the United States were all staring with wide eyes.

Is the bunny crazy!?

Disarmament by one million! ?
Now everyone is gearing up for a fight, spitting at each other every now and then, and all that’s missing is a fuse.

China is actually going to cut its military by one million! ?
Aren't you afraid that the polar bear will roar and the steel torrent will submerge you?

However, this decision has caused most peace-loving countries to applaud and cheer. Peace-loving countries around the world are very excited at this moment.

In recent years, peace-loving people all over the world have been working for peace and traveling between countries, hoping to bring peace and development to the world, but China has done the best in recent years.

From 1979 to now, including now, three rounds of disarmament have resulted in the reduction of almost three million troops!
After this reduction of one million troops, China's troops are now only 3.3 million strong! This is simply setting an example and making efforts for world peace and development.

All of a sudden, countless peace-loving people became more favorable toward China.

After all, with international disarmament debates having been fruitless for years and the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, openly disarming but secretly expanding their armaments, China's efforts for world peace are obvious to all.

The decision to cut the military by another million was like a bolt from the blue, shocking the world and attracting global attention.

Liu Tao watched the live broadcast on TV and was filled with admiration. Even though he knew that the announcement was made firmly and forcefully, he was still shocked.

What a bold decision this is!

And history has proven that this decision was very correct.

Only by streamlining the troops, with China's national strength, can we talk about building a modern army and have hope of building a mechanized force.

Otherwise, it may not be possible to build a mechanized force even in fifty or even a hundred years.

(End of this chapter)