The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 379: Increasing Difficulty
Now, it can be said that there is a shortage of foreign exchange everywhere in the country.

There is a shortage of foreign exchange both above and below.

And foreign exchange is needed everywhere!
For enterprises that can earn foreign exchange, there are substantial preferential policies and support.

The Panshan Group is the largest foreign exchange earner in the entire China. Even oil, which was once the largest export, cannot compare to Panshan Group.

Panshan Group’s foreign exchange settlement will be higher, but it does not have preferential policies such as tax refunds like other companies.

But there is no doubt that getting back the right to foreign exchange settlement in military-industrial trade is a great thing for Panshan Group. It means that Panshan Group can increase its revenue by billions every year without having to let the middleman, China North Industries Corporation, make a profit from the price difference.

In the past, in the Panshan Machinery Factory era, Panshan Machinery Factory had a low administrative level, no influence, and no military trade rights. It had to cooperate with the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building for mutual benefit so that everyone could make money.

But now it’s different. Panshan Group has grown into a giant and has also obtained the right to export military products.

As the largest arms dealer in China, Panshan Group no longer needs China North Industries Group Corporation to make a profit from the price difference. In foreign exchange settlement negotiations with banks, what Panshan Group obtains is no less than that of China North Industries Group Corporation.

"The leaders are adding difficulty to our weapons industry system." Zou Jiahua said with a frown.

The pain of this knife cutting into the body is truly heart-wrenching.

My body hurts, but my heart hurts even more.

Billions of dollars in net profit a year just flew away like that.

You should know that before, among all the major ministries, the Ministry of Machine Building had the most foreign exchange, and others who wanted foreign exchange often had to come to the Ministry of Machine Building.

Now, the settlement rights of Panshan Group’s military foreign trade have returned to Panshan Group. Although China North Industries Group Corporation also has other military foreign trade businesses, they cannot be compared with Panshan Group at all.

"Leader, you are aware of the current situation of our Panshan Group. We have spread our business too wide and need money everywhere. The leaders above also understand our difficulties and are helping our Panshan Group overcome the difficulties." Liu Tao said with a smile.

Liu Tao was in a good mood after getting back the right to settle military foreign trade.

The price difference alone is enough to support the installment payments for naval frigates and destroyers.

And he also has greater confidence to promote new century engineering projects.

"You, instead of doing your own thing, choose to get involved in the 'Shenhai Expressway' project and the 'Beijing-Kowloon Railway' project, adding pressure to yourself for no reason." Zou Jiahua shook his head helplessly.

Many people even thought that what Liu Tao did was something only a fool would do.

Thankless!
Liu Tao smiled and said that some things must be done in order to realize his ideals.

He is not afraid of the pressure. As long as he can promote the development of China and realize the rejuvenation of China, his life will not be in vain.

Otherwise, China will still be the same China, so wouldn't he be useless?
Now his efforts are driving the development of China. Everything he does is proving that he is realizing his own value and that what he does is valuable.

For example, it is very obvious in GDP statistics.

On the surface, China's GDP in 1983 was RMB 6020.90 billion, and the economic growth rate was 12.05%, which was already very fast.

自从改革开放以后，1979年经济增速11.47%，1980年增速11.88%，1981年增速7.59%，1982年增速8.87%，1983年增速更是达到了12.05%。

But these are just the data released to the public.

The real data is higher! Keeping a low profile and playing the pig to eat the tiger is what China is good at.

They also did not want to be too high-profile and attract the attention of the United States and the Soviet Union, so as not to cause external trouble.

Liu Tao knew that for several consecutive years after 1979, China's economic growth rate was never lower than 10%!
Zou Jiahua asked: "How long do you think the Iran-Iraq War will last?"

The Iran-Iraq War is now the most important export market for China North Industries Corporation. China North Industries Corporation attaches great importance to the Iran-Iraq War.

It can even be said that the whole of China attaches great importance to it.

The China Ordnance Industry Corporation sent personnel to both Iran and Iraq, and the troops also sent military observers to both Iran and Iraq, who took turns to discuss the war on the battlefield and collect the latest information on the war.

The annual revenue from the Iran-Iraq War was almost 10 to 20 billion US dollars.

Weapons and ammunition, clothes and shoes, canned food, food, etc.

Many of them are small gadgets, but they cannot withstand large quantities. For example, at least three to four million military kettles have been exported in recent years.

There are also military shoes, at least five to six million pairs were exported.

There are also canned foods, such as canned fruits, canned meat, etc., which can be exported even more.

To be honest, they don't want the Iran-Iraq War to end, but they are also worried that if the Iran-Iraq War ends, their comfortable days will be gone forever and they will have to live a hard life.

"At least we can fight for another four or five years." Liu Tao smiled.

Now both sides are in a stalemate on the battlefield, and neither can push the front line forward. It is a brutal war of attrition, and the consumption is huge.

But now there is no sign of peace talks between the two sides.

In recent years, Iraq's oil revenue has been more than enough for war expenses. Now it is even using money to hire mercenaries to perform some military tasks to solve the problem of manpower loss. In addition, some young people in the Arab world have taken the initiative to join the Iraqi army.

Saddam is now a hero in the Arab world. Unless the war can be ended in a favorable way, he will not accept a direct retreat to the pre-war border.

Persia, on the other hand, took an extremely tough stance, demanding that if both sides wanted a ceasefire, Iraq must withdraw to its pre-war borders and that it compensate Iraq for the losses caused by the war.

The conditions of both parties are so different that there is no way they can reach an agreement.

"Persia is now in contact with the United States. The assets frozen by the United States may be released. Persia has a lot of assets frozen in Europe and the United States. Even if the Iran-Iraq War continues for another five or six years, it may not end." Liu Tao said confidently.

The current situation between the two sides is very different from the original history.

According to the original history, the early stage was the first stage, that is, Iraq launched a full-scale offensive, and Persia organized border defense and counterattack. Then in 1981, the second year after the outbreak of the war, Persia began a large-scale counterattack. At the end of September, Persia concentrated more than 9 troops and launched a large-scale Abadan counterattack, lifting Iraq's siege of Abadan. In late March 10, Persia launched the "Victory Operation" offensive, annihilating two Iraqi brigades, severely damaging two divisions, killing and wounding 1982 Iraqi soldiers, capturing 3, destroying 2 tanks, shooting down more than 2 aircraft, and seizing hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles.

On April 1982, 4, Persia concentrated nearly three divisions of troops and a large number of Revolutionary Guards, about 20 people, and launched the "Jerusalem Al-Quds Operation" offensive aimed at retaking the city of Khorramshahr. After 3 days of fierce fighting, it finally captured the important southern port city of Khorramshahr.

After suffering a series of heavy losses, Iraq proposed a ceasefire across the board, unilaterally implemented a ceasefire, and withdrew all its troops from Persia.

At this time, the war had spread to Iraq, and the Iran-Iraq War entered its second phase in July 1982, which was carried out in Iraq.

However, due to Liu Tao's influence, the Iran-Iraq War was still fought on the original battlefield. Both sides were still in a stalemate and engaged in a brutal war of attrition.

(End of this chapter)